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Birth:          ABT 1130 
Death:          1184 

Notes
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_de_Vesci
William de Vesci (c.1125–1184) was an Anglo-Norman feudal lord and Sheriff. Born 
William fitz Eustace at Knaresborough Castle, Yorkshire, the son of Eustace Fitz John 
and Beatrix de Vesci, he took his mothers surname.

He was appointed Sheriff of Northumberland from 1155 to 1170 and then Sheriff of 
Lancashire from 1166 to 1170.

In 1174 he joined other knights such as Bernard de Balliol and Robert III de Stuteville 
under the command of Ranulf de Glanville, Sheriff of Westmorland to attack an 
invading Scottish army then besieging Alnwick castle in Northumberland. The Scottish 
king William I of Scotland (William the Lion) was captured and the invasion 
successfully repelled. [1]

Marriage and issue[edit]

He married Burga de Stuteville, daughter of Robert III de Stuteville, they had issue:
Maud, married Thomas de Muschamp.
Eustace, died 1216. He married Margaret, illegitimate daughter of William the Lion, 
King of Scotland.[1]
Richard
Warin
Cecily

He also allegedly fathered an illegitimate daughter Sibil, who married Walter de 
Bolbec.

Parents
FITZ JOHN [CHG TO CLAVERING] Eustace (ABT 1080 - 3 Jul 1157)
DE VESCY Beatrice (ABT 1090 - ABT 1130)

Siblings
DE VESCY William (ABT 1130 - 1184)

Marriage To DE STUTEVILLE Burga (ABT 1152 - AFT 1185)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
DE STUTEVILLE Robert (ABT 1105 - 1183)
MURDAC Hawise (Helewise) (ABT 1122 - AFT 1183)

Children by DE STUTEVILLE Burga ABT 1152 - AFT 1185
DE VESCY Eustace (1170 - 1216)
DE VESCY Warin (ABT 1170 - )

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