Matilda d'Avranches

• Preferred Name: Matilda d'Avranches^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}
  
• Alternate Name: Dame du Sap
  
• Gender: F
  
• Death: 21 SEP 1173 in Okehampton, Devonshire, England at LATI: N0.7379 LONG: E4.0026
  
• Residence: heiress of the feudal barony of Okehampton, Devon
  
• FSID: 9CHV-DHK
  
• Birth: 1082 in Oxfordshire, England at LATI: N1.8574 LONG: E1.2935
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Biography
  Maud/Matilda d'Avranches
  
  Matilda was the daughter of Robert d'Avranches. C[arta]. Rob't son of King Henry by grant of Mathilde, daughter of Robert de Avrenchis and heir of Richard son of Baldwin, giving the whole vineyard which Rob't son Baldwin and Richard his brother Eccl.
  
  Matillis de Averenches or Averenges was married to:
  
  1st-William de Curcy, or Geoffrey de Crunes, with whom she had:
  
  1.) Hawise, who had:
  a.)Robert de Curtenay;
  
  2nd-Robert fitz Roy, in the time of Henry II, with whom she had:
  
  1.) Matillis de Curtenay, who at Devon, on Michaelmas, in 6-7 Henry III, sued Robert de Curtenay, the son of her half-sister
  
  2.) Hawise, who had been called to warranty by Reginald de Curtenay, for the manor of Chamelegh, and at Hillary in 6 Henry III, sued Robert de Courtenay for Ocumpton (Okehampton), Saundford, and four other manors, and Reginald de Courtenay for the manor of Chauneley;
  
  Matilda died on 21 September 1173.
  
  Research Notes
  The monastic history of Ford Abbey presents the theory that Robert D'Avranches was not Matilda's father but her first husband. Contemporary evidences, some of which are cited above, clearly disproves this theory.
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  Matilda d'Avranches, Dame du Sap1
  F, #104665, d. 21 September 1173
  Last Edited=23 Oct 2007
  Matilda d'Avranches, Dame du Sap was the daughter of Robert d'Avranches.1
  She married William de Crucy.2
  She married Robert fitz Edith, Baron of Okenhampton, son of Henry I 'Beauclerc', King of England and Edith Sigulfson.1
  She died on 21 September 1173.
  She was also known as Maud d'Avranches.2
  She gained the title of Dame du Sap. After her marriage, Matilda d'Avranches, Dame du Sap was styled as Baroness of Okenhampton.
  Child of Matilda d'Avranches, Dame du Sap and William de Crucy
  Hawise de Crucy, Lady of Okehampton+2 d. 31 Jul 1219
  Child of Matilda d'Avranches, Dame du Sap and Robert fitz Edith, Baron of Okenhampton
  Maud FitzRoy, Dame du Sap2 d. 1224
  Citations
  1. [S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 48.
  2. [S37] Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, BP2003 volume 1, page 1122.
  
  Maud d'Avranches - Source Notes
  Royal Ancestry by Douglas Richardson, Vol. 1 pg 14; Vol. 2 pg 315, 317
  She was heiress of Richard Fitz Baldwin.
  
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  Medieval Genealogy:
  The Fundationis et Fundatorum Historia of Ford Abbey rec
  
  === BETHAMIS GENEALOGICAL TABLES (GS NUMBER ===
  BETHAMIS GENEALOGICAL TABLES (GS NUMBER Q929.2 B465G) TAB 604; THE COMPLETE PEERAGE VOL 4 P.317; THE PLANTAGENET ANCESTRY P.133; KINGS OF ENGLAND, P.30; KEISER UND KOENIG HISTOIRE UND GENEALOGIE, PT 1 P.100; ANCESTRAL FILE, LDS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY;
  
  === Sources: 1. Weis, F.L. "Ancestral Root ===
  Sources: 1. Weis, F.L. "Ancestral Roots" 7th Edition, line 138.
  
