William de Freney

  Information about this person:

• Background Information. ¹¹¹⁶
Thomas de Tolethrope married Juliana, daughter of William de Freney.

~ A History of the County of Rutland, Vol. II, pp. 236-242

• Background Information. ¹¹¹⁶
The manor of Clipsham is not mentioned in Domesday Book, but it was presumably in the king's hands until granted away with the manor and castle of Oakham by Henry I in the 12th century. From this time it was held of the Castle of Oakham by the service of one knight's fee, [Cal. Inq. iii, no. 604, p.474; Cal. Inq. Misc. ii, no. 1703; Chan. Inq. p.m. 5 Ric. II, no. 62; 8 Edw. IV, no. 53.] and formed part of Oakham Soke. The first recorded tenant of the manor seems to have been William de Freney (de Fraisneto), against whom the Templars brought a plea of warranty for 4 bovates of land in Clipsham in 1203 [Cal. Curia Regis R. ii, 312\endash 313].

~ A History of the County of Rutland, Vol. II, pp. 41-45

• Background Information. ⁹⁹⁶
In the Lordship of Earsham, Norfolk, there was a manor which belonged to William de Freney, who gave the tithes of the demesne of it to the monks of Castle Acra; it afterwards came to Roger de Glanville (d. 1199), who confirmed that gift.

~ Records of the Anglo-Normand House of Glanville, pp. 61-60