Sibyl de Ewyas

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• Alternate death: Bef 1 Jul 1236
• Alternate death: 1 Jul 1236

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Or Ewias.

Sibyl married Robert de Tregoz about 1198. Robert (son of William de Tregoz) was born in of Ewyas Harold, Herefordshire, England; died before 4 Jun 1214. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Robert de Tregoz was born in of Ewyas Harold, Herefordshire, England; died before 24 Sep 1268.
2. Lucy de Tregoz died after 1294.

Sibyl married Roger de Clifford before 13 Feb 1217. Roger (son of Walter II de Clifford and Agnes de Condet) was born in of Tenbury, Worcestershire, England; died before 28 Aug 1231; was buried in Dore Abbey, Herefordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Roger de Clifford was born about 1221 in of Tenbury, Worcestershire, England; died before 3 Apr 1286; was buried in Dore Abbey, Herefordshire, England.

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• Alternate death: 1198

Robert married Pernel Scudamore. Pernel (daughter of Godfrey Scudamore and Matilda Giffard) died after 28 Oct 1204. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Also called Petronilla Scudamore.

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• Alternate death: Aft 1166

Robert married Sybil. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Sheriff of Wiltshire 1258-59. Conservator of the Peace for Wiltshire, 1263-64.

Godfrey married Matilda Giffard. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: Aft 1114

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Also called Harold de Sudeley. Founder of the priory at Ewyas, 1100.

Harold married Maud. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: 1249

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"Ivor West stated, in June 2002, that Elis IV and his sister Bertha were the children of Elis III by an unknown wife, not by Maud." [Chris Phillips, Some Corrections and Additions to the Complete Peerage.]

From Complete Peerage V:639:

Sir John Giffard, of Brimpsfield, Badgeworth, Stonehouse, Stoke Gifford, and Rockhampton, co. Gloucester, Elston, Orcheston St. George, Sherrington, Ashton, and Broughton Gifford, Wilts, son and heir of Sir Elis Giffard, of Brimpsfield, &c. (who died shortly before 2 May 1248) (c), by his 2nd wife, Alice, sister of Sir John Mautravers, of Lytchet Matravers, Dorset.

(c) In 1221 this Elis stated that "Osbertus Giffard, antecessor suusqui venit ad conquestum Angl' tenuit manerium de Bimesfeld' . . . et post eum Elias flius suus . . . et post eum Elias filius illius Elieet pater suus." At least one generation is here omitted. The Elis living in 1221 was son and heir of Elis III, by Maud, daughter of Morice fitz Robert fitz Hardinge, of Berkeley: which Elis III owed 100 marks 'pro fine terre sue' in 1166 and died before Michaelmas 1190, when William le Mareschal owed 140 marks for the custody of the lands of Elis Giffard. Elis III was son and heir of Elis II (who became a monk in Gloucester Abbey), by Berta (living 1167), sister of Walter de Clifford, of Clifford and Glasbury, and daughter of Richard fitz Ponce. In 1130 Elis II rendered account of 100 marks of silver for the relief of his father's lands, being son and heir of Elis I, by Ala, his wife. Before 1096 Elis I had succeeded his father Osbern Giffard, the Domesday tenant of Brimpsfield, Stoke, Rockhampton, Elston, Orcheston, etc.

Elias married Isabel Musard. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Also called Ralph de Sudeley, Ralph of Mantes. Earl of Worcester; also said to have been Earl of Hereford.

From Wikipedia:

Ralph came to England with his uncle, the future King Edward the Confessor, in 1041. He attested three charters as earl in 1050, and his earldom was probably located in the east midlands, where the lands of his wife Gytha were located. He was a benefactor of Peterborough Abbey. When King Edward quarrelled with Earl Godwin in 1051, Ralph raised the levies of his earldom to support the king. Godwin and his sons were forced into exile, but they returned the following year, and Ralph and Earl Odda commanded the fleet raised to resist them, but they were unable to prevent their return in triumph.

Later in 1052 Godwin's son Sweyn died on pilgrimage to Jerusalem, and it was probably at this stage that Ralph was given Sweyn's earldom of Hereford, which included Oxfordshire. In 1055 Ælfgar, the earl of East Anglia, was exiled and allied himself with the ruler of Wales, Gruffydd ap Llywelyn. Ralph met them in battle on 24 October, but suffered a disastrous defeat, and the invaders sacked Hereford. It was later claimed that Ralph and his Frenchmen started the rout, resulting in his insulting nickname, 'The Timid'. Godwin's son, Harold, the future king, then chased the invaders back into Wales. Ralph died in his early thirties on 21 December 1057, and was buried in Peterborough Abbey.

Ann Williams suggested that Ralph probably lost his earldom to Harold after his defeat in 1055, but in the view of Frank Barlow he held it until his death. Ralph's son Harold was one of the royal children brought up by King Edward's wife, Edith. Ralph was on good terms with the Godwins, and his son may have been named after the future king and been his godson. Harold Godwinson may have been given the earldom of Hereford to hold until the Ralph's son came of age. The younger Harold survived the Conquest and later received part of his father's lands, as well as Ewyas Harold, which is named after him. His descendants are the Sudeleys of Toddington, Gloucestershire.

Raoul married Gytha. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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He held fiefs in Wiltshire from the Nevills and the Giffards.

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• Alternate birth: of Brimpsfield, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England

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"Elis III m. Maud, daughter of Morice fitz Robert fitz Hardinge, of Berkeley: which Elis III owed 100 marks 'pro fine terre sue' in 1166 and died before Michaelmas 1190, when William le Mareschal owed 140 marks for the custody of the lands of Elis Giffard. Elis III was son and heir of Elis II (who became a monk in Gloucester Abbey), by Berta (living 1167), sister of Walter de Clifford, of Clifford and Glasbury, and daughter of Richard fitz Ponce. In 1130 Elis II rendered account of 100 marks of silver for the relief of his father's lands, being son and heir of Elis I, by Ala, his wife. Before 1096 Elis I had succeeded his father Osbern Giffard, the Domesday tenant of Brimpsfield, Stoke, Rockhampton, Elston, Orcheston, etc." [Complete Peerage V:639, note (c)]

Elias married (Unknown wife of Elias III Giffard). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Also called Drogo of Mantes. Count of Valois and the Vexin.

Died on pilgrimage to Jerusalem.

Dreux married Godgifu of England about 1024. Godgifu (daughter of Æthelred II "Unræd", King of England and Emma of Normandy, Queen Consort of England; Queen Consort of Denmark and Norway) was born about 1010; died before 1049. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: Abt 1049
• Alternate death: 1055
• Alternate death: Abt 1056

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Also called Goda.

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Held five knight's fees in the honor of Ewyas, at Norton and Upton Scudamore.

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• Alternate death: 1162

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Became a monk in Gloucester Abbey.

Elias married Bertha de Clifford. Bertha (daughter of Richard fitz Pons and Maud of Gloucester) was born in of Clifford, Herefordshire, England; died after 1167. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]