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. He was the lord of Hélicourt in

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, an estate near the chief seat of the main Balliol line at

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; after his cousin died childless, in 1190 Eustace de Helicourt took over those estates and remarried.Stell, "Balliol, Bernard de (d. c.1190)". In 1189–95 he quitclaimed the manor of Long Newton, Durham to

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, Bishop of Durham, as well as all the land that Bernard de Balliol held in the vill of Newhouse. In 1199–1200, as heir of Bernard de Balliol, he rendered account of 60 marks for his scutage, of which he had paid 10 marks; he also owed £120 for the second and third scutages of King

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, which was remitted by brief of King

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. Sometime in the period, 1199–1205, he confirmed to St. Mary's, York the advowsons of the churches of Gainford and Stainton, Durham and Stokesley, Yorkshire and their tithes which Guy de Balliol previously granted them. In 1200 he and his son, Hugh, quitclaimed by fine to Robert, Abbot of York the advowsons of the church of Gainford, Durham, and the chapels of Barnard Castle, Middleton, Denton, Houghton-le-Side, and Snow Hall (in Gainford), Durham. He and his first wife, Petronilla FitzPiers, had four known sons, all of whom appeared in the

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, Enguerrand (Ingram or Ingelram), Bernard, and

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; his eldest son Hugh succeeded him, while his younger sons Enguerrand and Henry gained the patronage of the Scottish kings and founded Scottish cadet branches based at

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(Enguerrand) and at

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(Henry). Eustace's son Hugh had succeeded him by around 1209.

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References

* Stell, G. P., "Balliol, Bernard de (d. c.1190)", ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 200
, accessed 24 Jan 2008
1209 deaths Anglo-Normans People from County Durham

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