FitzNigel, Agnes

Female 1089 - DECEASED


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  FitzNigel, Agnes was born in 1089 in Folkingham, Lincolnshire, England (daughter of FitzNigel, William and de Gant, Agnes); died in DECEASED in England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FSID: L89D-LPJ

    Agnes married FitzJohn, Lord Eustace before 1130. Eustace (son of FitzRichard, John and FitzRichard, Magdalen) was born in 1088 in Saxlingham, Norfolk, England; died on 30 Jul 1157 in Basingwerk, Flintshire, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. FitzEustace, Lord Richard was born in 1110 in Holton Moor Estate, Leeds, Yorkshire, England; died in 1161 in England.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  FitzNigel, William was born in 1058 in Manche, Basse-Normandie, France (son of de Cotentin, Nigel and de Widnes, Agnes); died in 1134 in Halton, Cheshire, England; was buried in 1134 in Runcorn, Cheshire, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Appointments / Titles: Baron of Halton
    • FSID: 9S8D-D66
    • Occupation: Constable of Chester

    Notes:

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    William fitz Nigel
    Died 1134
    William fitz Nigel (died 1134), of Halton Castle in Cheshire, England, was Constable of Chester and Baron of Halton within the county palatine of Chester ruled by the Earl of Chester.

    Origins
    Traditionally, he succeeded his father Nigel as baron of Halton and Constable of Chester, although modern sources doubt the position was held by his father.[1] He held lands in Halton, throughout Cheshire and also in Normandy.[2] Through his heiress mother he obtained Widnes and the Lancashire manors of Widnes, Appleton, Cronton and Rainhill.[3] In 1115 he established Runcorn Priory, of the Augustinian Order of Canons Regular.[4] He died in 1134 at Halton Castle and was buried at Chester.[5]

    Marriage and issue
    By his wife, Agnes, daughter of Gilbert de Gant and Alice de Montfort, he had issue including:

    William (d. 1149), who succeeded his father at Halton and in the constableship, but died without issue, when Halton and the constableship passed to the descendants of his eldest sister Agnes
    Agnes, who became heiress to her childless brother William, and married Eustace fitz John by whom she had issue
    Leucha, who married Robert de Mohaut and had issue
    Matilda, who married Albert de Grelle and had issue

    References
    Nickson, Charles (1887), History of Runcorn, London and Warrington: Mackie & Co.
    Starkey, H. F. (1990), Old Runcorn, Halton: Halton Borough Council
    Whimperley, Arthur (1981), Halton Castle: An Introduction & Visitors' Handbook, Widnes: Arthur Whimperley
    Whimperley, Arthur (1986), The Barons of Halton, Widnes: MailBook Publishing

    William married de Gant, Agnes. Agnes was born in 1065 in Halton, Cheshire, England; died in 1125 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  de Gant, Agnes was born in 1065 in Halton, Cheshire, England; died in 1125 in England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Appointments / Titles: Heiress of Widnes
    • FSID: 29W7-SYL

    Children:
    1. 1. FitzNigel, Agnes was born in 1089 in Folkingham, Lincolnshire, England; died in DECEASED in England.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  de Cotentin, Nigel was born in 1020 in Cotentin, Côtes-d'Armor, Bretagne, France; died in 1080 in Halton, Lancashire, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FSID: GNB4-QVL

    Notes:

    "Nothing is known for certain of William’s father Nigel, who is entirely absent from contemporary record. According to a fourteenth-century account from Norton priory, dismissed by James Tait as fictional, he came to England with Earl Hugh (Monasticon, vi. 315, no. iii; J. Tait, ‘The foundation charter of Runcorn (later Norton) priory’, Miscellanea VII, Chetham Soc. 100 (1939), 4–5). Tait was no more accepting of the postulated connection with certain vicomtes of the Cotentin in Normandy, which he described as the invention of unscrupulous heralds in the sixteenth century (ibid. 5–7). " ( William fitz Nigel, attached in sources.)

    Nigel married de Widnes, Agnes. Agnes was born in 1025 in Widnes, Lancashire, England; died in 1075. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  de Widnes, Agnes was born in 1025 in Widnes, Lancashire, England; died in 1075.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FSID: G91P-199

    Children:
    1. 2. FitzNigel, William was born in 1058 in Manche, Basse-Normandie, France; died in 1134 in Halton, Cheshire, England; was buried in 1134 in Runcorn, Cheshire, England.