William of Huntingfield (died 1225) was a medieval English baron, Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk and one of the sureties of

Magna Carta (Medieval Latin for "Great Charter"), sometimes spelled Magna Charta, is a royal charter of rights agreed to by King John of England at Runnymede, near Windsor, on 15 June 1215. First drafted by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Cardin ...

. He held

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for King John from September 1203 (as a Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports)Batcheller, William, and in exchange, the king took his son and daughter hostage. He was granted the lands seized from his disgraced brother and appointed Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk for 1210 and 1211. In the

First Barons' War The First Barons' War (1215–1217) was a civil war in the Kingdom of England in which a group of rebellious major landowners (commonly referred to as English feudal barony, barons) led by Robert Fitzwalter waged war against John of England, K ...

he was an active rebel against King John and one of the twenty-five chosen to oversee the observance of the resulting

. He subsequently supported the French invasion of England, and took part in the Fifth Crusade, during which he died. Weis, F.L. et al (2004) ''Ancestral Roots ...'' pg 17
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Family

William was son of Roger de Huntingfield and Alice de Senlis, who was a granddaughter of Simon, Earl of Huntingdon and Northampton. He married Isabel, the daughter of William Fitz Roger of Gressinghall, Norfolk. Isabel had been twice widowed: her first husband was Berenger de Cressy, and her second Osmund de Stuteville. Richardson, D. (2011) Magna Carta Ancestry ... pg 43
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/ref> They had two sons and four daughters. William was succeeded by his elder son Roger.

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External links

William at Magna Carta Barons site
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