Gundred de St Omer Normandie

• Preferred Name: Gundred de St Omer Normandie^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19]}
  
• Gender: F
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Countess of Surrey
  
• Death: 27 MAY 1085 in Castle Acre, Norfolk, England at LATI: N2.7 LONG: E0.6833 with note: standardized
  
• FSID: LBDX-4LG
  
• _FSFTID: with note: Description: LBDX-4LG
  
• Birth: 1051 in French Flanders, France at LATI: N0.6282 LONG: E0.0697 with note: 'Find a Grave' - "Gundred Countess of Surrey (1051-1085)"
  
• Burial: AFT 27 MAY 1085 in Chapter House, Lewes Priory, Lewes, Sussex, England at LATI: N0.8736 LONG: E0.0112 with note: Wikipedia
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  William de Warenne was married to a Flemish noblewoman, Gundrada; her brother Gerbod was sometime earl of Chester and another brother, Frederic, held lands in Norfolk which eventually passed to Gundrada. He was murdered by Enlgish freedom fighter, Hereward the Wake; his murder giving rise to a personal feud between Hereward and William de Warenne:
  
  https://historytheinterestingbits.com/2016/10/09/william-de-warenne-the-conquerors-man/
  
  Gundred or Gundreda (Latin: Gundrada) ( – 27 May 1085) was the Flemish-born wife of an early Norman baron, William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey. She and her husband established Lewes Priory in Sussex.
  
  Gundred was almost certainly born in Flanders, and was a sister of Gerbod the Fleming, 1st Earl of Chester. She is explicitly so called by Orderic Vitalis, as well as the chronicle of Hyde Abbey She was also sister of Frederick of Oosterzele-Scheldewindeke, who was killed c.1070 by Hereward the Wake. Legends based in part on late Lewes priory cartulary suggested Gundred was a daughter of William the Conqueror by his spouse Matilda of Flanders, but this is not accepted by most modern historians. The early-19th-century writer Thomas Stapleton had argued she was a daughter of Matilda, born prior to her marriage to Duke William. This sparked a debate consisting of a series of published papers culminating with those of Edmond Chester Waters and Edward Augustus Freeman who argued the theories could not be supported. Regardless, some genealogical and historical sources continue to make the assertion that she was the Conqueror's daughter.
  
  Gundred married before 1070 William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey (d. 20 June 1088), who rebuilt Lewes Castle, making it his chief residence. Sometime between 1078 and 1082, Gundrada and her husband set out for Rome visiting monasteries along the way. In Burgundy they were unable to go any further due to a war between Henry IV and Pope Gregory VII. They visited Cluny Abbey and were impressed with the monks and their dedication. William and Gundred decided to found a Cluniac priory on their own lands in England. They sent to Hugh the abbot of Cluny for monks to come to England at their monastery. Hugh was reluctant yet eventually sent several monks including Lazlo who became the first abbot. The house they founded was Lewes Priory dedicated to St. Pancras. Gundred died in childbirth 27 May 1085 at Castle Acre, Norfolk, one of her husband's estates, and was buried at the Chapter house of Lewes Priory. He was later buried beside her.
  
  In the course of the centuries which followed, both tombstones disappeared from the priory but in 1774 William Burrell, Esq., an antiquary, discovered Gundred's in Isfield Church (seven miles from Lewes), over the remains of Edward Shirley, Esq., (d. 1550), and had it removed on October 2, 1775, to St. John's Church, Southover, where it was placed on display.
  
  In 1845, during excavations through the Priory grounds for the Brighton Lewes and Hastings Railway, the lead chests containing the remains of the Earl and his Countess were discovered and were deposited temporarily beneath Gundred's tombstone. In 1847 a Norman Revival chapel was erected by public subscription, adjoining the present vestry and chancel. Prior to re-interring the remains in this chapel, both chests were opened to ascertain if there were any contents, which was found to be the case. New chests were made and used, and the ancient ones preserved and placed in two recessed arches in the southern wall. The Earl's chest has lost some lead. Gundred's chest remains in a good state of preservation. Across the upper part of the right arch is the name Gvndrada. Her tombstone is of black Tournai marble.
  
