William de Warenne (justice)
| William de Warenne | |
|---|---|
| Died | 1209 |
| Burial place | St Mary Overy, Southwark |
| Occupation | Feudal baron of Wormegay Royal justice |
| Spouse(s) | Melisent |
| Children | Beatrice |
| Parent(s) |
Reginald de Warenne Alice de Wormegay |
William de Warenne (died 1209), of Wormegay Castle in Norfolk, feudal baron of Wormegay, was a royal justice under King Richard I and his brother King John. The historian Ralph Turner said of Warenne that "although he was a longtime official under King John, he did not quite fit into the inner corps of royal counselors".
Warenne was the son of Reginald de Warenne (1121/6–1179) (the third son of William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey (d.1138)), a royal justice, Sheriff of Sussex from 1170 to 1176 and jure uxoris feudal baron of Wormegay in Norfolk.
Warenne was one of a group of justices – including Richard Barre, Ralph Foliot, Richard Herriard, and William of Sainte-Mère-Église – who were appointed in 1194 by the Lord Chancellor Hubert Walter as justices for a new general eyre, to relieve the Barons of the Exchequer of some of their judicial duties. In 1195 Warenne served as a royal justice at Oxford with Hubert Walter, William Brewer and Geoffrey of Buckland. Warenne served again as a justice in 1198–1199 and then again during the first two years of the reign of King John (1199-1216). His last service as a justice was in 1200. In 1200 King John removed Warenne as a royal justice and appointed him as one of the four Justices for the Jews, replacing Simon of Pattishall. These officials had been created in 1194 and were not concerned with judicial matters concerning Jews, but rather with the collection of debts owed to Jews by Christians. Warenne continued in that office until 1209. Besides judicial duties, Warenne also served in other capacities, working with Barre and Osbert fitzHervey to collect the carucage in 1194 in eastern England. In 1199 he again served with Barre and fitzHervey to impose amercements in the counties of Cambridge, Northamptonshire, Huntingdonshire, Norfolk and Suffolk.
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