Baldwin de Reviers

• Preferred Name: Baldwin de Reviers^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• Burial: AFT 4 JUN 1155 in Quarr Abbey, Hampshire, England at LATI: N0.7333 LONG: E1.1833
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: with note: Description: feudal Baron of Plympton
  
• Birth: ABT 1090 in Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England at LATI: N0.6775 LONG: E1.3099
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: with note: Description: 1st Earl of Devon
  
• FSID: LT83-FK7
  
• Death: 4 JUN 1155 in Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England at LATI: N0.6919 LONG: E1.314
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  FATHER:
  Baldwin de Redvers, 1st Earl of Devon, feudal baron of Plympton in Devon, was the son of Richard de Redvers and his wife Adeline Peverell.
  
  He was one of the first to rebel against King Stephen, and was the only first rank magnate never to accept the new king.
  
  Wikipedia
  Born: Isle of Wight
  Died: June 4, 1155, Quarr Abbey
  
  Parents: Richard de Redvers
  
  Children:
  William de Redvers, 5th Earl of Devon, Richard de Redvers, 2nd Earl of Devon
  
  Grandchildren: Baldwin de Redvers, 3rd Earl of Devon, Richard de Redvers, 4th Earl of Devon
  
  The post-Norman earldom
  The first Earl of Devon was Baldwin de Redvers (c. 1095-1155) son of Richard de Redvers (d.1107),[6] feudal baron of Plympton, Devon, one of the principal supporters of King Henry I (1100-1135). It was believed by some that Richard de Redvers had in fact been created the first Earl of Devon, and although in the past this caused confusion concerning the numerical ordering of the Earls of Devon, the point is now more clearly settled in favour of Baldwin as the first. Baldwin de Redvers was a great noble in Devon and the Isle of Wight, where his seat was Carisbrooke Castle, and was one of the first to rebel against King Stephen (1135-1154). He seized Exeter Castle, and mounted naval raids from Carisbrooke, but was driven out of England to Anjou, France, where he joined the Empress Matilda.
  
  She created him Earl of Devon after she established herself in England, probably in early 1141.
  
  Baldwin de Redvers, 1st Earl of Devon, was succeeded by his son, Richard de Redvers, 2nd Earl of Devon, and grandson, Baldwin de Redvers, 3rd Earl of Devon, and the latter was succeeded by his brother, Richard de Redvers, 4th Earl of Devon, who died without issue.
  
  William de Redvers, 5th Earl of Devon (d.1217) was the third son of Baldwin, the 1st Earl.
  
  He had only two children who left issue. His son Baldwin died 1 September 1216 at the age of sixteen, leaving his wife Margaret pregnant with Baldwin de Redvers, 6th Earl of Devon. King John (1199-1216) forced her to marry Falkes de Breauté, but she was rescued at the fall of Bedford Castle in 1224 and divorced from him, as having been in no true marriage. She is thus called Countess of Devon in several records.
  
  The fifth Earl's youngest daughter, Mary de Redvers, known as 'de Vernon', was eventually sole heiress of the 1141 Earldom. She married firstly, Pierre de Preaux, and secondly, Robert de Courtenay (d.1242), feudal baron of Okehampton, Devon.
  
  The 6th Earl was succeeded by his son, Baldwin de Redvers, 7th Earl of Devon (d.1262), who died without progeny. His sister, Isabella de Forz, widow of William de Forz, 4th Earl of Albemarle, became Countess of Devon suo jure. Her children predeceased her and she had no grandchildren.
  
  Her lands were inherited by her second cousin once removed, Hugh de Courtenay (1276-1340), feudal baron of Okehampton, the great-grandson of Mary de Redvers and Robert de Courtenay (d.1242) of Okehampton. He descended from Renaud de Courtenay, anglicized to Reginald I de Courtenay, of Sutton, a French nobleman of the House of Courtenay who took up residence in England after the conquest and founded the English branch of the Courtenay family, who became Earls of Devon in 1335. The title is still held today, by his direct male descendant.
  
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  BALDWIN de Reviers, son of RICHARD Seigneur de Reviers & his wife Adelise Peverel ([
  
  === History of Rutland ===
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  === "I [Dugdale] come now to Baldwin his Son ===
  "I [Dugdale] come now to Baldwin his Son [i.e., Baldwin is said to be son of William de Vernon, who was son of Baldwin de Brionis, called by some Baldwin de Molis, who is said to be 2nd son of Gilbert Crispin, Earl of Brion, who was son of Godfrey, Earl of Ewe, who was natural son to Richard, the first of that name, Duke of Normandy, great grandfather to William the Conqueror]. ..... This Baldwin was Founder of the Abby of Brummore in Wiltshire; and for the health of his Soul, and the Soul of Adeliza his Wife, as also for the Souls of Richard his Father, Adeliza his Mother, and of King Henry the First (who bestowed that Land on his Father) gave to the Monks of S. Peter of Cluni, and of S. Martin de Champa (in the Suburb of Paris) his land and chapel of S. James ..... Moreover, he was founder of the Abby of Quarrera, for Cistercial Monks in the Isle of Wight, in An. 1122 (33 Hen.I.). ..... By Lucia his Wife, having issue three Sons, Richard, William, and Henry, he departed this life at Quarrera, upon the second Nones of June, An. 1155. (1 Hen.2.) And was there buried, with Adeliza his Wife, and Henry his Son, who died in his youth." --- William Dugdale, *The Baronage of England*, vol I, 1675 (reprint 1977, Georg Olms Verlag, Hildesheim & New York), p 255
  
  === Baldwin de Reviers, son of Richard de R ===
  Baldwin de Reviers, son of Richard de Reviers, Lord of Revi ers, Vernon, and Nehou (all in Normandy), supported the Emp ress Maud against King Stephen in the period known as the A narchy following the death of Henry I and was by her create d Earl of Devon c1141. The name of Reviers was subsequentl y corrupted to Redvers. As well as holding the Earldom o f Devon the de Revierses were Lords of the Isle of Wight . [Burke's Peerage] ------------------------------------------------------- EARLDOM OF DEVON (I) BALDWIN DE REVIERS, son and heir of Richard DE REVIERs. O n the rumour of the King's death, in April 1136, he was on e of the first to break into revolt. Seizing the royal cast le of Exeter, he sustained a long siege by the King, and wa s ultimately allowed to withdraw his forces on giving up th e castle. The King then proceeded to the Isle of Wight, too k possession of the island, and drove him, with his wife an d children, into exile. He took refuge at the Court of th e Count of Anjou, and soon afterwards conducted a successfu l raid into Normandy. About Lent 1138 he was taken prisone r in Normandy by Enguerrand de Say, a partisan of King Step hen. He returned to England in -the autumn of 1139, shortl y before the arrival of the Empress Maud, and, landing at W areham, seized the castle of Corfe. This he defended succes sfully against the King, forcing him eventually to raise th e siege. By the Empress he was created EARL OF DEVON, proba bly in 1141, and certainly before Midsummer in that year. H e married Adelise. He died 4 June 1155, and was buried (a s was his said wife) in Quarr Abbey, which he had founded i n 1132. [Complete Peerage IV:311-2, (transcribed by Dave Ut zinger)] ------------------------------------------------------- Baldwin de Redvers, 2nd Earl of Devon. This nobleman, upo n the demise of King Henry I, espousing the cause of the Em press Maud, took up arms and immediately fortified his cast le of Exeter and the Isle of Wight; but, being besie ged b y King Stephen, he was obliged to surrender the castle an d all his other possessions and to withdraw with his famil y from the kingdom. We find him, however, soon again return ing and in the enjoyment of the Earldom of Devon; but, lik e his father, generally styled Earl of Exeter, from residin g in the city, His lordship m. Lucia, dau. of Dru de Balun , and had issue, Richard, his successor; William, surname d de Verdon; and Maud. He d. in June, 1155, and was s. by h is son, Richard de Redvers, 3rd Earl of Devon. [Sir Bernar d Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Lon don, 1883, p. 140, Courtenay, Barons Courtenay, Earls of De von]
  
  === Baldwin de Redvers, 2nd Earl of Devon. T ===
  Baldwin de Redvers, 2nd Earl of Devon. This nobleman, upon the demise of King Henry I, espousing the cause of the Empress Maud, took up arms and immediately fortified his castle of Exeter and the Isle of Wight; but, being besieged by King Stephen, he was obliged to surrender the castle and all his other possessions and to withdraw with his family from the kingdom. We find him, however, soon again returning and in the enjoyment of the Earldom of Devon; but, like his father, generally styled Earl of Exeter, from residing in the city, His lordship m. Lucia, dau. of Dru de Balun, and had issue, Richard, his successor; William, surnamed de Verdon; and Maud. He d. in June, 1155, and was s. by his son, Richard de Redvers, 3rd Earl of Devon. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, London, 1883, p. 140, Courtenay, Barons Courtenay, Earls of Devon]
  
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  Baldwin de Reviers, son of Richard de Reviers, Lord of Reviers, Vernon, and Nehou (all in Normandy), supported the Empress Maud against King Stephen in the period known as the Anarchy following the death of Henry I and was by her created Earl of Devon c1141. The name of Reviers was subsequently corrupted to Redvers. As well as holding the Earldom of Devon the de Revierses were Lords of the Isle of Wight. [Burke's Peerage]
  
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  EARLDOM OF DEVON (I)
  
  BALDWIN DE REVIERS, son and heir of Richard DE REVIERs. On the rumour of the King's
  death, in April 1136, he was one of the first to break into revolt. Seizing the royal castle of Exeter, he sustained a long siege by the King, and was ultimately allowed to withdraw his forces on giving up the castle. The King then proceeded to the Isle of Wight, took possession of the island, and drove him, with his wife and children, into exile. He took refuge at the Court of the Count of Anjou, and soon afterwards conducted a successful raid into Normandy. About Lent 1138 he was taken prisoner in Normandy by Enguerrand de Say, a partisan of King Stephen. He returned to England in -the autumn of 1139,
  shortly before the arrival of the Empress Maud, and, landing at Wareham, seized the castle of Corfe. This he defended successfully against the King, forcing him eventually to raise the siege. By the Empress he was created EARL OF DEVON, probably in 1141, and certainly before Midsummer in that year. He married Adelise. He died 4 June 1155, and was buried (as was his said wife) in quarr Abbey, which he had founded in 1132. [Complete Peerage IV:311-2, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]
  
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  === Wikipedia ===
  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
  Baldwin de Redvers, 1st Earl of Devon[1] (died 4 June 1155), feudal baron of Plympton in Devon,[2] was the son of Richard de Redvers and his wife Adeline Peverel.
  
  He was one of the first to rebel against King Stephen, and was the only first rank magnate never to accept the new king.[3] He seized Exeter, and was a pirate out of Carisbrooke, but he was driven out of England to Anjou, where he joined the Empress Matilda. She made him Earl of Devon after she established herself in England, probably in early 1141.[4]
  
  He founded several monasteries, notably those of Quarr Abbey (1131), in the Isle of Wight, a priory at Breamore, Hampshire, and the Priory of St James, at Exeter. Some monastic chronicles call his father also Earl of Devon, but no contemporary record uses the title, including the monastic charters.
  
  Family and children[edit]
  He married Adelize Ballon (d. circa 1146).[5] They had children:
  
  Richard de Redvers, 2nd Earl of Devon. Married Denise de Dunstanville, the daughter of Reginald the first Earl of Cornwall.[6]
  
  Henry de Redvers
  
  William de Redvers, 5th Earl of Devon. Married Mabel de Beaumont.
  
  Matilda de Redvers, married to Anschetil de Greye.
  
  Maud de Redvers, married Ralph de Avenel.
  
  Alice de Redvers, married Roger II de Nonant.
  
  Hawise de Redvers, by 1147[5] married Robert FitzRobert, Castellan of Gloucester. Robert was an illegitimate son of Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester.
  
  Eva de Redvers, married Robert d' Oyly.
  
  Between 1151 and his death in 1155, Baldwin married Lucy de Clare. Lucy was assumed to have been the widow of Gilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of Hertford and a daughter of Ranulf earl of Chester.[5] However, Gilbert de Clare died unmarried and without issue in 1152. One source states that Lucy was the daughter of Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare and Adelisa of Chester. They were the parents of Gilbert de Clare, who died in 1152. Therefore, Lucy was a sister of Gilbert de Clare. A charter mentioning her late brother Gilbert de Clare, and her late husband Baldwin was given shortly after Baldwin's death.[7]
  
  The name de Redvers can also be found as de Reviers or Revières.
  
