Agnes de Brus of Skelton

✓ Agnes de Brus, '1st da. of Sir Piers de Brus II, of Skelton and Danby, by Hawise, sister and in her issue coh. of Sir William de Lancastre, Lord of Kendal (who d. 29 Nov 1246), and elder da. of Sir Gilbert fitz Roger fitz Reinfrid, Lord of Kendal'; eldest of the four sisters and coheirs of Sir Piers de Brus III (d. 18 Sep 1272) - 'Agnes, wife of Walter de Faucunberge; Lucy, wife of Marmaduke de Twenge; Margaret, wife of Robert de Ros of Wark; Ladereyne, wife of John de Belewe'; CP notes 'Lucy, yr. sister of Agnes, was [by Nov 1243] already married to Marmaduke de Thwenge'. Her purparty: the castle, park and forest of Skelton, Marske, Eastburn, half the wapentake of Langbaurgh. Living 29 Oct 1275, dead by 25 May 1280 (Hist. Fundatorum: 'in vigilia Ascensionis'); buried with her ancestors at Guisborough. Sister of Lucy de Brus (I101869) - RING: the Thweng-Westropp and Engaine-Aylesbury lines meet in her parents. Source: Complete Peerage 2nd ed. vol. V (1926), 'Fauconberge' pp.267-270 (G. W. Watson) (archive.org completepeerageo51coka), read 27 Oct 2026. [DIRECT ANCESTOR OF THE COMPILER: flag added 27 Oct 2026 by walking the tree from Aynsley, so that this marker is reliable and can be searched.]