  Family
  
  The children of William de Warenne and Gundred were:
  1. William II de Warenne (d. 11 May 1138), buried in Lewes Priory.
  2. Reginald de Warenne, an adherent of Robert of Normandy.
  3. Edith de Warenne, married, 1stly, Gerard de Gournay, Lord of Gournay-en-Bray, 2ndly, Drew de Monchy.
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gundred,_Countess_of_Surrey
  
  History of Gundred Countess of Surrey
  (about 1050 – 1085
  Gundred or Gundreda (Latin: Gundrada) (died 27 May 1085) was the Flemish-born wife of an early Norman baron, William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey. She and her husband established Lewes Priory in Sus
  
  BIO
  BIO: from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL.htm#GundredMWilliamWarenne as of 3/9/2016
  
  GUNDRED (-Castle Acre, Norfolk 27 May 1085, bur Lewes Priory). Orderic Vitalis reco
  
  === 1 _FA6 2 PLAC [COUNTESS OF SURREY] Fro ===
  1 _FA6 2 PLAC [COUNTESS OF SURREY] From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
  
  === From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 J ===
  From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.PED OF A.H.AYERS,SHE IS NOT DAUGHTER OF MATILDA OF FLANDERS OR WILLIAM THE CONQU EROR. PED OF A.H.AYERS,SHE IS NOT DAUGHTER OF MATILDA OF FLANDERS OR WILLIAM THE CONQU EROR. PED OF A.H.AYERS,SHE IS NOT DAUGHTER OF MATILDA OF FLANDERS OR WILLIAM THE CONQU EROR. PED OF A.H.AYERS,SHE IS NOT DAUGHTER OF MATILDA OF FLANDERS OR WILLIAM THE CONQU EROR.
  
  === From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 J ===
  From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
  
  === There was never any question of Gundred ===
  There was never any question of Gundred being an illegitimate daughter of William I, but rather it was a case of a fraudulent claim that she was a legitimate daughter. The reason people used to think that Gundred was a daughter of William the Conqueror was because the monks of Lewes forged some charters which stated that. But I don't think anyone now seriously maintains that these charters are authentic. Gundred is known to have been a sister of Gerbod, who was briefly earl of Chester under William the Conqueror. It's clear they were members of a Flemish family who were advocates of St Bertin's Abbey in St Omer, and who held Oosterzele and Scheldewindeke, although the genealogy isn't altogether clear. Chris Phillips Gundred was a sister of Gerbod the Fleming, earl of Chester, and possibly a daughter of Gerbod, hereditary advocate of the abbey of St. Bertin at St. Omer. Many sources name her as the daughter of William the Conqueror and his wife Matilda, and she has also been put forth as a daughter or stepdaughter of William the Conqueror. This, however, was shown to be false many years ago. She died in childbirth. David C. Douglas contends in "William the Conqueror: The Norman Impact Upon England" (Berkeley: Univ of Calif Press, 1964): "The view once held that Matilda was already married [to Gerbod] when William sought her hand, and was then the mother of a daughter, Gundrada, later the wife of William de Warenne, has now been conclusively disproved by the researches of Chester Waters and Sir Charles Clay. There is no reason to suppose that Gundrada was the daughter of either William or Matilda." DD says: "Sister of Gerbod the Fleming,advocate of Saint-Bertin and earl of Chester in 1070, and Frederick. Wife of William I de Warenne. She died in childbirth on 27 May 1085 and was buried in Lewes priory (Mon. Ang. v,12). EYC viii,pp. 6-7; A. J. Farrington, 'A note on Gherbod the Fleming, Earl of Chester', Journal of the Chester Archaeological Society li (1984). " Hope this helps. Polly Zashin PLM: There is some doubt in my mind, however. Per your earlier assistance to me; I do now have "The Chartulary of the Priory of St. Pancras of Lewes", vol. I, ed. L. F. Salzman, and published by the Sussex Record Society in 1032. There is a lengthy charter by William Warrene nearly six pages in length; so I will not quote it's entirety, but this bit is curious. Page 3: "..., I have given for the welfare of my soul and that of Gundrada my wife and for the soul of my lord King William who brought me into England and by whose license I caused the monks to come and who confirmed my former gift, and for the welfare of my lady Queen Maud the mother of my wife and for the welfare of my lord King William his son after whose coming to England I made this charter and who made me Earl of Surrey,..." UNQ PLM: It is quite clear from this charter, that Gundrada is the daughter of Queen Maud, and the lack of a reference to William I being the father of Gundrada is highly significant. If I were to rely solely on this evidence, I would have to conclude that Gundrada was NOT the daughter of William I at all. People have referred to forged charters from Lewes, but what is the basis of these assertions, and which references discuss these "supposedly proven forgeries"? The premise of such an accusation appears to be up side down, in relation to the above charter. It seems illogical to forge a document that makes Gundrada the daughter of the Queen, as opposed to the King of England; which would essentially diminish her social standing, instead of elevating it, as most forgeries tend to do? Cheers, Phil
  
