de Warenne, Earls of Surrey

WARENNE

1. RALPH-

m. BEATRICE de VASCOEUIL

Issue-

  • 2I. RALPH- m. EMMA (d. after 1053), d. after 1074

    Ref:

    Domesday Descendants- K.S.B. Keats-Rohan, Boydell Press, 2002- p.777
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    2I. RALPH (RALPH 1)

    m. EMMA (d. after 1053)
    d. after 1074

    Ralph was a significant landowner in Normandy. Warenne is a village on the river Varenne in Normandy. He was a witness to two charters by his father to Holy Trinity of Rouen.

    In a charter to the Abby of the Holy Trinity, Rouen from 1074, Rodolphus and Emma grant the church and tithe of the town of Osulfe, Caux for the redemption of their souls. It states that they purchased the property from William, son of Roger, son of Hugh the Bishop, however, no relationships are given to Ralph or Emma.(1)

    Issue-

  • I. Rudolf- d.s.p.
  • 3II. WILLIAM- m. GUNDRED (d. 27 May 1085 Castle Acre), d. siege of Pevensey 24 June 1088, bur. Lewes Priory, Sussex

    Ref:

    (1) "Our Warrens in England"- James Warren, 2011 available at: http://www.warrenfamilyhistory.com/download.html

    Domesday Descendants- K.S.B. Keats-Rohan, Boydell Press, 2002- p.777
    The Complete Peerage - St. Catherine Press, London- Vol. XII/1, pp. 491-2
    Early Yorkshire Charters - C.T. Clay, Yorkshire Archiological Society- Vol.VI, frontispiece
    Tim Powys-Lybbe's web page at: http://www.tim.ukpub.net


    3II. WILLIAM (RALPH 1, RALPH 2)

    m.1. GUNDRED- (d. 27 May 1085 Castle Acre), probably the d. of Gerbod, Advocate of St. Bertin's, however she may have been a daughter of William the Conqueror
    2. sister of Richard Gouet
    d. 24 June 1088 Siege of Pevensey

    bur. Lewes Priory, Sussex

    William was a loyal follower of the Duke of Normandy during the rebellions in the 1050's. He was at the battle of Mortemer and was rewarded with the forfeited lands of Roger de Mortimer. He also obtained the castle and lands of Bellencombre.

    William was one of the Normans summoned to Duke William's council where the decision was made to oppose King Harold's accession to the English throne. He was one of the few who was beyond a doubt at the battle of Hastings.(1) He was Chancellor in 1067 and Forrester to the King.

    In 1071 William fought against the rebels at the battle of the Isle of Ely and hunted down Hereward the Wake who had killed his brother-in-law Frederick in 1070.(2) He was also one of the Joint Justices of England in 1074.

    Lewes Castle- Samuel Heironymous Grimm- 1785

    About the year 1080 William and Gundred went to Rome and visited the monasteries on the way. Having been very impressed with the monks and their dedication at Cluny Abbey they founded a Clunic priory on their land in England. Lewes Priory was dedicated to St. Pancras.(3) He was made an honorary Brother of Cluny Abbey.

    Lewes Priory

    Because of his loyalty to William the Conqueror he was rewarded with numerous grants of land and by Domesday his land stretched over thirteen counties. William was the baron of Lewes, Sussex and Mapledurham. Conisbrough, Yorkshire and Castle Acre, Norfolk became his principle manors (see listing of land holdings at: http://www.florida-crackers.net/camillia/Southern%20Roots/3385.html ).

    Conisbrough Castle

    William was made Earl of Surry in early 1088 and he was mortally wounded at the siege of Pevensey Castle and died on 24 June 1088 at Lewes and was buried in the chapterhouse of Lewes Priory. When the new church was built they were moved there. In 1845 when building the Lewes & Brighton railway through the site of the old priory, workmen dug up their coffins. By measurements done at the time, Sir William was 6' 1" and Gundreda was 5' 8". They were then placed in the chapel of St. John the Baptist in Southover.

