Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Ernald du Bois
Aft 1185 - Abt 1254 (< 67 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
Generation: 5
Generation: 6
1. Ernald du Bois was born after 1185 in of Assington, Suffolk, England (son of Ernald du Bois and (Unknown sister of Roger Basingham)); died about 1254. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate death: Aft 1260
- Alternate death: Bef 12 Apr 1277
Notes:
"Ernald de Bosco [...] took the side of the barons against King John, for which act of rebellion the sheriff of co. Northants on 15 Aug., 1216, was ordered 'to take the lands of Ernald de Bosco because he was with the king's enemies.' He speedily made his peace with the king and his lands were restored to him by royal command on 4 September in the same year. [...] On 16 Feb., 1253, Ernald was appointed justice of all the king's forests this side Trent with a salary of 100 marks yearly as long as he remained chief justice, at the same time he was appointed warden of the castle of Sauvey at a yearly rent to the exchequer of 5 marks." [George Farnham, citation details below.]
Ernald married Joan de Beauchamp before 1246. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Ernold du Bois was born in of Thorpe Arnold, Leicestershire, England; died in 1276.
- Joan de Bois was born in of Leicestershire, England; died before 1251.
2. Ernald du Bois (son of Ernald du Bois and Emma de Houghton); died before 1206. Notes:
Also called Ernald de Bosco. VCH Northampton (volume IV, pp. 266-70) appears to omit this generation.
Ernald married (Unknown sister of Roger Basingham). (Unknown died after 1206. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. (Unknown sister of Roger Basingham) died after 1206. Children:
- 1. Ernald du Bois was born after 1185 in of Assington, Suffolk, England; died about 1254.
Generation: 3
4. Ernald du Bois was born in of Thorpe Arnold, Leicestershire, England (son of Arnold du Bois and Isabel de Watteville); died before 1166. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate death: Bef 6 Jul 1189
Notes:
Steward to Robert Bossu, earl of Leicester.
Ernald married Emma de Houghton. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Emma de Houghton (daughter of Payne de Houghton and Alice de Raimes). Children:
- 2. Ernald du Bois died before 1206.
Generation: 4
8. Arnold du Bois was born in of Breteuil, Eure, Normandy, France (son of Arnold du Bois). Notes:
"When the Earl of Leicester lost control of Breteuil in 1141, Arnold III de Bois followed his lord across the Channel and settled permanently in England. There he was the first of several De Bois men to hold the important post of Keeper of the Royal Forest as well as the first recorded De Bois family member to serve as a Leicestershire steward, a title that became hereditary." [Kathryn A. Smith, citation details below.]
Arnold married Isabel de Watteville. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
9. Isabel de Watteville (daughter of Roger de Watteville). Children:
- 4. Ernald du Bois was born in of Thorpe Arnold, Leicestershire, England; died before 1166.
10. Payne de Houghton was born in of Little Houghton, Northamptonshire, England (son of William de Houghton); died before 1155. Payne married Alice de Raimes. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
11. Alice de Raimes Children:
Generation: 5
16. Arnold du Bois was born in of Breteuil, Eure, Normandy, France (son of Arnold du Bois). Children:
- 8. Arnold du Bois was born in of Breteuil, Eure, Normandy, France.
18. Roger de Watteville Children:
20. William de Houghton was born in of Little Houghton, Northamptonshire, England; died after 1130. Children:
- 10. Payne de Houghton was born in of Little Houghton, Northamptonshire, England; died before 1155.
Generation: 6
32. Arnold du Bois was born in of Breteuil, Eure, Normandy, France. Children:
- 16. Arnold du Bois was born in of Breteuil, Eure, Normandy, France.