William de Wendenal

William de Wendenal (also William de Wendeval) was a late-12th-century Norman baron, a High Sheriff for two English counties from 1190 to 1194, when King Richard the Lionheart was away on the Third Crusade.

Biography

Little is known of William. William served as the High Sheriff (or law-enforcer and bailiff) of the counties of both Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire during the years of King Richard's absence from the country. William took over these duties in 1190 from baron Roger de Lizoures. However, when King Richard landed back in England in late March 1194, William de Ferrers, 4th Earl of Derby succeeded William de Wendenal as sheriff. After this, William de Wendenal simply disappears from the historical record.

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