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• Appointments / Titles: Barnstaple, Devon, England; 1st Lord of Barnstaple
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• Residence: Totnes, Devon, England
• Residence: Barnstaple, Devon, England

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Also known as :Johel DeTotenais , Judhael de Totnes 1st Lord Barnstaple

Juhel de Totnes
Juhel de Totnes (died 1123/30) (alias Juhel fitz Alfred, Juhel de Mayenne,
[1] Judel, Judhel, Judael,
Judhael, Joel, Judhel de Totenais), Latinised to Judhellus filius Aluredi, "Juhel son of Alured") was a
soldier and supporter of William the Conqueror (1066-1087). He was the first Anglo-Norman feudal
baron of Totnes and feudal baron of Barnstaple, both in Devon.
Origins
Career
Progeny
Death
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Further reading
He originated either in Brittany or in Mayenne, in the Pays de la Loire/Maine, as his surname of de
Mayenne given in an early charter suggests. He was the son of a certain Alfred, Latinised to Aluredus,
[2]
expressed in Anglo-Norman French as fitz Alfred (i.e. Latin filius, modern French fils de, "son of"). He
had a brother named Robert (Latin: Rotbertus) named in the foundation charter of Totnes Priory, c. 1087.
In 1069 Juhel was one of the leaders of the Breton forces on the Norman side, fighting against the
remaining forces that had been loyal to King Harold.
[3] He had been granted by William the Conqueror
the feudal barony of Totnes, Devon, and held many manors in south-west England, at the time of the
Domesday Book of 1086, including Clawton, Broadwood Kelly, Bridford and Cornworthy.
[4][5][6][7]
In
about 1087, he founded Totnes Priory. He was expelled from the barony of Totnes shortly after the death
of King William I in 1087. According to the historian Frank Barlow (1983), King William II "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".[8] However at some time before 1100 Juhel was granted the large
feudal barony of Barnstaple, Devon.[9]
Juhel had two daughters and a son named Alfred, the latter who died without progeny before 1139.[10]
Alfred's two sisters, one of whose name is unknown and Aenor, were his co-heiresses, each inheriting a
moiety of the barony of Barnstaple. The unnamed sister married Henry de Tracy[11]
whilst Aenor married
Philip de Braose (d. 1134/55), feudal baron of Bramber, Sussex and a Marcher Lord.,
[12]
son of William I
de Braose (d. 1093/6). In 1206 Juhel's great-grandson William III de Braose (1140/50-1211) regained
control of 1/2 the barony of Totnes.[13]
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Progeny
Juhel was still living in 1123 but had died before 1130.[14]
John Bryan Williams, "Judhael of Totnes: The Life and Times of a Post-Conquest Baron",
Anglo-Norman Studies; 16 (1993) pp. 271–289
1. Monasticon, iv, p. 630; v, p. 198; Regesta, ii, no. 1391 (quoted by Sanders, p. 89)
2. Aluredus (nominative case), Aluredi (genitive)
3. E. M. R. Ditmas, "Reappraisal of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Allusions to Cornwall", Speculum,
Vol. 48, No. 3 (Jul., 1973), pp. 510-524.
4. "British History Online : Parishes : Parishes : Cadbury - Clawton" (http://www.british-history.
ac.uk/magna-britannia/vol6/pp92-102). British-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
5. "British History Online : Parishes : Bridestowe - Butterleigh" (http://www.british-history.ac.uk/
report.asp?compid=50570). British-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
6. "British History Online : Parishes : Parishes : Bickton - Bridford" (http://www.british-history.a
c.uk/report.asp?compid=50569). British-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
7. "British History Online : Parishes : Parishes : Colyton - Culmstock" (http://www.british-histor
y.ac.uk/magna-britannia/vol6/pp129-151). British-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
8. Barlow, F., William Rufus (1983), p. 171.
9. Sanders, I. J., English Baronies, Oxford, 1960, p. 104, Barnstaple
10. Sanders, I. J., English Baronies, Oxford, 1960, p. 104, Barnstaple
11. https://www.archive.org/stream/conquerorhiscomp02planuoft/conquerorhiscomp02planuoft_dj
Excerpt: TRACIE, "Sire de," 1. 13,605. The Norman family of Tracy does not appear to have
been of much importance in England before the reign of Stephen, who bestowed upon
Henry de Tracy the honour of Benstable (Barnstaple) in Devonshire ; but the first of the
name we hear of is Turgis, or Turgisins de Tracy, who with William de la Ferte was defeated
and driven out of Maine by Fulk le Rechin, Count of Anjou, in 1073, and who was therefore
in all probability the Sire de Tracy in the army at Hastings. Tracy is in the neighbourhood of
Vire, arrondissement of Caen, and the ruins of a magnificent castle of the middle ages were
and may still be seen there. In 1082 a charter was subscribed at Tracy by a William de Traci
and his nephew Gilbert (Gallia Christina, xi. Instrum. p. 107), one or the other being most
likely the son of Turgis, and the father of Henry of Barnstaple. The name of Tracy- is
principally known to the readers of English history from the unenviable notoriety of a William
de Tracy, one of the cowardly murderers of Thomas & Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury,
A.D. 1170 ; but his connection with the inain line is obscure, as in his charter granting to the
Canons of Torre, in the county of Devon, all his lands at North Chillingford, he writes himself
William de Traci, son of Gervase de Courtenay, whose name I do not find in the pedigree of
that house. Publication: THE CONQUEROR AND HIS COMPANIONS. Author: James
Robinson Planché, Somerset Herald. Publisher: Tinsley Brothers, 8, CATHERINE STREET,
STRAND, LONDON. Year: 1874.
12. Cokayne, George E (1910), The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great
Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, I, London: St Catherine Press,
p. 21
13. Sanders, I. J., English Baronies, Oxford, 1960, pp. 89-90, Tot

