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Richard left issue, Richard, d. s. p.; Isabella, heiress of herbrother, m. in the 4th of Richard I [1193], Richard Harcourt, ofBosworth, co. Leicester. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant,Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London,England, 1883, p. 100, Camville, Barons Camville, of Clifton]Third son of Richard de Camville, who founded Combe Abbey, inWarwickshire, and was son and heir of Gerard de Camville, Lordof Lilbourne, near Creek, in Northamptonshire. Isabel's motherwas Milicent, cousin to King Henry I's second consort, Adeliza,daughter to Godfrey I, Duke of Brabant, who gave to the saidMillicent, on her marriage with the said Richard Camville, thelordship of Stanton, in the county of Oxford, which wasconfirmed to her and her heirs by Kings Stephen and Henry II.[John Burke, History of the Commoners of Great Britain andIreland, Vol. II, R. Bentley, London, 1834-1838, p. 221,Harcourt, of Ankerwycke]In the time of King Stephen, Richard de Camville was founder ofCombe Abbey, co. Warwick, and was one of the witnesses in the12th of the same reign [1147], to the convention between thatmonarch and Henry, Duke of Normandy, regarding the succession ofthe latter to the crown of England. This feudal lord appears tobe a person of great power during the whole of King Henry'sreign, and after the accession of Richard I, we find him one ofthe admirals in the expedition made by that monarch into theHoly Land. He was subsequently governor of Cyprus, whence hewent without the king's permission to the siege of Acre andthere died. His lordship left four sons and a dau., viz.,I. Gerald, his heir,II. Walter, left issue,1. Roger, who had an only dau. Matilda, m. to Nigel de Mowbray,and (dsp)1. Petronilla, m. to Richard Curzon.2. Matilda, m. to Thomas de Astley.3. Alicia, m. to Robert de Esseby.III. Richard, left issue,1. Richard, (dsp)1. Isabella, heiress of her brother, m. Richard Harcourt, ofBosworth, co. Leicester.IV. William, the youngest son, m. Albreda, dau. of GeoffreyMarmion, had issue,1. Geoffrey, his successor.2. William, of Sekerton, co. Warwick3. ThomasV. Matilda, m. to William de Ros.[Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and ExtinctPeerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, England, 1883, p. 100,Camville, Barons Camville, of Clifton]
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