Richard FitzUrse was an Anglo-Norman nobleman and feudal baron of Bulwick in Northamptonshire.
Richard FitzUrse | |
|---|---|
| Died | Between 1158 and 1166 |
| Nationality | Anglo-Norman |
| Occupation | Baron |
| Spouse | Matilda |
| Children | Reginald, Margery, Mabel, Robert, Maud. |
Richard may have been the son of Richard FitzUrse, who was married to the widow of Richard Ingaine. Richard may have been the grandson of Urso de Berseres.[1] Other sources give Richard's father as Urse, who held lands in the hundred of Corby in Northamptonshire.[2]
Richard in 1130 was in control of the honour of Bulwick in Northamptonshire. By holding the honour, he is considered to be the first feudal baron of Bulwick.[2]
Richard supported King Stephen of England during the civil war between Stephen and his cousin Empress Matilda over the English throne.[1] Richard was a witness to a charter of Stephen's issued right before the Battle of Lincoln.[3] Richard was captured along with King Stephen during the battle.[4]
Marriage and Issue
editRichard married Matilda, daughter of Baldwin de Boulers and Sibyl de Falaise.
From the marriage, Richard acquired Worspring and Williton in Somerset.
They had two sons:
- Reginald Fitzurse
- Sir Robert Fitzurse
They had three daughters:
- Margery Fitzurse, married twice – first to Richard d'Engaine and second to Geoffrey Brito.
- Mabel Fitzurse, married Benedict de Gernet, and was the mother of Roger Gernet. [1]
- Maud Fitzurse
Death
editRichard died sometime after 1158, but before 1166. His heir was his son Reginald.[2] Reginald was one of the four murderers of Thomas Becket.[5]
Citations
editReferences
edit- Franklin, R. M. (2004). "Fitzurse, Reginald (d. 1173x5)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/9647. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
- Keats-Rohan, K. S. B. (2002). Domesday Descendants: A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents, 1066–1166: Pipe Rolls to Cartae Baronum. Ipswich, UK: Boydell Press. ISBN 0-85115-863-3.
- King, Edmund (2010). King Stephen. The English Monarchs Series. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-11223-8.
- Sanders, I. J. (1960). English Baronies: A Study of Their Origin and Descent 1086–1327. Oxford, UK: Clarendon Press. OCLC 931660.