Saher de Quincy, 1st Earl of Winchester^{[1, 2]}

1155 - 1219  (64 years)

• Name	Saher de Quincy
  Suffix	1st Earl of Winchester
  Birth	1155
  Gender	Male
  Death	3 Nov 1219	at Damietta, Egypt on the Fifth Crusade
  	Cause: Egypt on the Fifth Crusade
  Notes	http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal13074 Magna Charta Surety http://www3.sympatico.ca/robert.sewell/dequincy.html#saherchildren Generation Three Saher de Quincy, 1st Earl of Winchester, Magna Charta Surety Born in 1155 Died on November 3, 1219 at Damietta, Egypt on the Fifth Crusade. References: Richard Thomson: An Historical Essay on the Magna Charta of King John, London, 1829 AR 53-27, MC 74-1 Saher de Quincy was one of the 25 sureties of the Magna Charta, for which he was excommunicated. His singular christian name of Saher, or Saier, is a likely a corruption from the Saxon Segher, Sigher, or Seagar, a Conqueror. Eliza S. Quincy refers to him as "John de Quincy, created Earl of Winchester by King John, 1207. He was a leader of the Barons who forced John to sign the Magna Charta." The arms of Saher de Quincy are described as "Or, a fesse gules, a file of 11 points azure". As with the genealogy, the arms of Saher de Quincy are uncertain. Argent can be used instead of or, and the colours of the fesse and file can be transposed. As well, the file doesn't appear to be definite, and is pictured in different places with 5, 7, 8, 9, 11 and 12 points. (Richard Thomson: An Historical Essay on the Magna Charta of King John, London, 1829. Click here <http://www3.sympatico.ca/robert.sewell/saher.html> for more from this book.) Saher de Quincy married Margaret de Beaumont, daughter and heir of Robert de Beaumont, 3rd Earl of Leicester and youngest sister and co-heiress of Robert Fitz-Parnell, Earl of Leicester. For her ancestry, see Margaret de Beaumont <http://www3.sympatico.ca/robert.sewell/osbern.html>. Saher de Quincy and Margaret de Beaumont had the following children: Robert de Quincy, crusader, see Generation four Roger de Quincy, see Generation Four Hawise de Quincy, who married Hugh de Vere <http://www3.sympatico.ca/robert.sewell/devere.html>, 4th Earl of Oxford. MC 120-2 Orabelle de Quincy, who married Richard de Harcourt. MC 111-2 Saher de Quincy had the following children, but the name of the mother is not known: Robert de Quincy, 3rd son, see Generation Four Reginald de Quincy, who is named in The Dictionary of National Biography, (Sidney Lee, editor; London, 1894) as the "second son of Saher de Quincy", but about whom nothing else is known.
  Person ID	I8024	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2013

  
  

  Family	Margaret FitzPernel   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Robert de Quincy, Crusader   d. 1257   2. Hawise de Quincy, Countess Oxford   d. 3 Feb
  Family ID	F3259	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2013

  
  

• Photos		Coat of Arms
  		Saier de Quincy Arms From John Speed's Map of Hampshire published 1611 Map Collection of Hampshire CC Museums Service, item HMCMS:KD1996.16.

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett). [S60] http://www3.sympatico.ca/robert.sewell/capet.html#gen13.