REVISIONS – DISPENSERS OF THE EARL OF CHESTER – TURSTIN FILIUS ROLF NORMAN, etc.

1. Torf. According to Robert of Torigny (GND, viii. c. 37), Torf was the father of Turold and Turchetil (see also OV ii. 12).

1.1. Turold of Pont Audemer, apparently m. a sister of Gunnor, the wife of ‘Duke’ Richard. M. Le Prevost (‘Essai Archéologique sur Pont-Audemer’, p. 8, 1834) did not consider this Turold to be the tutor of the young Duke William. Le Prévost thought that Turold was brother of Achard, first lord of Bourgtheroulde. Turold was one of the principal officer of the court of the duke Robert. In 1031, Turold signed a charter of Saint-Wandrille, immediately after Duke Robert, Mauger, and Galeran de Meulan. Turold was assassinated about 1040, probably at the same time as Osbern Seneschal

1.1.1. Hunfrid (Honfroi de Vieilles). Vieilles is a small commune in the canton of Beaumont, arrondissement of Bernay; where the family appears to have been long established.

1.1.1.1. Roger de Beaumont, b. ca. 1020. Asketil was his dapifer. 1087-1095: Notification that “in the reign of Robert son of William king of the English, Roger de Beaumont gave, etc. The same day he gave to St. Peter, Preaux, 20 pounds of English money annually from the tithe of his revenues oversea, etc. Sig. ”Anchetilli pincerna”.

1.1.1.1.1. Robert de Beaumont, Ist Earl Leicester.

1.1.1.1.1.1. Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl Leicester, founder of Garendon in 1133, to which donated Hugh de Berges, and his son, Asketil.

1.1.1.2. “Rodbertus de Bellomonte, filius Unfredi”: “Notification that in the reign of William I. and by permission of Robert son of Humfrey de Vieilles a certain knight, Gilbert by name, having no heir, gave to St. Peter a gift of his whole inheritance, namely all that he had in the vill of Conde. Of this is witness Roger of Beaumont who with his own hand placed the gift of the said honour on St. Peter’s altar”. “Roger de Beaumont then conceded the estate to the abbey on the understanding that the monks were to have only half of Condé during Roger de Croixmarez’s life, with the reversion of all he had there at his death. After Gilbert’s death at Preaux 1078-1090, his wife gave birth to a daughter, who m. Roger de Croixmarez), except for 30 acres, a house, court, and orchard, and the lands of two Kightly tenants. (Cart. Preaux, fol. 100), almost certainly including (Pierre/Peter) de Conde; probably not his baptismal name, and one conjectured from the name of his son.

1.2. Turchetil.

1.2.1. Turulf, mentioned as the father of Hugh and Geoffrey (cart. Preaux, nos. 286, 345). As stated in Nomina Germanica (vol. 11, p. 341, 1954), it is reasonable to conjecture that this Turulfus was a nephew of Torold of Pont-Audemer, and was consanguineus with Roger de Beaumont, son of Honfroi de Vielles.

1.2.1. Hugh (Hugo Putefosse). When the monks of Saint-Pierre de Preaux complained to Roger de Beaumont that their late abbot, Ansfrid, had given the churches of Pont-Audemer to Hugh the cleric* son of Turulf (the abbey’s patron) without their permission, Hugh replied that he had received the churches from Roger’s father, Humphrey de Vieilles, and from Roger himself before he received them from Ansfrid. A charter of Roger de Beaumont, dated 1035-1036, gave to Preaux all he held in Espaignes (in Pont Audemer), except those portions held by tenants of Preaux. His witnesses: Hugo Putefosse, Goscelinus filius (le Roux), who signed to confirm (firmati). (Arch. de l’Eure, H. 711, fol. cii). *Cleric in the sense of being a royal official; a learned man.

1.2.1.1. Goscelin le Roux. (Josselin is a variant of this name). A Norman charter from the year 1034, cited Gallia Christiana, records that Goszlin le Roux de Formeville was among the subscribers to the founding charter of the Benedictine abbey of Préaux, near Pont-Audemer; a foundation of Onfroy de Vieilles. (MSAN, 28, 1821). Formeville was a township of Beuzeville, arr. Pont-Audemer (Eure). Subsequently, a Robert de Formeville was mentioned among the benefactors of this church.

We believe that upon returning from his first campaign against the Moors of Spain, which dates back to 1018, the Lord of Conches (Roger de Tosny) brought back from Pamiers relics of Saint Antoninus, which he placed in a church on one of his domains, Epaignes, in Pont-Audemer, dedicating it to this saint. Shortly after the founding of the Church of Epaignes, around 1035, Roger made a new excursion to Spain, and on his return he took sides against prince William (who became “the Conqueror”). Defeated in a battle, he was killed with his two sons, by Robert and Roger de Beaumont, who claimed his domain of Epaignes. The two brothers disposed of a large part of their new domain in favour of the abbey of Saint-Pierre de Préaux, which their father had built, including the tithes of Epaignes, its parish church, and the tithe of its mill; and the land of a tenant named Osbern. Goscelin d’Epaignes, the most powerful knight in the parish, himself gave his own tithe. When abandoning their domain of Epaignes, the two brothers retained the homage of the knights who resided there, but a little later they returned the former lands of three of them, Goscelin d’Epaignes, Hugues d’Avesne, and Goscelin Le Roux, who granted them to the convent of Preaux in perpetuity

Auvray d’Epaignes (Alfred), son of Goscelin, confirmed his father’s gifts, on the condition that he, his wife, sons, and his brothers, could take part in the prayers of the convent Preaux. Auvray d’Epaignes fought valiantly under the flag of the conqueror of England and received as a reward for his services more than 30 manors and several farms in various counties of England. (Domsday Book. t. ii). The the lords of Conches and Tosny never reclaimed the land of Epaignes. Around 1070, one of their friends assassinated Robert de Beaumont, who was succeeded by Roger, his brother, who continued his gifts to the monks of Préaux from his domain of Epaignes. He gave them all the paths that he had reserved until then, except those which belonged to Gilbert d’Epaignes. At the same time, Roger de Beaumont (when his daughter, Alberade, became a nun at Préaux), gave them three pieces of land in Epaignes, with other property elsewhere. In the first years of the 11th century, Hellouin, son of Gilbert d’Epaignes, claimed from the monks of Préaux the land of Bosc l’Abbé, but to make him withdraw his claim and to obtain his friendship, Richard, abbot of Préaux, gave him 40 s. Among the witnesses, we find Raoul, priest of Epaignes, and Raoul (Ralf), a knight, who was also from this parish. (Charpillon, Dict. Hist., v. 2, 1879).

