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1. “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,†Douglas Richardson (2013):
"ROBERT DE BRÉTEUIL, Knt., nicknamed “ès Blanchemains,†2nd Earl of Leicester, Steward of England and Normandy, seigneur of Bréteuil and Paci in Normandy, son and heir, born before 1135 (adult by 1153). He married before 1155/59 PERNEL DE GRANDMESNIL, daughter of Hugh de Grandmesnil, of Hinckley, Leicestershire. They had three sons, William, Robert [3rd Earl of Leicester], and Roger [Chancellor of Scotland, Bishop of Saint Andrew], and four daughters, Arnice, Margaret (or Margery), Hawise (nun), and Pernel. He witnessed charter of his father in the period, c.1150-60. In 1172 his Norman fees consisted of 81 knights' fees of the honour of Bréteuil and 40 knights' fees of the honour of Grandmesnil. In 1173 he joined the revolt of Young King Henry, son of King Henry II of England. His English estates were confiscated and the town of Leicester was taken and burnt. King Henry II himself marched on Bréteuil, and captured and burned the place in Sept. 1173. Robert landed in England from Flanders the same month, at the head of a force of Flemings, and being joined by Hugh le Bigod, Earl of Norfolk, they plundered Norwich and besieged and took the castle of Hagenet in October 1173. He and his wife were intercepted and taken prisoner at Fornham, near Bury St. Edmunds. In the king's treaty with Louis in Sept. 1174, provision was made for the earl's liberation. His castle of Leicester was demolished. His lands and honours were subsequently restored at the Council of Northampton in Jan. 1177, except for Mountsorrel Castle. He witnessed a charter of his cousin, Robert II, Count of Meulan, in 1180. In 1183 he was arrested and imprisoned with his brother-in-law, William, Earl of Gloucester. He was in attendence on the king at Christmas 1186. In 1189-90 he confirmed earlier grants to Nuneaton Priory made by Gervase Paynel, John de Cranford, and Roger Walensis. He attested a charter to the monks of Canterbury in 1189. He was present at the Coronation of King Richard I in 1189, where he carried one of the swords of state. A little after this ceremony, he departed for the Holy Land. Sometime before 1190 he confirmed the gifts of his parents to the leproserie of Bréteuil. He was a benefactor to the Abbey of Saint-Etienne of Caen, to that of Vaux-de-Cemai, to the Priories of Plessis-Grimoud and Sainte-Barbe in Auge, and also to the leproserie of Grand-Beaulieu in Chartres. At an unknown date, he granted the tithe of the fish in his fishponds at Groby, Leicestershire to Nuneaton Priory. At an unknown date, he granted one bovate of land in Groby, Leicestershire to his sister, Isabel, Countess of Northampton, which sometime in or after 1190, she gave to Nuneaton Priory with the provision that the service due be rendered to the earl of Leicester and his heirs. At an unknown date, he granted Saint-Etienne Abbey for the health of the soul of his wife, Countess Pernel, the right to have a turner in his forest of Bréteuil. SIR ROBERT DE BRÉTEUIL, 2nd Earl of Leicester, died at sea near Brindisi or in Rumania on the way to Jerusalem 31 August 1190, and was buried in Durazzo, Greece. In 1203 the king remitted to his widow, Pernel, the sum of 55 marks argent owed to Aaron, a Jew in Lincoln. In 1204 Pernel proffered 3,000 marks to have possession of Leicester, with its appurtenances, and for those fees which belonged to the honour of Grandmesnil. Saher de Quincy made counter-proffers and defeated Pernel's aims. Pernel, Countess of Leicester, died 1 April 1212.
