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Name: William D'AVRANCHES, Baron Of Folkestone
Sex: M
Death: Abt 1177 ^d

Parents:

Father:
Rualon D'AVRANCHES Death: Abt 1130

Mother:

Maud De MONVILLE

Family:
Children:

Simon D'AVRANCHES, Baron Of Folkestone Birth: Abt 1169 Death: 1203

Bibliography

Bevan, Rosie, Corrections to K. S. B. Keats-Rohan's Domesday Series, Volume II: Domesday Descendants. Version 7, 25 Sep 2005. Available at http://www.fmg.ac/Projects/Domesday/ Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Bevan DD++ p[0-9]*].
Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 10, Oakham-Richmond. London: St Catherine Press, 1945. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP X [Ap][p0-9].*].
Keats-Rohan, K.S.B., Domesday Descendants, A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents 1066-1166. Vol II: Pipe Rolls to Cartae Baronum. Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk: Boydell Press, 2002. NYPL ARF 03-4178 vol 2. Corrections at http://users.ox.ac.uk/~prosop/domesday-descendants-corrigenda.pdf Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p[0-9]*].
Sanders, I. J., English Baronies, A Study of Their Origin and Descent 1086-1327. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1960. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Sanders Baronies p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

parents:: [Ref: CP X AppF p48, Keats-Rohan DD p263, Keats-Rohan DD p607, Sanders Baronies p45]

Sources for death Information

date:: abt 1177 [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p263, Sanders Baronies p45]

Sources with Information about marriage to unknown

child:: [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p263, Sanders Baronies p45]

Research Notes:
inherited Barony of Folkestone from mother [Ref: Sanders Baronies p45]

before 1134: succeeded as lord of Folkestone [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p263, Keats-Rohan DD p607]

1142: witnessed the charter which Maud granted to Aubrey de Vere [Ref: Sanders Baronies p45(3)]

1166: answered for 15 1/2 knights' fees de veteri, for 6 de veteri ultra Thamisiam, and for 2 1/2 de novo; later scutages were for 21 1/2 [Ref: Sanders Baronies p45(4)]

Barony of Folkestone supplied 21 knights for castle-guard at Dover [Ref: Sanders Baronies p45(4)]

1172: appears in a Norman inquest as tenant of one fee of Mortain [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p263]

in 1242 his heir was his great-granddaughter [corrected from granddaughter]
Matilda, wife of Hamo de Crevequer [Ref: Bevan DD++ p263]

Pedigree of William D'AVRANCHES, Baron Of Folkestone
/-----Rualon D'AVRANCHES
William D'AVRANCHES, Baron Of Folkestone
|                  /-----Ralph De MONVILLE
|         /-----Nigel De MONVILLE
|        |         \-----Asa
\-----Maud De MONVILLE
         |                           /-----Osbern De Bolbec, Seigneur Of Longueville
         |                  /-----Godfrey Vicomte Of Arques
         |                 |        |         /-----(Unk) Forquelar Of Cirques
         |                 |         \-----Wevie
         |         /-----William Of Arques, Baron Of Folkestone
         |        |        |         /-----Gozelin Vicomte Of Arques
         |        |         \-----(Unk Dau) Of Arques
         |        |                  \-----Ememline
          \-----Emma Of Arques
                  |         /-----William MALET
                   \-----Beatrice MALET
                           |                           /-----Grimold Prince Of Monaco
                           |                  /-----Crispin De BEC
                           |                 |         \-----Crispina
                           |         /-----Gilbert Crespin, Lord Of Tillieres
                           |        |        |         /-----Sigfrid Count Of Guines
                           |        |         \-----Heloise De GUINES
                           |        |                 |         /-----Arnold I The Old Count Of Flanders
                           |        |                  \-----Elsunde Of Flanders
                           |        |                           \-----Alix De Vermandois
                            \-----Esilia CRISPIN
                                    |         /-----Baudry
                                     \-----Gunnor De ANJOU
                                             |                  /-----Godfrey Count Of Brionne
                                             |         /-----Robert Of Brionne
                                              \-----(Unk Dau) Of Brionne

Descendants of William D'AVRANCHES, Baron Of Folkestone

1. William D'AVRANCHES, Baron Of Folkestone m.

2+ Simon D'AVRANCHES, Baron Of Folkestone m.

2nd generation

2. Simon D'AVRANCHES, Baron Of Folkestone m.

3+ William D'AVRANCHES, Baron Of Folkestone m. Maud De BOCLANDE

3rd generation

3. William D'AVRANCHES, Baron Of Folkestone m. Maud De BOCLANDE

m. Maud De BOCLANDE father: Sir William De BOCLANDE mother: Maud De Say

4+ Maud D'AVRANCHES m. Hamon De CREVEQUER, Baron Of Chatham

5 William D'AVRANCHES, Baron Of Folkestone

4th generation

4. Maud D'AVRANCHES m. Hamon De CREVEQUER, Baron Of Chatham