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William De Redvers, 5th Earl Of Devon
William de Redvers, 5th Earl of Devon (died 10 September 1217) (or de Reviers), of Tiverton Castle and Plympton Castle, both in Devon, was feudal baron of Plympton in Devon. Origins He was the son of Baldwin de Redvers, 1st Earl of Devon by his wife Adelize Ballon. William de Redvers is also known as William de Vernon, because he was brought up at Vernon Castle, in Normandy, the seat of his grandfather Richard de Redvers. Career In 1194, De Redvers took part in the second coronation of King Richard the Lionheart (1189-1199), when the Canopy was supported by four Earls. He was a firm supporter of Richard's younger brother and heir King John (1199-1216), but after John's death, he permitted Falkes de Breauté, one of his mercenary captains, to seize De Redvers' widowed daughter-in-law, force a marriage, and take her dowry. These events are featured in Alfred Duggan's novel, ''Leopards and Lilies'' (1954). Marriage and issue He married Mabel de Beaumont, a daughter of Robert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Redvers
Redvers may refer to: Places * Redvers, Saskatchewan, a town in Canada People * Redvers (given name), including a list of people with the name * Kelvin Redvers, First Nations filmmaker * Redvers family See also * Redvers Airport, an abandoned airport in Saskatchewan, Canada * Redvers House, an office building in Sheffield, England {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry II Of England
Henry II () was King of England The monarchy of the United Kingdom, commonly referred to as the British monarchy, is the form of government used by the United Kingdom by which a hereditary monarch reigns as the head of state, with their powers Constitutional monarchy, regula ... from 1154 until his death in 1189. During his reign he controlled Kingdom of England, England, substantial parts of Wales in the High Middle Ages, Wales and Lordship of Ireland, Ireland, and much of Kingdom of France, France (including Duchy of Normandy, Normandy, County of Anjou, Anjou, and Duchy of Aquitaine, Aquitaine), an area that altogether was later called the Angevin Empire, and also held power over Kingdom of Scotland, Scotland and the Duchy of Brittany. Henry was the eldest son of Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou, and Empress Matilda, Matilda, daughter of Henry I of England. By the age of fourteen, he became politically and militarily involved in The Anarchy, his mother's efforts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Prouz
Sir William Prouz (died 1316) was a noble landowner in Devon, and likely builder of Gidleigh Castle. Family William was descended from Peter de Preaux (of which ''Prouz'' is the angilicised form), who married ''Mary de Redvers de Vernon'', daughter of William de Redvers, 5th Earl of Devon. His parents were William Prouz, Sheriff of Devon, and Lady Alice de Widworthy. William's daughter, Alice, married Roger de Moelys, whose family owned Throwleigh, Chagford and other nearby areas, thereby bringing Gidleigh, Throwleigh, and Chagford into the control of a single family. William was a distant antecedent of President of the United States, United States president Grover Cleveland. Buildings It is thought that William was the likely builder of the fortified house, Gidleigh Castle on his family estate. William is also likely to have been the builder of the new manor house at Lustleigh, replacing the old manorial buildings at Barnecourt. This may have been the cause of the abandonment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gidleigh Castle
Gidleigh Castle was the manor house of the Manorialism, manor of Gidleigh on the north-eastern edge of Dartmoor, about north-west of the town of Chagford, Devon, England. History The Prouz family had held the manor of Gidleigh from at least the later half of the 12th century.William Pole (antiquary), Pole, Sir William (died 1635), Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon', Sir John de la Pole, 6th Baronet, Sir John-William de la Pole (ed.), London, 1791. p.245 The castle was probably built by Sir William Prouz, the last of the senior male line of the family. He died in 1316, leaving a sole daughter and heiress Alice Prouz (1286–1335), who married Sir Roger de Moels (died 1323), thought to have been brother of John de Moels, 1st Baron Moels.Cokayne, ''The Complete Peerage'', new edition, vol. IX, p.5, note (c) By Roger, Alice left three daughters and co-heiresses who divided Alice's extensive inheritance, including Gidleigh manor and its castle. Gidley would pas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
York Herald
York Herald of Arms in Ordinary is an officer of arms at the College of Arms. The first York Herald is believed to have been an officer to Edmund of Langley, Duke of York around the year 1385, but the first completely reliable reference to such a herald is in February 1484, when ''John Water alias Yorke, herald'' was granted certain fees by Richard III. These fees included the Manor of Bayhall in Pembury, Kent, and 8 pounds, 6 shillings, and 8 pence a year from the Lordship of Huntingfield in Kent. The badge of office is the White Rose of York ''en soleil'' ensigned by the Royal Crown. The current York Herald of Arms is Peter O'Donoghue. Holders of the office See also * Heraldry * Officer of Arms References Notes Citations Bibliography * ''The College of Arms, Queen Victoria Street : being the sixteenth and final monograph of the London Survey Committee'', Walter H. Godfrey, assisted by Sir Anthony Wagner, with a complete list of the officers of arms, prepared by H. St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Brooke
Ralph Brooke (1553–1625) was an English Officer of Arms in the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I. He is known for his critiques of the work of other members of the College of Arms, most particularly in ''A Discoverie of Certaine Errours Published in Print in the Much Commended 'Britannia' 1594'', which touched off a feud with its author, the revered antiquarian and herald William Camden. Origins He described himself as the son of Geoffrey Brooke (by his wife Jane Hyde) a son of William Brooke of Lancashire, who was a cadet of the family of Brooke seated at Norton in Cheshire. However the records of the Merchant Taylors' School, where he was admitted on 3 July 1564, simply records the fact that his father was Geoffrey, a shoemaker. Life and works He was appointed Rouge Croix Pursuivant in 1580 and York Herald in 1593. As York Herald, he bore the helm and crest in the funeral procession of Elizabeth I. In 1597, Brooke published ''A Discoverie of Certaine Errours Publi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Latinised Names
