The father of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juhel_of_Totnes, who, after having been lord of Totnes, was awarded the Barony of Barnstaple, in Devonshire.

"One of the most interesting, as well as original, portions of the book before us, is the contribution from Richard John King, esq. of Bigadon, of a memoir of Johel de Totenais, the Domesday lord of the castles of Totnes and Barnstaple, and of no less than one hundred and seven manors in Devonshire. Mr. King has successfully traced his Norman parentage. He was the son of one "Alured the giant," whose name occurs in the chronicle of William of Jumieges, and is more fully celebrated by master Wace in his Roman de Rou. Alured, after all his exploits, died a pious monk in the abbey of Cerisy, near Bayeux. His son, Judhael or Joel (a Breton name, now, it is said, represented by Gicquel), who was so largely rewarded for his part in the conquest of England, subsequently espoused the cause of Robert Courthose; whereupon his barony of Totnes was seized by William Rufus, and bestowed upon Roger de Nonant.*[fn. omitted] Johel had previously founded the priory of Barnstaple; in which, following the example of his father, he is said to have closed his days. He had also founded a priory at Totnes, which was a cell dependent on the abbey of saints Sergius and Bacchus at Angiers. The priory at Barnstaple was dedicated to saint Mary Magdalene: that at Totnes to the Virgin Mother." Sylvanus Urban, ed. The Gentleman's Magazine, Vol. XXXV, new ser.(Jan.-June, 1851), p. 380. See also The Genealogist, Vol. IV, p. 138.

" ALURED . m ---. The name of Alured´s wife is not known. Alured & his wife had one child: JUHEL de Totnes (-[1099/1129]). [%E2%80%9C%E2%80%A6Whali [Rahel?] filii Aluredi…” witnessed the charter dated 1082 under which William I King of England granted land at Covenham to the church of St Calais[134]. It appears likely that "Whali" is a transcription error for "Juheli".] His parentage is confirmed by the undated charter under which “Joelis filii Aluredi” founded Barnstaple Priory[135]. His name suggests Breton origin. Domesday Book records “Iudichael of Totnes” holding numerous properties in Devonshire, and Froxton in Cornwall[136]. “Juhellus filius Aluredi” founded Totness Priory by undated charter, dated to the reign of William II King of England[137]. An undated charter records that King William II expelled “Juhello de Totenesio" from "hæreditatem eius" and granted it to "Rogerio de Novant” founded Totness Priory by undated charter, dated to the reign of William II King of England[138]. [134] Dugdale Monasticon VI.2, Covenham Priory, Lincolnshire, I, p. 993. [135] Dugdale Monasticon V, Barnstaple Priory, Devonshire, I, p. 197. [136] Domesday Translation, Devonshire, XVII, pp. 306-12, Cornwall, VI, p. 357. " (Medlands

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See J. B. Williams, "Judhael de Totnes: the life and times of a post-Conquest baron," Anglo-Norman Studies 16 (1994), 271-279.

In Domesday People (p. 41-42), KSB Keats-Rohan writes that by 1069, at least, Juhel was established in the English borough of Totnes, in Devon. He founded a priory there (in the foundation documents naming his father as Alfred). However, he was exiled shortly after 1087 when William II acceeded to the throne, resulting in the forfeiture of his fiefs. Then, before 1113, he was granted a new fief at Barnstaple in Devon by Henry I. This fief had been previously forfeited in 1095 by Robert de Mowbray, nephew of Geoffrey bishop of Coutances, who had held it in 1086.

At the time of the conflict between Alain III of Bretagne and Robert Duc of Normandy in 1029, his father Afred "the Giant" of Lievres, Cavados (canton of Surrain) was fighting the Bretons alongside Niel I de Saint-Saveur (viscount of the Cotentin). Orderic Vitalis alleged that Juhel son of Alfred was a companion of Robert Curthose in his rebellion against William the Conqueror in 1079. After this defeat at Gerberoy, Robert Curthose and his companions travelled north toward Flanders, and in Picquigny Juhel married the sister of Germond de Picquigny.