Ranulph FitzRobert 4th Lord of Middleham

• Preferred Name: Ranulph FitzRobert 4th Lord of Middleham^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]}
  
• Alternate Name: Ranulph FitzRobert
  
• Gender: M
  
• AFN: in GLCC-2P
  
• Birth: ABT 1185 in Middleham, Yorkshire, England at LATI: N4.2842 LONG: E1.8184
  
• Burial: 7 DEC 1252 in Coverham Abbey, Coverham, Yorkshire, England at LATI: N4.2667 LONG: E1.8333
  
• Fact: with note: Description: https://www.geni.com/people/Ranulf-FitzRobert-4th-Lord-Middleham-and-Spennithorne/6000000001744995872?through=6000000002459911719
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Lord of Spennithorpe in Spennithorne, Yorkshire, England at LATI: N4.3 LONG: E1.7833
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Lord of Middleham in Middleham, Yorkshire, England at LATI: N4.2842 LONG: E1.8184
  
• Find A Grave: with note: Description: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110203140/ranulph-fitzrobert
  
• Death: 7 DEC 1252 in Coverham, Yorkshire, England at LATI: N4.2667 LONG: E1.8333
  
• AFN: with note: Description: FL8W-FG
  
• FSID: LDHQ-C7F
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
  “MARY LE BIGOD, married 1198/9 RANULPH FITZ ROBERT, of Middleham and Spennithorne, Yorkshire, and Houghton-on-the-Hill, Norfolk, justice, 3rd son of Robert Fitz Ralph, of Middleham, Yorkshire, Forester of Wensleydale, by Hawise, daughter and co-heiress of Ranulph de Glanville, Justiciar of England. Her maritagium included the manor of Menthorpe, wap. Buckrose, Yorkshire. He was born about 1185 (came of age in 1206). They had two sons, Ralph, Knt., and Ranulph, Knt. He was a minor in the custody of the Archbishop in 1198/9, by which date he had become heir to his brother, Ralph Fitz Robert. He held six knights' fees of the honour of Richmondshire, and six in Norfolk. RANULPH FITZ ROBERT died before 7 Dec. 1252, and was buried at Coverham Abbey, Yorkshire.
  Blomefield Essay towards a Top. Hist. of Norfolk 6 (1807): 128-131. Dugdale Monasticon Anglicanum 6(2) (1830): 921. Jour. British Arch. Assoc. (1865): 91-103. Burke Gen. Hist. of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited & Extinct Peerages (1866): 53 (sub Bigod). Glanville-Richards Recs. of the Anglo-Norman House of Glanville (1882). Genealogist n.s. 3 (1886): 32-33 (arms: Or, a chief indented azure). Randolph Fit Randolph Traditions (1907). VCH Yorkshire N.R. 1 (1914): 254. Book of Fees 1 (1920): 128, 591; 2 (1920): 912, 1324 (A.D. 1198-1199 "Ranulphus filius Roberti est in custodia domini archiepiscopi, et duxit filiam Comitis Roger, et terra eius valet in Houton' et Pikeham xxv I"). Feudal Aids 6 (1920): 156. Thompson Liber Vitæ Ecclesiæ Dunelmenis (Surtees Soc. 136) (1923): fo. 63b. Early Yorkshire Charters 5 (1936): 302-303. Paget Baronage of England (1957) 64: 1-2 (sub Bigod); 467: 1. Morris Bigod Earls of Norfolk in the 13th Cent. (2005): 2-3.”
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  Robert Fitzrandolph or Fitzranulf
  Death: 1270
  Residence: Middleham, Wensleydale, Yorkshire
  Occupation: Sheriff of Northumberland
  Note:
  In about 1250 a manor house was built in Snape by Ralph FitzRanulph of Middleham. It would most probably have been a single roomed wooden structure incorporating a great hall. Ralph?s eldest daughter, Mary ?the Lady of Middleham?, married Robert de Neville of Raby Castle and Snape stayed with Neville family until the late 16th century. It is possible that the original site of the manor house was across the road from the present castle, surrounded by small houses. Snape village as it is now was probably not developed until the early 15th century when the new Snape Castle was built.
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  Father: Ranulf FitzRobert
  Mother: Mary Bigod
  Marriage 1 Anastasia de Percy
  Married:
  Children
  Mary Fitzrandolph b: ABT 1244 in Middleham, Yorkshire
  Joan FitzRanulph
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  From Magna Carta Trust Foundation of Liberty. School of John FitzRobert https://magnacarta800th.com/schools/biographies/the-25-barons-of-magna-carta/john-fitzrobert/
  John FitzRobert (c. 1190-1240) held estates distributed across two regions of England, the far north along the Scottish border, and East Anglia and Essex. He accordingly had ties with the two main, b
  
  === !BIR-MAR: Bk, Medieval Knight by Stephen ===
  !BIR-MAR: Bk, Medieval Knight by Stephen Turnbull.
  
