William Malet (fl. born before 1175–1215) was one of the guarantors of Magna Carta. Also known as William II Malet. He was lord of Curry Mallet and Shepton Mallet in Somerset, and served as High Sheriff of Somerset and Dorset for 1209. The precise nature of his relationship to the earlier Malets is unknown.

Family [edit]

By his first wife, who is unknown, he had a daughter.

• Mabel married Hugh de Vivonia, High Sheriff of Somerset.

• William de Forz (de Vivonia) was son of Mabel and Hugh. He married, as her second husband, Maud Ferrers, daughter of William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby and Sybil Marshall.

• Joan was daughter of William and Maud. She married, as her second husband, Reginald Fitz Piers (son of Peter Fitz Herbert), as his second wife.^[1]

• Reginald Fitz Reginald was son of Joan and Reginald. He married Joan, daughter of Robert Martel.

• Herbert Fitz Reginald was son of Reginald and Joan. He married Lucy, daughter of Andrew Peverell.

• Reginald Fitz Herbert was son of Herbert and Lucy. He married Joan.

• Edmund Fitz Herbert was son of Herbert and Joan. He married Joan.
• Alice Fitz Herbert was daughter of Herbert and Joan. She married Thomas West.^[2]

• Thomas West, 1st Baron West was son of Alice and Thomas.^[3][4]

By his second wife, Alice Basset who was daughter of Thomas Basset, Sheriff of Oxon and Berks, William had a daughter.^[5]

• Hawise married Robert Muscegros.

• John Muscegros was son of Hawise and Robert. He married first Anne de Ferrers and second Margaret de Quincy.

• Hawise Muscegros was daughter of John and __. She married John Ferrers.

• Robert de Ferrers was son of Hawise and John. He married first Margaret __ and second Elizabeth Boteler.

• Robert Ferrers, 2nd Baron Ferrers of Wem was son of Robert and Elizabeth. He married Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland.

de Forz [edit]

Mabel Malet's and Hugh de Vivonia's son is referred to as William de Forz (de Vivonia). During the same time frame, there were three generations of Earls with the name of William de Forz. Both William Malet and William de Fortibus (Forz) are on the Magna Carta list. Some have suggested a relationship between the families.^[6]

References [edit]

1. ^ Weis, F.L., Sheppard, W.L., Faris, D. (1992) Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists ... Genealogical Publishing Co. (via Google)
2. ^ Burke, J. (1838) A Genealogical and Heraldic History of ... Colburn (via Google)
3. ^ Collinson, J., Rack, E. (1791) The history and antiquities of the county of Somerset (via Google)
4. ^ Richardson, Douglas (2011) Magna Carta Ancestry:A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd Edition (via Google)
5. ^ Dillon, C. R. (2002) Royals and Nobles: .. iUniverse (via Google)
6. ^ Royal Archaeological Institute (1861) The Archaeological Journal, Vol 18 pg 57 (via Google)

• Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to American Before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis, Lines 189-1, 234A-29
• Hollister, C. Warren (1973). "Henry I and Robert Malet". Viator 4: 115–32. 
• Hurt, Cyril. "William Malet and His Family". Anglo-Norman Studies XIX. 
• Lewis, C. P. (1989). "The King and Eye: A Study in Anglo-Norman Politics". English Historical Review 104 (CCCCXII): 569–87. doi:10.1093/ehr/CIV.CCCCXII.569. 

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