QUINCY

In the reign of the Second Henry, Saier de Quincy had a grant from the crown of the Manor of Bushley, co. Northampton, previously the property of Anselme de Conchis. Of his two sons, the elder, Robert, became a Soldier of the Cross, and the younger, Saier, was created Earl of Winchester by King John. He subsequently obtained large grants and immunities from the same monarch, but, nevertheless, when the Baronial War broke out, his Lordship's pennant waved on the side of freedom, and he became so eminent amongst his contemporaries that he was chosen one of the twenty-five Barons appointed to enforce the observance of Magna Charta. His adventurous career was at length terminated in 1219, when he died on his way to Jerusalem, after participaling at the Siege of Damieta. His granddaughter and eventual co-heirs were Margaret, wife of William de Fetters, Earl of Derby, Elizabeth, married to Alexander Comyn, Earl of Buchan, and Elab, married to Alan, Lord Zouch of Ashley.

--(This name appears on the Battle Abbey Roll).