John fitzRichard (fl. 1076) was an

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nobleman who became a landowner in

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following the

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Biography

He was a son of Richard fitzRanulf, and nephew of Waleran fitzRanulf, whose father Ranulf 'the

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' had bought the mill at Vains,

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in 1035. A 14th-century document from the cartulary of Malton priory refers to John as brother of Serlo de Burgo, but contemporary evidence indicates this is probably false. John, who was apparently born by 1056, seized the mill of Vains,

in 1076. The King's Court of

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ruled against the seizure, returning the mill to the Abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel. In the 1086 Domesday survey as 'John, nephew of Waleran', he was reported holding

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, Hunstanton, Ringstead, Rushford, Saxlingham,

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, Walpole (St Andrew and St Peter) in Norfolk and

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in Essex. He also held as tenant in chief: Brettenham,

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and West Carbrooke in Norfolk.Opendomesday.org - John Nephew of Waleran
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Marriage and issue

John is known to have had the following issue: *

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(died 1137) * Eustace fitzJohn (died 1157) *William fitzJohn *Alice, abbess of

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*Agnes, married

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