Urse d'Abetot

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• Alternate death: Abt 1118

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Sheriff of Worcestershire from about 1069 to 1108. Domesday tenant of Upton Warren and Salwarpe, Worcestershire.

From Wikipedia (accessed 28 May 2021):

Urse d'Abetot [...] was a Norman who followed King William I to England, and became Sheriff of Worcestershire and a royal official under him and Kings William II and Henry I. He was a native of Normandy and moved to England shortly after the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, and was appointed sheriff in about 1069. Little is known of his family in Normandy, who were not prominent. Although Urse's lord in Normandy was present at the Battle of Hastings, there is no evidence that Urse took part in the invasion of England in 1066.

Urse built the earliest form of Worcester Castle in Worcester, which encroached on the cathedral cemetery there, earning him a curse from the Archbishop of York. Urse helped to put down a rebellion against King William I in 1075, and quarrelled with the Church in his county over the jurisdiction of the sheriffs. He continued in the service of William's sons after the king's death, and was appointed constable under William II and marshal under Henry I. Urse was known for his acquisitiveness, and during William II's reign was considered second only to Ranulf Flambard, another royal official, in his rapacity. Urse's son succeeded him as sheriff but was subsequently exiled, thus forfeiting the office. Through his daughter, Urse is an ancestor of the Beauchamp family, who eventually became Earls of Warwick.

Family/Spouse: Alice. Alice was born about 1056 in Derbyshire, England; died after 1108. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Emmeline d'Abetot
2. (Unknown) de Abetot

Gerald married Helisendis. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]