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Ellen "Helen, Elena" Quincy

(Abt 1222 - Bef 20 Aug 1296)

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Ellen de Quincy was a grand-daughter of Magna Carta surety baron [[Quincy-226|Saher de Quincy]]
[[Category:Quincy-226 Descendants]]
Ellen's other grandfather, Alan of Galloway (Alan Macdonal) was one of the sixteen "Illustrious Men" listed in the preamble of Magna Carta as counselors to King John.

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== Biography ==Alan married Elena de Quincy } before 1242 in Winchester, Hampshire, England. Elena was the daughter and coheir of Roger de Quincy, earl of Winchester, and his first wife Helen of Galloway.Zouche: Untitled English Nobility T-Z, Medieval Lands, http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISHNOBILITYMEDIEVAL3T-Z.htm#_Toc389115910, accessed 27 September 2014. In 1267 Alan succeeded to her share of the Qunicy estates.Weis “Ancestral Roots” 2008,p46, Line 38. [https://books.google.com/books?id=3F9nG8aFJ7MC&lpg=PA46&dq=Roland%20Lord%20of%20Galloway&pg=PA46#v=onepage&q=Roland%20Lord%20of%20Galloway&f=false Weis Line 38. Dunbar Lords, to Galloway Lords. Quincy, Alan LaZouche]
In 1271 Ellen and her sisters, Margaret and Elizabeth, gave license for the election of William de Shaldeston as prior of the Hospital of St. James and John at Brackley, Northamptonshire. In 1277 Alexander Comyn, Earl of Buchan (husband of her sister, Elizabeth), suspended his suit against Ellen in the Scottish courts at the request of King Edward I.

=== Children ===
: 1. Helene La ZOUCHE (b. 1242): 2. Roger La ZOUCHE married Ela Longespee and they had a child: Alan la Zouche born 1267 ''Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families Vol. I, page 415-416
: 3. Eudo La ZOUCHE
: 4. William La ZOUCHE
: 5. Alan La ZOUCHE
: 6. Oliver La ZOUCHE (b. 1246)
: 7. Margaret La ZOUCHE
: 8. Henry La ZOUCHE (b. 1248)
: 9. Robert La ZOUCHE
: 10. Alice La ZOUCHE
: 11. Maud ZOUCHE (b. 1254)

=== Death ===A ''writ'' regarding "''Helen ''(Elena)'' la Zousche alias la Suches, la Zuche, de la Zuche, de la Suche''" was sent to the sheriff of Fife on 20 August, 24 Edward I [1296], after which ''Inquisitons'' were taken in Fife, Dumfries, Ayr, Wigton, Berwick, Edinburgh Sheriffdom, Leicester and Northampton, and the juries found that Sir Alan la Suches alias la Zuche, de Zuche, Lachuche, de la Suche, la Zouche, la Zouch, son of Sir Roger de la Suche, aged 24 and more or 28, was her next heir.} Abstract No 363 Helen (''Elena'') la Zousche alias la Suches, la Zuche, de la Zuche, de la Suche.

== Sources ==
* '''Magna Carta Ancestry 2011 2n ed. Vol. I p. 412-415'''
* '''ROYAL ANCESTRY by Douglas Richardson Vol. II page 222'''
* '''Royal Ancestry by Douglas Richardson Vol. V page 471'''



: See also:* Magna Charta Sureties, 1215, by Frederick Lewis Weis, Th. D., Fourth Edition (With Additions and Corrections By Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr., M. S.; 1971
* Richardson, ''[http://amzn.com/1461045207 Magna Carta Ancestry]'', (2011), Douglas Richardson, ''[http://amzn.com/1461045207 Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families]'', Royal Ancestry series, 2nd edition, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2011), Vol. III, page 416 iii and [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=8JcbV309c5UC&pg=PA412 Vol. I, page 412, #3 - page 416 #5].
* [http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p134.htm#i4013 Marlyn Lewis].
* Yeatman, John Pym. ''[[Space:The Early Genealogical History of the House of Arundel|The Early Genealogical History of the House of Arundel]]'' (Mitchell and Hughes, London, 1882) Page 67: "Helen, dau. and coheiress of Roger de Quincey, Earl of Winchester."
* ''[[Space:Camden Society Series|Camden Society Series]]'' (London, 1916) Third Series, Vol. 27 "The Estate Book of Henry De Bray of Harleston, co. Northants, c.1289-1340", [https://archive.org/stream/estatebookofhenr00brayrich#page/141/mode/1up Page 141]

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    BirthAbt 1222
    DeathBef 20 Aug 1296England
    Alt namede Quincy
    Reference No4165120
    Reference No4248030
    Reference No60

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