William d’Engaine

  General Notes:

Rosie Bevan, 2 Jul 2001

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information. ¹³⁷⁹
From A History of the County of Cumberland, Volume II, pp. 152-161, The Priory of Lanercost:

The priory was rich in the possession of churches, for over and above the five churches probably all that were at that time in the barony granted by the founder, the church of Grinesdale was given by Richard de Neuton and Robert le Sor, that of Lazonby was brought into relations with the priory by Ada Engayne and afterwards bestowed by her son Hugh de Morvill, and that of Denton by Buethbarn, the lord of the place. Ada Engayne granted an annuity of three marks out of the revenues of the churches of Burgh-by-Sands and Lazonby for the souls of William Engayne her father and Eustachia her mother, and for the soul of Simon de Morvill her late husband, to which Christian, Bishop of Whithern, and Robert, Archdeacon of Carlisle, were parties. [Reg. of Lanercost, MS. v. 4-6; ii. 15-6; iii. 1-2; xii. 26]

William married Eustachia.¹³⁷⁹