Beatrice de Vaux

• Preferred Name: Beatrice de Vaux^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]}
  
• Gender: F
  
• Birth: 21 JUL 1149 in Gilsland, Northumberland, England at LATI: N4.9905 LONG: E2.5732 with note: THE UNITED KINGDOM DID NOT EXIST UNTIL 1801- STOP DOING THIS
  
• Record+Change: 9 JAN 2002 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• Burial: AFT 24 MAR 1217 in Mottisfount Priory, Hampshire, England at LATI: N1.0786 LONG: E1.317
  
• Death: 24 MAR 1217 in Stoke Damerel, Devon, England at LATI: N0.3702 LONG: E4.17 with note: THE UNITED KINGDOM DID NOT EXIST UNTIL 1801- STOP DOING THIS
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Baroness of Horsley
  
• FSID: 9Q7J-1ZG
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
  “HENRY nicknamed “Beauclerc,” King of England, Duke of Normandy, Count of Cotentin...
  Illegitimate son of King Henry I of England, by his mistress, Sibyl Corbet:
  i. REYNOLD FITZ ROY, Earl of Cornwall, Sheriff of Devon, 1173-5. He married in 1140 MABEL FITZ WILLIAM, daughter of William Fitz Richard, of Cornwall. They had one son, Nicholas, and four daughters, Denise (wife of Richard de Redvers, Earl of Devon), Maud, Sarah (wife of Ademar, Vicomte of Limoges), and Emme (wife of Guy V de Laval, seigneur of Laval). By a mistress, Beatrice de Valle (or Vaux) (afterwards wife of William Briwerre, Knt.), he had an illegitimate son, Henry Fitz Count. By an unknown mistress, he also had one illegitimate son, William. He was granted the lands of William, Earl of Mortain, amounting to 215-1/2 fees in Devon and Cornwall. He was created Earl of Cornwall about April 1141. He and Robert, Earl of Leicester, were recognized by contemporaries as "the most powerful men in the kingdom." His wife, Mabel, fell into insanity in the 1140s. He witnessed a charter of Henry d'Oilly in the period, 1114-47. In 1153 he witnessed the agreement between King Stephen and Henry, Duke of Normandy [afterwards King Henry II]. He and Robert, Earl of Leicester, acted as intermediary between the king and Thomas Becket at Northampton in 1164. He played a major part in opposing the rebels of 1173-4 in England. REYNOLD FITZ ROY, Earl of Cornwall died 1 July 1175, allegedly at Chertsey, Surrey, and was buried at Reading, Berkshire. Dugdale Baronage (1675): 702 (sub Briwere) ("[William Briwere] having married Beatrix de Valle, a Concubine, as 'tis said, to Reginald Earl of Cornwall (which is probable, for in a Grant made by Henry Son to the same Reginald [Earl of Cornwall], unto this William [Briwere], of the Mannor of Karswell, and Land of Hakford, he calls him his Brother")) [Note: Dugdale evidently intended to say that Henry Fitz Count's brother was William Briwere the younger, as it was William Briwere the elder was the husband of his mother, Beatrice de Valle]. Brooke Discoverie of Certaine Errours (1724): 6, 98 (undated charter of Reynold son of King Henry to William de Botreaux son of Alice Corbet his aunt [matertera]; charter witnessed by his son, Nicholas; his nephews/kinsmen [nepotibus], Ralph and Richard, and his brother, William), 112. Topographer 2 (1790): 288-291. Banks Genealogical Hist. of Divers Fams 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). Baker Hist. & Antiqs. of Northampton 2 (1836 11): 239-240 (Bruere or Briwere ped.). Collectanea Archæologica 1(1862): 263-284. Stubbs Gesta Regis Henrici Secundi Benedicti Abbatis (or Chron. of the Reigns of Henry II. & Richard I. A.D. 1169-1192) 1 (Rolls Ser. 49) (1867): 163 ("Deditque ibidem Hereberto filio Hereberti, et Willelmo fratri comitis Reginaldi, et Joelllano de la Pumerai, nepoti eorum, regnum be Limeric pro servitio sexaginta militum"), 172 ("Nam Herbertus, et Willelmus, fratres Reginaldi comitis Cornubiae, et Joellanus de Purnetia nepos eorum, regnum illud havere noluerunt; sed illud reddiderunt domino regi et Johanni filio suo liberum et quietum ab omni calurnnia eorum"). Le Fizelier Mémoire chronologique de Maucourt de Bourjolly sur la Ville de Laval 1 (1886): 136-142. Hall Red Book of the Exchequer 1 (Rolls Ser.) (1896): 251-253 (William brother of Earl Reynold [Willelmus frater Comitis Reginaldi] held 1/2 knight's fee of Robert Fitz Roy in 1166), 261-262 (William brother of the Earl [Willelmus frater Comitis] held four knight's fees Reynold, Earl of Cornwall in 1166). Rpt. & Trans. Devonshire Assoc. 29 (1897): 455-456. List of Sheriffs for England & Wales (PRO Lists and Indexes 9) (1898): 34. Salter Eynsham Cartulary 1 (Oxford Hist. Soc. 49) (1907): 75. C.P. 3 (1913): 429 (sub Cornwall); 11(1949): Appendix D, 105-121. Colls. Hist. Staffs. 