Gamel de Pennington

  General Notes:

Family of Pennington taken from the footnotes of The History of Lancaster V. VIII, Pennington, pp. 338-342: ⁷⁷⁵

Gamel (Henry II)
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Benedict - Meldred
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Alan
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Thomas m. Agnes - likely brother of Alice m. Roger Venables
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Alan
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William m. Alice de Mulcaster

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information. ⁷⁷⁵
Gamel de Pennington, whose name occurs on the ancient tympanum at Beckside, is supposed to have been the founder of Conishead Priory in the time of Henry II [V.C.H. Lancs. ii, 140; Hist. MSS. Com. Rep. x, App. v, 223'9698] ; he gave it the church of Pennington. [Farrer, Lancs. Pipe R. 357, 366] Benedict de Pennington^* and Alan his son and heir occur in the latter part of the 12th century [Dep. Keeper's Rep. xxxvi, App. 195; Farrer, op. cit. 63, 68 ] ; in 1202 Alan son of Benedict granted 2 oxgangs of land in Pennington to Hugh son of Edward. [Final Conc. (Rec. Soc. Lancs. and Ches.), i, 10]

^* Meldred brother of Benedict de Pennington also occurs; [Dep. Keeper's Rep. xxxvi, App. 190]. He is no doubt the Meldred son of Gamel de Pennington who gave land to Conishead Priory; [Dugdale, Mon. vi, 556]. Thus Benedict was a son of Gamel. Jocelin de Pennington was Abbot of Furness about 1182.

~A History of the County of Lancaster: Vol. VIII, pp. 338-342

• Web Reference: Muncaster Castle Pennington Family Tree.
"A great benefactor to Conishead Priory, to which he gave the churches (with all their appurtenances) of Penigton, Molcastre (Muncaster) with Chapels (of Aldeburg), Wytebec (Whitebeck) and Skeroveton in Lancashire and Cumberland". This occurred during the Reign of Henry II i.e. between 1154 and 1189. Gamel had four sons, Benedict, Meldred, Gamel and Joslyn.