Ralph Bluet I

• Preferred Name: Ralph Bluet I
  
• Gender: M
  
• FSID: LFTL-1L9
  
• Death: AFT 1167 in of Silchester, Hampshire, England at LATI: N1.3543 LONG: E1.1014
  
• Children: with note: Description: 3 Children (Isabel De Clare) update
  
• Birth: 1095 in Normandie, France at LATI: N8.928 LONG: E0.5326
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Sir
  
• Spouse: with note: Description: Isabel De Clare update
  
• Occupation: Knight with note: update
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
  "GILBERT FITZ GILBERT (nicknamed Strongbow), 2nd son, born probably about 1100. He married ISABEL OF MEULAN, former mistress of King Henry I [see ENGLAND 2], and daughter of Robert of Meulan (or de Beaumont), Count of Meulan, by Isabel (or Elizabeth), daughter of Hugues “le Grand,” Count of Crépy [see VERMANDOIS 5 for her ancestry]. They had one son, Richard [2nd Earl of Pembroke], and one daughter, Basilia. He consented to a gift of his mother, Alice, to Thorney Abbey dated c.1136-38. He was heir c.1137-38 to his uncle, Walter Fitz Richard, by which he inherited the barony of Chepstow, Monmouthshire and the manor of Hinxworth, Hertfordshire. He was created Earl of Pembroke by King Stephen in 1138. Sometime in the period, 1138-48, he granted the church of St. Mary, Southwark land in Great Parndon, Essex, together with the chapel and tithe of Torp [?Southorpe in Southchurch, Essex] and the tithe of Coptfold (in Margaretting), Essex, for the canons to build a hospice. About 1147-8 he issued a charter by which he confirmed the earlier grant by Roger Fitz Humphrey to the Templars of land in Inglewood (in Kintbury), Berkshire. GILBERT FITZ GILBERT, 1st Earl of Pembroke, died 6 Jan. 1147/8. His widow, Isabel, married (2nd) RALPH BLUET, of Silchester, Hampshire and Lacock, Wiltshire. They had three sons, Ralph, Knt., Walter, and William. RALPH BLUET was living in 1167. Isabel was a benefactor of the nuns of Saint-Saens, to whom she gave half her mill of Eskekeville. This gift was subsequently confirmed c.1177 by King Henry II of England. She confirmed the gift of her son, Earl Richard, to Foucarmont Abbey, which act was confirmed by King Henry II of England in the period, 1185-89. Isabel was allegedly living in 1172...
  Children of Isabel of Meulan, by Ralph Bluet:
  1. RALPH BLUET (or BLOET), Knt., of Silchester, Hampshire, Daglingworth, Gloucestershire, and Lackham, Wiltshire, son and heir, born say 1150 (of age in 1174-5).* He married say 1177 (possibly as his 2nd wife) NEST OF WALES, former mistress of King Henry II [see ENGLAND 4], and daughter of Iorwerth ab Owain, lord of Caerleon, Monmouthshire, by Angharad, daughter of Uchdrud, Bishop of Llandaff. They had at least three sons, Ralph, William, Knt., and Roland (killed in Ireland in 1217), and at least two daughters, Alda (wife of Amaury le Despenser) and Emma [Abbess of Godstow]. About 1170 Ralph and his younger brother, Walter Bluet, together with their mother, Countess Isabel, witnessed a Welsh charter of his older half-brother, Richard Fitz Gilbert, Earl of Pembroke. In the period, 1174-9, he reached agreement with his neighbor, William Fitz Patrick, Earl of Salisbury regarding the church of Lacock, Wiltshire, which was in their common fee. About 1177 he gave the church of Daglingworth, Gloucestershire to Godstow Abbey, Oxfordshire, which gift was afterwards confirmed by his brother, Walter, and later by their nephew, William. He and his younger brother, William, were joint keepers of the Castle and honour of Striguil from 1185-8. In the period, 1189-94, he witnessed a charter of William Marshal, afterwards Earl of Pembroke [husband of his niece, Isabel de Clare] to Cat tale] Priory. He also witnessed an undated charter of Geoffrey Fitz Robert (husband of his half-sister, Basilia de Clare) to Duiske Abbey. SIR RALPH BLUET died about c.1196-9. About 1196-9 his widow, Nest, their son, Ralph, and his brothers granted the monastery rmonasteriuml of Duntesborne, Gloucestershire to Godstow Abbey, together with her daughter, presumably the Emma Bluet, who was later elected Abbess of Godstow in 1248. In 1200 Nest sued Robert Bluet in a plea regarding a half of hide of land in Daglingworth, Gloucestershire. In 1201 she sued her brother, Hywel de Caerleon, regarding the town of Caerleon, Monmouthshire. The same year she sued William de Brewes in a plea of land in Herefordshire. Arch. Cambrensis 3 (1848): 333-334. Jour. British Arch. Assoc. 