Hugh "of Kevelioc" MESCHINES, 5TH EARL OF CHESTER
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Name Suffix:5th Earl Of Chester Ancestral File Number: V9TW-RR 1 NAME Hugh De Meschines Earl Of /Chester/ 2 GIVN Hugh De Meschines Earl Of 2SURN Chester Name Suffix: [VISCOUNT D'AVRAAncestral File Number: V9TW-RRThis nobleman, Hugh (Keveliok), 3rd Earl of Chester, joined in the rebellion of the Earl of Lancaster and the King of Scots against King Henry II, and in support of that monarch's son, Prince Henry's pretensions to the crown. In which proceeding he was taken prisoner with the Earl of Leicester at Alnwick, but obtained his freedom soon afterwards upon the king's reconciliation with the young prince. Again, however, hoisting the standard of revolt both in England and Normandy, with as little success, he was again seized and then detained a prisoner for some years. He eventually, however, obtained his liberty and restoration of his lands when public tranquility became completely reestablished some time about the 23rd year of the king's reign. His lordship m. Bertred, dau.of Simon, Earl of Evereux, in Normandy, and had issue, I. Ranulph, his successor; I. Maud, m. to David, Earl of Huntingdon, brother of William, King of Scotland, and had one son and four daus., viz., 1. John, surnamed le Scot, who s. tothe Earldom of Chester, d. s. p. 7 June, 1237; 1. Margaret, m. to Alan de Galloway, and had a dau., Devorguilla, m. to John de Baliol, and was mother of Johnde Baliol, declared King of Scotland in the reign of Edward I; 2. Isabel, m. to Robert de Brus, and was mother of Robert de Brus, who contended for the crownof Scotland, temp. Edward I; 3. Maud, d. unm.; Ada, m. to Henry de Hastings, one of the competitors for the Scottish crown, temp. Edward I; II. Mabill, m. toWilliam de Albini, Earl of Arundel; III. Agnes, m. to William de Ferrers, Earlof Derby; IV. Hawise, m. to Robert, son of Sayer de Quincy, Earl of Winchester.The earl had another dau., whose legitimacy is questionable, namely, Amicia,* m. to Ralph de Mesnilwarin, justice of Chester, "a person," says Dugdale, "of very ancient family," from which union the Mainwarings, of Over Peover, in the co. Chester, derive. Dugdale considers Amicia to be a dau. of the earl by a former wife. But Sir Peter Leicester, in his Antiquities of Chester, totally deniesher legitimacy. "I cannot but mislike," says he, "the boldness and ignorance of that herald who gave to Mainwaring (late of Peover), the elder, the quartering of the Earl of Chester's arms; for if he ought of right to quarter that coat,then must he be descended from a co-heir to the Earl of Chester; but he was not; for the co-heirs of Earl Hugh married four of the greatest peers in the kingdom."The earl d. at Leeke, in Staffordshire, in 1181, and was s. by his only son, Ranulph, surnamed Blundevil (or rather Blandevil) from the place of his birth, the town of Album Monasterium, modern Oswestry, in Powys), as 4th Earl of Chester.* Upon the question of this lady's legitimacy there was a long paper war between Sir Peter Leicester and Sir Thomas Mainwaring---and eventually the matter was referred to the judges, of whose decision Wood says, "at an assize held at Chester, 1675, the controversy was decided by the justices itinerant, who, as I have heard, adjudged the right of the matter to Mainwaring." [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, pp. 365-6, Meschines, Earls of Chester] This nobleman, Hugh (Keveliok), 3rd Earl of Chester, joined in the rebellion of the Earl of Lancaster and the King of Scotsagainst King Henry II, and in support of that monarch's son, Prince Henry's pretensions to the crown. In which proceeding he was taken prisoner with the Earlof Leicester at Alnwick, but obtained his freedom soon afterwards upon the king's reconciliation with the young prince. Again, however, hoisting the standardof revolt both in England and Normandy, with as little success, he was again seized and then detained a prisoner for some years
