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William de Warenne died from wounds received at the Siege of Pevensey o n 2 4 J u n e 1 088, at Lewes, Sussex, England, and was buried beside his fi rs t w i f e , Gundreda, at the Chapter-house, Priory of St Pancras (Lewes P r io r y ) , Lewes, East Sussex . Their burial locations were lost until in 1 8 4 5 - 4 7 the railway to Brighton was built across the site of the priory a n d a m o n g the finds were lead caskets thought to contain the bones of Wi l l i a m d e Warenne and his wife Gundrada, the founders of t h e priory. T h e l e a d c askets are decorated with rope-mouldings and diagonal ornament a t i o n i nscribed WILLEMS and GUNDRADA respectively. Presently the church o f J o h n t h e Baptist, Southover High Street in Lewes, East Sussex, has th e l e a d c a skets of William de Warenne and wife Gundrada in a special cha pe l a l o n g with the black marble tombstone of Gundrada. The bones found i n 1 8 4 5 w e re reburied under the stone.
Circa 1054 Duke William gave him the castle of Mortemer, which had been f o r f e i ted by his kinsman, Roger de Mortimer, after the Battle of Morteme r i n F e b r uary of that year. Probably at the same time he acquired lands a t B e l l e ncombre, the castle of which became the caput of the Warenne bar on y i n N o r mandy.
In 1066, William was one of the Norman barons summoned by William, Duke o f N o r m a ndy, to a Council on hearing that Harold had been crowned King a ft e r t h e d eath of the Confessor. He took part in the invasion of Englan d a n d w a s p resent at the Battle of Hastings. Given Ditchling in Sussex b y W i l l i am the Conqueror which family held for many generations.
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Abt 1055 - 1088 (33 years)