  === Ancestral roots of Sixty Colonists pg 66 ===
  Ancestral roots of Sixty Colonists pg 66 by Frederick Lewis Weis Baltimore Genealogical Pub. 1964
  
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  Baldwin de Reviers, son of Richard de Reviers, Lord of Reviers,Vernon, a nd Nehou (all in Normandy), supported the Empress Maudagainst King Steph en in the period known as the Anarchy following thedeath of Henry I and w as by her created Earl of Devon c1141. The nameof Reviers was subsequent ly corrupted to Redvers. As well as holdingthe Earldom of Devon the de Re vierses were Lords of the Isle ofWight. [Burke's Peerage]
  
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  EARLDOM OF DEVON (I) 1141
  
  BALDWIN DE REVIERS, son and heir of Richard DE REVIERs. On the rumourof t he King's
  death, in April 1136, he was one of the first to break into revolt.Seizi ng the royal castle of Exeter, he sustained a long siege by theKing, a nd was ultimately allowed to withdraw his forces on giving upthe castl e. The King then proceeded to the Isle of Wight, tookpossession of the is land, and drove him, with his wife and children,into exile. He took refu ge at the Court of the Count of Anjou, andsoon afterwards conducted a suc cessful raid into Normandy. About Lent1138 he was taken prisoner in Norma ndy by Enguerrand de Say, apartisan of King Stephen. He returned to Engla nd in -the autumn of1139, shortly before the arrival of the Empress Mau d, and, landing atWareham, seized the castle of Corfe. This he defended s uccessfullyagainst the King, forcing him eventually to raise the sieg e. By theEmpress he was created EARL OF DEVON, probably in 1141, and cert ainlybefore Midsummer in that year. He married Adelise. He died 4 June 1155, and was buried (as was his said wife) in Quarr Abbey, which he hadfou nded in 1132. [Complete Peerage IV:311-2, (transcribed by DaveUtzinger)]
  
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  Baldwin de Redvers, 2nd Earl of Devon. This nobleman, upon the demiseof K ing Henry I, espousing the cause of the Empress Maud, took uparms and imm ediately fortified his castle of Exeter and the Isle ofWight; but, bei ng besieged by King Stephen, he was obliged tosurrender the castle and a ll his other possessions and to withdrawwith his family from the kingdo m. We find him, however, soon againreturning and in the enjoyment of t he Earldom of Devon; but, like hisfather, generally styled Earl of Exete r, from residing in the city,His lordship m. Lucia, dau. of Dru de Balu n, and had issue, Richard,his successor; William, surnamed de Verdon; a nd Maud. He d. in June,1155, and was s. by his son, Richard de Redvers, 3 rd Earl of Devon.[Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages, Burke 's Peerage,London, 1883, p. 140, Courtenay, Barons Courtenay, Earls of De von]
  
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  Baldwin de Redvers, Earl of Devonshire, who received some 150 lordships in Devonshire, Somerset and Dorset. In Domesday Book he is calledBaldw in of Exeter and Sheriff of Devon. He married Emma, cousin orniece of Wil liam I.
  
  Baldwin de Redvers was founder of Bremer Abbey, County Wilts, andQuarr Ab bey, County Hants. In April, 1136, there were rumors of thedeath of Ki ng Stephen, and on hearing this he was one of the first tobreak out in re volt. Seizing the royal castle of Exeter, he sustaineda long siege by t he King, and was ultimately allowed to withdraw hisforces on giving up t he castle. The King then proceeded to the Isleof Wight, took possessi on of the island, and drove him, with his wifeand children, into exile. B aldwin then took refuge at the court ofthe Count of Anjou, and soon after wards conducted a successful raidinto Normandy. About Lent, 1138, he w as taken prisoner in Normandy byEnguerrard de Say, a partisan of King Ste phen. He returned to Englandin the autumn of 1139, shortly before the arr ival of the EmpressMaud, and landing at Warham, seized the castle of Corf e. This hedefended successfully against the King, forcing him to eventual lyraise the siege. By the Empress Maud. (daughter of Henry I and moth erof Henry II) he was created Earl of Devonshire in the year 1141. Hemar ried 1st Adeliza, 2nd Lucia. His daughter Eve married AnchitelGrey.[hamptonacres.ged]
  
  1 NAME Baldwin De /Redvers/
  2 GIVN Baldwin De
  2 SURN Redvers
  2 NSFX 1st Earl Of Devon
  
  Baldwin de Reviers, son of Richard de Reviers, Lord of Reviers,Vernon, and Nehou (all in Nor mandy), supported the Empress Maudagainst King Stephen in the period known as the Anarchy fo llowing thedeath of Henry I and was by her created Earl of Devon c1141. The nameof Revier s was subsequently corrupted to Redvers. As well as holdingthe Earldom of Devon the de Revi erses were Lords of the Isle ofWight. [Burke's Peerage]
  
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  EARLDOM OF DEVON (I)
  
  BALDWIN DE REVIERS, son and heir of Richard DE REVIERs. On the rumourof the King's
  death, in April 1136, he was one of the first to break into revolt.Seizing the royal castl e of Exeter, he sustained a long siege by theKing, and was ultimately allowed to withdraw hi s forces on giving upthe castle. The King then proceeded to the Isle of Wight, tookpossessi on of the island, and drove him, with his wife and children,into exile. He took refuge at th e Court of the Count of Anjou, andsoon afterwards conducted a successful raid into Normandy . About Lent1138 he was taken prisoner in Normandy by Enguerrand de Say, apartisan of Kin g Stephen. He returned to England in -the autumn of1139,
  shortly before the arrival of the Empress Maud, and, landing atWareham, seized the castle o f Corfe. This he defended successfullyagainst the King, forcing him eventually to raise th e siege. By theEmpress he was created EARL OF DEVON, probably in 1141, and certainlybefor e Midsummer in that year. He married Adelise. He died 4 June1155, and was buried (as was hi s said wife) in Quarr Abbey, which hehad founded in 1132. [Complete Peerage IV:311-2, (trans cribed by DaveUtzinger)]
  
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  Baldwin de Redvers, 2nd Earl of Devon. This nobleman, upon the demiseof King Henry I, espous ing the cause of the Empress Maud, took uparms and immediately fortified his castle of Exete r and the Isle ofWight; but, being besieged by King Stephen, he was obliged tosurrender th e castle and all his other possessions and to withdrawwith his family from the kingdom. We f ind him, however, soon againreturning and in the enjoyment of the Earldom of Devon; but, lik e hisfather, generally styled Earl of Exeter, from residing in the city,His lordship m. Luc ia, dau. of Dru de Balun, and had issue, Richard,his successor; William, surnamed de Verdon ; and Maud. He d. in June,1155, and was s. by his son, Richard de Redvers, 3rd Earl of Devon .[Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage,London, 1883, p. 140, Co urtenay, Barons Courtenay, Earls of Devon]
  
  === BIOGRAPHY: Baldwin de Redvers, Earl of D ===
  BIOGRAPHY: Baldwin de Redvers, Earl of Devonshire, who received some 150lordships in Devonshire, Somerset and Dorset. In Domesday Book he iscalled Baldwin of Exeter and Sheriff of Devon. He married Emma, cousin orniece of William I. BIOGRAPHY: Baldwin de Redvers was founder of Bremer Abbey, County Wilts,and Quarr Abbey, County Hants. In April, 1136, there were rumors of thedeath of King Stephen, and on hearing this he was one of the first tobreak out in revolt. Seizing the royal castle of Exeter, he sustained along siege by the King, and was ultimately allowed to withdraw his forceson giving up the castle. The King then proceeded to the Isle of Wight,took possession of the island, and drove him, with his wife and children,into exile. Baldwin then took refuge at the court of the Count of Anjou,and soon afterwards conducted a successful raid into Normandy. AboutLent, 1138, he was taken prisoner in Normandy by Enguerrard de Say, apartisan of King Stephen. He returned to England in the autumn of 1139,shortly before the arrival of the Empress Maud, and landing at Warham,seized the castle of Corfe. This he defended successfully against theKing, forcing him to eventually raise the siege. By the Empress Maud.(daughter of Henry I and mother of Henry II) he was created Earl ofDevonshire in the year 1141. He married 1st Adeliza, 2nd Lucia. Hisdaughter Eve married Anchitel Grey.
  
  === Baldwin de Reviers, son of Richard de R ===
  Baldwin de Reviers, son of Richard de Reviers, Lord of Revi ers, Vernon,and Nehou (all in Norm andy), supported the Emp ress Maud against KingStephen in the period known as the An archy foll owing the death of Henry Iand was by her create d Earl of Devon c1141. The name of Reviers wa ssubsequentl y corrupted to Redvers. As well as holding the Earldom ofD evon the de Revierse s were Lords of the Isle of Wight. [Bu rke's Peerage] ------------------------------------------------------- Baldwin de Redvers, 2nd Earl of Devon. This nobleman, upo n the demise ofKing Henry I, espousi ng the cause of the Em press Maud, took up arms andimmediately fortified his castl e of Exete r and the Isle of Wight; but,being besieged by K ing Stephen, he was obliged to surrender th e castleand al l his other possessions and to withdraw with his family fro m thekingdom. We fin d him, however, soon again returning a nd in the enjoymentof the Earldom of Devon; but, like h i s father, generally styled Earl ofExeter, from residing i n the city, His lordship m. Lucia , dau. of Dru deBalun, an d had issue, Richard, his successor; William, surnamed deVe rdon; an d Maud. He d. in June, 1155, and was s. by his son , Richard deRedvers, 3rd Earl of Devon. [Si r Bernard Burke , Dormant and ExtinctPeerages, Burke's Peerage, London, 188 3, p. 140, Courtena y, BaronsCourtenay, Earls of Devon] Baldwin de Reviers, son of Richard de Reviers, Lord of Revi ers, Vernon,and Nehou (all in Norm andy), supported the Emp ress Maud against KingStephen in the period known as the An archy foll owing the death of Henry Iand was by her create d Earl of Devon c1141. The name of Reviers wa ssubsequentl y corrupted to Redvers. As well as holding the Earldom ofD evon the de Revierse s were Lords of the Isle of Wight. [Bu rke's Peerage] ------------------------------------------------------- Baldwin de Redvers, 2nd Earl of Devon. This nobleman, upo n the demise ofKing Henry I, espousi ng the cause of the Em press Maud, took up arms andimmediately fortified his castl e of Exete r and the Isle of Wight; but,being besieged by K ing Stephen, he was obliged to surrender th e castleand al l his other possessions and to withdraw with his family fro m thekingdom. We fin d him, however, soon again returning a nd in the enjoymentof the Earldom of Devon; but, like h i s father, generally styled Earl ofExeter, from residing i n the city, His lordship m. Lucia , dau. of Dru deBalun, an d had issue, Richard, his successor; William, surnamed deVe rdon; an d Maud. He d. in June, 1155, and was s. by his son , Richard deRedvers, 3rd Earl of Devon. [Si r Bernard Burke , Dormant and ExtinctPeerages, Burke's Peerage, London, 188 3, p. 140, Courtena y, BaronsCourtenay, Earls of Devon] this is for your use,please do not copy it to any data bas e used to make money. i am glad to share it with you rober t lord !GENERAL:Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7t h Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, addition s by Walter Le e Shippard Jr, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonist s, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, addition s by Walt er Lee Shippard Jr, 50-27 !GENERAL:Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charl es Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999, Burke's Peerage & Baroneta ge, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999, 832 !GENERAL:GEDCOM file imported on 24 Mar 2003., GEDCOM fil e imported on 24 Mar 2003.
  
