Herlewin
Ralph fitz Herluin
(Bef 1086-After 1086)

 

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Helewisa de Plaiz

Ralph fitz Herluin

  • Born: Bef 1086
  • Marriage: Helewisa de Plaiz 721,802
  • Died: After 1086

bullet   Another name for Ralph was Ralph de Hunstanton.

bullet  General Notes:


~Lordship and Community: The Lestrange Family and the Village of Hunstanton, Norfolk, in the First Half of the Sixteenth Century, Cord Oestmann, Boydell Press, 1994, Heiress to the manor of Hunstanton, Mitilda le Brun, was the daughter of Ralph Fitz Herluin, alias, Ralph de Hunstanton, mesne lord at Hunstanton at the time of the Domesday Suervey. [P.Brown, Domesday Book, 33, Norfolk, 9.9, 118] After the death of Ralph de Hunstanton, the manor came into the hands of the Le Strange family.

bullet  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information. 802
Ralph was living in 1086. He was a Vassal of Roger de Bigot. The Norfolk Domesday records, under the Terra Rogeri Bigot, has Randulf Fitz Herluin hold two carucates in Huneststuna, and for carucates in Totintun. [Domesday, fol. 173-b, 174-a]

Ralph de Hunstanston had three children: Simon, Reginald, and a daughter. Simon succeeded his father before 1235, and died without issue. Reginald succeeded his brother Simon. He was called Reginald le Brun. Unter that name, and between the years 1154 and 1173, he gave the land of Bernham to Thetford Priory. Reginald le Brun died without issue sometime before 1174. His heir was his nephew, John le Strange, the eldest son of his sister, the wife of Roland le Strange.

~Antiquities of Shropshire, pg. 264


Ralph married Helewisa de Plaiz, daughter of Hugh de Plaiz and Unknown 721.,802


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