Second wife and widow of Brian FitzAlan (or Fitz Alan) of Bedale.
Year of death approximate: She was still living on 10th April 1340, when she granted the advowson of the church of Rokeby, together with a messuage and a bovate and a half of land, to Egglestone Abbey to celebrate services for her good estate during her lifetime, and for her soul after her death, and for the souls of Brian her husband and John de Grey of Rotherfield, their ancestors and heirs, and all the faithful deceased.
Possibly daughter of John Balliol (c. 1249 – late 1314), King of Scotland, and Isabella de Warenne.
Other sources suggest Matilda was the daughter of John de Balliol (before 1208 – 25 October 1268) and Dervorguilla of Galloway; which would make the king her brother rather than her father.
Her life-size effigy [from her tomb cover] is in the chancel of the church.
Although her tomb cover is in Danby Wiske Church, there is a claim that the lady is buried in York (alternate memorial to Lady Matilda FitzAlan), but there is no physical evidence of her tomb in York; in fact the supposed site of her burial is shown on the FAG map as York Railway Station.
The church of the Black Friars at York may have been her original burial location. When and why her body was moved to Danby Wiske is unknown.
Year of death approximate: She was still living on 10th April 1340, when she granted the advowson of the church of Rokeby, together with a messuage and a bovate and a half of land, to Egglestone Abbey to celebrate services for her good estate during her lifetime, and for her soul after her death, and for the souls of Brian her husband and John de Grey of Rotherfield, their ancestors and heirs, and all the faithful deceased.
Possibly daughter of John Balliol (c. 1249 – late 1314), King of Scotland, and Isabella de Warenne.
Other sources suggest Matilda was the daughter of John de Balliol (before 1208 – 25 October 1268) and Dervorguilla of Galloway; which would make the king her brother rather than her father.
Her life-size effigy [from her tomb cover] is in the chancel of the church.
Although her tomb cover is in Danby Wiske Church, there is a claim that the lady is buried in York (alternate memorial to Lady Matilda FitzAlan), but there is no physical evidence of her tomb in York; in fact the supposed site of her burial is shown on the FAG map as York Railway Station.
The church of the Black Friars at York may have been her original burial location. When and why her body was moved to Danby Wiske is unknown.
Second wife and widow of Brian FitzAlan (or Fitz Alan) of Bedale.
Year of death approximate: She was still living on 10th April 1340, when she granted the advowson of the church of Rokeby, together with a messuage and a bovate and a half of land, to Egglestone Abbey to celebrate services for her good estate during her lifetime, and for her soul after her death, and for the souls of Brian her husband and John de Grey of Rotherfield, their ancestors and heirs, and all the faithful deceased.
Possibly daughter of John Balliol (c. 1249 – late 1314), King of Scotland, and Isabella de Warenne.
Other sources suggest Matilda was the daughter of John de Balliol (before 1208 – 25 October 1268) and Dervorguilla of Galloway; which would make the king her brother rather than her father.
Her life-size effigy [from her tomb cover] is in the chancel of the church.
Although her tomb cover is in Danby Wiske Church, there is a claim that the lady is buried in York (alternate memorial to Lady Matilda FitzAlan), but there is no physical evidence of her tomb in York; in fact the supposed site of her burial is shown on the FAG map as York Railway Station.
The church of the Black Friars at York may have been her original burial location. When and why her body was moved to Danby Wiske is unknown.
Year of death approximate: She was still living on 10th April 1340, when she granted the advowson of the church of Rokeby, together with a messuage and a bovate and a half of land, to Egglestone Abbey to celebrate services for her good estate during her lifetime, and for her soul after her death, and for the souls of Brian her husband and John de Grey of Rotherfield, their ancestors and heirs, and all the faithful deceased.
Possibly daughter of John Balliol (c. 1249 – late 1314), King of Scotland, and Isabella de Warenne.
Other sources suggest Matilda was the daughter of John de Balliol (before 1208 – 25 October 1268) and Dervorguilla of Galloway; which would make the king her brother rather than her father.
Her life-size effigy [from her tomb cover] is in the chancel of the church.
Although her tomb cover is in Danby Wiske Church, there is a claim that the lady is buried in York (alternate memorial to Lady Matilda FitzAlan), but there is no physical evidence of her tomb in York; in fact the supposed site of her burial is shown on the FAG map as York Railway Station.
The church of the Black Friars at York may have been her original burial location. When and why her body was moved to Danby Wiske is unknown.
Gravesite Details
Lady Matilda FitzAlan’s tomb cover is at Danby Wiske, in the chancel of the church.
The location of her body is unknown.
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