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  “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
  “RICHARD FITZ GILBERT (also known as RICHARD DE CLARE), of Clare, Suffolk, Tonbridge, Kent, and Cardigan, son and heir. He married ALICE (or ALICIA) OF CHESTER, daughter of Ranulph le Meschin, Earl of Chester, by his wife, Lucy. They had three sons, Gilbert [Earl of Hertford], Roger [Earl of Hertford (or Clare)], and Richard, and two daughters, Alice and Rohese. In 1124 he removed the Priory of Clare, Suffolk from its original site to Stoke by Clare, a few miles away, and rebuilt the church and monastic buildings for the monks. In 1130 he had pardons from exactions in four counties; the king also assisted him in the matter of a large debt to the Jewish moneylenders of London. He rebuilt the clas church of Llanbadarn Fawr, which his father had given to Gloucester Abbey, as a priory of the house. He founded a priory at Tonbridge, Kent. He was also active as a patron of Cardigan Priory. RICHARD FITZ GILBERT, lord of Clare, was surprised and slain by the Welsh, near Abergavenny 15 April 1136, and was buried at the Chapter House at Gloucester. Sometime before 1143 his widow, Alice, was rescued from the Welsh by Miles of Gloucester. About 1148 she gave the mill of Taddewell to the monks of St. Peter, Gloucester for the soul of her late husband, Richard Fitz Gilbert; this gift was confirmed by King Henry II in 1153-4.
  Clutterbuck Hist. & Antiqs. of Hertford 3 (1827): 225-226 (Clare ped.). Coll. Top. et Gen. 1 (1834): 388. Lipscomb Hist. & Antiqs. of Buckingham 1 (1847): 200-201 (Clare ped.). Hart Historia et Cartularium Monasterii Sancti Petri Gloucestria 1 (1863): 104 (undated record that Alice, sister of Ranulph, Earl of Chester, gave the mill of Taddewell for the soul of Richard Fitz Gilbert her husband in the time of Abbot Hamelin [i.e., c. 1148]). Jour. British Arch. Assoc. 26 (1870): 149-160. Arch. Jour. 2nd Ser. 6 (1899): 221-231. Copinger Manors of Suffolk 1 (1905): 45-46 ("Gilbert Lord of Tonbridge died about 1091 and the manor passed with most of the estates to Richard who was taken prisoner by Robert de Beleswe at the siege of Couci in 1091 and is erroneously stated to have died from the effects of his incarceration which was the result. He was the first of the family who bore the title of Earl of Hertford. He acquired vast possessions in Wales as the result of a long continued warfare which he waged somewhat on his own account there. He was in 1136 killed in a combat with the Welsh chieftains Joworth and his brother Morgan-ap-Owen in a woody tract called 'the ill-way of Coed Grano,' near the Abbey of Llanthony."). C.P. 3 (1913):243 (sub Clare), 6:498-499, 10 (1945): 441 (author identifies Alice de Tonbridge, wife of William de Percy, on chronological grounds as more likely to be the daughter of Richard Fitz Gilbert; instead of the suggestion made by Round [see preceding generation] that her father was Richard's father Gilbert, who, moreover, had a da. Alice who m. Aubrey de Vere). Marx ed. Gesta Normannorum Ducum (1914): 325-326 (Guillaume de Jumièges: "Ricardus autem duxit sororem comitis Rannulfi junioris, comitis Cestriae, et habuit ex ea tres filios: Gislebertum, qui ei successit et fratres ejus."), 331 (Guillaume de Jumièges: "Hujus autem Rannulfi sororem duxit Ricardus, filius Gisleberti; ex qua suscepit tres filios."). Delisle Recueil des Actes de Henri Ill (1916): 67-68 (confirmation charter of King Henry II dated 1153 4). Paget (1957) 130:4-5 (Founder of Stoke-Clare Priory; slain near Brecknock, being ambushed and surprised by Jorwerth, brother of Morgan of Caerleon). Harper-Bill Stoke by Clare Cartulary 1 (Suffolk Charters 4) (1982): 30-31 (confirmation charter of Richard Fitz Gilbert, lord of Clare dated 1124-36). Rohan Domesday Descendants (2002): 399. Tanner Fams., Friends, & Allies (2004): 316 (Clare ped).
  Children of Richard Fitz Gilbert, by Alice of Chester:
  i. GILBERT DE CLARE, Lord of Clare, etc., son and heir, born before 1115; hostage for his uncle Ranulph, Earl of Chester; succeeded his father in the great family estates (which, besides the honour of Clare, included Tonbridge Castle), 15 April 1136. He married LUCY ___. They had no issue. He was created Earl of Hertford probably by King Stephen in (?1138). He and his uncle, Baldwin Fitz Gilbert, witnessed a charter for King Stephen in 1142. He witnessed a charter of his uncle, Gilbert, Earl of Pembroke, c.1147-8. GILBERT DE CLARE, 1st Earl of Hertford, died between 1151 and 1153, and was buried at Clare Priory. His widow, Lucy, married (2nd) between 1151/1155 (as his 2nd wife) BALDWIN DE REDVERS, in Earl of Devon (died 4 June 1155). Clutterbuck Hist. & Antiqs. of Hertford 3 (1827): 225-226 (Clare ped). Lipscomb Hist. & Antiqs. of Buckingham 1 (1847): 200-201 (Clare ped.). Jour. of the British Arch. Assoc. 26 (1870): 149-160. Copinger Manors of Suffolk 1(1905): 45-46. C.P. 3 (1913): 244 (sub Clare); 4 (1916): 311-312 (sub Devon); 6 (1926): 498-499 (sub Hertford) ("The Earl of Hertford's wife is unknown: he is generally supposed not to have married"). Leys Sandford Cartulary 1 (Oxfordshire Rec. Soc. 19) (1938): 35; 2 (Oxfordshire Rec. Soc. 22) (1941): 229 (charter of Gilbert, Earl of Pembroke dated c.1147-8; charter witnessed by [his nephew] Earl Gilbert de Clare). Ellis Cat. Seals in the P.R.O. 2 (1981): 25 (seal of Gilbert, Earl of Clare dated 1139-49 - On horseback, riding to the right. He wears chain mail and conical helmet with nasal, and holds a drawn sword and a shield charged with chevrons of which half only are visible.). Harper-Bill Stoke by Clare Cartulary 1 (Suffolk Charters. 4) (1982): 49-50. Beaman Charters of the Redvers Family & the Earldom of Devon, 1090-1217 (Devon & Cornwall Rec. Soc. n.s. 37) (1994): 5-11, 44, 80-82, 84-85.
  ii. ROGER DE CLARE (otherwise ROGER FITZ RICHARD), 2nd Earl of Hertford [see next].
  iii. ALICE DE CLARE, married before 1151 CADWALADR AP GRUFFUDD AP CYNAN, Prince of North Wales, of Cynfael, Meirion, younger son of Gruffudd ap Cynan, by Angharad, daughter of Owain ab Edwin. They had four sons, Cunedda (or Conan), Randwlff, Gruffudd, and Richard. During his father's lifetime he accompanied his elder brother, Owain, on many predatory excursions against rival princes. In 1121 they ravaged Meirionydd, and apparently conquered it. In 1135 and 1136 they led three successful expeditions to Ceredigion, and managed to get possession of at least the northern portion of that district. In 1137 Owain succeeded, on Gruffudd ap Cynan's death, to the sovereignty of Gwynedd or North Wales. Cadwaladr appears to have found his portion in his former conquests of Meirionydd and northern Ceredigion. The intruder from Gwynedd soon became involved in feuds both with his south Welsh neighbours and with his family. In 1143 his men slew Anarawd, son of Gruffudd of South Wales, to whom Owain Gwynedd had promised his daughter in marriage. Repudiated by his brother, who sent his son Howel to ravage his share of Ceredigion and to attack his castle of Aberystwith, Cadwaladr fled to Ireland, whence he returned next year with a fleet of Irish Danes, to wreak vengeance on Owain. The fleet had already landed at the mouth of the Menai Straits when the intervention of the `goodmen' of Gwynedd reconciled the brothers. Disgusted at what they probably regarded as treachery, the Irish pirates seized and blinded Cadwaladr, and only released him on the payment of a heavy ransom of 2,000 bondmen (some of the chroniclers say cattle). Their attempt to plunder the country was successfully resisted by Owain. In 1146, however, fresh hostilities broke out between Cadwaladr and his brother's sons Howel and Cynan. They invaded Meirionydd and captured his castle of Cynvael, despite the valiant resistance of his steward, Morvran, abbot of Whitland. This disaster lost Cadwaladr Meirionydd, and so hard was he pressed that, despite his building a castle at Llanrhystyd in Ceredigion (1148), he was compelled to surrender his possessions in that district to his son, apparently in hope of a compromise; but Howel next year captured his cousin and conquered his territory, while the brothers of the murdered Anarawd profited by the dissensions of the princes of Gwynedd to conquer Ceredigion as far north as the Aeron, and soon extended their conquests into Howel's recent acquisitions. Meanwhile Cadwaladr was expelled by Owain from his last refuge in Mona. Cadwaladr now seems to have taken refuge with the English, with whom, if we may believe a late authority, his marriage with a lady of the house of Clare had already connected him (Powel, History of Cambria, p. 232, ed. 1584). The death of Stephen put an end to the long period of Welsh freedom under which Cadwaladr had grown up. In 1156 he was temporarily granted an estate at Ness, Shropshire worth £7 a year. In 1157 Henry II's first expedition to Wales, though by no means a brilliant success, was able to effect Cadwaladr's restoration to his old dominions. Despite his blindness, Cadwaladr had not lost his energy. In 1158 he joined the marcher lords and his nephews in an expedition against Rhys ap Gruffudd of South Wales. In 1165 Cadwaladr took part in the general resistance to Henry II's third expedition to Wales. In 1169 the death of Owain Gwynedd probably weakened his position. In March 1172 Cadwaladr himself died, and was buried in the same tomb as Owain, before the high altar of Bangor Cathedral (Gir. Cambr. It. Camb. in Op. (Rolls ed.), iii. 133). In 1156 he was temporarily granted an estate at Ness, Shropshire worth £7 a year. He died in 1172, and was buried before the high altar of Bangor Cathedral. Wynn Hist. of the Gnydir Fam. (1827): 20. Price Hanes Cymru (1942): 549 (charter of Cadwalader brother of Owain to Haughmond Abbey). Dwnn Heraldic Vis. of Wales 2 (1846): 17 ("Kynneda a Rickart a Randiolff, meibion oeddynt hwy y Gydwaladr ab Grh ab Kynan o Adles vh larll Kaer y mam hwyntey."). Lips
  
  === Note: Baldwin de Redvers was founder of ===
  Note: Baldwin de Redvers was founder of Bremer Abbey, Count y Wilts, and Quarr Abbey, County Hants. In April, 1136, the re were rumors of the death of King Stephen, and on hearin g this he was one of the first to break out in revolt. Seiz ing the royal castle of Exeter, he sustained a long siege b y the King, and was ultimately allowed to withdraw his forc es on giving up the castle. The King then proceeded to th e Isle of Wight, took possession of the island, and drove h im, with his wife and children, into exile. Baldwin then to ok refuge at the court of the Count of Anjou, and soon afte rwards conducted a successful raid into Normandy. About Len t, 1138, he was taken prisoner in Normandy by Enguerrard d e Say, a partisan of King Stephen. He returned to England i n the autumn of 1139, shortly before the arrival of the Emp ress Maud, and landing at Warham, seized the castle of Corf e. This he defended successfully against the King, forcin g him to eventually raise the siege. By the Empress Maud. ( daughter of Henry I and mother of Henry II) he was create d Earl of Devonshire in the year 1141. He married 1st Adeli za, 2nd Lucia. His daughter Eve married Anchitel Grey.
  
