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Cokayne's "Complete Peerage": William Peverel the younger, one of the
principal supportors of KING STEPHEN (RIN 3890), was a commander at
the Battle of the Standard and was taken prisoner at the Battle of
Lincoln. His estates were forfeired for a time, and his castle of
Nottingham was committed by THE EMPRESS [MAUD (RIN 788)] to William
Paynel. He recovered it in 1143. His wives were Odonna and AVICE DE
LANCASTER.
About March 1152/3 HENRY (RIN 761), Duke of Normandy [the future
King HENRY II] and count of Anjou, by a charted expidited at Devizes,
formulated was he was prepared to give to [RANULF DE GERNAM (RIN 865)]
the Earl of Chester, as the price of his support; not indeed, even
the half of the kingdom, but yet no inconsiderable portion of it. Nine
months afterwards, in Dec. 1153, THE EARL died, poisoned, as men said,
by William Peverel.
Shortly after his accession to the throne, KING HENRY II visited
Nottinghamshire, in order, as the annalists state, to disenherit William
Peverel for having poisoned THE EARL, but more probably to punish him
for what had previously been termed his wickedness and treason.
William, on THE KING's approach, retired to one of his religious
foundations where he became a monk. The honor of Peverel remained in
the Crown for nearly half a century.
Two children are attributed to William by Cokayne - Henry, and his
heiress, MARGARET.
Cokayne's "Complete Peerage" (Derby, p. 192), identifies him as
MARGARET's father.