Ranulph de , Viscount of Bayeux MESCHINES
Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by FrederickLewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr.,, 132a-25, 132b-25
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Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by FrederickLewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr.,, 132a-25
GEDCOM File : ~AT1255.ged
Ranulf or Randle de Meschines, surnamed de Bricasard, Viscount Bayeux, inNormandy, (son of Ralph de Meschines, by Maud, his wife, co-heir of herbrother, Hugh Lupus, the celebrated Earl of Chester), was given by KingHenry I the Earldom of Chester, at the decease of his 1st cousin, Richardde Abrincis, 2nd Earl of Chester, of that family, without issue. By somehistorians, this nobleman is styled Earl of Carlisle, from residing inthat city; and they further state that he came over in the train of theConqueror, assisted in the subjugation of England, and shared, of course,in the spoil of conquest. He was lord of Cumberland and Carlisle, bydescent from his father, but having enfeoffed his two brothers, William,of Coupland, and Geffrey, of Gillesland, in a large portion thereof, heexchanged the Earldom of Cumberland for that of Chester, on conditionthat those whom he had settled there should hold their lands of the king,in capite. His lordship m. Lucia, widow of Roger de Romara, Earl ofLincoln, and dau. of Algar, the Saxon, Earl of Mercia, and had issue,Ranulph, his successor; William, styled Earl of Cambridge, but of hisissue nothing in known; Adeliza, m. to Richard Fitz-Gilbert, ancestor ofthe old Earls of Clare; and Agnes, m. to Robert de Grentemaisnil. Theearl d. in 1128 and was s. by his elder son, Ranulph de Meschines. [SirBernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages,. Burke's Peerage, Ltd.,London, 1883, p. 365, Meschines, Earls of Chester]
He married Margaret d' Avranches Abt 1069 at Normandy, France . Margaret d' Avranches was born at Avranches, Normandy, France Abt 1054 daughter of Richard le Goz Viscount d' Avranches and Emma de Conteville .
They were the parents of 3
children:
Matilda de Meschines
born Abt 1069.
Ranulph de , 3rd Earl of Chester Meschines
born Abt 1070.
William de , Lord of Copeland Meschines
born Abt 1078.
Ranulph de , Viscount of Bayeux Meschines died Aft Apr 1089 at Lord of Cumberland & Carlisle, England .