1924 (1926): 9, 219. English Hist. Rev. 62 (1947): 352-377 (charter of William de Marsh brother of Reynold Earl of Cornwall [Willelmus de Marisco frater Reginaldi comitis Cornubie]). Kemp Reading Abbey Cartularies (Camden 4th Ser. 33) (1987): 6 (Reynold, Earl of Cornwall, styled "uncle" [avunculo] by Henry [II], later King of England, in charter dated 1147 or 1149). Minor & Butler eds. Letters of John of Salisbury 1 (Oxford Medieval Texts) (1955): 162-163. Schwennicke Europäische Stammtafeln 3(2) (1983): 354 (illegitimate children of King Henry I of England). Hull Cartulary of Launceston Priory (Devon & Cornwall Rec. Soc. n.s. 30) (1987): 9-10 (charter of Reynold, Earl of Cornwall dated c.1154-65), 10-11 (charter of Reynold, Earl of Cornwall dated c.1146-55), 11 (charter of Reynold, Earl of Cornwall dated c.1155-65), 195-196 (charter of Reynold, Earl of Cornwall dated c.1165-75, witnessed by his son, Nicholas), 196-197 (charter of Reynold, Earl of Cornwall dated c.1155-65), 197-198 (two confirmation charters of King Henry II of England naming his "uncle" [avunculus] Reynold, Earl of Cornwall, one dated c.1174-5, the other dated c.1174-6). Winter Descs. of Charlemagne (800-1400) (1987): 1(11.651, X111.996-1000. Fryde & Greenway Handbook of British Chronology (1996): 35. Hollister Henry 1(2003). Jour. of Medieval Hist. 29 (2003): 129-151. Green Henry I, King of England & Duke of Normandy (2006): Appendix I, Chart 2 (chart).Cornwall Rec. Office: Borough of Truro, BTRU/1 (charter of Reynold, Earl of Cornwall dated c.1161-66) (available at www.a2a.org.uk/search/index.asp).
  Child of Reynold Fitz Roy, Earl of Cornwall, by Mabel Fitz William:
  a. MAUD OF CORNWALL, married ROBERT II, Count of Meulan [see VERMANDOIS 7].
  Illegitimate child of Reynold Fitz Roy, Earl of Cornwall, allegedly by Beatrice de Valle:
  a. HENRY FITZ COUNT, of Liskeard, Cornwall and King's Kerswell, Devon, Constable of Totnes Castle, 1209, Governor of Portchester Castle, 1211, Sheriff of Cornwall, 1215, 1217-20, Constable of Launceston Castle and Warden of the Stanneries, 1215. In 1194 he was granted the manors of Liskeard, Cornwall and Diptford and King's Kerswell, Devon by the king. In 1196 he witnessed the Torre Abbey foundation charter issued by his alleged step-father, Sir William Briwerre. In 1215 he had a grant of the county of Cornwall from King John, to farm until the realm should be at peace. The grant was renewed by King Henry III 7 Feb. 1216/7. He resigned the county to the king in 1220, when he took the cross. HENRY FITZ COUNT died a crusader in 1222. Banks Genealogical Hist. of Divers Fams of the Ancient Peerage of England (1826): 301-305. Hunter Catalogue of the MSS in the library of the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn (1838): 13. Dugdale Monasticon Anglicanum 6(2) (1846): 924 (Torre Abbey foundation charter issued by William Briwer). Oliver Monasticon Dioecesis Exoniensis (1846): 174 (charter of Henry son of Reynold Earl of Cornwall; charter granted for the souls of his brothers and his mother), 179, 183. Trans. Exeter Diocesan Architectural & Arch. Soc. 2nd Ser. 1 (1867): 133-134. Annual Rpt. of the Deputy Keeper 31(1870): 5. Rpt. & Trans. Devonshire Assoc. 29 (1897): 456. List of Sheriffs for England & Wales (PRO Lists and Indexes 9) (1898): 21. Notes & Queries 9th Ser. 9 (1902): 295-296 ("But Reginald de Dunstanville [i.e., Reynold Fitz Roy, Earl of Cornwall] had also by Beatrix de Valle (who afterwards became the wife of William Brewer, the judge of Henry II. and one of the regents of Richard I.) an illegitimate son named Henry FitzCount (sometimes FitzHenry), who became in after years also Earl of Cornwall."). Genealogist n.s. 20 (1904): 10-11. C.P. 3 (1913): 430 (sub Cornwall). Painter Reign of King John (1949): 231, 290, 348, 358-359. Hobbs Cartulary of Forde Abbey (Somerset Rec. Soc. 85) (1998): 116 (charter of Henry Fitz Count dated 1200-22; charter witnessed by William Brewer). North Devon Rec. Office: Chichester of Arlington, 50/11/29/3 (confirmation of a gift of land dated early 13th Cent. from Henry son of Earl Reginald to William de Tracy of all his land of Wollecombe [in Mortehoe] and Boklande, Devon, which William and his ancestors held of Henry and his ancestors, lords of Bradneys, as the charter of Hugh Ruffus testifies. To have and to hold to the aforesaid William, his heirs and assigns, of Henry and his heirs for ever, rendering all due and customary services. Seal of Henry son of Earl Reginald - Round, natural wax, armorial, surrounded by legend giving name of owner, chipped. The arms on shield resemble those of Courtenay family, but the Courtenays did not become Earls till 14th Cent.) (available at www.a2a.org.uk/search/index.asp). Henry III Fine Rolls Project (Baldekin styled "kinsman" of H[enry] Fitz Count in a fine roll item dated 1220; by whom he was earlier granted lands in Cornwall formerly held by Robert de Tintagel) (available at www.finerollshenry3.org.uk/content/calendar/roll_015.html)..."
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  The Complete Peerage states that Dugdale "calls her Beatrice de Valle, says she was the mistress of Rainald Earl of Cornwall" and later the wife of William de Briwere, but does not cite a primary source on which this information is based[141]. The chronology does not appear to favour the subsequent marriage of the mistress of Earl Renaud to William de Briwere. The marriages of the latter´s children are recorded in the first decade of the 13th century, their births being therefore estimated to [1180/1195]. Even if Earl Renaud´s mistress gave birth to the earl´s illegitimate son in the last decade of his life (when he would have been in his sixties), it is unlikely that she could have continued bearing children into the mid-1190s.
  