  === Gundred was the daughter of William I of ===
  Gundred was the daughter of William I of Normandy and Matilda (Countess of Flanders). She was the sister of Henry I (King of England), as well as Robert Curthose (Duke of Normandy) and Adaele within this ancestral tree.
  
  === Gundred was also a countess of Surrey. ===
  Gundred was also a countess of Surrey.
  
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  === OCCUPATION: Princess of England; Countess ===
  OCCUPATION: Princess of England; Countess of Surrey FILE: The Royal Line (Adamic Genealogy) March 1980, Albert F. Schmuhl; The Lives of the Kings and Queens of England by Antonia Fraser p. 24-25 Also known as Gundrada. Was this Gundred a daughter of William the Conqueror?. "NO" All the evidence concerning her is set out by Sir Charles Clay in "Early Yorkshire Charters" Vol.8 pp.40-46 She seems to have been the sister of Gerbod, Earl of Chester From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
  
  === From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 J ===
  From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
  
  === Person note ===
  Gundred, Countess of Surrey
  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  Gundred or Gundreda (Latin: Gundrada) (died 27 May 1085)[1] was the Flemish-born wife of an early Norman baron, William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey. She and her husband established Lewes Priory in Sussex.
  
  Gundred was almost certainly born in Flanders, and was a sister of Gerbod the Fleming, 1st Earl of Chester.[2][3][4][5] She is explicitly so called by Orderic Vitalis,[6] as well as the chronicle of Hyde Abbey.[7] She was also the sister of Frederick of Oosterzele-Scheldewindeke, who was killed c.1070 by Hereward the Wake.[8]
  
  Controversy on parentage
  
  Legends based in part on late Lewes Priory cartulary[a] suggested Gundred was a daughter of William the Conqueror by his spouse Matilda of Flanders,[19] but this is not accepted by most modern historians.[20][21] The early-19th-century writer Thomas Stapleton had argued she was a daughter of Matilda born prior to her marriage to Duke William.[22] This theory sparked a debate consisting of a series of published papers. It culminated with those of Edmond Chester Waters and Edward Augustus Freeman, who argued the theories could not be supported.[23][24][b] Nonetheless, some genealogical and historical sources continue to make the assertion that she was the Conqueror's daughter.
  
  === "Parentage of Gundrada de Warenne" ===
  A useful review of the sources for Gundrada/Gundred's ancestry in a column called "History the Interesting Bits" https://historytheinterestingbits.com/2021/06/12/the-parentage-of-gundrada-de-warenne/?fbclid=IwAR1KOEmtIebuORyNE5eUTbJMcrZLyETTfKvxupbAXTLUzD4zPcM9G1Lt0A4
  
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  === !Princess of England ===
  !Princess of England
  
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  === Countess of Surrey --Other Fields SLGC: ===
  Countess of Surrey --Other Fields SLGC: Date: 18 MAY 1933 Place: SLAKE Non-standard gedcom data: 1 HEAL 8PTS-DN
  
  === Duplicate ordinance: Seal Sp 18 Nov 1992 ===
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  TITL [COUNTESS OF SURREY] From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
  
  === [Greene.FTW] [INDIV2.DAT] Susan Shannon ===
  [Greene.FTW] [INDIV2.DAT] Susan Shannon has her as Gundred, daughter of Gerbod the Fleming. Source: LDS Ancestral File; Buell001.zip; Reilly, Deborah Lynn. E-mailfrom LynnBull@aol.co m addressed to Eochaid@aol.com "Re: Yes I would" sentMarch 4, 1995 00:16:17 EDT. http://www.ancestry.com file G1500A; Leila@compuserve.com;[kinfolk2.GED]; Susan Shannon, Susa norl@sundial.net;http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/s/n/a/susan-h-shanno n/
  
