John fitzRichard

John fitzRichard was an Anglo-Norman nobleman who became a landowner in England following the Norman Conquest.

John fitzRichard
Issue
  • Pain
  • Eustace
  • William
  • Alice
  • Agnes
FatherRichard fitz Ranulf
For the 12th century constable, see John fitz Richard.

Biography

John was a son of Richard fitzRanulf, and nephew of Waleran fitzRanulf, whose father Ranulf 'the Moneyer' had bought the mill at Vains, Normandy in 1035.[1] A 14th century document from the cartulary of Malton priory refers to John as brother of Serlo de Burgo, but contemporary evidence indicates this is false.[2] John, who was apparently born by 1056, seized the mill of Vains, Normandy in 1076. The King's Court of William I of England ruled against the seizure, returning the mill to the Abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel.[3][4] In the 1086 Domesday survey as 'John, nephew of Waleran', he was reported holding Carbrooke, Hunstanton, Ringstead, Rushford, Saxlingham, Thurton, Walpole (St Andrew and St Peter) in Norfolk and Elsenham in Essex. He also held as tenant in chief: Brettenham, Griston and West Carbrooke in Norfolk.[5]

Marriage and issue

John is known to have had the following issue.

Citations
  1. Cokayne, Complete Peerage, new ed., vol. 12, part 2, pp. 268-269
  2. Cokayne, Complete Peerage, new ed., vol. 12, part 2, Appendix B, p. 7
  3. Notes and Queries 1901, p. 124.
  4. Cokayne, Complete Peerage, new ed., vol. 12, part 2, pp. 269-270
  5. Opendomesday.org - John Nephew of Waleran

References
  • Cokayne, G. E. (1959). Geoffrey H. White (ed.). The Complete Peerage, or a history of the House of Lords and all its members from the earliest times. 12 (2) (new ed.). London: The St Catherine Press.
  • Notes and Queries, Series 9, Volume 7. 1901. John C. Francis, London.
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