  === Royal Ancestry by Douglas Richardson #1 ===
  “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
  “MABEL OF MEULAN, married WILLIAM DE VERNON (or DE RIVIERS, DE RIVERS), 5th Earl of Devon, of Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight, Exminster and Plympton, Devon, Christchurch, Hampshire, Crewkerne, Somerset, etc., younger son of Baldwin de Reviers, 1st Earl of Devon, by his wife, Adelise. They had one son, Baldwin, and two daughters, Mary and Joan. Sometime before 1188 he granted land and a house in Yarmouth, Hampshire to William Maskerel to make a hospital. He was heir in 1193 to his nephew, Richard de Reviers, 4th Earl of Devon. In the period, c.1193-1208, he confirmed earlier gifts of the advowsons of the churches of llsington, Stokeinteignhead, and Ugborough, Devon to Plympton Priory. He also either gave or confirmed to Plympton Priory the chapel of St. Mary in his castle at Plympton, Devon. In 1194 King Richard I granted him the tertius denarius of Devon as his father Baldwin and predecessor Richard had held it. He attended the second coronation of King Richard I in 1194, where he was one of four nobles who supported the silken canopy over the king. His wife, Mabel, was living 1 May 1204. In 1206 he sued Robert, Prior of Plympton regarding the advowson of the church of Exminster, Devon. WILLIAM DE VERNON, 5th Earl of Devon, died 10 Sept. 1217.
  Brooke Discoverie of Certaine Errours (1724): 75-76, 112. Topographer 2 (1790): 288-291. Placitorum in Domo Capitulari Westmonasteriensi Asservatorum Abbrevatio (1811): 1. Risdon Chorographical Desc. or Survry of the County of Devon (1811): 356-357. Burke Gen'l & Heraldic Dict. of the Peerages of England, Ireland & Scotland (1831): 142-146 (sub Courtenay). Ferrey Antiqs. of the Priory of Christ-Church, Hants (1834): 6-7. Coll Top. et Gen. 2 (1835): 390. Guilrneth Histoire de la Ville et des Environs d'Elbeuf (1842): 393-467. Westcote View of Devonshire in MDC.,00C (1845): 421. Dugdale Monasticon Anglicanum 5 (1846): 377-382 (Ford Abbey, Fundationis et Fundatorum Historia: "Anno itaque sequenti, quarto idus Septembris [10 Septembert obiit idem comes Willielmus."); 6(2) (1830): 843 (charter of William de Vernon dated pre-May 1188), 843-844 (charter of William de Vernon), 843-844 (confirmation charter of William de Vernon dated pre-1194). Stapleton De Antiquis Legibus Liber Cronica Maiorum et Vicecomitum Londoniarum (Camden Soc. 34) (1846): lvii. Lipscomb Hist. & Antiqs. of Buckingham 1 (1847): 464-466. Jour. British Arch. Assoc. 11(1855): 213-227. Adams Hist., Topog., & Antiqs. of the Isle of Wight (1856): 132-133. Collectanea Archaologica 1 (1862): 263-284. Western Antiq. 1 (1882): 37. Clark Mediæval Military Arch. in England 1 (1884): 390-391. Worthy Hist. of the Suburbs of Exeter (1885): 61-62, 81-82. Notes & Gleanings 2 (1889): 65-68. Worthy Practical Docs. Heraldry (1889): 193-195 (seal of William de Vernon, 6th Earl of Devon - "The device on his seal to an undated deed ... consists of three Roundles, and over them a label of three points."). MSS of the Duke of Somerset, the Marquis of Ailesbury & the Rev. Sir T.H.G. Puleston, Bart. (Hist. MSS Comm. 43) (1898): 133. Round Cal. Docs. Preserved in France 1 (1899): 321 (charter of William de Vernon, Earl of Devon dated c.1196; charter names his wife, Mabel, and his grandmother, Adeliz de Rivers), 322. Depoin Cartulaire de l'Abbaye de St-Martin de Pontoise 3 (1901): 306-327. Bones Hist. du Canton de Meulan 1 (1906): 25-38. Guilloreau Cartulaire de Loders (1908): 19-20 (charter of William de Vernon, Earl of Devon dated c.1196; charter names his wife, Mabel, and his grandmother, Adeliz de Rivers), 20 (letter of William, Earl of Devon to Hubert Walter, Archbishop of Canterbury; letter names his grandmother, Adelicia de Rivers). C.P. 4 (1916): 771; 7 (1929): Appendix I, 740, footnote i (sub Counts of Meulan). D.N.B. 16 (1909): 828-829 (sub Redvers, Fam. of). Lays Sandford Cartulary 2 (Oxfordshire Rec. Soc. 22) (1941): 200-201 (charter of William de Vernon dated pre-May 1188), 203-204 (confirmation charter of William de Vernon dated pre-1194). Paget Baronage of England (1957) 466: 3-4. Seversmith Col. Fams. of Long Island 5 (1958): 2440-2442. Sanders English Baronies (1960): 137-138. Hockey Quarr Abbey & its Lands, 1132-1631 (1970): 39, 61, 67, 85, 126. Bearman Charters of the Redvers Fam. & the Earldom of Devon, 1090-1217 (Devon & Cornwall Soc. n.s. 37) (1994). Power Norman Frontier in the 12th & Early 13th Cents. (2004): 245-246, 509 (Malian. ped.). Hanna Christchurch Priory Cartulary (Hampshire Rec. Ser. 18) (2007): 217 (charter of William de Vemun, Earl of Devon dated c.1193-1208; charter witnessed by Countess Mabel and Peter Meulent), 226 (charter of William de Redveriis, Earl of Devon dated 1194). Fizzard Plympton Priory (2008): 61, 82, 92-93 ("William de Vernon ... continued the pattern of patronage ... the majority of his charters, both confirmations and original gifts, were made to Christchurch Priory and Quarr Abbey, although he did issue a couple of confirmation charters to Plympton Priory ... [His charters] also record gifts and confirmations to the houses of Montebourg, Carisbrooke, Breamore, and Lyre as well as to the Knights Templar."), 113-114.
  Children of Mabel of Meulan, by William de Vernon:
  i. MARY DE VERNON, married (1st) PETER DE PREAUX, Knt., of Alton, Hampshire, Sudbury (in West Ham), Essex, etc. [see COURTENAY 3]; (2nd) ROBERT DE COURTENAY, Knt., of Okehampton, Devon [see COURTENAY 3].
  ii. JOAN DE VERNON, married WILLIAM BRIWERRE, Knt., of Horsley, Derbyshire, Odcombe, Somerset, etc. [see BRIWERRE 3.ii].”
  
  === The complete Peerage vol,IV. p311-312 ===
  The complete Peerage vol,IV. p311-312
  
  === !SOURCE: Ancestral Roots 7th Edition 50 ===
  !SOURCE: Ancestral Roots 7th Edition 50-27.
  
  === !Complete Peerage, Sorely Pedigree. ===
  !Complete Peerage, Sorely Pedigree.
  
  === !children-1 Richard De Rivers jnh2-bg b ===
  !children-1 Richard De Rivers jnh2-bg b abt 1135 Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England D 21 apr 1162 bur Christ church Isle of Wight, hampshire, England m Denise Hawise jnh2-7x abt 1158 Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England 2 Henry De Rivers jnh2-cm b abt 1142 Isle of Wight, Hampshire, Englandd 3 William De Rivers jnh2-1j b abt 1150 Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England d 10 sep 1217 bur Christ Church Isle of Wight Hampshire, England m Mabirie Mable Beaumont jnh2-zq aabt 1199 Isle of wight,, Hampshire, England
  
  === 1. Source: "Ancestry of Roger Ludlow" b ===
  1. Source: "Ancestry of Roger Ludlow" by Seversmith, pp. 2,441-42. 2. Was Earl of Devon, and was the first Earl of Devon. 3. "On the rumor of the death of King Stephen in Apr 1136, Baldwin was one of the first to break into revolt. He seized the royal castle of Exeter, and sustained a long siege by the king. Baldwin was ultimately allowed to withdraw his forces on giving up the castle. Stephen then proceeded to the Isle of Wight, took possession of the island, & drove Baldwin with his wife and children into exile. The latter took refuge at the court of the count of Anjou, and soon afterwards Baldwin conducted a successful raid into Normandy. About Lent, 1138 he was taken prisoner in Normandy by Enguerrand de Say, a partisan of King Stephen. He returned to England in the autumn of 1139, shortly before the arrival of the empress Matilda; and landing at Wareham, he seized the castle of Corfe. This he defended successfully against king Stephen, forcing him eventually to raise the siege. Baldwin was created the first earl of Devon, probably in 1141." (p. 2,442).
  === Life Sketch ===
  FATHER:
  Baldwin de Redvers, 1st Earl of Devon, feudal baron of Plympton in Devon, was the son of Richard de Redvers and his wife Adeline Peverell.
  
  He was one of the first to rebel against King Stephen, and was the only first rank magnate never to accept the new king.
  
  Wikipedia
  Born: Isle of Wight
  Died: June 4, 1155, Quarr Abbey
  
  Parents: Richard de Redvers
  
  Children:
  William de Redvers, 5th Earl of Devon, Richard de Redvers, 2nd Earl of Devon
  
  Grandchildren: Baldwin de Redvers, 3rd Earl of Devon, Richard de Redvers, 4th Earl of Devon
  
  The post-Norman earldom
  The first Earl of Devon was Baldwin de Redvers (c. 1095–1155) son of Richard de Redvers (d.1107),[6] feudal baron of Plympton, Devon, one of the principal supporters of King Henry I (1100–1135). It was believed by some that Richard de Redvers had in fact been created the first Earl of Devon, and although in the past this caused confusion concerning the numerical ordering of the Earls of Devon, the point is now more clearly settled in favour of Baldwin as the first. Baldwin de Redvers was a great noble in Devon and the Isle of Wight, where his seat was Carisbrooke Castle, and was one of the first to rebel against King Stephen (1135–1154). He seized Exeter Castle, and mounted naval raids from Carisbrooke, but was driven out of England to Anjou, France, where he joined the Empress Matilda.
  
  She created him Earl of Devon after she established herself in England, probably in early 1141.
  
  Baldwin de Redvers, 1st Earl of Devon, was succeeded by his son, Richard de Redvers, 2nd Earl of Devon, and grandson, Baldwin de Redvers, 3rd Earl of Devon, and the latter was succeeded by his brother, Richard de Redvers, 4th Earl of Devon, who died without issue.
  
  William de Redvers, 5th Earl of Devon (d.1217) was the third son of Baldwin, the 1st Earl.
  
  He had only two children who left issue. His son Baldwin died 1 September 1216 at the age of sixteen, leaving his wife Margaret pregnant with Baldwin de Redvers, 6th Earl of Devon. King John (1199–1216) forced her to marry Falkes de Breauté, but she was rescued at the fall of Bedford Castle in 1224 and divorced from him, as having been in no true marriage. She is thus called Countess of Devon in several records.
  
  The fifth Earl's youngest daughter, Mary de Redvers, known as 'de Vernon', was eventually sole heiress of the 1141 Earldom. She married firstly, Pierre de Preaux, and secondly, Robert de Courtenay (d.1242), feudal baron of Okehampton, Devon.
  
  The 6th Earl was succeeded by his son, Baldwin de Redvers, 7th Earl of Devon (d.1262), who died without progeny. His sister, Isabella de Forz, widow of William de Forz, 4th Earl of Albemarle, became Countess of Devon suo jure. Her children predeceased her and she had no grandchildren.
  
  Her lands were inherited by her second cousin once removed, Hugh de Courtenay (1276–1340), feudal baron of Okehampton, the great-grandson of Mary de Redvers and Robert de Courtenay (d.1242) of Okehampton. He descended from Renaud de Courtenay, anglicized to Reginald I de Courtenay, of Sutton, a French nobleman of the House of Courtenay who took up residence in England after the conquest and founded the English branch of the Courtenay family, who became Earls of Devon in 1335. The title is still held today, by his direct male descendant.
  
  BIO
  BIO: from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL1.htm#WilliamDevondied1217 as of 8/23/2016
  
  BALDWIN de Reviers, son of RICHARD Seigneur de Reviers & his wife Adelise Peverel ([
  
  === !#21> Complete Peerage-v4pt1-p311/2*,-v4 ===
  !#21> Complete Peerage-v4pt1-p311/2*,-v4pt2apndx(H)ped(VI),apndx(I)-p771ped, -v7-p669, (FHL 942 D22cok); !KIN> s & h; PROP> founded Quarr Abbey-1132;
  
  === Wikipedia ===
  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
  Baldwin de Redvers, 1st Earl of Devon[1] (died 4 June 1155), feudal baron of Plympton in Devon,[2] was the son of Richard de Redvers and his wife Adeline Peverel.
  