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  === Princess of England ===
  Princess of England
  
  === !Title: Princess of England, Countess of ===
  !Title: Princess of England, Countess of Surrey. From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996. GEDCOM line 1258 not recognizable or too long: 1 TITL [COUNTESS OF SURREY] From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996. !Title: Princess of England, Countess of Surrey. From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
  
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  === Ref: Was betrothed to the King of Galici ===
  Ref: Was betrothed to the King of Galicia but died on her journey to join her groom. Gen. ID# 104956
  
  === !NAME: Gundred, Princess of England, !BI ===
  !NAME: Gundred, Princess of England, !BIRTH: Abt 1063, Normandy, France !TITLE: [COUNTESS OF SURREY] !MARRIAGE: m. Bef. 1077, William De Warenne, Earl of Surrey !DEATH: 27 May 1085, Castle Acre, Norfolk, England !BURIAL: Priory of Lewes, Lewes, Sussex, England !REFERENCE-NOTE: ANCESTORAL FILE DATA EXTRACTED FROM FHL SLC !NAME: Gundred, Princess of England, !BIRTH: Abt 1063, Normandy, France !TITLE: [COUNTESS OF SURREY] !MARRIAGE: m. Bef. 1077, William De Warenne, Earl of Surrey !DEATH: 27 May 1085, Castle Acre, Norfolk, England !BURIAL: Priory of Lewes, Lewes, Sussex, England !REFERENCE-NOTE: ANCESTORAL FILE DATA EXTRACTED FROM FHL SLC AFN: 8PTS-DN !NAME: Gundred, Princess of England, !BIRTH: Abt 1063, Normandy, France !TITLE: [COUNTESS OF SURREY] !MARRIAGE: m. Bef. 1077, William De Warenne, Earl of Surrey !DEATH: 27 May 1085, Castle Acre, Norfolk, England !BURIAL: Priory of Lewes, Lewes, Sussex, England !REFERENCE-NOTE: ANCESTORAL FILE DATA EXTRACTED FROM FHL SLC !NAME: Gundred, Princess of England, !BIRTH: Abt 1063, Normandy, France !TITLE: [COUNTESS OF SURREY] !MARRIAGE: m. Bef. 1077, William De Warenne, Earl of Surrey !DEATH: 27 May 1085, Castle Acre, Norfolk, England !BURIAL: Priory of Lewes, Lewes, Sussex, England !REFERENCE-NOTE: ANCESTORAL FILE DATA EXTRACTED FROM FHL SLC AFN: 8PTS-DN Line 598 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long: TITL [COUNTESS OF SURREY] Line 1280 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long: TITL [COUNTESS OF SURREY]
  
  === AFN: 8PTS-DN ===
  AFN: 8PTS-DN
  
  === !Ridipath's Histories; Burk's Landed Gen ===
  !Ridipath's Histories; Burk's Landed Gentry; Gareth Rice;
  
  === !#21> Complete Peerage-v11apndx(D)-p119* ===
  !#21> Complete Peerage-v11apndx(D)-p119*, (FHL 942 D22cok); !AF: BAPT-END> AFN:8XJ354;
  
  === Stuart shows the wife of Warenne as Gund ===
  Stuart shows the wife of Warenne as Gundrada, the dau of Gerbod (de) Oosterzele, Earl of Chester. Needs further research.
  
  Gundreda is believed to have been the daughter of *QUEEN Matilda. She died in
  1085. This theory is supported by a charter of *William de Warren to Lewe s
  Priory, in which he states that his donations, among others, were for QUEEN
  Matilda, the mother of his wife. It is conjectured that Grundreda and Gherbold
  the Fleming, created Earl of Chester, her brother, were the children of QUEEN
  Matilda by a former marriage, probably clandestine, and therefore not reported
  by the historians of the day.
  Gundred is believed to have been the daughter of QUEEN
  Matilda and was until recently attributed to be the seventh child of
  William I (the Conqueror) KING of England . Now it appears that she (and
  her brother Gherbold) are the offspring of a clandestine former marriage
  of Matilda and Gerbod.
  
