Richard of Wormegay, Norfolk

WORMEGAY

1. HERMER de FERRERS-

d. before 1111

Listed in Domesday book as holding 22 manors with a value of £63.6s.4d during the reign of King Edward and with a value of £67.0.8 during the reign of William the Conqueror. The lands he invaded or laid unjust claims to were valued at £20.19.9.

Hermer was probably the builder of Wormegay Castle, a motte and bailey earthwork.

Site of Wormegay Castle

Issue-

  • 2I. RICHARD- d.c.1130

    Ref:

    "An Analysis of the Domesday Book of the County of Norfolk"- Rev. George Munford, John Russell Smith, London, 1858- p. 26

    2I. RICHARD (HERMER 1)

    d.c.1130

    Issue-

  • 3I. WILLIAM-

    3I. WILLIAM (HERMER 1, RICHARD 2)

    Issue-

  • ?4I. RICHARD- d. 1159

    4I. RICHARD (HERMER 1, RICHARD 2, WILLIAM 3)- Baron of Womegay, Norfolk

    d. 1159

    Richard succeeded William fitz Richard fitz Hermer and was probably his son.

    Issue-

    5I. WILLIAM- d. 1166

    Ref:

    Domesday Descendants- K.S.B. Keats-Rohan, Boydell Press, 2002- p.794
    English Baronies- I.J. Sanders, Oxford University Press, 1963- p. 101
    Tim Powys-Lybbe's web page at: http://www.tim.ukpub.net

    5I. WILLIAM (HERMER 1, RICHARD 2, WILLIAM 3, RICHARD 4)- Baron of Wormegay, Norfolk

    d. 1166

    St. Michael's Church- Wormegay

    Issue-

    6I. ADELINE- m. REINALD de WARENNE (d.c.1179), d. after 1179. Adeline was the sole heir to the Wormegay barony.

    Ref:

    Domesday Descendants- K.S.B. Keats-Rohan, Boydell Press, 2002- pp.794-5
    English Baronies- I.J. Sanders, Oxford University Press, 1963- p. 101
    Dictionary of National Biography- Leslie Stephen, Ed., Oxford University Press- article for William of Warenne- Vol. 59, pp.374-5
    Tim Powys-Lybbe's web page at: http://www.tim.ukpub.net

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