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of 1086, with widely spread holdings in six counties. He was an important figure in

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; but lost land and position, seemingly after his involvement in the rebellion of 1088 against William Rufus. He held

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, probably given to him by

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; also land at

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in the same county, at

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, and at

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. Walelege was a fortified place on the Welsh border also given to him by William fitz Osbern; this is apparently the same as

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, mentioned in the same terms.Ann Williams, "A Bell-house and a Burh-geat: Lordly Residences in England before the Norman Conquest", in Christopher Harper-Bill, Ruth Harvey (editors), ''Medieval Knighthood IV'' (1992), p. 232.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Turold, Gilbert Fitz Anglo-Normans Norman warriors 11th-century Normans 11th-century English landowners History of Herefordshire People from Wychavon (district) English rebels William II of England