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Odinel II De Umfreville Lord of Redesdale (son of Odinel I De Umfreville, Baron of Prudhoe and Mrs Odinel I De Umfreville)6429, 6430 was born Abt. 1125 in Prudhoe, Northumberland, England6430, and died 1182 in Castle Prudhoe, Northumberland, England6431, 6432.He married Alice De Lucy on Abt. 1155 in Prudhoe, Northumberland, England6432, daughter of Richard "The Loyal" De Lucy and Rohese Fitzrichard De Clare.
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Odonell De Umfreville II d 1182
Lord of Redesdale
Baron of Prudhoe c1166-1182
Seems to have succeeded his father Odinell I (Hedley) sometime between 1162 and 1166 as in 1166 he appears in a document assessing him for scutage5 in Northumberland, he appears again in 1171. In 1173 he had a grant of £20 out of the rental of the mines of Carlisle to retain Knights at Prudhoe on account of Scots raiding (Wallace laid seige in this year). It is as well he was granted this income for in 1174 Harbottle Castle was taken and Prudhoe was again put under seige. Wallace seems to have taken a dislike to Odonell "Thus said King William: Then may I be accursed Excommunicated by priest, put to shame and discomfited. If I give the castle of Odinel a fixed time or respite. But I will cause him wholly to his joy and delight" Odonell escaped however. He was present at Alnwick when William the Lion was defeated and captured. Odonell was given £17 10s out of the booty stolen from him by William. Odonell was also granted Elton in Yorkshire for life as well as the forfeited lands of Thomas Muscamp the Baron of Wooler.
After the defeat of the Wallace Odonell made several alterations to the castle including a new gatehouse. The mound was levelled and a new stone keep was erected which after Norham is the oldest stone keep in Northumberland. Part of the curtain wall was rebuilt in stone. An interesting story relates to this rebuilding work.... "All his neighbours, the legend runs, had, either from love or fear, given him assistance in the work, except the men of Wylam, a possession of the monastery of St Oswin of Tynemouth, which had been freed from all contributions to castle building by several royal charters. Neither the threats nor the persuasions of the king's officers had any effect. Odinel was so enraged that he sent for one of them who lived, without fear of God, in the city of Corbridge, and bade him seize the property of the Wylam peasants and bring it to the castle. This man took with him two officers names Richard and Nicholas, and proceeded at once to Wylam.
According to the English law that had then been long established, a fine for neglecting to perform a customary duty like that of repairing a castle was first to be levied on the private property of the serfs, and only in the case of this proving insufficient was recourse to be had to the lord's demesne. The Corbridge official, however, announced his intention of laying hands on whatever first came his way, and it was in vain that his companions cautioned him not to interfere with the head of St. Oswin. They came to the pasture where the demesne oxen were grazing, but these, together with the ruddy youth and his barking dog who were looking after them, were by the power of St. Oswin made miraculously invisible and inaudible to the wicked distrainer". (Cadwallader Bates) The St 'Oswin' is of course the former King of Northumbria, Oswiu, whose numerous body parts were attributed to have miraculous powers although in this case I suspect either bribery or the alehouse to be the more rational explanation. Odonell you will note selects a man who was 'without the fear of God' to perform the irksome task of taking monastic property while his two companions implore him not to risk the wrath of the holy relic, St Owin's head.
Despite Odonell's landholdings his debts on his death were very substantial because of the rebuilding, so much so that some were still unpaid on the death of his son Robert in 1195. Odonell is apparently buried at Hexham Priory.
Odonell II had a daughter called Margery (c. 1165 c. bef. 1206) who married William D'Albini (d. 1st May 1236) the lord of Belvoir castle. Margery is buried at Belvoir priory. Odinell also was father to Robert (c. 1157- c. 1195), William (c.1159 - c.1193), Alice (c.1161 - c. ? ), Richard (c. 1163 - 11/10/1226 ), (then Margery), Gilbert (c. 1167-c. ? ), Odinell (c. 1169 c. aft. 1207) and Emma Countess Bolam (c.1171 - c. 1235). Emma married Walter De Bolam c. 1197 and then Peter De Vaux c. 1208.
Odonel de Umfreville held, by feudal tenure, the castle of Prudhoe, with those of Otterbourne, Harbottle, and Riddes dale, all in the county of Northumberland. He opposed the Scotch invasion under Duncan, and was in the battle wherei n the Scottish king was taken prisoner. of this baron one of the monks of Tynemouth grievously complained temp. Henry II for his exactions upon his neighbors toward repairin g the roof of the castle of Prudhoe. He died in 1182, leavi ng a daughter, Matilda, wife of William de Albini, and a so n and successor, Robert. [John Burke, History of the Common ers of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. II, R. Bentley, Lond on, 1834-1838, p. 191, Pickering, of Old Lodge]NOTE: The li ne of descent as given by John Burke, in History of the Com moners of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. II, R. Bentley, L ondon, 1834-1838, p. 191, Pickering, of Old Lodge, is as fo llows:
Sir Robert de Umfreville, Lord of Riddesdale, father ofRobe rt de Umfreville, father ofOdonel de Umfreville, died in 11 82, father of Matilda, who m. William de Albini, andRober t de Umfreville, (was succeeded by his grandson, Richard, e rroneously called his son by Dugdale), father of
Gilbert de Umfreville, father of
Richard de Umfreville, baron of Prudhoe.
More About Odinel II De Umfreville Lord of Redesdale:
Ancestral File Number: LC80-L9.6432
Baptism (LDS): October 02, 1991, PROVO.6432
Burial: Hexham Priory, Hexham, Northumberland, England.6432
Endowment (LDS): October 23, 1991, PROVO.6432
Record Change: August 19, 20026432
Sealed to parents (LDS): October 30, 1991, PROVO.6432
More About Odinel II De Umfreville Lord of Redesdale and Alice De Lucy:
Marriage: Abt. 1155, Prudhoe, Northumberland, England.6432
Record Change: February 08, 20036432
Sealed to spouse (LDS): October 30, 1991, PROVO.6432
Children of Odinel II De Umfreville Lord of Redesdale and Alice De Lucy are:
  1. +Margery d'Umfraville, b. 1152, Castle Prudhoe, Northumberland, England6432, d. 11826433.
  2. +Richard De Umfreville Lord of Redesdale, b. Abt. 1163, Redsdale, Northumberland, England6434, d. October 11, 1226, Castle Prudhoe, Northumberland, England6434.