Genealogy Report: Ancestors of Helen Marie Nix
Ancestors of Helen Marie Nix
180417014.James 'of Brute' Macrory, born Abt. 1188 in Argyll, Scotland.He was the son of 360834028. Angus Macrory.He married 180417015. Ragnhild De L'Isle.
180417015.Ragnhild De L'Isle, born Abt. 1190 in , Isle of Man, Scotland.She was the daughter of 360834030. Arrand De L'Isle.
Child of James Macrory and Ragnhild De L'Isle is:
| 90208507 | i. | Jean 'of Brutte' Macrory, born Abt. 1208 in Butte, Scotland; married Alexander II Stewart, High Steward of Scotland. |
180417016.William III De Lindsay, born Abt. 1162 in Luffness, Aberflady, Scotland.He was the son of 360834032. William II De Lindsay and 360834033. Alianore De Lindsay.
Children of William III De Lindsay are:
| i. | William IV De Lindsay, born Abt. 1203 in Luffness Aberlady, East Lothian, Scotland; married Ada De Balliol; born Abt. 1204 in Barnard Castle, Gainford, Durham, England; died July 29, 1251 in Stokesby, Durham, England. | |||
| 90208508 | ii. | David II De Lindsay, born Abt. 1204 in Breneville, Ayrshire, Scotland. |
180417056.Richard Burnell, born Abt. 1150 in Beldwas, Shropshire, England; died 1189 in , England.He was the son of 360834112. Hugh Burnell.
Child of Richard Burnell is:
| 90208528 | i. | William Burnell, born Abt. 1180 in Beldwas, Shropshire, England; died 1212 in Holy Land on crusade; married Isabel De Longespee. |
180417072.John FitzAlan, born Abt. 1164 in , Shropshire, England.He was the son of 360834144. William II FitzAlan and 360834145. Isabel De Saye.He married 180417073. Hawise De Blanchminister.
180417073.Hawise De Blanchminister, born Abt. 1165 in , England.
Child of John FitzAlan and Hawise De Blanchminister is:
| 90208536 | i. | John II FitzAlan, born Abt. 1184 in Arundel, Sussex, England; married Isabella d'Aubigny. |
180417076.Hervey II FitzWalter, born Abt. 1120 in West Durham, Norfolk, England.He was the son of 360834152. Hervey FitzWalter and 360834153. N? Becket.He married 180417077. Matilda De Valoines.
180417077.Matilda De Valoines, born Abt. 1125 in , Suffolk, England.She was the daughter of 360834154. Theobald De Valoines.
Children of Hervey FitzWalter and Matilda De Valoines are:
| i. | Hubert FitzWalter, Right Reverend, born Abt. 1158 in Arklow, Wicklow, Ireland. |
| Notes for Hubert FitzWalter, Right Reverend: Hubert Walter,Archbishop of Canterbury (1193-1205); died 13 July, 1205; son of Hervey (Herveus) Walter and Matilda de Valoines, whose sister married the celebrated Ranulf de Glanville. The family, which was of Norman descent, held lands in Lancashire and Norfolk. Hubert's elder brother, Theobald Fitz-Walter, accompanied Henry II and John to Ireland, and became ancestor of the Butlers of Ormonde. We first hear of the archbishop as a chaplain in the household of Ranulf de Glanville, and a contemporary writer speaks of him as sharing with his master in the government of England. In 1184 and 1185 he appears as baron of the exchequer, and in 1186 his name was one of the five submitted to Henry II by the Chapter of York for the vacant archbishopric. The king rejected all five. In 1189 Hubert was acting as chancellor in Maine and was that year chosen by Richard I as Bishop of Salisbury. He was consecrated on 22 October by Archbishop Baldwin of Canterbury. |
| 90208538 | ii. | Theobald FitzWalter, Butler of Ireland, born Abt. 1160 in Arklow, Wicklow, Ireland; married Maud Le Vavasor. |
180417216.John De Wingfield, born Abt. 1160 in Wingfield, Suffolk, England.He was the son of 360834432. Robert De Wingfield.
Child of John De Wingfield is:
| 90208608 | i. | Robert II De Wingfield, born Abt. 1190 in Wingfield, Suffolk, England; married Joan Falstoff. |
180417218.John Falstoff, born Abt. 1165 in , England.
