NameWarin de Munchensy Lord of Swanscombe [60, Munchensy of Norfolk article, Vol IX, p. 418 seq], [60, His own co-article], [74, No 26222, p. 218], [54, Wm Marshal's article], [60, Pembroke article, Vol X, p. 381], [121, Swanscombe, Kent barony (2nd class), p.144]
Birthca 1192
Deathca 20 Jul 1255
General2nd s.; hr to bro. Wm. On campaigns over 33 years.
Spouses
1Johanna Marshal [74, No 26223, p. 218], [54, Father's article], [60, Munchensy of Norfolk article, Vol IX, p. 418 seq], [60, Pembroke art, Vol X, p. 364, note (a)]
DNB Main notes for Warin de Munchensy Lord of Swanscombe
Co-subject: Munchensi II, Warine de
Dates: d. 1255
Active Date: 1235
Gender: Male
Field of Interest: Land Ownership
Occupation: Baron
Article
Warine de Munchensi II d. 1255 would appear to have been a younger son or nephew of the last named, who died about 1205. He had livery of the family lands in 1214. In 1223 he served in Wales, and in Poitou in 1243, when he distinguished himself by his valour in the fight at Saintes (Matt. Paris, iv. 213). He had livery of the lands of his uncle Ralph in 1250, and died in July 1255. Matthew Paris describes him as one of the noblest and wisest of the barons of England, and a zealous defender of the peace and liberty of the realm. He left the, for that time, enormous fortune of two hundred thousand marks (ib. v. 504). He married, first, after 1219 Johanna, fifth daughter of William Marshal (d. 1219), and by her had a son, John, who predeceased him, and a daughter, Johanna, who married, 13 Aug. 1247, William de Valence [q.v.], the king's half-brother, and brought him her mother's large inheritance (ib. iv. 628-9; Flores Historiarum, ii. 339; Chartulary of St. Mary's, Dublin, ii. 144, 313); and secondly, Dionysia, daughter of Nicolas de Anesty, who was mother of William de Munchensi, and died in 1294, having founded Waterbeche Abbey for nuns of St. Clare in 1293.