10 (1855): 261-263 (undated charter of Earl Richard son of Earl Gilbert to the monks of Usk; charter witnessed by Countess Isabel and Isabel her daughter, Ralph Bloet, and Walter Bloet). Trans. Bristol & Clones. Arch. Soc. 12 (1887-8): 54-60; 41(1918-1919): 151. Gilbert Reg. of the Abbey of St. Thomas, Dublin ((Rolls Ser.) (1889): 137 & 356-357 (charter of William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke dated pre-1219, witnessed by Ralph Bloet and Ralph son of Walter Bloet). Taylor An Analysis of the Domesday Survey of Gloucestershire (1889): 167-169. Great Roll of the Pipe 1174-1175 (Pipe Roll Soc. 22) (1897): 194. Desc. Cat. Ancient Deeds 4 (1902): 527. Farrer Lancashire Pipe Rolls ... also Early Lancashire Charters (1902): 341-343. List of Ancient Corr. of the Chancery & Exchequer (PRO Lists and Indexes 15) (1902): 56; see also Index to Ancient Corr. of the Chancery & Exchequer 1 (Lists and Indexes, Supp. Ser. 15) (1969). VCH Oxford 2 (1907): 71-75. Owen Cat. MSS Rel. Wales in the British Museum 3 (Cymmrodorion Rec. Ser. 4) (1908): 660-665. Clark English Reg. of Godstow Nunnery 1 (1911): 132-133. VCH Hampshire 4 (1911): 53. Procs. Royal Irish Academy 35 (1918-20): 14-16 (undated charter of Geoffrey Fitz Robert to Duiske Abbey). Curia Regis Rolls 1 (1922): 154, 215, 362, 382, 393-394, 397, 423. Great Roll of the Pipe Michaelmas 1194 (Pipe Roll Soc. n.s. 5) (1928): 235. Brooks Knights' Fees in Counties Wexford Carlow & Kilkenny (1950): 26-27. Dict. Welsh Biog. (1959): 638 (biog. of Morgan up Hywel). Rogers Lacock Abbey Charters (Wiltshire Rec. Soc. 34) (1979): 18. Bartrum Welsh Gem. 300-1400 (1980) [Rhydderch ap Iestyn 1]. Crouch William Marshal 1147-1219 (1990): 139-140, 198-199 (identification of Nest's parentage).
  (* Note: Ralph Bluet's identification as the son of Isabel of Meulan, Countess of Pembroke is dependant of several pieces of evidence, chief among them being a previously overlooked charter issued by Ralph Bluet's younger brother, William Bluet, dated c.1168-89, in which William styled himself "brother of Earl Richard" (i.e., half- brother of Richard Fitz Gilbert (de Clare), Earl of Pembroke) [see Madox Formulare Anglicanum (1702): 182; National Archives, E 327/2981. The charter was issued at the court of William Bluet's cousin, Robert de Bréteuil, 2nd Earl of Leicester. About 1170 Ralph Bluet and another brother, Walter Bluet, together with their mother, Countess Isabel, witnessed a charter of Ralph and Walter's half-brother, Richard Fitz Gilbert, Earl of Pembroke [see Owen Cat. MSS ReZ Vales in the British Museum 4 (Cymmrodorion Rec. Ser. 4) (1922): 660-6651. Moreover, Ralph Bluet's own death is commemorated among the obits of other near kinsfolk of the Earls of Pembroke at Tintem Abbey: "Raclulfus Bloeth junior obiit xiij" die Julii." [see Dugdale Monasticon Anglicanum 5 (1825): 266].
  ii. WILLIAM BLUET, younger son. Either he or a near relation of the same name witnessed a charter dated 1205-19 to Bradenstoke Priory granted by William le Gras, nephew of William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke. Madox Fomulare Anglicanism (1702): 182 (charter of William Bluet brother of Earl Richard). London Centulary of Bradenstoke Priory (Wiltshire Rec. Soc. 35) (1979): 153-154 (charter of William le Gras). Crouch William Marshal Court, Career and Chivalry in the Angeoin Empire 1147-1219 (1990): 139 (author states in error that "Ralph Bloet's brother William had married a sister of the late Earl Richard Strongbow."). National Archives, E 327/298 (grant dated 1168-86 by William Bloet, brother of Earl Richard, to Warin de Baseville, re. land in Heacham and La Wike, Norfolk) (abstract of document available online at http://www.catalogue.nationalarchives.gov.uk/search.asp).”
  
