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Chief Justiciar of England Ranulph de Glanville

Chief Justiciar of England Ranulph de Glanville

Male Abt 1120 - 1191  (71 years)


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  • Name Ranulph de Glanville 
    Title Chief Justiciar of England 
    Birth Abt 1120  Stratford St Andrew, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation From 1163 to 1170  Along with the majority of High Sheriffs, he was removed from office for corruption. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Sheriff of Yorkshire, Warwickshire and Leicestershire 
    He+founded+Butley+Priory+for+Black+Canons+in+Suffolk. 1171 
    Occupation 1173 
    appointed Sheriff of Lancashire and custodian of the honour of Richmond 
    Military Service 1174 
    When he was Sheriff of Westmorland, he was one of the English leaders at the Battle of Alnwick, and it was to him that the king of Scotland, William the Lion, surrendered. 
    Occupation 1175 
    reappointed Sheriff of Yorkshire  
    Occupation 1176 
    He was made custodian of Queen Eleanor of Aquitane, who was confined to her quarters in Winchester Castle. 
    Occupation From 1176 to 1180 
    Justice of the King's Court and a justice itinerant in the northern circuit 
    Occupation From 1180 to 1189 
    Chief Justiciar of England during the reign of King Henry II 
    Occupation 1180 
    Justiciar of England  
    He+founded+Leiston+Abbey%2C+for+White+Canons. 1183 
    He+took+the+cross%2C+and+died+at+the+siege+of+Acre+in+1190. 17 Sep 1189 
    Title of Nobility Lord of Middleton, Baron of the Exchequer 1174 
    Residence Leiston, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    _FSFTID LHGS-WCF 
    Death 21 Oct 1191  Yerushalayim, Jerusalem, Israel Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Coverham, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I26415  My Genealogy | Gent Tree received from familysearch
    Last Modified 13 Oct 2023 

    Father Hervey de Glanville,   b. Abt 1095, Bawdsey, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1166, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 72 years) 
    Mother Matilda,   b. Abt 1096, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. DECEASED 
    Family ID F11561  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Bertha Valoines,   b. Abt 1130, Parham, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1208, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1146 
    Children 
     1. Maud Glanville,   b. Abt 1143   d. 1170 (Age 27 years)
     2. Helewise de Glanville,   b. 1148, Coverham, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Mar 1195, Coverham, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years)
     3. Osbert de Glanville,   b. Abt 1162, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1189 (Age > 28 years)
     4. William Glanville,   b. 1165, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1228, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
    Family ID F10052  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 13 Oct 2023