Lord Manasser Biset, Steward to Henry II of England, Baron of the Exchequer

concerns

Stirnet's "Temp86" does not show this Manasser's ancestry or brother.

brief biography

Lord Kidderminster

jure uxoris Lord of Cany-Caniel

"the king's sewer" (steward to Henry II "Curtmantle", King of England)

(puisne?) Baron of the Exchequer

notes

Date of death might specifically be 1176.

comments

Surname has also been reported to be:

• Bisset
• Byset

Given name has also been reported to be:

• only Manasser
• Manser

Date and place of birth have also been (erroneously?) reported to be:

• circa 1165 in England
• 1166 at an unspecified location

Date and place of death have also been (erroneously?) reported to be 1198 at an unspecified location.

links

• https://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/zwrk/temp86.php#bisset1 (membership required to view without interruption)www.celtic-casimir.com

Manasser BISET Lord of Kidderminster
Born: Abt 1130, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England Died: 1177

General Notes: 1153 - Steward of Henry II, Sire de Cany.

Subject: Re: SIR ROGER LA ZOUCHE: . . . . "This is based on original research not found elsewhere in print. Henry Biset was the son of: Manasser (or Manser, Mancel) Biset, steward of King Henry II, lord of Kidderminster, co. Worcester, and Rockbourne, Hampshire, adult by 1153. He married Alice de Cany, sister and heiress of Gilbert de Falaise, lord of Cany in Seine Inferieure in Normandy. They had two children, Henry (above) and Margaret. Manasser and his wife founded the Hospital of Maiden Bradley. He died about 1176.

[Reference: Pipe Rolls, 1176-7]. Manasser Biset's parentage is unknown but he had a brother, William Biset, to whom he gave the manor of East Bridgford, co. Nottingham."

Marriage Information: Manasser married Alice DE CANY Heiress. (Alice DE CANY Heiress was born about 1135 in Cany, Sein-Inferieure, Normandy, France.)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Manasser Biset Died 1177 Spouse(s) Alice Parents William Biset Hawisa Manasser Biset (sometimes Bisset or Manasseh Biset; died 1177) was an Anglo-Norman nobleman and royal official during the reign of King Henry II of England.

Life Biset was the son of William Biset and Hawisa. The elder Biset held lands in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire as the tenant of Stephen, Count of Aumale. Besides Manasser, William and Hawisa had another son named Henry.

Biset was a follower of Henry fitzEmpress and was a witness to charters of Henry's issued in France in the period 1151 to 1153.[4] Biset obtained the office of dapifer, or steward, to Henry II shortly before Henry became king of England. Biset was with Henry in England in 1153, as he was a witness on documents drawn up for Henry in England during the early part of 1153. In April through December 1154, Bisset only witnessed Henry's documents that were drawn up in France. The king gave lands in Nottinghamshire, Worcestershire, Wiltshire, and Hampshire to Biset. These lands came to be considered the feudal barony of Biset, and Biset as the first baron. Besides the steward's office, Biset was also a baron of the exchequer and a royal justice. He was one of the most frequent witnesses on Henry's documents.

Before 1164, Biset founded a hospital for leper women at Maiden Bradley, Wiltshire, and gave it lands including the manor of Bradley, which had come to him through his wife.

Family and death Biset married Alice, who was the sister of Gilbert de Falaise, lord of Cany in France. Alice was the heiress of her brother. Biset's son was Henry Bisset, who was still underage at his father's death in 1177. The administration of the lands and the custody of the heirs was given to Biset's nephew. Besides his son, Biset also had a daughter, Margaret.

Citations

Waugh "Reluctant Knights and Jurors" Speculum p. 980 footnote 150

Friend "Master Odo" Speculum p. 642

Keats-Rohan Domesday Descendants p. 177

Loyd Origins of some Anglo-Norman Families pp. 15-16

White "End of Stephen's Reign" History p. 17 footnote 54

Sanders English Baronies pp. 5–6

Warren Henry II p. 309

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