Vicomte de Bayeux

VICOMTE de BAYEUX

1. ANCITEL de BAYEUX

Issue-

  • 2I. RANULF de BESSIN- (b.c.990, d. 1057)

    2I. RANULF de BESSIN (ANCITEL 1)

    Issue-

  • 3I. RANULPH- m. MARGARET d'AVRANCHES

    3I. RANULPH de BRIQUESSART, VICOMTE de BAYEUX (ANCITEL 1, RANULPH 2)

    b.c.1050 Bayeaux, Normandy
    m. MARGARET d'AVRANCHES
    d. Nov. 1120

    Issue-

  • 4I. RANULPH- b.c.1070 Briquessart, Livry, m. LUCY of BOLINGBROKE, d. 17 Jan. 1129 Chester

  • 10II. WILLIAM- m. CECILY de RUMILLY, Lady Skipton (d.c.1151), d.c.1135. Lord of Copeland

    Ref:

    The Complete Peerage- St. Catherine Press, London- Vol.III, p.164ff; XIV, p.353ff
    Domesday Descendants- KSB Keats-Rohan, Boydell Press, 2002- p. 228
    Tim Powys-Lybbe's web page at: http://www.tim.ukpub.net

    4I. RANULPH le MESCHIN, 3rd Earl of Chester (ANCITEL 1, RANULPH 2, RANULPH 3)

    b.c.1070 Briquessart, Livry
    m.c.1098 LUCY of BOLINGBROKE (d.c.1138), d. of Turold, Sheriff of Lincolnshire
    d. 17 Jan. 1129 Chester, Cheshire
    bur. St. Werburg's Chester

    Sir Ranulf was the Earl of Chester and commanded the Royal forces in Normandy.

    Issue-

  • 5I. ALICE de MESCHINES- b.c.1086, m. RICHARD de CLARE
  • 6II. RANULPH de GERNON- b.c.1099 Gernon Castle, Normandy, m. MAUD (d. 29 July 1189), d. of Robert, Earl of Gloucester, d. 16 Dec. 1153 Chester, 4th Earl of Chester

    Ref:

    The Complete Peerage- St. Catherine Press, London- Vol.III, p.164ff; XIV, p.353ff
    Domesday Descendants- KSB Keats-Rohan, Boydell Press, 2002- p. 228
    Tim Powys-Lybbe's web page at: http://www.tim.ukpub.net

    6II. RANULPH (ANCITEL 1, RANULPH 2, RANULPH 3, RANULPH 4)

    b.c.1099 Gernon Castle, Normandy
    m. MAUD- d. 29 July 1189, d. of Robert de Caen, Earl of Gloucester
    d. 16 Dec. 1153 Chester
    bur. St. Werburg's, Chester

    Repton Priory

    Ranulph founded the Repton Priory in Derby. He was a distinguished soldier and Constable of Lincoln. He was poisoned by his wife Maud.

    Issue-

  • 7I. HUGH- b. 1147 Kevelioc, Merioneth, m. BERTRADE de MONTFORD (b.c.1155, d. 1227), d. 1181 Leeke, Suffolk
  • II. Richard-

    Ref:

    The Complete Peerage- St. Catherine Press, London- Vol.III, p.164ff, 243; XIV, p.353ff
    Domesday Descendants- KSB Keats-Rohan, Boydell Press, 2002- p. 228
    English Baronies- I.J. Sanders, Oxford University Press, 1963- p. 32
    Tim Powys-Lybbe's web page at: http://www.tim.ukpub.net

    7I. HUGH (ANCITEL 1, RANULPH 2, RANULPH 3, RANULPH 4, RANULPH 5)

    b. 1147 Kevelioc, Merioneth
    m. BETRADE de MONTFORT (b.c.1155, d. 1227)
    d. 30 June 1181 Leeke, Suffolk
    bur. St. Werburg's, Chester

    Hugh was one of the Earls that rebelled against Henry II in 1173 and lost his earldom until 1177.

    Issue-First five children by Bertrade, last child by unknown mistress

  • I. Ranulph- b.c.1170, m.1. 3 Feb. 1188, annulled 1199, Constance de Bretagne, Duchess of Brittany (b.c.1161, d. 5 Sept. 1201 Nantes), 2. Clemence de Fougeres (d. 1252), d.s.p. 28 Oct. 1232 Wallingford, Berks
  • 8II. MAUD- b.1171, m. DAVID, Earl of Huntingdon (b.c.1144, d. 17 June 1219 Yardley, Northants, bur. Sawtrey Abbey), d. 6 Jan. 1233
  • 12III. MABEL- m. WILLIAM d'AUBIGNY, Earl of Arundel (d. before 30 Mar. 1221), d. before 1232
  • IV. Agnes- m. William de Ferrers, Earl of Derby (b.c.1170, d. 22 Sept. 1247), d. 2 Nov. 1247
  • V. Hawise- b.c.1180, m. Robert de Quincy (d. before 1232), d. before 3 Mar. 1242
  • 9VI. AMICE- m. Sir RALPH de MAINWARING (d. after 1189)

    Ref:

    The Complete Peerage- St. Catherine Press, London- Vol.III, p.166-70, 243; IV, p. 196; VI, p.647; X, p.375; XII, pp.648-9
    Domesday Descendants- KSB Keats-Rohan, Boydell Press, 2002- p. 228
    English Baronies- I.J. Sanders, Oxford University Press, 1963- p. 32
    History of Cheshire - George Ormerod, Routledge & Sons, 1882- Vol. III, p.229
    Visitations of Cheshire of 1580- Harleian Society, 1882- p.165
    Tim Powys-Lybbe's web page at: http://www.tim.ukpub.net

    10II. WILLIAM (ANCITEL 1, RANULPH 2, RANULPH 3)- Baron of Egremont, Cumberland

    m. CECILY de RUMILLY, Lady Skipton (d.c.1151)
    d.c.1135

    Issue-

  • I. Ranulf- d.s.p. before 1140. Baron of Egremont, Cumberland and Skipton, Yorkshire
  • II. Alice- m.1. William Fitz Duncan (d.c.1153), 2. Alexander Fitz Gerold (d.s.p. 1178), d. before Dec. 1187. Alice inherited Egremont and Skipton from her brother Ranulf.
  • 11III. AVICE- m.1. WILLIAM de CURCY (d. before 1130), 2. William Paynel (d.c.1146), 3. Walter de Percy, d.c.1179
  • IV. Maud- m.1. Philip de Belmeis of Tong, Shropshire and Ashby, Leicestershire, 2. Hugh de Mortimer (d. before Dec. 1181)

    Ref:

    The Complete Peerage- St. Catherine Press, London- Vol.VIII, pp.48-9; IX, p.266ff; XII/2, p. 930ff; XIV, p. 53
    Dictionary of National Biography- Leslie Stephen, Ed., Oxford University Press-
    Early Yorshire Charters- C.T. Clay, Yorkshire Archiological Society- Vol. V, 'The Honour of Skipton', frontispiece pedigree
    Domesday Descendants- KSB Keats-Rohan, Boydell Press, 2002- pp. 317, 1039-40
    English Baronies- I.J. Sanders, Oxford University Press, 1963- p. 115
    Tim Powys-Lybbe's web page at: http://www.tim.ukpub.net

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