Child of John Falstoff is:
| 90208609 | i. | Joan Falstoff, born Abt. 1195 in , England; married Robert II De Wingfield. |
180417248.Randulph II De Glanville, born Abt. 1130 in Coverham, Suffolk, England; died October 12, 1190 in Acre, Palestine, Holy Land on crusade.He was the son of 352393210. Hervey De Glanville, Sir Knight and 352393211. Matilda N?.He married 180417249. Bertha De Valoines.
180417249.Bertha De Valoines, born Abt. 1130 in , Suffolk, England.She was the daughter of 360834154. Theobald De Valoines.
Notes for Randulph II De Glanville:
RANULPH DE GLANVILLE greatly distinguished himself as a lawyer, statesman, and warrior in the reign of Henry II., and the beginning of Richard I. At Stafford in Suffolk, he was born about 1130 and probably named after his ancestor Ranulph de Glanville, temp. 1066. 'He afforded a rare instance in those days of a lawyer being trained as a good classical scholar, and being initiated in all the mysteries of the feudal law. At the same time he was a perfect knight, being not only familiar with all martial exercises, but having studied the art of manoeuvring large bodies of men in the field according to the most scientific roles then known.'
His name first appears as a witness with his father, to the deed of confirmation of Bartholomew de Glanville, to Bromholm Priory, Norfolk. His first appearance in public life is doubtful, but probably he filled some office in the Exchequer. Glanville was in company with several of the Chief Justiciars, at times, assisting them in the Aula Regis, and accompanying them in the campaigns.
He inherited considerable estates from his father, and obtained a large dowry with his wife, portion of these being situated in Yorkshire, his chief residence being at Richmond Castle, which honour he held of the King in capite. In the reign of Stephen he was receiver of the forfeited Earldom of Conan, and collector of the Crown rents in the counties of Yorkshire and Westmorland. In 1164 he was Sheriff of Warwick and Leicester, and also in the same year joint Sheriff of Yorkshire with Robert de Stuteville; after this he held the same office alone, to the beginning of the reign of Richard I. In the year 1174, July 11th , De Glanville, says Lord Campbell, conferred greater glory on his country than any Englishman before or since, holding a merely civil office. Henry II. being hard pressed in his continental dominions by the unnatural alliance between his rebellious sons and Louis VII., the Scots, under their King, William the Lion, invaded England, and committed cruel ravages in the northern counties. Being stopped on the banks of the Tyne, by the obstinate defence of the Castle of Prudhoe, Geoffrey, Bishop of Lincoln, the King's son, by the Fair Rosamond, collected a large anny to encounter them. At his approach they retreated to the north, and he, thinking that they had recrossed the Tweed, marched back to his see, singing the Te Deum, and celebrating very boastfully the supposed success which he had gained. The King of Scots, however, took several, strong castles in Northumberland, which had at first withstood his assault, and laid siege to Alnwick, with his regular forces, sending skirmishing parties even beyond the Tyne and the Tees, to collect provisions and levy contributions. One of these, commanded by Duncan, Earl of Fife, surprised the town of Warkworth, which they burned to the ground, massacring all the inhabitants without distinction of age or sex, and not sparing even those who had taken sanctuary in the churches and convents. Ranulph de Glanville, the Sheriff of Yorkshire, hearing of these excesses, without waiting for orders from the Government, issued a proclamation for raising the posse comitatus, and all classes of the inhabitants flocked eagerly to his standard. With a body of horse, in which were about 400 knights, after a hard day's march, he arrived at Newcastle. There Glanville was told that William the Lion, instead of repressing, encouraged the devastation committed by the marauders, and believing that there was no longer any army to face him, entirely neglected all the usual precautions of military discipline. The gallant Sheriff resolved to push forward next morning, in the hope of relieving Alnwick, and surprising the besiegers, and was accompanied by B. Baliol, de Umfreville, de Stuteville, and Vesci. The English accordingly began their march at break of day, and though loaded with heavy armour, in five hours had proceeded nearly thirty miles from Newcastle. As they were then traversing a wild heath among the Cheviot Hills, they were enveloped in a thick fog, and the advice was given that they should try to find their way back to Newcastle; but Glanville, rather than stain his character with the infamy of such a flight, resolved to proceed at all hazards, and his men gallantly followed him. They proceeded some miles in darkness, being guided by a mountain stream, which they thought must conduct them to the level country. Suddenly the mist dispersed, and they saw before them in near view the Castle of Alnwick beleaguered by straggling bands of Scots, and the Scottish King amidst a small troop of horsemen diverting himself with the exercises of chivalry, free from any apprehensions of danger. William at first mistook the English for a party of his own countrymen, returning with the spoils of a foray. Perceiving his error, he was undismayed, and calling out, 'Noo it will be seen whilk be true knichts,' he instantly charged the enemy. In a few minutes he was unhorsed, and made prisoner.
