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Name: William De TORRINGTON, Baron Of Great Torrington
Sex: M
Death: After 1170 ^d

Parents:

Father:
Robert De TORRINGTON

Mother:

(Unk Dau) Fitz ODO

Family:
Children:

Alan De TORRINGTON, Baron Of Great Torrington Birth: 1 Death: 1185
John De TORRINGTON, Baron Of Great Torrington Birth: 2 Death: 1203
Matthew De TORRINGTON, Baron Of Great Torrington Birth: 4 Death: 1227
Emma De TORRINGTON Death: Before 1227
Denise De TORRINGTON Death: After 1232
(Unk Dau) De TORRINGTON Death: Before 1227
Sibyl De TORRINGTON Death: Before 1227
Mabel De TORRINGTON Death: Before 1227

Bibliography

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:: Robert de TORRINGTON & sister of William fitz ODO [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p738],
father:: [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p931, Sanders Baronies p48],
uncle:: William fitz ODO [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p738]

Sources for death Information

date:: after 1170 [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p738]; last mentioned in 1170 [Ref: Sanders Baronies p48]

Sources with Information about marriage to unknown

child:: [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p738, Sanders Baronies p48]

Research Notes:
Baron of Great Torrington [Ref: Sanders Baronies p48]

heir of his uncle William fitz Odo [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p931]

before 1154: as 'nepotis et heredis' he was associated with his uncle's grants to Taunton priory [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p738]

successor to his uncle William fitz Odo as lord of Great Torrington, Devon [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p738]

1156: held the lands of the Barony of Great Torrington, which had been held by William fitz Odo [Ref: Sanders Baronies p48]

1166: returned a carta for thirty fees [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p738]

1166: held 10 fees of the earl of Gloucester [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p738]

1166: held 10 knights' fees of the Earl of Gloucester [Ref: Sanders Baronies p48(5)]

1166: said that he owed the service of 30 knights, that he had enfeoffed 26 de veteri, 1 de novo, and 3 came from the domain [Ref: Sanders Baronies p48(5)]

1166: Carta mentions his brother Thomas [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p951]

1186: answered for relief on 10 knights' fees held of the Gloucester honour [Ref: Sanders Baronies p48(5)]

1170: last mention in records [Ref: Sanders Baronies p48]

Pedigree of William De TORRINGTON, Baron Of Great Torrington
          /-----Roger
/-----Robert De TORRINGTON
William De TORRINGTON, Baron Of Great Torrington
|                  /-----Gamelin
|         /-----Odo Fitz Gamelin
\-----(Unk Dau) Fitz ODO
         |                  /-----Berner
         |         /-----Tedbald Fitz Berner
          \-----(Unk Dau)

Descendants of William De TORRINGTON, Baron Of Great Torrington

1. William De TORRINGTON, Baron Of Great Torrington m.

2 Alan De TORRINGTON, Baron Of Great Torrington

3+ John De TORRINGTON, Baron Of Great Torrington m.

4 Matthew De TORRINGTON, Baron Of Great Torrington

5+ Emma De TORRINGTON m. Thomas MERTON

6 Denise De TORRINGTON m. Henry Fitz WILLIAM

7+ (Unk Dau) De TORRINGTON m. (Unk) TREMINET

8+ Sibyl De TORRINGTON m. Richard De UMFREVILLE

9+ Mabel De TORRINGTON m. Walter De SULLY

2nd generation

3. John De TORRINGTON, Baron Of Great Torrington m.

10 William De TORRINGTON, Baron Of Great Torrington