Gautier d’Épaignes Tenant de son frère Auvray d’Épaignes dans le comté de Somerset 2. Domesday Book, Phillimore, 8 Somerset, 35,1, 35,22. Loyd 1951, p. 51-52. Scripta, Actes no 5937. Keats-Rohan 1999, p. 144, 264.

1.2.1.1.1. William de Fortmoville. “The appearance of a William de Fortmoville as Roger de Beaumont’s steward in the 1080’s encourages the idea that Robert de Fortmoville came from a local family with some claim to the senior Beaumont line”. Robert de Fortmoville was ca constant follower of the count, attesting 42 of his 81 charters containing witness lists, beginning in 1142.

1.2.1.1.1.1. Robert de Fortmoville. Galerannus, comes Mellenti, omnibus prepositis et ministris suis de Ponte-Audomari, salutem. Sciatis me dedisse et concessisse abbati de Tirum duo miliaria de haringis, singulis annis, et precipio ut ad Pontem-Audomari eos liberetis. Testibus: Willelmo de Pin, Roberto de Formevilla, et Radulfo de Monte-Aupensi. (Cart. de Tiron, fo. 49, ca 1122).

1.2.2. Geoffrey (de Bec?).

1. (Pierre?) de Conde, m. Emma Crispin, sister of Hesilia Crispin, wife of William Malet I., having issue, Robert Malet*. (Neustr. pia, pp. 511,524. Gallia Christ., t. xii, p. 853). Le Cartulaire de Saint-Gilles nomme, parmi les bienfaiteurs de la maison, Raoul Efflanc de Tourville, fils de Pierre, et ses sœurs Mabire et Isabelle, celle-ci femme de Réginald du Val. *From Saint-Christophe-sur- Conde, arrond. Pont-Audemer, canton Saint-Georges-du-Vievre; dependences: la Cote-de-aux-Toutains, la Ferrerie; Licu Maillet, la Tillaie, from whence Emma and Pierre (Peter) de Conde donated land to Bec. (R. A. Brown, Anglo Norman Studies, p. 100, 1985).

A SUGGESTED PEDIGREE OF WILLIAM MALET, “COMPATER HARALDI”

1. AElfwine.
1.1. Leofwine, ealdorman in 994, named “dux” in royal diploma. “Loofuuinus ealdorman filius Elfuuine”, donated land to Peterborough Abbey.
1.1.1. Leofric, b. ca. 990, Earl of Mercia, bef. 1032, m. (very probably as 2nd wife), Godgifu (Godiva). There is no evidence connecting the legend with this historical Godiva. Leofric (d. 1057) founded the monastery of Coventry. Godgifu may have been a sister of Turold the Sheriff. The frequent repetitions of his name in the charters of the priory of Spalding, in enumeration of former lords of the place, shows that he was regarded as its Saxon lord; and the fact that the name of Earl Algar occurs in Domesday Book in the same position, may be thought some corroboration of the assertion that the Countess Godeva, Earl Algar’s mother, was the sister of Turold”. (John Gough Nichols, The Topographer and Genealogist, vol. 1, p. 11, 1846).
1.1.1.1. Ælfgar, earl of Mercia, (b. ca. 1010; d. 1062, by father’s ist wife), m. Ælfgifu, who was possibly related to Ælfgifu, dau. of Ælfhelm, ealdorman of Northumbria, and his wife, Wulfrun.(Ann Williams, Ælfgar, earl of Mercia, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004). The latter Ælfgifu was the ist wife (handfasted) of Cnut, who m. 2ndly (by Christian ceremony), Emma of Normandy, dau. of “Duke” Richard and Gunnor. It was quite common to retain a handfasted consort, in conjunction with a church-recognised wife.
1.1.1.1.1. Aldgyth (sister of Earl Morcar of Northumbria), m., as his second wife, King Harald, whose ist (handfasted) wife was “Eadgifu the Fair”, a tenant of Robert Malet, Domesday

1.1.1.2. Wulfgifu, m. … Malet? Her holdings temp. Domeday were mostly in Hartismere Hundred, wherein was Eye, the caput of the Malet family. These estates became those of (1) Hesilia Crispin; (2) her son, Robert Malet. Some of Wulfgifu’s estates had been given to her by Queen Aldgyth. (D.B. 6. Sf. 6/ 229/30).
1.1.1.2.1. William Malet,* b. ca. 1015 (“partim Normannus et Anglus”), whose child’s godfather was King Harald, hence the true meaning Guy of Amien’s “compater Haraldi”, m. Hesilia Crispin,* b. ca. 1030. We are told by Orderic Vitalis and Guy of Amiens that William Malet was given the task of burying King Harald after the Battle of Hastings.
1.1.1.2.1.1. Robert Malet, b. ca. 1040.
1.1.1.2.1.1.1. Lucy Malet, b. ca. 1065, m. Turold the Sheriff. She m. (2) Roger de Romara, by whom she had issue: William de Romara earl of Lincoln. Disengaging ourselves from the “crafty imaginations” of the monastic genealogists, John Gough Nichols
1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1. Lucy, b. ca. 1080, m. Ranulph de Meschines, b. ca. 1070, who succeeded to the earldom of Chester in 1120.
1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1. Ranulph “de Gernon” de Meschines, b. ca. 1095, 4th Earl of Chester, from 1129 to 1153.
1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1. Hugh de Kevelioc, b. ca. 1130, 5th Earl of Chester, from 1162 to 1181, m. Bertrade de Montfort, descendant of Hesilia Crispin’s brother-in-law.
1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Ranulf Meschines, b. ca. 1165, d. 1232, 6th Earl of Chester, from 1181, de jure, as a minor. Geoffrey le Despenser and his son, Thomas le Despenser, served this Ranulph.