Some of his nobles coming to the rescue, and finding their efforts ineffectual, voluntarily threw themselves into the hands of the English, that they might be partakers in the calamity of their sovereign. Glanville, prudently considering that he might be endangered by the reassembling of the scattered bands of the Scots, immediately set off with his prisoners for Newcastle, and arrived there the same evening. Thus did the valiant civilian in one day, after the fatigue of a long march, ride at the head of a band of heavy armed horse above seventy miles, charge a national army, and make captive a King who had threatened to carry war and desolation into the heart of England. Having secured his royal prize in the strong castle of Richmond, he sent off a messenger to London to announce his victory. It so happened that, the same hour at which William was taken at Alnwick, Henry had been doing penance at the tomb of St. Thomas of Canterbury.... He then journeyed to Westminster; and he was lying in bed, very sick from the penance he had undergone, when, in the dead of night, a messenger, stained with the soil of many counties, arrived at the palace, and, declaring that he was the bearer of important despatches, swore that he must see the King.The warder at the gate, and the page at the door of the bedchamber, in vain opposed his entrance, and, bursting in, he announced himself as the servant of Count Ranulph de Glanville. The question being asked, 'Is all well with your master ?'he answered, 'All is well, and he has now in his custody your enemy, the King of Scots.''Repeat those words,' cried Henry in a transport of joy. The messenger then and there delivered his despatches. Henry, having read them, was eager to communicate the glad tidings to his courtiers, and expressing gratitude to Glanville, piously remarked that the glorious event was to be ascribed to a higher Power, for it had happened while he was recumbent at the shrine of St. Becket. Henry immediately ordered Glanville to carry his royal prisoner to Falaise, in Normandy, where he was kept in strict custody until he acknowledged himself the liegeman of the English King.Upon this acknowledgment, although nullified by Richard I., Edward I. founded his claim to interfere in the nomination of a King to the Scottish throne. For this most important service Glanville was immediately made a Justiciary to assist the great officers of the Crown in the Aula Regis and to go circuit for dealing out justice in different counties, in thirteen of which his pleas are recorded.
In the year 1176, Glanville was sent as Ambassador to the Count of Flanders on State matters; and having now gained the entire confidence of the King, he gradually acquired more influence than any other Minister. The domestic comfort of Henry's palace was broken by his own foolish and unnatural conduct towards his Queen.Eleanor, who had brought him such a rich dowry, now repented of her marriage. One can hardly wonder at the line of conduct she pursued with regard to the unfriendly and hostile feelings that existed between the King and his sons. Henry could not possibly claim his wife's sympathy, considering his affections had been taken from her and given to other women. Eleanor's power, no doubt, was so great, that, for the benefit of the State, he was compelled to confine her in the Castle of Winchester, and he appointed Glanville her custodian, which charge he faithfully fulfilled for sixteen years, until the death of the King and the accession of Richard I., whose first act was to release his mother. In the year 1180, Ranulph de Glanville, with universal applause, was appointed Lord Chief Justice of England, with sole and undivided sway. He is the first who filled it, says Campbell, 'who is celebrated for learning, impartiality, and other qualities, equally judicial.' Under him the Aula Regis deserved the praise bestowed upon it by Peter de Bois in a letter to the King: 'If causes are tried in the presence of your highness, or your Chief Justiciary, then neither gifts nor partiality are admitted, then all things proceed according to the rules of judgment and justice, nor does ever the sentence or decree transgress the limits of equity. But the great men of your, kingdom, though full of enmity against each other, unite to prevent the complaints of the people against the exactions of the sheriffs, or other officers, in any inferior jurisdiction, whom they have recommended and patronised, from coming to your Royal ears. The combination of these magnates can only be truly compared to the conjunction of scales on the back of the Behemoth of the Scriptures, which fold over each other and form, by their closeness, an impenetrable defence.'