  BIO
  BIO: from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISHNOBILITYMEDIEVAL3.htm#GreciaBriwereMReynoldBriouse as of 6/5/2016
  
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  === https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69897964/beatrice-de_vaux ===
  Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 20 August 2018), memorial page for Beatrice de Vaux (1149–24 Mar 1216), Find A Grave Memorial no. 69897964, citing Dunkeswell Abbey, Dunkeswell, East Devon District, Devon, England ; Maintained by Kat (contributor 47496397) .
  
  === Children Grecia DE BRIWERE Margaret DE B ===
  Children Grecia DE BRIWERE Margaret DE BRIWERE Joan DE BRIWERE ALIA: Beatrice /de VALLE/ SOURCE NOTES: Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland,Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant. Gloucester:A Sutton, 1982. Watney, Vernon James, The Wallop Family and their Ancestry, Oxford:John Johnson, 1928. LDS Film#1696491 items 6-9. Weis, Frederick Lewis, Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists, 6th Edition, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1988. Data not yet checked against7th Edition. Weis, Frederick Lewis, with additions and corrections by Walter LeeSheppard, Jr, Assisted by David Faris, Ancestral Roots of Certain AmericanColonists who came to America before 1700, 7th Edition, Baltimore: GenealogicalPublishing Co, 1992. Marriage 1 Reginald FITZROY , de Mortain, Earl of Cornwell b: ABT. 1100in of Castle Combe, Wiltshire, England Children Henry FitzCount b: ABT. 1170 Marriage 2 William de BRIWERE , Lord of Torre b: ABT. 1145 in Stoke,Devon, England Married: 1174 Children Grace de BRIWERE b: ABT. 1170 in Stoke, Devon, England Marjorie de Briwere b: ABT. 1172 in of Stoke, Devon, England Isabel de BRIWERE b: ABT. 1184 in of Stoke, Devon, England Alice de BRIWERE b: ABT. 1185 in Of Torre, Devon, England Joan de BRIWERE b: ABT. 1190 in of Stoke, Devon, England
  
  === Background information concerning some issues and misconceptions about the Vaux family ===
  There appears to be considerable confusion in some historical records, as well as in many private records, concerning the pedigree line of the Vaux (also spelled Valle and Vallibus) family in England. It is clear from historical records (for example: The Battle Abbey Roll; the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy; Burke’s Peerages of England: Extinct, Dormant and in Abeyance; Burke’s Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry; Burke's The Roll of Battle Abbey; The Domesday Book; and British History Online) that the Vaux line in England begins with Harold de Vaux, who accompanied William the Conqueror to England in 1066, Harold himself being accompanied by at least three sons: Hubert (Hubert I), Ranulph and Robert (Robert I) de Vaux. Some records also seem to suggest a possible fourth son named Aitard de Vaux. Harold de Vaux must have been born sometime before 1020 (and some private records suggest 1010) to have had three adult sons accompanying William the Conqueror in 1066. Those three sons must have been born by at least the 1040s to be adults by 1066. It is noted that The Domesday Book of 1086 only lists two members of the Vaux family: Robert de Vaux I and Aitard de Vaux. Harold, Hubert I and Ranulph do not appear in the Domesday Book, suggesting they were already deceased by 1086, or had returned to Normandy in France. In any case, those three original members of the Vaux family in England do not appear to be in England in 1086.
  
  Many records, particularly private records, but even some historical records, suggest that Hubert de Vaux I was given the Barony of Gillesland in Cumberland on the Scottish border by William the Conqueror. THAT IS SIMPLY IN ERROR. Ranulph le Meschines was named Earl of Chester (or Earl of Cumberland) by William the Conqueror and Ranulph le Meschines divided his county into several Baronies, including Gillesland. The Barony of Gillesland was granted to one Hubert de Vaux, but that was not until very nearly 1130, long after William the Conqueror’s death in 1087. The Conqueror’s son, Henry I, was the king at the time Gillesland was granted to one Hubert de Vaux and that could not have been Hubert de Vaux I who would have been in his late 80s or early 90s, if he were still living. The Hubert de Vaux who received Gillesland must be someone that should be referred to as Hubert de Vaux II. Hubert de Vaux II died in either 1164 or 1167 (the records don’t all agree on the date) and if that were Hubert de Vaux I he would be over 120 years of age.
  
