William de Cantilupe (died 1254)

Arms of William III de Cantilupe: Gules, three fleurs-de-lys or ("Cantilupe Ancient"). These arms are blazoned in Glover's roll of arms[1][non-primary source needed] and are as depicted by Matthew Paris (d.1259) in his Historia Anglorum,[2] see below

William III de Cantilupe (died 25 September 1254) (anciently Cantelow, Cantelou, Canteloupe, Latinised to de Cantilupo) was the 3rd feudal baron of Eaton Bray in Bedfordshire,[3] and jure uxoris (in right of his wife Eva de Braose, heiress of the de Braose dynasty of Welsh Marcher Lords) was feudal baron of Totnes in Devon[4] and Lord of Abergavenny. His chief residences were at Calne in Wiltshire and Aston Cantlow (named after his family), in Warwickshire, until he inherited Abergavenny Castle and the other estates of that lordship.

  1. ^ Glover's Roll, part 1, B27, William de Canteloupe
  2. ^ Chronica Maiora - Royal MS 14 C VII, (The Historia Anglorum, or "History of the English", by Matthew Paris (d. 1259), a history of England covering the years 1070-1253. Begun in 1250 and perhaps completed around 1255) arms of William III de Cantilupe, folio 165v [1]
  3. ^ Sanders, I.J. English Baronies: A Study of their Origin and Descent 1086-1327, Oxford, 1960, p. 40
  4. ^ Sanders, I.J. English Baronies: A Study of their Origin and Descent 1086-1327, Oxford, 1960, p. 90