Arnold du Bois

• Name	Arnold du Bois
  Birth	of Breteuil, Eure, Normandy, France   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I4063	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of AP, Ancestor of DDB, Ancestor of DK, Ancestor of JMF, Ancestor of JTS, Ancestor of LD, Ancestor of LDN, Ancestor of TNH, Ancestor of TSW, Ancestor of TWK, Ancestor of UKL, Ancestor of XYZ
  Last Modified	1 Apr 2016

  
  

  Father	Arnold du Bois,   b. of Breteuil, Eure, Normandy, France
  Family ID	F2219	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Isabel de Watteville
  Children	+ 1. Ernald du Bois,   b. of Thorpe Arnold, Leicestershire, England d. Bef 1166
  Family ID	F2022	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Apr 2016

  
  

• 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.]

  
  

• Sources

  [S1190] Art, Identity and Devotion in Fourteenth-Century England: Three Women and their Books of Hours by Kathryn A. Smith. British Library and University of Toronto Press, 2003.