  It appears from historical records that there are two different possible pedigrees for Hubert de Vaux II. Burke's Peerages of England: Extinct, Dormant, and in Abeyance reports that Hubert de Vaux I (who accompanied William the Conqueror to England) had a son Robert, who was the founder of the Priory of Pentney in Normandy. That Robert had two sons: Robert, who died without posterity, and Ranulph. Ranulph had a son Robert, who had a son Hubert (Hubert II?). However, the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy reports that Robert de Vaux I (who accompanied William the Conqueror to England and was the brother of Hubert de Vaux I named above) was the founder of the Priory of Pentney, but in Norfolk, England, and not in Normandy. He had a son William who had a son Robert (Robert II) who had seven sons, one of whom was named Hugh, which might be a misinterpretation of Hubert. Thus, it is not entirely possible to correctly identify Hubert de Vaux II. Burke's Peerages of England, cited above, places that Hubert de Vaux as the son to Robert de Vaux who was living in the time of King John (died 1216), much too late to be the Hubert de Vaux of the Barony of Gillesland about 1130.
  
  The record entry in the Battle Abbey Roll about the Vaux family appears to confuse the two Huberts (Hubert I and Hubert II) [See documents in the Memories section of Hubert de Vaux II]. That entry begins with Hubert de Vaux (Hubert II) who is reported “to be the grandson of the founder of Pentney Priory” (presumably the Pentney in Norfolk, England). Pentney Priory was established by one Robert de Vaux about 1130 and Robert de Vaux I and his son (perhaps grandson?) Robert de Vaux II were both buried there. It is not exactly clear which Robert founded the Priory, but from the date of 1130, it would seem quite likely that would be Robert I rather that Robert II, which is entirely possible since Robert I, being the youngest son of Harold de Vaux who accompanied William the Conqueror to England in 1066, was likely born by 1045 and would have been in his 80s. Robert I could have founded the Priory very shortly before his death and then been buried there. In any case, the Hubert de Vaux II who obtained the Barony of Gillesland is the grandson (or perhaps actually great grandson?) of Robert de Vaux I and the son of Robert de Vaux II. He is not the Hubert de Vaux who is the older brother of Robert de Vaux I and who is not found in the Domesday Book.
  
  The historical records also do not all agree on the details concerning the family of Robert de Vaux I. The Foundation for Medieval Genealogy reports Robert’s wife is named Agnes and that they had four children (sons): Roger, William, Oliver and Henry and that William was the founder of Pentney Priory and was the father of Robert II, Adam and William II. British History Online appears to disagree somewhat and reports Robert de Vaux I is the founder of Pentney Priory and he founded the Priory “for the souls of Agnes his wife, and their children”, and that entry also names William as the oldest of three sons, not four sons, and reports he was succeeded by his son Robert (Robert II), as William “took holy orders”. The next in the line appears to be John de Vaux “great-grandson of Robert” (presumably Robert I and likely the son of Robert II and grandson of William I). Another entry in British History Online reports that “Robert de Vallibus or Vaux, the youngest son of 3 brothers… was father of William, whose son Robert (Robert II) is said to have had 7 sons…” Only two of Robert’s (presumably Robert II) children are named in this entry: “Will., the eldest, dying without issue, was succeeded by his brother, Sir Oliver de Vaux… had 3 sons; Robert, who died young, William, the 2d, dying without issue, the inheritance came to the 3d brother, Sir John de Vaux…”. However, the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy [See document in the Memories section for Robert de Vaux II] does name the seven sons as follows: Robert, Oliver, John, Philip, Roger, Hugh (Hugonem) and William. There is no mention in either the British History Online or the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy entries of Hubert II being named as one of the seven sons of Robert II, but it appears that Hubert II must be one of the sons of Robert II if he is a grandson (likely great grandson) of Robert I, founder of Pentney Priory. It would appear that Hubert II is most likely one and the same person as the son named Hugh. Otherwise, Hubert II has no documented, unquestionable pedigree prior to his existence in later records associated with Gillesland, because it seems unlikely he could descend from Hubert I if Hubert I was gone before the time of the Domesday Book in 1086. Assuming that Hugh and Hubert II are, in fact, the same person, the Vaux pedigree of Hubert II would be as follows: Harold, father of Hubert I, Ranulph, and Robert I (and possibly Aitard), with Robert I being the father of William, father of Robert II, father of Hubert II, the sixth son, which seems very probable since Hubert II was reportedly born about 1105 and he would be the fourth generation from ROBERT I who had to have been born sometime before 1045.
  
  The confusion with the Vaux pedigree, however, does not end with Hubert II. The Foundation for Medieval Genealogy reports that Hubert II married Grace (not further identified) and they had three children: Robert (his successor), Ranulph and William (all very common, often repeated names in the family). Many private records also report a daughter named Beatrice de Vaux as the daughter of Hubert II. However, it appears that no historical records link Beatrice to Hubert II, but he does seem to be the most likely person of the right age, in the right place, at the right time to be the father of Beatrice, suggesting, perhaps, that Beatrice was an illegitimate child and was thus left out of the historical records. Beatrice is certainly as well documented as any of the other family members. There are several documents confirming her marriage to William de Briwere and several additional documents confirming the marriages of her children with William de Briwere to their individual spouses [See documents in the Memories section of Beatrice de Vaux), but none of those records name her father.
  
  Lacking any documentary evidence to the contrary that would suggest Beatrice is the daughter of someone other than Hubert de Vaux II, it seems prudent to leave her as Hubert’s daughter until documented proof demonstrates otherwise.
  
  === William/Breewer (Lord of Torbay) md. ===
  William/Breewer (Lord of Torbay) md.
  
  === !"The Holcombe Genealogy", by Jesse Seav ===
  !"The Holcombe Genealogy", by Jesse Seaver, pg 3.
  
