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Richard Fitz Turold

Richard Fitz Turold

Anglo-Norman landowner

Richard Fitz Turold (died after 1103–06) (alias fitzThorold, fitzTurolf[1]) was an eleventh-century Anglo-Norman landowner in Cornwall and Devon, mentioned in the Domesday Book. In the 13th century his estates formed part of the Feudal barony of Cardinham, Cornwall,[2] and in 1166 as recorded in the Cartae Baronum his estates had been held as a separate fiefdom from Reginald, Earl of Cornwall.[3]

Origins

As the prefix fitz in his surname suggests he was presumably the son of Turold/Thorold/Turolf.[4] A certain "Turulf", presumably his father, witnessed a charter to the monastery of Mont Saint-Michel in Normandy, to which same monastery Richard also granted lands.[5]

Landholdings

Cornwall

Tenant of Count of Mortain

He had a castle at Cardinham in Cornwall,[6] in which county he was a major tenant and steward of Robert of Mortain, Count of Mortain, half-brother of King William the Conqueror. His holdings in Cornwall included the manor of Penhallam.[7]

Devon

Tenant-in-chief

His entry in the Devonshire section of the Domesday Book lists Ricardus filius Turoldus[8] as a tenant-in-chief of the king and holding four properties:[9]

  • Woodhuish, Brixham parish, Haytor hundred
  • Natsworthy, Widecombe-in-the-Moor parish, Haytor hundred
  • East Allington, in Stanborough hundred
  • One house in the City of Exeter

Mesne tenant

Progeny

His son was William Fitz Richard of Cardinham, mentioned in deeds in 1110 and 1130, date of death unknown.[12] It has been suggested that William's daughter and heiress became the wife of Reginald, Earl of Cornwall.[13]

Notes

  1. [1]
    Sanders, p.110; for a detailed discussion on the variant forms of his name see Thorn & Thorn, part 2 (notes), chapter 30
  2. [2]
    Sanders, I.J. English Baronies: A Study of their Origin and Descent 1086-1327, Oxford, 1960, p.110, Barony of Cardinham
  3. [3]
    Sanders, p.110, note 2
  4. [4]
    Sanders, p.110, note 1
  5. [5]
    Sanders, p.110, note 1
  6. [6]
    Flying Past - The Historic Environment of Cornwall: The First Farms
  7. [7]
    Pastscape - Detailed Result: PENHALLAM MANOR
  8. [8]
    Nominative case, given in Domesday Book text in genitive case Ricardi filii Turoldi
  9. [9]
    Thorn, Caroline & Frank, (eds.) Domesday Book, (Morris, John, gen.ed.) Vol. 9, Devon, Parts 1 & 2, Phillimore Press, Chichester, 1985, part 1, 30,1-4; Sanders, note 1
  10. [10]
    Thorne & Thorne, part 2, 15,42
  11. [11]
    Thorne & Thorne, part 2, 16,115
  12. [12]
    Sanders, p.110
  13. [13]
    Sanders, p.110, note 2

References

  • Ian N. Soulsby, Richard Fitz Turold, Lord of Penhallam, Cornwall, Medieval Archaeology vol. 20 (1976) pp. 146–8, online PDF
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