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Richard England
(Bef 1101 - 25 Nov 1120)
[[Category: This Day In History November 25]]
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== Richard of Lincoln (b. ante 1101 - 25 Nov 1120)==
Richard wrecked and drowned off Barfleur, Normandy 25 Nov 1120 in White Ship, along with his half-brother, William Adelin, Aethling."Richard the king's son" by Orderic Vitalis
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===Early Life===
: p. Henry "Beauclerc" I and 3rd mistress, Ansfride or Ansfrida (widow of Anskill of Seacourt).: The Chronicle of Abingdon names "Anskillus" and "uxore Anskilli iam defuncti…filio eius…Willelmo" adding that "fratrem regis Henricum" was father of her son "Ricardum. A later passage called her "Ansfrida." when recording her death and the donation of the mill at Langford by "Willelmus filius eiusdem…de Anskillo marito suo" for her burial at Abingdon.
===Battles===
Orderic Vitalis named him, "Richard the king's son," and describes his capture by the forces of Louis VI "le Gros" King of France in 1119 at Andely.
* 20 Aug 1119: siege of Evreux at the battle of Brémulewith his father
* Sep 1119: siege of BreteuilOrderic Vitalis records that he "pleaded his sister's cause" with their father concerning the siege of Breteuil. He raised the siege of Breteuil in Sep 1119, and was betrothed to the daughter of its defender in the following year.
===White Ship===
The Continuator of Florence of Worcester names "Willelmus regis filius, Ricardus frater eius…" among those who drowned in the sinking of the White Ship.
William of Malmesbury also records Richard drowning in the sinking of the “White Ship”.
Weir states Henry I had a legitimate son named Richard, also drowned in the White Ship disaster, who was "Queen Matilda's son [according to] both Robert of Gloucester and the Saxon Chronicle". In the case of the latter, Chronicle E[230] refers to "two of the king's sons, William and Richard, being drowned", but does not specify who was their mother.
The Chronicle of Gervase records the birth of "alium quoque…filium Ricardum" ... the context refers to a legitimate son of King Henry by his first marriage. However, Gervase makes clear that this was the same son Richard who was later drowned in the White Ship.
According to William of Malmesbury, Queen Matilda "satisfied with a child of either sex … ceased having issue".
Orderic Vitalis also names only two legitimate children of King Henry.
While both Malmesbury and Orderic mention no children who may have died in infancy, it is unlikely they would not have named another legitimate son who survived into young adulthood, if he too drowned in the White Ship. It is therefore assumed the only son of King Henry's who was named Richard was this illegitimate son.
===Betrothal===
Betrothed (1120) to AMICE de Gaël, daughter of RAOUL de Gaël Seigneur de Montfort et de Breteuil & his wife --- (-after Apr 1168). She is named by Orderic Vitalis, who names her father and records that he arranged her betrothal, with Breteuil, Glos and Lire as her dowry[234]. She later married Robert de Beaumont Comte de Meulan Earl of Leicester.
===Education===
Richard was brought up and educated by Robert Bloet, the Bishop of Lincoln
===Titles===
It is suggested by some sources that he was granted the title of Earl of Suffolk, which may have been due to his betrothal to the grand-daughter of the Duke of Norfolk.
Earl of Suffolk is a title that has been created four times in the Peerage of England. The first creation, in tandem with the creation of the title of Earl of Norfolk, came before 1069 in favour of Ralph the Staller; but the title was forfeited by his heir, Ralph de Guader, in 1074.
The second creation came in 1337 in favour of Robert de Ufford; the title became extinct on the death of his son, the second Earl, in 1382.
The third creation came in 1385 in favour of Michael de la Pole. For more information on this creation, see the Duke of Suffolk (1448 creation).
The fourth creation came in 1603. Lord Thomas Howard was the second son of Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, by his second marriage to Margaret, daughter and heiress of the Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden.
Earl of Arundel is the oldest extant earldom and the oldest extant peerage in the Peerage of England. It is currently held by the Duke of Norfolk, and is used (along with the Earldom of Surrey) by his heir apparent as a courtesy title. It was created in 1138, for the Norman baron Sir William d'Aubigny. Until the mid-13th century, the earls were also frequently known as Earl of Sussex, until this title fell into disuse.: Entered by Jean Maunder >> Chronicon Monasterii de Abingdon, Vol. II, pp. 37 and 12.
