Brian Fitz Ralph

• Name	Brian Fitz Ralph  [1]
  Birth	of Bradwell, Norfolk, England   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I30341	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	18 Sep 2020

  
  

  Father	Ralph
  Family ID	F18156	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Gunnor Fitz Alan,   b. of Cocking, Sussex, England
  Marriage	1194  [2]
  Children	+ 1. Sarah Fitz Ralph,   b. of Cocking, Sussex, England
  Family ID	F18118	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Sep 2020

  
  

• Notes

  "COCKING was held of Edward the Confessor by Azor, and in 1086 it was held of Earl Roger by Robert (son of Tetbald), as 12 hides, of which ½ hide was held by Turald. There were 5 mills, and there was one haw in Chichester attached to the manor. Robert's estates constituted the honor of Petworth, later acquired by the family of Percy, and Cocking was held of that honor. In 1187 when the honors of Arundel and Petworth were in the king's hands, Cocking was tallaged among other royal demesnes at 2 marks. In 1195, shortly after Henry de Percy had recovered the honor of Petworth, Brian fitz Ralph disputed his right to the honor, which he himself claimed in right of his wife Gunnor, who was great-granddaughter of Aveline, heiress and probably granddaughter of Robert son of Tetbald. Eventually Brian and Gunnor remitted to Henry de Percy their rights in the honor but retained the whole of the vill of Cocking (except 2 virgates which Henry de Hesset held as appurtenant to ½ knight's fee in Heyshott), with Linchmere and 2 1/20 fees in Selham (and Minstead). It was arranged that these fees should be held of the Archbishop of Canterbury, who should hold of Percy, and this arrangement still held good in 1314." [Victoria County History of Sussex, citation details below, volume 4, "Cocking," pp. 43-47]

  
  

• Sources

  [S1157] The Victoria County History of Sussex. Portions online, linked from medievalgenealogy.org.uk. [S4384] George Eldridge, Hydrographer, and Eliza Jane His Wife: Their Ancestors and Their Descendants by Henry James Young. Carlisle, Pennsylvania: 1982.