973529254. Baron Randulph de Broc & 973529255. Lady Damietta de Gorram
~1135,
Randulph born in France.
~1150,
Damietta born in Maine, France, d/o §§William de Gorram of La Tanniere.
10/25/1154,
Henry II succeeded Stephen as King of England.
Aft. 1157,
King Henry gave the manor of Saltwood with its castle to Randulf [forfeited by
Henry of Essex.] (S) Hist. of Saltwood Castle. [Saltwood castle about 15 miles
from Canterbury Cathedral.]
1/1158 at
York, Ranulph de Broc a royal charter to Blythe priory, Nottingham. (S)
CH&I.HII, P34.
10/1163, The
ecclesiastical hierarchy was summoned to Westminster to hear complaints about
the governance of the English Church. Thomas À Becket was dismissed from royal
favor. On his departure from the meeting Randul shouted ‘li traítres s’en va’ [the traitor goes away].
1/1164, The
king again summoned the bishops and demanded they swear to uphold the customs
of the church as it was in the time of King Henry I. [The Constitutions of
Clarendon.]
1/1164,
Becket and others had fled after the meeting and taken refuge with nuns. They
sent Master William de Capes went to king Henry to beg for mercy for the
retainers of the archbishop, because the “de Brocs” were to him [Becket] the
fiercest of enemies. King Henry then made Randulph de Broc declare throughout
Northampton that his men must let the archbishop's own vassals freely leave
[the town] in broad daylight.
1/25/1164,
Randulph de Broc entrusted with the Archbishopric of Canterbury. (S) CH&I.HII, P77.
11/2/1164,
Thomas À Becket went into exile.
1165-70,
Randulf del Broc apparently took cathedral funds, funneling them into the
king’s treasury.
6/12/1166,
From Vézelay, France, Archbishop Becket excommunicated
multile persons including Radulf de Broc, for usurping the goods and
possessions of the Church of Canterbury. (S) CH&I.HII, P94.
3/10/1169,
Archbishop Becket at Sens, now with the Pope’s approval, again excommunicated
multiple persons including Robert de Broc [nephew of Randulf who was his
lieutenant.] (S) CH&I.HII, P120.
10/5/1170,
The King decides to adjourn court while Randulf de Broc gathers information on
the ‘stock’ belonged to each Archiepiscopal estate. (S) CH&I.HII, Eyton,
1878, P151.
12/1170,
Randulph de Broc harrassed Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Cantebury, on his
return to England.
12/25/1170 at
Canterbury cathedral, Becket in his sermon says that the Brocs have committed
violent trespass on the lands and effects of the Archbishopric. (S)
CH&I.HII, P152.
12/28/1170,
Archbishop Becket murdered by 4 of the King’s knights. Randulf was present but
not implicated in the murder.
4/15/1173,
Henry II’s 3 eldest surviving sons: Henry, Richard & Geoffrey rebelled
against him; supported by their mother. Ranulf de Broc identified as a
supported of King Henry II. (S)
CH&I.HII, P172.
10/13/1173,
Robert de Beaumont, earl of Leicester, who had joined the confederacy of the
King’s rebelling sons, captured the castle of Hagenet, Suffolk, defended by
Randal de Broc in service to the King. Randulf escaped, but the castle was
burned down. (S) CH&I.HII, P177.
1/1/1176 at
Windsor, Randal Broc attested a confirmation by the King of the will of Hugh de
Periers. (S) CH&I.HII, P198.
1187, Ranulph
de Broc holding half a knight’s fee in the honor of Arundel.
Ranulf died.
[––Damietta––]
By 8/8/1204,
‘Odeline’, heiress of Berwick, Chetton and Eudon, Shropshire; and Frelbury,
Southants, died.
(S) La Vie De
Saint Thomas Becket by Guernes De Pont-Sainte-Maxence, Siddle, Durham Univ.
E-Thesis, 1980. (S) The Gentleman’s Mag. and Hist. Rev., V195, 1854, P575. (S)
The Life and Letters of Thomas À Becket, V2, Giles, 1846, P335. (S) Historical
Memorials of Canterbury, Stanley, 2018, P70. (S)
CH&I.HII, Eyton, 1878.
Child
of Randulph and Damietta:
i. Alice de Broc, born ? in Maine, France.
Alice married William Harang.
ii. Clemence de Broc, born ? in Maine, France.
Clemence married William
Malesoveres.
iii. Edelina de Broc (486764627), born ~1170 in
England.
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