1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.2. William le Meschines (b. ca 1100), m. Cecilia de Romilly. In 31 Hen. I. 1130-1 William, son of Rannulph the Vicomte, was an accomptant in Everwicscira of twenty marks of silver of pleas held before Geoffrey de Clinton and his associates at Blythe, and had paid half the sum into the Treasury in that year; after whose decease Cecilia de Romeli remarried Henry de Traches,k as shewn by their joint grant of Kildwick to the Canons of Embsey. “This William, in common with his elder brother Rannulph, and his own son Rannulph, had the surname of Mischinus, adopted apparently with a view to distinguish them from relatives of the same name with whom they were contemporary, by denoting their later birth, the word being descriptive of a ” young man ;” but by the transcribers of charters the erroneous substitution of de for le was frequently made, and Mischinus, or Le Meschin, i. e. junior, being thus read de Meschines, the surname has been mistaken for one of local origin”. (Mr. Stapleton, Mag. Rot. ii., clxxxvi, 1844).
1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.2.1. Ranulph le Meschines. “Among the evidences of St. Mary’s abbey at York was a charter of Ranulph Meschinus, son of William, son of Ranulph, confirming to that religious house the church of St. Bees in Copeland, and seven carucates of land and all its parish, and whatever his father had given and granted to the same church, for the redemption of his own soul and for the soul of his father and of all his relations, as well as of his lords, by the counsel and testimony of his liege-men, viz. Fulk his uncle, and Reiner Dapifer, and Godard, and Rannulf the Sheriff, Siward the priest, William the chaplain, and William d’Arques”* (ibid.).
1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.2.2. Avice de Meschines, m. William de Courcy, dapifer, of some connection to William Malet, dapifer, 2nd cousin of Hugh Malet, as follows hereinafter, who held 8 knights’ fees of William de Courcy; Philip de Kyme holding one.

1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.3. Adeliza de Meschines, m. (1) Robert de Conde, grandson of (Pierre?) de Conde and Emma, sister of Hesilia, wife of William Malet, as heretofore given. (2) Richard FitzGilbert de Clare.
1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.3.1. Rohese de Clare, m. (1) Gilbert de Gand, d. 1136, (2) Robert FitzRobert (son of Robert steward of Alan de Percy, as follows, and Agnes, dau. of Osbern de Arches), brother of Rohesia, who m. Simon de Kyme; son of Philip de Kyme (steward of the said Gilbert de Gand), who held a knights’ fee of William de Courcy, and knights’ fees of the honour of Chester.

1. Robert de Courcy, fl. 1058, m. Herleva de Bernieres, receiving as her dower land adjacent the river Dives at Jort, Bernieres, d’Ailly, Couliboeuf and Morteaux. Jort had belonged to Lesceline, Countess of Eu, and was associated with the Courcis: “Cil de Courci e Cil de Jort” (J. R. Planche, The Conqueror and his Companions).
1.1. Richard de Courcy, d. 1098, was described as of the family of the “seneschals de Corcie”, Wace, III, vv, 8481-82, 8526. Richard de Courcy, was tenant-in-chief in England temp. William. (Reg., I; D.B, 159a; Loyd, Origins, p. 36; Green, Government, pp. 242-4). Richardus de Curseio tenuit de eadam comitissa in Macel, Jort, Pont (Pont-de-Jort), etc., (Gal. Christ, 7, 159).
1.1.1. Robert de Courcy (le Despencer), m. Rohais, dau. of Hugh de Grandmesnil. He donated land at Jort to St.-Pierre-sur-Dives, with the consent of Lesceline, comitesse d’Eu, that is, Lesceline de Harcourt, dau. of Turchetil de Harcourt, wife of William d’Eu. Their son, William d’Eu II., m. Beatrice de Busli; sis. & event. h. in her issue of her brother, Roger de Busli.
1.1.1.1. William de Courcy, Dapifer of Henry 1., m. Avice, dau. and coheir of William Meschin (and Cecily de Rumilly), brother of Ranulf le Meschin, the Earl of Chester, d. 1129, whose “usher” was Robert de Jorz.
1.1.1.1.1. William de Courcy: “William de Courcy, steward of the king of England, to the sons of Holy Mother Church, health. Know ye that I have granted and by this present charter confirmed that donation, which my mother, Avicia de Rumilly, gave to the nuns of Arthington, namely, the half part of the land of Helthwait free and quit in pure and perpetual frankalmoign”. William’s widow m. William Paynel, son of Fulk Paynel, as his second wife.

1. William Malet, m. Hesilia Crispin, sister of Gilbert Crispin II (de Colleville), and William Crispin I.
1.1. *Robert Malet*. His Surry holdings included the Manor of Sutton: “Upon the Inquest the verdict of the Jury was that Durand had seized this estate without the King’s Brief or Livery. (Nathaniel Salmon, Antiquities of Surrey, p. 142, 1736). Sutton is ca. 10 miles N. of Burghes: “There seems to have been a Manor here by the name of Berge, next after Mickelham in the Record. This had been in Edward’s time four Manors, enjoyed by as many Lords (almost certainly one being Robert Malet), these Lands, now brought into one Manor, and held of the Bishop by one Hugh,* are rated in Walton Hundred, ibid., p. 98. *Hugh de Berghes, father of Asketil de Berges, as follows.
1.1.1. Lucy Malet, m. Turold the Sheriff.
1.1.1.1. Lucy, m. Ranulph de Meschines.
1.1.1.1.1. William de Meschines, grandson of Lucy Malet, the niece of: (1) Durand Malet, and cousin of Ivo Malet, and 2nd cousin of his son, Hugh Malet, who held 8 knights’ fees included in the carta of William de Courcy, with one held by Philip de Kyme. (2) Gilbert Malet, thus being the 2nd-cousin of William Malet, who witnessed the Constitution of Clarendon with the said William de Courcy, as dapifers.

1.2. Gilbert Malet, “the younger son of William Malet, who fought at Hastings, married a daughter, a co-heiress, of Roger de Corcelle, and that his son Robert, with a younger son Hubert (called de Sancta Susanna), succeeded to portions of De Corcelle’s estate, which through them devolved on the later barons Malet. “It is further apparent that a considerable number of De Corcelle’s Somerset manors, constituting some twenty knight’s fees, accrued to the house of Malet before the death of King Henry I (A.D. 1135), and were held in capite per baroniam by William Malet, in 1166; and the same, or it may be others of De Corcelle’s manors, are constantly cropping up in Somerset history as having been held by Malet, or of Malet, or of the honour of Curry Malet. And yet we are far from saying that all De Corcelle’s Domesday estates devolved on Malet; nor can we affirm that Malet had nothing in Somerset but what had previously belonged to a De Corcelle”. (Proceedings, Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society vol. 2p.75, 1884).
1.2.1. Robert Malet, steward of King Stephen.
1.2.1.1. William Malet, had an hereditary claim to the title of household steward; steward to Henry II. William Malet, tenant-in-chief of twenty five knights’ fees in I166, frequently attested for the king with his father’s title of steward. In the Constitution of Clarendon (1164), the list of witnesses included William Malet (and next in list), William de Courcy,* dapifers.