  He was one of the first to rebel against King Stephen, and was the only first rank magnate never to accept the new king.[3] He seized Exeter, and was a pirate out of Carisbrooke, but he was driven out of England to Anjou, where he joined the Empress Matilda. She made him Earl of Devon after she established herself in England, probably in early 1141.[4]
  
  He founded several monasteries, notably those of Quarr Abbey (1131), in the Isle of Wight, a priory at Breamore, Hampshire, and the Priory of St James, at Exeter. Some monastic chronicles call his father also Earl of Devon, but no contemporary record uses the title, including the monastic charters.
  
  Family and children[edit]
  He married Adelize Ballon (d. circa 1146).[5] They had children:
  
  Richard de Redvers, 2nd Earl of Devon. Married Denise de Dunstanville, the daughter of Reginald the first Earl of Cornwall.[6]
  
  Henry de Redvers
  
  William de Redvers, 5th Earl of Devon. Married Mabel de Beaumont.
  
  Matilda de Redvers, married to Anschetil de Greye.
  
  Maud de Redvers, married Ralph de Avenel.
  
  Alice de Redvers, married Roger II de Nonant.
  
  Hawise de Redvers, by 1147[5] married Robert FitzRobert, Castellan of Gloucester. Robert was an illegitimate son of Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester.
  
  Eva de Redvers, married Robert d' Oyly.
  
  Between 1151 and his death in 1155, Baldwin married Lucy de Clare. Lucy was assumed to have been the widow of Gilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of Hertford and a daughter of Ranulf earl of Chester.[5] However, Gilbert de Clare died unmarried and without issue in 1152. One source states that Lucy was the daughter of Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare and Adelisa of Chester. They were the parents of Gilbert de Clare, who died in 1152. Therefore, Lucy was a sister of Gilbert de Clare. A charter mentioning her late brother Gilbert de Clare, and her late husband Baldwin was given shortly after Baldwin's death.[7]
  
  The name de Redvers can also be found as de Reviers or Revières.
  
  === History of Rutland ===
  History of Rutland
  
  === !Brown book 5, P C 632. Cokayn's: Peerag ===
  !Brown book 5, P C 632. Cokayn's: Peerage: IV 317, 335, 673 and VII p520, 740. Note i. Waters: Essex Institute Proceedings: XVII. Visitation of Devon: 243.
  
  === !NOTE: Ancestors of John Walton Frank.; ===
  !NOTE: Ancestors of John Walton Frank.; ; ; ; ;
  
  === Royal Ancestry by Douglas Richardson #1 ===
  “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
  “MABEL OF MEULAN, married WILLIAM DE VERNON (or DE RIVIERS, DE RIVERS), 5th Earl of Devon, of Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight, Exminster and Plympton, Devon, Christchurch, Hampshire, Crewkerne, Somerset, etc., younger son of Baldwin de Reviers, 1st Earl of Devon, by his wife, Adelise. They had one son, Baldwin, and two daughters, Mary and Joan. Sometime before 1188 he granted land and a house in Yarmouth, Hampshire to William Maskerel to make a hospital. He was heir in 1193 to his nephew, Richard de Reviers, 4th Earl of Devon. In the period, c.1193-1208, he confirmed earlier gifts of the advowsons of the churches of llsington, Stokeinteignhead, and Ugborough, Devon to Plympton Priory. He also either gave or confirmed to Plympton Priory the chapel of St. Mary in his castle at Plympton, Devon. In 1194 King Richard I granted him the tertius denarius of Devon as his father Baldwin and predecessor Richard had held it. He attended the second coronation of King Richard I in 1194, where he was one of four nobles who supported the silken canopy over the king. His wife, Mabel, was living 1 May 1204. In 1206 he sued Robert, Prior of Plympton regarding the advowson of the church of Exminster, Devon. WILLIAM DE VERNON, 5th Earl of Devon, died 10 Sept. 1217.
  Brooke Discoverie of Certaine Errours (1724): 75-76, 112. Topographer 2 (1790): 288-291. Placitorum in Domo Capitulari Westmonasteriensi Asservatorum Abbrevatio (1811): 1. Risdon Chorographical Desc. or Survry of the County of Devon (1811): 356-357. Burke Gen'l & Heraldic Dict. of the Peerages of England, Ireland & Scotland (1831): 142-146 (sub Courtenay). Ferrey Antiqs. of the Priory of Christ-Church, Hants (1834): 6-7. Coll Top. et Gen. 2 (1835): 390. Guilrneth Histoire de la Ville et des Environs d'Elbeuf (1842): 393-467. Westcote View of Devonshire in MDC.,00C (1845): 421. Dugdale Monasticon Anglicanum 5 (1846): 377-382 (Ford Abbey, Fundationis et Fundatorum Historia: "Anno itaque sequenti, quarto idus Septembris [10 Septembert obiit idem comes Willielmus."); 6(2) (1830): 843 (charter of William de Vernon dated pre-May 1188), 843-844 (charter of William de Vernon), 843-844 (confirmation charter of William de Vernon dated pre-1194). Stapleton De Antiquis Legibus Liber Cronica Maiorum et Vicecomitum Londoniarum (Camden Soc. 34) (1846): lvii. Lipscomb Hist. & Antiqs. of Buckingham 1 (1847): 464-466. Jour. British Arch. Assoc. 11(1855): 213-227. Adams Hist., Topog., & Antiqs. of the Isle of Wight (1856): 132-133. Collectanea Archaologica 1 (1862): 263-284. Western Antiq. 1 (1882): 37. Clark Mediæval Military Arch. in England 1 (1884): 390-391. Worthy Hist. of the Suburbs of Exeter (1885): 61-62, 81-82. Notes & Gleanings 2 (1889): 65-68. Worthy Practical Docs. Heraldry (1889): 193-195 (seal of William de Vernon, 6th Earl of Devon - "The device on his seal to an undated deed ... consists of three Roundles, and over them a label of three points."). MSS of the Duke of Somerset, the Marquis of Ailesbury & the Rev. Sir T.H.G. Puleston, Bart. (Hist. MSS Comm. 43) (1898): 133. Round Cal. Docs. Preserved in France 1 (1899): 321 (charter of William de Vernon, Earl of Devon dated c.1196; charter names his wife, Mabel, and his grandmother, Adeliz de Rivers), 322. Depoin Cartulaire de l'Abbaye de St-Martin de Pontoise 3 (1901): 306-327. Bones Hist. du Canton de Meulan 1 (1906): 25-38. Guilloreau Cartulaire de Loders (1908): 19-20 (charter of William de Vernon, Earl of Devon dated c.1196; charter names his wife, Mabel, and his grandmother, Adeliz de Rivers), 20 (letter of William, Earl of Devon to Hubert Walter, Archbishop of Canterbury; letter names his grandmother, Adelicia de Rivers). C.P. 4 (1916): 771; 7 (1929): Appendix I, 740, footnote i (sub Counts of Meulan). D.N.B. 16 (1909): 828-829 (sub Redvers, Fam. of). Lays Sandford Cartulary 2 (Oxfordshire Rec. Soc. 22) (1941): 200-201 (charter of William de Vernon dated pre-May 1188), 203-204 (confirmation charter of William de Vernon dated pre-1194). Paget Baronage of England (1957) 466: 3-4. Seversmith Col. Fams. of Long Island 5 (1958): 2440-2442. Sanders English Baronies (1960): 137-138. Hockey Quarr Abbey & its Lands, 1132-1631 (1970): 39, 61, 67, 85, 126. Bearman Charters of the Redvers Fam. & the Earldom of Devon, 1090-1217 (Devon & Cornwall Soc. n.s. 37) (1994). Power Norman Frontier in the 12th & Early 13th Cents. (2004): 245-246, 509 (Malian. ped.). Hanna Christchurch Priory Cartulary (Hampshire Rec. Ser. 18) (2007): 217 (charter of William de Vemun, Earl of Devon dated c.1193-1208; charter witnessed by Countess Mabel and Peter Meulent), 226 (charter of William de Redveriis, Earl of Devon dated 1194). Fizzard Plympton Priory (2008): 61, 82, 92-93 ("William de Vernon ... continued the pattern of patronage ... the majority of his charters, both confirmations and original gifts, were made to Christchurch Priory and Quarr Abbey, although he did issue a couple of confirmation charters to Plympton Priory ... [His charters] also record gifts and confirmations to the houses of Montebourg, Carisbrooke, Breamore, and Lyre as well as to the Knights Templar."), 113-114.
  Children of Mabel of Meulan, by William de Vernon:
  i. MARY DE VERNON, married (1st) PETER DE PREAUX, Knt., of Alton, Hampshire, Sudbury (in West Ham), Essex, etc. [see COURTENAY 3]; (2nd) ROBERT DE COURTENAY, Knt., of Okehampton, Devon [see COURTENAY 3].
  ii. JOAN DE VERNON, married WILLIAM BRIWERRE, Knt., of Horsley, Derbyshire, Odcombe, Somerset, etc. [see BRIWERRE 3.ii].”
  
  === Baldwin de Redvers, 2nd Earl of Devon. T ===
  Baldwin de Redvers, 2nd Earl of Devon. This nobleman, upon the demise of King Henry I, espousing the cause of the Empress Maud, took up arms and immediately fortified his castle of Exeter and the Isle of Wight; but, being besieged by King Stephen, he was obliged to surrender the castle and all his other possessions and to withdraw with his family from the kingdom. We find him, however, soon again returning and in the enjoyment of the Earldom of Devon; but, like his father, generally styled Earl of Exeter, from residing in the city, His lordship m. Lucia, dau. of Dru de Balun, and had issue, Richard, his successor; William, surnamed de Verdon; and Maud. He d. in June, 1155, and was s. by his son, Richard de Redvers, 3rd Earl of Devon. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, London, 1883, p. 140, Courtenay, Barons Courtenay, Earls of Devon]
  
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  Baldwin de Reviers, son of Richard de Reviers, Lord of Reviers, Vernon, and Nehou (all in Normandy), supported the Empress Maud against King Stephen in the period known as the Anarchy following the death of Henry I and was by her created Earl of Devon c1141. The name of Reviers was subsequently corrupted to Redvers. As well as holding the Earldom of Devon the de Revierses were Lords of the Isle of Wight. [Burke's Peerage]
  
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  EARLDOM OF DEVON (I)
  
  BALDWIN DE REVIERS, son and heir of Richard DE REVIERs. On the rumour of the King's
  death, in April 1136, he was one of the first to break into revolt. Seizing the royal castle of Exeter, he sustained a long siege by the King, and was ultimately allowed to withdraw his forces on giving up the castle. The King then proceeded to the Isle of Wight, took possession of the island, and drove him, with his wife and children, into exile. He took refuge at the Court of the Count of Anjou, and soon afterwards conducted a successful raid into Normandy. About Lent 1138 he was taken prisoner in Normandy by Enguerrand de Say, a partisan of King Stephen. He returned to England in -the autumn of 1139,
  shortly before the arrival of the Empress Maud, and, landing at Wareham, seized the castle of Corfe. This he defended successfully against the King, forcing him eventually to raise the siege. By the Empress he was created EARL OF DEVON, probably in 1141, and certainly before Midsummer in that year. He married Adelise. He died 4 June 1155, and was buried (as was his said wife) in quarr Abbey, which he had founded in 1132. [Complete Peerage IV:311-2, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]
  