  === https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reginald_de_Dunstanville,_1st_Earl_of_Cornwall ===
  Sheppard, Walter Lee, Jr. "The Children of Reginald de Dunstanville, Earl of Cornwall". The American Genealogist (29 (June 1953): 13–17; 31 (April 1955): 118).Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700, Frederick Lewis Weis, lines: 50-26, 121-26, 124A-29, 143-27, 177-7, 262-27.
  
  === From the collection of Jerry Dean Ferren ===
  From the collection of Jerry Dean Ferren.
  
  === Royal Ancestry Biography ===
  “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
  “HENRY nicknamed “Beauclerc,” King of England, Duke of Normandy, Count of Cotentin...
  Illegitimate son of King Henry I of England, by his mistress, Sibyl Corbet:
  i. REYNOLD FITZ ROY, Earl of Cornwall, Sheriff of Devon, 1173-5. He married in 1140 MABEL FITZ WILLIAM, daughter of William Fitz Richard, of Cornwall. They had one son, Nicholas, and four daughters, Denise (wife of Richard de Redvers, Earl of Devon), Maud, Sarah (wife of Ademar, Vicomte of Limoges), and Emme (wife of Guy V de Laval, seigneur of Laval). By a mistress, Beatrice de Valle (or Vaux) (afterwards wife of William Briwerre, Knt.), he had an illegitimate son, Henry Fitz Count. By an unknown mistress, he also had one illegitimate son, William. He was granted the lands of William, Earl of Mortain, amounting to 215-1/2 fees in Devon and Cornwall. He was created Earl of Cornwall about April 1141. He and Robert, Earl of Leicester, were recognized by contemporaries as "the most powerful men in the kingdom." His wife, Mabel, fell into insanity in the 1140s. He witnessed a charter of Henry d'Oilly in the period, 1114-47. In 1153 he witnessed the agreement between King Stephen and Henry, Duke of Normandy [afterwards King Henry II]. He and Robert, Earl of Leicester, acted as intermediary between the king and Thomas Becket at Northampton in 1164. He played a major part in opposing the rebels of 1173-4 in England. REYNOLD FITZ ROY, Earl of Cornwall died 1 July 1175, allegedly at Chertsey, Surrey, and was buried at Reading, Berkshire. Dugdale Baronage (1675): 702 (sub Briwere) ("[William Briwere] having married Beatrix de Valle, a Concubine, as 'tis said, to Reginald Earl of Cornwall (which is probable, for in a Grant made by Henry Son to the same Reginald [Earl of Cornwall], unto this William [Briwere], of the Mannor of Karswell, and Land of Hakford, he calls him his Brother")) [Note: Dugdale evidently intended to say that Henry Fitz Count's brother was William Briwere the younger, as it was William Briwere the elder was the husband of his mother, Beatrice de Valle]. Brooke Discoverie of Certaine Errours (1724): 6, 98 (undated charter of Reynold son of King Henry to William de Botreaux son of Alice Corbet his aunt [matertera]; charter witnessed by his son, Nicholas; his nephews/kinsmen [nepotibus], Ralph and Richard, and his brother, William), 112. Topographer 2 (1790): 288-291. Banks Genealogical Hist. of Divers Fams 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). Baker Hist. & Antiqs. of Northampton 2 (1836 11): 239-240 (Bruere or Briwere ped.). Collectanea Archæologica 1(1862): 263-284. Stubbs Gesta Regis Henrici Secundi Benedicti Abbatis (or Chron. of the Reigns of Henry II. & Richard I. A.D. 1169-1192) 1 (Rolls Ser. 49) (1867): 163 ("Deditque ibidem Hereberto filio Hereberti, et Willelmo fratri comitis Reginaldi, et Joelllano de la Pumerai, nepoti eorum, regnum be Limeric pro servitio sexaginta militum"), 172 ("Nam Herbertus, et Willelmus, fratres Reginaldi comitis Cornubiae, et Joellanus de Purnetia nepos eorum, regnum illud havere noluerunt; sed illud reddiderunt domino regi et Johanni filio suo liberum et quietum ab omni calurnnia eorum"). Le Fizelier Mémoire chronologique de Maucourt de Bourjolly sur la Ville de Laval 1 (1886): 136-142. Hall Red Book of the Exchequer 1 (Rolls Ser.) (1896): 251-253 (William brother of Earl Reynold [Willelmus frater Comitis Reginaldi] held 1/2 knight's fee of Robert Fitz Roy in 1166), 261-262 (William brother of the Earl [Willelmus frater Comitis] held four knight's fees Reynold, Earl of Cornwall in 1166). Rpt. & Trans. Devonshire Assoc. 29 (1897): 455-456. List of Sheriffs for England & Wales (PRO Lists and Indexes 9) (1898): 34. Salter Eynsham Cartulary 1 (Oxford Hist. Soc. 49) (1907): 75. C.P. 3 (1913): 429 (sub Cornwall); 11(1949): Appendix D, 105-121. Colls. Hist. Staffs. 