Theobald de Valoignes

[Raymond Phair]

Jay Cary asked about Theobald de Valeines I (or Valognes), father-in-law
of Ranulf de Glanville, and his grandson Theobald de Valeines II.

Theobald I was probably a son of Hamo de Valenis; see my 21 Feb 1999 posting
about Ranulf de Glanville. Very little is known about Theobald. He occured
in the 1130 pipe roll and in 2 charters (about 1135) [1]. The Valognes fee
is described by Clay in EYC vol.5, who noted that no connection has been
discovered to the Domesday sheriff of Essex, Peter de Valognes, nor any
other family using the name Valognes. Theobald's family name was usually
spelled Valeines or Velaines.

His grandson, Theobald de Valeines II (son of Robert), founder of Hickling
priory in co. Norfolk, justice, and sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk, died
before Michaelmas 1209 when his son Thomas had succeeded [2]. Thomas,
according to Dugdale, was one of the barons who rebelled against king John
[3]. Clay, Mortimer, and Brown, have discussed other relatives, as well as
possible ones, of Theobald I [4].

[1] "Early Yorkshire Charters" (EYC), ed. W. Farrer and C.T. Clay, 1914-65,
4:nos. 10, 11
[2] EYC 5:235; P. Brown, "Sibton Abbey cartularies and charters", 1:104
(1985); W. Dugdale, "Monasticon Anglicanum", 1817-30, 6:476.
[3] W. Dugdale, "The baronage of England", repr. 1977, 1:441. Dugdale
mistakenly thought Theobald II was the father-in-law of Ranulf de
Glanville.
[4] EYC 5:234-7; R. Mortimer, Bulletin of the Institute of Historical
Research 54:7-9 (1981); Brown, 1:104-5.

Ray Phair