Ref:

(1) Orderici Vitalis Historiae Ecclesiasticae- A. Le Prevost, Ed., Paris, 1840- Vol. II, book V, XVI, p. 428

m. LESCELINA
d.c.1112, bur. Noron Saint-Pierre

Church of St. Peter & St. Paul- Wem

Orderic Vitalis lists William Pantulf and his sons Roger and Rodbert as vassals of Roger de Montgommery in Shropshire in 1071. He also states that William, count Pantolf, donated the churches of Norun to S. Ebrulfo [Evroul] with the consent of Earl Roger, his lord, in 1073 with 40 marks to establish a priory at Noron.(1) The monks of St. Evroul contributed �16 towards a pilgrimage to the Shrine of St. Giles near N�mes.(6) On 23 Oct. 1077 he was present with William the Conqueror at the consecration of the church at Bec. Oderic also states that William Pantolf and Rodbert, his son, went with Abbot Rodbert, brother of Hugh de Grentemesnil to Apulia in 1077 and that after his return was accused of involvement in the murder of countess Mabilia, wife of Roger de Montgommery, by Hugh d'Ig�, knight, and had his lands confiscated by Earl Roger. William and his family took refuge with his family at the monastery of St. Evroult. William purged himself of Mabel's murder by the ordeal of fire, by carrying the hot iron. Such ordeals were designed to elicit the judgment of God. Folks of the time looked to the supernatural for proof of doubtful facts! William rewarded the monks of St. Evroul for their prayers and support with a present of four altar cloths produced by the silk looms of Apulia.(2) William made another voyage to Apulia after the death of William the Conqueror and upon his return donated the manor of Trotton, Sussex to the church of St. Peter.(3) In June 1092 he gave the relics of St. Nicholas to Noron. He made another donation to the church of St. Peter with the consent of his wife Lesceline and his three sons Philip, Ivo, and Arnulf in 1112 shortly before his death, granting 60 marks to the new church.(4) We have all this information on William and his family as he was a benefactor of the Abbey of St. Evroul of Uticum where Oderic Vitalis was a monk.

Priory of Saint-Pierre Chapel- Noron-l'Abbaye

In 1098 Robert de Belleme became Earl of Shrewsbury and deprived William of his lands. When the earl rebelled against Henry I in 1102 William offered him his services, however, he was refused and William entered the service of King Henry who put him in charge of Stafford Castle and its 200 soldiers. William negociated the surrender of Iorwerth ap Bleddyn and persuaded the garrison at Bridgnorth to surrender as well. For his services King Henry restored William's lands and gave him the fief of Roger de Courcelles.

From the Domesday survey: "The same William hold Weme [under the Earl Roger]: Wighe, Leuuius, Alveva, and �lveva held it [in Saxon times] for four Manors, and were free. Here are IIII hides, geldable. There is [arable] land for VIII ox-teams. In demesne is one team; and there are II Serfs, IIII Villains, and VIII Boors with one team. Here is a Hawks-�rie, a Wood which will fatten 100 swine, and a Haye. In King Edward's time the Manor was worth 27s, [per annum]. Now it is worth 40s. He [William Pantulf] found it waste." (5)

Roger de Montgomery was granted the earldom of Shrewsbury before 1071 and William was one of the people entrusted with governing his western province. In Normandy, William's lands were mostly in Noron, a town west of Falaise.

St. Evroult Abbey

Issue-

Ref:

(1) Orderici Vitalis Historiae Ecclesiasticae- A. Le Prevost, Ed., Paris, 1840- Vol. II, book IV, p. 220; book V, XVI, pp. 427-8
(2) Ibid- books V, XVI, pp. 431-2
(3) Ibid- p. 433
(4) Ibid- p. 434
(5) Domesday- fo. 257, a 2
(6) Oxford Dictionary of National Biography- article on William Pantulf by Mary Bateson, Oxford University Press, 2004

Antiquities of Shropshire- R.W. Eyton, London, 1859- Vol. IX, pp. 157-61
Domesday Descendants- KSB Keats-Rohan, Boydell Press, 2002, p.1059
English Baronies- IJ Sanders, Oxford University Press, 1963, p. 94

d. before 1138

Orderic Vitalis states that William made a donation to the church of St. Peter with the consent of his wife Lescelina and his three sons Philip, Ivo and Arnulf in 1112, commenting that his son Rodbert [Robert] inherited his father's lands in England. He also mentions that Philip, Robert, Ivo and Arnulf had not increased the donations of their parents since they died.(1) The Pipe Roll for 1130 records a plea of Hugh Malbanc concerning a feud between him and Robert Pantulf which was settled by trial by combat.(2)

Issue-

Ref:

(1) Orderici Vitalis Historiae Ecclesiasticae- A. Le Prevost, Ed., Paris, 1840- Vol. II, book IV, p. 220; book V, XVI, p. 434; book VII, XIII, p. 221
(2) Magnum rotulum scaccarii vel magnum rotulum pip� de anno 31 regni Henrici primi-J. Hunter, Ed., London, 1833- Pipe Roll 31 Henry I (1130), Bedfordshire, p. 104
(3) Antiquities of Shropshire- R.W. Eyton, London, 1859- Vol. IX, pp. 161-2

m.1. ?
2. Alice de Verdun
d. 1175

Eyton in his Antiquities of Shropshire states that Ivo was the son of Robert, however, no primary source is given.(1) As his death was in 1175 he was not the same person as Robert's brother.

