Richard de Aguillon

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• From Gen-Medieval Archives: The Aguillon and the Ecstasy . ¹⁹³
From: "Chris Phillips" <cgp100@cgp100.dabsol.co.uk>
Subject: Re: The Aguillon and the Ecstasy
Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2001 00:01:31 +0100

The common ancestor is
MANASSER.
Witnessed a grant of William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl fo Arundel, to Boxgrave Priory (Mon. Ang. I 592b, no 30). Gave 13a land in Breteuil to the Abbey of St Andre en Gouffern (Mem de la Soc des Antiq de Norm 2 ser i 435) (cartul no 223). Still living 1156 (Rot Pip 2 H 2 Sussex).

The junior line, to the elder Robert Aguillon, runs as follows:

RICHARD, 3rd son
(Cart 11 H 3, p.1, m.8)
Witness to a charter of William, Earl of Arundel, to Boxgrave, temp Henry II (Mon Ang i 593a n 10).
Married Ela de Frivill, with whom he gave land in Congham to the Priory of Castle Acre, Norfolk (Reg de Castle Acre fo 32).

Living 10 June 1201 when with his son he witnessed the settlement of a dispute between William Earl Warren and the Abbot of Cluny (Cal Docs France i no 1403).

ROBERT, son and heir
[details of his career from 1203 to 1232 are given. Paget says this is the elder John, but as I said before, I wonder whether there may really be two Roberts in succession here.]

Anyhow, that's what Paget says. A lot of it is quite detailed, but it's not always obvious how the relationships could be proved from the sort of evidence that's cited. So maybe we should bear in mind the note of caution Todd Farmerie sounded before. Checking the chain link by link would be a fairly lengthy task...

Chris Phillips

Richard married Ela de Freville.