Henri 1er d’Estouteville, lord of Eckington

Curator note: Mathilde d’Anjou may have become countess upon marriage to her second husband Henry d’Eu. Cawley says she married thirdly “ Henry de Stuteville Lord of Eckington “, but note that Eckington is in Derbyshire, England.

Cawley also says that Henry d’Eu had a sister Mathilde d’Eu who married “ HENRI d’Estouteville, son of ROBERT d’Estouteville & his wife Léonie”. Note that Cawley uses both the English Stuteville and the French d’Estouteville, which creates the question as to whether there is a mix up between which Mathilde married which Henri. (I’m working on this issue beginning 10/20/2020 and will advise)

Also note that Cawley does not connect Henri to parents, saying “ His parentage has not yet been identified”

from MEDLANDS

HENRI d’Estouteville, son of ROBERT [IV] d’Estouteville & his wife Léonie --- (-1231). The primary source which confirms his parentage has not yet been identified. Seigneur d’Estouteville et de Vallemont. "Leonia que fuit uxor Rob de Stutevill" paid a fine for "seisina tota terra sua…disseisita pro perceptu dñi Reg occoe filii eiusd Leon q est in Norm…et pro…manerio de Barton", in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, dated 1204[353].

m MATHILDE d’Eu, daughter of JEAN [I] Comte d'Eu & his wife Alice d'Aubigny of Arundel. “Alizia comitissa Augi” donated "terram meam de Snergate, infra wallum et extra" to Robert’s Bridge Abbey, for the souls of “Willielmi comitis Arundeliæ patris mei et Aliziæ reginæ matris meæ et…domini mei J. comitis Augi et Godefridi fratris mei et Matildis et Margaretæ filiarum mearum”, by undated charter, witnessed by “Henrico comite Augi, Roberto fratre eius, Aluredo de Sancto Martino…”[354]. The Chronique des comtes d’Eu, written in 1390, records that the older of the two daughters of "Jehan...[et]...Aaliz" married "l’aisné d’Estouteville qui estoient trois frères, qui vinrent d’Angleterre eulx marier en Caux"[355].

Henri & his wife had three children: 1. JEAN [I] d’Estouteville (-after 1262). Seigneur d’Estouteville et de Vallemont. Morandière quotes (in translation) a charter dated 1231 under which "Jehan d’Estouteville" donated property to Valmont, for the souls of "Henri mon père et de Mathilde ma mère…et de Agnès mon épouse et de Robert mon frère", witnessed by "Raoul d’Estouteville miles…", but does not cite the corresponding primary source[356]. “Johannes de Estotevilla miles dominus de Boscheto et Agnes uxor mea” renounced rights over the priory of Lancé in favour of Marmoutier, with the consent of “Robertus primogenitus noster, Radulphus et Astulphus filii mei”, by charter dated 1249[357]. m AGNES de Châteaudun, daughter of GEOFFROY [V] Vicomte de Châteaudun & his first wife Adela de Nevers (-19 Jul after 1271). Morandière quotes (in translation) a charter dated 1231 under which "Jehan d’Estouteville" donated property to Valmont, for the souls of "Henri mon père et de Mathilde ma mère…et de Agnès mon épouse et de Robert mon frère", witnessed by "Raoul d’Estouteville miles…", but does not cite the corresponding primary source[358]. “Johannes de Estotevilla miles dominus de Boscheto et Agnes uxor mea” renounced rights over the priory of Lancé in favour of Marmoutier, with the consent of “Robertus primogenitus noster, Radulphus et Astulphus filii mei”, by charter dated 1249[359]. Morandière quotes (in translation) a charter dated Jun 1272 under which "Agnes [d%E2%80%99Estouteville] au temps de mon veuvage" donated property to Valmont, with the consent of "domini Roberti, domini Willelmi, et domini Estoldi, et Magistri Johannis de Estoutevilla canonici Rothomagensis, filiorum meorum", but does not cite the corresponding primary source[360]. Jean [I] & his wife had five children:

a) ROBERT [V] d’Estouteville (-after 1282 [maybe killed in battle Courtrai 11 Jul 1302]). “Johannes de Estotevilla miles dominus de Boscheto et Agnes uxor mea” renounced rights over the priory of Lancé in favour of Marmoutier, with the consent of “Robertus primogenitus noster, Radulphus et Astulphus filii mei”, by charter dated 1249[361]. Seigneur d’Estouteville et de Vallemont. Morandière quotes (in translation) a charter dated Jun 1272 under which "Agnes [d%E2%80%99Estouteville] au temps de mon veuvage" donated property to Valmont, with the consent of "domini Roberti, domini Willelmi, et domini Estoldi, et Magistri Johannis de Estoutevilla canonici Rothomagensis, filiorum meorum", but does not cite the corresponding primary source[362]. [The Chronique Artésienne records “mesires d’Estoutevile” among those killed at the battle of Courtrai 11 Jul 1302[363]. It is not certain to whom this entry refers, possibly Robert [V] given that his son Robert [VI] is named after 1302.] m ALIX Bertrand, daughter of [ROBERT [V] Bertrand Baron de Briquebecq & his wife Alix de Tancarville. Père Anselme records her parentage (calling her mother “Alix de Néelle”) and marriage without citing any source on which this information is based[364]. Assuming her family origin is correct, the chronology suggests that she was the daughter of Robert [V] Bertrand. Robert [V] & his wife had children:

i) ROBERT [VI] d’Estouteville (-after 1330). Seigneur d’Estouteville et de Vallemont. - see below.

ii) ESTOUT d’Estouteville (-after 1316). Seigneur de Torcy. Morandière records that he was named in registers dated 1302, 1303 (La Chambre des Comptes) and 1316 (Archbishopric of Rouen)[365]. m ALIX de Meulan, daughter of [AMAURY [V] de Meulan Seigneur de la Queue-en-Brie & his wife ---] (-after 1327). Père Anselme records her marriage, saying that Alix was the daughter of Amaury [III] de Meulan and his wife Marguerite de Neufbourg[366]. That suggestion appears unlikely to be correct, considering the chronology of the Estouteville family. Maybe Alix was the daughter of Amaury [IV]. Morandière records that Alix was still living in 1327 (no source cited)[367]. - SEIGNEURS de TORCY[368].

b) RAOUL d’Estouteville (-after 1249). “Johannes de Estotevilla miles dominus de Boscheto et Agnes uxor mea” renounced rights over the priory of Lancé in favour of Marmoutier, with the consent of “Robertus primogenitus noster, Radulphus et Astulphus filii mei”, by charter dated 1249[369].

c) ESTOUT d’Estouteville . “Johannes de Estotevilla miles dominus de Boscheto et Agnes uxor mea” renounced rights over the priory of Lancé in favour of Marmoutier, with the consent of “Robertus primogenitus noster, Radulphus et Astulphus filii mei”, by charter dated 1249[370]. Morandière quotes (in translation) a charter dated Jun 1272 under which "Agnes [d%E2%80%99Estouteville] au temps de mon veuvage" donated property to Valmont, with the consent of "domini Roberti, domini Willelmi, et domini Estoldi, et Magistri Johannis de Estoutevilla canonici Rothomagensis, filiorum meorum", but does not cite the corresponding primary source[371].

d) GUILLAUME d’Estouteville . Morandière quotes (in translation) a charter dated Jun 1272 under which "Agnes [d%E2%80%99Estouteville] au temps de mon veuvage" donated property to Valmont, with the consent of "domini Roberti, domini Willelmi, et domini Estoldi, et Magistri Johannis de Estoutevilla canonici Rothomagensis, filiorum meorum", but does not cite the corresponding primary source[372].

e) JEAN d’Estouteville . Morandière quotes (in translation) a charter dated Jun 1272 under which "Agnes [d%E2%80%99Estouteville] au temps de mon veuvage" donated property to Valmont, with the consent of "domini Roberti, domini Willelmi, et domini Estoldi, et Magistri Johannis de Estoutevilla canonici Rothomagensis, filiorum meorum", but does not cite the corresponding primary source[373].