1924 (1926): 9, 219. English Hist. Rev. 62 (1947): 352-377 (charter of William de Marsh brother of Reynold Earl of Cornwall [Willelmus de Marisco frater Reginaldi comitis Cornubie]). Kemp Reading Abbey Cartularies (Camden 4th Ser. 33) (1987): 6 (Reynold, Earl of Cornwall, styled "uncle" [avunculo] by Henry [II], later King of England, in charter dated 1147 or 1149). Minor & Butler eds. Letters of John of Salisbury 1 (Oxford Medieval Texts) (1955): 162-163. Schwennicke Europäische Stammtafeln 3(2) (1983): 354 (illegitimate children of King Henry I of England). Hull Cartulary of Launceston Priory (Devon & Cornwall Rec. Soc. n.s. 30) (1987): 9-10 (charter of Reynold, Earl of Cornwall dated c.1154-65), 10-11 (charter of Reynold, Earl of Cornwall dated c.1146-55), 11 (charter of Reynold, Earl of Cornwall dated c.1155-65), 195-196 (charter of Reynold, Earl of Cornwall dated c.1165-75, witnessed by his son, Nicholas), 196-197 (charter of Reynold, Earl of Cornwall dated c.1155-65), 197-198 (two confirmation charters of King Henry II of England naming his "uncle" [avunculus] Reynold, Earl of Cornwall, one dated c.1174-5, the other dated c.1174-6). Winter Descs. of Charlemagne (800-1400) (1987): 1(11.651, X111.996-1000. Fryde & Greenway Handbook of British Chronology (1996): 35. Hollister Henry 1(2003). Jour. of Medieval Hist. 29 (2003): 129-151. Green Henry I, King of England & Duke of Normandy (2006): Appendix I, Chart 2 (chart).Cornwall Rec. Office: Borough of Truro, BTRU/1 (charter of Reynold, Earl of Cornwall dated c.1161-66) (available at www.a2a.org.uk/search/index.asp).
  Child of Reynold Fitz Roy, Earl of Cornwall, by Mabel Fitz William:
  a. MAUD OF CORNWALL, married ROBERT II, Count of Meulan [see VERMANDOIS 7].
  Illegitimate child of Reynold Fitz Roy, Earl of Cornwall, allegedly by Beatrice de Valle:
  a. HENRY FITZ COUNT, of Liskeard, Cornwall and King's Kerswell, Devon, Constable of Totnes Castle, 1209, Governor of Portchester Castle, 1211, Sheriff of Cornwall, 1215, 1217-20, Constable of Launceston Castle and Warden of the Stanneries, 1215. In 1194 he was granted the manors of Liskeard, Cornwall and Diptford and King's Kerswell, Devon by the king. In 1196 he witnessed the Torre Abbey foundation charter issued by his alleged step-father, Sir William Briwerre. In 1215 he had a grant of the county of Cornwall from King John, to farm until the realm should be at peace. The grant was renewed by King Henry III 7 Feb. 1216/7. He resigned the county to the king in 1220, when he took the cross. HENRY FITZ COUNT died a crusader in 1222. Banks Genealogical Hist. of Divers Fams of the Ancient Peerage of England (1826): 301-305. Hunter Catalogue of the MSS in the library of the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn (1838): 13. Dugdale Monasticon Anglicanum 6(2) (1846): 924 (Torre Abbey foundation charter issued by William Briwer). Oliver Monasticon Dioecesis Exoniensis (1846): 174 (charter of Henry son of Reynold Earl of Cornwall; charter granted for the souls of his brothers and his mother), 179, 183. Trans. Exeter Diocesan Architectural & Arch. Soc. 2nd Ser. 1 (1867): 133-134. Annual Rpt. of the Deputy Keeper 31(1870): 5. Rpt. & Trans. Devonshire Assoc. 29 (1897): 456. List of Sheriffs for England & Wales (PRO Lists and Indexes 9) (1898): 21. Notes & Queries 9th Ser. 9 (1902): 295-296 ("But Reginald de Dunstanville [i.e., Reynold Fitz Roy, Earl of Cornwall] had also by Beatrix de Valle (who afterwards became the wife of William Brewer, the judge of Henry II. and one of the regents of Richard I.) an illegitimate son named Henry FitzCount (sometimes FitzHenry), who became in after years also Earl of Cornwall."). Genealogist n.s. 20 (1904): 10-11. C.P. 3 (1913): 430 (sub Cornwall). Painter Reign of King John (1949): 231, 290, 348, 358-359. Hobbs Cartulary of Forde Abbey (Somerset Rec. Soc. 85) (1998): 116 (charter of Henry Fitz Count dated 1200-22; charter witnessed by William Brewer). North Devon Rec. Office: Chichester of Arlington, 50/11/29/3 (confirmation of a gift of land dated early 13th Cent. from Henry son of Earl Reginald to William de Tracy of all his land of Wollecombe [in Mortehoe] and Boklande, Devon, which William and his ancestors held of Henry and his ancestors, lords of Bradneys, as the charter of Hugh Ruffus testifies. To have and to hold to the aforesaid William, his heirs and assigns, of Henry and his heirs for ever, rendering all due and customary services. Seal of Henry son of Earl Reginald - Round, natural wax, armorial, surrounded by legend giving name of owner, chipped. The arms on shield resemble those of Courtenay family, but the Courtenays did not become Earls till 14th Cent.) (available at www.a2a.org.uk/search/index.asp). Henry III Fine Rolls Project (Baldekin styled "kinsman" of H[enry] Fitz Count in a fine roll item dated 1220; by whom he was earlier granted lands in Cornwall formerly held by Robert de Tintagel) (available at www.finerollshenry3.org.uk/content/calendar/roll_015.html)..."
  
