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- William de Warenne 6th Earl of Surrey was born in 1166 in Surrey, England.1 He was the son of Hamelin Plantagenet 5th Earl of Surrey and Isabel de Warenne Countess of Surrey.2 In 1197 at Rouen, he witnessed a charter for Richard I. He had seisin of his father’s lands in 1202, and two years later in 1204, he was granted a yearly fair at Wakefield. Having lost his lands in Normandy, the King, in 1205, granted him Grantham and Stamford in Lincolnshire in compensation. Earl William owed 100 marks in 1206 for an advance he received at Poitou, and another 100 marks for robes provided him at Poitou. He was directed to escort the King of Scots to York in 1206.2 William, married Maud d'Aubeney, daughter of William d'Aubeney 2ed Earl of Arundel and Maude de St. Hilaire.2 He was a witness to King John’s submission to the Pope in 1213, and took part in the seizure of London on 24 May 1215. Earl William was one of the Barons at the signing of the Magna Carta at Runnymede on 15 June 1215.2 He took part in the naval battle, which defeated Eustace the Monk in 1217. He was appointed to meet the King of Scotland at Berwick in 1220. Three years later, in 1223, he went on pilgrimage to St. James Santiago in Spain and St. John.2 Before 13 October 1225 William, married Maud Marshal Countess of Norfolk and Warenne, daughter of Sir William the Marshal Earl of Pembroke and Isabel de Clare Countess Strigoil, in Surrey, England.2 He took the part of the Butler at the Coronation of Queen Eleanor of Provence n 1236.2 William de Warenne 6th Earl of Surrey died on Sunday, 27 May 1240 in London, England, at age 74 years.2 He was buried in Lewes Priory Church, Lewes, Surrey, England.2
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