  === THE PLANTAGENET ANCESTRY (GS NUMBER Q940 ===
  THE PLANTAGENET ANCESTRY (GS NUMBER Q940 D2T) P.118, 123; SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 SO68) P.30, 45, 49; ANCESTRAL FILE, LDS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY;
  
  === My PAF Notes ===
  from thepeerage.com, 4/2009:
  Ralph FitzRandolph1
  M, #158335, b. 1180
  Last Edited=17 Aug 2005
  Ralph FitzRandolph was born in 1180 at Middleham, Yorkshire, England .1 He married Mary Bigot.1
  Child of Ralph FitzRandolph and Mary Bigot
  Ralf fitz Ranulf, Lord of Middleham + b. 12061
  Citations
  [S125 ] Richard Glanville-Brown, online >, Richard Glanville-Brown (RR 2, Milton, Ontario, Canada), downloaded 17 August 2005.
  
  === Randolph FitzRandolph, Lord of Middleha ===
  Randolph FitzRandolph, Lord of Middleham, married Mary Bigod, daughter of Roger Bigod, Surety for the Magna Carta. In 13th of King John, 1212, he was acquitted of Scutage of Scotland, but was summoned with other eminent men of the North to go with horse and arms and all the power he could make to march into Scotland for the rescue of the king of that realm, who had married a daughter of Henry III, out of the hands of his rebellious subjects. He was buried at Coverham in 1251, leaving issue a son, Randolph FitzRandolph.
  
  === Succeeded to Lord of Midleham by 1206. ===
  Succeeded to Lord of Midleham by 1206. He held 6 knights fees in thehonour of Richmond and 6 in Norfolk, the latter acquired presumablyfrom the Bigods.
  
  === !DEATH: The Plantagenet Connection, Apri ===
  !DEATH: The Plantagenet Connection, April 1994
  
  === He was a minor at the time of his father ===
  He was a minor at the time of his father's death. He was the fo under of Coverham Abbey. He held six knights fees in the honou r of Richmond. He bore the arms of his grandfather Glanville.
  Sources:
  Text: William Page, ed., The Victoria History of the Counties of Engla nd, (London, Constable, 1906- ).
  Text: North Riding of York, p. 254
  Text: Oris Hugh Fitz Randolph, Edward Fitz Randolph Branch Lines, Alli ed Families, and English and Norman Ancestry, 2nd ed., privatel y printed, 1980.
  Text: Frederick Lewis Weis, The Magna Charter Sureties, 4th ed. Geneal ogical Publishing Co., 1991
  Text: line 164
  
  === Held 6 knights fees in the honour of Ric ===
  Held 6 knights fees in the honour of Ricmond, co. York and 6 in Norfolk, the latter acquired presumably from the Bigods.
  
  === Burial at Coverham Abbey ===
  Coverham Abbey was founded by his mother, Helewisa De Glanville in 1190at Swainby. He has his mother reinterred at the chapter house at Coverham [year unknown].
  Other burials at Coverham Abbey are:
  Geoffrey le Scrope [1285-1340] and his wife, Ivette De Ros
  Ralph Neville, 1st Baron Neville de Raby - the Neville line blends into the Fitz Randolph line in antiquity.
  
  === Ancestral File Number: GLCC-2P ===
  Ancestral File Number: GLCC-2P
  
  === !Turton 118, 123; !Royal Ancestors of So ===
  !Turton 118, 123; !Royal Ancestors of Some American Families by Michel Call SLC 1989 #389; Moncure A-129
  
  === Paul C. Reed writes on society.genealogy ===
  Paul C. Reed writes on society.genealogy.medieval:
  
  BIRTH YEAR OF RANULF FITZ ROBERT, HUSBAND OF MARY BIGOD
  
  Rannulfus f. Roberti was still in custody and infra etatem Mich. 1202 (PRS 1937, 64) , but an adult in 1205-6, when he gave 200 marks for 1/3 of William de Stuteville's land in Bramham and Leyburn. He had also completed his payment in the accounts for Knaresborough by Michaelmas 1207 (EYC 7:11-12).
  
