Geoffrey de Mandeville: A study of the AnarchyRound, John Horace
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Geoffrey de Mandeville: A study of the Anarchy
Round, John Horace
Great Britain -- History -- Stephen, 1135-1154; Mandeville, Geoffrey de, earl of Essex, -1144
I do not know of any other Roger who is likely to have been thus
addressed.
We are given by Gervase de Cornhill a further clue as to his parentage
in a charter of his, under Henry II., in which he mentions Ralph fitz
Herlwin as his uncle ("avunculus"). Ralph fitz Herlwin was in 1130
joint-Sheriff of London.[906] This clue, therefore, is worth following
up. Now, Ralph must either have been a brother of the father or of the
mother of Gervase. It is highly improbable that Ralph "filius Herlwini"
was a brother of Roger "nepos Huberti," each of the two being always
mentioned by the same distinctive suffix. It may, therefore, be presumed
that Ralph was brother to Roger's wife. Now, we happen to have two
documents which greatly concern this Ralph and his son, and which belong
to one transaction, although they figure widely apart in the report on
the muniments of St. Paul's.[907] Nicholas, son of Ælfgar, parish priest
of the church of St. Michael's, Cheap, a living which, like his father
before him, he held at lease from St. Paul's, exercised his right to the
next presentation in favour of a son of Ralph fitz Herlwin, who had
married his niece Mary. From the evidence now in our possession, we may
construct this pedigree:—
"Algar Colessune,"[908] "Herlwin."
priest of St.Michael's, |
Cheap. |
| |
+-------+------+ +-------------+-------+------+-----
| | | | |
Nicolas, [dau.] = Baldwin Ralph William Herlwin
priest of | de Arras. fitz fitz fitz
St. Michael's, | Herlwin, Herlwin,[909] Herlwin,
Cheap. | joint-sheriff living 1130. living 1130.
| in 1130. [909]
| |
| +------+----+------------+
| | | |
Mary = Robert William. Herlwin.
fitz Ralph,
inherited the
living of
St. Michael's
from his
wife's uncle.
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