1. Renifrid, prior of Whitby, knight of William de Percy, d. bef. 1096.
1.1. Fulk, born by 1065, steward of Alan de Percy, and Domesday tenant of William de Percy, attested charters of Alan de Percy to Whitby. (EYC, ii, no. 856). He was also a tenant of Osborn de Arches at Newton Kyme (no. 93).
1.1.1. Robert, steward of Alan de Percy, and William de Percy II. He m. Alice, dau. of Herbert de St. Quentin (EYC. i. no. 54), by his 2nd wife, Agnes, dau. of Osbern de Arches, and sister of William de Arches. She m. (2) Robert de Fauconberg, (3) William Foliot.
1.1.1.1. Henry, took the name of Percy.
1.1.1.2. William, steward of Alan de Percy.
1.1.1.3. Robert FitzRobert, m. Alice, dau. of Herbert de Saint-Quintin, and his 2nd wife, Agnes, dau. of Osbern de Arches. Robert, with the consent of William de Arches, brother of Osbern, confirmed the gift of his father to Toulston (E.Y.C. i., no. 531).
1.1.1.3.1. Margaret, m. William de Kyme.
1.1.1.3.2. Rohesia, m. Simon de Kyme; sons of Philip de Kyme, who held knights fees’ of William de Courcy, and the honour of Chester.

1.3. Beatrix Malet, m. William de Arques, see as follows.

1. …
1.1. Harfast, brother of Gunnor, wife of Richard I. Dudo of Saint-Quentin claimed she was of noble Danish origin, without specifying whether this was a paternal association. A clue as to his place of origin is given in the orthgography of Herfast; which is a form of Haerfest (OE), Herbist (OHG); Herfst (Dutch). These are Saxon terms meaning harvest, and are seen in the statements ‘god sumer’, ‘god harfest’. They represent a distinctly Saxon form of harvest, being distinguishable from the Scandinavian forms Haust (ON), Hdst (OSw.); Host (OD).
1.1.1. Osborn, dapifer. Guillaume of Jumièges records that a sister married Osmund de Conteville, their son being Foulques d’’Anet.
1.1.2. Osborn’s sister, m. Osmund de Conteville – Contevillam, Conteville-sur-Risle.
1.1.2.1. Gunnor de Centvilles, et de Livarot, m. Gilbert Crispin I.
1.1.2.1.1. Hesilia Crispin, m. William Malet (Monasticon 3. 405); he gaining Conteville as maritagium.
1.1.2.1.1.1. Robert Malet, held the fief of Collavilla, near Harfleur, Seine-Inf., from whence his cousins, William and Gilbert Crispin were endowed. Robert Malet held land of Gilbert Crispin I. in Mesnil Josselin, canton de Broglie, which was donated to Bec; a place of ironworks.
1.1.2.1.1.2. Gilbert Malet, whose son was William Malet II. (E.H. Bates, ed., Two Cartularies of the Benedictine Abbeys of Muchelney and Athelney, Somerset Rec. Soc. 14, 1899: see Subsidiary Indices i., ii).
1.1.2.1.1.2.1. William Malet: Between 1117-1121: ‘Anno ab incarnatione Domini millesimo centesimo vicesimo primo Willelmus Malet dedit Deo et Sancte Marie Becci Contevillam, ita quietam et integram sicuti eam tenuerunt ipse et antecessors ejus, et hoc pro salute anime sue et omnium parentum suorum. … “Guillelmus Malet monachus Becci terram sive prædium quod vocatur Mesnil Josselin dedit monasterio Beccensi”. (See Gallia Christiana, vol. xi. p. 301).
1.1.2.1.1.2. Beatrix Malet, m. William d’ Arques, as follows.

1.4. Durand Malet, (b. ca. 1045), uncle of Lucy Malet, who m. Turold the Sheriff. Durand Malet held 13 carucates belonging to Burton in the manor in Prestwold, Leicestershire. “Durandus Malet tenet de rege in Burtone v. carucatas terræ. Durand Malet was aso tenant in capite in Lincolnshire, holding several manors, among them Irby (upon-Humber) Rothwell and Willingore. His descendants continued at Irby for many generations.
1.4.1. Yvo Malet, the 2nd-cousin of Lucy, wife of Ranulph de Meschines, and mother of William Meschines.
1.4.1.1. Hugh Malet, b. ca. 1105, donated “dominium meum in Rouuelle”, held by “pater meus Ivo Malet … matre mea Margareta”, by charter, dated to circa 1147. (Surtees Society (1879), Cartularium abbathiæ de Whiteby, vol. 1, xlvii., p. 50). In 1166, 8 knights’ fees held by Hugh Malet and one held by Philip de Kyme were included in the carta of *William de Courcy, relating to his mother’s inheritence. Carta Willelmi de Curci, dapiferi: And of the new feoffment, which his father had feoffed of his dominion of the same Barony: Richard de Lond. 1 mil., Robert of Stane. 1 milit., Walter de Lillebone, I. milit. Hugo Pincerna* dim. milit. And of the Barony of William Meschin, from his mother’s side: Hugh Malet. viii. milit. Philip of Chimes (Kymes), I milit.

Hugh Malet was clearly not *Hugo Pincerna, who may have been Hugh de Berges: gift by “Hugo de Berges et Asketillus filius eius” of 3 carucates in Burton to Garendon abbey, confirmed by Asketil’s uncles Thurstan and Radulf de Queniborough. This said Hugh de Berges was probably “Hugh de Prestwold”, whose son, Asketill son of Hugh de Prestwold, who gifted Garendon
twenty acres of land in Prestwald with common pasture, quit of all service to the said Asketill and his heirs; and of eight acres of land in the said town’ (CCR iv., 475).