In 1130 Ivo witnessed a charter in which Nicholas, son of Robert de Stafford and Robert, his son and heir, donated the church of "Sancti Wlfadi de Stanis" [Stone, Staffordshire and land at Walton] to Kenilworth priory.(2)

There is a charter dated 4 Apr. 1266 of King Henry III recording donations to Cumbermere by Ivo and his son Brice.(3) Ivo also donated land of Hyde in Sheriff Hales, to Haughmond Abbey with the consent of William Fitz Alan by a charter c.1175 which was witnessed by Ives, the chaplain, his brother Alexander, Walter Meverello, and Ralph Diablo.(4)

The Pipe Rolls for 1175 lists William Purcel and Godfrey de Codewalton, vassals of Ivo Pantolf in Staffordshire as being fined 2 merks by the King for trespassing in the forest.(5)

In an undated charter Norman "Panton" [Pantolf] confirmed to Ralph de Tetesworth the rights granted by Alice de Verdon, his mother, with the consent of his brother William "Panton" in the town of Rudierd [Rudyard, Staffordshire]. This implies that Alice was the mother of these two sons and that the older sons were Ivo's by an earlier marriage.(6)

Ref:

(1) Antiquities of Shropshire- R.W. Eyton, London, 1859- Vol. IX, p. 161
(2) The Staffordshire Chartulary- R. W. Eyton, Ed., "Collections for a History of Staffordshire", William Salt Archaeological Society, Birmingham, 1881- Vol. II, series II, no. IV, p. 204
(3) Dugdale's Monasticon V, Combermere Abbey, Cheshire- Vol. III, p. 324
(4) Antiquities of Shropshire- R.W. Eyton, London, 1859- Vol. IX, p. 163; quoting Haughmond Chartulary
(5) The Great Roll of the Pipe for the 22nd year of King Henry II - The Pipe Roll Society, London, 1904- Vol. XXV, p. 112
(6) A Survey of Staffordshire by Sampson Erdeswick, Esq.- T. Harwood, London, 1844- p. 493

m. CHRISTIANA FitzALAN, d. of William FitzAlan and Isabel de Say
d. 1224

Hugh was Sheriff of Shropshire from 1179 until 1189. A charter from the end of Henry II's reign, c.1176, records the sale of the lands of Wogheresforlong and Dorfaut in the presence of Hugh Pantolf and his brothers Hamlin and Brice. Its later donation to Haughmond abbey and the subsequent dispute was witnessed by Hugh Pantolf, then viscount.(1)

Haughmond Abbey- 1786

In Jan. 1190 Hugh was at court with Richard the Lionhearted and apparently went with him to Palestine on the Crusade.(4) In 1194 he paid �3 for his lands in Shropshire and �2 for his Staffordshire lands for King Richard's ransom.(5) Hugh and Robert Corbet were sent on a mission by King John in Aug. 1204 to Gwenwynwyn ap Owain Cyfeiliog, Prince of Powys. Hugh was at King John's court in Nottingham in 1206 and is mentioned in regards to scutage in 1221. In 1202 King John granted a charter to the manor of Wem to hold a market on Sunday and on the Feast of St. Peter. Sunday markets were forbidden in 1351 and it was moved to Thursdays where it remains to this day.(6)

In 1197 is a charter recording an agreement between Herve Bagot and Thomas de Erdinton, releasing the latter from marrying his first born daughter Hawise, or another daughter of his or the third, with the consent of his wife Milisandre, witnessed by William, son of Alan, Hugh Pantolf, Robert Corbet, John "Extraneo" [a stranger], Radulf Basset and William Bagot.(2)

Hugh married Christiana, daughter of William FitzAlan. By a charter from 1170, King Henry II authorised the deduction from the FitzAlan estates of the revenue from the manor of Badminton "which the king had assigned as the marriage portion of William Fitz Alan's daughter". Hugh Pantolf then donated his rights in the church of Badminton to Lilleshall Abbey by a charter, c.1215 and then Hugh names his wife Christiana in a donation to Shrewsbury Abbey.(3)

Issue-

Ref:

(1) A History of Shrewsbury- H. Owen & J.B. Blakeway, London, 1825- Vol. II, p. 418
(2) The Staffordshire Chartulary- R. W. Eyton, Ed., "Collections for a History of Staffordshire", William Salt Archaeological Society, Birmingham, 1881- Vol. II, series II, no. XXIX, p. 270
(3) Antiquities of Shropshire- R.W. Eyton, London, 1859- Vol. IX, pp. 164-6
(4) Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans- Carl Boyer- p. 190
(5) Ibid- p. 191
(6) Ibid

m. HAWISE FitzWARINE (d. after 1233)
d. before 4 Feb. 1233

Church of St. Peter & St. Paul- Wem- 1791

William, Alan and Hugh, sons of Hugh Pantulf witnessed a charter where Robert Corbet donated tithes to Shrewsbury Abbey.(1)

In a pipe roll from 1194 it is noted that William Fitz Alan owed 10 marks as surety for his nephew William Pantulf. In 1210 he served as a knight in Dublin and in 1225 he was a commissioner rendering a report on tax collections. The following year he had five fees in capite which had once belonged to Robert de Belleme.(2)

Ref:

(1) Antiquities of Shropshire- R.W. Eyton, London, 1858- Vol. VII, p. 18
(2) Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans- Carl Boyer, Santa Clarita, CA, 2001- p. 191

The Complete Peerage - St. Catherine Press, London, Vol.II, pp. 230-1
English Baronies- IJ Sanders, Oxford University Press, 1963, p. 94