Sir Robert de la Haye

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ROBERT de La Haye ([1075/80]-[1150]%29 [son of Ranulf]. A manuscript recording the founding of Boxgrove Priory, Sussex states that it was founded by “Roberti di Haya…consanguineo eius” [referring to King Henry], to whom Henry I King of England had granted “honorem Halnaci” [Halmaker] in Sussex, and given to the abbey of Essay in Normandy[1313]. According to Domesday Descendants, this was land which had been forfeited by William de Ansleville[1314]. In the foundation charter of the priory he names himself "son of Ranulf the seneschal of Robert de Mortain" and "nephew of Eudo dapifer" [son of Thurstan Haldup][1315]. Domesday Descendants dates the foundation to "before 1105"[1316], which would place Robert´s birth in [1075/80], bearing in mind his date of death. Henry II King of England confirmed the possessions of the abbey of Lessai, including donations by "Turstini Haldup et Eudonis filii eius" confirmed by "Roberti de Haia et Murielis uxoris sue et Richardi et Radulfi filiorum eorum", by charter dated [1185/Jan 1188][1317].

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Michael Stanhope, The History of the Stanhope Family, http://stanhopefamilyhistory.webs.com/

BARONS HAYE-DU-PUITS.

When occupying Normandy, between 920 and 930, powerful families built a series of mottes circulaires, circular wooden forts. These were places of original abode, held before families moved to other estates. Some of these mottes circulaires were at Barneville-la-Bertran, held by the Briquebec family of Heriolfr Turstain, La Haye-du-Puits, and Varenquebec, from where, according to Sir Francis Palgrave, the Harcourt family originated. These families were obviously closely connected by kinship; connections confirmed by future alliances: Hrolf's son was Ansfrid I.; his sons were Osmund de Gois and Ansfrid II. de Gois, father of Wymond de Gois and Toustain de Gois; father of Richard, Vicomte d'Avranches, who married married Emma de Conteville, the Conqueror's half-sister. There is some speculation that Osmund de Gois was synonomous with Osmond de Conteville, Viscomte de Vernon [Collectanea Archæologica, p. 283, 1862; cit. Recherches sur la Domesday]. This Osmond may have been the father of Herluin de Conteville, often given as the son of the totally obscure Jean de Conteville. Certainly, par Prevost, Osmond de Conteville married a niece of the Duchess Gonnor, and their daughter married Baldwin FitzGilbert de Brionne; their daughter marrying a nephew of Richard, Vicomte d'Avranches [see anon]; a typical example of marriage within the same elitist kinship network. Such a scenario would explain the marriage of Richard d'Avranches to and his close kinswoman, Emma de Conteville. We know that Arletta, the mother of the Conqueror, married secondly Herluin de Conteville, by whom she had issue Odo, Bishop of Bayeux, Robert, Comte de Mortain, married to Maud de Montgomery, and the said Emma de Conteville.

DA LA HAYE: 1. Robert de la Haye m. Muriel of Lincoln. 2. Cecily de la Haye m. Roger St. John. 3. Muriel St. John m. Reginald d'Orval. 4. Mabel de Orval m. Adam de Porte.* 5. William de Porte** alias St. John m. Godchelda de Paynel [Mon. Ang. i., pp. 594-596]. *He was closely connected to the family of Braose: Adam de Porte married, firstly, Sybilla de Newmarche, daughter of Bernard de Newmarche, and relict of Milo, Earl of Hereford. By this wife, he was the father of Bertha de Newmarche, who married William de Braose II., as shown in a charter charter of Sele [Mon. i. 589]. His second wife was Maud d'Orval, as stated, and his third wife was a sister of the same William de Braose [Gesta regis Henrici Secundi Benedicti abbatis]. The family of Porte witnessed charters of the Fraxineto family, see anon, who were also closely connected to the family of Braose: Osborn de Crepon, married Emma, daughter of Rodulf, Count of Ivry, half-brother of Duke Richard. The son of Rodulf was Hugh, Bishop of Bayeux. His daughter was Gunnora d'Ivry. She was the mother of William de Braose I. [Depoin, Cart. St. Martin]. On taking the veil, she gifted lands to Sanct. Trin., with the permission of Hugh "Pincerna" d'Ivry, fl. 1066/7, who was obviously a close relative. Hugh "Pincerna" d'Ivry came from Ivry-la-Bataille, Evreux, canton Saint-Andre. This was also the domain of Odo Radulphus de Fraxineto. Whatever the relationship between the families of Braose and Fraxineto, it was evidently a very close and familial one. Odo Radulphus de Fraxineto witnessed numerous Braose charters, often as principal witness. He witnessed a charter of William II. de Braose, most probably his nephew, as 'Radulphus de St. Andre' [Cart. Blanc, f. xix.]. This clearly identifies him with the family of Fresnay [Fraxineto par Le Prevost] of canton St. Andre, near Briouze, arr. Evreux. Other charters determine his origin; Cart. Sanct. Vincentii - he made a gift for the souls of his father and ancestors 'whether in Normandie or Maine.' Odo Rufus de Fraxineto also went under the name Odo Rufus de Fraxinivilla, who also held in Fresne-Camilly, canton Creully. Odo was a possible ancestor of the Freigne family of Kilkenny: 'The Freigne family originally came from Fresnay near Briouze. The first time Fulk de Freigne is mentioned in the Ormond Deeds, c. 1305, is as a witness to a grant of Richard de Fraxineto' [Fr. John Clyn,The Annals of Ireland, p'58, 2007]. ** His donations to Boxgrove were witnessed by Geoffrey de Peverel.