: [224] Orderic Vitalis, Vol. VI, Book XII, p. 217.
: [225] CP XI Appendix D, 107.
: [226] Orderic Vitalis, Vol. VI, Book XII, p. 279.
: [227] Florentii Wigornensis Monachi Chronicon, Continuatio, p. 74.
: [228] William of Malmesbury, 419, p. 364.
: [229] Weir (2002), p. 48.
: [230] Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, E, 1120.
: [231] Gervase, p. 92.
: [232] William of Malmesbury, 418, p. 362.
: [233] Orderic Vitalis, Vol. V, Book X, p. 299.
: [234] Orderic Vitalis, Vol. VI, Book XII, p. 295.
: Thompson, Kathleen (2007). "From the Thames to Tinchebray: the Role of Normandy in the Early Career of Henry I". In Fleming, Donald F.; Pope,
: Janet M. Henry I and the Anglo-Norman World: Studies in Memory of C. Warren Hollister. Woodbridge, UK: The Boydell Press. pp. 16–26. ISBN 978-1-84383-293-5.
: Barlow, Frank (1979). The English Church 1066–1154: A History of the Anglo-Norman Church. New York: Longman. ISBN 0-582-50236-5.
: Partner, Nancy (December 1973). "Henry of Huntingdon: Clerical Celibacy and the Writing of History". Church History 42 (4): 467–475. doi:10.2307/3164967.
===Links===
* [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL.htm#_Toc321390480 Medlands]
=== Footnotes ===
----: Edited for Jan 2014 [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Acknowledgements Style Standards]. Gedcoms in Changes.
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== Richard of Lincoln (b. ante 1101 - 25 Nov 1120)==
Richard wrecked and drowned off Barfleur, Normandy 25 Nov 1120 in White Ship, along with his half-brother, William Adelin, Aethling."Richard the king's son" by Orderic Vitalis
}
===Early Life===
: p. Henry "Beauclerc" I and 3rd mistress, Ansfride or Ansfrida (widow of Anskill of Seacourt).: The Chronicle of Abingdon names "Anskillus" and "uxore Anskilli iam defuncti…filio eius…Willelmo" adding that "fratrem regis Henricum" was father of her son "Ricardum. A later passage called her "Ansfrida." when recording her death and the donation of the mill at Langford by "Willelmus filius eiusdem…de Anskillo marito suo" for her burial at Abingdon.
===Battles===
Orderic Vitalis named him, "Richard the king's son," and describes his capture by the forces of Louis VI "le Gros" King of France in 1119 at Andely.
* 20 Aug 1119: siege of Evreux at the battle of Brémulewith his father
* Sep 1119: siege of BreteuilOrderic Vitalis records that he "pleaded his sister's cause" with their father concerning the siege of Breteuil. He raised the siege of Breteuil in Sep 1119, and was betrothed to the daughter of its defender in the following year.
===White Ship===
The Continuator of Florence of Worcester names "Willelmus regis filius, Ricardus frater eius…" among those who drowned in the sinking of the White Ship.
William of Malmesbury also records Richard drowning in the sinking of the “White Ship”.
Weir states Henry I had a legitimate son named Richard, also drowned in the White Ship disaster, who was "Queen Matilda's son [according to] both Robert of Gloucester and the Saxon Chronicle". In the case of the latter, Chronicle E[230] refers to "two of the king's sons, William and Richard, being drowned", but does not specify who was their mother.
The Chronicle of Gervase records the birth of "alium quoque…filium Ricardum" ... the context refers to a legitimate son of King Henry by his first marriage. However, Gervase makes clear that this was the same son Richard who was later drowned in the White Ship.
According to William of Malmesbury, Queen Matilda "satisfied with a child of either sex … ceased having issue".
Orderic Vitalis also names only two legitimate children of King Henry.