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Name Suffix:[Countess] Ancestral File Number: 8XQ5-Z5 Name Suffix: [COUNTESS OF CHE Ancestral File Number: 8XQ5-Z5
Name Suffix:[Countess Of Hun Ancestral File Number: 9G42-0X 1 NAME /Matilda/ 2 GIVN 2 SURN Matilda Name Suffix: [COUNTESS OF HUN Ancestral File Number: 9G42-0X
Ancestral File Number:V9S4-N0 1 NAME XX /Mabel/ 2 GIVN XX 2 SURN Mabel Name Suffix: [COUNTESS OF SUS Ancestral File Number: V9S4-N0
Name Suffix:[Earl Of Chester Ancestral File Number: MQPT-F1 Name Suffix: [EARL OF CHESTER Ancestral File Number: MQPT-F1
Name Suffix:Lady Of Chartley
Name Suffix:[Lady Chartley] Ancestral File Number: 84ZW-Z8 1 NAME Agnes /De Keveliock/ 2 GIVN Agnes 2 SURN De Keveliock Ancestral FileNumber: 84ZW-Z8
Ancestral File Number:8WK7-T5 Ancestral File Number: 8WK7-T5The earl had another dau., whose legitimacy is questionable, namely, Amicia,* m. to Ralph de Mesnilwarin, justice of Chester, "a person," says Dugdale, "of very ancient family," from which union the Mainwarings, of Over Peover, in the co. Chester, derive. Dugdale considers Amicia to be a dau. of the earl by a former wife.But Sir Peter Leicester, in his Antiquities of Chester, totally denies her legitimacy. "I cannot but mislike," says he, "the boldness and ignorance of that herald who gave to Mainwaring (late of Peover), the elder, the quartering of theEarl of Chester's arms; for if he ought of right to quarter that coat, then must he be descended from a co-heir to the Earl of Chester; but he was not; for the co-heirs of Earl Hugh married four of the greatest peers in the kingdom."* Upon the question of this lady's legitimacy there was a long paper war between Sir Peter Leicester and Sir Thomas Mainwaring---and eventually the matter was referred to the judges, of whose decision Wood says, "at an assize held at Chester, 1675, the controversy was decided by the justices itinerant, who, as I have heard, adjudged the right of the matter to Mainwaring." [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, pp. 365-6, Meschines, Earls of Chester]
Name Suffix:Countess Of Lincoln Ancestral File Number: 91SM-P3 1 NAME Hawise Of /Chester/ 2 GIVN Hawise Of 2 SURN Chester Name Suffix: [COUNTESS OF LIN Ancestral File Number: 91SM-P3 on the Earldom ofLincoln, prior creations, [Burke's Peerage, p. 1712]: The Earldom of Lincoln was revived twenty years after the 2nd Earl's death in favour of his cousin, Ranulph Earl of Chester, who of course also had a long-standing connection withthe county through their common ancestress Countess Lucy. Ranulph's prominentrole in defeating the French invaders at the Battle of Lincoln earlier in 1217, the year he was made Earl of Lincoln, played a part in his elevation. Soon after Michaelmas 1230 he made over the Earldom to his sister Hawise, from whom it was conveyed to her son-in-law John de Lacy, the traffic in the dignity beingapproved by Henry III in both cases in the autumn of 1232.
He married Bertha (Bertrade) de [Countess] Montfort 1169 at Montfort, Normandy, France . Bertha (Bertrade) de [Countess] Montfort was born at Montfort-sur-Risle, Eure, Normandy, France Abt 1150 daughter of Simon III Chauve de Montfort, Count of Evreux and Maud de Beaumont .
They were the parents of 8
children:
Beatrix de Meschines
born Abt 1170.
Maud de Meschines
born 1171.
Mabel of Chester
born Abt 1172.
Ranulph de Meschines
born 1172.
Agnes of Chester, Lady of Chartley
born Abt 1174.
Agnes de [Lady Chartley] Meschines
born Abt 1174.
Amicia de Meschines
born Abt 1177.
Hawise de Meschines, Countess of Lincoln
born 1180.
Hugh "of Kevelioc" Meschines, 5th Earl of Chester died 30 Jun 1181 at Leek, Staffordshire, England .
Bertha (Bertrade) de [Countess] Montfort died 12 Jul 1227 at Evreux, Eure, Normandy, France .