William Maudit, 8th Earl of Warwick

William de Maudit (or Mauduit), 8th Earl of Warwick (c. 1220 – 8 January 1267) was an English nobleman and participant in the Second Barons' War.

He was the son of Lady Alice de Beaumont (daughter of 4th Earl of Warwick from his second wife, Alice de Harcourt) and William de Maudit, and thus the grandson of Waleran de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Warwick. His father was Lord of Hanslope[1] and hereditary Chamberlain of the Exchequer, a title that went back to another William Maudit who held that office for King Henry I of England. After the death of his half-cousin, Margaret de Beaumont, 7th Countess of Warwick suo jure in June 1253, without issue, he succeeded to the title Earl of Warwick, which was passed down to him.

William adhered to King Henry III in the Second Barons' War of 1264–67. During that time, there was a surprise attack on Warwick Castle, his residence, by the forces of Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester from Kenilworth Castle, led by John Giffard. According to 15th-century chronicler John Rous, the walls along the northeastern side of Warwick Castle were destroyed, so "that it should be no strength to the king".[2] William and his wife were then taken as prisoners to Kenilworth Castle, and were held there until the payment of a ransom of nineteen hundred marks was given.

William Maudit married Alice de Segrave, daughter of Gilbert de Segrave and Amabil de Chaucombe,[3] and had no issue from the marriage.[4] When he died, his estates passed to his sister, Isabel de Maudit, who had married William de Beauchamp, Lord of Elmley. William's sister died shortly after him and the title passed to her son William, as the 9th Earl of Warwick.

References

  1. ↑ Sir Bernard Burke, C.B. LL.D., A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire, new edition (1883; reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1978), page 399. Hereinafter cited as Burkes Extinct Peerage.
  2. ↑ 'The borough of Warwick: The castle and castle estate in Warwick', A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 8: The City of Coventry and Borough of Warwick (1969), pp. 452–475. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=16051.
  3. ↑ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd., 2003), Vol.II, page 2820.
  4. ↑ "William de MAUDUIT - Généalogie WAILLY - Geneanet". gw.geneanet.org. Retrieved 2016-09-13.
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Peerage of England
Preceded by
Margaret de Newburg and

John du Plessis

 Earl of Warwick
1253–1267		 Succeeded by
William de Beauchamp

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