| Birth: | About 1110 in Lilbourne Castle,Creek,Northamptonshire,England |
| Death: | 1190 in At Siege of Acre,Palestine 1 |
| Sex: | M |
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| Changed: 20 Aug 2002 22:40:26 |
| Spouses & Children |
| Millicent de Stanton de Rethel (Wife) b. About 1115 in Rethel,Ardennes,France | |
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| Marriage: | Aft 1143 |
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| Notes |
Richard left issue, Richard, d. s. p.; Isabella, heiress of her brother,
m. in the 4th of Richard I [1193], Richard Harcourt, of Bosworth, co.Leicester. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and ExtinctPeerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, England, 1883, p. 100, Camville,Barons Camville, of Clifton]
Third son of Richard de Camville, who founded Combe Abbey, in Warwickshire, and was son and heir of Gerard de Camville, Lord ofLilbourne, near Creek, in Northamptonshire. Isabel's mother was Milicent,cousin to King Henry I's second consort, Adeliza, daughter to Godfrey I,Duke of Brabant, who gave to the said Millicent, on her marriage with thesaid Richard Camville, the lordship of Stanton, in the county of Oxford,which was confirmed to her and her heirs by Kings Stephen and Henry II.[John Burke, History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol.II, R. Bentley, London, 1834-1838, p. 221, Harcourt, of Ankerwycke]
In the time of King Stephen, Richard de Camville was founder of Combe Abbey, co. Warwick, and was one of the witnesses in the 12th of the samereign [1147], to the convention between that monarch and Henry, Duke ofNormandy, regarding the succession of the latter to the crown of England.This feudal lord appears to be a person of great power during the wholeof King Henry's reign, and after the accession of Richard I, we find himone of the admirals in the expedition made by that monarch into the HolyLand. He was subsequently governor of Cyprus, whence he went without theking's permission to the siege of Acre and there died. His lordship leftfour 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, of Bosworth, co. Leicester.
IV. William, the youngest son, m. Albreda, dau. of Geoffrey Marmion, had issue,
1. Geoffrey, his successor.
2. William, of Sekerton, co. Warwick
3. Thomas
V. Matilda, m. to William de Ros.
[Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, England, 1883, p. 100, Camville, BaronsCamville, of Clifton]
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