79958020. Earl Ranulph de Meschines & 79958021. Countess Maud Fitz Robert
1099, Ranulph de Gernon born in Castle Gernon, Normandy,
France; s/o 159916040. Ranulph III de Machines & 159916041. Lucy Taillebois.
8/2/1100, Henry I crowned King of England.
11/1120, Ranulph’s father resigned Cumberland, which
included Carlisle, to King Henry in exchange for being named Earl of Chester.
(S) Henry II, Warren, 1977, P25.
~1122, Maud born in England, d/o 159916042. Robert de
Caen & 159916043. Mabel FitzRobert.
1/1129, Ranulph’s
father died. Ranulf succeeded as earl of Chester.
1130, Ranulph
owed £1000 from his father’s debts. (S) DNB, V16, 1909, P729.
1130-35, Grant to
Ranulph de Gernons, earl of Chester, all the land of Ernisius de Barun. (S)
Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper, Vs31-2, P2.
1130, Randle
Gernon, earl of Chester, confirms a charter to the abbey of Combermere in
Cheshire. (S) Monasticon Anglicanum, 1846, P321.
1131-2, Randulph,
earl of Chester, founded Basingwerk abbey. (S) Railway Companion from Chester,
Parry, 1849, P42.
9/8/1131, Randulf
attended the Great Council of the realm at Northampton.
12/25/1132 at
Windsor, Ranulf, earl of Chester, attended the Christmas court of King Henry.
(S) King Stephen, King, 2011.
1133 at Windsor
near the house of Gundewin the tent-keeper at the edge of the wood,
Confirmation to the nascent monastery of Rievaulx of the gifts made by Walter
Espec. … attested … Robert earl of Gloucester, William earl of Warrene, Stephen
count of Mortain, Ranulf earl of Chester, Robert earl of Leicester, Miles of
Gloucester, Humphrey de Bohun, …
1134, Ranulph de
Meschines, earl of Chester and Cumberland, founded Calder abbey, Cumberland.
(S) Topographical Dic. Of England, Lewis, 1811, P413.
1135-38, Ranulf, earl
of Chester, confirmed the gift of the manor of Drayton Basset to Geva
Ridel.
12/2/1135, King Henry I died; having designated his daughter
Empress Matilda as his heir.
12/22/1135, Stephen crowned king of England at Westminister.
3/1136, Ranulf lost lands in Cumberland when King Stephen
and King David of Scotland came to peace terms. Randulf and others left the
court. [King Stephen needed peace with Scotland because of internal troubles.
Randulf soon came to an agreement with King Stephen.]
4/1136, Ranulph was 4th to sign King Stephen’s
charter of Winchester.
1136, Randulf witnessed 5 royal charters.
[––Randulf & Maud––]
By 1138, in Gloucester, Randulph, Earl of Chester, married
Maud.
1138, King David held the part of Lancashire that he claimed
was part of Northumbria.
12/1138-6/1139, Randulf witnessed a royal charter of King
Stephen. (S) Anglo-Norman Studies XIV, 1991, P42.
9/30/1139, Empress Matilda landed at Arundel in Sussex in
with an army to claim the crown.
1140 at Stamford, Attending King Stephen’s court: Ranulf, earl
of Chester; Gilbert, earl of Pembroke; Earl Simon; Roger, earl of Warwick; Earl
Robert de Ferrers; … (S) King Stephen, King, 2011 [Note 12.]
12/1140, Randulph captured Lincoln castle from ursurper King
Stephen; who then immediately set seige to the castle. He recaptured it, but
Randulph escaped.
2/3/1141, Randulph returned with his men, and the entire
army of Empress Matilda, headed by Robert FitzHamon [Earl of Gloucester]. In
the Battle at Lincoln both Robert FitzHamon and King Stephen were captured. (S)
Henry II, Warren, 1973, P40. [King Stephen knocked Randulf from his horse
during the battle.]
4/7/1141 at Winchester, Empress Matilda acknowledged as
“Lady of England and Normandy” by Bishop Henry.
1141, Randulph held the lands between King David of Scotland
and the rest of England, and all of the honor of Lancaster except that of Roger
de Montbegon in Lincolnshire.
9/1141, Randulph supported King Stephen at the siege of
Winchester. (S) Anglo-Norman Studies XIV, 1991, P49.
9/14/1141, Matilda trapped at Oxford by an invading army
from Flanders [led by Stephen’s wife from France]. Matilda’s brother Robert was
captured fighting a rearguard action to allow Matilda to escape.
11/1/1141, Matilda exchanged King Stephen for Robert.
12/25/1141, Stephen again crowned King. [The civil war would
continue for 12 more years.]
1142, King Stephen again captured Lincoln castle from
Randulf with the support of Alan, earl of Brittany. Randulf, with the help of
the Earl of Gloucester soon recaptured the castle and the Earl of Brittany (159918044).
(S) Battle Abbey Roll.