  === Royal Ancestry Biography ===
  “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
  "GILBERT FITZ GILBERT (nicknamed Strongbow), 2nd son, born probably about 1100. He married ISABEL OF MEULAN, former mistress of King Henry I [see ENGLAND 2], and daughter of Robert of Meulan (or de Beaumont), Count of Meulan, by Isabel (or Elizabeth), daughter of Hugues “le Grand,” Count of Crépy [see VERMANDOIS 5 for her ancestry]. They had one son, Richard [2nd Earl of Pembroke], and one daughter, Basilia. He consented to a gift of his mother, Alice, to Thorney Abbey dated c.1136-38. He was heir c.1137-38 to his uncle, Walter Fitz Richard, by which he inherited the barony of Chepstow, Monmouthshire and the manor of Hinxworth, Hertfordshire. He was created Earl of Pembroke by King Stephen in 1138. Sometime in the period, 1138-48, he granted the church of St. Mary, Southwark land in Great Parndon, Essex, together with the chapel and tithe of Torp [?Southorpe in Southchurch, Essex] and the tithe of Coptfold (in Margaretting), Essex, for the canons to build a hospice. About 1147-8 he issued a charter by which he confirmed the earlier grant by Roger Fitz Humphrey to the Templars of land in Inglewood (in Kintbury), Berkshire. GILBERT FITZ GILBERT, 1st Earl of Pembroke, died 6 Jan. 1147/8. His widow, Isabel, married (2nd) RALPH BLUET, of Silchester, Hampshire and Lacock, Wiltshire. They had three sons, Ralph, Knt., Walter, and William. RALPH BLUET was living in 1167. Isabel was a benefactor of the nuns of Saint-Saens, to whom she gave half her mill of Eskekeville. This gift was subsequently confirmed c.1177 by King Henry II of England. She confirmed the gift of her son, Earl Richard, to Foucarmont Abbey, which act was confirmed by King Henry II of England in the period, 1185-89. Isabel was allegedly living in 1172...
  Children of Isabel of Meulan, by Ralph Bluet:
  1. RALPH BLUET (or BLOET), Knt., of Silchester, Hampshire, Daglingworth, Gloucestershire, and Lackham, Wiltshire, son and heir, born say 1150 (of age in 1174-5).* He married say 1177 (possibly as his 2nd wife) NEST OF WALES, former mistress of King Henry II [see ENGLAND 4], and daughter of Iorwerth ab Owain, lord of Caerleon, Monmouthshire, by Angharad, daughter of Uchdrud, Bishop of Llandaff. They had at least three sons, Ralph, William, Knt., and Roland (killed in Ireland in 1217), and at least two daughters, Alda (wife of Amaury le Despenser) and Emma [Abbess of Godstow]. About 1170 Ralph and his younger brother, Walter Bluet, together with their mother, Countess Isabel, witnessed a Welsh charter of his older half-brother, Richard Fitz Gilbert, Earl of Pembroke. In the period, 1174-9, he reached agreement with his neighbor, William Fitz Patrick, Earl of Salisbury regarding the church of Lacock, Wiltshire, which was in their common fee. About 1177 he gave the church of Daglingworth, Gloucestershire to Godstow Abbey, Oxfordshire, which gift was afterwards confirmed by his brother, Walter, and later by their nephew, William. He and his younger brother, William, were joint keepers of the Castle and honour of Striguil from 1185-8. In the period, 1189-94, he witnessed a charter of William Marshal, afterwards Earl of Pembroke [husband of his niece, Isabel de Clare] to Cat tale] Priory. He also witnessed an undated charter of Geoffrey Fitz Robert (husband of his half-sister, Basilia de Clare) to Duiske Abbey. SIR RALPH BLUET died about c.1196-9. About 1196-9 his widow, Nest, their son, Ralph, and his brothers granted the monastery rmonasteriuml of Duntesborne, Gloucestershire to Godstow Abbey, together with her daughter, presumably the Emma Bluet, who was later elected Abbess of Godstow in 1248. In 1200 Nest sued Robert Bluet in a plea regarding a half of hide of land in Daglingworth, Gloucestershire. In 1201 she sued her brother, Hywel de Caerleon, regarding the town of Caerleon, Monmouthshire. The same year she sued William de Brewes in a plea of land in Herefordshire. Arch. Cambrensis 3 (1848): 333-334. Jour. British Arch. Assoc. 