1. RICHARD FitzSCROB
m. d. of Robert the deacon
d. after 1067
Richard FitzScrob or Scrope (pronounced Scroop) was a Norman favorite of Edward the Confessor and according to Florence of Worcester was allowed by the Godwin party to remain in England in 1053.(1) Richard built and gave his name to Richard's Castle near Ludlow, Shropshire. The Domesday Book states that Richard held four manors in Worcestershire, Burford in Shropshire as well as a manor in Herefordshire during the reign of King Edward.(3)
Ruins of Richard's Castle
Richard witnessed a charter from 1067 where King William donated Cullacliffe to Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester.(2)
Issue-
Ref:
(1) Florentii Wigornensis Monachi Chronicon- B. Thorpe, Ed., London, 1849- Vol. II, p. 210
(2) Regesta Regum Anglo-Normannorum- Vol. I, 10, p. 3
(3) Antiquities of Shropshire- R.W. Eyton, London, 1857- Vol. IV, p. 302
The Complete Peerage- St. Catherine Press, London- Vol. IX, p. 256
Domesday People- K.S.B. Keats-Rohan, Boydell Press, 1999- p. 316
English Baronies- I.J. Sanders, Oxford University Press, 1963- p. 75
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m. NESTA- d. of Gruffyd ap Lllewellyn, Prince of North Wales and Ealdgyth (d. of Aelfgar of Mercia)
d. after July 1100
Osbern took part with his father in the wars during the reign of King Edward the Confessor. He was sheriff of Hereford in 1060. Osbern and his father assisted the castellan of Hereford subdue the rebel Edric in 1067 when King William and many of his knights were in Normandy.(1) Osbern was tenant in chief of Richard's Castle in the Domesday book and held manors in Herefordshire, Shropshire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire and Bedfordshire.(2)
In Apr. 1088 Osbert Fitz Richard invaded Worcestershire on the side of Robert, Duke of Normandy against the men of King William II. They were defeated and made their peace with William Rufus. In 1120 a cell of Tiron Abbey was founded on Osbert's land at Titley. In 1137 King Stephen ordered a survey of landholdings in Herefordshire and it was noted that Osbern Fitz Richard held seven hides in Presteigne. About this time Pain Fitz John had taken control of Osbern's fee of Ashford Dowdler near Richard's Castle during the reign of Henry I.
By a charter dated to the early 12th century, Hugh, son of Osbert, donated a saltpan at Droitwich to the monks of Worcester Cathedral Priory for the souls of his father Osbert and his mother Nest.(3)
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Ref:
(1) Florentii Wigorniensis Monachi Chronicon- B. Thorpe, Ed., London, 1849- Vol. II, p. 1
(2) Antiquities of Shropshire- R.W. Eyton, London, 1857- Vol. IV, p. 304
(3) The Cartulary of Worcester Cathedral Priory- R.R. Darlington, Pipe Roll Society NS- Vol. 38 (1968), 148, p. 83
The Complete Peerage- St. Catherine Press, London- Vol. IX, p. 257
Domesday People- K.S.B. Keats-Rohan, Boydell Press, 1999- p. 316
Domesday Descendants- K.S.B. Keats-Rohan, Boydell Press, 2002- p. 846
English Baronies- I.J. Sanders, Oxford University Press, 1963- p. 75
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