  === Royal Ancestry Biography ===
  “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
  “HENRY nicknamed “Beauclerc,” King of England, Duke of Normandy...
  Illegitimate children of King Henry I of England, by his mistress, Edith, daughter of Forne son of Sigulf, lord of Greystoke, Cumberland. Edith subsequently married ROBERT D'OILLY, of Hook Norton, Oxfordshire, Constable of Oxford Castle. They had two sons, Henry and Gilbert. He and his wife, Edith, founded Oseney Priory near Oxford in 1129. Robert d'Oilly died in Sept. 1142. Sometime in the period, c.1145-56, his widow, Edith, granted a toft in Huggate and 68-1/2 acres in the fields there to the poor of the Hospital of St. Peter, York. Leys Sandford Cartulary 1 (Oxfordshire Rec. Soc. 19) (1938): 50 (charter of Robert d'Oilly dated c.1139; charter granted with consent of his wife, Edith), 92 (charter of Robert d'Oilly dated before June 1139; charter granted with consent of his wife, Edith, and his son, Henry). Farrer Early Yorkshire Charters 2 (1915): 505-508, 510 (charter of Edith wife of Robert d'Oilly dated c.1145-56), 510-511 (charter of Henry d'Oilly dated c.1145-56; charter witnessed by his wife, Maud), 518-519. Hedley Northumberland Fares. (1968): 233.
  i. ROBERT FITZ ROY. He held land in Devonshire in 1130. He witnessed a charter of his step-father, Robert d'Oilly, in the period, ?1130-35. He supported his half-sister, Empress Maud, in the Civil War. In the period, 1144-7, he witnessed a charter of his half-brother, Henry d'Oilly. In 1146-7 he witnessed a charter of Empress Maud and her son, Henry. About 1150 he granted 10 pounds of land in his manor of Wantage, Berkshire to the church of Oseney, with the counsel of Henry d'Oilly his half-brother. Sometime in the period, 1153-67, he witnessed a charter of Wigan of Wallingford. He married before 1162 MAUD D'AVRANCHES, widow of William de Courcy (or ?Geoffrey de Crimes?), and daughter of Robert d'Avranches, by ___, daughter of Gelduin de Dol. They had one daughter, Maud. His wife, Maud, was heiress of Richard Fitz Baldwin. In 1162 he granted St. Nicholas Priory, Exeter two ferlings of land in his manor of Calvalegie juxta Cobbalegiam, together with a man named Edwium son of Wranhi; charter was granted with with the consent of his wife, Maud d'Avranches. ROBERT FITZ ROY died 31 May 1172. His widow, Maud, died 21 Sept. 1173. Banks Genealogical Hist. of Divers Farms of the Ancient Peerage of England (1826): 301-305. Guizot Hist. des Ducs de Normandie par Guillaume de Jumiège (1826): 284-286 (Guillaume de Jumièges, Histoire des Normands, Liv. VIII, Chap. XXIX). Coll. Top. et Gen. 1 (1834): 188 ("C. Rob[er]ti filii Henrici Regis per concessionem Mathildis, filiz Roberti de Avrenchis et heredis Ricardi filii Baldewini, dans totam vincam quam Rob'tus fil. Baldewini et Ricardus fester ejus Eccl. S.N. dederunt."), 382 (charter dated 1162 of Robert son of King Henry, granted with consent of Maud d'Avranches his wife [Robertus filius Regis Henrici, assensu Matillidis de Abrinco uxoris meae to St. Nicholas Priory, Exeter). Dugdale Monasticon Anglican = 5 (1846): 377-382 (Ford Abbey, Fundationis et Fundatorum Historia: "Obijt denique vir ejus secundus, dominus Robertus filius regis Henrici anno Domini M.clxxii. pridie calendas Junii [31 May], et post ipsum vicecomitissa Matildis, itaque de Aubrincis ut prius nuncupata, undecimo calendas Octobris [21 Sept.] anno Domini M.clxxiii. et regni regis Henrici secundi 19."); 6(1) (1830): 253 (charter of Robert son of King Henry [Robertus Henrici regis filius]; charter names his [half-]brother [fratris], Henry d'Oilly). Collectanea Archæologica 1(1862): 263-284. Priory of Hexham 1 (Surtees Soc. 64) (1864): 138 (Chronicle of John, Prior of Hexham: "Emissi sunt autem ducenti milites cum Rodberto, filio Edae et Henrici Regis notho, et Johanne Marascaldo ...."). Freeman Reign of the Norman Conquest of England 4 (1871): 723. Turner Cal. Charters & Rolls: Bodleian Lib. (1878): 374 (charter of Robert son of King Henry dated c.1150). Notes & Queries 6th Ser. 3 (1881): 1-3. Maitland Bracton's Note Book 2 (1887): 137-138 (Robert de Courtenay testified in lawsuit dated 1222 that he was the son of Hawise, the first born daughter of Maud d'Avranches; Hawise's sister, Maud de Courtenay, who was the plaintiff in the lawsuit, in turn testified that the said Hawise was the daughter of Geoffrey de Crimes (or Crunes, Cruues), the 1st husband of Maud d'Avranches), 404-405; 3 (1887): 450-452 (Robert de Courtenay testified in lawsuit dated 1222 that his mother, Hawise, was the daughter of William de Curcy, husband of Maud d'Avranches). Notes & Gleanings 2 (1889): 50-56. Hall Red Book of the Exchequer 1 (Rolls Ser.) (1896): 251-254 (list of knights fees held by Robert Fitz Roy in 1166). Note-book of Tristram Risdon (1897): 53-56. Salter Eynsham Cartulary 1 (Oxford Hist. Soc. 49) (1907): 73, 75, 101-102. C.P. 11(1949): Appendix D, 105-121. Seversmith Colonial Fams. of Long Island New York & Connecticut 5 (1958): 2426-2428. Schwennicke Europäische Stammtafeln 3(2) (1983): 354 (illegitimate children of King Henry I of England). Winter Descs. of Charlemagne (800-1400) (1987): XII.650, XIII.995. Reedy Basset Charters c.1120 to 1250 (Pubs. Pipe Roll Soc. n.s. 50) (1995): 25-26 (charter dated 1146-7 of Empress Maud daughter of King Henry I and her son, Henry; charter witnessed by Robert, Earl of Gloucester, and Robert Fitz Roy). Jour. of Medieval Hist. 29 (2003): 129-151. Green Henry I, King of England & Duke of Normandy (2006): Appendix I, Chart 2 (chart). Fizzard Plympton Priory (2008): 62, footnote 26.
  Child of Robert Fitz Roy, by Maud d'Avranches:
  a. MAUD FITZ ROBERT, married REYNOLD DE COURTENAY, of Sutton, Berkshire [see COURTENAY 1].
  ii. ALICE FITZ ROY. In the period, ?1130-35, she witnessed a charter of her step-father, Robert d'Oilly, and her mother, Edith. Salter Eynsham Cartulary 1 (Oxford Hist. Soc. 49) (1907): 72-73 (Alice daughter of the king [Adeliza Lila Reg.] witness to charter of Robert d'Oilly, his wife, and son dated ?1130-35). Jour. of Medieval Hist. 29 (2003): 129-151..."
  
