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Beatrice fitz Ausculph of Dudley Castle
- Preferred Name: Beatrice fitz Ausculph of Dudley Castle
- Gender: F
- Find A Grave: with note: Description: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/143749825/dame_beatrix-de_pagnell
- Burial: 1142 in Dudley, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom at LATI: N2.5096 LONG: E2.0898
- Death: ABT 1142 in Dudley, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom at LATI: N2.5096 LONG: E2.0898
- FSID: L8BW-XCL
- Fact: with note: Description: https://www.geni.com/people/B%C3%A9atrix-de-Picquigny-Dame-of-Dudley-Castle/6000000006265543598
- Birth: ABT 1059 in Dudley Castle, Dudley, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom at LATI: N2.5131 LONG: E2.0789 with note: Removed UK.
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
Beatrix FitzAnsculf was the daughter and heiress of William fitz Ansculf de Picquigny lord of Dudley & his wife, whose name is not known.
Beatrice married Fulk Paynel (also spelled Pagnell) of Staffordshire, the son of William Paynell Seigneur de Moûtiers-Hubert. Through this marriage Fulk became lord of lands in several counties, which included Dudley, Worcestershire, Newport [Pagnell], Buckinghamshire.
Beatrix and Fulk are believed to be the parents of:
- Ralph Paynell
- Agnes Paynell, married Robert de Brus
- William Paynell, married Juliana de Bampton
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Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
C. PAYNELL FAMILIES of DUDLEY (WORCESTERSHIRE)
FULK Paynell, son of [WILLIAM Paynell of Moûtiers-Hubert & his wife ---] (-after 1129). Ellis names "William Paynel of Moûtiers-Hubert and Fulk Paynel of Dudley" as the sons of William Paynell Seigneur de Moûtiers-Hubert, without citing the primary sources on which he bases his supposition[143]. Domesday Descendants does not specify his parentage[144]. The 1130 Pipe Roll records "Fulcoius Paenell" paying half a fine relating to his suit against "Rogerum Parlarium" in Staffordshire[145]. “Gervasius Paganellus” donated property to Tykford Priory, with the consent of “uxoris meæ Isabellæ comitissæ de Norhamton”, by charter dated 1187 which names “Fulcodius Paganellus avus meus et Radulfus Paganellus pater meus”[146].
m [BEATRIX, daughter of WILLIAM FitzAnsculf of Dudley & his wife ---]. Domesday Descendants states that Fulk Paynell "acquired the fief of William fitz Ansculf de Picquigny lord of Dudley, Worcestershire, probably by marriage to William’s heiress (?daughter)"[147]. Ellis is more definite, naming "Beatrix, d. and heiress of Will. fitz Ansculph, of Dudley" as the wife of Fulk Paynell, without citing the primary sources on which he bases his supposition[148]. Grazebrook comments that "it has…been suggested, and I think with great probability" that Fulk Paynell acquired the lordship of Dudley "by marriage with Fitz Ansculph’s heiress"[149]. This last quote indicates that the connection is speculative and is not based on any primary source. Until more information comes to light, this supposed wife of Fulk is shown in square brackets.
Fulk & his wife had [two] children:
1. RALPH Paynell (-before [1160]). m ---. The name of Ralph’s wife is not known. Ralph & his wife had two children:
a) GERVASE Paynell (-before Sep 1194).
b) HAWISE Paynell (-after 1210). m firstly JOHN de Somery, son of --- (-[1191/92]). m secondly ([1196/97]) ROGER de Berkeley, son of NICHOLAS de Berkeley & his wife Alice [de Teckenham] (-1230).
2. [AGNES Paynell (-18 Nov ----). The manuscript history of the Bruce family of Carleton records that “primus Brus de Carleton…Robertus de Brus” married “Agnetam filiam Fulconis Paynell” and received “manerium de Carleton” from his father-in-law[171]. The primary source which confirms that Agnes’s father was Fulk Paynell of Staffordshire has not yet been identified. “Robertus de Brus…Agnes uxor mea, filiusque noster Adam de Brus” donated property to Middlesburgh priory by undated charter[172]. “Robertus de Brus…et Agnes uxor mea et Adam filius noster” founded Gisburne Priory, Yorkshire by undated charter[173]. The 1155 Pipe Roll records "Agnes de Bruis…p filio suo"[174]. A charter of King Henry II, dated to [1176/86], confirmed donations to the canons of Gisburne, among which a donation by “Agnetis uxoris Roberti de Brus”[175]. The obituary of Gisburne priory records the death “XIV Kal Dec” of "Agnetis Brus uxoris fundatoris nostri"[176]. m ROBERT [I] de Brus, son of --- (-11 May 1141, bur Gisburne Priory).]
D. PAYNELL FAMILIES of BAMPTON (DEVONSHIRE)
It is probable that William Paynell who married the heiress of Bampton was another son of Fulk Paynell of Dudley, shown above, but the primary source which confirms that this is correct has not yet been identified.
1. WILLIAM Paynell (-before 1166). m as her first husband, JULIANA de Bampton, daughter of ROBERT de Bampton & his wife Emma ---. “Fulcodius Paganellus de Bahantune” donated property to Tykford Priory, for the souls of “patris mei Willielmi Paganelli et matris meæ Julianæ de Bahantune…”, by undated charter[177]. Domesday Descendants records that Juliana married secondly (before 1166) Warin de Aula[178]. William & his wife had two children:
a) FULK Paynell of Bampton, Devonshire (-1208). "Fulco Painel" paid a fine for "honore de Banton" in Devonshire, dated 1199[179].
b) WILLIAM Paynell . “Fulcodius Paganellus de Bahantune” donated property to Tykford Priory by undated charter subscribed by “Willielmo Paganello fratre meo…”[180]. “Fulcodius Paganellus” donated property to Tykford Priory by undated charter, witnessed by “Gervasius Paganellus et uxor eius comitissa Isabella et Robertus Paganellus eorum filius, et Willielmus Paganellus prædicti Fulcodii frater…”[181].
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http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/enguntps.htm#_ftnref146
http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/enguntps.htm#FulkPaynelldiedafter1129B
Preferred Parents:
Father: William FitzAnsculf de Picquigny, b. ABT 1040 in Anscough, Normandie, France d. ABT 1086 in Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom
Mother: Clemence D'Abbeville Cavanez De Ponthieu, b. 1060 in Ponthieu, France d. 1115 in Mortaigne, Orne, Basse-Normandie, France
Family 1: Fulke de Paganel Baron of Dudley, b. 1073 in Les Mountres Hubert, Normandy, France d. 1138 in Dudley Castle, Warwickshire, England
- William de Paynel of Bampton, b. ABT 1098 in Dudley, Worcestershire, England d. ABT 1165 in Bampton, Devon, England
- Ralph de Paganel Lord of Dudley, b. 1105 in Warwickshire, England d. 1153 in Dudley, Worcestershire, England
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