Alaric, of Silkstone

Parents unknown, not the son of Flaald fitz Flaald, Seneschal de Dol-de-Bretagne, see attached source documents & discussion

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notes

The The Chartulary of St John of Pontefract give several clues into the biography of Alric who is referred to as Ailric in the document.

His son Swein is described as being a 'young man' at the time of the conquest and is recorded as holding several lordships in 1066. From that we can deduce that Alric may have been around 35 - 40 in 1066.

His death is described as being around the same time that William I and Ilbert de Lacy died, that is 1087 - 1093 respectively. The text further states that Ilbert's successor had already been granted his Father's lands by the new King and allowed Swain to inherit most of Alric's lands thus putting Alric's death around 1093 or slightly later.

There is no mention of any other offspring so we can assume that Swain was his only child, or certainly his only heir.

Genealogy

From https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/enguntdk.htm#AmabelMWilliamNeville

FITZSWEIN

• 1. AILRIC . m ---. The name of Ailric’s wife is not known. Ailric & his wife had one child:
  • a) SWEIN . "Swanus filius Ailrich" donated land and "capellam de Calthorn" to "ecclesiam de Silkistuna" by undated charter[754]. m ---. The name of Swein’s wife is not known. Swein & his wife had three children:
    • i) ADAM FitzSwein (-1159). The 1130 Pipe Roll records "Adam fil Sueini" in Yorkshire, Northumberland[755]. "Adam filius Suwani" confirmed the donation to St Bees made by "Mahald uxor Godardi" by undated charter[756]. "Adam filius Suani" confirmed "ecclesiam de Silkistuna" to Pontefract by undated charter, dated to [1154], witnessed by "…Henrico fratre meo…"[757]. A charter of King Henry II records donations to York St Mary, including the donation of “heremum S. Andreæ” by “Adam filius Suani”[758]. "Adam filius Suani" confirmed the foundation of "sancte Marie Magdalene de Lunda" by undated charter, dated to [1158][759]. Military fee certifications in the Red Book of the Exchequer, in 1166, record that "hæredes Adæ filii Swein" held one knight’s fee "de feodo de Sciptone" in Yorkshire[760]. The Testa de Nevill includes a writ of King John dated 1212 which records that "Rogerus de Monte Begonis, Simon filius Walteri, Alexander de Nevill" held land which was from "Willelmi de Nevill" in Cumberland, which King Henry I had granted to "Ade filio Swein, antecessori predictorum"[761]. m ---. The name of Adam’s wife is not known. Adam & his wife had two children:
      • (a) AMABEL . Her parentage and first marriage are indicated by the undated charter under which [her husband] “Alexander de Creuequer” donated "molendinum meum de Culgait" to Wetherhal priory[762] and another undated charter [her supposed father] “Adam filius Suani” also donated "molendinum meum de Culgait" to Wetherhal[763]. The Testa de Nevill includes a writ of King John dated 1212 which records that "Rogerus de Monte Begonis, Simon filius Walteri, Alexander de Nevill" held land which was from "Willelmi de Nevill" in Cumberland, which King Henry I had granted to "Ade filio Swein, antecessori predictorum"[764]. m firstly [as his second wife,] ALEXANDER de Crèvecœur, son of RENAUD de Crèvecœur & his wife Matilda --- (-before 1204). m secondly WILLIAM de Neville, son of --- (-after 1212).
      • (b) MATILDA . The Testa de Nevill includes a writ of King John dated 1212 which records that "Rogerus de Monte Begonis, Simon filius Walteri, Alexander de Nevill" held land which was from "Willelmi de Nevill" in Cumberland, which King Henry I had granted to "Ade filio Swein, antecessori predictorum"[765]. m firstly ADAM de Montbegon, son of --- (-[1171]). “Adam de Mundegame” donated "molendinum de Culgaid" to Wetherhal priory by undated charter, witnessed by "…Symone de Cruaqr…"[766]. “Alexander de Creuequer” donated land "in Culgait" to Wetherhal priory by undated charter, witnessed by "Adam de Mortegeg, Warino, Symone de Creuequer…"[767]. "R[oberti]. de Monte Begonis" confirmed possessions of "ecclesiam de Silkestona" as donated by "A. filio Suani" by undated charter, dated to before 1197[768]. m secondly GERARD de Glanville, son of ---.
    • ii) HENRY FitzSwein (-after [1154]). "Adam filius Suani" confirmed "ecclesiam de Silkistuna" to Pontefract by undated charter, dated to [1154], witnessed by "…Henrico fratre meo…"[769]. “Adam filius Suani” donated "molendinum meum de Culgait" to Wetherhal by undated charter witnessed by "…Henrico fratre meo…"[770].
    • iii) RICHARD FitzSwein (-after [1180]). "Ricardus filius Swani" granted concessions to the monks of Pontefract relating to "prato de Wixstalker" to "ecclesiam de Silkistuna" by undated charter[771]. "Ricardus filius Swani" confirmed the grant of "pratum de Wixstalker in villa de Swinlingtona" to "Willelmo filio Hervei" by undated charter, dated to [1180][772].

