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Notes for William Cantelou Lord of Cantelou
A guardian of kingdom when K John absent in 1242.

CP, XII/2, 20, note (a) says he had another daughter who m. Robert de Gregonet.

Dec 2008, TFPL, with thanks to Pat Junkin for all the information: It seems very likely that he also had a son John who m. Margery, heir of William Cumin of Snitterfield, Warks.  The Cal of Close Rolls, 1227-31, p. 121, apparently shows that William Cantalupe had Margery in ward.  VCH Warks, vol 3, pp. 167-172 adds that Margery then m. William Cantelupe’s younger s. John.  So I’ve added John in.
DNB Main notes for William Cantelou Lord of Cantelou
Cantelupe, William de, second Baron Cantelupe d. 1251

Name: Cantelupe, William de
Title: second Baron Cantelupe
Dates: d. 1251
Active Date: 1231
Gender: Male

Spouse: Millicent
Sources: Annales Monast. i. 110, 143, iii. 159, 167, 181; Matt. Paris, ii...
Contributor: H. R. L. [Henry Richards Luard]

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Cantelupe, William de, second Baron Cantelupe d. 1251, is mentioned by Wendover, with his father, William, the first baron [q.v.], as one of John's evil counsellors. He was also with him at the relief of Lincoln, and took the same line in his siding with Ranulf Blundevil and his subsequent submission. In 1238, after the dismissal of Ralph Neville, he was one of those to whom the great seal was entrusted (Tewkesbury Annals, p. 110). Though this was only a temporary appointment, he evidently continued high in the king's favour, as after his father's death he was appointed guardian of the kingdom during the king's absence in 1242, and in 1244 was one of the messengers chosen by the king to induce the prelates to submit to his demands for a subsidy. In 1245 he was sent to Lyons to complain of the Roman exactions, and in company with his colleagues refused the papal demands of the best prebend from every cathedral church, and a church worth forty marks from every abbey and priory (Dunstable Annals, p. 167). Like his father he held the office of seneschal, and Paris speaks especially of the king's affection for him. He died on 22 Feb. 1251.
His widow, Millicent, had the charge of Margaret, queen of Scotland, on her marriage (Matt. Paris, v. 272). She died in 1260 (Oseney Annals, 127).

Sources
Annales Monast. i. 110, 143, iii. 159, 167, 181; Matt. Paris, ii. 533, iii. 18, 83, iv. 365, 420, v. 224, 225; Dugdale's Baronage.

Contributor: H. R. L.

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