Family:
Marriage:
Children:
- John De COURTENAY Birth: Abt 1296
Death: Abt 11 Jul 1349
- Sir Hugh De COURTENAY, Earl Of Devon Birth: 12 Jul 1303
Death: 2 May 1377
- Robert De COURTENAY
- Sir Thomas De COURTENAY Birth: Abt 1315
Death: 9 Jun 1362
- Elizabeth COURTENAY Death: After Apr 1364
- Eleanor De COURTENAY Death: After 12 Jul 1326
Bibliography
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Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 04 Dacre-Dysart. London: St Catherine Press, 1916. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 4 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo04byucoka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP IV [Ap][p0-9].*].
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Sources for birth and parent Information
- date:
- [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 12/18/2005-192519, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p323]
- 1274/75 [Ref: ES III.4 #629]
- 14 Sep 1275 or 1276 [Ref: CP III p466]
- age 16 in 1291 [Ref: Foss Judges p195]
- age 17 in 1292 [Ref: CP IV p323]
- came of age 1297 [Ref: Sanders Baronies p70],
- parents:
- [Ref: Burke Peerage p591, CP III p466, CP IV p323, Foss Judges p195,
Foss Judges p221, John Ravilious SGM 12/18/2005-192845, Richardson RoyalAnc
v2p321, Roberts RD600 p500, Weis AR7 #51],
- father:
- [Ref: CP IV AppH p673, CP IV p335, Clutterbuck Hertford v3p198,
Sanders Baronies p70]
Sources for death Information
- date:
- [Ref: CP III p466, CP IV p324, ES III.4 #629, John Ravilious SGM
12/18/2005-192519, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p324, Weis AR7 #51]
- 1340 [Ref: Burke Peerage p591, CP IV p335, Sanders Baronies p70],
- place:
- [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v2p323]
Sources for burial Information
- date:
- [Ref: CP IV p324, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p324],
- place:
- [Ref: CP IV p324, John Ravilious SGM 12/18/2005-192519, Richardson
RoyalAnc v2p324]
Sources with Information about marriage to Agnes De St JOHN
- date:
- [Ref: Burke Peerage p591, CP IV p323, CP IV p324, John Ravilious SGM
12/18/2005-192519, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p323]
- 1295 [Ref: ES III.4 #629],
- names:
- [Ref: Foss Judges p196, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p319, Sanders Baronies
p70(1), Weis AR7 #262],
- child:
- [Ref: Burke Peerage p591, CP IV p324, CP VIII p42 (with corr in XIV
p442), Faris PA2 p100, John Ravilious SGM 12/18/2005-192519, Richardson PA
p238, Richardson PA p274, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p273, Richardson RoyalAnc
v2p323, Roberts RD600 p500, Weis AR7 #214, Weis AR7 #51A, Weis AR7 #51]
Research Notes:
1st Earl of Devon, of Earldom cr 1335 [Ref: CP IV p323]
1st Earl of Devon [Ref: Burke Peerage p591, Roberts RD600 p500]
9th Earl of Devon [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v2p273, Richardson RoyalAnc
v4p319, Weis AR7 #51]
Earl of Devon [Ref: CP IV p335, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p321]
1st Lord Courtenay, of Barony cr 1299 [Ref: CP III p466]
1st Lord Courtenay [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v2p273, Richardson RoyalAnc
v2p321]
Lord Courtenay [Ref: CP IV p323]
