KENDAL FEUDAL LORDSHIP

[TAIL321] Ivo Taillebois m1. ---
. [TAIL332] Beatrice Taillebois m1. [KEND331] Eldred de Workington, Lord of Kendal

33. [TAIL321] Ivo Taillebois (born c.1020, allegedly brother of Count Fulk of Anjou), Lord of Kendal. He married 1. ---; then 2. (c.1086) Lucy (daughter of [THOR321] Thorold, Sheriff of Lincolnshire, see THOROLD THE SHERIFF). Ivo later became Sheriff of Lincolnshire. He died c.1093, and afterwards Lucy married then 2. (c.1095) Roger FitzGerold de Roumare, died c.1097; then 3. (c.1098) [BAYE331] Earl Ranulph (see CHESTER (BAYEUX) EARLDOM).

32. [TAIL332] Beatrice ([born c.1045,] daughter of Ivo, by his 1st unnamed wife) married 1. [KEND331] Eldred (FIRST LINE see below); then 2. Ribald of Brittany.

SECOND LINE

[KEND331] Eldred de Workington, Lord of Kendal m. [TAIL332] Beatrice Taillebois
. [KEND342] Godith de Kendal m. [LANK351] Gilbert de Lancaster, Lord of Kendal

32. [KEND331] Eldred of Workington (born c.1045), Lord of Kendal, married [TAIL332] Beatrice Taillebois (daughter & heir of Ivo Taillebois by his first unknown wife, see FIRST LINE above). Through this marriage Eldred thereby acquired the lordship of Kendal. After Eldred died, Beatrice married 2. (before 1093) Ribald of Brittany ("half brother of William the Conqueror's Breton cousin Count Alan").

31. [KEND342] Godith de Kendal (daughter of Eldred) married [LANK351] Gilbert de Lancaster (see THIRD LINE below.

THIRD LINE

[LANK351] Gilbert de Lancaster, Lord of Kendal m. [KEND342] Godith de Kendal
. [LANK361] William de Lancaster, Lord of Kendal m1. ---
. . [LANK372] Avicia de Lancaster of Kendal m. [PEVE361] William II the younger Peverel

31. [LANK351] Gilbert de Lancaster (born c.1089), married [KEND342] Godith (daughter of Eldred, see SECOND LINE above), and thereby became Lord of Kendal.

30. [LANK361] William I de Lancaster aka William Taillebois (born c.1107), Lord of Kendal, married 1. ---; then 2. (c.1154) [SURR433] Gundred (daughter of Earl William, see SURREY (WARENNE) EARLDOM). (Gundred had previously married 1. [WARW361] Earl Roger (see WARWICK (BEAUMONT) EARLDOM). William died 1170.

The Lordship of Kendal spread across Westmorland, Lancashire and the West Riding of Yorkshire. The estate included several castles, Cartmel Priory and great tracts of forestland.

29. [LANK372] Avicia (daughter of William, by his 1st unnamed wife) married [PEVE361] William II (see PEVEREL).

[KEND371] Sir William II de Lancaster (son of William), Lord of Kendal, Steward to King Henry II, married [DEST452] Hawise daughter of Robert de Stuteville, see STUTEVILLE). William died 1184, and afterwards Hawise married 2. [MORV441] Hugh (see MORVILLE (1)).

[KEND381] Helwise de Lancaster (daughter & heiress of William II), became of ward of [MARS371] Sir William Marshal, see PEMBROKE (CLARE) EARLDOM, but later married Gilbert (son of Roger FitzReinfrid) who thereby became Lord of Kendal in his wife's right.