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One of the group of counsellors who witnessed the final and definitive r e i s s u e of Magna Carta and the Charter of the Forest.
"William d'Albini (d'Aubigny) was a relative latecomer to the baronial o p p o s i tion cause, but one of the movement's ablest military commanders a n d t h e l e ader of the defence of Rochester against King John in 1215. Af t e r J o h n's son, Henry III, succeeded to the throne in 1216, he showed h i m s e l f a loyal supporter of the new regime.
"William (after 1146-1236) was the son of William d'Albini II by his w i f e M a u d d e Senlis, daughter of Robert de Clare, the grandson of another W i l l i a m, known as 'Brito', and the eventual heir of the first post- Conq u e s t l o rd of Belvoir, Robert de Todeni. William's lordship was an exten s i v e o n e comprising some 33 knights' fees, stretching across much of th e e a s t a n d north Midlands, and partly overlooked by Belvoir (L eics.) i ts e l f , d ramatically sited on a ridge west of Grantham.
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Abt 1160 - 1236 (76 years)