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For other persons named William de Vescy or William de Vesci see William de Vesci.William de Vesci sometimes spelt Vescy was a prominent 13th-century noble. He was a son of William de Vesci and Agnes de Ferrers daughter of William de Ferrers 5th Earl of Derby andSibyl Marshal. William died in 1297.He founded the Grey Abbey in Kildare Ireland for the Franciscans in 1260. During the Second Barons’ War campaign of 1265 William held Gloucester Castle against Prince Edward.
