Warin de Munchensy was an
Anglo-Norman nobleman in 12th-century
England
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Warin was the younger son of Hubert de Munchensy, lord of
Edwardstone
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in
Suffolk
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[Cokayne ''The Complete Peerage'' IX pp. 418–421] It is not clear who his mother was as his father married twice—first to a woman who was possibly an heiress to
Godric, the
dapifer
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of
Henry I of England
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and second to Muriel, daughter of
Piers de Valoignes.
[Cokayne ''The Complete Peerage'' IX pp. 411–415]
Around 1151 Warin witnessed the foundation
charter
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of
Old Buckenham Priory
Old Buckenham Priory was an Augustinian priory built on the site of Old Buckenham Castle at Old Buckenham in Norfolk, England.
The priory was founded circa 1146 by William de Albini and his wife Queen Adeliza (widow of King Henry I). The fou ...
with his brother Hubert.
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Warin married Agnes, daughter of ]Pain fitzJohn
Pain fitzJohn (before 110010 July 1137) was an Anglo-Norman nobleman and administrator, one of King Henry I of England's " new men", who owed their positions and wealth to the king.
Pain's family originated in Normandy, but there is little to ...
and his wife Sybil
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. Through his wife, Warin inherited lands previously held by the de Lacy
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and Talbot families, and these lands were considered by George Cokayne
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as the barony of Munchensy.[ I. J. Sanders, in his work on ]English feudal baronies
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argues that it was a probable barony, and names it as the barony of Swanscombe, centered on Swanscombe
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History
Prehistory
Bone fragments and to ...
in Kent.[Sanders ''English Baronies'' pp. 144–145]
Warin died either in 1162 or before that, as his widow was married to Haldenald de Bidun in that year. She was once more a widow in 1185, when her sons were given as Ralph de Munchensy, William de Munchensy and Hubert de Munchensy. Ralph and William were laymen
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but Hubert was a member of the clergy. Agnes died around 1190 or 1191.[ William was the heir to the probable barony of Swanscombe.][
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