Ralph de Wilington Constable of Bristol Castle

• Preferred Name: Ralph de Wilington Constable of Bristol Castle^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• FSID: LC2D-J2Q
  
• Death: BEF 1242 in England
  
• Birth: ABT 1180 in England
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Biography
  Ralph de Wilington, who acquired lands in south-west England by his marriage, is mentioned in two Gloucestershire lawsuits in 1199, while in 1200 he made fine to have the question of his obligation to Stephen de Turnham, a royal justice, judged by the Justiciar. He made payment to the Crown in 1206 to receive control of half the manors of Yate and Ablington, co. Gloucester, and White Ladies Aston, co. Worcester, which had been granted to him by Robert de Everci, to whom his wife was heir; and he had seisin of Robert's lands in those counties in 1208, the latter being then dead. Ralph appears in a lawsuit concerning lands in Imber, Wilts, in 1214; was ordered to conduct a prisoner from Philip Marc to the Earl Marshal, February 1216/7; was appointed custodian of the lands of the Earl of Devon in Hants, Somerset, and Dorset, November-December 1217; and represented the Earl of Gloucester in a lawsuit of 1219, in which year he was also in litigation with the Bishop of Chichester.
  
  Ralph de Wilington was eschaetor in Gloucestershire, 1218 and 1232, and was frequently employed as justice of the peace, of forests, &c., and to collect aids in that co. till 1236. He was in control of Berkeley Castle, co. Gloucester, 1220-23; was associated with Bristol, Mar. 1223/4; and was appointed Constable of Bristol Castle, wherein lived Eleanor, the King's sister, 8 Oct. 1224 till between 16 March and 3 July 1229. As Keeper of the town and castle of Devizes, appointed 6 July 1233, he was ordered, August following, to ravage, in Wiltshire, the property of Gilbert Basset and Richard Siward, two of the leading opponents of the King. He was further appointed, 28 September 1233, to guard Hubert de Burgh, Earl of Kent, in Devizes Castle and was summoned to consult with the King thereon, 1 October. On the disgrace of Piers des Riveaux he was pardoned for having acted as one of his bailiffs, 28 February 1234/5; and he was exempted from all service on juries, assizes or recognitions, 1 May 1236.
  
  Ralph de Wilington married, before Hilary 1198/9, Olimpia, daughter and heir of William Franc Chevaler and heir (circa 1208) of Robert de Everci. Ralph de Wilington was living, November 1236, but died before 1242. Olimpia was holding one knight's fee of the Earl of Warwick in Poulton, co. Gloucester, circa August 1242, but the date of her death is not known.
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  Crusades with King Richard I (1189-99) - siege of Acre
  founded - St Mary's Chapel, in Abbey of St Peter's , Glouchestershire, now called "The Ladye Chapel"
  
  === SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 S ===
  SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 SO68) P.49;

• m. ABT 1193 in Gloucestershire, England

1. Ralph de Willington, b. 1194 in Chipping, Hertfordshire, England     d. 1253 in Pershore, Worcestershire, England

1. Title: Book - History of Town of castle of Tamworth, Staffordshire
   Author: Google Books
   Note: Ralph I Willington, of Gloucester yr s/o Nicholas I Willington & b- Willlington, Derbyshire,England m- Olimpia Franc d - 1199-1206 (King John reign) - settled in Glouchestershire,England founde - St Mary's chapel in Abbey of St Paul's, Glouchester
   
2. Title: Book - History & Antiquities of Collegiate Church of Tamworth
   
3. Title: Book - Genealogical & Heraldric History of Commoners of Great Brtain
   
4. Title: Book - History & antiquities of Collegiate Church of Tamworth
   Author: Google Books
   Note: Ralph I Willington, of Sandhusrt, Gloucester 2nd s/o Nicholas Williamton, Lord of Willington b- Willington, Derbyshire,England m- Olympia France, heiress d/o William Franc d - sandhusrst, Gloucestershire,England went on Crusades with King Richard I (1189-99) - seige of Acre settled at Sandhusrt, Gloucestershire Founded St Mary's Chapel, in Abbey of St Paul's, Glouchester, now called "The Ladye Chapel"