Lord of Hazelwood
27 Gens. (AC: Anne Vavasr, 1445)
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Il est marié avec Matilda Perry.
Ils se sont mariés.
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Biography
The family of Vavasour of Hazlewood, parish of Tadcaster, descends from Mauger, tenant in Yorkshire of William de Percy (at Barnby-upon-Don, Cocksford, Edlington, Hazlewood and Stutton) and he held Hessle, parish of Wragby of Ilbert de Lacy in 1086. At an uncertain date, in temp. Henry I, a witness to a charter of Alan de Percy was a Mauger.
The word Vavasour means a vassal or under-tenant. William witness a charter circa 1158-63 and was amerced in 1165-66, 1166-67 and 1175-76. In 1166 he held 2 knights' fees of William de Percy, 1/3 knights' fee of Henry de Lacy and 1/2 knights' fee of the Honor of Skipton. He was a custodian of the lands of the Archbishop of York 1183-90, a Justice itinerant in 1184 and 1187-89, farmed the lands of William Paynel from 1185-88, and levied tallage from 1187-89. He was an advisor to Maud, Countess of Warwich. He died between Michelmas 1189 and 29 June 1191 (per Complete Peerage XII/2:231).
Note
NOTE«b»"one of the justices 30 Hen II, 1184. He was Lord of Hazlewood and stands witness to Matilda Persy Countess of Warwick's re-foundation charter of Sallay Abbey".«/b»
Sources
Phillips, Weber, Kirk and Staggs Families of the Pacific Northwest, by Jim Weber, rootsweb.com
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