The Council of Northampton, in 1176, divided the country into six circuits, of which one was appropriated to him, and in 1179, at the Council held at Windsor, it rearranged the kingdom, for judicial purposes, into four divisions. Although most of his brethren were removed, Glanville's capacity was so conspicuous, and his integrity so unblemished, that he was not only reappointed to act in one of them, but was amongst those specially selected to hear the complaints of the people in the Aula Regis at Westminster. Considering this, and his universally acknowledged high principles, it cannot be believed that, as the historian says, in 1184, he, as Lord Chief Justice, presided at the Aula Regis held in the city of Worcester, when Sir Gilbert de Plumpton, a knight of noble birth, and also very powerful, was brought in chains before Glanville on a charge of rape, who sentenced him to be hanged. 'When Plumpton was being led forth to execution a tumult was raised, the people were heard shouting that innocent blood was about to be shed; whereupon Bishop Baldwin was informed of what had occurred, and he immediately hastened to the spot. The man was already suspended. The Bishop shouted, 'In the name of Almighty God, and under pain of excommunication, I forbid you to put that man to death on this the Lord's Day and the Feast of St. Mary Magdalene.'The executioners were astonished; they feared on the one hand the King's anger if his commands were not obeyed, and on the other the Bishop's excommunication. But the rope was loosed, the man was not dead; he revived. During the night the King was moved with pity, and the condemned man, whose execution the Bishop could not delay till the morrow, was respited.'This story is connected with what is now generally regarded as a libel against that great and good man Ranulph de Glanville.He is stated by Hoveden to have procured the condemnation of Gilbert de Plumpton, from interested motives, on a false charge. Not only is the ferocity of the proceeding contrary to Glanville's general character, but his impunity, under the circumstance, would be unaccountable. If Glanville was the author, as is generally supposed, of the 'Tractatus de Legibus et Consuetudinibus regni Angliae,' he would hardly have ventured to say as he does, that in Henry II's reign, none of the judges have so hardened a front, or so rash a presumption, as to dare to deviate, however slightly, from the path of justice, or to utter a sentence in any measure contrary to the truth.If he were not the author, the argument in his favour is even stronger, for no one would have dared to say this if the public could have refuted the assertion at once by pointing to the chief justiciary. Moreover he would have owned his disgrace to Baldwin, and they could have hardly continued in friendship; but not only was Ranulph the companion of Baldwin to the Crusade, he also attended him during some part of his progress through Wales.
Sir Gilbert de Plumpton, though he escaped with his life, suffered imprisonment to the end of his days.
In the year 1180, Glanville drew up in Latin 'A Treatise on the Laws and Customs of the Kingdom of England,' which to this day is, in some points, an authority. 'This author,' Lord Campbell says, 'is to be considered the father of the English jurisprudence.Glanville actually details to us the practice of Aula Regis in which he presided, furnishes us with a copious supply of precedent of writs and other procedure in use, and explains with much precision the distinctions and subtleties of the system, which, in the fifth Norman reign, nearly superseded the simple juridical institutions of our Anglo-Saxon ancestors. It is said that Glanville drew up this compendium of the laws of England for the public use by the command of Henry II. It remained in MS. until the year 1554, when it was first printed at the instance of Sir William Stanford, a grave and learned judge of the Court of Common Pleas.'
In 1181-2, Glanville collected a large army 'Magno exercitu de Anglia' during the absence of King Henry in Normandy, and marched against the Welsh, who had made incursions across the marshes and had killed the Sheriff of Gloucestershire, R. de Poer. He drove them back into their own country, but his success did not seem to last long, for they soon returned, and a warfare was carried on between them for some time, until Glanville went again at the command of the King to negotiate with their leader. Prince Rhys-ap-Griffith of South Wales, and other chiefs, for the purpose of putting an end to this war and bringing back the rebels. At the same time he also enlisted a number of the hardy mountaineers of that country to serve in the English army then at war with Philip, King of France. Sir Walter Scott gives an interesting note of the character of the Welsh soldiers, as given by Henry II. to the Emperor of Greece. 'This mission,' remarks Lord Campbell, 'was in all respects successful; Glanville perceived, as Lord. Chatham did with respect to the Scotch Highlanders six centuries after, that the best way of preventing them from annoying England was to employ them against foreigners, and they would be faithful in proportion as they themselves were trusted.' In acknowledgment of Glanville's services, civil and military, there was conferred upon him the additional dignity of DAPIFER.
In 118 3 Prince John and Glanville were summoned to go into Normandy, when Prince Richard was asked to give up Aquitaine to his brother John. This he did not do, but requested time for consideration, during which he escaped and prepared for war.In the following year (1184) Glanville went to Canterbury on Henry's behalf to watch the election of the Archbishop. On his return to Windsor he delivered a speech upon the subject of his mission, and proposed that a middle course should be pursued between the King and the monks with regard to the election. His proposal the monks conditionally accepted, and an agreement was drawn up between them in writing, but when brought before the Bishops they hesitated to accept it. The Council was then adjourned to the 30th of November, when the discussion was to be re-opened again in London. On the appointed day (Nov. 30), it being the-Feast of St. Andrew, the Bishops and Monks met in London, when, after a long argument, Glanville was sent by the King to endeavour to persuade the monks of Canterbury to begin the election of their Archbishop over again. This proposal the Prior rejected, declared that the election was complete, and demanded from Glanville an interview with Henry II. This controversy went on for some time longer, but in the same year the King conformed to the wishes of the Prior, and Baldwin was elected Archbishop of Canterbury.
On the 17th February, Glanville held a council which refused to suffer the Pope's envoy to levy a contribution.
A dispute again arose between the King and the monks of Canterbury. These gentlemen, who by the bye were remarkably fond of taking care of themselves, had collected great riches from the miracles reported to have taken place at the shrine of that turbulent priest Thomas a-Becket. Henry's policy was to establish a rival foundation near Canterbury. The monks, not liking the idea of losing their monopoly, sent begging letters to the Pope (Urban III.) asking him to send King Henry a mandate ordering him to give commands that the building of this new monastery should at once be stopped. Henry, as may be well imagined, disregarded the Pope's letter, and was supported in this by Archbishop Baldwin. The Pope, not wishing to lose his hold upon the King, commanded the Abbots of Battle, Faversham, and St. Augustine to enforce the execution of his orders. The Abbots receiving this mandate from their spiritual head were about to hold a court and to issue process against all who were connected with this new foundation. Immediately Glanville heard of these proceedings, he issued a writ of prohibition in the following words:-
'Randulph de Glanville to the Abbot of Battle. Greeting. I command you on behalf of our Lord the King, by the allegiance you owe him and by the oath which you have sworn to him that you by no means proceed in a suit between the monks of Canterbury and the Lord Archbishop of that See, until you shall have conferred with me thereupon, and, all delay and excuses being laid aside, that you appear before me in London, on Saturday next after the Feast of St. Margaret the Virgin, there to make answer in the premises according to a precept attested by William de Glanville from the King over the water.'
The suit having been carried on for some years, Glanville attempted again to bring about a friendly settlement of the difference, and for that purpose went to Canterbury, so that he might upon the spot better negotiate with the Sub-Prior. At the meeting which took place, the Sub-Prior said that he and his brothers much deserved the King's mercy. Glanville answered, 'You yourselves will have no mercy; but from your attachment to the court of Rome, refuse to submit to the advice of your sovereign or of any other person.'Sub-Prior: 'Saving the interests of our monastery, and the rights of the Church, we are ready to submit to the King; but we are greatly deterred from implicitly trusting to the King by reason that he has suffered us to remain, during almost two years deprived of our possessions, and in a measure imprisoned us within our walls.' Glanville: 'If you doubt the King, there are Bishops and Abbots of your order, and there are Barons and Churchmen belonging to the Court, who, should you trust your cause to them, would certainly do you justice.'Sub-Prior: 'All these you mention are so partial on the side of the Archbishop, so complaisant to the King, and so unfriendly to us, that we do not venture to con-fide in their arbitration.'Glanville (hastening away with much indignation) said, 'You monks turn your eyes to Rome alone, and Rome will one day destroy you.'
These ecclesiastical troubles were at last compromised, and peace was restored to the end of the reign of Henry II.
When King Henry invested his son Prince John with the government of Ireland, Glanville was also sent with him, and that Prince, by his charter made at Waterford, infeoffed Randulph de Glanville and Theobald Fitz Walter his nephew with five and a half cantreds in the land of Limerick, to be held by them and their heirs by the service of twenty-two knights' fees, with and judgment or trial of water and iron, duel and combat.
In September, 1186, Glanville went as Ambassador to Philip, King of France, and negotiated with that monarch for a truce to last until January 13, 1187. In the same year he again journeyed into Wales to levy troops, and in July, 1188, we find him collecting an army of Earls, Barons, and Knights, and a large number of Welshmen, and sending them to Henry in Normandy, who was then at war with France.
In 1188, Archbishop Baldwin and Randulph de Glanville proceeded into Wales, and arriving at Radnor, they met Rhys, son of Gruffydh, Prince of South Wales, with many other nobles, there. The Archbishop preached a sermon to the assembled Lords and people upon the subject of the Crusade. The discourse was explained to the Welsh by an interpreter. After it was finished, Geraldus Cambrensis, impelled by the urgent importance, and the promises of the King, and the persuasion of the Archbishop and Glanville, arose the first, and falling down at the feet of Baldwin, devoutly took the sign of the Cross. His example was followed by Peter, Bishop of St. David's, and then by Eineon, son of Eineon Clyd, Prince of Elven. Next day the Lord Chief Justice returned to England, and the Archbishop proceeded on his j oumey.
When Prince Richard determined to take the Cross and proceed to Palestine, King Henry addressed a letter to Glanville upon the subject, which is as follows:-
LETTER OF HENRY, KING OF ENGLAND, TO RANDULPH DE GLANVILLE (Nov. or Dec. 1187)
"Henricus Rex Angliae, et cetera, Randulfo de Glanvilla, salutem. Nosti quanta mala nunciata sunt nobis de destructione terrae Jerosolimitanae et qualiter propter hoc filius meus Ricardus crucem accepit. Quoniam autem in tanta deliberatione negotii praesentia venerabilis patria nostri Baldewini Cantuariensis Archiepiscopi totius Angliae primatis nobis plurimum utilis et necessaria exstitit ipsurn ad praesens nobiscum duximus retinendurn donec in Anglia pariter veniamus, quod in proximo per Dei misercordiam speramus."
The King then goes on to order de Glanville to support with his assistance and advice, the messengers whom the Archbishop is sending to Canterbury, and further orders Glanville to register and seal the treasure of the Church of Canterbury, and to demand the assistance of William de Alberville, William Fitz Neal, and William Fitz Philip, concluding with the usual salutation.
Most men were now absorbed in the new Crusade which was preached in the year 1188. All the principal sovereigns of Europe, Spain excepted, vowed to lead their national forces against the Moors, and for the recovery of the sacred city; thousands journeyed to Palestine, at their own expense, from the ports of the Baltic, Italy, North Sea, and England.
King Henry, at a council held at Gidington, consented to levy a tax of E70,0000 on his Christian subjects, and E60,000 upon the Jews, with a view of assisting in the third Crusade now being preached. A council being held on January 30, 1189, the Archbishop of Canterbury, 'by the authority of God, of the Blessed Apostles St. Peter and St. Paul, and of the Chief Pontiff, denounced excommunication against all persons who, for seven years, should begin or foment any war among Christians; and declared a plenary absolution from all sins to all persons, whether ecclesiastics or laymen, who should take the Cross.'On the same day the Archbishop, and his vicar, Gilbert de Glanville, Bishop of Rochester, preached before the King and assembled Lords, the subject being 'On the Mystery of the Cross,' they pointing out that all those who professed to be followers of Jesus, the sin and shame it was for them to allow His sepulchre to remain in the hands of the followers of Mahomet, that false prophet, and exhorted all, of whatever station, from the King to the meanest of his subjects, to at once assume the sign of the Cross, andjoin those blessed expeditions, who were now marching towards Jerusalem, by assisting in the undertaking, and to insure themselves glory in this world and eternal salvation in the next. Henry himself promised to march there as soon as he was able to leave the kingdom. But what was the astonishment, writes Lord Campbell, 'of all present, when the Chief Justiciary Randulph de Glanville, known to be vigorous and energetic, but not suspected of enthusiasm, now well stricken in years, who had spent the best part of his life in studying the law and administering justice, who had a wife and many children and grandchildren, the objects of his tender attachment rose up as soon as the King had concluded his speech, and asked the Archbishop to invest him with the Cross was enlisted as a Crusader with all the vows and rites used on such a solemn occasion, so much in earnest was he that he wished forthwith to set forward for the Holy Land.
