Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Wilton, William de
WILTON, WILLIAM de (d. 1264), judge, had fines levied before him in 1247, acted as justice itinerant in 1248, 1249, and 1250, again in 1253, 1255, and 1259-61. In the intervals his name does not appear in the lists of justices. He seems to have been chief justice on 11 Dec. 1261, as be received the pay of that office, 100l. He was probably chief justice of the king's bench. He can be traced in the execution of the functions of the office till November 1263 (Excerpt. e Rot. Fin. ii. 407).
According to Rishanger (p. 28) he was slain at the battle of Lewes on the king's side (14 May 1264).
[Foss's Judges of England, and authorities cited in text.]