Ralph de Picot Sheriff of Kent

  General Notes:

~Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, 8th Edition, 234A:26-28, Gilbert Malet, baron of Curry Malet, Somerset, and he steward during the reign of King Henry II as well as being a witness tto the treaty in 1174 between Henry II and William, King of Scotland. Gilbert married Alice Picot, daughter of Ralph Picot. They were the parents of William Malet. Gilbert was the son of William I Malet. ¹⁶⁰

  Information about this person:

• From Gen-Medieval Archives: Ralph Picot and his Two Daughters and coheiresses, Alice and Eugena . ¹⁹³
From: "Douglas Richardson" <royalancestry@msn.com>
Subject: Re: Ralph Picot and his two daughters and coheiresses, Alice and Eugena
Date: 18 May 2006 07:47:34 -0700

Dear John ~

Ralph Picot, of Milton and Tong, Kent, had two daughters and co-heiresses, Alice and Eugenia, who are ancestral to the Malet and Fitz Bernard families respectively. You have collapsed the two daughters into one person. Alice married Gilbert Malet, of Curry-Mallet, Somerset; Eugenia married Thomas Fitz Bernard.

I believe you can find helpful information on these people in VCH Cambridge, 6 (1978): 159-160; Benedictus, vol. i, pg. 323; and Pipe Roll, 2 Richard I, sub Kent. There are also helpful references in Curia Regis Rolls.

Ralph Picot served as Sheriff of Kent and Sussex, but I don't have the exact dates. He evidently ceased to account as Sheriff in Michaelmas, 1161, as indicated by the weblink below.

Law and government in medieval England and Normandy

He also served as a justice in Surrey in 1156, as per the following weblink:

Court, household, and itinerary of King Henry II

Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah
Website: www. royalancestry. net

Dear Newsgroup ~
The following weblink shows that Ralph Picot served as sheriff for several years, and was replaced as Sheriff of Kent in 1161, by Hugh de Dover.

Restoration and reform, 1153-1165
Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah

Ralph married Etheldreda de Port, daughter of Henry de Port and Hawise. (Etheldreda de Port was born in Basing, Hampshire, England and died in Milton, Kent, England.)