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Alaric (Aschenald) FitzRichard Alaric (Alaric of Silkstone) "Alrick, Ailric" FitzRichard formerly Aschenald
Born about 1040 in Yorkshire, Englandmap
Son of Richard Aschenald [uncertain] and [mother unknown]
[sibling%28s%29 unknown]
[spouse%28s%29 unknown]
DESCENDANTS descendants
Father of Swaine (Alric) FitzAlaric
Died about 1120 at about age 80 in Englandmap
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Biography
Alric was of Saxon origin. "The castell, town and landes of Brokenbridge (Pontefract) logged afore the Conquest to one Richard Ashchenald. Richard had Ailrick, and he had Swane, of Swane came Adam, of whom cam two daughters, whereof one of them married to Galfrid Nevile."[1]

"Adam-Fitz-Sweine had two daughters, one of whom married Alexander Crevequer, and the other married Adam de Montebon." Again, "Ailrick is a real person and a Domesday landowner, who before the Conquest held many manors. Sweine, his son, inherited, and gave the church and chapel to the monks of St. John the Evangelists. . . . Ailrick held his lands, much reduced, under the Norman grantee, as did Weine and Adam Fitz-Sweine, who founded Bretton Priory, and died about 1158. . . . Charters by both Sweine and Adam are found in the Pomfret Chartulary."[2]

Ailric, living at the time of the Conquest, had a son, Swain, whose son Adam Fitz Swain left two daughters and coheirs, Maud, the wife of Adam Montebegon, and Annabel."[3]

Ailric was recorded in the Domesday Book as having "In Caltorne three carucates of land to be taxed, and there may be two ploughs there ('poss. ibi. esse')." Ailric was succeeded by his son Swein. Swein is mentioned in a grant to the Priory of St. John at Pontefract, which was founded by Robert de Laci in 1090, as "Swanus filius Ailrichi."

Ailric was a Saxon Thegn who, at the time of the Norman Conquest in 1066 had huge holdings of land in Yorkshire. His lands are described as Silkstone, High Hoyland, Clayton, Thurgoland, Skelmanthorpe, Cumberworth, Hunshelf, Thurston, Wortley, Pilley, Tankersley, Brierley, Hidley, part of Shafton and Carlton, Cawthorne, Kexborough, Gunthwaite, Peniston, Worsborough, Carlton, Newhill, Walton, Mensthorp, Wrangbrook, Middleton, Bretton, Newhall, Raynebergh, Lyntwayt (Linthwaite?), Brainton, Dirnham and Stanclyf (Staincliffe?), Meresbrick, Dyrne (Dearne?) and Lunda in Cumberlanda. After the Conquest, it appears that he had the lands taken from him but retained the tenancy under de Lacy, the new owner.

Research Notes
"In 1086 (Adam fitz Swain)'s grandfather, Ailric, held twelve manors of Ilbert of Lacy in ten villa in the West Riding, and his father, Swain, an additional five."[4]

"The survival of large numbers of Anglo-Scandinavian tenants on the honours of Richmond and Pontefract, and the comparatively well-reserved character of their estates, indicates that Alan of Richmond and Ilbert of Lacy had not allowed their continental retainers to seize whatever they wished."[4]

Page 52 has a map of Ilbert of Lacy's honour in 1086 & pg. 183 has a map of the estates of his son Adam fitz Swain, who built a castle at Mirfield and had some estates in Cumbria as well.

Sources
↑ Whitaker's Hist. Craven, footnote, p. 11.
↑ G.F.Clarke, Castle of Pomfret; Old Yorkshire, second series, vol. i, 1885, pp. 26-7
↑ Croston's Baines, vol. v. p. 37
↑ 4.0 4.1 Paul Dalton, Feudal Politics in Yorkshire 1066 x 1154
See also:

Hunter’s “South Yorkshire” Vol II. 1831
West Yorkshire an Archaeological Survey to 1500” Volume 2 published by the West Yorkshire Metropolitan County Council.
The Ancient Lords of Middleton, p. 152
A History of Cawthorne, pp. 3, 15
K. S. B. Keats-Rohan, Domesday Descendants, Vol. II, His Grandson is Adam filius Suein, p. 961, Donesday People, Alric, p. 138
Bretton site.
MedLands.
Alaric, of Silkstone