Madox Formulare Anglicanum (1702): 182 (charter of William Bluet brother of Earl Richard [de Clare]; charter mentions Robert, Earl of Leicester). Baker Hist. & Antiqs. of Northampton 1 (1822-30): 350 (Leicester ped.), 563 (Beaumont-Quincy ped.). Clutterbuck Hist. & Antiqs. of Hertford 3 (1827): 287-288 (Beaumont-Quincy ped.). Dugdale Monasticon Anglicanum 6(2) (1830): 686 (ped. of founders of Hospital of St. Leonard, Leicester: "Robertus oves les Blanc Meins, Comes Leicestrensis tertius, post conquestum, desponsavit Petronillam filiam Hugonis Grantmenyl, cum qua accepit totum honorem de Hincley unà cum senescatu Angliæ, ex dono ejusdem Hugonis, &c. Hic genuit de dictâ Petronillâ, Robertum dictum filium Petronillæ, hæredem; Rogerum, S. Andreæ in Scotiâ episcopum, et Willielmum leprosum, fundatorem hospitalis S. Leonardi Leicestriæ; Amiciam desponsatam Simoni de Monteforti, et Margaretam desponsatarn Saiero de Quinci, &c."), 1030 (charter of Robert, Earl of Leicester; charter names his mother, Amice), 1093 (charter of Robert, Earl of Leicester; charter names his father, Robert, Earl of Leicester, and is witnessed by his wife, Countess Pernel, and his sons, William and Robert), 1093 (charter of Pernel, Countess of Leicester), 1095 (charter of Robert, Earl of Leicester, witnessed by Countess Pernel). D'Anisy Extrait des Chartes, et attires Actes Normands ou Anglo-Normancls 1(1834): 275-276 (charter of Robert, Earl of Leicester). Servois Notice & Extraits du Recueil des Miracles de Notre-Dame de Roc-Amadour (1856): 10. Merlet & Moutié Cartulaire de l'Abbaye de Notre-Dame des Vaux de Cernay 1(1857): 100-101 (charter of Robert, Earl of Leicester), 101 footnote 2 (Nous citerons … une donation faite par Robert à le léproserie de Grand-Beaulieu, où l'on voit: His testibus: Petronilla comitissa, Roberto de Britoil, filio meo"). Delisle & Passy Memoires et Notes de M. Auguste Le Prevost pour servir à l’Histoire du Département de l’Eure 1 (1862): 414-420, 433. Thompson Essay on English Municipal Hist. (1867): 44 (charter of Robert, Earl of Leicester). Recueil des Historiens des Gaules et de la France 13 (1869): 317 (Chronicle of Robert de Torigny sub A.D. 1173: Hugh de Chateauneuf styled "cousin" [consobrinus] of Robert Earl of Leicester. 23 (1894): 473 (Ex Obituatiis Lirensis Monasterii: "31 August. Obiit Robertus, comes Leicestriae."), 486 (Ex Uticensis Monasterii Annalibus et Necrologio: "1 April. Obiit Petronilla, comitissa Leycestriæ, guæ monachos Sancti Ebrulfi diligebat ut filios."), 488 (Ex Uticensis Monasterii Annalibus et Necrologio: "31 August. [Obiit] Robertus, comes Legrecestriæ, peregrinus Jerosolimis."). Coll. Archaeologica 2 (1871):30-41. Delisle Chronique de Robert de Torigni 2 (1873): 45 (sub A.D. 1173 - Hugues de Châteauneuf styled "kinsman" [consobrinus] of Robert, Earl of Leicester). D.N.B. 4 (1885): 67-68 (biog. of Robert de Beaumont, Earl of Leicester). Doyle Official Baronage of England 2 (1886): 336-337 (sub Leicester). Wigram Cartulary of the Monastery of St. Frideswide at Oxford 2 (Oxford Hist. Soc. 31) (1896): 330 (charter of Robert son of Robert Earl of Leicester dated c. 1170). Bateson Recs. of the Borough of Leicester 1 (1899): 10-11 (charter of Pernel, Countess of Leicester dated c.1200). Round Cal. Docs. Preserved in France 1 (1899): 136 (undated charter of Robert, Earl of Leicester), 136 (undated charter of Robert son of Robert Earl of Leicester). Deville Cartulaire de l’Eglise de la Sainte-Trinité de Beaumont-le-Roger (1912): 203-204 (charter of Robert II, Count of Meulan dated 1180). English Hist. Rev. 32 (1917): 245-248. C.P. 7 (1929): 530-533 (sub Leicester); 10 (1945): Appendix I, pg. 106, footnote b. Stenton Docs. Illus. of the Social & Economic Hist. of the Danelaw (1920): 245 (charter of Robert, Earl of Leicester), 246, 259-260 (charter of Robert, Earl of Leicester). Paget (1957) 464:3. AR 53-26 citing C.P. IV 670 chart III, VII 520, 530-533; Old C.P. 8: 168). Chibnall Select Docs. of the English Lands of the Abbey of Bec (Camden 3rd Ser. 73) (1951): 15 (charter of Robert, Earl of Leicester and Robert his son dated c.1135-68). Sanders English Baronies (1960): 61. VCH Leicestershire 5 (1964): 256-264. Hanna Christchurch 137iog Cartulary (Hampshire Rec. Ser. 18) P07): 173 (charter of Robert, Earl of Leicester dated 1185-90; witnessed by his wife, Countess P., and his sons, William and Robert de Brot).
