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VALEINES, VERDUN AND BUTLER

VALEINES

[VALN431] Hamo de Valenis m. ?
. [VALN441] Theobald de Valeines m. Helewise
. . [VALN452] Maud de Valeines m. [BOTI441] Hervey Walter

30.  [VALN431] Hamo Valenis, was sub-tenant at Blaxhall, Carlton,  Parham  and Wissett (Suffolk) to Count Alan at the Domesday Survey.

29.  [VALN441] Theobald Valeines I (son of Hamo), Lord of Parham, married Helewise. He died c.1135.

VERDUN

(VERDON)

[VERD431] Bertram m. ?
. [VERD441] Bertram m. ?
. . [VERD451] Norman de Verdun of Farnham Royal m. [CLIG442] Lasceline de Clinton
. . . [VERD461] Bertram m2. Roesia
. . . . [VERD471] Nicholas de Verdun m. Joan
. . . . . [VERD482] Rohese de Verdun m. [BOTI481] Theobald II le Botiller

30.  [VERD431] Bertram de Verdun was probably present at the Battle of Hastings, for which he was rewarded with the Manor of Farnham Royal (Bucks) as tenant-in-chief to the king. He later served overseas on behalf of the king as it was noted at the Domesday Survey that in his absence part of the Manor at Farnham Royal had been taken over by [MAND341] Geoffrey de Mandeville of Amersham (see ESSEX (MANDEVILLE) EARLDOM).

Bertram was possibly a descendant of [LOTU301] Godefroi le captif, Count of Verdun, who was better known as Godefroi barbatus. Godefroi acquired the term "the prisoner" after surrendering to Lothaire (985) and being imprisoned by him for two years. Godefroi later surrendered his claim to Verdun to his son Frederick, and thereafter it remained with the family until the death of Godefroi V (1100), though the latter's claim to the title was through his mother Ida who was the daughter of [LOTU341] Godefroi II the bearded (grandson of [LOTU301] Godefroi le captif), see LORRAINE (HOUSE OF VERDUN) DUKEDOM). The suggestion that Bertram was the son of [LOTU301] Godefroi le captif cannot be correct, but his exact position (if at all) as a descendant can only be conjectured.

29.  [VERD441] Bertram, held Farnham Royal (Bucks) as tenant-in-chief of the king. He died c.1100.

28.  [VERD451] Norman de Verdun, of Farnham Royal (Bucks), Sheriff of Leicestershire, Chamberlain & Treasurer to King Henry I, married [CLIGN442] Lasceline (born 1124, daughter of Geoffrey, Lord Chamberlain, see CLINTON). He died c.1140.

27.  [VERD461] Bertram de Verdun, of Farnham Royal, feudal Lord of Alton, built Alton Castle (Staffs) in 1166. He also held Brandon Castle (Warks) and Belton Manor (Leics), and was Sheriff of both Warwickshire and Leicestershire (1155-69). He married 1. Maud de Ferrers (daughter of [DERB361] Earl Robert, see DERBY (FERRIERES  EARLDOM); then 2. Roesia. He was a Crusader under King Richard I,. Bertram granted land at Cotton and Croxden (both near Alton) to the Cistercian monks at Aunay-sur-Odon. He founded a monastery at Cotton (1176), but this was moved (1179) to a more secluded spot at Croxden.

      
       Croxden Abbey ruins
(2 November 2011)

Bertram died c.1191.

26.  [VERD471] Nicholas de Verdun (born c.1175, younger son of Bertram & Roesia, [though some sources say of Maud]), of Alton (Staffs), married Joan, who could have been either Joan FitzPiers (born c.1183, daughter of 27. [HERZ471] Piers FitzHerbert, see HERBERT) or Joan de Lacy (daughter of 27. [LACY471] Walter de Lacy, see LACY(2)). Nicholas afterwards became Abbot of Burton, and died at Joppa (1232).

BUTLER

[BOTI431] Hubert Walter m. ?
. [BOTI441] Hervey Walter m. [VALN452] Maud de Valeines
. . [BOTI471] Lord Theobald FitzWalter m. [VAVA472] Maud la Vavasour
. . . [BOTI482] Maud FitzWalter de Verdun m. [PREN351] Sir Gerald de Prendergast
. . . [BOTI481] Theobald II le Botiller m2. [VERD482] Rohese de Verdun
. . . . [BOTI492] Maud of Ireland m. [ARU2471] Earl John of Arundel

29.  [BOTI431] Hubert I Walter.

28.  [BOTI441] Hervey Walter (son & heir), of West Dereham (Norfolk), married [VALN452] Maud (daughter of Theobald Valeines, see VALEINES above). Hervey was living 1171.

27.  [BOTI471] Theobald FitzWalter (son & heir) was Lord of Leinster (c.1189), Pincerna (1192), styled Theobald Butler (before 1194) and Sheriff of Lancashire (1194-99). He married (c.1200) [VAVA479] Maud (daughter & coheir of Sir Robert, see VAVASOUR). He founded Nenagh Abbey (Co. Tipperary), Wotheny Abbey (Co. Limerick) and Arklow Monastery (co. Wicklow). By hs marriage to Maud, he also acquired the Manors of Edlington, Newborough, etc. (Yorkshire). He died 1205-06, and was buried at Wotheny Abbey (Co. Limerick). Afterwards, Maud married 2. (1207) [FZWN471] Fulk FitzWarin (see WARIN).

25.  [BOTI481] Theobald II le botiller (born at Arknow, c.1200, only son & heir) married 1. Joan (daughter of Geoffrey du Marais); then 2. (September 1225) [VERD482] Rohese (only daughter and ultimately sole heiress of Nicholas, see under VERDUN above). Theobald was Lord Justice of Ireland (1247). He died at Poitou (19th July 1230), and was buried at Arklow Abbey, Ireland.

Rohese founded Grace Dieu Priory (1242).

      
       Grace Dieu Priory ruins
(31 October 2011)

She died 10th February 1246-47 and was buried at Grace Dieu Priory. Her remains were reburied at nearby Belton Church (1538). There was also a tomb chest monument presumed to be of her at her Priory, afterwards moved to Belton, St. John the Baptist Church, (Leics).

 
       Belton Church
(28 October 2011)		 Cover of Rohese's tomb chest
 temporarily laid alongside the hole
in which her bones were presumably laid
(28 October 2011)		 Vernon shield on chest cover, to the left (facing) of Rohese's head
(28 October 2011)		 Rose on chest cover, to the right (facing) of "Rose's" head
(28 October 2011)


             The accompanying brass plaque records:

                ROHESIA   DE   VERDON
     FOUNDED  GRACEDIEU       A.D. 1242.
     DIED    A.D.1248.
     HER REMAINS WERE REMOVED FROM
     THERE TO THIS CHURCH      A.D. 1539.
     HER TOMB WAS RESTORED BY
SIR JOSEPH VERDIN, BARONET, D.L.,
     OF GARNSTONE CASTLE, WEOBLEY.
     AND
WILLIAM HENRY VERDIN. ESQUIRE. D.L.
     OF    DARNHALL    HALL,    CHESHIRE.
                                    A.D. 1912.