The Latinisation of names in the vernacular was a procedure deemed necessary for the sake of conformity by scribes and authors when incorporating references to such persons in Latin texts. The procedure was used in the era of the Roman Republic and Empire. It was used continuously by the Papacy from the earliest times, in religious tracts and in diplomatic and legal documents. It was used by the early European monasteries. Following the Norman Conquest of England, it was used by the Anglo-Norman clerics and scribes when drawing up charters. Its use was revived in the Renaissance when the new learning was written down in Latin and drew much on the work of Greek, Arabic and other non-Latin ancient authors. Contemporary Italian and European scholars also needed to be Latinised to be quoted in such treatises. The different eras produced their own styles and peculiarities. Sophistication was the trademark of the Renaissance Latinisers. The Anglo-Norman scribes on the other hand were n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heraldic Visitation
Heraldic visitations were tours of inspection undertaken by Kings of Arms (or alternatively by heralds, or junior officers of arms, acting as the kings' deputies) throughout England, Wales and Ireland. Their purpose was to register and regulate the coats of arms of nobility, gentry and boroughs, and to record pedigrees. They took place from 1530 to 1688, and their records (akin to an upper class census) provide important source material for historians and genealogists. Visitations in England Process of visitations By the fifteenth century, the use and abuse of coats of arms was becoming widespread in England. One of the duties conferred on William Bruges, the first Garter Principal King of Arms, was to survey and record the armorial bearings and pedigrees of those using coats of arms and correct irregularities. Officers of arms had made occasional tours of various parts of the kingdom to enquire about armorial matters during the fifteenth century. However, it was not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lambrick Vivian
Lieutenant-Colonel John Lambrick Vivian (1830–1896), Inspector of Militia and Her Majesty's Superintendent of Police and Police Magistrate for St Kitts, West Indies, was an English genealogist and historian. He edited editions of the Heraldic Visitations of Devon and of Cornwall,Vivian, p. 763, pedigree of Vivian of Rosehill standard reference works for historians of these two counties. Both contain an extensive pedigree of the Vivian family of Devon and Cornwall, produced largely by his own researches. Origins He was the only son of John Vivian (1791–1872) of Rosehill, Camborne, Cornwall, by his wife Mary Lambrick (1794–1872), eldest daughter of John Lambrick (1762–1798) of Erisey, Ruan Major, and co-heiress of her infant brother John Lambrick (1798–1799). His maternal grandmother was Mary Hammill, eldest daughter of Peter Hammill (d. 1799) of Trelissick in Sithney, Cornwall, the ancestry of which family he traced back to the holders of the 13th century French title C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Des Preaux
Peter de Preaux (; ; died 1212) was a Norman knight in the service of the Angevin kings of England. Given control of the Channel Islands by King John, he was the first recorded lord of the Isles outside the royal family. Life Early life Peter's father Osbert was a minor Norman baron in the Roumois, the neighborhood of Rouen, capital of Normandy. He held the tower and town of Preaux as well as land at Darnétal and a scattering of manors in England. As Osbert's second son, Peter initially had few prospects for a landed estate butalong with his brothers John, William, and Enguerrandhe entered the English royal household at a very early age, serving over the course of his life under Henry II, Richard I, and John. Peter and William became known throughout the tournament circuit of the day as fierce warriors and competent knights. Osbert died at some point prior to 1189, with John succeeding to the family barony. Richard I In 1190, Peter and William accompanied King Richard on the T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baldwin De Redvers, 6th Earl Of Devon
Baldwin de Redvers, 6th Earl of Devon (1217 – 15 February 1245), feudal baron of Plympton in Devon and Lord of the Isle of Wight, was the son of Baldwin de Redvers and Margaret FitzGerold and grandson of William de Redvers, 5th Earl of Devon. Career Because his father died at a young age it is likely that Baldwin was born posthumously. Although it is not recorded when he came of age and did homage for his lands, it is known that he was knighted by King Henry III and created 6th Earl of Devon on Christmas Day 1239 at Winchester. In 1240 he departed to the Holy Land on the Barons' Crusade with a host of crusaders led by Richard of Cornwall. Family and children In 1235 he married Amice de Clare (1220–1284), daughter of Gilbert de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford and had the following children: # Baldwin de Redvers, 7th Earl of Devon. # Isabella de Redvers, Countess of Devon (or Isabella de Fortibus) (died 1293), married William de Forz, 4th Earl of Albemarle. After the deat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harewood, West Yorkshire
Harewood ( ) is a village, civil parishes in England, civil parish, former Manorialism, manor and ecclesiastical parish, in West Yorkshire, England, today in the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds. The civil parish population at the 2011 census was 3,734. Etymology The name of Harewood is first attested in the tenth-century Rushworth Gospels manuscript, in the form ''æt Harawuda'' ('at Harewood'); it is next attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, as ''Hareuuode''. Although consideration has been given to an origin involving the Old English word ''hār'' ('grey'), commentators agree that, as the name's present-day form suggests, the name comes from the Old English words ''hara'' ('hare') and ''wudu'' ('wood'). Thus it once meant 'wood characterised by hares'. Location Harewood sits in the Harewood (ward), Harewood electoral ward, ward of Leeds City Council and Elmet and Rothwell (UK Parliament constituency), Elmet and Rothwell parliamentary constituency. The A61 road, A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
