William Zouche, 1st Baron Zouche of Haryngworth

William Zouche, 1st Baron Zouche of Haryngworth (* around 1277, † 1352 ) was an English nobleman. He came from the Zouche family and was a son of Eudo de la Zouche and Millicent de Cantilupe, the widow of John de Montalt. His mother was co-heir of her brother George de Cantilupe , after whose death in 1273 she inherited scattered estates in Ireland , south-west England and the Midlands .

Life

From 1301 Zouche took part in numerous campaigns during the first Scottish War of Independence , serving in Ireland in 1317 and 1332 and in Gascony during the War of Saint-Sardos from 1324 to 1325 . He was made Knight of the Bath in 1306 and called to parliament as Baron Zouche in 1308 by Writ of Summons . He supported the nobility opposition under the Earl of Lancaster against King Edward II and was involved in the execution of the royal favorite Piers Gaveston . This was probably a reason why he planned a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in 1317 as a penance , but he did not undertake it. In June 1317 he entered the service of Lancaster as a vassal. In the event of a war Zouche was supposed to provide 30 men-at-arms, for which Lancaster paid him 200 marks a year . However, when Lancaster openly rebelled against the king from 1321, Zouche did not participate in the rebellion and thus escaped punishment by the king.

Zouche also served as a judge until he was replaced in Derbyshire in 1330 because of poor health. Despite his poor health, he still took part in parliament in 1337.

Marriage and offspring

Before February 1296, Zouche married Maud Lovell, daughter of John Lovell of Titchmarsh and Isabel de Bois. Her dowry expanded his holdings in the Midlands, as she was heir to her uncle William du Bois († around 1313) and inherited estates in Northamptonshire , Leicestershire and Warwickshire . He and his wife had three daughters and seven sons, including:

• Eudo II. Zouche (1298-1326)
• Edmund de la Zouche , clergyman at St Paul's Cathedral in London
• Millicent († 1379) ∞ William Deincourt, 2nd Baron Deincourt

Since his eldest son Eudo had died in 1326, his son William II inherited his title. Some historians suggest that William Zouche , Archbishop of York from 1342 to 1352 , was also a son of his, but it is more likely that he was a younger brother of Roger Zouche of Lubesthorpe.

Web links

• Eric Acheson: William Zouche [i], first Lord Zouche (c.1277-1352). 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
• William la Zouche, 1st Lord Zouche (of Haryngworth) on thepeerage.com , accessed July 28, 2015.

Individual evidence

1. ^ William Arthur Shaw: The Knights of England. Volume 1, Sherratt and Hughes, London 1906, p. 112.
2. ↑ John Robert Maddicott: Thomas of Lancaster, 1307-1322. A Study in the Reign of Edward II . Oxford University Press, Oxford 1970, p. 211

predecessor	Office	successor
New title created	Baron Zouche 1308-1352	William Zouche