    Tomb of William and Gundreda

    Issue-

  • 4I. WILLIAM- m. ISABEL de VERMANDOIS (d. before 1138), d. 11 May 1138
  • II. Reynold- d.c.1108. Reynold inherited land in Flanders from his mother.
  • III. Edith- m.1. Gerard de Gournay, 2. Drew de Monchy
  • IV. _____- m. Ernise de Coulonces

    Ref:

    (1) Historiae Normannorum Scriptores Antiqui- Lutetiae Parisiorum, 1619- pp. 202-4
    (2) Frederick, Brother-in-law of William of Warenne- in "Anglo- Saxon England" vol. 28
    (3) The Coming of the Cluniacs- Brian Golding, in " Anglo-Norman Studies III; Proceedings of the Battle Conference 1980", Boyell Press, Woodbridge, 1981- Vol. III, pp. 65-7

    William the Conqueror- David Douglas, University of California Press, 1964- p. 100
    Domesday Descendants- K.S.B. Keats-Rohan, Boydell Press, 2002- p.777
    The Complete Peerage - St. Catherine Press, London- Vol. XII/1, pp. 493-5
    Early Yorkshire Charters - C.T. Clay, Yorkshire Archiological Society- Vol.VI, frontispiece
    Tim Powys-Lybbe's web page at: http://www.tim.ukpub.net


    4I. WILLIAM (RALPH 1, RALPH 2, WILLIAM 3)- Earl of Surrey

    m. ISABEL de VERMANDOIS (m.1. Robert de Beaumont, Earl of Leicester, d. 13 Feb. 1131)
    d.c. 11 May 1138
    bur. Chapter House at Lewes, Sussex

    Sir William established the Cluniac monastery at Castle Acre.

    In Jan. 1091 William assisted Hugh de Grantmesnil in defending Courcy against the armies of Robert de Belleme and Duke Robert.

    About 1093 William tried to marry Princess Matilda of Scotland, however, she married King Henry I instead which led to William's dislike for King Henry. In 1101 William accompanied Duke Robert Curthose in his invasion of England and thereby lost his English lands and was exiled to Normandy. Duke Robert returned to England in 1103 and was able to convince his brother to restore William's lands. After this William was loyal to King Henry and sided with the king against Duke Robert at the Battle of Tinchebray in 1106. In 1110 Duke Robert's son, William Clito, and Helias de Saint-Saens, escaped and William was given the forfeited lands belonging to Saint-Saens in Normandy. William was at the Battle of Bremule in 1119 where he commanded the Third Division of the King's army against King Louis le Gros. He was at King Henry's deathbed in 1135 and he himself died three years later. William was Governor of Rouen in 1135.

    Issue-

  • I. Gundred- m.1. Roger de Newburgh, Earl of Warwick (d. 1153), 2. before 1156, William de Lancaster, Lord of Kendal, d. after 1166
  • 5II. ADELA- b.c.1123, m. HENRY, Earl of HUNTINGDON, d. 1178
  • III. William- m. Ela Talvas of Ponthieu (m.2. Patrick de Salisbury, d.c. 4 Oct. 1174), killed in the First Crusade 19 Jan. 1148 Laodicea, Syria
  • IV. Ralph- Lord of Whitechurch, Shropshire
  • 6V. REINALD- m. ADELINE de WORMEGAY (d. after 1179), d.c.1179

    Ref:The Ecclesiastical History of Orderic Vitalis- M. Chibnall, Ed., Oxford University Press, 1990- Vol. II, pp. 264, 692, 785, 853-4
    The Complete Peerage - St. Catherine Press, London- Vol. XII/1, pp. 495-6; VI, pp. 457, 642
    Early Yorkshire Charters - C.T. Clay, Yorkshire Archiological Society- Vol.VI, frontispiece
    English Baronies- I.J. Sanders, Oxford University Press, 1963- p.128
    Domesday Descendants- K.S.B. Keats-Rohan, Boydell Press, 2002- pp.239-40
    Tim Powys-Lybbe's web page at: http://www.tim.ukpub.net


    6V. REINALD (RALPH 1, RALPH 2, WILLIAM 3, WILLIAM 4)ADELINE de WORMEGAY (d. after 1179)
    d.c.1179

    Reinald or Reginald inherited his father's lands in Normandy including the castles of Bellencombre and Mortemer. Reginald was one of the persecutors of Archbishop Thomas in 1170.

    Issue-

  • I. William- m. Beatrix de Pierrepont, d.c.1209
  • 7II. GUNDREDA-m.1. Peter de Valoignes, 2. WILLIAM de CURCY(d.1171), 3. Geoffrey Hose, d. 1224
  • III. Alice- m. Peter, Constable of Mealton
  • IV. Muriel- a nun of Carrow

    Ref: The Complete Peerage - St. Catherine Press, London- Vol. XII/1, p. 496
    Early Yorkshire Charters - C.T. Clay, Yorkshire Archiological Society- Vol.VI, frontispiece, pp.1-35, 40-129
    English Baronies- I.J. Sanders, Oxford University Press, 1963- p.101
    Domesday Descendants- K.S.B. Keats-Rohan, Boydell Press, 2002- pp.777-8
    Tim Powys-Lybbe's web page at: http://www.tim.ukpub.net


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