Taillebois, Ivo
- 11141. Taillebois, Ivo died in 1114. Notes:
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Ivo was made a "Marcher Baron" by William II ("Rufus"), "enfeoffed...of the
whole of Ewecross wapentake, the later lordship of Burton in Lonsdale, and
of the later barony of Kendal along with the south-western portion of
Cumberland which came to be described as the barony of Copeland." {-"The
Northerners," J.C.Holye (Oxford: Clarendon, 1961), p.214. "The Rainsford
Family," by Emily A. Buckland (Worcester: Phillips & Probert, Ltd.,
1932-33), p. 38, gives a chart "compiled Nov. 1932 by Alfred Ransford"
which "shews the ancestors of that historical person Ivo le-Tailibois, (who
figures as the principal character in Charles Kingsley's famous novel,
`Hereward the Wake.')" - Ivo is said to have died in 1093 and his wife is
Lucy (died 1138, "dau. of Thorold, Sheriff of Lincoln"; her 3rd husband is
Ranulph, Earl of Chester, who died in 1129; here Ivo's father is given as
Reinfrid, soldier and first prior of Whitby Abbey (b. ca. 1020, d. ca.
1083, bur. at Hackness, Yorkshire, son of Reinfrid Talibois of Normandy).}
He was employed in the siege of Ely in 1071, and took part in
the settlement of the liberties of Ely circa 1080. He was Sheriff of
co. Lincoln in or before 1086, and had the custody of the lands of the
See of Durham on the expulsion of the Bishop in 1088 for taking the part
of Duke Robert. He is described as dapifer in 1091, about which time
the King gave him the lordship of Kendal. He attested numerous charters
on both sides of the Channel. The family is Angevin.
Re: the death date of Ivo de Taillebois. He died 1094. See:
Davis, Regesta. nos. 408,409. By these charters the King orders the men
of Spalding to pay their dues to the monks as they had done in the time
Ives (Ivo), &c.Ivo married Malet, Lucia on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Gernon, Earl of Chester Ranulph de was born in 1100; died on 16 Dec 1153; was buried in Chester.
Generation: 2
2. Gernon, Earl of Chester Ranulph de (1.Ivo1) was born in 1100; died on 16 Dec 1153; was buried in Chester. Notes:
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Ranulph was born by 1100. He was the Earl of Chester and also the Vicomte
d'Avranches, etc. in Normandy. Held the Castle of Lincoln. As an
opportunist, he switched sides several times in the wars for the Crown and
some say was poisoned by his wife and William Peverell of Nottingham.
{ref."The Complete Peerage," London: St. Catherine Press, Vol. 3, pp.
164-5.} Tradition is that he died by poison administered by his wife.Ranulph married Gloucester, Maud of about 1141. Maud (daughter of Henry, Robert Fitz and Hammond, Mabel Fitz) was born in de Caen; died on 29 Jul 1189. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 3. Hugh Earl of Chester was born in 1147 in Kevelioc, co. Merioneth; died in 1181 in Leeke, Co. Stafford.
Generation: 3
3. Hugh Earl of Chester (2.Ranulph2, 1.Ivo1) was born in 1147 in Kevelioc, co. Merioneth; died in 1181 in Leeke, Co. Stafford. Notes:
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Hugh was sixth Earl of Chester and Vicomte of Avranchin and the Bessin
(1153-81). He was in rebellion against King Henry II and taken prisoner at
Alnwick 13 July 1174, but was restored in January, 1177.married D'Evereux, Bertrade in 1169. Bertrade (daughter of de Montfort, Count of Evreux Simon III and Beaumont, Maud de) was born in 1155; died in 1227. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 4. Maud, of Chester was born in 1171; died in 1233.
Generation: 4
4. Maud, of Chester (3.3, 2.Ranulph2, 1.Ivo1) was born in 1171; died in 1233. of married David Earl of Huntingdon on 26 Aug 1190. (son of Huntingdon, Prince of Scotland Henry de and Warenne, Ada de) was born about 1144 in Jerdelay; died on 17 Jun 1219 in Yardley. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 5. Huntingdon, Isabel of died in 1252.