  === Royal Ancestry by Douglas Richardson #2 ===
  “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
  “RICHARD FITZ GILBERT (also known as RICHARD DE CLARE), of Clare, Suffolk, Tonbridge, Kent, and Cardigan, son and heir. He married ALICE (or ALICIA) OF CHESTER, daughter of Ranulph le Meschin, Earl of Chester, by his wife, Lucy. They had three sons, Gilbert [Earl of Hertford], Roger [Earl of Hertford (or Clare)], and Richard, and two daughters, Alice and Rohese. In 1124 he removed the Priory of Clare, Suffolk from its original site to Stoke by Clare, a few miles away, and rebuilt the church and monastic buildings for the monks. In 1130 he had pardons from exactions in four counties; the king also assisted him in the matter of a large debt to the Jewish moneylenders of London. He rebuilt the clas church of Llanbadarn Fawr, which his father had given to Gloucester Abbey, as a priory of the house. He founded a priory at Tonbridge, Kent. He was also active as a patron of Cardigan Priory. RICHARD FITZ GILBERT, lord of Clare, was surprised and slain by the Welsh, near Abergavenny 15 April 1136, and was buried at the Chapter House at Gloucester. Sometime before 1143 his widow, Alice, was rescued from the Welsh by Miles of Gloucester. About 1148 she gave the mill of Taddewell to the monks of St. Peter, Gloucester for the soul of her late husband, Richard Fitz Gilbert; this gift was confirmed by King Henry II in 1153-4.
  Clutterbuck Hist. & Antiqs. of Hertford 3 (1827): 225-226 (Clare ped.). Coll. Top. et Gen. 1 (1834): 388. Lipscomb Hist. & Antiqs. of Buckingham 1 (1847): 200-201 (Clare ped.). Hart Historia et Cartularium Monasterii Sancti Petri Gloucestria 1 (1863): 104 (undated record that Alice, sister of Ranulph, Earl of Chester, gave the mill of Taddewell for the soul of Richard Fitz Gilbert her husband in the time of Abbot Hamelin [i.e., c. 1148]). Jour. British Arch. Assoc. 26 (1870): 149-160. Arch. Jour. 2nd Ser. 6 (1899): 221-231. Copinger Manors of Suffolk 1 (1905): 45-46 ("Gilbert Lord of Tonbridge died about 1091 and the manor passed with most of the estates to Richard who was taken prisoner by Robert de Beleswe at the siege of Couci in 1091 and is erroneously stated to have died from the effects of his incarceration which was the result. He was the first of the family who bore the title of Earl of Hertford. He acquired vast possessions in Wales as the result of a long continued warfare which he waged somewhat on his own account there. He was in 1136 killed in a combat with the Welsh chieftains Joworth and his brother Morgan-ap-Owen in a woody tract called 'the ill-way of Coed Grano,' near the Abbey of Llanthony."). C.P. 3 (1913):243 (sub Clare), 6:498-499, 10 (1945): 441 (author identifies Alice de Tonbridge, wife of William de Percy, on chronological grounds as more likely to be the daughter of Richard Fitz Gilbert; instead of the suggestion made by Round [see preceding generation] that her father was Richard's father Gilbert, who, moreover, had a da. Alice who m. Aubrey de Vere). Marx ed. Gesta Normannorum Ducum (1914): 325-326 (Guillaume de Jumièges: "Ricardus autem duxit sororem comitis Rannulfi junioris, comitis Cestriae, et habuit ex ea tres filios: Gislebertum, qui ei successit et fratres ejus."), 331 (Guillaume de Jumièges: "Hujus autem Rannulfi sororem duxit Ricardus, filius Gisleberti; ex qua suscepit tres filios."). Delisle Recueil des Actes de Henri Ill (1916): 67-68 (confirmation charter of King Henry II dated 1153 4). Paget (1957) 130:4-5 (Founder of Stoke-Clare Priory; slain near Brecknock, being ambushed and surprised by Jorwerth, brother of Morgan of Caerleon). Harper-Bill Stoke by Clare Cartulary 1 (Suffolk Charters 4) (1982): 30-31 (confirmation charter of Richard Fitz Gilbert, lord of Clare dated 1124-36). Rohan Domesday Descendants (2002): 399. Tanner Fams., Friends, & Allies (2004): 316 (Clare ped).
  Children of Richard Fitz Gilbert, by Alice of Chester:
  i. GILBERT DE CLARE, Lord of Clare, etc., son and heir, born before 1115; hostage for his uncle Ranulph, Earl of Chester; succeeded his father in the great family estates (which, besides the honour of Clare, included Tonbridge Castle), 15 April 1136. He married LUCY ___. They had no issue. He was created Earl of Hertford probably by King Stephen in (?1138). He and his uncle, Baldwin Fitz Gilbert, witnessed a charter for King Stephen in 1142. He witnessed a charter of his uncle, Gilbert, Earl of Pembroke, c.1147-8. GILBERT DE CLARE, 1st Earl of Hertford, died between 1151 and 1153, and was buried at Clare Priory. His widow, Lucy, married (2nd) between 1151/1155 (as his 2nd wife) BALDWIN DE REDVERS, in Earl of Devon (died 4 June 1155). Clutterbuck Hist. & Antiqs. of Hertford 3 (1827): 225-226 (Clare ped). Lipscomb Hist. & Antiqs. of Buckingham 1 (1847): 200-201 (Clare ped.). Jour. of the British Arch. Assoc. 26 (1870): 149-160. Copinger Manors of Suffolk 1(1905): 45-46. C.P. 3 (1913): 244 (sub Clare); 4 (1916): 311-312 (sub Devon); 6 (1926): 498-499 (sub Hertford) ("The Earl of Hertford's wife is unknown: he is generally supposed not to have married"). Leys Sandford Cartulary 1 (Oxfordshire Rec. Soc. 19) (1938): 35; 2 (Oxfordshire Rec. Soc. 22) (1941): 229 (charter of Gilbert, Earl of Pembroke dated c.1147-8; charter witnessed by [his nephew] Earl Gilbert de Clare). Ellis Cat. Seals in the P.R.O. 2 (1981): 25 (seal of Gilbert, Earl of Clare dated 1139-49 - On horseback, riding to the right. He wears chain mail and conical helmet with nasal, and holds a drawn sword and a shield charged with chevrons of which half only are visible.). Harper-Bill Stoke by Clare Cartulary 1 (Suffolk Charters. 4) (1982): 49-50. Beaman Charters of the Redvers Family & the Earldom of Devon, 1090-1217 (Devon & Cornwall Rec. Soc. n.s. 37) (1994): 5-11, 44, 80-82, 84-85.
  ii. ROGER DE CLARE (otherwise ROGER FITZ RICHARD), 2nd Earl of Hertford [see next].
  iii. ALICE DE CLARE, married before 1151 CADWALADR AP GRUFFUDD AP CYNAN, Prince of North Wales, of Cynfael, Meirion, younger son of Gruffudd ap Cynan, by Angharad, daughter of Owain ab Edwin. They had four sons, Cunedda (or Conan), Randwlff, Gruffudd, and Richard. During his father's lifetime he accompanied his elder brother, Owain, on many predatory excursions against rival princes. In 1121 they ravaged Meirionydd, and apparently conquered it. In 1135 and 1136 they led three successful expeditions to Ceredigion, and managed to get possession of at least the northern portion of that district. In 1137 Owain succeeded, on Gruffudd ap Cynan's death, to the sovereignty of Gwynedd or North Wales. Cadwaladr appears to have found his portion in his former conquests of Meirionydd and northern Ceredigion. The intruder from Gwynedd soon became involved in feuds both with his south Welsh neighbours and with his family. In 1143 his men slew Anarawd, son of Gruffudd of South Wales, to whom Owain Gwynedd had promised his daughter in marriage. Repudiated by his brother, who sent his son Howel to ravage his share of Ceredigion and to attack his castle of Aberystwith, Cadwaladr fled to Ireland, whence he returned next year with a fleet of Irish Danes, to wreak vengeance on Owain. The fleet had already landed at the mouth of the Menai Straits when the intervention of the `goodmen' of Gwynedd reconciled the brothers. Disgusted at what they probably regarded as treachery, the Irish pirates seized and blinded Cadwaladr, and only released him on the payment of a heavy ransom of 2,000 bondmen (some of the chroniclers say cattle). Their attempt to plunder the country was successfully resisted by Owain. In 1146, however, fresh hostilities broke out between Cadwaladr and his brother's sons Howel and Cynan. They invaded Meirionydd and captured his castle of Cynvael, despite the valiant resistance of his steward, Morvran, abbot of Whitland. This disaster lost Cadwaladr Meirionydd, and so hard was he pressed that, despite his building a castle at Llanrhystyd in Ceredigion (1148), he was compelled to surrender his possessions in that district to his son, apparently in hope of a compromise; but Howel next year captured his cousin and conquered his territory, while the brothers of the murdered Anarawd profited by the dissensions of the princes of Gwynedd to conquer Ceredigion as far north as the Aeron, and soon extended their conquests into Howel's recent acquisitions. Meanwhile Cadwaladr was expelled by Owain from his last refuge in Mona. Cadwaladr now seems to have taken refuge with the English, with whom, if we may believe a late authority, his marriage with a lady of the house of Clare had already connected him (Powel, History of Cambria, p. 232, ed. 1584). The death of Stephen put an end to the long period of Welsh freedom under which Cadwaladr had grown up. In 1156 he was temporarily granted an estate at Ness, Shropshire worth £7 a year. In 1157 Henry II's first expedition to Wales, though by no means a brilliant success, was able to effect Cadwaladr's restoration to his old dominions. Despite his blindness, Cadwaladr had not lost his energy. In 1158 he joined the marcher lords and his nephews in an expedition against Rhys ap Gruffudd of South Wales. In 1165 Cadwaladr took part in the general resistance to Henry II's third expedition to Wales. In 1169 the death of Owain Gwynedd probably weakened his position. In March 1172 Cadwaladr himself died, and was buried in the same tomb as Owain, before the high altar of Bangor Cathedral (Gir. Cambr. It. Camb. in Op. (Rolls ed.), iii. 133). In 1156 he was temporarily granted an estate at Ness, Shropshire worth £7 a year. He died in 1172, and was buried before the high altar of Bangor Cathedral. Wynn Hist. of the Gnydir Fam. (1827): 20. Price Hanes Cymru (1942): 549 (charter of Cadwalader brother of Owain to Haughmond Abbey). Dwnn Heraldic Vis. of Wales 2 (1846): 17 ("Kynneda a Rickart a Randiolff, meibion oeddynt hwy y Gydwaladr ab Grh ab Kynan o Adles vh larll Kaer y mam hwyntey."). Lips
  
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  Baldwin de Reviers, son of Richard de Reviers, Lord of Revi ers, Vernon,and Nehou (all in Norm andy), supported the Emp ress Maud against KingStephen in the period known as the An archy foll owing the death of Henry Iand was by her create d Earl of Devon c1141. The name of Reviers wa ssubsequentl y corrupted to Redvers. As well as holding the Earldom ofD evon the de Revierse s were Lords of the Isle of Wight. [Bu rke's Peerage] ------------------------------------------------------- Baldwin de Redvers, 2nd Earl of Devon. This nobleman, upo n the demise ofKing Henry I, espousi ng the cause of the Em press Maud, took up arms andimmediately fortified his castl e of Exete r and the Isle of Wight; but,being besieged by K ing Stephen, he was obliged to surrender th e castleand al l his other possessions and to withdraw with his family fro m thekingdom. We fin d him, however, soon again returning a nd in the enjoymentof the Earldom of Devon; but, like h i s father, generally styled Earl ofExeter, from residing i n the city, His lordship m. Lucia , dau. of Dru deBalun, an d had issue, Richard, his successor; William, surnamed deVe rdon; an d Maud. He d. in June, 1155, and was s. by his son , Richard deRedvers, 3rd Earl of Devon. [Si r Bernard Burke , Dormant and ExtinctPeerages, Burke's Peerage, London, 188 3, p. 140, Courtena y, BaronsCourtenay, Earls of Devon] Baldwin de Reviers, son of Richard de Reviers, Lord of Revi ers, Vernon,and Nehou (all in Norm andy), supported the Emp ress Maud against KingStephen in the period known as the An archy foll owing the death of Henry Iand was by her create d Earl of Devon c1141. The name of Reviers wa ssubsequentl y corrupted to Redvers. As well as holding the Earldom ofD evon the de Revierse s were Lords of the Isle of Wight. [Bu rke's Peerage] ------------------------------------------------------- Baldwin de Redvers, 2nd Earl of Devon. This nobleman, upo n the demise ofKing Henry I, espousi ng the cause of the Em press Maud, took up arms andimmediately fortified his castl e of Exete r and the Isle of Wight; but,being besieged by K ing Stephen, he was obliged to surrender th e castleand al l his other possessions and to withdraw with his family fro m thekingdom. We fin d him, however, soon again returning a nd in the enjoymentof the Earldom of Devon; but, like h i s father, generally styled Earl ofExeter, from residing i n the city, His lordship m. Lucia , dau. of Dru deBalun, an d had issue, Richard, his successor; William, surnamed deVe rdon; an d Maud. He d. in June, 1155, and was s. by his son , Richard deRedvers, 3rd Earl of Devon. [Si r Bernard Burke , Dormant and ExtinctPeerages, Burke's Peerage, London, 188 3, p. 140, Courtena y, BaronsCourtenay, Earls of Devon] this is for your use,please do not copy it to any data bas e used to make money. i am glad to share it with you rober t lord !GENERAL:Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7t h Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, addition s by Walter Le e Shippard Jr, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonist s, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, addition s by Walt er Lee Shippard Jr, 50-27 !GENERAL:Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charl es Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999, Burke's Peerage & Baroneta ge, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999, 832 !GENERAL:GEDCOM file imported on 24 Mar 2003., GEDCOM fil e imported on 24 Mar 2003.
  
