Roaldus de Richmond, Constable of Richmond

brief biography

2nd Baron Musard of Staveley (1100?-???)

From an unidentified source:

The second constable of Richmond Castle under Alan Niger III (who may have been a relative). Roald was the first to take on the name of Richmond.

He seized various lands in the name of King Henry, who in turn gave then to him, including Pickall Manor. Later Pickall Manor was his wedding gift to his granddaughter Amfelisa who married Johanus de Neville.

By grant of King Stephen, he was Lord of Aldborough and lord over most of his Enisan's lands.

Roald dedicated an abbey in honor of St. Agatha on his Manor of Easby in the 1150's. He and his wife Garsiana (daughter of Enisan Musard, the first constable of Richmond Castle) were buried there.

The remains of Easby Abbey including the infirmary, refectory and other buildings around the unusually planned cloister can still be seen about a mile from the town of Richmond, England.

Roald ("Le Ennase") de Richmond - The second constable of Richmond Castle under Alan Niger III (who may have been a relative). Roald was the first to take on the name of Richmond. He seized various lands in the name of King Henry, who in turn gave then to him, including Pickall Manor. Later Pickall Manor was his wedding gift to his granddaughter Amfelisa who married Johanus de Neville. By grant of King Stephen, he was Lord of Aldborough and lord over most of his Enisan's lands. Roald dedicated an abbey in honor of St. Agatha on his Manor of Easby in the 1150's. He and his wife Garsiana (daughter of Enisan Musard, the first constable of Richmond Castle) were buried there. The remains of Easby Abbey including the infirmary, refectory and other buildings around the unusually planned cloister can still be seen about a mile from the town of Richmond, England.

notes

1st cousin of his wife (such a marriage would have been prohibited by the Roman Catholic Church on grounds of consanguinity)

comments

Date and place of marriage have also been erroneously reported to be 1077 at an unspecified location.

links

• http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=64747
• http://www.richmondancestry.org/richmond_family.shtml