William de Mowbray

William de Mowbray
Born1173
Thirsk Castle, Thirsk, Yorkshire, Kingdom of England
Died1224
Isle of Axholme, Epworth, Lincolnshire, Kingdom of England
BuriedNewburgh Priory
FamilyMowbray
IssueNigel de Mowbrey
Roger de Mowbrey
FatherNigel de Mowbray
MotherMabel

William de Mowbray (c. 1173c. 1224), lord of Thirsk and Mowbray, was a Norman lord and English noble who was one of the twenty-five executors of Magna Carta. He was described as being as small as a dwarf but very generous and valiant.[1]

  1. ^ Michel, Francique, ed. (1840). Histoire des Ducs de Normandie et des Rois d'Angleterre (in French). Paris. p. 145. Guillaumes de Moubray, qui estoit autresi petis comme uns nains; mais moult estoit larges et vaillans.