Richard de l'Aigle, (II)

RICHER de Laigle II

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[was the son of]

RICHER de Laigle, son of GILBERT de Laigle & his wife Juliana de Mortagne ([1095]-[24 Aug] 1176, bur Saint-Sulpice-sur-Risle). He is named and his parentage given by Orderic Vitalis2095. "Rotrocus comes Perticensium" donated property to the abbey of Sainte-Trinité de Tiron by charter dated [1119] subscribed by "Juliane soror mea, Richerii filius eius"[2801]. He claimed his father's lands in England from King Henry but was refused on the excuse that his brothers were serving in the royal household troops and expecting the honor. It was eventually granted to him after the intervention of his uncle Comte Rotrou, but Louis VI King of France attacked Laigle and forced Richer to hand it to him 3 Sep 1118[2802]. "Richerus…dominus de Aquila" confirmed the donation of property to Notre-Dame de la Trappe by "Gerburgis mater Guillelmi Goidi de Asperis" by charter dated 1136[2803]. "…Richerius de Aquila…" witnessed the charter dated to [end 1150/early Sep 1151] under which "H. dux Normannorum" granted privileges to the citizens of Rouen[2804]. The Red Book of the Exchequer records enfeoffments in the duchy of Normandy in [1172], "Richerius de Aquila" with 5 knights and one half "de feodo de Crepo[n] in Cadamo"[2805]. Robert of Torigny records the death in 1176 of "Richerius de Aquila" and the succession of "Richerius filius eius"[2806].

m BEATRIX, daughter of ---. The primary source which confirms her marriage has not yet been identified.

Richer & his wife had four children:

1. RICHER de Laigle . Robert of Torigny records the death in 1176 of "Richerius de Aquila" and the succession of "Richerius filius eius"[2807]. m EDELINA, daughter of ---. “Gillebertus dominus de Aquila” donated property to Beigham Abbey, Sussex, for the souls of “Richerii patris mei” and for the health of “dominæ Edelinæ matris meæ…”, by undated charter, witnessed by “Edelina matre mea…”[2808].

Richer & his wife had five children:

a) GILBERT de Laigle (-1231). “Gillebertus dominus de Aquila” donated property to Beigham Abbey, Sussex, for the souls of “Richerii patris mei” and for the health of “dominæ Edelinæ matris meæ et Richerii fratris mei”, by undated charter, witnessed by “Edelina matre mea, Richerio fratre meo, Engenulfo clerico, fratre meo…”[2809]. The Red Book of the Exchequer, listing scutage payments in [1190/91], records "Gilbertus de Aquila" paying "xi l i m…dimidiam marcam pro milite" in Sussex[2810]. The Red Book of the Exchequer, listing scutage payments in [1194/95], names "Gilbertus de Aquila" paying "xxi l xvii s vi d de parvis feodis...de quolibet milite xii s vi d" in Sussex[2811]. The Testa de Nevill includes a writ of King John dated 1212 which records that "Gileberti de Aquila" owned "villa de Westcot…hundredum de Wudetun" in Surrey before he left for Normandy without the king´s permission[2812]. "Gillebertus dominus Aquila" donated property to Notre-Dame de la Trappe by charter dated 1211[2813]. “Gislebertus dominus Aquile” donated revenue to Notre-Dame de Chaise-Dieu, with the consent of “Elisabet uxoris mee et Gisleberti primogeniti mei”, by charter dated 1215[2814]. His lands reverted to the crown on his death. m ([1193]%29 as her second husband, ISABEL de Warenne, widow of ROBERT de Lacy, daughter of HAMELIN d´Anjou Earl of Surrey & his [second] wife Isabel de Warenne of Surrey (-before 30 Nov 1234). A manuscript history of the Lacy family names “Isabella” as wife of “Robertus Lacy”, adding that they were childless[2815]. The Testa de Nevill includes a writ of King John dated 1212 which records that "Gileberti de Aquila" married "comes Warennie…sorore sua" whose dowry was "villa de Westcot…hundredum de Wudetun" in Surrey[2816]. “Gislebertus dominus Aquile” donated revenue to Notre-Dame de Chaise-Dieu, with the consent of “Elisabet uxoris mee et Gisleberti primogeniti mei”, by charter dated 1215[2817]. Gilbert & his wife had two children:

i) GILBERT de Laigle (-after 1215). “Gislebertus dominus Aquile” donated revenue to Notre-Dame de Chaise-Dieu, with the consent of “Elisabet uxoris mee et Gisleberti primogeniti mei”, by charter dated 1215[2818].
ii) ALICE de Laigle (-bur Norton). A manuscript history of the Lacy family names “Aliciam filiam Gilberti de Aquila” as wife of “Johannes de Lacy primus comes Lincolniæ”, adding that she was buried “apud Norton”[2819]. m as his first wife, JOHN de Lacy Earl of Lincoln, son of ROGER de Lacy & his wife Maud de Clare ([1192]-22 Jul 1240[2820], bur Stanlaw, later transferred to Whalley).

b) RICHER de Laigle . “Gillebertus dominus de Aquila” donated property to Beigham Abbey, Sussex, for the souls of “Richerii patris mei” and for the health of “dominæ Edelinæ matris meæ et Richerii fratris mei”, by undated charter, witnessed by “Edelina matre mea, Richerio fratre meo, Engenulfo clerico, fratre meo…”[2821].

c) ENGENULF de Laigle . “Gillebertus dominus de Aquila” donated property to Beigham Abbey, Sussex, for the souls of “Richerii patris mei” and for the health of “dominæ Edelinæ matris meæ et Richerii fratris mei”, by undated charter, witnessed by “Edelina matre mea, Richerio fratre meo, Engenulfo clerico, fratre meo…”[2822].

d) LUCIE de Laigle (-after 1217). The primary source which confirms her parentage and marriage has not yet been identified. "Ricardus vicecomes Sancte Susanne" granted rights to the hospice of Raillon, with the consent of "Lucie uxoris mee et Radulfi filii mei", by charter dated to [1165/77][2823]. "Radulfus vicecomes Sancte Suzanne" donated the chapel of Raillon to the abbey of Angers Saint-Aubin, for the soul of "patris mei Richardi", with the consent of "matre mea Lucia vicecomitissa", by charter dated to [1200][2824]. "Lucia vicecomitissa Sancte Suzanne" donated property to Notre-Dame de la Trappe for the soul of "domini R viri mei" with the consent of "R vicecomitis Belli Montis filii sui" by charter dated 1208[2825]. m RICHARD [I] Vicomte de Beaumont, son of ROSCELIN Vicomte de Beaumont & his wife Constance [of England] (-after 1199, bur Etival).

e) --- de Laigle . Robert of Torigny refers to the wife of "Guillermus de Curceio" as "filia Richerii de Aquila" when recording his death in 1177[2826]. m WILLIAM de Courcy, son of --- (-1177).

2. ROGER de Laigle . The primary source which confirms his parentage has not yet been identified.

3. ENGENULF de Laigle . The primary source which confirms his parentage has not yet been identified.

4. JULIANA de Laigle . The primary source which confirms her parentage and marriage has not yet been identified. m GILBERT Crispin Seigneur de Tillières, son of ---.

References

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Aigle_family “ Richer, lord of L'Aigle, the son of Richer and his wife Beatrix, would succeed his father, but he and his wife Odelina left little documentary record. He appears to have spent his time primarily in and around his Norman lands. He disappears from English scutage records in the mid-1180s, and is thought to have died about 1186.[23]
• Kathleen Thompson, "The Lords of Laigle: Ambition and Insecurity on the borders of Normandy" in Anglo-Norman Studies; XVIII; ed. Christopher Harper-Bill, Woodbridge, 1996 pp. 191-2