Knt, of Okehampton, Cadeleigh, Honiton, and Plympton, Devon, Sutton Courtenay,
Berkshire (now Oxfordshire), Waddesdon, Buckinghamshire, Ibberton and Iwerne
Courtney, Dorset, Crowell and Nuneham (in Nuneham Courtenay), Oxfordshire, etc
[Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v2p323]
heir of his father [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v2p323]
1293: heir to his cousin Isabel de Forz, Countess of Aumale and Devon;
inherited the various manors including Breamore and Lymington, Hampshire, and
Nuneham (in Nuneham Courtenay), Oxfordshire [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v2p323]
cousin and heir of Isabel de Reviers, Countess of Devon [Ref: CP IV p323]
son and heir of Sir Hugh de Courtenay of Okehampton, Devon [Ref: CP IV p323]
inherited Sutton Courtenay from father [Ref: Page VCHBerks v4p372]
Feb 28 1291/2: succeeded his father in the Okehampton estate [Ref: CP IV p323]
inherited Barony of Okehampton from father [Ref: Sanders Baronies p70]
1293: succeeded to the Redvers estate of his distant cousin Isable
Countess of Albermarle and Devon. He was summoned to Parliament as Lord
Courtenay from 1299 onwards, and his title to the earldom of Devon was
confirmed in 1335 [Ref: Page VCHBerks v4p372]
Nov 10 1293: succeeded cousin Isabel in Reviers estates, possibly becomming
(9th) Earl of Devon, but that title was not recognized til 40 yrs later [Ref:
CP IV p323]
Jul 22 1298: Knight, serving with the army of King Edward I in Scotland,
fought at the Battle of Falkirk [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 12/18/2005-192519]
Feb 6 1298/9 to 24 Jul 1334: Summoned to Parliament, as Lord Courtenay [Ref:
John Ravilious SGM 12/18/2005-192519]
1303: assessment of a feudal aid, for the hundred of Kynemerdeston,
Somerset [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 12/18/2005-192519]
1324: Chief Warden of the Ports and Coasts for cos Cornwall and Devon [Ref:
Richardson RoyalAnc v2p323]
1328: Chief Justiciar of the Woods and Parks in cos Gloucester, Somerset,
Dorset, Wilts, and Hants [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v2p323]
1330: Warden of Buddeleigh Hundred [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v2p323]
4 Edw III (1330): head of the commission of justices itinerant into
Bedfordshire [Ref: Foss Judges p195]
acquired lands in Woodhuish, Devon for his son Robert (who evidently d.v.p.;
then were given to son Thomas):
Hugh [de] Curteney, deforciant in a fine of 8 Edw II [Trinity term, 1315]:
Final concord between Thomas de Cyrencestr' and Emma his wife, claimants
(1)-(2) and Hugh [de] Curteney, deforciant (3): (1)-(2), through John le
Palmere in (2)'s place, against (3), concerning 1 messuage, 1 mill, 2
carrucates of land, 3 acres of meadow, 6 acres of wood and 1 lb of cummin
rent, in Wodehywish, Lidewyston [Boohay, in Brixham parish] and Reftercumbe
[Raddicombe, in Brixham parish]. (1) acknowledged them to be the right of (3),
as by (1)'s gift; and for this (3) granted them to (1)-(2), to hold of the
chief lords of the fee, by services belonging, during their lives; with
remainder, after their deaths, to Robert son of (3) and his heirs of body; in
default of such heirs, remainder to Thomas, Robert's brother, and his heirs.