Children of Robert de Bréteuil, Knt., by Pernel de Grandmesnil:
i. WILLIAM DE BRÉTEUIL, eldest son. He founded St. Leonard's at Leicester. He was a leper. He died in the lifetime of his father. Clutterbuck Hist. & Antiqs. of Hertford 3 (1827): 287-288 (Beaumont-Quincy ped.). Dugdale Monasticon Anglicanum 6(2) (1830): 686. Delisle & Passy Memoires et Notes de M. Auguste Le Prevost pour servir l’Histoire du Département de l'Eure 1 (1862): 414-420. D.N.B. 4 (1885): 67-68 (biog. of Robert de Beaumont, Earl of Leicester).
ii. ROBERT DE BRÉTEUIL, 3rd Earl of Leicester, 2nd but eldest surviving son and heir. He married LORETTE DE BREWES (or BRAOSE), daughter of William de Brewes. They had no issue. Sometime after 1190 he granted six virgates of land in Wyken near Hinkley, Leicestershire to Nuneaton Priory, in exchange for the land of Bernard of Waltham in Waltham on the Wolds, Leicestershire. He was invested with the earldom of Leicester by King Richard I at Messina in 1191. He was captured by Philippe Auguste, King of France in 1193, while defending Rouen. Following King Philippe's conquest of Paci in Normandy in 1194 (which was confirmed by treaty by King Richard I in 1195-6), Earl Robert, who was then a captive, was forced to cede Paci as a ransom. He made two futile attempts in 1198 to recover Paci in Normandy. In 1203-4 he granted the church of Lincoln and William, Bishop of Lincoln, 16 virgates of land in Thurmaston, with his capital messuage in the same village, in augmentation of the exchange assigned for the manor of Leicester. In 1204 he and William Marshal were sent as ambassadors to negotiate a truce with King Philippe Auguste of France. ROBERT DE BRÉTEUIL, 3rd Earl of Leicester, died 20 October 1204. Baker Hist. & Antiqs. of Northampton 1 (1822-30): 350 (Leicester ped.), 563 (Beaumont-Quincy ped.). Clutterbuck Hist. & Antiqs. of Herford 3 (1827): 287-288 (Beaumont-Quincy ped.). Dugdale Monasticon Anglicanum 6(2) (1830): 686. Merlet & Moutié Cartulaire de l'Abbaye de Notre-Dame des Tiaux de Cernay 1 (1857): 101, footnote 2. Delisle & Passy Mémoires et Notes de M. Auguste Le Prevost pour servir à l'Histoire the Département de l'Eure 1 (1862): 414-420. Thompson Essay on English Municipal Hist. (1867): 46 (charter of Robert, Earl of Leicester, son of Countess Pernel). Annual Rpt. of the Deputy Keeper 31(1870): 5. Coll. Archaeologica 2 (1871):30-41. D.N.B. 4 (1885): 67-68 (biog. of Robert de Beaumont, Earl of Leicester). Doyle Official Baronage of England 2 (1886): 337 (sub Leicester). Round Ancient Charters Royal & Private prior to AD. 1200 (Pipe Roll Soc. 10) (1888): 113 (confirmation charter by King John dated 1199 to Robert, Earl of Leicester, of all his hereditary possessions). Recueil des Historiens des Gaules et de la France 23 (1894): 471 (Ex Obituariis Lirensis Monasterii: "4 Mart. [Obiit] Laureta comitissa."), 474 (Ex Obituariis Lirensis Monasterii: "20 October. Obiit Robertus III comes Legrecestriæ."), 489 (Ex