Judeal married de Picquigny, Bertha in 1074 in Bramber, Sussex, England. Bertha (daughter of de Picquigny, Eustache and de Pecguigny, Adele) was born in 1054 in Barnstaple, Devon, England; died in 1145 in Barnstaple, Devon, England; was buried in 1145 in Saint Peter's Church, Barnstaple, Devon, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Aenor Eva de Totenais
Birth: circa 1084 Barnstaple, North Devon, Devonshire, England
Death: 1153 (65-73)
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Immediate Family:
Daughter of Lord Judeal Juhel de Totenais, of Barnstable and Bertha de Picquigny
Wife of Philip de Braose, 2nd Lord of Bramber

Mother of William de Braose II, 3rd Lord of Bramber; Robert de Braose; Philip de Braose, II; Basilia de Braose; Maud Matilda de Braose; and Gillian de Braose « less
Half sister of Walter/Watheus lord of Etchells, Bredbury, and Brinnington and William de Aldithley, Knight

Aenor married de Braose, Sir Philip in 1098 in Sussex, England. Philip (son of de Braose, William I and de Boissey, Eve) was born in 1070 in Bramber, Sussex, England; died in May 1134 in Israel. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Nickname: Agnes
• FSID: LZGX-CTK

Aveline married de Harcourt, Ivo Rollo in 1150 in Shenton, Leicestershire, England. Ivo was born in 1130 in Shenton, Leicestershire, England; died in 1180 in Shenton, Leicestershire, England; was buried in 1180 in Saint Michael's Church, Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Appointments / Titles: Bramber, Sussex, England; 3rd Lord of Bramber
• Appointments / Titles: Between 1173 and 1175, Herefordshire, England; Sheriff of Herefordshire