While both Malmesbury and Orderic mention no children who may have died in infancy, it is unlikely they would not have named another legitimate son who survived into young adulthood, if he too drowned in the White Ship. It is therefore assumed the only son of King Henry's who was named Richard was this illegitimate son.
===Betrothal===
Betrothed (1120) to AMICE de Gaël, daughter of RAOUL de Gaël Seigneur de Montfort et de Breteuil & his wife --- (-after Apr 1168). She is named by Orderic Vitalis, who names her father and records that he arranged her betrothal, with Breteuil, Glos and Lire as her dowry[234]. She later married Robert de Beaumont Comte de Meulan Earl of Leicester.
===Education===
Richard was brought up and educated by Robert Bloet, the Bishop of Lincoln
===Titles===
It is suggested by some sources that he was granted the title of Earl of Suffolk, which may have been due to his betrothal to the grand-daughter of the Duke of Norfolk.
Earl of Suffolk is a title that has been created four times in the Peerage of England. The first creation, in tandem with the creation of the title of Earl of Norfolk, came before 1069 in favour of Ralph the Staller; but the title was forfeited by his heir, Ralph de Guader, in 1074.
The second creation came in 1337 in favour of Robert de Ufford; the title became extinct on the death of his son, the second Earl, in 1382.
The third creation came in 1385 in favour of Michael de la Pole. For more information on this creation, see the Duke of Suffolk (1448 creation).
The fourth creation came in 1603. Lord Thomas Howard was the second son of Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, by his second marriage to Margaret, daughter and heiress of the Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden.
Earl of Arundel is the oldest extant earldom and the oldest extant peerage in the Peerage of England. It is currently held by the Duke of Norfolk, and is used (along with the Earldom of Surrey) by his heir apparent as a courtesy title. It was created in 1138, for the Norman baron Sir William d'Aubigny. Until the mid-13th century, the earls were also frequently known as Earl of Sussex, until this title fell into disuse.: Entered by Jean Maunder >> Chronicon Monasterii de Abingdon, Vol. II, pp. 37 and 12.
: [224] Orderic Vitalis, Vol. VI, Book XII, p. 217.
: [225] CP XI Appendix D, 107.
: [226] Orderic Vitalis, Vol. VI, Book XII, p. 279.
: [227] Florentii Wigornensis Monachi Chronicon, Continuatio, p. 74.
: [228] William of Malmesbury, 419, p. 364.
: [229] Weir (2002), p. 48.
: [230] Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, E, 1120.
: [231] Gervase, p. 92.
: [232] William of Malmesbury, 418, p. 362.
: [233] Orderic Vitalis, Vol. V, Book X, p. 299.
: [234] Orderic Vitalis, Vol. VI, Book XII, p. 295.
: Thompson, Kathleen (2007). "From the Thames to Tinchebray: the Role of Normandy in the Early Career of Henry I". In Fleming, Donald F.; Pope,
: Janet M. Henry I and the Anglo-Norman World: Studies in Memory of C. Warren Hollister. Woodbridge, UK: The Boydell Press. pp. 16–26. ISBN 978-1-84383-293-5.
: Barlow, Frank (1979). The English Church 1066–1154: A History of the Anglo-Norman Church. New York: Longman. ISBN 0-582-50236-5.
: Partner, Nancy (December 1973). "Henry of Huntingdon: Clerical Celibacy and the Writing of History". Church History 42 (4): 467–475. doi:10.2307/3164967.
===Links===
* [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL.htm#_Toc321390480 Medlands]
=== Footnotes ===
----: Edited for Jan 2014 [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Acknowledgements Style Standards]. Gedcoms in Changes.
Events
| Birth | Bef 1101 | Abingdon Abbey, Berkshire, England | |||
| Death | 25 Nov 1120 | At Sea off Barfleur, Normandie, France | |||
| Reference No | 2077909 | ||||
| Reference No | 2106784 | ||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Father | Henry "Beauclerc, FitzWilliam, King of England" Normandie (1068 - 1135) |
| Mother | Ansfride UNKNOWN (1070 - ) |
| Sibling | Juliana Fontevrault (1090 - 1136) |
| Sibling | Foulques FitzRoy (1100 - ) |