  5th dau. of KING William I; m. William, Earl of Warren & Surrey; bur. with her husband in the Church of John the Baptist, Southover, near Lewes. The inscription on, or near her tombstone, in the arch of the Shirley Chancel, belonging to the parish church of Isfield, is as follows:
  "Within this Pew stands the Tomb-stone
  of Gundred, daughter of William the Conqueror,
  and wife of William, the Earl of Warren,
  which having been deposited Over her remains in the Chapter House
  Of Lewes Priory, and lately discovered
  In Isfield Church, was removed
  To this place at the expense of William Burrell, Esq. A.D. 1775"
  [The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry, p. 185]
  
  === !SOURCE: SEVEN KINGS OF ENGLAND, PG 73; ===
  !SOURCE: SEVEN KINGS OF ENGLAND, PG 73; THE LIVES OF THE KINGS AND QUEENS OF ENGLAND; WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR, THE NORMAN IMPACT UPON ENGLAND, BY DAVID C. DOUGLAS, APPENDIX C, PG 395; FAMILY GROUP SHEET SUBMITTED BY ROSALIA E. A. KELSCH

• m. 1077

1. William de Warenne II Earl of Surrey, b. 27 MAY 1065 in London, Middlesex, Inglaterra     d. 11 MAY 1138 in Cluniac Priory, Southover, Lewes, Sussex, England
2. Edith de Warenne, b. 1076 in Mapledurham, Hampshire, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni     d. 1135 in Royaume-Uni

1. Title: Anglo-Norman Studies XXVI: Proceedings of the Battle Conference 2003 edited by John Gillingham
   Author: page 103-4
   Publication: Name: https://books.google.com/books?id=FjJjRHvQI74C&pg=PA103&lpg=PA103&dq=The+Warenne+View+of+the+Past+1066-1203)%27,+Anglo-Norman+Studies+XXIV,+Proceedings+of+the+Battle+Conference+2003&source=bl&ots=iwSHSFde17&sig=9Tcp9krqOJ1oqv7hCKOleVhKM20&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjGoo7h0tPNAhVF5IMKHSzzBewQ6AEIJTAB#v=onepage&q=The%20Warenne%20View%20of%20the%20Past%201066-1203)'%2C%20Anglo-Norman%20Studies%20XXIV%2C%20Proceedings%20of%20the%20Battle%20Conference%202003&f=false;
   Note: Gives details of Gundred and Warenne her husband etc...
   
2. Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
   Author: Source number: 1561.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: DAS
   Publication: Name: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=7836&h=896854&indiv=try;
   
3. Title: Ancestry Family Trees
   Author: Ancestry Family Tree
   
4. Title: Gundred, Countess of Surrey - Wikipedia
   Author: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gundred,_Countess_of_Surrey
   Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gundred,_Countess_of_Surrey;
   Note: Gundred or Gundreda (Latin: Gundrada) (died 27 May 1085) was the Flemish-born wife of an early Norman baron, William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey. She and her husband established Lewes Priory in Sussex. Gundred was almost certainly born in Flanders, and was a sister of Gerbod the Fleming, 1st Earl of Chester, and thus daughter of Gerbod, hereditary advocate of the Abbey of Saint Bertin. Gundred married before 1070 William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey. Gundred died in childbirth on 27 May 1085 at Castle Acre, Norfolk, one of her husband's estates, and was buried at the chapter house of Lewes Priory.
   
