Ranulph de MESCHINES

Birth:
1099
Gernon Castle, Normandy, France
Death:
23 Dec 1153
England
Burial:
23 Dec 1153
St. Werburg's, Chester, Cheshire, England
Marriage:
1141
of Gloucester, England
Notes:
                   SOURCES:
      1. Complete Peerage vol 4 Cht 4, vol 7 p. 673-77, vol 3 p. 166, vol 5 Cht p.736 (GS #942 D24c)
      2. Nichols' Leics vol 1 pt 1 p. 18, 67 (GS #Q942.54 H2nic)
      3. Plantagenet Ancestry p. 94-95, 135, 140 (GS #Q942 D2t)
      4. Visitation of Cheshire 1580, vol 18 p. 4 (GS #942 B4h)
      5. Wurts' Magna Charta vol 3 p. 422, vol 6 p. 1757-58 (GS #942 D22w)
      6. Ormerod's Hist of Cheshire pt 1 p. 12, 20, 25 (GS #Folio 942.71 H2or)
      7. Cheshire Pipe Rolls p. 3, 5, 23 (GS #942.7 B4Lc)
      8. Baker's Nrthmp vol 1 p. 121 (GS #Q942.55 H2ba)
      9. Ormerod's Parentalia p. 8-9 (GS #942.7 D2orma)

Gernons, Randulf de, Earl of Chester - aka Ranulf Guernan. Grand-nephew of Hugh d'Avranches. With the help of Randulf/Ranulf's father-in-law, Robert of Caen, Earl of Gloucester, defeated King Stephen in 1141. Won over by Stephen with large grants; later joined King Henry against Stephen. Thought to have been poisoned by supporters of Stephen in 1153.
Maud FITZ ROBERT
Birth:
Abt 1120
of Gloucester, England
Death:
29 Jul 1189
Chester, England
Children
Marriage
1
Richard de MESCHINES
Birth:
Abt 1143
of Chester, Cheshire, England
Death:
 
Marr:
 
2
Joanna de MESCHINES
Birth:
Abt 1145
of Chester, Cheshire, England
Death:
 
Marr:
 
3
Hugh de "Kevelioc" MESCHINES
Birth:
1147
Kevelioc, Mrnths, Wales
Death:
7 Jul 1181
England
Notes:
                   SOURCES:
      1. Complete Peerage vol 7 p. 675, 677, 709
      2. Vol 4 vol 5 chart p. 736
      3. Chart 4 (GS #942 D24c) vol 3 p. 167
      4. Facsimilies of Gen of Ches Vol 5 p. 1 (GS #Folio 942.71 D2)
      5. Doomsday Book p. 8 (GS #Q942.51 R2je)
      6. Nichols' Lcstrs vol 1 pt 1 p. 18, 67 (GS #Q942.54 H2nic)
      7. Baker's Nrthmp vol 1 p. 121 (GS #Q942 H2ba)
      8. Morris' Baddesley Clinton p. 104-5 (GS #929.242 F414n)
      9. The Battle Abbey Roll vol 1 p. 26, vol 3 p. 49 (GS #942 D22w)
      10. Cheshire in the Pipe Rolls p. 5, 19, 23 (GS #942.7 B4Lc)
      11. Ormerod's Hist of Ches pt 1 p. 26-40 (GS #Folio 942.71 H2or)
      12. Vis. of Ches. 1580, vol 18 p. 4 (GS #942 B4h)
      13. Dugdale's Baronage vol 1 p. 687 (GS #942 D22dw)
      14. Plantagenet Anc. p. 95, 107, 125, 135 (GS #Q940 D2t)
      15. Ormerod's Parenta. p. 8-9 (GS #942.7 D2orma)
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Ranulph de Meschines - Maud Fitz Robert

Ranulph de Meschines was born at Gernon Castle, Normandy, France 1099. His parents were Ranulph de Meschines and Lucia Taillebois.

He married Maud Fitz Robert 1141 at of Gloucester, England . Maud Fitz Robert was born at of Gloucester, England Abt 1120 daughter of Robert "de Caen" Gloucester and Mabel Fitz Hammon .

They were the parents of 3 children:
Richard de Meschines born Abt 1143.
Joanna de Meschines born Abt 1145.
Hugh de "Kevelioc" Meschines born 1147.

Ranulph de Meschines died 23 Dec 1153 at England .

Maud Fitz Robert died 29 Jul 1189 at Chester, England .