John I de Balliol
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John de Balliol(before 1208 – 25 October 1268) was anEnglishnobleman, belonging to theHouse of Balliol.Balliol College,inOxford,is named after him.
Life
[edit]John de Balliol was born before 1208 to Cecily de Fontaines, daughter of Aléaume de Fontaines, chevalier, seigneur of Fontaines andLongpré-les-Corps-SaintsandHugh de Balliol,Lord of Balliol and ofBarnard CastleandGainford(c.1177 – 2 February 1229). It is believed that he was educated atDurham Schoolin the city ofDurham.
In 1223, Lord John marriedDervorguilla of Galloway,the daughter ofAlan, Lord of GallowayandMargaret of Huntingdon.By the mid-thirteenth century, his wife had become very wealthy, principally as a result of inheritances from her family. This wealth allowed Balliol to play a prominent public role, and, on KingHenry III's instruction, he served as joint protector of the young king of Scots,Alexander III.He was one of Henry III's leading counsellors between 1258 and 1265.[1]and was appointedSheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshirefrom 1261 to 1262. He was captured at theBattle of Lewesin 1264, but escaped and rejoined King Henry.[2] In 1265 Thomas de Musgrave owed him a debt of 123marks.About 1266, Baldwin Wake owed him a debt of 100 marks and more.
Following a dispute with theBishop of Durham,he agreed to provide funds for scholars studying at Oxford. Support for a house of students began in around 1263; further endowments, made after his death by Dervorguilla, resulted in the establishment ofBalliol College.[3][4]
Issue
[edit]John and Dervorguilla had issue:
- Sir Hugh de Balliol, who died without issue before 10 April 1271. He marriedAgnes de Valence,daughter ofWilliam de Valence, 1st Earl of Pembroke.[5]
- Alan de Balliol, who died before 10 April 1271 without issue[5]
- Sir Alexander de Balliol, who died without issue before 13 November 1278. He married Eleanor de Genoure.[5]
- KingJohn I of Scotland,successful competitor for theCrownin 1292[5]
- Ada de Balliol, who married, in 1266, William Lindsay of Lamberton, and had a daughter, Christian de Lindsay, who marriedEnguerrand V de Coucy.[5]Christian and her husband are the ancestors ofMary of Guise,the mother ofMary, Queen of Scots.
- William de Balliolle Scot,who issued Johnle Scot,ancestor of Scotts ofScot's HallandBrabourne.Some sources claim William was a distant cousin, not a son.[6]
- Margaret de Balliol, who may have married Thomas de Moulton.
- Cecily de Balliol (d. before 1273), who married Sir John de Burgh (d. before 3 March 1280) ofWakerley,Northamptonshire,by whom she had three daughters: Devorguille de Burgh (c. 1256 – 1284), who in 1259 marriedRobert FitzWalter, 1st Baron FitzWalter;Hawise de Burgh (d. before 24 March 1299), who married Sir Robert de Grelle (or Grelley) (d. 15 February 1282) ofManchester;and Margery de Burgh, who became a nun.[5][7][8]
- Mary (or Eleanor) de Balliol, who marriedJohn II Comyn, Lord of Badenoch,and had a son,John 'The Red' Comyn, Lord of Badenoch(d. 1306).[5]
- Maud (or Matilda) de Balliol, married toBryan FitzAlan, Lord FitzAlan,and feudal Baron ofBedale.They were parents to Agnes FitzAlan (b. 1298), who married Sir Gilbert Stapleton, Knt., of Bedale[9](1291–1324). Gilbert is better known for his participation in the assassination ofPiers Gaveston,Earl of Cornwall.
Notes
[edit]- ^Stell 2004.
- ^http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT4/JUST1/JUST1no618/aJUST1no618fronts/IMG_1246.htm;third entry, mentioningSimon de Montfort& the Battle of Lewes, in line 4
- ^Simmonds, Tricia (1989).In and Around Oxford.Bath: Unichrome. p. 20.ISBN1-871004-02-0.
- ^Beam, Amanda (2005)."John Balliol, the Bishops of Durham, and Balliol College,1255–1260".Northern History.42(2): 239–256.doi:10.1179/174587005X68388.S2CID159500976.
- ^abcdefgSCOTTISH ROYAL LINEAGE – THE HOUSE OF ATHOLL Part 2 of 6Burke's Peerage.Retrieved 2007-11-01Archived21 October 2007 at theWayback Machine
- ^"Balliol Archives – Founders".
- ^Richardson II 2011,pp. 206–8, 577–8.
- ^Cokayne 1926,p. 474.
- ^Norcliffe of Langton, M.A., Charles Best, editor,The Visitation ofYorkshire,1563-64byWilliam Flower,Norroy King of Arms,London, 1881, p. 294 and footnotes
References
[edit]- Cokayne, George Edward(1926).Gibbs, Vicary;Doubleday, H.A. (eds.).The Complete Peerage.Vol. V. London: St. Catherine Press.
- Richardson, Douglas(2011). Everingham, Kimball G. (ed.).Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families.Vol. II (2nd ed.). Salt Lake City.ISBN978-1449966386.
{{cite book}}:CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Beam, Amanda (2008).The Balliol Dynasty, 1210-1364.Edinburgh: John Donald.
- Stell, G. P. (2004). "Balliol, John de (b. before 1208, d. 1268)".Oxford Dictionary of National Biography(online ed.). Oxford University Press.doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/1208.(Subscription orUK public library membershiprequired.)The first edition of this text is available at Wikisource:Stephen, Leslie,ed. (1885)..Dictionary of National Biography.Vol. 3. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 66.
Further reading
[edit]- "Founders of Balliol College and their Families".Balliol College Archives & Manuscripts.Balliol College, University of Oxford.
- Lundy, Darryl (29 January 2005)."John de Balliol".p. 10249 § 102487.
- Weis, Frederick Lewis.Magna Charta Sureties 1215.pp. 44–1, 141–2.[full citation needed]
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