  That would put his birth 1181-4/5. His eldest brother, Waleran, however, was aged 15 in 1185, born ca. 1170 (Rot. Dom. 49).
  
  There is also an account of this family in Gen. NS 3:32, which gives Ranulph as third son, younger brother of Walran and Radulph/Ralph, and Dugdale's Mon. Angl. 6:920, 381. Ranulph was heir to his brother Ralph at Saxthorpe (Rot. Obl. et Fin. 337).
  
  Ranulf f. Robert is stated to have married Maud Bigod by 1198-99 (in the Eyre which began in the later part of 1198), Book of Fees, 1324.
  
  In the account of the Middleham fee, it states that Ranulf son of Robert succeeded his brother Ralph by 1206. He had Menythorpe with Mary, daughter of Roger Bigod, in frankmarriage. For his account, see EYC 5:ii:303. The account of Middleham in VCH NRiding Yorks. is not that helpful.
  
  But this does seem to narrow the birth of Ranulph fitz Robert to 1181-4/5.
  
  Ranulph fitz Robert's father had died in 1184 or 1185. Rot. Dom [1185]., 49 reads, "Filius Roberti filii Radulfi, qui obiit ad festum Sancte Crucis, est in custodia Domini Regis, et est nepos Rannulfi de Glanuill', et eadhuc cum eo; et est .xv. annorum."
  
  === Line in Record @I4228@ (RIN 4227) from G ===
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  === !Brown book 5, P C 291. Lord of Middleha ===
  !Brown book 5, P C 291. Lord of Middleham, Yorkshire.
  
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1. Randolph Fitz Randolph, b. 1210 in Middleham,England     d. 31 MAR 1270 in Coverham, Yorkshire, England

1. Randolph Fitz Randolph, b. 1210 in Middleham,England     d. 31 MAR 1270 in Coverham, Yorkshire, England

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2. Title: Ranulph FitzRobert, "Find A Grave Index"
   Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVG9-Q4H3 : 3 August 2020), Ranulph FitzRobert, ; Burial, Coverham, Richmondshire District, North Yorkshire, England, Coverham Abbey; citing record ID 11020314
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3. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Randolph (Ranulf) FitzRobert Lord of Middleham - birth: from 1181 to 1185; Middleham, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
   Author: Newsgroup: soc.genealogy.medieval, at groups - google.com, Page number: Paul C Reed, 4 Jan 2003
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4. Title: Ranulph FitzRobert, "Find A Grave Index"
   Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVG9-Q4H3 : 7 February 2023), Ranulph FitzRobert, ; Burial, Coverham, Richmondshire District, North Yorkshire, England, Coverham Abbey; citing record ID 110203140, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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6. Title: A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire
   Author: A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire, Sir Bernard Burke {, Page number: 53
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7. Title: Ranulph FitzRobert (1185-1252), "Find A Grave Index"
   Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVG9-Q4H3 : 7 February 2023), Ranulph FitzRobert, ; Burial, Coverham, Richmondshire District, North Yorkshire, England, Coverham Abbey; citing record ID 110203140, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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   Note: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110203140/ranulph-fitzrobert Ranulph FitzRobert BIRTH 1185 Middleham, Richmondshire District, North Yorkshire, England DEATH 1252 (aged 66–67) England BURIAL Coverham Abbey Coverham, Richmondshire District, North Yorkshire, England MEMORIAL ID 110203140 Third son of Robert FitzRalph of Middleham, Forester of Wensleydale and Hawise de Glanville. Husband of Mary le Bigod, the daughter of Roger le Bigod and his wife, Ida. Her maritagium included the manor of Menthorpe, Yorkshire. They married in 1199 and had two sons; Ralph and Ranulph.
   
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9. Title: Magna Charta Sureties 1215
   Author: Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Ed {1999}, Page number: 164-2
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10. Title: The Plantagenet Ancestry
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