Matilda de Percy

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The ruins of Sawley Abbey, which Matilda de Percy had mined significantly

Matilda de Percy , Countess of Warwick (also Maud de Percy or Matilda de Beaumont ) (* before 1148 in Catton near Stamford Bridge , Yorkshire; † before October 13, 1204 ) was an English noblewoman.

origin

Matilda de Percy came from the Anglo-Norman noble family Percy . She was a daughter of William de Percy († 1175) and his first wife Alice of Tonbridge († 1148). Her sister Agnes de Percy married Joscelin de Louvain , the half-brother of Adeliza , the second wife of King Henry I. After the death of her brother Alan de Percy, who died before 1175, Matilda and her sister Agnes became her father's heirs.

Wife of the Earl of Warwick

Matilda was married to William de Beaumont, 3rd Earl of Warwick , for her husband's second marriage. When after the death of their father in 1175 his possessions were divided, her husband received possessions with 20 knight's fees , while Joscelin and Agnes received 23 knight's fees. Some properties were initially jointly administered, but it appears that Matilda and William got the less profitable properties in the Yorkshire hills. Together with her husband, she initially managed her inheritance. She made several foundations for the benefit of monasteries, for example, on December 28, 1175 she donated lands in favor of Fountains Abbey . Before 1181 she renewed the foundation of Sawley Abbey in Yorkshire, which her father had founded , and to whom she donated a hospital in Tadcaster .

Generous donor during her widowhood

Her marriage to Beaumont was childless. When her husband died in 1184, Waleran de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Warwick , a younger brother of her husband , inherited his possessions and the title of Earl of Warwick . In addition to her father's inheritance, Matilda kept a Wittum from her husband's estates , making her a wealthy widow. She paid 700 marks to King Henry II so that she could keep her father's inheritance and for the right to remarry at will. She continued to be a generous patroness of monasteries, most notably Fountains, Sawley, and Kirkstead Abbey, and Warter Priory and Stainfield Priory in Lincolnshire , the Hospital of St Peter in York, and the Church of Tadcaster. She also managed her lands as a wealthy landowner, with the assistance of her chamberlain Juliana of Warwick . In gratitude, she received lands in Yorkshire, which she donated to Fountains Abbey after her death. In 1195 Matilda paid shield money for 15 knights . She died before October 13, 1204 and was buried in Fountains Abbey. The majority of her property fell to William de Percy, the eldest grandson of her sister Agnes, a smaller part fell to Agnes' younger son Richard de Percy .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ WE Rhodes; Hugh M. Thomas: Percy, Richard de (b. Before 1181, d. 1244). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004
personal data
SURNAME Percy, Matilda de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Percy, Maud de; Beaumont, Matilda de; Warwick, Matilda de Beaumont, Countess of
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English nobles
DATE OF BIRTH before 1148
PLACE OF BIRTH Catton , Yorkshire
DATE OF DEATH before October 13, 1204