1. William Malet, m. Hesilia Crispin, b. ca. 1025.
1.1. Beatrix Malet (b. ca. 1045), m. William de Arques* (b. ca. 1040), “of Thorp”, who was probably the “William” who held 5 carucates of land in Burton on the Wolds, which may have been the land of Durand Malet (br. of Beatrix), who held 5 carucates of land in Burton on the Wolds to which was attached one and a half carucates of land in Prestwold. The said William held lands in Queniborough, Leics., of Geoffrey de la Guerche. (D.B.). A tenant of Roger de Mowbray in Queniborough was Hubert de Queniborough, who witnessed this charter: “Roger de Molbrai, greetings from York to his constables, dapifers, mesne tenants, and friends, both French and English. Know that I have given to Reginald Poher the manor which Herbert Pincerna held in York, and a half carucate in Thorp, which Herbert held in fee and inheritance. Witness: William of Arches*, Herbert Quonigbur. (Surtees Society, vol. 69, p. 205, 1879, cit. Mowbray charter cclviii.). At the death of Hubert de Queniborough, his holding of Roger de Mowbray in Queniborough passed to his brother, Ranulph/Ralph de Queniborough and his heirs to hold for the service of one knight. (Clay, York Minister Fasti, p. 127, 1958). Beatrix Malet was the great-aunt of Lucy, who m. Ranulph de Meschines, etc.

William de Arques was the brother of Osbern de Arches (sons of William de Arches, of Newton Kyme), father of *William de Arches, alive in 1152. “Osbern de Arches is first met with in the Survey, and is found therein possessed of sixty-six manors in Yorkshire, several in the neighbourhood of York, others in Craven, mostly of little value; but the chief was at Thorpe-Arch. The men of the wapentakes of Barkeston and Skyrack refuse the testimony of Osbern de Arches, that Gulbert his predecessor had all Thorner as by whose gift they know not, and it was within the bounds of Ilbert de Laci’s castell, according to the first survey, but without by the latest. Osbern it appears was in possession of lands in divers places which the jurors say had belonged to William Malet, and ought now to be his son’s, but Osbern affirms that Gulbert, his predecessor, had Appleton and all the other lands without dispute. Fulk, the tenant of Osbern at Newton Kyme, Oglethorpe, Towlston, and Catterton, was son of Reinfrid (after a monk and prior of Whitby), and sewer to Alan de Perci. Robert, son of Fulk, married Adeliza de St. Quintin”. (Yorkshire Archaeological and Topographical Journal, vol. 4, p. 244, 1877). As given, Adeliza (Alice) de St. Quintin was the dau. of Herbert de Saint-Quintin, and his 2nd wife, Agnes, dau. of Osbern de Arches. Robert, son of Fulk, with the consent of William de Arches, brother of Osbern, confirmed the gift of his father to Toulston (E.Y.C. i., no. 531).

1.1.1. … de Arques (b. ca. 1065), m. Hugh de Berges (tenant of Robert Malet). He was, perhaps, Hugh de Auvilliers Auvilliers: “Sire d’,” 1. 13, 747. There are two communes of this name, one near Pont-l’Evêque, and the other near Mortemer-sur-Eaulne. As the “Sire d’Auvillers” is described by Wace as charging in company with Hugh de Mortemer, it is probable he hailed from the latter, and was a vassal of the Mortemers. A Hugh de Aviler was a vassal of Robert Malet, in Suffolk, in the days of the Conqueror, and a benefactor to the Priory of Eye, founded by him; but there is nothing to show who was the Sire d’Auvilliers who fought at Senlac”. (James Robinson Planché, The Conqueror and His Companions, vol. 2, p. 281, 1874). From a previous notice: “It is most reasonably suggested that Hugh de Berges was synonomous with Hugh de Avilers, tenant of Robert Malet in Thrandeston, Suffolk, and the Hugh de Avilers (or his son), who witnessed the foundation charter of Eye Priory, ante 1120. (Eye Cartulary, no. 55). “Hugh de Avilers gave the town, and the tithe of the market of Eye; all the two parts of his tithe in Brome and Selfħangre, the church churches which then existed or might subsequently be and tithe of the vill, and tithe of thirty acres of land of the erected in Dunwich; the tithes of the vill, and a fair for fee of the earl of Britany (Mr.Dugdale). Mr. Loyd pointed out that Conteville (the Malet holding), lies only 6 milrs S.E. of Auvilliers and he noted that Hugh de Avilers was a tenant of Robert Malet at Brome, Suffolk. Although Auvilliers cannot be ‘proven’ to be of the Malet fee, and this Conteville cannot be ‘proven’ to be the one the Malets donated to Bec Abbey, it is suggested that they were, as a lack of ‘proof’ is often inferior to sense”.

1.1.1.1. Hugh de Berges, b. ca. 1080, m. a sister of Ranulph de Queniborough.
1.1.1.1.1. Ansketil de Berges, b. ca. 1105, nepote, i.e. nephew of Ranulph de Queniborough; husband of aunt. In Waterfala are two bovates of land which Aschetillus, the steward, gave to us (Burton Abbey), freed from all secular service, and the same was confirmed by Galfrid his son, and received together after the decease of the wife of the said Aschetillus. (Collections for a History of Staffordshire, vol. 5, p. 21, 1884). The said Ansketil also gave the advowson of Prestwold to Bullington, Lincolnshire. Elias, Ansketil’s son, confirmed the gift. The charter of Elias the son of Ankitelli of Prestwold: To all, &c. Elias, son of Anketelli of Prestwald, greeting. Know that I have granted, &c. to the nuns of Bolyngton, &c. the gift of my father; that is, the church of St. Andrew of Prestwald, with its chapels and all its other appurtenances, &c. By these witnesses, Master Richard de Kima de Prestwald. (Monasticon Anglicanum, 7, p. 952, 1846). The donation to the Kyme foundation of Bullington would have been based on some familial connection (a prerequisite at this time).

