Kentucky Pioneers: Ancestry of Gordon Beck:Information about Miles FitzWalter
Miles FitzWalter (b. Abt. 1097, d. December 24, 1143)
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In 1141, during the struggle between the Empress Maud and Stephe n I forthe throne the forme r conferred the Earldom of Herefor d on Miles ofGloucester, so-called from his father being h eredi tary Constable of theshire.Only two years earlier the new Ear l had supported Stephen , butit has been suggested that he wen t over to the Empress's in part becausehis overlord, t he Earl o f Gloucester, was one of Henry I's many bastardsons, hence Maud 's half brother.( Her generous gifts to Miles of land,houses , and castles, in addition to the Earldom, may hav e helped win him over.)[Burke's Peerage]
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William II "Rufus" King of England granted the lordship of "Ove r Gwent"which included a cast le at the mouth of the Genny wher e it joins theUsk, probably some time after 1088 to one Ham eli n de Ballon, so calledfrom his having been born at Ballon, in M aine.Subsequent holder s ofOver Gwent or Abergavenny include d the 1st and 2nd Earls of Hereford ofthe 1141 creatio n and th e 2nd Earl's four younger brothers, for all ofwhom a shadowy fa mily connection wit h Hamelin de Ballon has beenclaimed, thoug h this is very hard, if not impossible, to sustain .[Burke's Pe erage (page 12) on the history of Abergavenny:]
More About Miles FitzWalter:
Date born 2: 1092, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England.10653, 10654, 10655
Date born 3: Abt. 1097, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England.10656, 10657, 10658
Date born 4: Abt. 1097, of, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, Englandl;and.10659, 10660, 10661
Date born 5: Abt. 1100, Gloucester - Son of Walter Fitz Roger.10662, 10663, 10664
Burial 1: 1143, England.10665, 10666, 10667, 10668, 10669, 10670, 10671
Burial 2: Llanthony Priory, Gloucestershire, England.10672, 10673, 10674
Burial 3: Llanthony, Priory, Gloucester, England.10675, 10676, 10677
Died 2: 1143, Hereford (Earl of Hereford).10678, 10679, 10680
Died 3: December 24, 1143, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England.10681, 10682, 10683
Died 4: December 24, 1143, Llanthony, Priory, Gloucester, England.10684, 10685, 10686
Died 5: December 24, 1143, Shot while hunting in Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England.10687, 10688, 10689
Record Change: February 14, 200310690, 10691
More About Miles FitzWalter and Sybil de Neufmarche:
Marriage 1: 1121, England.10692, 10693, 10694, 10695, 10696
Marriage 2: 112110697, 10698, 10699
Marriage 3: April 112110700, 10701, 10702
Marriage 4: April 1121, Or Massachusettsy.10703, 10704, 10705
Children of Miles FitzWalter and Sybil de Neufmarche are: