Sir Joscelin de Pomeroy Knight

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information. ⁹⁸¹
"Ralph de Pomeria obtained from the Conquerer, fifty-five lordships in Devon and two in Somerset. La Pomerai in Normandy, from which he derived his name, is situated on the river Orne. Ralph's son, Joscelin, in 25 Henry I (1124), gave to the Abbey of S. Marie du Val, in St. Omer, Normandy, the churches of Berry Pomeroy, Stockleight-Pomeroy, together with other lands in the country of Devonshire and in Normandy. Joceslin's son, Henry de Pomerai, was living in 1124, when he assented to the aforesaid gift by his father." Henry is mentioned by Ordericus Vitulis as "Henry, son of Joselin de Pomeré" stationed at Pont-Antou," during the winter of 1123-1124, when there was a cessation of Arms, and King Henry I garrisoned the fortresses, entrusting them to his best officers among, whom was Henry de Pomeré.

~Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall, Vol.X, po. 165-166