page_title: William de Cantilupe (died 1254)
section_title: Death
hierarchical_section_title: William de Cantilupe (died 1254) / Death
caption_attribution_description: English: Matthew Paris, Chronica Maiora - Royal MS 14 C VII, (The Historia Anglorum, or "History of the English", by Matthew Paris (d. 1259), a history of England covering the years 1070-1253. Begun in 1250 and perhaps completed around 1255) arms of Cantilupe; folio 165v[1]: Inverted arms of William III de Cantilupe (d.1254), 3rd feudal baron of Eaton Bray in Bedfordshire, referring to his death. Not (as in the British Library catalogue[2]) referring to the death of his uncle Walter de Cantilupe, Bishop of Worcester, who died in 1266, thus 7 years after the death of Matthew Paris. The events on the folios before and after 165v all refer to the year 1254. Latin text (transcribed by William Wats, London, 1686[3], p.769): Red-ink header: Obiit Will's de Cantelupo; main paragraph: Anno eodem circa festum sancti michaelis obiit Will(ielmus) de Cantelupo juvenis elegans et dives in dolore multorum quia ille tertius iam fuit Cantelupinorum qui infra paucos annos de medio sunt sublati ("W. de Cantilupe died...In the same year (i.e. 1254) around the feast of St Michael died William de Cantilupe, an elegant and rich youth, in the grief of many because he was already the third of the Cantilupes who within a few years were lifted up from their midst"). (His father William II had died in 1251 and his grandfather William I in 1239).
context_page_description: William III de Cantilupe was the 3rd feudal baron of Eaton Bray in Bedfordshire, and jure uxoris was feudal baron of Totnes in Devon and Lord of Abergavenny. His chief residences were at Calne in Wiltshire and Aston Cantlow, in Warwickshire, until he inherited Abergavenny Castle and the other estates of that lordship.
context_section_description: Cantilupe died in 1254, at about Michaelmas, 29 September. His death is recorded by his contemporary Matthew Paris (d.1259) in his Historia Anglorum thus:
  Obiit Will's de Cantelupo; Anno eodem circa festum sancti michaelis obiit Will(ielmus) de Cantelupo juvenis elegans et dives in dolore multorum quia ille tertius iam fuit Cantelupinorum qui infra paucos annos de medio sunt sublati ("W. de Cantilupe died; In the same year (i.e. 1254) around the feast of St Michael died William de Cantilupe, a fine and rich youth, in the grief of many because he was already the third of the Cantilupes who within a few years were lifted up from their midst").
  (His father William II had died in 1251 and his grandfather William I in 1239). One of the chief mourners at his funeral was Simon de Montfort, a close friend of the family.
caption: Record of the death of William III de Cantilupe made by Matthew Paris (d.1259) in his Historia Anglorum (folio 165v).[21] His shield of arms is depicted in the margin inverted
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