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Vol II File 27: The Paternal Ancestry of Homer Beers James

Ref: Burke, pp. 598-599.

That the Zouches branched from the Earls of Brittany is admitted by all genealogists, but they do not coincide in the exact line of descent. William la Zusche to the monks of Swavesey, in Cambridgeshire, the grants made by his ancestors to the abbey St. Segius and Bacchus, in Anjou (to which the priory of Swavesey was a cell), calls Roger la Zusche, his father, and Alan la Zusche, his grandfather. This William died in the first year of the reign of King John, and was succeeded by his brother, Roger.

• 1. Alan la Zusche, Earl of Brittany, in Normandy, had a son, Roger.

• 2. Roger la Zusche had two sons as follows:
  
  • 1.. William la Zusche, the eldest son, his successor. In confirming to the monks of Swavesey, in Cambridgeshire, the grants made by his ancestors to the abbey of St. Segius and Bacchus, in Anjou (to which the priory of Swavesey was a cell), identified his father and grandfather. He died in the first year of the reign of King John, and was succeeded by his brother, Roger.

  • 2. Roger la Zusche, successor to his brother, William. See below.
    

  • 3. Roger la Zusche, for his fidelity to King John, had a grant from that monarch of the manors of Petersfield and Maple Durham, co. Southampton, part of the lands of Geoffrey de Mandeville, one of the rebellious barons then in arms. In the next reign he was Sheriff of Devonshire, and had further grants from the crown. He married Margaret ________, and they had the following children:
    
    • 1. Alan la Zusche, his successor. See below.

    • 2. William la Zusche, who left an only daughter Joyce, who married Roger Mortimer, of Richard's Castle, and had issue: Hugh Mortimer, summoned to parliament as Lord Mortimer, of Richard's Castle; and William Mortimer, who assumed the surname of Zouche, and was summoned to parliament as Lord Zouche, of Mortimer.
      

      He was succeeded by his eldest son, Alan.

  • 4. Alan la Zouche, in the 26th year of King Henry III., had a military summons to attend the king into France, and in ten years afterwards had the whole county of Chester, and all North Wales placed under his government. In the 45th year of the same reign he obtained a charter for a weekly market at Ashby-la -Zouche, in Leicestershire, and for two fairs in the year at Swavesey. About the same time he was constituted warden of all the king's forests south of Trent, as also Sheriff of Northamptonshire. In the 46th year of King Henry III., he was made Justice Itinerant for the cos. of Southampton, Buckingham, and Northampton; and upon the arbitration made by Louis, King of France, between Henry III. and the barons, he was one of the sureties on the behalf of the king. In three years afterwards he was constituted Constable of the Tower of London, and Governor of the castle at Northampton. He was violently assaulted in Westminster Hall, in 1268, by John, Earl of Warren and Surrey, upon occasion of a dispute between them regarding some landed property, and with his son, Roger, who happened to be with him, severely wounded. He married Ela (Elena) Quincy, daughter and heir of Roger de Quincy, Earl of Winchester, and they had the following children:
    
    • 1. Roger la Zouche, his successor, married Ela, daughter and co-heir of Stephen de Longespee, 2nd son of William, Earl of Salisbury, succeeded by his son, Alan la Zouche.

    • 2. Eudo la Zouche, from whom the Zouches, Baron Zouche, of Harynworth (extant) derive. See below.
      

  • 5. Eudo la Zouche, living in 1273, married Millicent Cantilupe, daughter of William de Cantilupe and his wife, Eva Braos. This was her second marriage, having been previously married to John de Montalt. Eudo and Milicent had the following children:
    
    • 1. William (Willard) la Zouche, Lord Zouche, of Harynworth (Harringworth).

    • 2. Eleanor Zouche.

    • 3. Lucy Zouche.

    • 4. Eve Zouche. See below.
      

  • 6. Eve Zouche married Maurice de Berkeley, a descendant of Saire de Quincy. She died December 5, 1314. They had the following two children:
    
    • 1. Thomas de Berkeley. See below.

    • 2. Maurice de Berkeley, married Margaret Berkeley, parents of Thomas de Berkeley and Isabel Berkeley. See the continuation of this lineage in the Berkeley Line in Volume II.

    • 4. John de Berkeley, Constable of Bristol Castle, ancestor of the Shropshire Berkeleys.

