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- “BAUDOUIN de Brionne (-[Feb] 1090). He and his brother are named as sons of Gilbert de Brionne by Orderic Vitalis, recording that they took refuge in Flanders after their father was murdered. Seigneur de Sap et de Meules, Normandy, after Guillaume II Duke of Normandy restored them to him after being requested to do so by his father-in-law Baudouin V Count of Flanders. After the Norman conquest of England, William I King of England gave Baudouin about 160 lordships in Devon, Dorset and Somerset, among which he became Lord of Okehampton, Devon. Sheriff of Devon 1080 to 1086. The necrology of Saint-Nicaise de Meulan records the death of "Baldoinus filius comitis", undated but listed among deaths recorded in Feb. m ALBERADE, daughter of [MAUGER Vicomte de Costentin]. The primary source which confirms her parentage and marriage has not yet been identified. Orderic Vitalis describes Alberade as the daughter of the amita of William II King of England. The Fundationis et Fundatorum Historia of Ford Abbey records that “dominus Baldewinus de Brionis” married “Albredam neptem domini Willelmi Bastardi…ducis Normanniæ”. Baudouin & his wife had six children:
i) ROBERT (-after Dec 1101). Named as son of Baudouin by Orderic Vitalis, who describes him as castellan of Brionne when he defended his right to the castle in [1090/94] after Robert de Beaumont claimed it from Robert III Duke of Normandy. The castle was subsequently stormed by Duke Robert's troops and returned to Robert de Beaumont. He inherited his brother's English honours in 1096.
ii) WILLIAM (-1096). Named as son of Baudouin by Orderic Vitalis. He succeeded his father as Lord of Okehampton, Sheriff of Devon.
iii) RICHARD (-[Jun] 1137, bur 25 Jun 1137 Brightley Abbey, Devon, transferred to Ford Abbey). Named as son of Baudouin by Orderic Vitalis. The Fundationis et Fundatorum Historia of Ford Abbey names “Ricardum et…Adeliciam” as two of the childrdren of “dominus Baldewinus de Brionis” and his wife “Albredam neptem domini Willelmi Bastardi…ducis Normanniæ”. He succeeded his brother as Lord of Okehampton. The Fundationis et Fundatorum Historia of Ford Abbey records the burial “VI Kal Jul 1137” of “domino Ricardo” and the subsequent transfer of his body “de Brightley apud Fordam”, adding that he died childless.
iv) ADELA (-24 Aug 1142, bur Ford Abbey, Devon). The Fundationis et Fundatorum Historia of Ford Abbey names “Ricardum et…Adeliciam” as two of the children of “dominus Baldewinus de Brionis” and his wife “Albredam neptem domini Willelmi Bastardidi…ducis Normanniæ”. The Fundationis et Fundatorum Historia of Ford Abbey records that “Adeliciæ…sorori suæ” inherited the lands of “vicecomes Ricardus”, was thereafter called “vicecomitissa” and died “1142 IX Kal Sep” and was buried “apud novum monasterium de Ford”. m ---. One child:
(a) ALICE . The Fundationis et Fundatorum Historia of Ford Abbey records that “domina Alicia uxor domini Randolphi Avenell filia sua” succeeded “vicecomitissa Adelicia” in “dominio de Okehampton…et castrum Exoniæ”[504]. m RANDULF Avenell, son of ---. Randulph & his wife had one child:
(1) MAUD Avenell (-21 Sep 1173). The Fundationis et Fundatorum Historia of Ford Abbey records that “domina Alicia uxor domini Randolphi Avenell filia sua” had “unicam filiam…Matildam” who died. The Fundationis et Fundatorum Historia of Ford Abbey records that “domina Alicia uxor domini Randolphi Avenell filia sua…unicam filiam…Matildam” married “Roberto filio regis Henrici primi notho” after the death of her first husband “Roberto de Abrincis id est de Averinges”, and died “IX Kal Oct 1173”. m firstly ROBERT d´Avranches, son of [WILLIAM FitzWimund d´Avranches & his wife --- (-before 1142). m secondly (1142) ROBERT, illegitimate son of HENRY I King of England & his mistress Edith of Greystoke (-1 Jun 1172).
v) EMMA . Guillaume de Jumièges records that Baudouin had three daughters but does not name them. The primary source which confirms her parentage and marriage has not yet been identified. m HUGH de Waft .
vi) daughter . Guillaume de Jumièges records that Baudouin had three daughters but does not name them.
Baudouin had one illegitimate child by an unknown mistress:
vii) WIGER (-[1133]). Named as bastard son of Baudouin by Orderic Vitalis, who specifies that he became a monk at Bec living there for about 40 years under abbots William and Boso.”
From Wikipedia:
“Baldwin FitzGilbert (died 1086-1091) (alias Baldwin the Sheriff, Baldwin of Exeter, Baldwin de Meulles/Moels and Baldwin du Sap) was a Norman magnate and one of the 52 Devon Domesday Book tenants-in-chief of King William the Conqueror, of whom he held the largest fiefdom in Devon, comprising 176 holdings or manors. He was feudal baron of Okehampton, seated at Okehampton Castle in Devon.
“He was originally from Meulles or nearby Le Sap, in Calvados, Normandy. He was a younger son of Gilbert, Count of Brionne and of Eu, in Normandy.
“Together with his eldest brother Richard FitzGilbert, in 1066 Baldwin participated in the Norman Conquest of England.
“Following the successful siege of the Saxon city of Exeter, William the Conqueror appointed Baldwin castellan of the newly-built royal castle there, Rougemont Castle. He also appointed him hereditary Sheriff of Devon, a position he held until his death. Exeter Castle was thenceforth the official seat of the Sheriff of Devon. King William I also granted him the very large feudal barony of Okehampton in Devon, at the caput of which he built Okehampton Castle.
“Baldwin's fiefdom in Devon was the largest in that county, listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as comprising 176 holdings, mostly manors or estates, except the first two listed holdings which consisted of groups of houses in Exeter and Barnstaple. He is listed in the Domesday Book as "Baldvinus Vicecomes", literally translated as "Baldwin the Viscount", a Norman title signifying that he had an administrative responsibility over the county of Devon, which office had become almost synonymous with the Sheriff of Devon, an Anglo-Saxon office. For this reason Baldwin is commonly known as "Baldwin the Sheriff". These landholdings comprised the feudal barony of Okehampton, later held by the Courtenay family, later also feudal barons of Plympton and Earls of Devon.
“His first wife was named Albreda, whom Orderic Vitalis refers to as a daughter of the aunt of William the Conqueror, presumably niece of his mother Herleva. In the Domesday Book, his wife appears as Emma. He had three sons who all died childless, and two daughters:
Robert FitzBaldwin, Baldwin's heir in Normandy.
William FitzBaldwin, inherited Baldwin's English lands.
Richard FitzBaldwin.
Adeliza FitzBaldwin, heiress to her three brothers, died childless.
(? Matilda) FitzBaldwin, wife successively of William fitzWimund and Ranulf Avenel. William fitzWimund is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as holding land at Dolton, Devon in North Tawton Hundred, from his father-in-law Baldwin.
Baldwin also had an illegitimate child, Wiger, a monk at Bec.
Baldwin was living in 1086. He had died by 1091 according to Orderic. Following the deaths of his three sons without heirs, his daughter Adeliza was his ultimate sole heiress.”
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