Malet, William I
- 10721. Malet, William I died in 1072. Notes:
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William appears to be son of _____ Malet, a descendant of Robert (son of
Maleth, living 990), and a daughter of Leofric (ID3229) and Godiva
(ID3230)[see "Falaise Roll..." table cited for ID3229]. Carr P. Collins,
Jr., "Royal Ancestors of Magna Charta Barons" (Dallas: 1959), pp. 176 &
258, suggests that William, "Lord Malet," was Governor of York Castle and a
General and Companion of William the Conqueror, that he may be a brother of
King Harold's wife, that he is called a grandson of Godiva of Mercia, and
that his wife is Hesilla (Elsie) Crispin - and offers a chart showing
Hesilla as daughter of Gilbert Crispin and William as son of Alfgar III
(Earl of Mercia) and wife Princess Elfgifu (dau. of King Ethelred II of
England)(Alfgar III is son of Earl Leofric III and Lady Godiva). Cf. Arthur
Malet, "Notices of an English Branch of the Malet Family." "Ancestral
Roots..." (Balt., 1992) 234A-25 states William is "of Granville St.
Honorine, Normandy, at Battle of Hastings, 1066..."William married Crispin, Esilia ("Elsie") on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Malet, Lucia
Generation: 2
2. Malet, Lucia (1.William1) Notes:
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Lucy (or Lucia) is identified as daughter of William Malet in the LDS Church's unverified Pedigree Resource File (CD 16, Pin 189380). Lucy married Roger FitzGerold and by him had William de Roumare, later Earl of Lincoln (although the profits of this
Earldom ofen seem to have gone to Ranulph, the half-brother); as a widow Lucy confirmed the grant of Manor of Spalding to the monks there, and paid 500 marks to King Henry "for license to remain unmarried for 5 years." Lucy is said to be the
granddaughter of William, Lord Malet {-"Royal Ancestors of Magna Charta Barons," Carr P. Collins, Jr., Dallas, 1959}. Also see "The Complete Peerage", VII:743. The Countess Lucy was married three times. Lucy married (1) Ivo de Taillebois (2) Roger
Fitzgerold, Seigneur, of Roumare. He died 1095. Lucy married (3) Ranulph (de Brisquesard) called 'le Meschines' third Earl of Chester. There is an article about her and her supposed parents in The Genealogist, Vol. 5, pages 131-144 and pages
153-173. See also "Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700," Frederick Lewis Weis, Seventh Edition (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1992), Line 246B (p. 213).Lucia married Taillebois, Ivo on Yes, date unknown. Ivo died in 1114. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 3. Gernon, Earl of Chester Ranulph de was born in 1100; died on 16 Dec 1153; was buried in Chester.
Generation: 3
3. Gernon, Earl of Chester Ranulph de (2.Lucia2, 1.William1) 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:
- 4. Hugh Earl of Chester was born in 1147 in Kevelioc, co. Merioneth; died in 1181 in Leeke, Co. Stafford.
Generation: 4
4. Hugh Earl of Chester (3.Ranulph3, 2.Lucia2, 1.William1) 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:
- 5. Maud, of Chester was born in 1171; died in 1233.