John fitzRichard
John fitzRichard was an Anglo-Norman nobleman who became a landowner in England following the Norman Conquest.
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Issue
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Father | Richard fitz Ranulf |
Biography
John was a son of Richard fitzRanulf.[1] John seized the mill of Vains, Normandy in 1076 and had to defend his actions in the King's Court of William I of England, which ruled against the seizure, ruling that the mill belonged to the Abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel. Lands held as shown in the 1086 Domesday survey as Lord are: Carbrooke, Hunstanton, Ringstead, Rushford, Saxlingham, Thurton, Walpole (St Andrew and St Peter) in Norfolk and Elsenham in Essex. He also held as tenant in chief: Brettenham, Griston and West Carbrooke in Norfolk.[2]
He is known as the nephew of Waleran fitzRanulf, moneyer of Viem (now Vains) and heir of Serlo de Burgh.
Marriage and issue
John is known to have had the following issue.
- Pain fitzJohn (died 1137)
- Eustace fitzJohn (died 1157)
- William fitzJohn
- Alice, abbess of Barking Abbey
- Agnes, married Roger de Valognes
Citations
References
- Notes and Queries, Series 9, Volume 7. 1901. John C. Francis, London.