1947060754. Baron Ranulf de Glanville &
1947060755. Lady Bertha de Valoines
~1130,
Ranulph in Stratford, Suffolk, England, younger s/o 94537778. Lord William
de Glanville & 94537779. Beatrix
de Sackville.
~1130,
Bertha born in England, d/o §§Lord Theobald
de Valoines of Parham.
[Bertha sister of Maud de Valoignes – mother of Theobald Fitz Walter
(189118212).]
~1148,
Ranulph married Bertha, receiving the land of Brochous from her father [where
Ranulph founded the priory of Butley.]
By 1154,
Ranulf witnessed a charter of Nigel, Bishop of Ely.
12/19/1154, Henry II succeeded King Stephen of England.
1155, Hervey
de Glanville and Ranulph de G. witnessed the foundation
charter of Snapes, Essex. (S) Norman People and Their Existing Descendants,
1874, P182.
1156-8,
Richard de Anesty, appearing in court in London at Windsor, ‘sends off for
Randulf de Glanville ‘special’. [Richard won his suit.] (S) Law Quarterly
Review, Vs26-30, Pollock, 1914, P472.
Bef. 1159,
Ranulf witnessed charters of King Stephen’s son William.
1160, Ranulf
de Glaville, a ‘consultant’ [before holding an office.] (S) History of the
English Bar, Cohen, 2005, P84.
9/1163, Bertram
de Bulmer gave up the office of sheriff of York, succeeded by Ranulf de
Glanville.
1164,
Ranulph, Exchequer of Warwick and Leicester; Sheriff of York.
1166,
Everard, s/o Robert de Ros, a minor, in the custody of Ranulf de Glanville. (S)
Early Yorkshire Charters, V10, Farrer, 1955, P160.
1169, Hubert
Walter, dean of York [died 1205], founded a Premonstratene house at West
Dereham ‘for the salvation of his own soul, … of Ranulph de Glanville and
Bertha his wife, who educated and brought him up.’ (S) Giraldi Cambrensis
Opera, Giraldus, 1863, P21.
1170, at
Chinon in Touraine, A charter of King Henry II to the priory of Coverham,
Yorkshire, withnessed by Theobald Walter and Ranulf de Glanville.
1171, Ranulf
de Glanville founded the Augustinian priory of Buttele.
12/28/1171, Archbishop Thomas Becket murdered at
Canterbury cathedral.
1172, Ranulf de Glanville, while stating that he had
not yet ascertained the number of knights of the honour of Richmond, collected
the sum of £176 12s 1d for the scutage of Ireland. (S) Early Yorkshire
Charters, V5, Farrer, 1936, P9.
1173, Queen
Eleanor put into Ranulph’s custody at Winchester [where she would remain for 16
years.]
7/11/1174,
Ranulph commanding forces at the Battle
of Alnwick when King William of Scotland was taken prisoner. King
William surrendered to Ranulf, and was taken to Newcastle.
1175,
Ranulph, Sheriff of Lancashire; and Justice Itinerant in 13 counties.
8/10/1175 at
York, King Henry held his court. In attendance were Prince Henry, King William
of Scotland, King William’s brother David of Huntingdon, and many nobles of
Scotland who do homage. King Henry issued a charter to St. Clements nunnery at
York witnessed by Earl William de Mandeville; Richard de Luci; Richard de
Humet, constable; Ranulf de Glanvill; Reginald de Curtene; Thomas Basset; Hugh
de Cressi; and Thomas Bardulf.
1176,
Ranulph succeeded his older brother Bartholomew to the barony.
1176, Ranulf
sent as an ambassador to the Count of Flanders.
1176-77,
Ranulf allowed to keep over £1,500 in
cash, silver plate, and horses he acquired in his duties as sheriff of
Yorkshire.
1177,
Ranulph, Sheriff of Westmoreland; sent with Walter de Constantiis on embassy to
the Earl of Flanders.
1178, Ranulf
became a member of King Henry’s ‘inner’ council.
3/1179 at
Gloucester, Ranulph de Glanvill witnessed the king’s confirmation of the
foundation of Westwood abbey by Richard de Luci.
