Kyme (family)

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Coat of arms of the Kyme family around 1300

The Kyme family was an English noble family who owned extensive estates, especially in Lincolnshire , in the Middle Ages . The family died out in 1338 as a direct male line of succession.

history

The founder of the family is considered to be a William († around 1116), who is mentioned as a vassal of Waldin the Engineer in 1086. He may be identical to William, a son of an Anshetil who was a vassal of the Bishops of Durham and the de la Haie family around 1100 . His son Simon († around 1162) became his heir . As a henchman to Earl Ranulf II of Chester , Simon rose to become one of the most powerful nobles in Lincolnshire. He was allowed to marry his eldest son Philip to the wealthy heiress Hawise of Kyme , which is why he took the surname Kyme . Although Philip of Kyme was only a lesser crown vassal as lord of the small lordship of Sotby in Lincolnshire , but as a vassal of the Earls of Lincoln and Chester and the Gant and Mowbray families , he held lands with around 28 Knight's Fee in Lincolnshire and other counties. In the second half of the 12th century, the family's ties to the Earls of Chester loosened. The family built a castle in Bullington , where Simon had also founded a Gilbertine priory in 1155 . Philip of Kyme founded an Augustinian priory in Kyme . However, these and other extensive foundations increasingly exhausted the family's resources. Through the marriage of Philip's sons Simon of Kyme and William to the two heiresses of Robert fitz Robert acquired these considerable estates as vassals of the Percy family in Yorkshire . Simon of Kyme and his son Philip were both on the side of the aristocratic opposition to King John Ohneland in the First War of the Barons . In the war, however, both were taken into royal captivity. For their release, Simon of Kyme had to cede his fiefdom, which he held as a vassal of the Earls of Chester and Lincoln. In addition, he left considerable debts on his death in 1220, which burdened his son and heir Philip of Kyme and his two sons considerably. William of Kyme left only one minor heir, Philip Kyme . After he came of age, he served as a military and loyal vassal of King Edward I and was able to restore the family's reputation. As Baron Kyme he was invited to the English parliaments from 1295 . His son and heir William Kyme, 2nd Baron Kyme, died childless in 1338. In female succession, the property of the Kyme family fell to Gilbert de Umfraville, 9th Earl of Angus .

Master list (extract)

  1. William († around 1116)
    1. Simon († around 1162)
      1. Philip of Kyme († between 1192 and 1194)
        1. Simon of Kyme († 1220)
          1. Philip of Kyme († 1242)
            1. Simon of Kyme († 1248)
            2. William of Kyme († 1259)
              1. Philip Kyme, 1st Baron Kyme († 1323)
                1. William Kyme, 2nd Baron Kyme (around 1283–1338)

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