Walter de Fauconberg, 1st Baron Fauconberg

Walter de Fauconberg, 1st Baron Fauconberg (* before 1254, † 1304 ) was an English peer .

life and career

Origin and family

Sir Walter de Fauconberg was the son and heir of Sir Peters de Fauconberg, who appears around 1230 as Lord of Rise and Withernwick in Holderness , and of his first wife Margaret, daughter of Richard de Muntfichet at Stansted in Essex . His family came from France and probably from Drogo, the castellan of Saint Omer and Lord von Fauquembergues from the Pas de Calais in what is now northern France, who probably came to England with King William I (the conqueror). His probable son, Franco, homo Drogonis, had received Rise and Withernwick.

Life

Walter de Fauconberg served most of his life in the royal service, both as a soldier and as a political advisor. First he served his king in 1254 as a soldier in Gascony under the command of Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester . Simon de Montfort got into the same year with the English King Henry III. in dispute and therefore began an uprising against the king with numerous other greats of the empire. Walter von Fauconberg must also have been involved in the internal English disputes, because the crown confiscated his property after the rebellion was put down. It was not until 1268 that he was able to buy it back against payment of 250 pounds, after he had been from Henry III since 1257. was used again for military service. He also served in the war for his successor Eduard I until 1302, whereby he proved so successful that Eduard I, who also valued him as an advisor, appointed him to Parliament on June 24, 1295 through a Writ of Summons and thereby made him hereditary Baron Fauconberg made. From this point on, Walter de Fauconberg regularly took part in the deliberations of parliament until 1302. He died on the night of November 1st, 1304 in Rise and was buried in the Nunkeeling Priory.

He was married to Agnes de Brus, sister and heiress of Peter de Brus († around 1272), Lord of Skelton. He inherited the castle of Skelton-in-Cleveland by his wife's right . His son, who was also called Walter de Fauconberg, succeeded him as the second baron.

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Alan Sutton: The Complete Peerage , Volume V, London 1982, p. 267
2. ^ ^{A b} Alan Sutton: The Complete Peerage , Volume V, London 1982, p. 268
3. ^ Alan Sutton: The Complete Peerage , Volume V, London 1982, p. 269

predecessor	Office	successor
New title created	Baron Fauconberg 1295-1304	Walter de Fauconberg