Family of Ralph de LIMESI

Partner: Ralph de LIMESI (c. 1030- )
Partner: (unknown)
Children: Alan de LIMESI (c. 1060- )

Partner: Ralph de LIMESI

Name: Ralph de LIMESI
Sex: Male
Father: -
Mother: -
Birth c. 1030 Alost

Child 1: Alan de LIMESI

Name: Alan de LIMESI
Sex: Male
Spouse: Hawise de LINDSAY ( - )
Birth c. 1060 Limesy, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France

Note on Husband: Ralph de LIMESI

Ralf de Limesi was born in Alost about 1030 AD. He had a small Norman manor in Limesi, on the north side of the Seine valley. He was the Chamberlain, to the Flemish Court. Ralph de Limesi left a son, Alan, in Warwickshire and heirs of unknown name in Limesi.

 

Ralph de Limesi (or Ralph de Ghent or Ralph de Lindsay) came to England with William the Conqueror in 1066 AD. He received Domesday estates in Somerset, Devonshire, Hertfordshire, Northamptonshire, Warwickshire (his most important holdings), Nottinghamshire, Essex, Norfolk and Bedingfield, Suffolk as tenant in chief.

 

Ralph’s coat of arms was gules, an eagle displayed or.

 

Ralph de Limesi and his wife, Hawisa, founded Hertford Priory and they were generous benefactors to the Priory thereafter. Ralph died in mid-1090’s in the monastery of St Albans.