1st feudal baron of Plympton in Devon Richard de Redvers

Male 1066 - 1107  (41 years)


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  1. 1.  1st feudal baron of Plympton in Devon Richard de Redvers was born in 1066; died on 8 Sep 1107; was buried in Abbey of Montebourg, Montebourg. Manche, Normandy, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Landowner or manor: Néhou, Normandy, France; he still held his estates in Normandy in the Cotentin (at Néhou) and Vexin (at Vernon)
    • Landowner or manor: Vernon, Normandy, France; he still held his estates in Normandy in the Cotentin (at Néhou) and Vexin (at Vernon)
    • Alternative spelling of names: 1066; Latinised to de Ripariis ("from the river-banks")
    • Alternative spelling of names: 1066; Reviers
    • Alternative spelling of names: 1066; Rivers
    • Landowner or manor: 1086, Mosterton, Dorset, England; In the Domesday Book (1086) he is recorded as holding one manor, that of Mosterton in Dorset. Mortestorne (as Mosterton was then known) was held by Almer before 1066. It had arable land, a mill, 30 acres of meadow and a large area of woodland and was valued at £12.
    • Landowner or manor: Abt 1094, Crowell, Oxfordshire, England; He also acquired the manors of Crowell in Oxfordshire and Woolley in Berkshire on his marriage.
    • Landowner or manor: Abt 1094, Woolley, Berkshire, England; He also acquired the manors of Crowell in Oxfordshire and Woolley in Berkshire on his marriage.
    • Title acquired or granted: aft. 1100, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England; Lordship of the Isle of Wight with caput at Carisbrooke Castle.
    • Landowner or manor: aft. 1100, Plympton, Devon, England; His continued allegiance resulted in Henry awarding him several large grants of land, most importantly the large Honour of Plympton (or feudal barony of Plympton) in Devon (part of which was the so-called Honour of Christchurch in Hampshire (now in Dorset), which was not technically a barony[11]) and also the Lordship of the Isle of Wight with caput at Carisbrooke Castle. In addition to these he still held his estates in Normandy in the Cotentin (at Néhou) and Vexin (at Vernon) and he had also acquired the manors of Crowell in Oxfordshire and Woolley in Berkshire on his marriage.
    • Landowner or manor: aft. 1100, Christchurch, Hampshire or Dorset, England; His continued allegiance resulted in Henry awarding him several large grants of land, most importantly the large Honour of Plympton (or feudal barony of Plympton) in Devon (part of which was the so-called Honour of Christchurch in Hampshire (now in Dorset), which was not technically a barony[11]) and also the Lordship of the Isle of Wight with caput at Carisbrooke Castle. In addition to these he still held his estates in Normandy in the Cotentin (at Néhou) and Vexin (at Vernon) and he had also acquired the manors of Crowell in Oxfordshire and Woolley in Berkshire on his marriage.
    • Landowner or manor: aft. 1100, Hundred of Christchurch, England; The hundred has always belonged to the lord of the honour of Christchurch (vide infra).


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