(Found stuck to 19th-century wrapper with AR/1/642.) - A2A, Cornwall Record
Office: Arundell of Lanherne and Trerice (AR/1/528 - AR/1/1121, AR/1/643)
[Ref: John Ravilious SGM 12/18/2005-192519]
Feb 20 1324/5: summoned for military service, to appear at Portsmouth
"mounted and armed" [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 12/18/2005-192519]
Feb 22 1334/5: declared Earl of Devon [Ref: CP IV p323]
22 Feb 1334/5: letter from the King, "To Hugh de Courtenay the elder, earl of
Devon. Order to assume the name and honour of Earl of Devon, because the
inheritance which belonged to Isabella de Fortibus, late countess of Devon,
and of her ancestors the earls of Devon, descends to him by hereditary right,
and he holds that inheritance; and the King will cause 18l 6s 8d of the yearly
fee of co. Devon to be paid to him, as it was wont to be paid to his
ancestors, the earls of Devon, which fee Isabella and her ancestors received
yearly by the hands of the sheriff of Devon, and Hugh also received it after
the death of the countess for some time, and it was detained from him because
he had not styled himself earl." [Ref: CP IV AppH p660]
Pedigree of Sir Hugh De COURTENAY, Earl Of Devon
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Renaud De COURTENAY
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Reginald De COURTENAY
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(Unk)
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Sir Robert De COURTENAY, Baron Of Oakhampton
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William De COURCY
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Hawise De COURCY
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Guitmond
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William D'AVRANCHES
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Robert D'AVRANCHES, Lord Of Oakhampton
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Baldwin Fitz Gilbert, Baron Of Okehampton
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Matilda
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Emma
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Maud D'AVRANCHES, Lady Du Sap In Normandy
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John De Dol-Combour
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Gelduin Of Dol
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Godehildis De FOUGERES
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Hawise Of Dol
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William L'Ismaelite De TINTENIAC
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Noga De TINTENIAC
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Sir John De COURTENAY, Baron Of Oakhampton
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Baldwin De REVIERS
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(Unk Dau) De Centumvillis
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Richard De REVIERS, Seigneur Of Reviers, Vernon,
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Baldwin De REVIERS, Earl Of Devon
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William PEVEREL, Baron Of Peverel
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Adelise PEVEREL
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Adeline
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William De REVIERS, Earl Of Devon
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Nigel
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Adelise
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Alvred Lord Of Barnstaple And Totnes
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(Unk Dau) De TOTNES
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Mary De VERNON
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Roger De Beaumont
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Sir Robert De Beaumont, Earl Of Leicester
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Adelise Of Meulan
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Waleran De BEAUMONT, Earl Of Worcester
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Hugh Magnus Duke Of France
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Isabel De Vermandois, Countess Of Leicester
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Adelaide De Vermandois, Countess Of Vermandois
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Sir Robert De DUNSTANVILLE, Count De Meulan
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Simon I De MONTFORT, Seigneur Of Montfort L'Amau
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Amauri IV De MONTFORT, Count Of Evereux
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Agnes Of Evereux
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Agnes De MONTFORT
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Anscau De Garlande, Seneschal Of France
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Agnes De Garlande
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(Unk) De Montmorency
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Maud De BEAUMONT
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William The Conqueror King Of England
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Henry I Beauclerc King Of England
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Maud Of Flanders
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Reginald De DUNSTANVILLE, Earl Of Cornwall
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Robert CORBET, Lord of Alcester
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Sibyl CORBET
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Maud FITZ ROY
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Richard Fitz Turold, Baron Of Cardinham
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William Fitz Richard, Baron Of Cardinham
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Emma
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Mabel
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Aanor
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Sir Hugh De COURTENAY, Baron Of Oakhampton
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Alberic De VERE, Baron Of Hedingham
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Alberic II De VERE, Baron Of Hedingham
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Beatrix
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Aubrey III De VERE, Earl Of Oxford
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Richard FITZ GILBERT De CLARE, Baron Of Clare
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Gilbert FITZ RICHARD, Baron Of Clare
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Rohese GIFFARD
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Adeliza De CLARE
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Hugh Count Of Clermont
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Adeliza De CLERMONT
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Margaret De Roucy
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Robert De VERE, Earl Of Oxford, MC Surety
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Swain Of Essex, Baron Of Rayleigh
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Robert FITZ SURIN Of Essex, Baron Of Rayleigh
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(Unk Dau) De Montfort
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Henry Of Essex, Baron Of Rayleigh
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Roger BIGOD, Baron Of Framlingham
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Gunnor BIGOD
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Alice De TOENI
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Agnes Lucia Of Essex
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Piers De VALOINES, Baron Of Bennington
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Roger De VALOINES, Baron Of Bennington
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Aubrey De St SAUVEUR
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Cicely De VALOGNES
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John FITZRICHARD
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Agnes FITZJOHN De VESCY
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Sir Hugh De VERE, Earl Of Oxford