William married de Pitres, Bertha in 1150. Bertha was born in 1130 in England; died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Margaret married de Holland, Mathew in 1197. Mathew (son of de Holland, Siward and de Shockley, Lady Juliana Eva) was born in 1171 in Upholland, Lancashire, England; died in 1224 in Upholland, Lancashire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Appointments / Titles: Lord of Gower, Abergavenny, Brecknock, Builth, Radnor, Kington, Limerick, Glamorgan, Skenfrith, Briouze in Normandy, Grosmont, and White Castle
• FSID: 9HTG-9V9
• Appointments / Titles: Between 1192 and 1199, Herefordshire, England; Sheriff of Herefordshire
• Military: 1195, Painscastle, Radnorshire, Wales; The castle remained in Welsh hands until about 1195 when the area was captured by William de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber, who refortified the castle. His formidable wife Maud de Braose, also known as Matilda, held Painscastle against the Welsh for a few m

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William de Braose, (or William de Briouze), 4th Lord of Bramber (1144/1153 – 9 August 1211), court favourite of King John of England, at the peak of his power, was also Lord of Gower, Abergavenny, Brecknock, Builth, Radnor, Kington, Limerick, Glamorgan, Skenfrith, Briouze in Normandy, Grosmont, and White Castle.
William was the most notable member of the de Braose dynasty. His steady rise and sudden fall at the hands of King John is often taken as an example of that king's arbitrary and capricious behaviour towards his barons.

William was the son of William de Braose, 3rd Lord of Bramber and his wife Bertha of Hereford, also known as Bertha de Pitres, (born 1130) daughter of Miles Fitz Walter, Earl of Hereford and his wife, Sibyl, daughter of Bernard de Neufmarche. From his father he inherited the Rape of Bramber, in Sussex, and through his mother he inherited a large estate in the Welsh Marches area of modern-day Monmouthshire.

In 1175, William de Braose carried out the Abergavenny Massacre, luring three Welsh princes and other Welsh leaders to their deaths. His principal antagonist was a Seisyll ap Dyfnwal, of Castell Arnallt near Llanover in the valley of the River Usk near Abergavenny, whom he blamed for the death of his uncle Henry. After having invited the Welsh leaders to a Christmas feast at Abergavenny Castle under the pretense of peace and the start of a new era at the end of the year (a traditional time for settling outstanding differences amongst the Welsh), he had them murdered by his men. This resulted in great hostility against him among the Welsh, who named him the "Ogre of Abergavenny". Gerald of Wales exonerates him and emphasizes the religious piety of de Braose and his wife and de Braose generosity to the priories of Abergavenny and Brecon. William de Braose did however reputedly hunt down and kill Seisyll ap Dyfnwal's surviving son, Cadwaladr, a boy of seven.

In 1192 William de Braose was made sheriff of Herefordshire, a post he held until 1199. In 1196 he was made Justice Itinerant for Staffordshire. In 1195 he accompanied King Richard I of England to Normandy and in 1199, William de Braose fought beside Richard at Châlus, where the king was mortally wounded. He then supported King John's claim to the throne of England, and represented the new king, making various royal grants.

In 1203, William de Braose was put in charge of Arthur of Brittany, whom he had personally captured the previous year at the Battle of Mirebeau. William was suspected of involvement in Arthur's disappearance and death, although no concrete evidence ever came to light. There is somewhat better evidence that he at least knew the truth of the matter. William was in attendance with John in Normandy at the time of Arthur of Brittany's imprisonment and it was alleged that Arthur suffered the same fate as the Welsh princes at William's hand, although this has never been proven. Arthur's death remains a mystery. After Arthur disappeared, De Braose served in the war of 1204 against King Philip II of France in France.

He was greatly favoured by King John early in his reign. John granted him all that he might conquer from the Welsh in Radnorshire, gave him lordship over Limerick in Ireland (save for the city itself), possession of Glamorgan castle, and the Lordship of Gower with its several castles.

In early 1200, King John deprived Theobald Walter, 1st Baron Butler of all his offices and lands in Ireland because of his irregularities as sheriff. His lands were not restored until January 1202. ...
Before 1206 William successfully claimed half of the barony of Totnes from Henry de Nonant, to which family it had been granted after its forfeiture from Juhel de Totnes.
In 1206, after his service in France, King John gave William de Braose the three great neighbouring trilateral castles of Gwent (Skenfrith Castle, Grosmont Castle, and White Castle). These have been interpreted as bribes encouraging silence on the demise of Arthur, seen by many as a rightful heir to the throne occupied by John of England.