Uticensis Monasterii Annalibus et Necrologio:. "21 October. "[Obiit] Robertus tercius comes Legrecestriæ."). Bateson Recs. of the Borough of Leicester 1 (1899): 4-6 (charter of Robert, Earl of Leicester dated 1191-1204), 6 (charter of Robert, Earl of Leicester dated ?1191-1204), 8 (charter of Robert, Earl of Leicester, son of Pernel, Countess of Leicester dated 1191-1204), 11 (charter of Robert, Earl of Leicester son of Countess Pernel dated c.1200). Round Cal. of Docs. Preserved in France 918-1206 (1899): 136 (charter of Robert son of Pernel, Earl of Leicester dated 1190-1204; charter mentions his wife, Loreta). Stenton Docs. illus. of the Social & Economic Hist. of the Danelaw (1920): 258-259 (charter of Robert, Earl of Leicester). Foster Registrant Antiquissimum of the Cathedral Church of Lincoln 3 (Lincoln Rec. Soc. 29) (1935): 216 (charter of Robert, Earl of Leicester dated 1203-4), 218-220. Powicke Loss of Normandy (1961): 186, 343-344, 430. Meyer Culture of Christendom (1993): 143 (Canterbury Obituary Lists: "13 Kal. [Novi [20 October]. Obiit Robertus comes Leicestre benefactor."). Hanna Christchurch Priory Cartulary (Hampshire Rec. Ser. 18) (2007): 173 (charter of Robert, Earl of Leicester, son of Countess Panel dated 1191-1204; mentions his wife, Countess L.).
iii. ROGER OF LEICESTER, 3rd son. He was Chancellor of Scotland c. 1188. He was elected Bishop of St. Andrew's in 1189, and consecrated in 1198. He was a witness to the foundation charter of Inchaffray Abbey in 1200. He ratified an agreement between himself and the monks of Durham as to their churches in Lothian in a synod held at Musselburgh in 1200. ROGER, Bishop of Saint Andrew's, died at Cambuskenneth 7 July 1202, and was buried in the old Church of St. Rule. Clutterbuck Hist. & Antiqs. of Hertford 3 (1827): 287-288 (Beaumont-Quincy ped.). Dugdale Monasticon Anglicanum 6(2) (1830): 686. Stevenson Chronica de Mailros (1835): 97 (sub A.D. 1189: Roger [of Leicester], Bishop of St. Andrew's styled "kinsman" [cognatus] of William the lion, King of Scots), 104 ("Anno M.CC.IJ. [A.D. 1202] obiit pie memorie Rogerus episcopus sancti Andree."). Extracta e Variis Cronicis Scocia (1842): 80 (Roger, Chancellor of Scotland, son of Robert, Earl of Leicester, styled "kinsman" [cognates] of William the Lion, King of Scotland]. Delisle & Passy Memoires et Notes de M Auguste Le Prevost pour servir a l'Histoire du Département de l’Euro 1 (1862): 414-420. Gordon Ecclesiastical Chronicle for Scotland 1 (1875): 143-146 (biog. of Roger, Bishop of St. Andrew's). D.N.B. 4 (1885): 67-68 (biog. of Robert de Beaumont, Earl of Leicester). Scatnmell Hugh du Puiset (1956): 36, 81, 114, 137. Fryde Handbook of British Chron. (1996): 180. Watt Medieval Church Councils in Scotland (2000): 26, 34.
iv. AMICE OF LEICESTER [see below].
v. MARGARET (or MARGERY) OF LEICESTER, married SAHER DE QUINCY, Knt., 1st Earl of Winchester [see QUINCY 6].â€
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