Roger de Gernet I

• Preferred Name: Roger de Gernet I^[1]
  
• Gender: M
  
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• Death: BEF 8 MAY 1252 in Halton, Runcorn, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom at LATI: N3.331 LONG: E2.694
  
• Occupation: Chief Forester of LancashireBET 1207 AND 1252 in Lancashire, England at LATI: N3.8185 LONG: E2.6257
  
• FSID: LHG2-YB9
  
• Birth: 1173 in Speke, Liverpool district, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
  
• Fact: with note: Description: https://www.geni.com/people/Sir-Roger-Gernet-Knight/5610392989610128245?through=6000000009467054069
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Sir Roger I Gernet, Chief Forester of Lancashire, 1207-1252
  2nd s/o Benedict Gernet & Mable FitzUrse
  b - 1173, Speke, Lancaster, England
  m (1.) -
  m (2.) - Quinilda Woodplumpton, co-heiress
  d - shortly before 8 Mat 1252, Speke, Lancashire,England
  
  1207 -heir - Speke & Halton & Fishwick & Skelmersdale & Eccleston with Heskin & Nether Burrow & Over Burrows, Lancshire
  
  heir of mother - held jointly with cousin Veil Engaine - Upminster, Essex
  
  11 April 1252 - IPM - ROGER Gernet
  Benedick Gernet is son & next heir, of full age held Lancashire - Halton & Leck & Fishwick & Speke (Speke -2 carcuates which William MOLYNEIX hold in free marriage & all which are held by Cecily Massey, sometime wife of William, brother of ROGER - ( she held 1/3 in dower)
  
  Hereditary Forester of Lancashire
  
  Book named "The History of Lancashire" by Baines (1836)
  page 146 Eccleston Parish "In the reign of Henry III., Roger Gernet, chief forester of Lancashire had a grant of Leylandshire, alias Eccleston. Having married Quenilda, the fourth daughter and co-h
  
  "The History of Lancashire" by Baines
  Page 21- William the Conqueror's Suppression of Revolts in the North. He extended the Feudal System and seized Church Lands and Property. Baron Roger de Poictou was the first Norman Baron.
  
  To guard a
  
  === Sources and info for Roger... ===
  ~Cokayne's Complete Peerage, 2nd Edition, (Engaine Pedigree Chart), Vol. V, after p. 72, Roger Gernet, of Halton, forester of Lancashire, died shortly before 11 Apr 1252, was the son of Mabel de Boulers and Benet Gernet. He married, as his second wife, Quenilde, daughter and coheir of Richard Fitz Roger. His son with his first unknown wife was Benet Gernet. 220
  
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  • Inquest: Inquisition Post Mortem, 8 May 1252. 764
  Roger was "forester of fee to keep vert and venison in the forest of Lancaster; the issue of the said forest is worth 64 shillings yearly, and when a forge is raised in the forest, the said Roger's share of iron is worth nine shillings yearly."
  
  Roger "held in chief of the King by bailiwick of forest 3 carucates of land in the vill of Halton." He also held "in chief of the King one carucate of land in the vill of Lec by service of the forest, worth in all issues twenty-seven shillings yearly; and a water corn mill worth fifteen shillings yearly. He also held . . ."
  
  Named in the inquest are Sir Roger Gernet's brother William's widow, "Lady Cecily de Mascy," and his son and heir, Benedict Gernet, who is at the time of lawful age.
  
  ~Lancashire Inquests, Extents, and Fuedal Aids, Vol. I, pp. 186-189
  
  • Background Information. 403
  Shortly before 1220, Henry III, appointed Roger Gernett, forester-of-fee of Lonsdale, to the general keepership.
  
  ~The Royal Forests of England, p. 99
  
  • Background Information. 922
  Roger Gernet, Chief Forester of Lancashire, had a grant of Leylandshire, and furter increased his estate by his marriage to Quenilda, fourth daughter and co-heir of Richard Fitz Roger, the founder of the priory of St. Cuthbert at Lytham. Roger died 36 Henry II, leaving a son, Benedict Gernet, who had 3 John been fined ten marks to have the serneanty of the forests of Lancashire, and to have the King's favor. His daughter and heiress married William de Dacre, son and heir of Ranulph de Dacre, Governor of Carlise, 54 Henry III. Halton was the original seat of the Gernets. It was held by service of being Chief Forester of the whole county, and they are presumed to have been the first grantees under Roger de Poitou.
  
  ~Battle Abbey Roll, p. 101

1. Benet Garnet, b. 1215 in Eccleston, Lancashire, England     d. 1318

• m. BEF 1215 in Lancashire, England

1. Benet Garnet, b. 1215 in Eccleston, Lancashire, England     d. 1318

1. Title: British History Online