Juhel of Totnes
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Juhel of Totnes[1] was a Breton nobleman and supporter of William I of England of the eleventh century.
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[edit] Life
He was in 1069 one of the leaders of Breton forces on the Norman side, fighting against the remaining forces that had been loyal to Harold II of England[2] He was Lord of Totnes, and holder of many manors in south-west England, at the time of the Domesday Survey (1086)[3]. He was however dispossessed or pushed out of Totnes shortly afterward. According to Frank Barlow[4] William II of England
- replaced the Breton Judhel, whom he expelled from Totnes at the beginning of his reign for an unknown reason, with his favourite, Roger (I) of Nonant.
[edit] Family
His daughter Aenor married Philip de Briouze[5], son of William de Braose, 1st Lord of Bramber.
[edit] References
- John Bryan Williams, Judhael of Totnes: The Life and Times of a Post-Conquest Baron, Anglo-Norman Studies 16 (1993) pp. 271-289
[edit] Notes
- ^ Judel, Judhel, Judael, Judhael, Joel of Totnes, Judhel de Totenais, Judhellus filius Aluredi, Juhel fitz Alfred, Juhel de Mayenne.
- ^ E. M. R. Ditmas, Reappraisal of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Allusions to Cornwall, Speculum, Vol. 48, No. 3 (Jul., 1973), pp. 510-524.
- ^ For example Clawton[1], Broadwood Kelly[2], Bridford[3], Cornworthy[4].
- ^ William Rufus (1983), p. 171.
- ^ [5], [6]
