Walter Espec (died 1153) was a prominent military and judicial figure of the reign of Henry I of England. His father was probably William Speche (William...

self-sufficiency with little contact with the outside world. The abbey's patron, Walter Espec, also founded another Cistercian community, that of Wardon Abbey in Bedfordshire...

himself in this emergency), William of Aumale, Walter de Gant, Robert de Brus, Roger de Mowbray, Walter Espec, Ilbert de Lacy, William de Percy, Richard de...

Cistercian abbey of Rievaulx in Yorkshire. In 1138, when Rievaulx's patron, Walter Espec, was to surrender his Wark on Tweed Castle to King David of Scotland...

the translation of Welsh historical sources which the subject lent to Walter Espec of Helmsley, and he, in turn, lent to others. In either 1121 or 1122...

nature reserve. In about 1100 the estate passed to Walter Espec, founder of Rievaulx Abbey. Walter Espec’s heirs were the eldest surviving sons of his three...

Basset 1203 Headingham Essex Aubry I de Vere 1086 Helmsley Yorkshire Walter Espec temp. Henry I Hockering Norfolk Ralph de Belfou 1086 Holderness (see...

writer (b. 1073) Simon II de Senlis, 4th Earl of Huntingdon (b. 1098) Walter Espec, Norman nobleman and High Sheriff Bradbury, Jim (2009). Stephen and Matilda:...

Lutgardis of Aywières; Eleanor, Queen of Aragon; King Eric II of Norway and Walter Espec, knight. The armorial water heads are the coats of arms of twenty Cistercian...

founded from Clairvaux in 1131, on a small, isolated property donated by Walter Espec, with the support of Thurstan, Archbishop of York. By 1143, three hundred...

Old Wardon in Bedfordshire and William's wife Hawise, the sister of Walter Espec. He had brothers Jordan and William, with William likely the eldest as...

this point a large fleet and a large army of Norman knights, including Walter Espec, were sent by Henry to Carlisle in order to assist David's attempt to...

under the Normans and the shire levies under the Sheriff of Yorkshire, Walter Espec, formed a large part of the army that defeated the invading Scots at...

property in the region, controlled Bamburgh Castle, and served jointly with Walter Espec as justiciar of the North. After Henry I's death in 1135, Eustace became...

ruins are a Grade II* listed building. The castle, which was built by Walter Espec in 1136, was destroyed by the Scots following a siege in 1138 and then...

as feudal baron of Alnwick in Northumberland. He served jointly with Walter Espec as justiciar of the North. From about 1144 he became one of the main...

persecution, March 14, 1757. Near it is Wardon, or De Sartes abbey, founded by Walter Espec, in 1135, for Cistercian monks." The equivalent in 1914 reads: parish...

perhaps early 13th century overlord "Albreda", the younger sister of Walter Espec, who married Geoffrey de Trailly and the manor falling within the Honour...

baron Walter Espec. The site was of no great strategic importance and the castle was built there simply because it was the centre of Walter's estates...

of Christ our Saviour Warden Abbey # Cistercian monks founded 1136 by Walter Espec; dissolved (surrendered by the abbot and monks) 4 December 1538; Elizabethan...

and near to the coast. Ruins of Helmsley Castle begun after 1120 by Walter Espec, who also founded Rievaulx Abbey and Kirkham Priory. Nunnington Hall...

historian David Neave writes that the benefice was granted to the abbey by Walter Espec in 1121 and the church rebuilt shortly thereafter. Further work was undertaken...

from Rievaulx Abbey. It is a Grade I listed building. The patron was Walter Espec, who had founded the mother house and settled the new community on one...

writer (b. 1073) Simon II de Senlis, 4th Earl of Huntingdon (b. 1098) Walter Espec, Norman nobleman and High Sheriff 1154 February 2 – Viacheslav I, Grand...

21 February 2024. Baker, Derek (1 July 1989). "Ailred of Rievaulx and Walter Espec". In Patterson, Robert (ed.). Haskins Society Journal Studies in Medieval...

Kings of the English". The work has no known patron, though it eulogises Walter Espec and Eustace fitz John and gives a good account of King David; it is hostile...

Priory, including the arms of de Ros, Scrope, de Forz, Vaux, FitzRalph & Espec (3 cart-wheels, each with 6 spokes). Arms of Scrope: Azure, a bend or Arms...

family was of Norman origin and was originally called de Espec, de Spec, L'Espec, etc. Walter Espec (died 1153), Sheriff of Yorkshire, who died without children...

Robert, Count of Mortain, but the lands were transferred by escheat to Walter Espec of Helmsley who founded Kirkham priory in 1122. The manor was part of...

Monastery) Kirkham Priory Augustinian Canons Regular founded c.1122 by Walter Espec, Lord of Helmsley; planned after 1154 to convert to Cistercian as a daughter...