  === #Générale# Héritière de La Haye-Pesnel ===
  #Générale# Héritière de La Haye-Pesnel (50).
  
  === 1. Source: "Ancestry of Roger Ludlow" b ===
  1. Source: "Ancestry of Roger Ludlow" by Seversmith; p2,428; see RIN-917. 2. First name also listed as "Maud". 3. "In 1172 Matilda or Maud d'Avranches and Hugh Paynel held moieties of Meules and Sap in France, by the services of 2 1/2 knoghts' fees each. She was known as the dame du Sap". 4. Death date also given as "1172". (p. 2,420).
  
  === Maud d'Avranches, lady of Oakhampton, a ===
  Maud d'Avranches, lady of Oakhampton, and of du Sap in Norm andy, daughter and heir of Robert d'Avranches, lord of Oakh ampton, co. Devon. [Ancestral Roots] --------------------------- Maud d'Avranches, the latter being heiress of Baldwin Fit z Gilbert's family, which had held the honour of Okehampto n and the Shrievalty of Devon 1080-1142. [Burke's Peerage] --------------------------- Maud de Abrincis m. 1st, --- Deincourt, by whom she had a d au., Hawise, m. to Sir Reginald de Courtenay. Maud m. 2ndly , Robert FitzEdith, natural son of King Henry I, and had an other dau., Matilda, m. to William de Courtenay, brother o f Sir Reginald. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Pee rages, Burke's Peerage, London, 1883, p. 140, Courtenay, Ba rons Courtenay, Earls of Devon] Note Burke's newest Peerage (1999 - not extinct) has a diff erent story to tell. Maud (Matilda) married Reginald (Rena ud) and Hawise married the son (also name Reginald or Renau d). No mention is made of who married Renaud I's brother W illiam. Plus Maud de Abrincis is named "Maud D'Avranches" . Plus Hawise is dau of de Coucy - not Deincourt. (not e - Plantagenet ancestry also has Deincourt. I have Hawis e Deincourt as Reginald, the father's 1st wife.). I am goi ng with the newest Burke (1999).
  
  === #Générale# Héritière de La Haye-Pesnel ( ===
  #Générale# Héritière de La Haye-Pesnel (50).

1. Hawise ( Matilda) De Aincourt D'Abrinces, b. 1135 in Courtenay, Loiret, France     d. 30 JUL 1209 in

• m. ABT 1160

1. Hawisa d'Ayncourt Lady Okehampton, b. ABT 1103 in , Donjon, Allier, France     d. 7 AUG 1219

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