William de Vernon

Family/Spouse: Lucy de Tancarville. Lucy (daughter of William de Tancarville and Maud d'Arques) died about 1165. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Maud de Vernon

Notes:

Or Redvers, Rivers, or Latinized to de Ripariis ("from the river-banks").

A major supporter of Henry I against Curthose, for which he was rewarded with estates enough to make him one of the richest magnates in England.

Long considered the first Earl of Devon, but no contemporary source confirms this; his son Baldwin is now held to have been the first of that title.

Richard married Adelise Peverel. Adelise (daughter of William "The Elder" Peverel and Adeline) was born about 1080; died after 27 May 1156. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"[H]ad extensive holdings, afterwards known as the honor of Peverel, consisting of 100 lordships in co. Nottingham and Northants, fourteen in co. Derby, and some twenty others; founded Lenton Priory and St. James's Abbey near Nottingham." [The Wallop Family, citation details below.]

William married Adeline. Adeline died after 1129. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

There seems little doubt that Ranulf Peverel existed; what's at issue is whether he was father to any of the other real and alleged Peverels of the late eleventh century. It seems at least plausible that he was father to William Peverel "the Elder" (d. 1114), and that Robert Peverel (father of Ascelina, wife of Geoffrey de Walterville) was William the Elder's brother -- or possibly half-brother, sharing with him a father but not a mother. A somewhat messy collection of snippets from the literature is here.