1179, King
Henry II granted Ranulf de Glavill land with houses in York. (S) Early
Yorkshire Charters, V1, Farrer, 1932, P254.
1179, at the
Council of Windsor, Ranulph selected a Justice of the Common Pleas in the Curia
Regis at Westminister; replacing Richard de Lucy.
1180,
Ranulph, Sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire; appointed Chief Justice by
King Henry II. The king’s judges were active in the shires, and any free man
deprived of his land could appeal to the royal court.
1181,
Ranulf, lord Chief Justice, undertook the ‘fixing’ of law in England through
his ‘Tractatus de Legibus et consuetudinibus.’ (S) Translation of Glanville,
Glanville, 1900, P27.
3/1182, King
Henry II embarks from Portsmouth for Barfleur, leaving Ranulph de Glanvill as
Viceroy. [Prince John left in the tutelage of Ranulf de Glanville.]
6/1182,
Ranulph attacks the Welsh after they attacked a border castle under
construction.
1182,
Theobald Walter witnessed Ranulf de Glanvill’s founding of the abbey of
Leystone. [Theobald Walter married Bertha’s sister Maud.] ‘John, son of the
Lord the King’ also attested.
1183,
Ranulph, Sheriff of Worcester.
1183,
Ranulph traveled with John, count of Mortain, to Normandy.
1184, Ranulf
presided at the Aula Regis in the city of Worcester.
11/30/1184
in London, Ranulf, representing King Henry, involved in the election of the
archbishop of Canterbury.
1/25/1185,
Fine arranging the division of the inheritance of William de Say made before
Ranulf de Glanville, Robert Marmiun, … Hugh Bardolf, … (S) Pleas Before the
King, V3, 1952, P-IXIX.
2/7/1185,
Ranulf held a council whith refused the Pope’s envoy to levy a contribution.
1185-89,
Isabel de Clare [future wife of Regent William Marshall] lived in London in the
wardship of justiciar, Ranulf de Glanville. (S) Ideals and Practice of Medieval
Knighthood II, Harper-Bill, 1988, P17.
9/1186,
Ranulf sent by King Henry to King Philip of France to negotiate a truce.
2/1187 at
Clarendon, Hugh Bardulf, Dapiferi, attested a royal charter in favour of Ranulf
de Glanvill.
7/1187,
Ranulf traveled to Radnor, Wales, to raise forces for King Henry in Normandy.
1887-89,
Ranulf’s named associated with the production of the law book “Tractaus de
legisbus ...”
2/11/1188 at
Geddington, Charter of King Henry to the church of Bungay. Witnesses … Earl
William of Sussex; Earl David, brother of the King of Scots; Rannulf de
Glanville; William de Humez; Walter fitz Robert; Seher de Quinci; William
Marshall; … Richard de Camville; … (S) Hugh de Puiset – Bishop of Durham,
Scammell, P284, 2011.
7/6/1189, a
Thursday, King Henry died.
1189,
Ranulph an executor of King Henry II’s will.
11/3/1189, Richard I crowned king of England. Ranulfus
de Glanvil, justitiarius Angliae, attended the coronation. (S) Chronicle of the
Reigns of Henry II and Richard I, 1867, P80. [Ranulph’s brother Gerard also
attended.]
1190,
Ranulph, leaving on crusade, distributed his lands to his 3 daughters.
4/11/1190,
Ranulph in Normandy with King Richard I attested to a royal charter.
12/1190,
Dispatched to assist at the siege of Acre, Ranulph and other crusaders arrived
at Tyre where Archdeacon Baldwin was killed 1st, then later Ranulph.
(S) The
Judges of England, Foss, P376. (S) Court Household, and Itinerary of King Henry
II, Eyton, 1878. (S) Life of James Duke of Ormond, Carte, 1851. (S) Records of
the Anglo-Norman House of Glanville, Richards, 1882. (S) Who’s Who, Tyerman, 1996, P235-7.
Children
of Ranulph and Bertha:
i. Maud de Glanville (973529273), born ~1150 In
England [Eldest daughter.]
ii. Helewise de Glanville (973530377), born ~1160
in England.
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