Peter de Valognes

Peter de Valognes was a Norman noble who became a great landowner in England following the Norman Conquest.

Land holdings

Between 1070 and 1076 Peter de Valognes was granted lands in the six counties of Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex and Lincolnshire. In 1086 when the Domesday book was completed, Peter was sheriff of the counties of Essex and Hertfordshire and he farmed the boroughs of Havering and Hertford. Although Peter de Valognes made his caput in Benington in Hertfordshire, his most valuable lands were in Norfolk, the latter being a later grant at the forfeiture of Ralph de Guader after the revolt of the Earls in 1075.

Binham Priory

Peter de Valognes was the founder of Binham Priory in North Norfolk in 1091,[1][2] which was built on land given to him by William the Conqueror. The land on which the priory stands was, according to the Domesday Book, originally the property of a freeman named Esket.

Marriage and issue

Peter de Valognes married Albreda de Rie, the sister of Eudo the Dapifer,[3] and are known to have had the following known children:

  • Robert,
  • Peter, married Aubrey, daughter of William FitzNeel, Lord of Halton, and Agnes de Widness, had issue.
  • William, died without legitimate heirs.
  • Roger, Lord of Benington, married Agnes, daughter of John FitzRichard, had issue.
  • Muriel, married firstly William de Bachetone and secondly Hubert de Munchensy, had issue.
  • daughter, married Alfred of Attleborough, had issue.

References

  1. ↑ The King’s England series, NORFOLK, by Arthur Mee,Pub:Hodder and Stoughton,1972, page 32 Binham, ISBN 0-340-15061-0
  2. ↑ Parkin 1809, p. 26
  3. ↑ Annales monasterii S. Albani, Johannes Amundesham, St. Albans Abbey, 1870 ... quod ego, Petrus Valoniensis, et Alberethea, uxor mea, concedentibus filiis meis, Wilelmo et Rogero, consilio etiam nepotis mei, Walteri...
  • Parkin, Charles (1809). An essay towards a topographical history of the county of Norfolk. Volume 3. Oxford University.
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