1143, Randal, earl of Chester, gathered a large army
including hired soldiers, and supported by Madoc ab Medd, Prince of Powys
[holding lands from Owen Gwynedd] and invaded the lands of Prince Owain. [They
were driven back.] (S) Cambrian Quaterly, V3, 1831, P47.
1144, Ranulf of Chester reconciled with Cadwaladr, brother
of Owain Gwynedd ap Gruffydd.
9/1144, At the monastery of Coventry, Robert Marmion killed
in conflict with Randulf, earl of Chester. (S) From Alfred the Great to
Stephen, Cavis, 1991, P223.
1145, Ranulf switched sides and helped King Stephen capture
Wallingford.
1145, King Stephen defeated Matilda’s forces at the battle
of Faringdon.
1145, Owain Gwynedd ap Gruffydd attacked the lands of Ranulf,
earl of Chester, who had reconciled with Owain’s brother Cadwaladr.
[––Randulph & Matilda––]
By 1146, Randulph married Maud.
1146, Randulph sided with King Stephen and captured the town
of Bedford; but did not capture the castle, held by Miles de Beauchamp. (S)
History of Bedford, V3, 1912.
8/26/1146, Randulph was getting attacked by the Welsh, and
asked Stephen for help at court.
8/29/1146, Randulph was arrested “for treachery” and
eventually had to give up the captured Lincoln castle to Stephen as part of his
release.
1147, Ranulf made an unsuccessful attempt to retake Lincoln
from King Stephen.
1147-8, Ranulf plundered a large part of Coventry. He was
opposed in Wales by Gilbert de Clare, earl of Pembroke.
1148, Empress Matilda returned to Normandy, and would never
return to England.
5/1149 at Carlisle, Scotland, Ranulph met with King David I
attempting to build an alliance to put Henry II on the throne of England. King
David agreed to give Ranulf the honor of Lancaster for his claim on Carlisle. The
agreement was not fulfilled and Duke Henry returned to Normandy.
7/27/1149, Confirmation by Ranulf, earl of Chester, to the
Monks of Lancaster, of the liberties which Roger the Poictevin gave them. (S)
Lancashire Pipe Rolls, 1902, P296.
1150, Ranulph, Earl of Chester, allied himself with Madog ap
Maredudd of Powys and marched against Owain Gwynedd ap Gruffydd. Owain, by
ambush, defeated the combined forces near Colehil.
1151, Ranulf, earl of Chester, and Robert, earl of
Leicester, made a military cooperation treaty. (S) History of Leicester,
Thompson, 1849, P36. [On opposited sides of Duke Henry and King Stephen, they
agreed to lead no more than 20 knights into battle, and to give back any land
taken by the other during the fighting.]
1152 at Devizes, A grant of Henry, duke of Normandy, to
Ranulph, earl of Chester.
1152, Empress Matilda died.
1/1153, King Henry landed in England with 140 knights and
3,000 infantry in 36 ships. Supported by Ranulph, Earl of Chester, he captured
Malmesbury and relieved Wallingford where King Stephen’s men held the north
bank of the Thames.
3/1/1153, The Treaty of Devizes confirmed by charter whereby
Henry, Duke of Normandy, [King Henry II] gave possessions in both England and
Normandy to Earl Ranulf, and granted him the whole honor of Count Roger the
Poitevin.
12/16/1153, Randulph died in England, poisoned by William
Peverel (159916034).
[––Matilda––]
10/25/1154, King Stephen died.
12/19/1154, Henry II crowned king of England.
1154-57, Matilda, countess of Chester, enfeoffed Walter de
Vernon at Harlaston. (S) Journal of Derbyshire, 1897, P5.
1154-60, Notification from Matilda, countess of Chester, to
Walter, bishop of Coventry, that she, with the consent of the Earl Hugh, her
son, has granted to the Canons of Calc …
4/20/1158,
Precept to Hugh, Earl of Chester ; and Matilda, Countess of Chester,
attested by Thomas the Chancellor.
11/29/1158,
Precept of Alianore, Queen of England, … in behalf of Matilda, Countess of
Chester.
~1160, Grant from
Matilda, countess of Chester, wife of Ranulph the Earl, the whole tithe of her
manor of Rapendon.
1174-89, Precept
from Queen Eleanor, consort of Henry II, to the sheriff of Derbyshire,
commanding that Matilda, countess of Chester, may hold the hundred of Repton,
with all liberties.
~1175,
Confirmation by Henry II to Matilda, cognata mea, Comitissa Cestrie, and to the
Canons of Pattendona, …
7/1189, Maud died in England.
(S) DNB, Sir Stephen, 1898, PP153–6. (S) Desc. Catalogue of Debryshire Charters, Bemrose, 1906,
P242. (S) Court, Household, and Itinerary of King Henry II, Eyton, 1878. (S) Annales
Cestrienses Chronicle of the Abbey of S. Werburg, At Chester.
Child of Ranulph and Maud:
i. Hugh de Meschines (39979010), born 1147 in Wales.
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