10 (1855): 261-263 (undated charter of Earl Richard son of Earl Gilbert to the monks of Usk; charter witnessed by Countess Isabel and Isabel her daughter, Ralph Bloet, and Walter Bloet). Trans. Bristol & Clones. Arch. Soc. 12 (1887-8): 54-60; 41(1918-1919): 151. Gilbert Reg. of the Abbey of St. Thomas, Dublin ((Rolls Ser.) (1889): 137 & 356-357 (charter of William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke dated pre-1219, witnessed by Ralph Bloet and Ralph son of Walter Bloet). Taylor An Analysis of the Domesday Survey of Gloucestershire (1889): 167-169. Great Roll of the Pipe 1174-1175 (Pipe Roll Soc. 22) (1897): 194. Desc. Cat. Ancient Deeds 4 (1902): 527. Farrer Lancashire Pipe Rolls ... also Early Lancashire Charters (1902): 341-343. List of Ancient Corr. of the Chancery & Exchequer (PRO Lists and Indexes 15) (1902): 56; see also Index to Ancient Corr. of the Chancery & Exchequer 1 (Lists and Indexes, Supp. Ser. 15) (1969). VCH Oxford 2 (1907): 71-75. Owen Cat. MSS Rel. Wales in the British Museum 3 (Cymmrodorion Rec. Ser. 4) (1908): 660-665. Clark English Reg. of Godstow Nunnery 1 (1911): 132-133. VCH Hampshire 4 (1911): 53. Procs. Royal Irish Academy 35 (1918-20): 14-16 (undated charter of Geoffrey Fitz Robert to Duiske Abbey). Curia Regis Rolls 1 (1922): 154, 215, 362, 382, 393-394, 397, 423. Great Roll of the Pipe Michaelmas 1194 (Pipe Roll Soc. n.s. 5) (1928): 235. Brooks Knights' Fees in Counties Wexford Carlow & Kilkenny (1950): 26-27. Dict. Welsh Biog. (1959): 638 (biog. of Morgan up Hywel). Rogers Lacock Abbey Charters (Wiltshire Rec. Soc. 34) (1979): 18. Bartrum Welsh Gem. 300-1400 (1980) [Rhydderch ap Iestyn 1]. Crouch William Marshal 1147-1219 (1990): 139-140, 198-199 (identification of Nest's parentage).
  (* Note: Ralph Bluet's identification as the son of Isabel of Meulan, Countess of Pembroke is dependant of several pieces of evidence, chief among them being a previously overlooked charter issued by Ralph Bluet's younger brother, William Bluet, dated c.1168-89, in which William styled himself "brother of Earl Richard" (i.e., half- brother of Richard Fitz Gilbert (de Clare), Earl of Pembroke) [see Madox Formulare Anglicanum (1702): 182; National Archives, E 327/2981. The charter was issued at the court of William Bluet's cousin, Robert de Bréteuil, 2nd Earl of Leicester. About 1170 Ralph Bluet and another brother, Walter Bluet, together with their mother, Countess Isabel, witnessed a charter of Ralph and Walter's half-brother, Richard Fitz Gilbert, Earl of Pembroke [see Owen Cat. MSS ReZ Vales in the British Museum 4 (Cymmrodorion Rec. Ser. 4) (1922): 660-6651. Moreover, Ralph Bluet's own death is commemorated among the obits of other near kinsfolk of the Earls of Pembroke at Tintem Abbey: "Raclulfus Bloeth junior obiit xiij" die Julii." [see Dugdale Monasticon Anglicanum 5 (1825): 266].
  ii. WILLIAM BLUET, younger son. Either he or a near relation of the same name witnessed a charter dated 1205-19 to Bradenstoke Priory granted by William le Gras, nephew of William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke. Madox Fomulare Anglicanism (1702): 182 (charter of William Bluet brother of Earl Richard). London Centulary of Bradenstoke Priory (Wiltshire Rec. Soc. 35) (1979): 153-154 (charter of William le Gras). Crouch William Marshal Court, Career and Chivalry in the Angeoin Empire 1147-1219 (1990): 139 (author states in error that "Ralph Bloet's brother William had married a sister of the late Earl Richard Strongbow."). National Archives, E 327/298 (grant dated 1168-86 by William Bloet, brother of Earl Richard, to Warin de Baseville, re. land in Heacham and La Wike, Norfolk) (abstract of document available online at http://www.catalogue.nationalarchives.gov.uk/search.asp).”

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