Sir William Mauduit Knight, Earl of Warwick
- Born: 1220, England 325
- Died: 8 Jan 1267-1268, Warburton, Cheshire, England at age 47 748
- Buried: 1267-1268, Westminster Abbey, London, England 748
 Noted events in his life were:
• Background Information. 748
Sir William Mauduit, became Earl of Warwick though his mother Alice who was living in 1246, but died sometime before 1263. Alice was the half sister to Earl Henry, and both were children of Waleran, the fourth Earl of Warwick. Alice was the only child he had with his second wife, Alice, daughter of Robert de Harcourt.
Sir William was born in 1220, and succeeded his father April 1257 as Hered Chamberlain of the Exchequer, and became the Earl of Warwick on 26 Feb 1262/63. As Earl of Warwick, he inherited the vast estates that were part of the Earldom. In the Barons' war he at first sided with Montfort, but afterwards with the King. In April 1264, he was taken by a surprise attack as a prisoner along with his wife, and released on a payment of 19,000 marks. He died 8 Jan 1267/68 (52 Henry III) at the age of 30. His heart was buried at Catesby Priory in Northampton, and his body was buried in Westminster Abbey.
~The Complete Peerage of England, Vol. VIII, 1896 edition, pg. 54-56
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