• Married: 1201
• Died: Between 2 Jan 1223 and 6 Apr 1223
• Buried: Worcester Cathedral, Worcestershire, England

  Research Notes:

Lord of Stanton Harcourt (Oxfordshire) and Stretton (Leicestershire). He acquired Ellenhall (Staffordshire) from his wife’s family. Governor of Corfe Castle, Dorset: Matthew Paris records, in 1212, prophecies issued by “in provincia Eboracensi heremita...Petrus” who was handed by King John to "Willelmus de Harecurt” who imprisoned him for three years at Corfe. Matthew Paris records, in 1218, the arrival at Damieta in Egypt of “...Willelmo de Harecourt cum æquela multa...”. William de Harcourt donated property to the church of Alveley, Shropshire by charter dated 2 Jan 1223 (N.S.). An order dated 6 Apr 1223 instructed the Sheriff of Leicester to impound crops of "executores testamenti Willi de Harecurt" until a debt was paid to the king. An order was dated to [Jun] 1223 to confiscate "chattels formerly of William de Harcourt" to pay his debt to the king. ¹