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  Baldwin de Reviers, son of Richard de Reviers, Lord of Reviers,Vernon, a nd Nehou (all in Normandy), supported the Empress Maudagainst King Steph en in the period known as the Anarchy following thedeath of Henry I and w as by her created Earl of Devon c1141. The nameof Reviers was subsequent ly corrupted to Redvers. As well as holdingthe Earldom of Devon the de Re vierses were Lords of the Isle ofWight. [Burke's Peerage]
  
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  EARLDOM OF DEVON (I) 1141
  
  BALDWIN DE REVIERS, son and heir of Richard DE REVIERs. On the rumourof t he King's
  death, in April 1136, he was one of the first to break into revolt.Seizi ng the royal castle of Exeter, he sustained a long siege by theKing, a nd was ultimately allowed to withdraw his forces on giving upthe castl e. The King then proceeded to the Isle of Wight, tookpossession of the is land, and drove him, with his wife and children,into exile. He took refu ge at the Court of the Count of Anjou, andsoon afterwards conducted a suc cessful raid into Normandy. About Lent1138 he was taken prisoner in Norma ndy by Enguerrand de Say, apartisan of King Stephen. He returned to Engla nd in -the autumn of1139, shortly before the arrival of the Empress Mau d, and, landing atWareham, seized the castle of Corfe. This he defended s uccessfullyagainst the King, forcing him eventually to raise the sieg e. By theEmpress he was created EARL OF DEVON, probably in 1141, and cert ainlybefore Midsummer in that year. He married Adelise. He died 4 June 1155, and was buried (as was his said wife) in Quarr Abbey, which he hadfou nded in 1132. [Complete Peerage IV:311-2, (transcribed by DaveUtzinger)]
  
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  Baldwin de Redvers, 2nd Earl of Devon. This nobleman, upon the demiseof K ing Henry I, espousing the cause of the Empress Maud, took uparms and imm ediately fortified his castle of Exeter and the Isle ofWight; but, bei ng besieged by King Stephen, he was obliged tosurrender the castle and a ll his other possessions and to withdrawwith his family from the kingdo m. We find him, however, soon againreturning and in the enjoyment of t he Earldom of Devon; but, like hisfather, generally styled Earl of Exete r, from residing in the city,His lordship m. Lucia, dau. of Dru de Balu n, and had issue, Richard,his successor; William, surnamed de Verdon; a nd Maud. He d. in June,1155, and was s. by his son, Richard de Redvers, 3 rd Earl of Devon.[Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages, Burke 's Peerage,London, 1883, p. 140, Courtenay, Barons Courtenay, Earls of De von]
  
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  Baldwin de Redvers, Earl of Devonshire, who received some 150 lordships in Devonshire, Somerset and Dorset. In Domesday Book he is calledBaldw in of Exeter and Sheriff of Devon. He married Emma, cousin orniece of Wil liam I.
  
  Baldwin de Redvers was founder of Bremer Abbey, County Wilts, andQuarr Ab bey, County Hants. In April, 1136, there were rumors of thedeath of Ki ng Stephen, and on hearing this he was one of the first tobreak out in re volt. Seizing the royal castle of Exeter, he sustaineda long siege by t he King, and was ultimately allowed to withdraw hisforces on giving up t he castle. The King then proceeded to the Isleof Wight, took possessi on of the island, and drove him, with his wifeand children, into exile. B aldwin then took refuge at the court ofthe Count of Anjou, and soon after wards conducted a successful raidinto Normandy. About Lent, 1138, he w as taken prisoner in Normandy byEnguerrard de Say, a partisan of King Ste phen. He returned to Englandin the autumn of 1139, shortly before the arr ival of the EmpressMaud, and landing at Warham, seized the castle of Corf e. This hedefended successfully against the King, forcing him to eventual lyraise the siege. By the Empress Maud. (daughter of Henry I and moth erof Henry II) he was created Earl of Devonshire in the year 1141. Hemar ried 1st Adeliza, 2nd Lucia. His daughter Eve married AnchitelGrey.[hamptonacres.ged]
  
  1 NAME Baldwin De /Redvers/
  2 GIVN Baldwin De
  2 SURN Redvers
  2 NSFX 1st Earl Of Devon
  
  Baldwin de Reviers, son of Richard de Reviers, Lord of Reviers,Vernon, and Nehou (all in Nor mandy), supported the Empress Maudagainst King Stephen in the period known as the Anarchy fo llowing thedeath of Henry I and was by her created Earl of Devon c1141. The nameof Revier s was subsequently corrupted to Redvers. As well as holdingthe Earldom of Devon the de Revi erses were Lords of the Isle ofWight. [Burke's Peerage]
  
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  EARLDOM OF DEVON (I)
  
  BALDWIN DE REVIERS, son and heir of Richard DE REVIERs. On the rumourof the King's
  death, in April 1136, he was one of the first to break into revolt.Seizing the royal castl e of Exeter, he sustained a long siege by theKing, and was ultimately allowed to withdraw hi s forces on giving upthe castle. The King then proceeded to the Isle of Wight, tookpossessi on of the island, and drove him, with his wife and children,into exile. He took refuge at th e Court of the Count of Anjou, andsoon afterwards conducted a successful raid into Normandy . About Lent1138 he was taken prisoner in Normandy by Enguerrand de Say, apartisan of Kin g Stephen. He returned to England in -the autumn of1139,
  shortly before the arrival of the Empress Maud, and, landing atWareham, seized the castle o f Corfe. This he defended successfullyagainst the King, forcing him eventually to raise th e siege. By theEmpress he was created EARL OF DEVON, probably in 1141, and certainlybefor e Midsummer in that year. He married Adelise. He died 4 June1155, and was buried (as was hi s said wife) in Quarr Abbey, which hehad founded in 1132. [Complete Peerage IV:311-2, (trans cribed by DaveUtzinger)]
  
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  Baldwin de Redvers, 2nd Earl of Devon. This nobleman, upon the demiseof King Henry I, espous ing the cause of the Empress Maud, took uparms and immediately fortified his castle of Exete r and the Isle ofWight; but, being besieged by King Stephen, he was obliged tosurrender th e castle and all his other possessions and to withdrawwith his family from the kingdom. We f ind him, however, soon againreturning and in the enjoyment of the Earldom of Devon; but, lik e hisfather, generally styled Earl of Exeter, from residing in the city,His lordship m. Luc ia, dau. of Dru de Balun, and had issue, Richard,his successor; William, surnamed de Verdon ; and Maud. He d. in June,1155, and was s. by his son, Richard de Redvers, 3rd Earl of Devon .[Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage,London, 1883, p. 140, Co urtenay, Barons Courtenay, Earls of Devon]
  
  === Ancestral roots of Sixty Colonists pg 66 ===
  Ancestral roots of Sixty Colonists pg 66 by Frederick Lewis Weis Baltimore Genealogical Pub. 1964
  
  === Note: Baldwin de Redvers was founder of ===
  Note: Baldwin de Redvers was founder of Bremer Abbey, Count y Wilts, and Quarr Abbey, County Hants. In April, 1136, the re were rumors of the death of King Stephen, and on hearin g this he was one of the first to break out in revolt. Seiz ing the royal castle of Exeter, he sustained a long siege b y the King, and was ultimately allowed to withdraw his forc es on giving up the castle. The King then proceeded to th e Isle of Wight, took possession of the island, and drove h im, with his wife and children, into exile. Baldwin then to ok refuge at the court of the Count of Anjou, and soon afte rwards conducted a successful raid into Normandy. About Len t, 1138, he was taken prisoner in Normandy by Enguerrard d e Say, a partisan of King Stephen. He returned to England i n the autumn of 1139, shortly before the arrival of the Emp ress Maud, and landing at Warham, seized the castle of Corf e. This he defended successfully against the King, forcin g him to eventually raise the siege. By the Empress Maud. ( daughter of Henry I and mother of Henry II) he was create d Earl of Devonshire in the year 1141. He married 1st Adeli za, 2nd Lucia. His daughter Eve married Anchitel Grey.
  
  === Baldwin de Reviers, son of Richard de R ===
  Baldwin de Reviers, son of Richard de Reviers, Lord of Revi ers, Vernon, and Nehou (all in Normandy), supported the Emp ress Maud against King Stephen in the period known as the A narchy following the death of Henry I and was by her create d Earl of Devon c1141. The name of Reviers was subsequentl y corrupted to Redvers. As well as holding the Earldom o f Devon the de Revierses were Lords of the Isle of Wight . [Burke's Peerage] ------------------------------------------------------- EARLDOM OF DEVON (I) BALDWIN DE REVIERS, son and heir of Richard DE REVIERs. O n the rumour of the King's death, in April 1136, he was on e of the first to break into revolt. Seizing the royal cast le of Exeter, he sustained a long siege by the King, and wa s ultimately allowed to withdraw his forces on giving up th e castle. The King then proceeded to the Isle of Wight, too k possession of the island, and drove him, with his wife an d children, into exile. He took refuge at the Court of th e Count of Anjou, and soon afterwards conducted a successfu l raid into Normandy. About Lent 1138 he was taken prisone r in Normandy by Enguerrand de Say, a partisan of King Step hen. He returned to England in -the autumn of 1139, shortl y before the arrival of the Empress Maud, and, landing at W areham, seized the castle of Corfe. This he defended succes sfully against the King, forcing him eventually to raise th e siege. By the Empress he was created EARL OF DEVON, proba bly in 1141, and certainly before Midsummer in that year. H e married Adelise. He died 4 June 1155, and was buried (a s was his said wife) in Quarr Abbey, which he had founded i n 1132. [Complete Peerage IV:311-2, (transcribed by Dave Ut zinger)] ------------------------------------------------------- Baldwin de Redvers, 2nd Earl of Devon. This nobleman, upo n the demise of King Henry I, espousing the cause of the Em press Maud, took up arms and immediately fortified his cast le of Exeter and the Isle of Wight; but, being besie ged b y King Stephen, he was obliged to surrender the castle an d all his other possessions and to withdraw with his famil y from the kingdom. We find him, however, soon again return ing and in the enjoyment of the Earldom of Devon; but, lik e his father, generally styled Earl of Exeter, from residin g in the city, His lordship m. Lucia, dau. of Dru de Balun , and had issue, Richard, his successor; William, surname d de Verdon; and Maud. He d. in June, 1155, and was s. by h is son, Richard de Redvers, 3rd Earl of Devon. [Sir Bernar d Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Lon don, 1883, p. 140, Courtenay, Barons Courtenay, Earls of De von]
  
  === The complete Peerage vol,IV. p311-312 ===
  The complete Peerage vol,IV. p311-312
  
  === BIOGRAPHY: Baldwin de Redvers, Earl of D ===
  BIOGRAPHY: Baldwin de Redvers, Earl of Devonshire, who received some 150lordships in Devonshire, Somerset and Dorset. In Domesday Book he iscalled Baldwin of Exeter and Sheriff of Devon. He married Emma, cousin orniece of William I. BIOGRAPHY: Baldwin de Redvers was founder of Bremer Abbey, County Wilts,and Quarr Abbey, County Hants. In April, 1136, there were rumors of thedeath of King Stephen, and on hearing this he was one of the first tobreak out in revolt. Seizing the royal castle of Exeter, he sustained along siege by the King, and was ultimately allowed to withdraw his forceson giving up the castle. The King then proceeded to the Isle of Wight,took possession of the island, and drove him, with his wife and children,into exile. Baldwin then took refuge at the court of the Count of Anjou,and soon afterwards conducted a successful raid into Normandy. AboutLent, 1138, he was taken prisoner in Normandy by Enguerrard de Say, apartisan of King Stephen. He returned to England in the autumn of 1139,shortly before the arrival of the Empress Maud, and landing at Warham,seized the castle of Corfe. This he defended successfully against theKing, forcing him to eventually raise the siege. By the Empress Maud.(daughter of Henry I and mother of Henry II) he was created Earl ofDevonshire in the year 1141. He married 1st Adeliza, 2nd Lucia. Hisdaughter Eve married Anchitel Grey.
  
