Turold of Cardinham, Cornwall

CARDINHAM

1. TUROLD, Thane of Cardinham-

Site of Cardinham Castle

Issue-

  • 2I. RICHARD- b.c.1050, m. EMMA
  • II. Gilbert- King Henry I refers to land "in Compton Greenfield which Gilbert fitz Turold held" in a charter dated to before 2 Apr. 1111.(1)

    Ref:

    (1) Regesta Regem Anglo-Normannorum (1956), Vol. II, 976, p. 99

    Domesday People- K S B Keats-Rohan, Boydell Press, 1999- pp.364-5
    English Baronies -I J Sanders, Oxford University Press, 2nd ed, 1963- Cardinham barony, p. 110
    Tim Powys-Lybbe's web page at: http://www.tim.ukpub.net/pl_tree/ps34/ps34_288.html


    2I. RICHARD (TUROLD 1)

    m. EMMA
    b.c.1050

    "�Richard fitz Turolf�" witnessed a charter dated to 1103/04 under which King Henry I confirmed property to Saint-Martin de Marmoutier, Tours.(1) Richard Fitz Turold was an Anglo-Norman landowner who was mentioned in the Domesday Survey. He had a castle at Cardinham where he was a major tenant and steward of Robert of Mortain. He also held the manor of Pnehallam and was probably the builder of Restormel Castle. Cardinham castle remained in the family until the 14th century and later became a ruin. The manor of Cardinham was one of the few places where the custom of "Free Bench" is recorded. By this custom a widow could retain tenure of the land until she remarried.

    Restormel Castle, Cornwall- built c.1100

    Issue-

    3I. WILLIAM FITZRICHARD- b.c.1085 Cardinham, Cornwall

    Ref:

    (1) Regesta Regem Anglo-Normannorum (1956), Vol. II, 680, p. 39

    Domesday People- K S B Keats-Rohan, Boydell Press, 1999- pp.364-5
    English Baronies -I J Sanders, Oxford University Press, 2nd ed, 1963- Cardinham barony, p. 110
    Tim Powys-Lybbe's web page at: http://www.tim.ukpub.net/pl_tree/ps34/ps34_286.html


    3I. WILLIAM FitzRICHARD (TUROLD 1, RICHARD 2)

    b.c.1085 Cardinham, Cornwall
    m. ANOR de MORTAIN, d. of Robert de Burgh, Comte de Mortain, Earl of Cornwall and Matilda de Montgomery of Mortagne au Perche, Normandie

    William witnessed a charter dated 15 Apr. 1123 under which King Henry I restored churches in Cornwall and Devon to Exeter Cathedral.(1) The 1130 Pipe Roll records "Wills fil Ric" returning in Devonshire for "uxore Fulbti de Doura cum dote et maritagio suo" (dated 1288). The relationship between William FitzRichard and the family of Fulbert of Dover has not been traced.(2) "�[W]illelmus filius Ri[cardi]" witnessed the charter dated (Apr/21 Nov) 1136 under which King Stephen confirmed churches to Exeter Cathedral.(3) The Gesta Stephani Regis (pp. 64-5) states that Willelmus filius Ricardi... (in) comitatus Cornubiensis rebelled against King Stephen and married filiam suam to Reinaldo filio regis Henrici, dated c.1140.

    Issue-

  • I. Mabel- b.c.1114, m. Reginald FitzRoy of Dunstanville, Sheriff of Devon (b.c.1110 Kent, d. 1 July 1175 Chertsey, Surrey)
  • 4II. ROBERT- b.c.1115, Cotleigh, Devon, m. ANNORA de MANDEVILLE
  • III. Baldwin- Prior of Tywardreth

    Ref:

    (1) Regesta Regem Anglo-Normannorum (1956), Vol. II, 1391, p. 185
    (2) Pipe Roll 31 Hen I (1129/30), p. 158
    (3) Regesta Regum Anglo-Normannorum (1968), Vol. III, 284, p. 106

    Ancestral Roots- 7th Edition, Frederick Lewis Weis, Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore- pp. 50-26, 121-26
    Complete Peerage- G E Cockayne et al, St Catharine press, London, 1910- Vol. III, p. 429, IV, pp. 312-2
    English Baronies -I J Sanders, Oxford University Press, 2nd ed, 1963- Cardinham barony, p. 110
    Domesday Descendants- K S B Keats-Rohan, Boydell Press, 2002- p. 948
    Tim Powys-Lybbe's web page at: http://www.tim.ukpub.net/pl_tree/ps24/ps24_242.html


    4II. ROBERT FitzWILLIAM (TUROLD 1, RICHARD 2, WILLIAM 3)

    b.c.1115 Cotleigh, Devon
    m. ANNORA/AGNES de MANDEVILLE
    d. before 1177

    Robert FitzWilliam held Bodardle as guardian of Walter Hai the younger in 1166, he was also lord of the lands held by Richard Fitz Turolf at the time of Domesday. A charter of King Henry III, dated 6 May 1235, records donations to Tywardreth Priory, Cornwall by �Robertus filius Willielmi et Agnes uxor�et Robertus meus filius� dated 1169 which names Robert as "fratre Baldewyno existente priore apud Tiwardrait".(1) When Walter died s.p. in 1186 Bodardle passed to Robert's son Robert in right of his wife Agnes who was Walter's sister. Robert also held the manor of Cotleigh, Devon.

    Issue-

  • 5I. ROBERT- b.c.1150 Cardinham

    Ref:

    (1) Dugdale Monasticon IV, Tywardreth Priory, Cornwall, II, p. 657

    English Baronies -I J Sanders, Oxford University Press, 2nd ed, 1963- Cardinham barony, p. 110
    Domesday Descendants- K S B Keats-Rohan, Boydell Press, 2002- p. 948
    Tim Powys-Lybbe's web page at: http://www.tim.ukpub.net/pl_tree/ps34/ps34_289.html


    5I. ROBERT (TUROLD 1, RICHARD 2, WILLIAM 3, ROBERT 4)

    b.c.1150
    m. AGNES de la HAYE (b. 1152 Brattleby, Lincolnshire), d. of Richard de la Haye and Maud de Vernon
    d. after 1186 Restormel Castle, Lostwithiel, Cornwall

    Issue-

  • 6I. ROBERT- b.c.1175, m. ISABELLA FitzWILLIAM (b.c.1180), d. 1230 Cardinham

    Ref:

    English Baronies -I J Sanders, Oxford University Press, 2nd ed, 1963- Cardinham barony, p. 110
    Tim Powys-Lybbe's web page at: http://www.tim.ukpub.net/pl_tree/ps34/ps34_289.html


    6I. ROBERT (TUROLD 1, RICHARD 2, WILLIAM 3, ROBERT 4, ROBERT 5)

    b.c.1175
    m. ISABELLA FitzWILLIAM (b.c.1180)
    d. before 1227 Cardinham

    By 1193 both Cardinham and Bodardle had passed to Robert de Cardinham. Robert was one of the King's Justices. Robert had died by 1227 when the estates passed to his son Andrew. Upon Andrew's death the estate passed to his only daughter and heiress, Isolda, wife of Thoms de Tracy.

    Issue-

  • I. Andrew- b.c.1200
  • II. Robert- b.c.1205
  • 7I. JULIANA/ISABELLA- b.c.1208 Cardinham, m. HENRY BODRUGAN (b. 1209)

    Ref:

    English Baronies -I J Sanders, Oxford University Press, 2nd ed, 1963- Cardinham barony, p. 110
    Tim Powys-Lybbe's web page at: http://www.tim.ukpub.net/pl_tree/ps34/ps34_289.html


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