Jadhael de Totnes

   Another name for Jadhael was Juhael de Totnes.⁷²²

  General Notes:

~Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, 8th Edition, Gudrod married Cacilie. 177:5. ¹⁶⁰

~Cokayne's Complete Peerage, (Abergavenny), (Leicester), identifies him as an ancestor of the Braose family and holder of the honor of Barnstaple. ¹⁴¹

~The Medieval Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 39, he was living in 1123 ⁷²²

~Fenwick Allied Ancestry, "pedigree 107," p. 137, Judael de Totnes, Lord of Totnes Castle and of the baronies of Totnes and Barnstable. ⁷²⁶

  Noted events in his life were:

• Web Reference: Charles Cawley's Medieval Lands, Juhel de Totnes.
Juhel de Totnes was the son of Alured. Rahel "filii Aluredi…" witnessed the charter dated 1082 under which William I King of England granted land at Covenham to the church of St Calais[Dugdale Monasticon VI.2, Covenham Priory, Lincolnshire, I, p. 993]. His parentage is confirmed by the undated charter under which "Joelis filii Aluredi" founded Barnstaple Priory [Dugdale Monasticon V, Barnstaple Priory, Devonshire, I, p. 197]. Domesday Book records "Iudichael of Totnes" holding numerous properties in Devonshire, and Froxton in Cornwall [Domesday Translation, Devonshire, XVII, pp. 306-12, Cornwall, VI, p. 357]. "Juhellus filius Aluredi" founded Totness Priory by undated charter, dated to the reign of William II King of England [Dugdale Monasticon IV, Totness Priory, Devonshire, I, p. 630].

Jadhael married Mademoiselle de Picquigny.