Barony Title of Fotheringay
£16,000.00
County: Northamptonshire
History from: 1066
History to: End of the thirteen century
Interesting Facts:
Become the 13th Baron and Baroness of Fotheringay
1st Baron – A Dane, Waltheof fitz Siward, who was described as, “of immense strength, a matchless warrior but weak and unstable of character”. He fights with King Harold against the invasion of King Harald of Norway. He is rewarded by the king with the Earldoms of Huntingdon and Northampton. He did not fight against William the Conqueror at Hastings and William grants him Fotheringay.
2nd Baron – Simon de St Liz, husband of Waltheof’s eldest daughter Maud. Simon witnesses the Charter of Liberties issued by King Henry I at his coronation. Simon builds the stone Northampton Castle.
3rd Baron – After Simon dies Maud marries David of Scotland making him the third baron. Northampton Castle is excluded from the barony due to its strategic importance. David is also made Prince of the Cumbrians.
4th Baron – David surrenders Fotheringay to his son Henry during his life time.
5th Baron – Simon’s son, Simon II launches a successful claim for Fotheringay and become the 5th Baron.
6th Baron – King Henry II returns Fotheringay to the Kings of Scotland.
7th Baron – In 1166 King William of Scotland and King Henry II have a violent quarrel and William sends an embassy to France to forge and alliance between Scotland and France. William is taken captive near Alnwick and brought before King Henry. He is tied under a horse’s belly to humiliate him and he is imprisoned in Richmond Castle.
8th Baron – As part of the Treaty of Falaise Fotheringay is taken by King Henry and granted to Simon III de St Liz.
9th Baron – Simon dies and Fotheringay is once again given to King William of Scotland who immediately gives it to his brother David. David carries one of the three swords at the coronation of Richard the Lionheart.
10th Baron – John the Scot bears the sword at the coronation of Queen Eleanor (wife to King Henry II). King Henry appoints John as a joint protector of the young King Alexander III of Scotland. John is appointed High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.
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County: Northamptonshire
History from: 1066
History to: End of the thirteen century
Interesting Facts:
Become the 13th Baron and Baroness of Fotheringay
1st Baron – A Dane, Waltheof fitz Siward, who was described as, “of immense strength, a matchless warrior but weak and unstable of character”. He fights with King Harold against the invasion of King Harald of Norway. He is rewarded by the king with the Earldoms of Huntingdon and Northampton. He did not fight against William the Conqueror at Hastings and William grants him Fotheringay.
2nd Baron – Simon de St Liz, husband of Waltheof’s eldest daughter Maud. Simon witnesses the Charter of Liberties issued by King Henry I at his coronation. Simon builds the stone Northampton Castle.
3rd Baron – After Simon dies Maud marries David of Scotland making him the third baron. Northampton Castle is excluded from the barony due to its strategic importance. David is also made Prince of the Cumbrians.
4th Baron – David surrenders Fotheringay to his son Henry during his life time.
5th Baron – Simon’s son, Simon II launches a successful claim for Fotheringay and become the 5th Baron.
6th Baron – King Henry II returns Fotheringay to the Kings of Scotland.
7th Baron – In 1166 King William of Scotland and King Henry II have a violent quarrel and William sends an embassy to France to forge and alliance between Scotland and France. William is taken captive near Alnwick and brought before King Henry. He is tied under a horse’s belly to humiliate him and he is imprisoned in Richmond Castle.
8th Baron – As part of the Treaty of Falaise Fotheringay is taken by King Henry and granted to Simon III de St Liz.
9th Baron – Simon dies and Fotheringay is once again given to King William of Scotland who immediately gives it to his brother David. David carries one of the three swords at the coronation of Richard the Lionheart.
10th Baron – John the Scot bears the sword at the coronation of Queen Eleanor (wife to King Henry II). King Henry appoints John as a joint protector of the young King Alexander III of Scotland. John is appointed High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.
