Ancestral Trails 2016 » Walter ESPEC (1082-????)

Persoonlijke gegevens Walter ESPEC 

• Hij is geboren in het jaar 1082 in Old Warden, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire.
• Hij is overleden op 7 maart 1152/53 in Kirkham, East Riding, Yorkshire, hij was toen 70 jaar oud.
• Hij is begraven in het jaar 1153 in Rievaulx Abbey, Yorkshire.
• Een kind van WILLIAM ESPEC en ADELINE BEAUCHAMP

Gezin van Walter ESPEC

Hij is getrouwd met Adeline BEAUCHAMP.

Zij zijn getrouwd in het jaar 1105 te Helmsley, North Riding, Yorkshire, hij was toen 23 jaar oud.

Notities over Walter ESPEC

Walter Espec (died 1153) was a prominent military and judicial figure of the reign of Henry I of England. His father was probably William Speche, a follower of William I of England. In the years up to 1120 he controlled northern England, alongside Eustace Fitz John. He was the builder of Helmsley Castle; he built also Wark Castle. As an old man, when High Sheriff of Yorkshire, he fought against the Scots at the Battle of the Standard in 1138. He was the founder of Kirkham Priory (Augustinians) and later Rievaulx Abbey (Cistercians). Kirkham Priory was founded around 1130. He then donated 1,000 acres (4.0 km2) to Rievaulx, where building started in 1132, and is largely credited for the arrival of the Cistercians in England. By 1135 he also founded Warden Abbey (Wardon) in Bedfordshire, a daughter house of Rievaulx. SOURCE: Wikipedia Walter took an active interest in his community and was evidently highly regarded by the monks of Rievaulx. He entered the community shortly before his death and burial there c. 1153/5, but died leaving no male heirs. His inheritance was divided and patronage of Rievaulx passed to the Ros family.

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