fl.
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1130) was an Anglo-Norman nobleman.
Pantulf was the son of
William Pantulf
William Pantulf (died 16 April probably in 1112) was an Anglo-Norman nobleman and Baron of Wem. He was born in Hiémois, a county of Normandy, where his family had lived since around 1030. Pantulf held lands in Shropshire following the Norman ...
and Lescelina.Keats-Rohan ''Domesday Descendants'' p. 1059 Robert was the second son. His father was the first
Baron of Wem
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and the family was originally from
Noron
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in the Calvados region of Normandy.Sanders ''English Baronies'' p. 94 Robert's brothers were Philip, Ivo, and Arnald.Keats-Rohan ''Domesday People'' pp. 493–494
Pantulf first enters the historical record when around 1088 he was involved in an attack on
Holy Trinity Abbey
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Chester
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, along with an Ivo Pantulf, who may be either Robert's brother or son. Pantulf also appears on the Pipe Roll of 1130, where he is mentioned as one of the adversaries in a judicial duel to settle a dispute with Hugh Malbanc. Malbanc was a neighbor of Pantulf's. There is no record of whether this duel was ever fought or what the outcome was.
Pantulf succeeded to his father's lands in England around 1112, with the Norman lands going to Robert's eldest brother Philip.Sanders ''English Baronies'' p. 94 footnote 7 Robert also succeeded to his father's English lordship and is considered the second Baron of Wem. The barony was centered in
Wem
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*Weem, a village in Perthshire, Scotland
* Wem, a small town in Shropshire, England
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* County Westmeath, ...
, and had at least 11 manors in
Hodnet hundred
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in
Shropshire
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. There were other manors in Shropshire as well as lands in
Staffordshire
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and
Warwickshire
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.
Pantulf died sometime before early 1138, probably between December 1137 and May 1138. Other sources imply that he was dead before 18 October 1130, when his son was named as Baron of Wem as a witness to a charter. His heir was his son,
Ivo Pantulf
Ivo Pantulf was an Anglo-Norman nobleman and feudal baron of Wem in Shropshire.
Pantulf was the son of Robert Pantulf, who was lord of Wem.Keats-Rohan ''Domesday Descendants'' p. 1059 He was probably born around 1114.Bateson "Pantulf, William" ' ...