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Osborn De BOLBEC
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Hugh I De BOLBEC, Baron Of Whitchurch
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Walter I De BOLBEC, Baron Of Styford
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Hugh De BOLEBEC, Baron Of Whitchurch
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Helewise
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Isabel De BOLEBEC
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Isabel De VERE
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Saher De QUINCEY, Lord Of Buckby In Northampto
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Robert De QUINCEY
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Ranulph Le Rich
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Simon De St. LIZ, Earl Of Huntingdon
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Maud De ST LIZ
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Waltheof II Earl Of Huntingdon
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Maud Of Huntingdon
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Judith Of Lens
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Saire De QUINCEY, Earl Of Winchester, MC Suret
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William Lord Of Leuchars
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Ness Of Leuchars
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Orabella
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Hawise De QUINCEY
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Roger De Beaumont
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Sir Robert De Beaumont, Earl Of Leicester
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Adelise Of Meulan
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Sir Robert II De Beaumont, Earl Of Leicester
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Hugh Magnus Duke Of France
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Isabel De Vermandois, Countess Of Leicester
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Adelaide De Vermandois, Countess Of Vermandois
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Sir Robert De BEAUMONT, Earl Of Leicester
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Ralph De Gael De Montfort, Earl Of Norfolk
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Ralph De MONTFORT, Seigneur Of Montfort-Gael
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Emma Fitz Osbern
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Amicia De Gael
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Margaret BEAUMONT
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Hugh De Grantmesnil, Baron Of Leicester
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Robert De GRANTMESNIL
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Adeliza Of Beaumont
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William De GRANTMESNIL
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Robert De Estouteville
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Emma De Estouteville
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Beatrix
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Petronilla De GRANTMESNIL
Sir Hugh De COURTENAY, Earl Of Devon
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Hugh De BERGES
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Ansketil De BERGES
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(Unk) De QUENIBOROUGH
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(Unk) De QUENIBOROUGH
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Geoffrey Le DESPENSER
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Rohese
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Thomas Le DESPENSER
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Sir Hugh Le DESPENSER
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Recuara
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Sir Hugh Le DESPENSER, Justiciar Of England
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Eleanor Le DESPENSER
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Gilbert BASSET
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Thomas BASSET
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Nigel De Oilly, Baron Of Hook Norton
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Robert De Oilly, Baron Of Hook Norton
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Agnes
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Edith
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Forne SIGULFSON, Lord Of Greystoke
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Edith SIGULFSSON
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Sir Alan BASSET
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Hugo De DUNSTANVILLE
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Reginald De DUNSTANVILLE
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Alan De DUNSTANVILLE
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Humphrey De INSULA, Baron Of Castle Combe
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Adelisa De INSULA
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Adeliza De DUNSTANVILLE
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Sir Philip BASSET, Justiciar Of England
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Rainald De NORTHBROOK
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Stephen De GAI
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Phillip De GAI
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Walter PIPARD
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Aline PIPARD
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Aline De GAI
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Sedzilia
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Aline BASSET
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Godfrey I The Bearded Duke Of Brabant
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Godfrey II Count Of Louvain
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Ida Of Chiny
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Godfrey III Count Of Louvain
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Berenger II Count Of Sultzbach
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Luitgarde Of Sultzbach
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Adelaide Wolfristrhausen
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Godfrey De LOUVAINE
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Arnolf V Count Of Loos
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Louis Count Of Loos And Rienack
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Agnes Of Mainz
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Imaine Of Loos
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Folman V Count Of Metz And Homburg
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Agnes Of Metz
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Matilda Von Dagsburg
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Matthew De LOUVAINE, Baron Of Little Easton
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Robert Fitz Walter Of Windsor, Baron Of Little Easton
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William Fitz ROBERT, Baron Of Little Easton
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(Unk Dau) FITZ OTHO
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Robert De HASTINGS, Baron Of Little Easton
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Hawise De GUERRES
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Delicia (Alice) De HASTINGS
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Hugh De FLAMVILLE
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Roger De FLAMVILLE
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Maud De FLAMVILLE
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William De ARCHES
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Juetta De ARCHES
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Jueta
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Hawise De LOUVAINE
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Muriel (Amy)
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