5. Title: Lewes Priory Trust Article - Gundrada Chapel, Church of St John the Baptist, Southover
   Author: https://www.lewespriory.org.uk/gundrada_chapel
   Publication: Name: https://www.lewespriory.org.uk/gundrada_chapel;
   Note: Gundrada, wife of William de Warenne, died in childbirth at Castle Acre on 27 May 1085 and was buried in the chapter house of Lewes Priory. On the consecration of new monastic buildings c.1145, her bones were placed in a lead chest under a magnificent tombstone; as presumably were those of her husband who had died in 1088. The burial cists of William and Gundrada were discovered in October 1845 during the construction of the Lewes-Brighton railway line across the Priory site. The Reverend John Scobell, Rector of Southover, proposed the building of a chapel to accommodate the finds and formed a committee to raise funds. Members included the rector and churchwardens, the Earl of Chichester, Rev. W.H.Cooper, John Hoper (solicitor to the then owner of the Priory site), Mark Anthony Lower, a Lewes schoolmaster and notable antiquarian, William Henry Blaauw, an antiquarian who lived in Newick, and William Figg, son of the noted Lewes cartographer. Lower, Blaauw and Figg were founder members of Sussex Archaeological Society formed in 1846. Major contributors to the fund were the Duke of Norfolk and the Earls of Abergavenny, Amherst & De la Warr. The directors of the London Brighton & South Coast Railway Company gave £50 and a small charge was levied on those who flocked to Southover Church to see the “highly interesting remains”. The total raised by public subscription was £413. “The remains of earl of the earl de Warenne and his countess, at the church of Southover, have been within the last week been visited by many hundreds of strangers, among whom were several parties in their private carriages. We are much pleased to find that steps have been taken to secure the remains from injury by having glass covers placed over them – a most necessary step, for although every precaution was taken, while affording the public free access to them, to prevent their sustaining injury, yet at first parties who had the privilege of seeing them were not restricted from handling them, a practice likely to have a mischievous effect. We cannot too highly appreciate the exertions of all those gentlemen who have busied themselves in preserving to posterity these valued remains, and we would suggest for their adoption the building of a suitable chapel in Southover church for their permanent resting-place, and which might be so fitted up as to secure them from decay and yet satisfy the sight-seeing visitor." Mirror of Literature, Amusement & Instruction, 1845 Built as an extension of the parish church of St John the Baptist, Southover in 1847, and subsequently known as the Gundrada Chapel, it was designed in the neo-Norman style by local mason and antiquarian John Latter Parsons. Parsons had business premises in East Street, Lewes and later a yard in Eastgate Street which survived into the mid-20th century as C.F.Bridgman Ltd Stonemasons. Praised in the 19th century, the chapel interior has almost every form of Romanesque ornament. Nikolaus Pevsner, in his Sussex volume of Buildings of England, had little time for it: “…the horrible neo-Norman chapel [dates] from 1847. It is by J.L.Parsons of Lewes, who was advised by Ferrey who should have known better.” Benjamin Ferrey was a distinguished architect who studied under Pugin and, as Consulting Architect to the Incorporated Church Building Society (ICBS), restored many English churches. Notwithstanding this, the Gundrada Chapel has continued to house the bones of William and Gundrada which were re-buried under Gundrada’s original tombstone. This was discovered in 1774 by Dr Clarke, rector of Buxted, in the Shurley Chapel of Isfield Church where it formed part of the monument to Edward Shurley, cofferer to Henry VIII. The end of the slab had been broken off to fit its new use. Sir William Burrell, antiquarian, paid for it to be removed to Southover Church. The mid 12th century grave slab is of Tournai stone decorated with two bands of palmette-like plant motifs linked by finely carved lions’ heads. It is remarkably similar to that of Matilda of Flanders, the wife of William the Conqueror, who is buried in the Abbaye-aux-Dames in Caen. A partially damaged inscription runs along four sides and down the middle of the slab. Its meaning has been the subject of scholarly debate but one interpretation is: Gundrada, distinguished offspring of dukes and noble shoot in her own time, brought to the churches of the English the balms of the martyr’s traditions [….] to those in misery she was in her piety a Mary. The part of Martha [in her] died, the greater part of Mary survives. O, pious Pancras, witness of piety and justice, she makes you her heir; may you in your clemency accept the mother. Her light faded on the 27th of May, when she broke the alabaster [vase…]. The broken tombstone was restored and there are modern full size replicas in the Barbican House Museum in the High Street, Lewes and in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. The lead cists in which the bones were found, decorated with rope-mouldings and diagonal ornamentation, inscribed WILLEMS and GUNDRADA respectively, are displayed in two arched recesses in the south wall of the chapel. The stained glass windows have images of the Priory founders and of St Pancras. Visits to the Gundrada Chapel can be made by application to: Marcus Taylor (e-mail: marcusstaylor@btopenworld.com)
   
6. Title: Gundred in the North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000
   Author: Book Title: The Tracy Family / The Winslow Family
   Publication: Name: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=61157&h=392463&indiv=try;
   Note: Name: Gundred Gender: Female Spouse: William De Warrenne
   
7. Title: Wikipedia: Gundred, Countess of Surrey
   Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gundred,_Countess_of_Surrey;
   
