William de Warenne, earl of Surrey, 5th Earl of Surrey, 1st Earl of Surrey, Norman baron and Domesday landholder
Dates: Died 1208
Biography
William de Warenne was an Anglo-Norman nobleman and earl of Surrey who held extensive lands and feudal rights in England.
Notes / Sources
The date 1204 and the Alderton link derive from the local estate history; the charter independently establishes a Warenne fee in Alderton.
Research sources:
- Grafton Estate, 'Alderton History'; corroborating charter of William de Warenne confirming William Briwerre's land of the Warenne fee in Stoke Bruerne, Shutlanger, and Alderton, published by the Northamptonshire Record Society. — https://www.mkheritage.org.uk/grafton/Alderton/Alderton%20History.html
- Wikipedia biographical reference — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_de_Warenne,_5th_Earl_of_Surrey
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Historic Blood Lines
This person appears in 1 source-derived pedigree record(s).
- Evrewic Scire: Domesday extracts and claims — recorded as Willielmus de Warene