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• Alternate Surnames: Busli, Bushli
• Appointments / Titles: Tickhill, Yorkshire, England; Baron
• Appointments / Titles: Lord of Builli
• FSID: GCS9-326
• Military: 1066; Participated in the conquest of England

Notes:

Roger de Busli (c. 1038-c. 1099) was a Norman baron who participated in the conquest of England in 1066.

Roger de Busli was born in or around 1038. His surname comes from the town now known as Bully (near Neufchâtel-en-Bray, mentioned as Buslei ar. 1060, Busli 12th century.) in Normandy, and he was likely born there. Busli was given lands in Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and the Strafforth wapentake of Yorkshire. These had previously belonged to a variety of Anglo-Saxons, including Edwin, Earl of Mercia and Rynold de Wynterwade, patriarch of the Wentworth family.

By the time of the Domesday survey de Busli was tenant-in-chief of 86 manors in Nottinghamshire, 46 in Yorkshire, and others in Derbyshire, Lincolnshire and Leicestershire, plus one in Devon. They became the Honour of Blyth (later renamed the Honour of Tickhill), and within it, de Busli erected numerous castles, at Tickhill, Kimberworth, Laughton-en-le-Morthen and Mexborough.

Much of the de Busli's family's leverage came from their familial relationships with the crown through the Counts of Eu. Roger de Busli's wife Muriel was in favour with the queen, to whom she was probably a lady-in-waiting or a kinswoman, evident in the queen's grant to de Busli of the manor of Sandford upon his marriage. The de Buslis had one son, also called Roger, who died as an infant, thus leaving no heirs. Beatrix, probably Roger's daughter (or possibly his sister), married William, Count of Eu.

De Busli died in the last years of the 11th century without an heir. His lands were given to Robert de Bellême, but de Bellême lost them in 1102 after he led a rebellion against Henry I. Ernulf de Busli, probably Roger's brother, may then have inherited some of the lands; these were then passed to his son Jordan and grandson Richard de Busli. Richard de Busli was co-founder of Roche Abbey, South Yorkshire with Richard FitzTurgis in 1147.

The male line of the de Busli family ran out in 1213, and the de Busli family holdings passed into the family of Vipont through the marriage of Idonea de Busli with Robert de Vipont (Vieuxpont).

Family/Spouse: Chappell, Muriel. Muriel (daughter of Chappel, Eudo and de Conteville, Muriel) was born in 1040 in Somerset, England; died in 1123. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate Surnames: Busli, Bushli
• FSID: 9Z8F-4XF

Family/Spouse: of Hastings, William II. William was born in 1045 in Eu, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; died on 2 Jan 1096 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England; was buried in 1096 in Hastings, Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FSID: LTG4-8JL

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Henry I, Count of Eu and Lord of Hastings (ca. 1075-12 July 1140) was the son of William II, Count of Eu, and his wife Helisende d'Avranches was the sister of Hugh d'Avranches, Earl of Chester. Henry descended from Richard I, Duke of Normandy. His father died in 1096, having revolted against King William II of England.

As the eldest son, Henry succeeded William as Count of Eu and Lord of Hastings. In 1101, he supported Duke Robert Curthose against his brother Henry Beauclerc who has just seized the English throne. Robert left Tréport, the domain of the county of Eu, to invade England. Orderic Vitalis reports that in 1104, while still in Normandy, Henry submitted to the English king. He fought for the king at the Battle of Tinchebray in 1106, where Duke Robert was taken prisoner, to remain in captivity for the rest of his life.

Henry the joined to cause of William Clito, the son of Duke Robert, in the coalition composed of Baldwin VII of Flanders, Fulk V of Anjou, and Louis VI the Fat. In 1117, Henry and Hugh de Gournay were arrested at Rouen by Henry I. On the promise of good behaviour and at the request of William de Warenne, they were released. Nevertheless, Henry and Hugh, joining with Stephen of Aumale, led a rebellion in the northeast and provided military support to Baldwin VI. The rebellion ended in September 1118 at the Battle of Bures-en-Brai, where Baldwin was mortally wounded. Henry returned to the side of King Henry I.

A few months later, on August 20, 1119, Henry was one several barons who accompanied King Henry I when a meeting of the Norman and French royal armies gave rise to the Battle of Brémule. The French were swept away, and Louis VI had to flee and take refuge in the fortress of Les Andelys. In the following month, he took part in the defense of the town of Breteuil, which was attacked by the French king and his ally Amaury III of Montfort. Once again, the French were defeated. In 1124, William of Grandcourt, one of Henry's sons, took part in the ambush at Bourgtheroulde.. He captured Amaury III of Montfort, but chose to desert rather than hand him over to Henry I. In 1127, Henry again openly supported William Clito.

Henry first married Mathilde and secondly Hermentrude, both of unknown families. He married thirdly Marguerite de Sully, daughter of William the Simple, Count of Sully, and his wife Agnes.
Henry and Marguerite had four children:
1. John, Count of Eu and Lord of Hastings
2. Béatrice of Eu
3. Mathilde (Mahout) of Eu (d. 1153)
4. Stephen (Etienne) of Eu (d. after 1140).

5.William of Grandcourt (d. 1150 or after) was also a son of Henry's but likely illegitimate.

Henry founded the Savignian abbey of Foucarmont in 1129, now known as La Fontaine Saint Martin. Henry embraced a religious life by becoming the Augustinian canon of the abbey Notre-Dame d'Eu. His death is marked on 12 July in the obituary of the abbey of Foucarmont, where he is buried.

Upon Henry's death, his son John became Count of Eu and Lord of Hastings.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_I,_Count_of_Eu

Henry married de Sully, Marguerite in 1122 in Eu, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France. Marguerite (daughter of de Blois, WIlliam and de Sully, Agnes) was born in 1110 in Chartres, Eure-et-Loir, Centre, France; died on 14 Dec 1145 in Foucarmont, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; was buried on 15 Dec 1145 in Foucarmont Abbey, Foucarmont, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FSID: G98D-ZKQ

Helisende married de St. Leger, Sir Reginald I in 1125 in Wartling, Sussex, England. Reginald (son of de St. Leger, Sir Geoffrey and FitzGilbert, Adeliza de Clare) was born in 1115 in Wartling, Sussex, England; died in 1176 in Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]