Henry de Pomeroy

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information. ¹⁴¹
Rohese, who married not later than 1146, Henry de la Pomerai, a great Devonsihire baron, son and heir of Joscelin de la Pomerai. He fought for Henry I in the rebellion of 1123, and in the King's later years, was a deputy or assitant Constable in his household. In 1136, he was one of Stephen's commander in Normandy. He prospered under Henry II. He was dead in 1167 and his wife was probably living in 1175/6. They left two sons, Henry and Joscelin.

~Cockayne's Complete Peerage, (Appendix D), Vol. XI, pp. 105-121

• Background Information. ⁹⁸¹
"Ralph de Pomeria obtained from the Conquerer, fifty-five lordships in Devon and two in Somerset. La Pomerai in Normandy, from which he derived his name, is situated on the river Orne. Ralph's son, Joscelin, in 25 Henry I (1124), gave to the Abbey of S. Marie du Val, in St. Omer, Normandy, the churches of Berry Pomeroy, Stockleight-Pomeroy, together with other lands in the country of Devonshire and in Normandy. Joceslin's son, Henry de Pomerai, was living in 1124, when he assented to the aforesaid gift by his father." Henry is mentioned by Ordericus Vitulis as "Henry, son of Joselin de Pomeré stationed at Pont-Antou," during the winter of 1123-1124, when there was a cessation of Arms, and King Henry I garrisoned the fortresses, entrusting them to his best officers among, whom was Henry de Pomeré. In 1137, he was witness to a deed in Normandy. In 1155, he was charged for Danegeld in Devonshire; and in 1164, he paid £7 12s. 6d. for the scutage of Wales. Soon after 1166, when he was returned as holding three fees in Cornwall, he probably died. His wife, Rohesia, was a sister of Reginald, Earl of Cornwall.

~Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall, Vol.X, po. 165-166

Henry married Rohese of England, daughter of daughter of Herbert Fitz Herbert (or Henry I "Beauclerc" King of England) and Sibyl Corbet Lady of Alcester.¹⁶⁰ (Rohese of England was born about 1115 in Blaen Llyfni, Brecknockshire, Wales and died after 1176 in Berry Pomeroy, Totnes, Devonshire, England ¹⁴¹.)