  === 28 Sep 1955/SL ===
  28 Sep 1955/SL

• m. BEF 1164

1. Alice Briwere, b. ABT 1187 in Devon, England     d. BEF 1246 in Surrey, England
2. Grecia de Bruere, b. ABT 1176     d. 1223 in Bramber, Sussex, England
3. Hawise de Briwerre, b. 1182 in Belper, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom     d. AFT 1218 in Gonalston, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
4. Marjorie de Briwere, b. ABT 1183 in Stoke, Devonshire, England     d. BEF 1237 in Holsworthy, Devonshire, England
5. Isabel Briwere, b. 1184 in Nayland, Suffolk, England     d. BEF 10 JUN 1233 in Torre, Torbay, Devon, England
6. Anne Brewer, b. ABT 1175 in Devon, England    
7. Joan Briwere, b. 3 JUL 1190 in Stoke, Devon, England, United Kingdom     d. 12 JUN 1233 in Esher, Surrey, England, United Kingdom

1. Title: William and Henry de Briwere and descendants in Dugdale's The Baronage of England, pg. 700-702 [See document in the Memories section]
   Author: Dugdale's The Baronage of England, pg. 700-702
   Note: William and Henry de Briwere and descendants in Dugdale's The Baronage of England, pg. 700-702 [See document in the Memories section]
   Page: William and Henry de Briwere and descendants in Dugdale's The Baronage of England, pg. 700-702 [See document in the Memories section]
   
2. Title: JOAN de Briwere in Foundation for Medieval Genealogy -William de Briwere [See document in the Memories section]
   Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/enguntac.htm#FatherWilliamBriwereA;
   Note: JOAN de Briwere (-before 12 Jun 1233, bur Sandown Hospital, Surrey). The Testa de Nevill includes a list of fees of William Briwere, dated 1234, records "porcio Willelmi de Percy cum filiabus suis...filiarum et heredum Johanne que fuit uxor Willelmi de Percy"[1160]. m as his first wife, WILLIAM de Percy, son of HENRY de Percy & his wife Isabel de Brus ([1196/98]-shortly before 28 Jul 1245, bur Sawley Abbey, his heart bur at Sandown Hospital with his first wife).
   Page: William de Briwere in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~ http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/enguntac.htm#FatherWilliamBriwereA [See document in the Memories section]
   
3. Title: William de Briwere & Vaux in Family Group Records Collection, Archives Section, 1942-1969; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99QY-ZW39?cc=2060211&wc=WWF8-F3S%3A352086301%2C352507701
   Author: "Family Group Records Collection, Archives Section, 1942-1969," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99QY-ZW39?cc=2060211&wc=WWF8-F3S%3A352086301%2C352507701 : 20 May 2014), D > Debnam, John (1726) - De Bruijn, William (1744) > image 985 of 1316; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, compiler, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99QY-ZW39;
   Note: William de Briwere married Beatrice de Vaux and had children according to research before 1968
   Page: Names, dates, locations, and relationships match research with some variations due to available sources
   
4. Title: William de Briwere (Brewer) in the Dictionary of National Biography, pgs. 297, 298, 299 [See document in the Memories section]
   Author: Dictionary of National Biography, pgs. 297, 298, 299
   Note: William de Briwere (Brewer) in the Dictionary of National Biography, pgs. 297, 298, 299 [See document in the Memories section]
   Page: William de Briwere (Brewer) in the Dictionary of National Biography, pgs. 297, 298, 299 [See document in the Memories section]
   
5. Title: William and Henry de Briwere in Archeaologia Cambrensis, A Charter of King John, footnote, pg. 471 [See document in the Memories section]
   Author: Archeaologia Cambrensis, A Charter of King John, footnote, pg. 471
   Note: William and Henry de Briwere in Archeaologia Cambrensis, A Charter of King John, footnote, pg. 471 [See document in the Memories section]
   Page: William and Henry de Briwere in Archeaologia Cambrensis, A Charter of King John, footnote, pg. 471 [See document in the Memories section]
   
6. Title: Beatrice de Vaux, "Find A Grave Index"
   Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV28-24YT : 11 January 2023), Beatrice de Vaux, ; Burial, Dunkeswell, East Devon District, Devon, England, Dunkeswell Abbey; citing record ID 69897964, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV28-24YT;
   Note: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69897964/beatrice-de_vaux Beatrice de Vaux BIRTH 1149 Devon, England DEATH 24 Mar 1216 (aged 66–67) Devon, England BURIAL Dunkeswell Abbey Dunkeswell, East Devon District, Devon, England MEMORIAL ID 69897964 Béatrix de Vaux, also known as Béatrix de Valle, married Sir William de Briwere, lord of Horsley, Derbyshire.
   