1.1.1.1.1.1. Geoffrey, b. ca. 1130. “Gaufrido dispensatore”.
1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Thomas. A connection between Thomas Despensor and his grandfather, Asketil de Berges, was one of tenant and lord: “Thomas Dispensator, filius Gaufridi Dispensatoris” (Nichols iii, 2: 815, 817). “Know that I have given, with the required consent and good will of my wife and my heirs, and confirmed by this charter, to God and the church of Sanct Marie de Gerondonia, 10 bovates of land with all their appurtenances in the field of Burton, granted by my lord Asketilla de Berges of the same land, free from all earthly service and custom pertaining to me and my heirs, save for legal service; for which they will give me and my heirs 2 shillings annually at the feast of the Holy Cross after Easter”. (John Nichols, The History and Antiquities of the County of Leicester, vol.. iii., p. 817, 1804). In that Geofrey le Despenser and his son, Thomas le Despenser, served the Earl of Chester, the primary question has always been, what in their ancestries did they have in common? The answer would seem to be the Malets, and in particular, Durand Malet, who took over his brother’s holdings in Surry, which almost certainly included Berges.
1.1.1.1.1.1.2. Elias.
1.1.1.1.1.2. Ivo, b. ca. 1130. Ivo de Alspath.

ARQUES/ARCHES

1. …
1.1. Gunnor, wife of Richard I. (Richard I’s illigitimate son, Godfrey, being the father of Gilbert de Brionne, patron of Gilbert Crispin I.).
1.2. … m. Osbern de Bolebec.
1.2.1 Walter Giffard I.
1.2.1.1. Walter Giffard II.
1.2.2. Godfrey (“Vicomte d’Arques”), m. the heiress of “Goscelinus de Archis”, “Gozelinus vicecomes” and his wife, Emmeline.
1.2.2.1. William d’ Arques, b. ca. 1040, m. Beatrix Malet. (Vivien Brown, Eye Priory Cartulary, p. 6, 1992). She was the dau. of William Malet and Hesilia, dau. of Gilbert Crispin I. William d’ Arques was probably the William .”of Thorp”, who held 5 carucates of land in Burton on the Wolds, which may have been the land of Durand Malet (br. of Beatrix), who held 5 carucates of land in Burton on the Wolds to which was attached one and a half carucates of land in Prestwold. The said William held lands in Queniborough, Leics., of Geoffrey de la Guerche. (D.B.). A tenant of Roger de Mowbray in Queniborough was Hubert de Queniborough, who witnessed this charter: “Roger de Molbrai, greetings from York to his constables, dapifers, mesne tenants, and friends, both French and English. Know that I have given to Reginald Poher the manor which Herbert Pincerna held in York, and a half carucate in Thorp, which Herbert held in fee and inheritance. Witness: William of Arches*, Herbert Quonigbur. (Surtees Society, vol. 69, p. 205, 1879, cit. Mowbray charter cclviii.). At the death of Hubert de Queniborough, his holding of Roger de Mowbray in Queniborough passed to his brother, Ranulph/Ralph de Queniborough and his heirs to hold for the service of one knight. (Clay, York Minister Fasti, p. 127, 1958). Beatrix Malet was the great-aunt of Lucy, who m. Ranulph de Meschines, having issue: William de Meschines, whose son, Ranulph, was served by ….
1.2.2.1.1. Mathilda d’Arques, m. “Willelmus camerarius de Tancarvilla”.
1.2.2.1.2. Emma de Arques, m. (1) Nigel de Monville (Archaeologia, v. xxxi., pp. 216-237).

1.2.2.2. Osbern de Arques.
1.2.2.2.1. … de Arques, m. (b. ca. 1065), m. Hugh de Berges (tenant of Robert Malet).
1.2.2.2.1.1. Hugh de Berges, b. ca. 1080, m. a sister of Ranulph de Queniborough.
1.2.2.2.1.1.1. Ansketil de Berges, b. ca. 1105, “nepote”, i.e. nephew of Ranulph de Queniborough; husband of aunt. As given, Ansketil agave the advowson of Prestwold to Bullington, Simon de Kyme’s foundation. Ansketil’s (necessary) familial connection to the founder was probably that his grandmother and the grandmother of Rohesia, wife of Simon de Kyme, were sisters.
1.2.2.2.1.1.1.1. Elias, the son of “Ankitelli of Prestwold” confirmed his father’s gift to Bullington.
1.2.2.2.1.1.1.2. Gaufrido dispensatore …
1.2.2.2.1.1.1.2.1. Thomas …

1.2.2.2.2. Agnes de Arques, m. Herbert de Saint-Quintin.
1.2.2.2.2.1. Adeliza de St. Quintin, m. Robert, son of Fulk, who with the consent of William de Arches, confirmed the gift of his father to Toulston (E.Y.C. i., no. 531).
1.2.2.2.2.1.1. Margaret, m. William de Kyme.
1.2.2.2.2.1.2. Rohesia, m. Simon de Kyme, founder of Bullington Priory, between 1148 and 1154. (Dugdale, Mon. vii, 952).
1.2.2.2.2.1.2.1. Philip de Kyme, held knights fees’ of William de Courcy, and the honour of Chester.
1.2.2.2.3. *William de Arches, either he or a nephew of the same name witnessed the aforementioned charter of Roger de Mowbray, in which land in Queniborough was granted to Reginald Poher. Hubert de Queniborough’s land was granted Ranulph/Ralph de Queniborough, his brother, and brother-in-law of Hugh de Berges.

FAMILIAL PLAINLY SUGGESTED

1. William Malet, m. Hesilia Crispin.
1.1. Robert Malet*. His Surry holdings included the Manor of Sutton: “Upon the Inquest the verdict of the Jury was that Durand had seized this estate without the King’s Brief or Livery. (Nathaniel Salmon, Antiquities of Surrey, p. 142, 1736). Sutton is ca. 10 miles N. of Burghes:
1.1.1. Lucy Malet, m. Turold the Sheriff.
1.1.1.1. Lucy, m. Ranulph Meschines.
1.1.1.1.1. William le Meschines
1.1.1.1.1.1. Ranulph Meschines*.
1.2. Beatrix Malet (b. ca. 1045), m. William de Arques, br. of Osbern de Arques, father of:

1. … de Arques, m. Hugh de Berges.
1.1. Hugh de Berges.
1.1.1. Ansketil, donated to Bullington Priory
1.1.1.1. Geoffrey, despenser to *Ranulph Meschines.

2. Agnes de Arques, m. Herbert de Saint-Quintin.
2.1. Adeliza de St. Quintin, m. Robert, son of Fulk, who with the consent of William de Arches, confirmed the gift of his father to Toulston (E.Y.C. i., no. 531).
2.1.1. Rohesia, m. Simon de Kyme, founder of Bullington Priory.