  === "I [Dugdale] come now to Baldwin his Son ===
  "I [Dugdale] come now to Baldwin his Son [i.e., Baldwin is said to be son of William de Vernon, who was son of Baldwin de Brionis, called by some Baldwin de Molis, who is said to be 2nd son of Gilbert Crispin, Earl of Brion, who was son of Godfrey, Earl of Ewe, who was natural son to Richard, the first of that name, Duke of Normandy, great grandfather to William the Conqueror]. ..... This Baldwin was Founder of the Abby of Brummore in Wiltshire; and for the health of his Soul, and the Soul of Adeliza his Wife, as also for the Souls of Richard his Father, Adeliza his Mother, and of King Henry the First (who bestowed that Land on his Father) gave to the Monks of S. Peter of Cluni, and of S. Martin de Champa (in the Suburb of Paris) his land and chapel of S. James ..... Moreover, he was founder of the Abby of Quarrera, for Cistercial Monks in the Isle of Wight, in An. 1122 (33 Hen.I.). ..... By Lucia his Wife, having issue three Sons, Richard, William, and Henry, he departed this life at Quarrera, upon the second Nones of June, An. 1155. (1 Hen.2.) And was there buried, with Adeliza his Wife, and Henry his Son, who died in his youth." --- William Dugdale, *The Baronage of England*, vol I, 1675 (reprint 1977, Georg Olms Verlag, Hildesheim & New York), p 255
  
  === !children-1 Richard De Rivers jnh2-bg b ===
  !children-1 Richard De Rivers jnh2-bg b abt 1135 Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England D 21 apr 1162 bur Christ church Isle of Wight, hampshire, England m Denise Hawise jnh2-7x abt 1158 Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England 2 Henry De Rivers jnh2-cm b abt 1142 Isle of Wight, Hampshire, Englandd 3 William De Rivers jnh2-1j b abt 1150 Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England d 10 sep 1217 bur Christ Church Isle of Wight Hampshire, England m Mabirie Mable Beaumont jnh2-zq aabt 1199 Isle of wight,, Hampshire, England
  
  === !Complete Peerage, Sorely Pedigree. ===
  !Complete Peerage, Sorely Pedigree.
  
  === !SOURCE: Ancestral Roots 7th Edition 50 ===
  !SOURCE: Ancestral Roots 7th Edition 50-27.
  
  === 1. Source: "Ancestry of Roger Ludlow" b ===
  1. Source: "Ancestry of Roger Ludlow" by Seversmith, pp. 2,441-42. 2. Was Earl of Devon, and was the first Earl of Devon. 3. "On the rumor of the death of King Stephen in Apr 1136, Baldwin was one of the first to break into revolt. He seized the royal castle of Exeter, and sustained a long siege by the king. Baldwin was ultimately allowed to withdraw his forces on giving up the castle. Stephen then proceeded to the Isle of Wight, took possession of the island, & drove Baldwin with his wife and children into exile. The latter took refuge at the court of the count of Anjou, and soon afterwards Baldwin conducted a successful raid into Normandy. About Lent, 1138 he was taken prisoner in Normandy by Enguerrand de Say, a partisan of King Stephen. He returned to England in the autumn of 1139, shortly before the arrival of the empress Matilda; and landing at Wareham, he seized the castle of Corfe. This he defended successfully against king Stephen, forcing him eventually to raise the siege. Baldwin was created the first earl of Devon, probably in 1141." (p. 2,442).

• m. 1117 in London, Middlesex, England

1. Hawise de Redvers, b. ABT 1126 in Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England     d. ABT 1215 in Isle of Wight, England
2. Eva Matilda de Reviers, b. ABT 1133 in Hook Norton, Oxfordshire, England     d. ABT 1196 in Oxfordshire, England
3. Richard de Redvers II Earl of Devon, b. BET 1115 AND 1130 in Twerton, Somerset, England, United Kingdom     d. BET 21 AND 27 APR 1162 in Exeter, Devon, England, United Kingdom
4. William de Reviers de Vernon, b. ABT 1128     d. BET 8 AND 10 SEP 1217
5. William de Vernon de Redvers 5th Earl of Devon, b. ABT 1128 in Devonshire, England     d. 10 SEP 1217 in Christ Church, Tiverton, Devonshire, England

1. Title: Baldwin de Redvers, "Find A Grave Index"
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2. Title: Wikisource: Dictionary of National Biography
   Author: [Stapleton's Rolls of the Norman Exchequer (App. to vol. ii.); Ordericus Vitalis (Société de l'Histoire de France); William of Malmesbury, Robert of Torigny, and Sarum Charters and Documents (Rolls Ser.); Monasticon Anglicanum; Gallia Christiana; Reports of Hist. MSS. Comm.; Eyton's Key to Domesday and Itinerary of Henry II; Planché's Conqueror and his Companions, with his ‘Earls of Devon’ (Collectanea Archæologica, vol. i.), and ‘Lords of the Isle of Wight’ (Brit. Arch. Assoc. vol. xi.); Dugdale's Baronage; Round's Geoffrey de Mandeville.]
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   Note: REDVERS, Family of, derived its name from the vill of Réviers, in the Bessin (Stapleton, II. cclxix.), and is first mentioned in 1060, when Richard of this house, with his brothers William and Baldwin, gave land at Gourbesville in the Cotentin to St. Père de Chartres (ib.) The pedigree begins, however, with that Richard de Redvers who is found as ‘Francus’ holding Mosterton in Dorset in 1084 and 1086 (Eyton, Key to Domesday, p. 113). In 1090 he was one of those barons of the Cotentin who supported Henry ‘Beauclerc’ against his brothers (Ord. Vit. iii. 351), and this proved the foundation of his fortunes, for Henry, on his accession, endowed him with lands in England. Richard, in return, supported him staunchly (ib. iv. 95, 110; Will. Malm. p. 471), and was one of his trusted advisers. Dying in 1107 (Ord. Vit. iv. 276), he was buried at the abbey of Montebourg, of which he is deemed the founder (ib.), though he had merely been given its patronage by Henry (Stapleton, II. cclxxii.), and had given it some lands (Gallia Christiana, vol. xi.; Monast. Angl. vi. 1097). Henry had also given him Twinham Priory, Hampshire, which he endowed with lands in the Isle of Wight on obtaining its lordship (ib. vi. 304). By his wife Adeliza, daughter of William Peverell [q. v.] of Nottingham, who gave her marriage portion, the manor of Woolley, to Montebourg after his death (ib. vi. 1097), he left three sons—Baldwin, his successor [see Baldwin of Redvers], William ‘de Vernon’ (so named from the castle of Vernon), his heir in Normandy, and Robert ‘de Ste. Mère Église,’ who received the manor of that name—and a daughter Hawys, wife of William de Roumare, earl of Lincoln [q. v.] (Stapleton, II. cclxxv.). Their mother's letter to the bishop of Exeter is found in ‘Sarum Charters’ (p. 5). It is important to distinguish Richard de Redvers from Richard, son of Baldwin of Exeter [see Clare, Family of], with whom he has been persistently confused. Nor was he, as asserted (Planché, Conqueror and his Companions, ii. 48; Complete Peerage, iii. 100), created Earl of Devon by Henry I (Geoffrey de Mandeville, p. 272). His successor, Baldwin, the first Earl of Devon (d. 1155) [q. v.], left issue (with William, afterwards fifth earl) a son and heir, Richard, who was sheriff of Devon (as ‘Ricardus Comes’) in 1155–6, and as Richard ‘de Redvers’ in 1156–7; he is reckoned the second Earl of Devon. An interesting writ was addressed to him by the king as Richard ‘de Redvers’ only, in April 1157, in favour of Montebourg Abbey (Eyton, Itinerary, p. 25). He died in 1162 (Robert de Tor. p. 213), leaving by Dionys, daughter of Reginald, earl of Cornwall [q. v.], two sons (Baldwin and Richard), who succeeded him as third and fourth earls of Devon. On the death of the latter without issue (1184?) the succession opened to his uncle William (d. 1216). Stapleton doubted whether this William was really styled, as alleged, ‘de Vernon;’ but a Montebourg charter of 1175 (ib. p. 188) clearly distinguishes him as William de Vernon ‘junior,’ from his uncle, William de Vernon ‘senior’ (a justiciar of Normandy), whose son Richard had at that date succeeded him. It was, however, as William ‘de Redveriis,’ earl of Devon, that he made a grant to ‘Domus Dei,’ Southampton, still preserved at Queen's College, Oxford (Hist. MSS. Comm. 4th Rep. App. pp. 454–5), the seal of which shows the family device, a griffin clutching a hare. Though Hoveden styles him ‘Earl of the Isle of Wight’ (of which he was lord) at the coronation of Richard I, it was not till 28 April 1194 that the king granted him, as ‘Earl William de Brion’(?), the tertius denarius of Devon as his father Baldwin and predecessor Richard had held it (ib. 9th Rep. App. ii. p. 205). Dying at a great age in 1216, he was succeeded by his grandson Baldwin, whose son and namesake was the last earl (1245–1262). His sister and heiress Isabel, countess of Albemarle, who styled herself occasionally Countess of Devon, died in 1293, immediately after selling her hereditary lordship of the Isle of Wight for 4,000l. to the crown; she left no issue.
   
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4. Title: Wikipedia: Baldwin de Redvers, 1st Earl of Devon
   Author: Frederick Lewis Weis Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700; Line 50-27 Cokayne, George Edward (1916). The Complete Peerage, edited by H.A. Doubleday. Vol. IV. London: St. Catherine Press. Charles Mosley, editor-in-chief Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 1999, Page: 832 Robert Bearman, 'Revières, Baldwin de, earl of Devon (c.1095–1155)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004.[1] "Baldwin of Redvers" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
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   Note: Baldwin de Redvers, 1st Earl of Devon From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search Baldwin de Redvers, 1st Earl of Devon[1] (died 4 June 1155), feudal baron of Plympton in Devon,[2] was the son of Richard de Redvers and his wife Adeline Peverel. He was one of the first to rebel against King Stephen, and was the only first rank magnate never to accept the new king.[3] He seized Exeter, and was a pirate out of Carisbrooke, but he was driven out of England to Anjou, where he joined the Empress Matilda. She made him Earl of Devon after she established herself in England, probably in early 1141.[4] He founded several monasteries, notably those of Quarr Abbey (1131), in the Isle of Wight, a priory at Breamore, Hampshire, and the Priory of St James, at Exeter. Some monastic chronicles call his father also Earl of Devon, but no contemporary record uses the title, including the monastic charters. Family and children[edit] He married Adelize De Baalun (d. circa 1146).[5] They had children: Richard de Redvers, 2nd Earl of Devon. Married Denise de Dunstanville, the daughter of Reginald the first Earl of Cornwall.[6] Henry de Redvers William de Redvers, 5th Earl of Devon. Married Mabel de Beaumont. Matilda de Redvers, married to Anschetil de Greye. Maud de Redvers, married Ralph de Avenel. Alice de Redvers, married Roger II de Nonant. Hawise de Redvers, by 1147[5] married Robert FitzRobert, Castellan of Gloucester. Robert was an illegitimate son of Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester. Eva de Redvers, married Robert d' Oyly. Between 1151 and his death in 1155, Baldwin married Lucy de Clare. Lucy was assumed to have been the widow of Gilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of Hertford and a daughter of Ranulf earl of Chester.[5] However, Gilbert de Clare died unmarried and without issue in 1152. One source states that Lucy was the daughter of Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare and Adelisa of Chester. They were the parents of Gilbert de Clare, who died in 1152. Therefore, Lucy was a sister of Gilbert de Clare. A charter mentioning her late brother Gilbert de Clare, and her late husband Baldwin was given shortly after Baldwin's death.[7] The name de Redvers can also be found as de Reviers or Revières.
   
5. Title: Richard de Rivers, "Find A Grave Index"
   Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGH-Y5WX : 3 July 2020), Richard de Rivers, ; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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