Person:William Malet (3)

William Malet of Curry-Mallet, was Sheriff of Somerset in Dorset, son and heir of Gilbert Mallett of Curry-Mallet by Alice, daughter and coheiress of Ralph Picot, of Milton and Tong, Kent, Sheriff of Kent and Sussex. He was born about 1175. He married first to an unidentified wife. They had one son, William, and three daughters, Hawise, Mabel, and Bertha. He was in Normandy with King Richard 1195. The following year he paid a fine for livery of his inheritance. In 1200 he sued his cousin, William Malet, of Enmore, Somerset. The case was settled in 1203, when he conveyed 1 1/2 hides of land in Sutton Mallett, Sommer said to his cousin William in return for a palfrey worth 100 shillings. At some unspecified date, he gave land in Limington, Somerset to Godfrey de St. Martin for his homage and service. He married second Alice Bassett, daughter and coheiress of Thomas Bassett. They had no issue. In 1214 he served King John with 10 knights and 20 soldiers in Poitou.The following year he took a prominent part in the struggle the king and the barons. He joined the confederacy of the barons against the King at Stamford in Easter week, 1215. He was one of 25 barons elected to guarantee the observance of Magna Carta, signed by King John 15 June 1215. In consequence he was among the barons excommunicated by Pope Innocent III 16 December 1215. He died sometime before 1219.

Note: William Malet surviving wife, Alice Bassett, has generally been identified as the mother of William's daughters. Alice had no known issue by her marriage to William Malet. At her death, her heirs were her three daughters by her second marriage to John Biset.

He served with King Richard in Normandy in 1195 and served King John in the Poitou campaign that ended in the defeat of King John at the Battle of Bouvines, 27 July 1214.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry. (Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, MD, 2005)
   p. 549.
2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Weis, Frederick Lewis; Walter Lee Sheppard; and David Faris. Ancestral roots of certain American colonists, who came to America before 1700: the lineage of Alfred the Great, Charlemagne, Malcolm of Scotland, Robert the Strong, and some of their descendants. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., 7th Edition c1992)
   p.198.
3.   Ancestry Family Trees. (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.)
   Ancestry Family Trees.

   http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=8855738&pid=-854406572

4. ↑ Line 189, in Weis, Frederick Lewis; William R. Beall; Kaleen E. Beall; and Walter Lee Sheppard. Ancestral roots of certain American colonists who came to America before 1700: lineages from Alfred the Great, Charlemagne, Malcolm of Scotland, Robert the Strong, and other historical individuals. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., c2004).