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At Exning in Cambridge, at 1075 Emma married Ralph de Gael [5] [6] the earl of East Anglia, after his father. King William I is believed to have opposed the match. [7] Some writers believe that William's opposition was possibly due to the fact that uniting two huge estates and royal lines could be perceived as a threat, [8] noting that he had previously poisoned relatives that stood in his way ...
From 26 November 1313 to 1 April 1335 Ralph de Camoys (d.1336) was summoned to Parliament by writ, and is thereby held to have become Baron Camoys of the first creation. [1] Ralph de Camoys (d.1336) married firstly, Margaret de Brewes, daughter of William de Brewes, 1st Lord Brewes (d.1291), and secondly, Elizabeth le Despenser, daughter of ...
Sir William Waldegrave (c. 1415–1461), was born in Smallbridge. He married Joane Doreward and they had two sons—Sir Thomas Waldegrave, and Richard Waldegrave. One of Sir Richard's descendants was Sir Edward Waldegrave (c. 1517 – 1 September 1561) of Borley , Essex , and West Haddon, Northamptonshire , who was imprisoned during the reign ...
Ralph and Isabel's daughter Maud(d.1288) [6] (also known as Matilda) married Robert Walerand(d.1273) of nearby Siston, a great magnate and Justiciar to King Henry III(1216–1272). Ralph gave Dyrham as Maud's dowry, but as the couple produced no children, Dyrham reverted to Ralph, as the following entry in the Close Rolls, dated 4 May 1273 at ...
Ralph and Emma then lived as great Barons of Brittany. Montfort-sur-Meu – Tour du Papegault. In 1076, William I summoned an army, crossed the sea to France, and attempted to attack Ralph who was stationed at his Castle of Dol. William had enlisted Hoël II, Duke of Brittany in the conflict. [31] William met with a humiliating defeat.
Grundisburgh Hall. The Blois family resided at Ipswich, and at Grundisburgh, near Woodbridge from the time of King Henry VII. [1] Four generations were prominent merchants living in the parish of St Nicholas in Ipswich, of whom the first, Thomas Blois, is said to have married Margaret, daughter of William Styles of Ipswich, and died in 1528.
His son James became Chief governor of Ireland, and the son-in-law of crusader William Longespée the Younger. James's brother-in-law was Peter de Montfort of Beaudesert Castle , son of royal administrator William I de Cantilupe , and he also served Richard of Cornwall , King of the Romans.
James Scudamore, 3rd Viscount Scudamore (1684–1716), English landowner and Tory politician. [11] Frances Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort (1711–1750), daughter and heiress of the 3rd Viscount. She married Henry Somerset, 3rd Duke of Beaufort, but was divorced by him in 1742 after an affair with William Talbot, 2nd Baron Talbot. [12]