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Birth:          ABT 1180 Curry Malet, Somersetshire, England
Death:          1215 Curry Malet, Somersetshire, England

Notes
Magna Carta signatory
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Malet_(Magna_Carta_baron)
William Malet (fl. born before 1175–1215), feudal baron of Curry Mallet in Somerset, 
was one of the guarantors of Magna Carta. He served as Sheriff of Somerset and 
Dorset in 1209. The precise nature of his relationship to an earlier William Malet is 
unknown.
Landholdings[edit]

Amongst the manors comprising his feudal barony were his caput of Curry Mallet, 
where stood his castle, and Shepton Mallet in Somerset.

Marriages and progeny[edit]

He married twice but left no male progeny, only three daughters and co-heiresses. He 
married as follows:

First wife (name unknown)[edit]

By his first wife, whose name is unknown, Malet had a daughter.
Mabel Malet, wife of Hugh de Vivonia, Sheriff of Somerset, whose son and heir was: 
William de Vivonia (alias de Forz). Concerning his new adopted surname, during the 
next half-century there were three generations of barons with the same name, 
beginning with William de Forz (died 1195). Both William Malet and William de Forz 
were barons named in Magna Carta (1216). Some have suggested a relationship 
between the families.[1] Their coats of arms each appear in the same roll of arms of 
Henry III.[1] He married, as his second wife, Maud de Ferrers, daughter of William de 
Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby by his wife Sybil Marshall. Joan de Forz was the daughter of 
William de Forz and Maud de Ferrers. She married, as her second husband, Reginald 
Fitz Piers (son of Peter FitzHerbert), as his second wife.[2] Reginald FitzReginald was 
the son of Reginald FitzPiers and Joan de Forz. He married Joan Martel, daughter of 
Robert Martel. Herbert FitzReginald was son of Reginald FitzReginald and Joan 
Martel. He married Lucy Peverell, daughter of Andrew Peverell. Reginald FitzHerbert 
was son of Herbert FitzReginald and Lucy Peverell. He married a certain Joan. 
Edmund FitzHerbert was son of Reginald FitzHerbert and Joan. He married a cetain 
Joan.
Alice FitzHerbert was the sister of Edmund FitzHerbert and daughter of Reginald 
FitzHerbert and Joan. She married Thomas West.[3] Thomas West, 1st Baron West, 
was son of Alice FitzHerbert and Thomas West.[4][5]








Second wife, Alice Basset[edit]

By his second wife, Alice Basset, who was a daughter of Thomas Basset, Sheriff of 
Oxfordshire and Berkshire, William Malet had a daughter:[6]
Hawise Malet, wife of Robert Muscegros. John Muscegros was the son of Hawise 
Malet and Robert Muscegros. He married Cecily Avenel. Robert Muscegros was the 
son of John Muscegros and Cecily Avenel. He married Agnes. Hawise Muscegros was 
the daughter of Robert Muscegros and Agnes. She married John de Ferrers, 1st Baron 
Ferrers of Chartley.[7] Robert de Ferrers, 2nd Baron Ferrers of Chartley, was the son of 
Hawise Muscegros and John de Ferrers, 1st Baron Ferrers. He married firstly a certain 
Margaret and secondly Elizabeth Boteler. Robert Ferrers, 2nd Baron Ferrers of Wem 
was the son of Robert de Ferrers, 2nd Baron Ferrers of Chartley and Elizabeth Boteler. 
He married Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland.






Succession[edit]

He died without male progeny when his three daughters became his co-heiresses:[8]
Bertha Malet (d.pre-1221), who inherited 1/3 of her father's estates and died 
unmarried.
Helewise Malet, who inherited 1/3 (later increased to a moiety of 1/2) of her father's 
estates and who at some time before 23 March 1217 married Hugh I Poyntz (d.1220). 
She married secondly Robert de Mucegros (d.1254) of Brewham, Somerset.
Mabel Malet, who inherited 1/3 (later increased to a moiety of 1/2) of her father's 
estates. She married firstly Nicholas Avenel and secondly, before November 1223, 
Hugh de Vivonia (d.1249) (alias de Forz) of Chewton, Somerset.

Parents
MALET Gilbert (ABT 1152 - ABT 1194)
DE PICOT Alice (ABT 1154 - )

Siblings
MALET William (ABT 1180 - 1215)

Marriage To ----- ----- ()
    m.  

Notes


Children by ----- ----- 
MALET Mabel (ABT 1199 - )

Marriage To BASSETT Alice (ABT 1184 - )
    m.  

Notes

Parents
BASSETT Thomas (ABT 1165 - 1220)
MELBANK Phillipi (BEF 1158 - )

Children by BASSETT Alice ABT 1184 - 
MALET Helewisa (ABT 1200 - 4 May 1287)

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