About William of Huntingfield
Lived 1160 – 1220 (aged 59–60). William of Huntingfield was a military personnel.
William of Huntingfield (died 1225 ) was a medieval English baron, Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk and one of the sureties of Magna Carta.
He held Dover Castle for King John from September 1203 (as a Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports) and in exchange, the king took his son and daughter hostage.
Family William was son of Roger de Huntingfield and Alice de Senlis, who was a granddaughter of Simon, Earl of Huntingdon and Northampton.
He married Isabel, the daughter of William Fitz Roger of Gressinghall, Norfolk. Isabel had been twice widowed: her first husband was Berenger de Cressy, and her second Osmund de Stuteville. They had two sons and four daughters. William was succeeded by his elder son Roger.
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Who was William of Huntingfield?
English baron
When was William of Huntingfield born?
William of Huntingfield was born in 1160.
When did William of Huntingfield die?
William of Huntingfield died in 1220.
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William of Huntingfield was a military personnel.
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