Glanville did not set out at once as he desired, weighty matters of State kept him longer in England. Prince Richard had again rebelled against his father, and had taken up the cause of Philip, King of France. The causa belli, as stated by Philip and Richard, was the refusal of Henry to deliver up Alice, sister of Philip, and the affianced bride of Prince Richard. Glanville, at the command of the King, therefore waited until tranquillity should be restored; but before this was consummated King Henry died of a broken heart at Chinon, on July 6, 1189. Glanville was present at the scene, 'when on the approach of Richard blood gushed from the dead body, in token, as people said, that the son had been the murderer of his father.'
The new monarch, now stung with remorse, renounced all the late companions of his youth who had so misled him, and offered to confirrn all his father's councillors in their offices. This offer was firrnly refused by Glanville, who had serious misgivings as to the sincerity of Richard, and who, now wearing the Cross, was bound by his vow, as well as incited by his inclination, to set forward for the recovery of Jerusalem. However, he discharged the duties of his office for some weeks till a successor might be appointed, and he attended, with the rank of Chief Justiciar, at Richard's coronation, when he exerted himself to the utmost to restrain the people from the massacre of the Jews, which disgraced that solemnity.
Some authors represent that he was deprived of his office at the death of Henry II., and obliged to pay f 15,000 towards the fitting out of the expedition for the Holy Land. There is no foundation for this report, as Glanville continued in office, as is proved without doubt, until he himself set out for Palestine.Most likely he greatly contributed in money towards the equipment of the army. We know that Richard's first care when he landed at Portsmouth, in 1189, was to seize his father's treasury at Winchester Castle, and that Glanville gave up to the King the enormous sum of F-900,000, besides jewels, etc. Glanville not only was a witness to King Henry's will, but also one of the executors appointed under it. He was likewise a witness to a Charter of Richard I. to John de Alencon in Normandy, April 11, 1190.
He afterwards travelled towards Jerusalem, in company with Baldwin, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Hubert Walter, his nephew, Bishop of Salisbury, and landed at Tyre, about Michaelmas 1190, all of them having been despatched by King Richard to assist at the siege of Acre, and having previously, according to some accounts, accompanied the King himself through France as far as Marseilles. He, and his companions, reached Acre, before which Archbishop Baldwin first fell a victim, and then, before the end of the year, Randulph de Glanville, but not, as sometimes stated, in the heat of battle. Glanville accumulated a very great fortune. What with the gifts he received from the King, what with the property he inherited from his father in Suffolk, and what he had received with his wife, and from his office as Lord Chief Justice, he was not only enabled to proceed to the Holy Land as a noble of the highest rank, but also to build and amply endow two monasteries and a Leper House in Suffolk, and moreover to provide for three of his daughters who had married powerful Barons. It is well known that most of the Knights that took part in the Crusades were obliged to sell portion, if not all, their property for the purpose of meeting the expenses of such an undertaking.
It was in the year 1171 that, for the glory of God, and in honour of 'Our Lady,' the founding of an inferior Priory of Augustinian Canons (two of whose Priors were deemed worthy to be consecrated Suffragan Bishops of Norwich) took place by Lord Chief Justice R. de Glanville, upon lands called Brockhouse, which he had received as dower with his wife. Glanville gave to the priory, as of fee, the advowsons of Parnham, Butley, Bawdesey, Wantisden, Capel, and Benhall. At the request of the founder, King Henry II. gave the Rectory of Burston in the county of Norfolk, confirmed by John of Oxford, Bishop of Norwich, and by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
The Vicar was paid 28s. 8d. by the Prior of Butley. In 1425, Reginald de Grey recovered the advowson (Winfarthing) from the Prior, and he presented a Rector. In the reign of Henry II., Hervey Walter, left the lands of, or in Wingfield, Sidsbrook, and Isted for his soul's health, and his wife Maud's, daughter of Theobald de Valoins, and for the souls of Randulph de Glanville and his wife Bertha.
