Kevin Patrick Mostyn Family - Person Sheet
Kevin Patrick Mostyn Family - Person Sheet
NameRanulph DE MESCHIN Earl Of Chester, 25G Grandfather
FatherRanulph DE MESCHIN Viscount Of Bayeux (~1050->1089)
MotherMargaret D' AVRANCHES (~1053->1084)
Web Notes notes for Ranulph DE MESCHIN Earl Of Chester
Weis' "Ancestral Roots. . ." (125:27), (132A:26), (132D:26), (246B:25). Called le Meschin, de Briquessart.
Cokayne's "Complete Peerage" (Chester, p.166).
According to the "Dictionary of National Biography" Randulf came to England with WILLIAM THE CONQUERER and received the city of Carlisle, becoming lord of that district. His land holdings were greatly increased as a result of his marriage to the heiress LUCY. He supported KING HENRY I in 1106 and led the van in the Batle of Tinchebrai. He was also loyal to HENRY in the struggle of 1119. Upon the death of his mother's nephew, Richard of Avaranches in 1119 in the tragedy of the White Ship, Randulf succeded to the Earldom of Chester. His career as Earl of Chester appears to have been uneventful, save that in 1123 he was sent over with the EARL OF GLOUCESTER to secure the safety of Normandy, then threatened by FULK V, COUNT OF ANJOU.
Cokayne's "Complete Peerage" (Chester, p.166).
According to the "Dictionary of National Biography" Randulf came to England with WILLIAM THE CONQUERER and received the city of Carlisle, becoming lord of that district. His land holdings were greatly increased as a result of his marriage to the heiress LUCY. He supported KING HENRY I in 1106 and led the van in the Batle of Tinchebrai. He was also loyal to HENRY in the struggle of 1119. Upon the death of his mother's nephew, Richard of Avaranches in 1119 in the tragedy of the White Ship, Randulf succeded to the Earldom of Chester. His career as Earl of Chester appears to have been uneventful, save that in 1123 he was sent over with the EARL OF GLOUCESTER to secure the safety of Normandy, then threatened by FULK V, COUNT OF ANJOU.