Lord of Halton, Constable of Chester William FitzNigel 1058 5715

LORD OF HALTON, CONSTABLE OF CHESTER
William FitzNigel Sex: Male

Birth Date	1058
Death Date	1080
Father	Nigel de Cotentin Lord of Halton, Constable of Chester	Born: 1030	Died: 1080
Mother		Born:

William FitzNigel Notes:	The son of Nigel of Cotentin. He also held the honour of being the Marshal of the Earls host, which was an important position in the Norman military hierarchy. In addition to his land in Halton, his estate included land in other parts of Cheshire and also in Normandy.[4] He married the eldest daughter of Yorfid, the baron of Widnes. Yorfid left no male heir and on his death the Lancashire manors of Widnes, Appleton, Cronton and Rainhill came to William.[1] In 1115 he established a priory of the Augustinian Order of Canons Regular in Runcorn.[5] He was buried at Chester.[6
Notes:	â€¦I will now proceed to trace as exactly as possible, in so remote and obscure a path, their priority or dignity among themselves, and the descent of their respective Baronies. Some think the Baron of Malpas to have been the prime Baron, inasmuch as Robert FitzHugh (who was Baron of Malpas, under Hugh Lupus, in the Conquerors time) has for the most part the .priority in the writings of those ancient times, and also in the record of Domesday Book, where among all the Barons he is put down first. By this book also, it appears that Fitz-Hugh held more land in this county than any one of the others, except William Malbedengâ€” Admitting him, however, to have ranked first, till certain offices were annexed to the Baronies, the matter after that must he clear beyond all controversy, for William Fitz-Nigel of Halton, being made Constable of Cheshire in fee, his Barony took precedence in right of his office. For further\"satisfaction" in proof of this point, Sir Peter Leychester cites a charter of Randal the Second, made in the reign of King Stephen, by which you find the words Optimates and Burones, explaining and elucidating each other, you also have pre-eminence given to the Constable of Chester who was also Baron of Halton) above all the other Barons of the Earl. This also appears by the form of all the charters made by the Earls of Chester, in those ancient times, where the stile runs thus, "Ranulphus Comes Cestriae, Constabulario, Dapifero, Baronibus, &c. salutem;" here we find the Constable first mentioned, then the Steward, and afterwards the Barons in general; and in this order they are ranked by Cambden and Spelman, viz.
Notes:	William fitz Nigel, 2nd Baron Halton, was a prominent 12th-century noble. He was a son of Nigel, 1st Baron Halton. William died in 1134. He succeeded to the title Baron of Halton and position of Constable of Chester upon his fathers death. He held lands in Halton , throughout Cheshire and also in Normandy. Through his mother, as heiress, he obtained the title Baron of Widnes and the Lancashire manors of Widnes, Appleton, Cronton and Rainhill. In 1115 he established a priory of the Augustinian Order of Canons Regular in Runcorn. He died in 1134 at Halton Castle and was buried at Chester. Marriage and issue His wife is unknown. His children were: Agnes, she married Eustace fitz John . Had issue. Leucha, she married Robert De Mohaut. Had Issue. Matilda, she married Albert de Grelle. Had issue. William, died 1149, with no issue. Notes Whimperley 1986, p. 9. Starkey 1990, p. 8. Nickson 1887, p. 136. Whimperley 1981, p. 1. 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

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Agnes de Widnes Heiress of Widnes Sex: Female

Birth Date	1092
Death Date	1180
Father	Yorfrid de Widnes	Born: 1040	Died:
Mother		Born:

Agnes de Widnes Heiress of Widnes Notes:
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Matilda FitzWilliam, of Halton "MAUD"

b.1130 Of, Dalton, Lancashire, England
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Agnes de Widnes

Albert de Grelley

1 Emma de Gresley b.1100

I Roger de Ashton, of Kirkby b.1120

II Orm Fitz Roger de Ashton b.1145

II Roger de Ashton of Wrightington b.1165

Ancestors Chart

Parents 2	4 persons	8 persons	16 persons	32 persons	64 persons	128 persons	256 persons	512 persons	1024 persons	-
Lord of Halton, Constable of Chester Nigel de Cotentin b.1030 d.1080 See Notes	de Contentin Yvron Bellomontensis b.1005 d.1059 See Notes	viscount de Saint-Sauveur Neil b.0964 d.1045	de Saint-Sauveur, vicomte du Cotentin Roger b.0945 d.1014 See Notes	de Saint-Sauveur, de Cotentin Vicomte Neel b.0911 d.0972	de Saint-Sauveur, Vicomte du Cotentin Richard I b.0895 d.0933	Malahulc EYSTEINSSON of NORWAY UNCLE OF ROLLO b.0855 Oppland, Norway d.0920 See Notes	Earl of MORE Eystein Glumra IVARSSON THE NOISY b.0810 d.0872 See Notes	Earl of the Uplands Ivar b.0783 Norway	King in VESTFOLD Halfdan Midi EYSTEINSSON II THE OLD b.0762 d.0802 See Notes	MORE>
								Lord of Halton, Constable of Chester Nigel de Cotentin b.1030 d.1080 See Notes
							Lord of Halton, Constable of Chester Nigel de Cotentin b.1030 d.1080 See Notes
						Maud de Boulogne et Ternois b.0859 Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway d.0964	comte de Boulogne Adalolf de Boulogne et Ternois b.0799 d.0882
								Maud de Boulogne et Ternois b.0859 Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway d.0964
							Bertha de Pontieu b.0835 d.0895
								Bertha de Pontieu b.0835 d.0895
					Niece de Saint Sauveur b.0900 d.0960
						Niece de Saint Sauveur b.0900 d.0960
				Niece de Saint Sauveur b.0900 d.0960

		Wife de Saint-Sauveur b.0965	Godfrey de Normandy b.0937 Brionne, Eure, Normandy, France d.1015
				Wife de Saint-Sauveur b.0965
			Hawise de Guines b.0925 GuÃ®nes, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie, France d.1015	Count of GuÃ®nes Siegfried de Guines THE DANE b.0912 d.0965	duke of Frisia Godfrid duke of Frisia b.0820 Denmark d.0885 See Notes
						Hawise de Guines b.0925 GuÃ®nes, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie, France d.1015
					Princess Of Lorraine Gisela of Lotharingia b.0869 Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands d.0907	king of Lotharingia Lothair II b.0835 Carolingian Empire (Present France) d.0869 See Notes	Emperor Lothair der Franken I b.0795 Altdorf bei NÃ¼rnberg, Bayern, Deutschland d.0855 See Notes	Emperor Louis I THE PIOUS b.0778 d.0840 See Notes	King of the Franks, King of the Lombards, Emperor of the Romans Charles Charlemagne I CHARLES THE GREAT Holy Roman Emperor b.0742 Likely in present day Belgium or Germany d.0814 See Notes	MORE>
								Princess Ermengarde of Italy de Hesbaye b.0778 Hesbaye, RÃ©gion Wallonne, Belgique (within present Belgium), Austrasia, Frankish Empire d.0818	COUNT of HESBAYE Ingeramne de Hasbaye b.0753 Hesbaye, Liege, Walloon Region, Belgium d.0818 See Notes	MORE>
							Ermengarde of Tours b.0800 d.0851	Count of Tours Hugh THE TIMID b.0775 Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France d.0837 See Notes	Luitfrid II De Sundgau b.0745 d.0802	MORE>
								Countess of Lower Alsace Ava De tours b.0769 Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, France d.0839
						Ermentrude de Wormsgau
							Ermentrude de Wormsgau
				Eltrude Rosella de Flandres


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