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Robert de Meinell
- Preferred Name: Robert de Meinell[1] [2]
- Alternate Name: Robert De Meynill
- Alternate Name: Robert De Maisnill
- Alternate Name: Robert De Meynell II
- Alternate Name: Robert De Meynell
- Alternate Name: Robert Meinell Rm
- Alternate Name: Robert of Meynell
- Alternate Name: Robert de Meynill I
- Alternate Name: Robert De Stuteville
- Alternate Name: Robert Meynell
- Alternate Name: Robert Maynell
- Alternate Name: Robert Meinill
- Alternate Name: Robert de Meinill
- Alternate Name: Robert de Mesnil
- Gender: M
- AFN: with note: Description: 9TGP-0C
- Birth: 1070 in Whorlton, Yorkshire, England at LATI: N4.403 LONG: E1.2503
- LdsBaptism: 11 SEP 1965 with note: GEDCOM data
- Alt.+Death: ABT 1135 in Stokesley, Yorkshire, England at LATI: N4.4667 LONG: E1.2
- Alt.+Birth: 1075 in Coutances, Manche, Normandy, France at LATI: N9.05 LONG: E1.44
- Death: 1135 in Whorlton, Yorkshire, England at LATI: N4.403 LONG: E1.2503
- http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Lord
- LdsSealingToParents: 28 JUL 1966 with note: GEDCOM data
- Alt. Birth: 1075 in Coutances, Manche, Normandie, France at LATI: N9.05 LONG: E1.44
- Residence: in Whorlton, Yorkshire, England at LATI: N4.403 LONG: E1.2503
- LdsEndowment: 4 DEC 1965 with note: GEDCOM data
- Fact: with note: Description: https://www.geni.com/people/Robert-de-Meynell/6000000003243537722
- Alt.+Birth: 1070 in Whorlton, Yorkshire, England at LATI: N4.403 LONG: E1.2503
- FSID: LH72-2FD
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
ID: I10581
Name: Robert I de MEINILL , of Whorlton 1
Sex: M
ALIA: Robert de /Meynell/, of Whorlton
Birth: ABT 1075 in Coutances, Manche, Normandy, France
Death: BEF 1135 in Whorlton, Stokesley, Yorkshire, England 1
Note:
ROBERT DE MEINILL (b), the first member of this family in England of whom there is record (c), held property in Yorkshire much of which formed part of the Mortain fee at the time of Domesday. He was probably the founder of the original castle at Whorlton in that county. He granted the vill of Myton-on-Swale to St. Mary's Abbey, York, circa 1100-1106. With his wife Gertrude he granted the church of Great Ayton to Whitby Abbey in the time of Abbot William, circa 1109; this was confirmed by their son Stephen de Meinill circa 1130-50.
Robert married Gertrude, probably daughter of Nele FOSSARD and sister of Robert FOSSARD. He died before 1135. His widow m. Jordan PAYNEL. [Complete Peerage VIII:619-20, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]
[b] The name was variously spelt Meinill, Meisnil, Mesnil, Meignil, Masnil, Mennelle, Menill, &c. . . There appears to be no documentary evidence that the Meinills of Langley Meinill, co. Derby, were similarly connected [to this family]. They were descended from Hugh de Meinill, living circa 1251, steward to William de Ferrers, Earl of Derby, and his descendant Sir Hugh de Meinill was summoned for military service to Newcastle-upon-Tyne in Apr 1327.
(c) He was probably of Norman extraction. William Brown gives reasons for supposing that he came from the arrondissement of Coutances in the department of Manche. It may, however, be noted that circa 1205 a Stephen de Meinnil, knight (his Christian name is possibly suggestive), was a juror relating to the rights belonging to the castelries of Evreux and Gaillon.
Marriage 1 Gertrude FOSSARD b: ABT 1080 in South Otterington, Yorkshire, England
Married: in 1st husband 1
Children
Has Children Stephen I de MEINILL , of Whorlton b: BEF 1098 in Whorlton, Stokesley, Yorkshire, England
Has Children Gilbert de MEYNELL , of Dalby b: ABT 1100 in Dalby, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England
Sources:
Title: Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000
Page: VIII:619-20
=== From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 5 J ===
From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 5 JAN 1998.
=== SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 S ===
SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 SO.68) P.30, 33;
=== SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 S ===
SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 SO.68) P.33;
=== 1) Agnes/De Rotese * ===
1) Agnes/De Rotese *
=== 1155 ===
1155
=== Sir Bernard Burke: Dormant and Extinct P ===
Sir Bernard Burke: Dormant and Extinct Peerages - Baron Meinill
=== L Sorley: The Sorley Pedigrees P. 33 ===
L Sorley: The Sorley Pedigrees P. 33 Sir Bernard Burke: Dormant And Extinct Peerages - Baron Meinill M E Sorley: The Sorley Pedigrees P. 30, 33
=== Notes for Marr., Husb: MEYNELL,Robert De ===
Notes for Marr., Husb: MEYNELL,Robert De and Wife: FOSSARD,Gertrude
=== !Derbyshire Archaelogical Natural Histor ===
!Derbyshire Archaelogical Natural History Society 942.51 B2a V48/49
=== 1. Source: "Ancestry of Roger Ludlow" b ===
1. Source: "Ancestry of Roger Ludlow" by Seversmith, p. 2,371.
Preferred Parents:
Father: Gilbert de Meynell, b. 1038 in Le Mesnil-Mauger, Normandie, France d. 1120 in Yorkshire, England
Mother: Gilbert de Mesnil, b. ABT 1042 in Mesnil-Mauger, Seine-Maritime, France
Family 2: de Meinill, b. ABT 1138 in Whorlton, Cleveland, Yorkshire, England
- m. ABT 1155 in Whorlton, Cleveland, Yorkshire, England
- Stephen de Meinill, b. 1156 in Stokesley, Yorkshire, England d. 1217 in Whorlton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Family 3: Gertrude Fossard, b. ABT 1080 in South Otterington, Yorkshire, England d. 1120 in Yorkshire, England
- m. 1155 in Whorlton, Yorkshire, England
- m. 1109 in South Otterington, Yorkshire, England
- m. ABT 1163 in Hathersage, Derbyshire, England
- m. 1099 in Whorlton, Yorkshire, England
- m. ABT 1119 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England
- m. ABT 1164 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England
- m. 1099 in South Otterington, Yorkshire, England
- Gilbert de Meinell, b. 1105 in Meynell Langley, Kirk Langley, Derbyshire, England d. 30 JAN 1205 in Stokesley, Yorkshire, England
- Gilbert Meynell, b. ABT 1100 in No Lees Hall, Derby, Eng
- Stephen de Meinill, b. 1156 in Stokesley, Yorkshire, England d. 1217 in Whorlton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Sources:
- Title: Book - Early Yorkshire Charters Vol 2
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Robert De Meynell -
Author: Ancestral File (TM), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2737222797
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