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" [Earl] 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 [Earl of] 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" [Earl of] 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" [Earl] Meschines born 1147.

Ranulph de Meschines died 23 Dec 1153 at England .

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