Saer de Quincy b. 1155

/ Kirstin Miller

This ancestor is fairly new to my tree. Saer de Quincy, 1st Earl of Winchestter, a baron, a knight who fought alongside kings, a keeper of the Magna Carta. He was born around 1155 and died on November 3, 1219 in Damietta, Egypt.

After his work on the Magna Carta, in 1219 de Quincy joined the crusaders with a vow to capture Jerusalem and holy artifacts from Egypt, Fifth Crusade at Wikipedia- 131 footnotes and links. The first [of thousands] of western European crusaders landed on the Nile in May 1219, at Damietta which after months of battle was captured on November 5, 1219.

de Quincy died on November 3, 1219, of illness, days before the Damietta capture. He was buried in Jerusalem and heart or maybe some ashes were returned to England, interred at Garendon Abbey which no longer exists.

Saer de Quincy has two fantastic memorials.

Baron Saher de Quency (d.1219), Earl of Winchester, Appointed to Secure the Observance of the Magna Carta", via ArtUK website
A closeup in the “Parliamentary Art Collection” at Heritage Collections at UK Parliament, Baron Saher de Quency (d.1219), Earl of Winchester, Appointed to Secure the Observance of the Magna Carta.
"A life-size figure of Saher de Quincy, Earl of Winchester, with crown and axe. This is a prototype for the equivalent bronze statue in the House of Lords", via ArtUK website.
At ArtUK, “A life-size figure of Saher de Quincy, Earl of Winchester, with crown and axe”.