7. Title: Book - House of Cornwall
   
8. Title: William Brewer (justice) Wikipedia
   Author: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Brewer_(justice)
   Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Brewer_(justice);
   Note: William Brewer (alias Briwere, Brigwer, etc.) (died 1226) of Tor Brewer in Devon, was a prominent administrator and judge in England during the reigns of kings Richard I, his brother King John, and John's son Henry III. He was a major landholder and the founder of several religious institutions. In 1204, he acquired the feudal barony of Horsley in Derbyshire. He began his career as Forester of Bere, a hereditary title, and by 1179 had been appointed Sheriff of Devon. Under King Richard I (1189–1199) he was one of the justiciars appointed to administer the kingdom while the king was on the Third Crusade. He was present at Worms, Germany, in 1193 to aid in the negotiations for the ransom of King Richard. In about 1193 he began his career as a Baron of the Exchequer, an office that he exercised until the reign of King Henry III (1216–1273). During this period he was appointed Sheriff of Berkshire, Sheriff of Cornwall, Sheriff of Devon, Sheriff of Hampshire, Sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, Sheriff of Oxfordshire, Sheriff of Somerset and Dorset and Sheriff of Sussex and Sheriff of Wiltshire. In 1224, he retired from the world to live as a Cistercian monk at Dunkeswell Abbey, where he died in 1226 and was buried with his wife before the high altar. Brewer married Beatrice de Vaux (died before 1220), (Latinised to de Vallibus, "from the valleys", the daughter of Hubert de Vaux and Grecia, who had been the mistress of Reginald de Dunstanville, 1st Earl of Cornwall (died 1175) and mother of Henry FitzCount (died 1221). Their children included (see article)
   
9. Title: William de Briwere and descendants in British History Online ~www.british-history.ac.uk [See document in the Memories section]
   Publication: Name: http://www.british-history.ac.uk;
   Note: William de Briwere and descendants in British History Online ~www.british-history.ac.uk [See document in the Memories section]
   Page: William de Briwere and descendants in British History Online ~www.british-history.ac.uk [See document in the Memories section]
   
10. Title: Beatrice de Vaux (1449-1217) The Peerage
    Author: http://www.thepeerage.com/p65.htm#i643
    Publication: Name: http://www.thepeerage.com/p65.htm#i643;
    Note: Beatrice de Vaux [1] F, #643, b. circa 1149, d. 24 March 1217 Last Edited=14 Dec 2013 Beatrice de Vaux was born circa 1149 at Stoke, Devon, England [G.2] She married William de Briwere, son of Henry de Briwere and unknown Walton, circa 1174 at Stoke, Devon, England [G.2] She died on 24 March 1217. [2] Children of Beatrice de Vaux and William de Briwere: Grecia de Briwere+ [1] Alice de Briwere [3] Margery de Briwere3 William Brewer [3] d. 1232 Joan de Briwere+ [2] b. c 1197, d. b 12 Jun 1233 Citations: 1. [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 22. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage. 2. [S125] Richard Glanville-Brown, online , Richard Glanville-Brown (RR 2, Milton, Ontario, Canada), downloaded 17 August 2005. 3. [S18] Matthew H.C.G., editor, Dictionary of National Biography on CD-ROM (Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1995). Hereinafter cited as Dictionary of National Biography.
    Page: relationships and sources
    
11. Title: William de Briwere in Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families [See document in the Memories section]
    Author: Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families
    Note: William de Briwere in Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families
    
12. Title: Beatrice de Vaux in Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, Line 143, Line 177, Line 184A and Line 246B [See document in the Memories section]
    Author: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, Line 143, Line 177, Line 184A and Line 246B
    Note: Beatrice de Vaux in Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, Line 143, Line 177, Line 184A and Line 246B [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: Beatrice de Vaux in Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, Line 143, Line 177, Line 184A and Line 246B [See document in the Memories section]
    
13. Title: Information concerning William de Briwere and Beatrice de Vaux from “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families” [See document in the Memories section]
    Author: Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families
    Note: Information concerning William de Briwere and Beatrice de Vaux from “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families” [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: Information concerning William de Briwere and Beatrice de Vaux from “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families” [See document in the Memories section]
    
14. Title: SULPICE . The Chronicle of Saint-Maxence
    Page: British Isles - England, Untitled Nobility A-C, p. 255: WILLIAM de Briwere (-24 Nov 1226). King John confirmed the grant of "foresta nostra de la Bera", granted by King Henry I to "Willelmus Briwerr avus eius", to "Willelmo Briwere" by charter dated 21 Mar 1200[1950]. The Red Book of the Exchequer records "Willelmus Bruere" holding (unspecified) knights’ fees "Burbeche" in Wiltshire, and land "Stokes et Siteleshangre quæ fuerunt Gerardi de Mauqu[eney]" in Northamptonshire, in [1210/12][1951]. Matthew Paris names “...Willelmus Briwere...” among the "consiliarios iniquissimos” of King John[1952]. A charter which records the foundation of Motisfont Priory, Hampshire states that “dominus Willielmus Briwer, fundator ecclesiæ de Mottesfount” died "VIII Kal Dec", lists his donations including the donation of land "in Muchelmares" and revenue from land "in villa de Burbache" for the soul of "Beatricis uxoris suæ qui obiit IX Kal Apr"[1953]. m BEATRICE, daughter of --- (-24 Mar ----). A charter which records the foundation of Motisfont Priory, Hampshire states that “dominus Willielmus Briwer, fundator ecclesiæ de Mottesfount” donated land "in Muchelmares" and revenue from land "in villa de Burbache" for the soul of "Beatricis uxoris suæ qui obiit IX Kal Apr"[1954]. The Complete Peerage states that Dugdale calls the wife of William de Briwere "Beatrice de Valle, says she was the mistress of Rainald Earl of Cornwall", but does not cite a primary source on which this information is based[1955]. The chronology does not appear to favour the subsequent marriage of the mistress of Earl Renaud to William de Briwere. The marriages of the latter’s children are recorded in the first decade of the 13th century, their births being therefore estimated to [1185/1200]. Even if Earl Renaud’s mistress gave birth to the earl’s illegitimate son in the last decade of his life (when he would have been in his sixties), it is unlikely that she could have continued bearing children into the later 1190s.