2. ROBERT d’Estouteville . Morandière quotes (in translation) a charter dated 1231 under which "Jehan d’Estouteville" donated property to Valmont, for the souls of "Henri mon père et de Mathilde ma mère…et de Agnès mon épouse et de Robert mon frère", but does not cite the corresponding primary source[374]. - SEIGNEURS de CRIQUEBEUF[375].

3. ISABELLE d’Estouteville (-after 1242). Morandière cites a charter dated 1216 under which "Ysabel", daughter of Henri d’Estouteville, "avec son mari Pierre de Préaux" donated rights over "les moulins de Bec-de-Mortagne" to Beaulieu abbey, confirmed by her as a widow in 1242[376]. m (before 1216) PIERRE de Préaux, son of --- (-before 1242). ———————————

from a different section in MEDLANDS Mr. Cawley in the discussion of Hamelin d’Anjou and his daughter Mathilde de Warenne has her married thirdly to Henri d’Estouteville

1. [MATHILDE (-before 13 Dec 1228). Her first and second marriages are indicated by the charter dated Mar 1233 under which [her daughter by her second marriage] "Ælicia comitissa Augi in viduitate" granted revenue from "molendino de Duno" to “in matrimonium Ælidæ filiæ Petri de Pratellis fratris mei”[1229]. Her connection with the Warenne family is indicated by the undated charter under which her daughter “Haelisia comitissa Augy quondam uxor Radulfi de Ysondun comitis Augy” donated property to Roche Abbey, witnessed by “domino Willielmo comite Warennæ avunculo meo…”[1230]. Because Mathilde had three children by her first husband who died in [1172], she could not have been the daughter of Hamelin by his wife Isabelle de Warenne. There are therefore two possibilities: either she was Hamelin’s daughter by an otherwise unrecorded earlier marriage or she was the daughter of Isabelle de Warenne by her first marriage. The latter possibility is unlikely as any daughter of Guillaume de Blois Comte de Boulogne would have been Ctss de Boulogne instead of Guillaume’s sister. In any case, the chronology would be tight for Mathilde to have been Isabelle’s daughter. Until more information comes to light, it is supposed that Mathilde was the daughter of Hamelin by an earlier marriage. Thomas Stapleton, in his "Observations on the Great Rolls of the Exchequer of Normandy", records that "Osbert de Préaux" donated tithes from harvest in the parish of Bois l’Evêque to the monks of Holy Trinity of Mont-de-Rouen, for his own soul “those of his parents and of the parents of his wife Matildis”, undated, and that his wife and “their sons Simon and John” granted the tythe to the monks in perpetuity, but he does not cite the source reference[1231]. The primary source which confirms her third marriage has not yet been identified. The wording of the charter of her son Pierre, dated to [Jun 1200], suggests that his mother might have died before that date: “Petrus de Pratell” donated annual revenue to Notre-Dame de Beaulieu, for the salvation of “mee et patris mei et matris mee et fratrum meorum...Simonis et Rogeri, Iohannis et Engerranni”[1232]. If this charter is correctly dated, at least two of the donor’s brothers were alive at that time, while his father was certainly deceased. The question then is determining the significance, if any, between his parents not being named in the document while his brothers are named. One possibility is that the unnamed individuals (and therefore including the donor’s mother) were deceased, but the named brothers were living. It should be emphasised that this observation is speculative.

m firstly ([1163/67]) OSBERT de Préaux, son of --- (-before 1172).

m secondly HENRI [II] Comte d'Eu Lord of Hastings, son of JEAN [I] Comte d'Eu & his wife Alice d'Aubigny of Arundel (-16/17 Jul [1190/91]).

m thirdly HENRY de Stuteville Lord of Eckington co Derby, Seigneur de Valmont et de Rames (-before 1236).]