8. Title: Gundred of England in Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors
   Author: https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p183.htm#i5474 index to pedigrees
   Publication: Name: https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p183.htm#i5474;
   Note: Gundred of England [1,2] Last Edited 4 Apr 2020 F, #5474, b. circa 1051, d. 27 May 1085 Father Gerbod of St. Omer, Earl of Chester, Advocate of St. Bertin [1] Mother Matilda of Flanders b. 1032, d. 2 Nov 1083 Charts Some Descendants of Charlemagne Gundred of England Claimed as daughter of her mother by a previous, unrecorded, clandestine marriage. See The Complete Peerage, by Cokayne, Vol. XII/1, p. 494 says she is sister of Gerbod the Fleming, Earl of Chester. [2] She The first note is disproved in footnotes of Cokayne cited in note 2 above. She was born circa 1051 at Normandy, France. She married William de Warren, 1st Earl of Surrey, Seigneur de Varennes, son of Ralph de Warren and Beatrix de Crepon, before 1077; His 1st marriage. [1,2] Gundred of England died on 27 May 1085 at Castle Acre, Norfolk, England. Family: William de Warren, 1st Earl of Surrey, Seigneur de Varennes b. c 1055, d. 24 Jun 1088 Children Edith de Warenne+ [1] William de Warenne, Earl of Warren & Surrey+ [2] b. 1071, d. 10 May 1138 Citations: 1. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 92-93. 2. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 270-271.
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9. Title: Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22
   Publication: Name: http://search.ancestry.com/collections/1981/records/26623;
   
10. Title: The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant
    Author: G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A.; (George Bell & Sons, London, 1889). Edition 1, Volume 7: Surrey: /. William de Warrene; Page 323
    Publication: Name: https://archive.org/details/completepeerage07cokahrish/page/n323/mode/1up?q=vermandois&view=theater.;
    
11. Title: Gundred Countess of Surrey (1051-1085), Find a Grave
    Author: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69110904/gundred-countess_of_surrey
    Publication: Name: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69110904/gundred-countess_of_surrey;
    Note: Gundred Countess of Surrey BIRTH 1051 DEATH 27 May 1085 (aged 33–34) Castle Acre, Kings Lynn and West Norfolk Borough, Norfolk, England BURIAL Southover Parish Church of St John the Baptist Lewes, Lewes District, East Sussex, England MEMORIAL ID 69110904 She married William I de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey. She apparently died in childbirth at Castle Acre, Norfolk, England. Her name has also been recorded as Gundreda.
    
12. Title: Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22
    Publication: Name: http://search.ancestry.com/collections/1981/records/26623;
    
13. Title: Gundred in the Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775
    Publication: Name: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=61175&h=27285&indiv=try;
    Note: Name: Gundred Spouse: William of Warren Page Number: 347
    
14. Title: Gundrada van Varennes (De Warren) in the Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    Publication: Name: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=9289&h=29483726&indiv=try;
    Note: Name: Gundrada van Varennes (De Warren) Gender: f (Female) Father: William II van Varennes (De Warren) Mother: Elisabeth van Vernandois
    
15. Title: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy (FMG)
    Author: ENGLAND, EARLS CREATED 1067-1122: A. EARLS of SURREY 1088-1164 (WARENNE): WILLIAM de Warenne
    Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL.htm#_Toc56410528;
    Note: (The Foundation for Medieval Genealogy (FMG) was established in 2001 to promote the study of genealogy and prosopography for the period before 1500 AD, and to publish the results of those studies. Based in the UK.)
    
16. Title: North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000
    Author: Book Title: The Tracy Family / The Winslow Family
    Publication: Name: http://search.ancestry.com/collections/61157/records/392341;
    
17. Title: The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe
    Author: Lundy, Darryl, ed. (Wellington, New Zealand; Site updated on 18 Dec 2022. darryl@thepeerage.com: http://www.thepeerage.com/s1.htm.), Gundreda (?): ID #4478:
    Publication: Name: http://www.thepeerage.com/p448.htm#i4478;
    
18. Title: Gundrada in the Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22
    Author: London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 20; Page: 831
    Publication: Name: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=1981&h=20076903&indiv=try;
    Note: Name: Gundrada Gender: Female Spouse: William De Warenne
    
19. Title: Ancestry Family Trees
    Author: Ancestry Family Tree