Turchill of Kinsbury de Warwick

FROM BURKE'S COMMONERS:

TURCHILL DE WARWICK, whose name stands likewise in the catalogue of earls. This nobleman, a man of great power and note, was lord of vast landed possessions, at the time of the CONQUEST, as appears by the general survey. He married two wives, and had issue by both: by the first, three sons, viz. SlWARD. Peter, a monk in the Abbey of Thorney. Ralph. By the second Leverunia, one son, OSBERT, for whose descendants, see BRACEBRIDGE, of Athertlone, p. 270.

The issue of Turchill de Warwick, assumed the surname of ARDEN, from a Woodland tract, amongst these territorial possessions in the county of Warwick.

From: John Ravilious GEN-MEDIEVAL ARCHIVES Subject: A Domesday descent: Thorkill of Warwick to William Farrar Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006

Thorkill de Arden of Kingsbury, co. Warwicks. tenant in Warwickshire at Domesday Book, 1086

' Keats-Rohan [Domesday people, p429] says that Turchill (Thorkil) de Warwic was the son of Aethelwine sheriff of Warwick (d. c. 1083). "Described by the Abingdon Chronicle as 'a great nobleman ...dwelling in the region of Arden' (Chron. Abing. ii, 8), he was exceptionally wealthy for an Englishman of 1086. According to a detailed investigation [by A. Williams, 'A vice-comital family in pre-Conquest Warwickshire', Anglo-Norman Studies, xi,] most of his holding in Domesday Warwickshire was a family inheritance, and many of his English tenants were his relatives. Domesday names two of them, Guthmund and Ketelbern, as his brothers. In the time of William II his tenancy in chief was made part of the newly created earldom of Warwick, which was given to Henry, brother of the count of Meulan of 1086, several of whose manors had formerly been held by members of Thorkil's family. Thorkil left issue by two marriages, the second to a woman called Leveruna, mother of his principal heir, Siward." [Rosie Bevan[2], cites DP 429[1

Spouse: NN [1st wife] [6] Children: Siward de Arden Spouse: Leofrun [2nd wife] [6] Children: Osbert

REFERENCES: 1. Katherine S. B. Keats-Rohan, "Domesday People," The Boydell Press, 1999, Vol. I. 2. Rosie Bevan, "Agnes, wife of Geoffrey de Clinton," 10 July 2000, cites DD 429 and other sources 3. Kay Allen, AG, " [Fwd: Re: Bracebridge of Kingsbury]," 8 Feb 1999, cites VCH Warwick 6: 104, and Nichol's Hist etc. Leicestershire Vol. 3, pt. 2:1145 re: the Bracebridge family. 6. Hon. George Wrottesley, "Pedigrees from the Plea Rolls," The Genealogist (N.S.), Vol. XX, 1904, pp. 28 et seq.

The Arden family, descended from Turchil de Eardene, whose father Aelfwine was sheriff of Warwickshire pre-1066. [Brice Claggit, SGM]

By the reign of Edward the Confessor, Kingsbury was held by Earl Leofric of Mercia and his wife, the Countess Godiva but they were deprived of it by William I who gave it to Turchill de Arden after the Norman Conquest.

The Domesday entry for the village describes it as an estate of about 700 acres worked by 33 villeins who held land in return for services rendered to the Lord of the manor. There was an area of woodland to the north-east, two priests and a mill valued at 9s 4d making it an estateof average wealth.

Turchill de Arden's wife was Godiva's granddaughter Leverunia and from them the manor of Kingsbury passed by marriage into the Bracebridge family.

From A HIstory of Castle Vale, by Geoff Bateson:

THE BATTLE OF HASTING AND GIFTS TO THE CHURCH ...the Manor of Berwood covered what is now Castle Vale and also included some land at Minworth, Curdworth and the land now covered by Pype Hayes Park At the time of the Battle of Hastings in 1066 this manor was one of the forty-two manors belonging toTurchill de Warwick, Earl of Mercia. On King Harold’s march southwards to meet the invading Normansat Hastings he called on noblemen along the route to send men to help him. After the battle those nobles who had supported the defeated Harold had their lands confiscated. Others, like Turchill, who had not supported Harold were allowed to keep some of all of their lands. Turchill kept most of his land but had to give up the title of Warwick. He chose as his new family name that of Arden. The early recorded history of Castle Vale is therefore the early history of the manor of Berwood as it was affected by the changing fortunes of the Arden family

[ www.birmingham.gov.uk]

From:Rosie Bevan Post on GEN-MED ARCHIVES Subject: Re: Origins of the Arden Family Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000

Keats-Rohan [Domesday people, p429] says that Turchill (Thorkil) de Warwic was the son of Aethelwine sheriff of Warwick (d. c. 1083).

"Described by the Abingdon Chronicle as 'a great nobleman ...dwelling in the region of Arden' (Chron. Abing. ii, 8), he was exceptionally wealthy for an Englishman of 1086. According to a detailed investigation [by A. Williams, 'A vice-comital family in pre-Conquest Warwickshire', Anglo-Norman Studies, xi,] most of his holding in Domesday Warwickshire was a family inheritance, and many of his English tenants were his relatives. Domesday names two of them, Guthmund and Ketelbern, as his brothers. In the time of William II his tenancy in chief was made part of the newly created earldom of Warwick, which was given to Henry, brother of the count of Meulan of 1086, several of whose manors had formerly been held by members of Thorkil's family. Thorkil left issue by two marriages, the second to a woman called Leveruna, mother of his principal heir, Siward."

Marriage 1: LEOFRUN b: ABT 1075 in England Children 1. Siward de ARDEN b: ABT 1084 in of Arden, Warwickshire, England 2. Peter de Arden , a Monk b: ABT 1090 in of Arden, Warwickshire, England 3. Ralph de ARDEN b: ABT 1100 in of Hampton in Arden, Warwickshire, England

Marriage 2: UNKNOWN Children 1. Osbert de Arden , of Kingsbury b: ABT 1119 in Kingsbury, Tamworth, Warwickshire, England 2. Roger de Arden , of Honiley b: 1120 in Honiley, Warwick, Warwickshire, England 3. Suvardus de Arden , of Redburn b: ABT 1122 in Redbourne Cheney, Wiltshire, England

Sources:

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     Abbrev: Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners

     Author: John Burke

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     Publication: Boydell Press

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     Media: Book

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     Date: 1999

     Place: Woodbridge, England

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     Page: 429 

Thurkill/Turchill of Warwick, or of Arden, was a tenant-in-chief at the Domesday Survey (1086), with land and a number of manors in Warwickshire. These included Bericote (near Solihull), Flecknoe (near Daventry) and Ryton-on-Dunsmore (near Coventry) which his father had held in the time of King Edward. Also in the time of King Edward, some land in "Ermendone" and Kineton Green (in Solihull) had been held by Thorkil Batoc who may have been the same person as Thurkill. He married 1. ---; then 2. Leverunia (heiress of Kingsbury Manor, which had been held by Lady Godiva). He died c.1100.