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Sir
Bryan FitzAlan, Baron FitzAlan Knt., (d.
June 1,
1306) was
Lord of the Manor of
Bedale in
Richmondshire,
Askham Bryan in the Ainsty, Bainton, Heworth &c., in
Yorkshire, Bicker and Graby in
Lincolnshire, a
J.P., and
High Sheriff of
Yorkshire, &c. He was appointed a Guardian of Scotland on
June 13,
1291, and was brother-in-law to King
John of Scotland.
Family
He was the son of Sir Alan FitzBryan, Knt., Lord of the Manor of Bedale, &c., (who was slain shortly before
May 17,
1276 by Payn de Keu of Brandesburton in self-defence) and his spouse, Agnes, (who was still alive in July
1267) said to be a daughter of Sir Randolph FitzHenry of Ravensworth in Richmondshire. The family claim direct descent from
Conan II, Duke of Brittany and
Earl of Richmond.
On the Wednesday before St. Martin, 1290, he founded by charter, at Bedale, a chantry which he appropriated to
Jervaulx Abbey to pray for the souls of the late Countess of Richmond, of Alan his father and Agnes his mother, Muriel his (first) wife, and Thomas, Robert, and Theobald, his sons, &c.
On
September 20,
1291, he'd a licence to crenellate his house at Killerby, near
Cayton, in the
wapentake of
Pickering Lythe.
Scotland
Sir Bryan was on the King's service in
Wales in
1277 and
1287. On
May 1,
1285, being about to go beyond the seas on pilgrimage, he'd Letters of Protection from the Crown for two years. He was Constable of both
Roxburgh Castle and
Jedburgh castle from
August 4,
1291 to
November 18,
1292, and those of
Dundee and
Forfar from 1290 until the same day. He was present at the assemblies held at
Berwick-upon-Tweed in October and November
1292 during the discussions surrounding the
Great Cause. As a Guardian of Scotland he was one of those commanded
November 18,
1292 to give sasine of the
Kingdom of Scotland to
John de Balliol.
On
July 12,
1297 he was appointed Captain for the defence of
Northumberland and, on October 18th following, a Keeper of the Scottish Marches in that county. He was constituted Keeper of Scotland, at a salary of 2,000 marks a year, on
August 18,
1297. He served at the
Battle of Falkirk on
July 22,
1298, and was at the siege of
Caerlaverock Castle in July 1300.
Peerage
Sir Bryan was summoned for Military Service from
April 6,
1282 to
November 7,
1302, to a Military Council on
June 14,
1287, and to attend upon the King at
Salisbury January 26,
1298. He was summoned to parliament from
June 24,
1295 to
January 22,
1305 by Writs directed to
Briano filio Alani whereby he's held to have become
Lord FitzAlan. As
Brianus filius Alani domins de Bedale he took part in the Barons' Letter to the Pope, dated
February 12,
1300.
Death
Lord FitzAlan was buried in Bedale Church next to his first wife. Upon his death any hereditary peerage created by the Writ of
1295 is held to be in
abeyance.
Marriage
He married twice: (1) Muriel (surname unknown), who died before
November 8,
1290 and is buried in Bedale Church, and (2) before
July 2,
1297, Maud (or Matilda) (still living
April 10,
1340) who was buried in the Church of the
Black Friars at
York. This second wife was a daughter of
John de Balliol (d.
1269), Lord of
Barnard Castle, by his spouse
Devorguilla (d.
1290) daughter of
Alan, Lord of Galloway (d.
1234). Devorguilla was a great-great-granddaughter of King
David I of Scotland..
Of Lord FitzAlan's sons by his first marriage nothing is known, but it appears they were all dead by 1290. His daughters by his second marriage were his co-heirs in his landed estates. They were also co-heiresses to his brother, Theobald.
The
Lordship of the Manor of Bedale passed via the eldest daughter:
- Agnes, (b. 1298) whose marriage was granted on May 10, 1306 (when she was aged just 8) to Sir Miles de Stapleton of Carlton, Yorkshire for his younger son: Sir Gilbert Stapleton, Knt., (d. 1321). Their great-great-grandson, Sir Miles Stapleton of Bedale, also held the feudal barony of Ingham, Norfolk.
Katherine (1300 - d. before August 7, 1328) married Sir John de Grey, 1st Baron Grey of Rotherfield, K.G. (October 9, 1300 - September 1, 1359).Further Information
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