William Weyland

William Weyland (* before 1230; † 1274 ) was an English civil servant and judge.

William Weyland was the second eldest son of landowner Herbert Weyland from Essex and his wife Beatrice. His mother was a daughter of Stephen of Witnesham . After the death of her father, she and her five sisters inherited his small estate Witnesham near Ipswich in Suffolk . Weyland's older brother John and younger brother Thomas became judges. William Weyland served in Ireland from 1248 as Seneschal of the Liberty of Ross , a reign of the Earl of Norfolk . From 1257 to 1258 he was the King's traveling judge in Ireland. Between 1261 and 1264 he administered the fallen crown fiefs in England south of Trent . In 1269 he was Seneschal of the Liberty of Kildare . From 1271 until his death he was a traveling judge on the Court of Common Bench in England. After his death, his younger brother Thomas inherited his estates in England and Ireland.

Individual evidence

^ Paul Brand: Weyland, Sir Thomas (c.1230-1298). 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	Weyland, William
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	English official and knight
DATE OF BIRTH	before 1230
DATE OF DEATH	1274

[1] Paul Brand: Weyland, Sir Thomas (c.1230-1298). 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