RETURNING TO A TENANT OF THE BEAUMANTS IN CONDE-SUR-RISLE

1. (Pierre?) de Conde, m. Emma Crispin, sister of Hesilia Crispin, wife of William Malet I. Then, who was the Beaumont tenant of Conde-sur-Risle?

1.1. Ranulf (Raoul/Rou) Efflanc de Tourville. “In the days of this prince William I. a certain knight Ralf by name of the district of Caux by command of that prince and of *William Malet whose knight he was came to Préaux and gave St. Peter his land, namely that of a vavassor at Buletoth, that he might be made a monk, which was done. This he did. with consent of that prince and of William Malet in whose demesne was that land. For this, abbot Anfridi admitted William Malet to the fellowship of the abbey. And William gave the land of a saltpan belonging to him at Harfleur. When William was dead, Robert his son came to Préaux and confirmed his father’s gift”. (Mr. Round). Efflanc = Efflanque; tall and thin, rangy. Vavassor, a vassel of vassels. “Ralph de Caux gave to Preaux his land as a vavassor of Buletoth”. (David Crouch, The Image of Aristocracy: In Britain, 1000-1300, p. 129, 2005). Buletot, paroisse de Bec-de-Mortagne.

(Ralph’s family held two lordships: Bec-aux-Cauchois and Bec-de-Mortagne, both fiefs of the ducal domain of Fecamp, held by the bailiff of Caux, which was a Giffard prerogative. Walter II Giffard was the leading magnate in the pays de Caux (his grandmother was supposedly a sister of the Duchess Gunnora), and Ralph’s family held under him. (Med. Pros. v. 24-5, p. 176, 2003).

1.1.1. William de Bec, held Bec-aux-Cauchois of Walter Giffard II. (Medieval Prosopography, vol. 24, p. 192, 2003). (D.B. 147r, 151b.; OV, 2, 172).

1.1.1.1. Robert de Bec-Mortagne (“Rotbertus de Moritania filius Willelmi de Becco”) ordered the building of La Vieille-Tour, the fortress of Bec-Mortagne, in 1088; his vil was Vieux-Chatel (Bul. de la Soc. des Ant. de Norm., tome iii. p. 75). Robert de Bec-Mortagne was still living in 1131.

1.1.2. Ralph, Rodolf de Bec. ‘In 1091, Rodulf restored to Holy Trinity, Rouen, the tithes of Amfreville-la-Mie-Voie which he had appropriated, in a charter witnessed among others by his brother Roger, Ralph de Blosseville (Blovilla), and Gilbert Crispin; through Amfreville (Amfreville-la-mi-Voie, Rouen – M.S), and Blosseville, he can be linked to Walter; they were probably brothers. (ibid., p. 192).

1.1.3. Walter de Bec (Espaignes?). Walter de Bec aux-Cauchois and Turstin de Bec aux-Cauchois (Turstin Filius Rolf Norman, from Le Bec-aux-Cauchois, Seine-Maritime, cant. Valmont, standard bearer of the Normans at the battle of Hastings (Ord. Vit. iii 172-3), were (joint) benefactors (of lands in Amfreville-Gueuteville; Yvetot) to Ralph de Tancarville’s foundation of St. Georges de Boscherville. (R.A.D.N. 197). It can be noted that this charter lists gifts by numerous people, and that the gifts of Walter and Turstin de Bec are recorded toward the latter end of the charter, strongly suggestive of them not having any familial ties to the Tancarvilles. Walter de Bec was a tenant of Walter Giffard II. (Domesday). Geoffrey de Bec (alias Normannus). He is stated to be ‘probably of the same family’ as Walter de Bec-aux-Cauchois by the authors of “Medieval Prosopography” (p. 192). As under-tenant, he had lands in Berks, Somersetshire, Devonshire, Leicestershire, Yorkshire, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire, and Shropshire; and was tenant in capite in Yorkshire. He was father of Ralph de Montalt; “Ralph the Dapifer” (of Hugh Lupus), who was living betw. 1093 and 1119, and was brother of Hugh Fitz-Norman, or de Mara.

In Domesday People p. 210, Keats-Rohan suggests that Gilbert de Colville II. was from Colleville, Seine Maritime, arr. Yvetot, cant. Valmont. Coleville, of Suffolk. Colleville: Seine-Inf., arr. Yvetot, cant. Valmont. In 1086, Gilbert de Colavilla was an under-tenant of Robert Malet, his br.-in-law, in Suffolk.

1.1.3.1. Robert de Bec. Bardeville is 5 miles from Bec-aux-Cauchois, and was in possession of Robert de Bec, the brother of Walter 11., from 1087-1097. It is highly probable that the Robert of Domesday was synonomous with the Robert who was Domesday tenant of Henry de Ferrers of the manor of Hilton (Appletree Wapentake), which was afterwards in the family of de Bec Dugdale’s Monasticon, vol. ii. p. 622: Ernald de Bec was enfeoffed of half a knight’s fee by Robert de Ferrers, Ist. Earl Derbys between 1135-1139 (RB, 338). Ernald was still living in 1177 (P.R. 23, Henry II. 61). He donated two parts of his tithe in Hilton to Tutbury (D.M O. Ed. i. 354, 33a), founded by Henry de Ferrers. His son, Geoffrey de Bec gave notice to his lord, William de Ferrers, Earl of Derby, that he has given one carucate of land in Hatton (adjoining Hilton) in Marston upon Dove, Derbys., to William Calchon, date 1177-1195 (Publications of the Northants Re. Soc., vol. 15, p. 144, 1950).

It can be noted that the following Robert de Herils is not necessarily synonomous with the holder of Hilton. Folio 287 v, Notts.: In Stapleford Wulfsi the noble, Staplewin of Mapperley, Godwin and Gladwin of Wysall had 2 carucates of land and 6 bovates taxable. Land for 3 ploughs. William has in lordship, and Robert of Hérils holds from him. Gaufr. de Heriz held it at the foundation of Lenton Priory, in the time of King Henry the first, by William Pevrel, who gave two parts of the tythe of his demesne here to that Monastery, as in the rest of Lands. (Reg. de Lentone p. 1.) King Stephen confirmed that which Gaufr. de Heriz by the consent of his mother, gave to that Church. Folio 276, Derbyshire: In South Wingfield Alnoth had 2 carucates of land taxable. Land for 3 ploughs. Robert of Hérils holds from Count Alan under William Peverel. In Tibshelf Ligulf had 3 carucates of land taxable. Land for 3 ploughs. William Peverel has charge of it through the King. Now in lordship 1/2 plough. Robert of Hérils holds it.