    • 5. Eudo de Berkeley

    • 6. Peter de Berkeley
      

    • 7. Thomas de Berkeley, 3rd Lord Berkeley, known as "the Rich", was born in 1293. He was the custodian of King Edward II, in Berkeley Castle, where Edward was held captive and later murdered by others. He married about 1320 (1) Margaret Mortimer, daughter of Roger Mortimer, Earl of March, and his wife Joan Geneville, and (2) Katherine Cliveton, widow of Peter le Veel, and daughter of John Cliveton and his wife, Emma. Thomas died in 1361.
      

      See the continuation of this lineage in the Berkeley Line and Mortimer Line.

This is a collection of some of the names of Barons, Earls, etc. from Burke's Reference of ancestors of Homer Beers James, with the page numbers attached. There is also an incomplete list of French nobility. Finally, there is a list of the sixteen barons who are the designated Sureties for the Magna Charta, who are directly related to Homer Beers James and his descendants.

According to Burke, the following is the Order of Precedence in the Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage:

Dukes of England

Dukes of Scotland

Dukes of Great Britain

Marquesses of Great Britain

Earls of Great Britain

Viscounts of Great Britain

Barons of Great Britain

Knights of the Garter

Other Knights

Esquires

Gentlemen

Name and Location Burke, Pg. No.

Audley, of Heleigh 15

Audley, or De Alditheley 17

Badlesmere 18

Basset, of Welden 26

Basset, of Drayton 26

Beauchamp, of Powyke 34

Berkeley 43

Braose, of Gower 72

Burgh 88

Chaworth 111

Cherlton, of Powys 113

Clare 118

Despencer 165

Ferrers, of Groby, co. Leicester 198

Ferrers, of Chartley 199

Fitz Alan 200

Furnival 225

Gaveston 228

Genevill 228

Harcourt, of Stanton Harcourt, co. Oxford 261

Montfort 377

Monthermer 378

Mortimer, of Wigmore 382

Mortimer, of Richard's Castle 385

Mortimer, of Chirke 385

Mowbray 386

Segrave 484

Stafford 498

Strange 515

Toni 534

Vere 549

Zouche, of Ashby, co. Leicester 598

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Location Name Burke, Pg No.

Arundel Albini 2

Arundel Fitz Alan 200

Buckingham Giffard 230

Chester Abrincis 1

Chester Meschines (Keveliok) 365

Chester Plantaganet 431

Chester Scot 478

Cornwall Gaveston 228

Cornwall Plantaganet 430

Derby Plantaganet 431

Essex Bohun 57

Gloucester Audley 17

Gloucester Clare 118

Gloucester Despencer 166

Gloucester Muellent ???

Gloucester Monthermer 378

Gloucester Thomas of Woodstock ???

Harcourt Harcourt 261

Hereford Fitz Osbern ???

Hereford Milo of Gloucester ???

Hereford Henry Bolingbroke (Henry IV) ???

Hereford Bohun 57

Hertford Clare 118

Hertford Monthermer 378

Hertford Seymour ???

Huntingdon Waltheof 467

Huntingdon Maud Waltheof 468

Huntingdon Henry of Scotland 468

Huntingdon St. Liz 467

Kent Odo ???

Kent Burgh 88

Kent Plantaganet, of Woodstock 433

Leicester Bellomont (Beaumont) 42

Leicester Montfort 375

Leicester Plantaganet 431

Lincoln Lacy 309

Lincoln Plantaganet 431

March Mortimer 382

Norfolk Bigod 53

Norfolk Mowbray ???

Norfolk Plantaganet, of Brotherton 433

Northampton Waltheof 467

Northampton Maud 467

Northampton Simon of St. Liz 467

Northampton Bohun 57

Northumberland Waltheof 467

Nottingham Berkeley 43

Nottingham Mowbray 386

Oxford Vere 549

Pembroke Clare (Fitz Gilbert) 120

Pembroke Hastings 266

Pembroke Marshal 358

Salisbury Evereux (D'Evereux) 167

Salisbury Montacute 371

Shrewsbury Stafford 498

Suffolk Ufford ???

Suffolk De la Pole 440

Surrey Mowbray 386

Surrey Fitz Alan ???

Surrey Warren 568

Sussex Warren 560

Ulster Lacy 310

Warren Mowbray 385

Warren Warren 568

Warwick Beauchamp 29

Warwick Mauduit 399

Warwick Beaumont ???

Warwick Newburgh 399

Warwick Plessetis 400

Winchester Despencer 165

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