BORN_SHORT ‎1121 Knaresborough, West Riding, Yorkshire, England, DIED_SHORT ‎sep 1183 Alnwick, Northumberland, England‎, 61 or 62 years
Sheriff of Northumberland

WILLIAM DE VESCY, son and heir, by 1st wife, adopted his mother's name of Vescy, by which he and his successors were known. He was Sheriff of Northumberland, 1157-70, and of the Honor of Lancaster, 1166-70. At the Inquest of 1166 his carta showed that his tenants held of him 26 knights' fees, plus one third and one seventh of a fee.

When William the Lion invaded Northern England in 1174 and laid siege to de Vescy's own castle of Alnwick, he was one of those who, after a forced march, raised the siege, 13 July, and took the Scottish King prisoner. On 16 March 1176/7, when Henry II arbitrated between the Kings of Castile and Navarre, he was among the witnesses of the award. He was a benefactor of many religious houses.

He also allegedly fathered an illegitimate daughter Sibil, who married Walter de Bolbec.

Son of Eustace FitzJohn and Beatrix de Vescy m. Unknown first wife; m2. Burga de Stuteville[1146-1185] of Cottingham, East Riding Yorkshire, England, died in Knaresborough Castle,Yorkshire, England, buried in Alnwick Abbey, Northumberland, England, daughter of Sir Robert III de Stuteville of Cottingham and Hawise Murdac.

BORN_SHORT ‎1126 Alnwick, Northumberland, England, DIED_SHORT ‎1169 Alnwick, Northumberland, England‎, 42 or 43 years