Baldwin FitzGilbert

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Baldwin fitz Gilbert (alias Baldwin de Meulles/Moels etc., listed in Domesday Book as Baldwin the Sheriff[1]) was a Norman nobleman, the son of Gilbert, Count of Brionne who, along with his brother Richard fitz Gilbert, accompanied William, Duke of Normandy and participated in the conquest of England in 1066. He was also known as Baldwin de Meules et du Sap, Baldwin of Exeter and Baldwin the Sheriff.[2] Baldwin was granted 164 manors in Devon,[3] south-west England. He was originally from Meulles, Calvados in Normandy.

In 1068 William the Conqueror made him castellan of the newly built Rougemont Castle in Exeter, granted him the feudal barony of Okehampton, Devon, and appointed him High Sheriff of Devonshire, which position he held until his death. He built Okehampton Castle.[4][5]

Death and legacy

Baldwin died in 1090. He had married twice (Albreda and Emma) and had three sons, Richard fitz Baldwin (his heir), William, and Robert, all of whom died childless.[6] After Baldwin's death in 1095 and the deaths of his three sons without heirs, his daughter Adeliza was the heiress. Another daughter, possibly named Matilda, married William fitzWimund, who is listed in Domesday Book as holding lands from Baldwin.[7]

Notes

  1. The heading at the start of the listing of his Devon lands is Terra(e) Baldvini Vicecomitis ("lands of Baldwin the viscount"
  2. William Rufus (1983), p. 162, confirming his father and brother
  3. , lists manors; with Domesday Survey extract; says 159 manors in Devon.
  4. Barlow, p. 446.
  5. Essay On The Belle-Balliol Dynasty - Historical Study On The Belle-Balliol Dynasty
  6. Barlow, p. 469.
  7. Keats-Rohan, K. S. B. (1999). Domesday People: A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents, 1066–1166: Domesday Book. Ipswich, UK: Boydell Press. p. 162. ISBN 0-85115-722-x Check |isbn= value (help). 

Note: it was 1068 when he was asked to build Rougemont Castle following William I's successful siege of Exeter.

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