At this point only an earldom separated him from the greatest in England.

Soon after this, William de Braose fell out of favour with King John of England. The precise reasons remain obscure. King John cited overdue monies that de Braose owed the Crown from his estates, but the King's actions went far beyond what would be necessary to recover the debt. He distrained (seized) de Braose's English estates in Sussex and Devon, and sent a force to invade Wales to seize the de Braose domains there. Beyond that, he sought de Braose's wife, Maud de St. Valery, who, the story goes, had made no secret of her belief that King John had murdered Arthur of Brittany.

De Braose fled to Ireland, then returned to Wales as King John had him hunted in Ireland. In Wales, William allied himself to the Welsh Prince Llywelyn the Great, and helped him in his rebellion against King John.

In 1210, William de Braose fled Wales disguised as a beggar, to France. His wife and eldest son were captured. William died the following year in August 1211 at Corbeil, France. He was buried in the Abbey of St. Victor in Paris by a fellow exile and vociferous opponent of King John, Stephen Langton, the Archbishop of Canterbury. His hopes to return alive to Wales and for a burial in Brecon were to be unfulfilled. William's wife, Maud, and eldest son, William, once captured, were allegedly murdered by King John, possibly starved to death while incarcerated at Windsor Castle and Corfe Castle in 1210.

While William had aroused the jealousy of the other barons during his rise, the arbitrary and violent manner of his fall very probably discomfited them and played a role in the Baronial uprisings of the next decade. The historian Sidney Painter, in his biography of King John, called it "the greatest mistake John made during his reign, as the King revealed to his Barons once and for all his capacity for cruelty."

The de Braose lineage
1. William de Braose's eldest son, William, married Maud (Matilda) de Clare (ca. 1184–1213), the daughter of Richard de Clare, 3rd Earl of Hertford. This younger William was captured with his mother and starved to death in 1210. He had fathered four sons, John, Giles, Philip and Walter and although they were also held in prison, they were released in 1218. John, the eldest, was said to have been brought up secretly, in Gower, by a Welsh ally or retainer. On his release he came under the care of his uncle Giles de Braose. John made a claim to being the rightful heir of the de Braose lands and titles and although the courts did not find for him, his other uncle Reginald de Braose was able to cede by a legal convention the Baronies of both Gower and Bramber to him for a fee. This established John's branch of the family and positioned it for survival at least or, at best, an opportunity for continued future power and influence.
2. The middle son, Giles de Braose, exiled in France until 1213, was Bishop of Hereford from 1200 until his death in 1215. He made peace with King John and agreed terms for regaining de Braose lands in 1215 but had also made alliances with the Welsh leader Llywelyn the Great. He died in 1215 before he could come into the lands.
3. William's third son, Reginald de Braose reacquired his father's lands and titles for himself through simply seizing them back by force following the death of Giles. Reginald did not actually come to terms with the Crown until 1217 and the new, young King Henry III of England, after the death of King John. This, in turn, aroused the anger of Llywelyn the Great who had an understanding with Giles de Braose and the seeming duplicity caused the Welsh to attack de Braose lands in Brecon and Abergavenny and Gower. Abergavenny Castle had to be rebuilt as a result. Reginald de Braose died in 1228.
4. William's eldest daughter Matilda/Maud married a prominent Welsh prince, Gruffydd ap Rhys II of Deheubarth.
5. Another daughter, Margaret, married Walter de Lacy, Lord of Meath in Ireland and himself another powerful Marcher Lord.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_de_Braose,_4th_Lord_of_Bramber

William married de Valéry, Lady Maud in 1167 in Bramber Castle, Bramber, Sussex, England. Maud (daughter of de Valéry, Bernard IV and de Valéry, Matilda) was born on 30 Nov 1155 in France; died in 1210 in Corfe Castle, Dorset, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]