To facilitate the continuity between the ‘Robert of Domesday’ and the family of Heriz, Herils is transmuted to Heriz, although the etymology of Heriz is much more certain.

1.1.3.1.1. Robert de Heriz, ob. ante. 1128, who held Stapleford, Tibshelf, Wingfield, and Oxcroft, was mesne tenant of William Peverel. Robert was Sheriff of Nottingham, 1110-1122 (Judith A. Green, The Government of England under Henry I., p. 221, 1989). He was a King’s Commissioner who witnessed charters of Robert de Ferrers, 1st. Earl Derbys. He was ‘probably son of the Domesday tenant’ (‘Robert’), who held Tibshelf and Stapleford (Notts.) under William Peverel (G. Turbutt, A history of Ogston, p. 226, 1975).

1.1.3.1.2. Geoffrey (Gaufrid) de Heriz. When William Peverel I. founded the Priory of Lenton, in the first decade of the twelfth-century, donators to it were his feudatories in Avranches; “les hommes de Guillaume Peverel sont du diocèse d’Avranches”, being “Le premier était Avenel, Raoul Malherbe, Norman de Saint Patrice, Geoffroy de Heriz, Adelelme ou Adelée, Robert de Mortain (Société d’archéologie et d’histoire de la Manche, 1992, Identification des notables de l’Avranchin et du Cotentin cités dans le livre noir de l’abbaye de la Lucerne, 1143-1309, p. 56). Geoffroy de Heriz donated to Lenton two-thirds of his tithes in Stapleford (Mon. Anglic. v. 111b).

The Heriz family held the fief of La Hérissiere in La Rochelle, situated six miles from Avranches, in the canton of Haye-Pesnel, from whence also came the Paynels, Beauchamps, Earls of Warwick and Worcester, and the family of Subligny, founders of the Abbey of Lucerne. La Hérissiere was a ‘fief de Haubert’, that is, held of the ducal family (D.N. V. XI. P. 379, 1776). It was also called La Rochelle-le-Hericiere (ibid.).

Heriz or Heris is the natural contraction of Hérissiere, the name for a fort with a pallisade of angled stakes that resembled the spines of a hedgehog, hence the Heriz armorial.

1.1.4. Turstin de Bec, Turstin FitzRolf. Turstin Filius Rolf Norman, from Le Bec-aux-Cauchois, Seine-Maritime, cant. Valmont, standard bearer of the Normans. By this account:Turstin (Toustain) Efflanc. (Neustr. pia , pp . 511, 524), mentioned in various charters of Préaux as son of Ranulph and br, of Gilbert. (Gallia Christ., t. xii, p. 853).

1.1.5. Gilbert Eflanc. “Dans le XIe siècle, la famille Efflanc était très-riche et très-considérée à Tourville. Gislebert et Toustain Efflanc frères, fils de Ranulfe, sont souvent cités dans les chartes des abbayes de Préaux, soit comme témoins, soit comme donateurs. Benceline, leur sœur, était religieuse à Saint-Léger”. (M. Auguste Le Prevost, 3, 1869). Gilbert Efflanc held lands in the parish of St – Germain de Pont Audemer, now St – Germain, of which he donated to Preaux: Gilbert Efflanc, antérieurement vassal d’Onfroy de Vieilles, donne la terre d’un paysan, Fulcerius (Anet), avec le consentement de son frère Turstin entre 1050 et 1078. Anquetil, fils de Gilbert Efflanc, donne à l’abbaye Saint-Pierre de Préaux la dîme, que les moines revendiquaient, portant sur sa terre sise en la paroisse de Saint-Germain. En échange il reçoit une once d’or et les prières des moines. Roger de Beaumont a donné son accord. (Ctl.. Preaux, 1078 – March 16, 1094).

1.1.5.1. Anschetil, dapifer of Roger th Beaumont. The same day, that count’ gave to St. Peter, Préaux, 20 pounds of English money annually from the tithe of his revenues oversea, etc. Signa Roberti comitis de Mellent; Ricardi Wanescrot; Ricardi filii Teoderici; Anchetilli pincerne; Willelmi Stotaville. 1093? (Cart., fo. 113d.)

1.1.5.1.1. Robert FitzAnsketil, ob. 1118 (ctl. Preaux, fol. 102v), held Norman fiefs.

1.1.5.1.1.1. William FitzRobert, fl. 1149 (P.R. 31 H. 1). Granted Stanton-under-Bardon, Leic., to Garendon Abbey, founded by Robert de Beaumont (cart. Garendon, fols. 5v., 15v.).

1.1.5.1.1.1.1. Robert FitzWilliam.

1.1.2.1.1.1. William FitzRobert, fl. 1149 (P.R. 31 H. 1). Granted Stanton-under-Bardon, Leic., to Garendon Abbey, founded by Robert de Beaumont (cart. Garendon, fols. 5v., 15v.).

1.1.2.1.1.1.1. Robert FitzWilliam.

1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1. Ivo de Harcourt. Ratified the confirmation of his brother, William, of their father’s gifts to Garendon (ctl. Garendon, fol. 15v.; Nichols’ Leic. vii.). “In 1148/9, William de Harcourt, with the consent of his brother and heir, Ivo, and mother, Agnes, alienated to Garendon the manor of Stanton-under- Bardon, which was specifically their patrimonium”. (Benjamin Thompson, Monasteries and Society in Medieval Britain, p. 107, 1999). “It was Ivo who was the progenitor of the English line of Harcourts … The later forfeiture of the English lands of the ‘Norman’ Harcourts makes them difficult to trace, but we do at least know some of them in Leicestershire … the remaining part of the Harcourt inheritance in the manor of Leicester was being held by Ivo de Harcourt before the end of Stephen’s reign”. (Mr. Crouch, ‘Beaumont Twins’, pp. 125-6).

1.1.5.1.2. Agnes, m. William de Fortmoville/Formeville.

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