William Mauduit, 8th Earl of Warwick or William Maudit (c. 1221 – 8 January 1268) was an English nobleman and participant in the

Second Barons' War The Second Barons' War (1264–1267) was a civil war in England between the forces of a number of barons led by Simon de Montfort against the royalist forces of King Henry III, led initially by the king himself and later by his son, the fu ...

. He was the son of Lady Alice de Newburgh (daughter of 4th Earl of Warwick from his second wife, Alice de Harcourt) and William de Mauduit, and thus the grandson of

Waleran de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Warwick Waleran de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Warwick (died 12 December 1204) was the second son of Earl Roger of Warwick and Gundreda de Warenne, daughter of William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey and Elizabeth de Vermandois. He was known in his elder bro ...

. His father was Lord of

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and hereditary

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, a title that went back to another William Mauduit who held that office for King

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. After the death of his half-cousin, Margaret de Beaumont, 7th Countess of Warwick ''

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'' – without issue in June 1253 – he succeeded to the title

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which was passed down to him. William adhered to King Henry III in the

of 1264–67. During that time, there was a surprise attack on

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, his residence, by the forces of

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from

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, led by John Giffard. According to 15th-century chronicler

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, the walls along the northeastern side of Warwick Castle were destroyed, so "that it should be no strength to the king". William and his wife were then taken as prisoners to Kenilworth Castle and were held there until the payment of a ransom of nineteen hundred marks was given. William married Alice de Segrave, daughter of Gilbert de Segrave (son of

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and his first wife) and Amabil de Chaucombe, but had no issue from the marriage. When he died, his estates passed to his sister Isabel who had married William de Beauchamp, Lord of Elmley. Isabel died shortly after her brother, and the title passed to her son

William de Beauchamp, 9th Earl of Warwick William de Beauchamp, 9th Earl of Warwick (c. 1238 – 1298) was the eldest of eight children of William de Beauchamp of Elmley and his wife Isabel de Mauduit. He was an English nobleman and soldier, described as a “vigorous and innovative mili ...

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External links

Medieval Lands Project on William Mauduit
{{DEFAULTSORT:Warwick, William Maudit, 8th Earl of 1221 births 1268 deaths 13th-century English nobility Maudit

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