KENDAL FEUDAL LORDSHIP

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

31. [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).

30. [TAIL332] Beatrice ([born c.1045,] daughter of Ivo, by his 1st unnamed wife) married 1. [KEND331] Eldred (see FIRST LINE 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

30. [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").

29. [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
. . [LANK371] Sir William de Lancaster m. [DEST452] Hawise de Stuteville
. . . [LANK382] Helwise de Lancaster m2. [FRID441] Gilbert FitzRoger

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

28. [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.

27. [LANK372] Avicia (daughter of William, perhaps by his 1st unnamed wife) married [MORV441] Richard de Morville (see MORVLLE).

27. [LANK371] Sir William II de Lancaster (son of William, by his 1st unnamed wife), Lord of Kendal, Steward to King Henry II, married [DEST458] Hawise daughter of Robert de Stuteville, see STUTEVILLE). William died 1184, and afterwards Hawise married 2. [MORB441] Baron Hugh de Morville, of Burgh upon Sands, (see MORVILLE (1)).

26. [LANK382] Helwise de Lancaster (daughter & sole heiress of William II), became a ward of [MARS371] Sir William Marshal, see PEMBROKE (CLARE) EARLDOM, but later married [FRID441] Gilbert FitzRoger (son of Roger FitzReinfrid) who thereby became Lord of Kendal in his wife's right. See FOURTH LINE below.

FOURTH LINE

[FRID411] Sir Reinfrid m. ?

. [FRID421] Sir Fulk FitzReinfrid m. ?

. . [FRID431] Roger FitzReinfrid m. [ROUM432] Hawise/Rohaise de Roumare

. . . [FRID441] Gilbert FitzRoger m. [LANK382] Helwise de Lancaster

. . . . [FRID452] Alice de Lancaster m. [CRAW451] Sir William de Lindsay

. . . . [FRID453] Hawise de Lancaster m. [BRUS381] Lord Peer II of Skelton

28. [FRID411] Reinfrid.

27. [FRID211 Fulk FitzReinfrid.

26. [FRID431] Roger FitzReinfrid (born c.1114), married [ROUM432] Hawise/Rohaise de Roumare (see LINCOLN (ROUMARE) EARLDOM). He died 1187.

25. [FRID441] Gilbert FitzRoger (born c.1162), feudal Lord of Kendal, married [LANK382] Helwise de Lancaster (widow, and daughter & sole heiress of Sir William II de Lancaster, see THIRD LINE above). Gilbert died at Kendal (5th May 1220).

24. [FRID452] Alice de Lancaster (daughter of Gilbert), married [CRAW451] Sir William de Lindsay (see LINDSAY).
23. [FRID453] Hawise de Lancaster (daughter of Gilbert), married [BRUS381] Lord Peter II de Brus (see SKELTON LORDSHIP).