Children of Randulph De Glanville and Bertha De Valoines are:
| i. | Amabella De Glanville, born Abt. 1153 in , England; married Ralph De Arderne, Sir Knight; born Abt. 1150 in , England. | |||
| ii. | Helwisa De Glanville, born Abt. 1155 in Coverham, Suffolk, England; married Robert FitzRalph, Lord of Middleham; born Abt. 1130 in Middleham, Yorkshire, England. |
| Notes for Helwisa De Glanville: Helwisia de Glanville, the third daughter of Lord Ranulph de Glanville, married Lord Robert Fitz Randulfi, Baron of Middleham, from whom descended the family of Neville, Earls of Warwick, as will be seen in the pedigree of that family, which shews how the celebrated Earl of Warwick, called the 'King-Marker,' was one of the representatives of the House of Glanville. At a distance of three miles from Jervaux, Yorkshire, lie the scattered remains of the Abbey of Coverham. This house was of Praemonstratensian Canons, first founded in Swainby, in the parish of Pickhill, by Helewisia de Glanville, upon the lands in the lordship of Coverharn, which had belonged to her father. In the year, 1214 Ralph Fitz Robert, her son, translated the Abbey from Swamby to Coverham, near to his manor-house at Middleham, where an abbey was built and flourished until 1538, the gross annual value then being E207 14s. 7d.Helwisia was buried at Coverham; the issue of this marriage was three sons, two of whom died without issue, but the third, Ralph Fitz Robert, married Mary, daughter of Roger Bigod, Earl of Norfolk, and by her had issue two sons, the elder, Ranulph Fitz Ranulph, Lord of Middleham, married Anastacia, daughter of William de Percy, and he dying in 1270, left Mary, an only daughter, and sole heiress, both to the Glanville and Middlehain property. She married Ralph Neville, Lord of Raby, who, dying in the 55 of Henry Ill., was succeeded by his son, Ralph Neville, Baron of Raby, who now represented the Lords of Middleham and a branch of the House of Glanville. |
| iii. | Matilda De Glanville, born Abt. 1157 in , England; married William II De Auberville, Sir Knight; born Abt. 1138 in , England. | |||
| 90208624 | iv. | Gilbert II De Glanville, born Abt. 1162 in Stratford, Suffolk, England. |
180417432.Richard IV Corbet, born Abt. 1191 in Wattlesborough, Shropshire, England; died Bef. 1235.He was the son of 360834864. Richard III Corbet.He married 180417433. Johanna=Joan 'Toret' De Morton Abt. 1211 in Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England.
180417433.Johanna=Joan 'Toret' De Morton, born Abt. 1195 in Moret Toret, Shropshire, England; died Bef. 1239.She was the daughter of 360834866. Bartholomew De Morton.
Children of Richard Corbet and Johanna=Joan De Morton are:
| 90208716 | i. | Richard V Corbet, born Abt. 1212 in Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England; died Abt. 1255; married Petronilla De Booley. | ||
| ii. | Reginald Corbet, born Abt. 1214 in Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England; died Abt. 1233. |
180417472.Hervey III Bagot, Baron De Stafford, born Abt. 1160 in , England; died Bef. 1219.He was the son of 90287104. Hervey FitzBagod.He married 180417473. Millicent De Stafford.
180417473.Millicent De Stafford, born Abt. 1176 in , England; died 1225.She was the daughter of 360834946. Robert II De Stafford and 360834947. Basilia N?.
Notes for Hervey III Bagot, Baron De Stafford:
Assumed the name de Stafford, Baron de Stafford j. uxor.
| Notes for Millicent De Stafford: Daughter and heiress of Robert De Stafford after male line of this branch of the family was extinguished by the Crusade of 1190-92. |
Child of Hervey Bagot and Millicent De Stafford is:
| 90208736 | i. | Hervey IV 'Bagot' De Stafford, born Abt. 1190 in , England; died 1237; married Petronilla De Ferrers. |