Simon, brother of Walter fitz Alan
Simon (fl. 1162×1163) was a twelfth-century Anglo-Norman.
Uncertain parentage
Simon may have been a son of Avelina de Hesdin and her second husband, Robert fitz Walter.[1] As such, Simon seems to have been a uterine brother of Avelina's sons by her earlier marriage to Alan fitz Flaald: Jordan fitz Alan (fl. 1128–1130), William fitz Alan (died 1160), and Walter fitz Alan (died 1177).[2]
Simon is recorded to have witnessed a grant of Walter to Paisley Priory.[3] The fact that he appears at the bottom of the listed witnesses, and is described as a brother of Walter, could indicate that the men were uterine brothers.[4]
Simon is also recorded to have issued a confirmation of a grant by Alan and his mother concerning the latter's lands of Kempston, Sporle, and Newton.[5]
Simon is sometimes alleged to have been a son of Avelina and Alan,[6] and to have been an ancestor of the Boyd family.[7]
Citations
- Barrow (1980) pp. 13, 15 n. 59.
- Barrow (1980) p. 13; Round (1902) pp. 11–12, 13 tab.; Round (1901) pp. 125–126 n. 3.
- Barrow (1980) p. 14; Round (1901) pp. 125–126 n. 3; Registrum Monasterii de Passelet (1832) pp. 1–2; PoMS, H3/547/11 (n.d.); PoMS Transaction Factoid, No. 64314 (n.d.).
- Round (1902) pp. 11–12 n. 3.
- Barrow (1980) pp. 14–15; Round (1902) pp. 11–12 n. 3.
- Round (1902) p. 12; Round (1901) pp. 125–126 n. 3.
- Round (1901) pp. 125–126 n. 3; Eyton (1856) p. 346 n. 7.
References
Primary sources
- "PoMS, H3/547/11". People of Medieval Scotland, 1093–1314. n.d. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
- "PoMS Transaction Factoid, No. 64314". People of Medieval Scotland, 1093–1314. n.d. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
- Registrum Monasterii de Passelet, Cartas Privilegia Conventiones Aliaque Munimenta Complectens, A Domo Fundata A.D. MCLXIII Usque Ad A.D. MDXXIX. Edinburgh. 1832. OL 24829867M – via Internet Archive.
Secondary sources
- Barrow, GWS (1980). The Anglo-Norman Era in Scottish History. Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 0-19-822473-7.
- Eyton, RW (1856). "The Houses of Fitz-Alan and Stuart: Their Origin and Early History" (PDF). The Archaeological Journal. 13: 333–354. doi:10.1080/00665983.1856.10851014 – via Archaeology Data Service.
- Round, JH (1901). Studies in Peerage and Family History. New York: Longmans Green & Co. OL 7112790M – via Internet Archive.
- Round, JH (1902). "The Origin of the Stewarts and their Chesney Connexion". The Genealogist. 18: 1–16 – via Foundations For Medieval Genealogy.