Peter de Valognes
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Peter de Valognes{{efn|Also Piers de Valognes, or Valoignes.}} (1045–1110) was a Norman noble who became a great landowner in England following his part as a commander in the 1066 Norman conquest of England.{{cite book |last=Douglas |first=Robert |authorlink=Sir Robert Douglas, 6th Baronet |title=The peerage of Scotland: containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom, ... collected from the public records, and ancient chartularies of this nation, ... Illustrated with copper-plates. By Robert Douglas, Esq;. |date=1764 |url=http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004896980.0001.000 |section= Valoniis Lord of Panmure |section-url=https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecco;idno=004896980.0001.000;rgn=div1;view=text;cc=ecco;node=004896980.0001.000:199 |pp=637–638 |access-date=7 April 2025 |page=}}
Land holdings
Between 1070 and 1076, Peter de Valognes was granted lands in the six counties of Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex and Lincolnshire. In 1086, when the Domesday book was completed, Peter was sheriff of the counties of Essex and Hertfordshire and he farmed the boroughs of Havering and Hertford. Peter de Valognes made his caput in Benington in Hertfordshire where a motte-and-bailey castle was built in the late 11th or early 12th century. Peter's most valuable lands however, were in Norfolk, the latter being a later grant at the forfeiture of Ralph de Guader after the revolt of the Earls in 1075.
Binham Priory
Peter de Valognes was the founder of Binham Priory in North Norfolk in 1091,The King’s England series, NORFOLK, by Arthur Mee, Pub: Hodder and Stoughton,1972, page 32 Binham, {{ISBN|0-340-15061-0}}{{Harvnb|Parkin|1809|p=26}} which was built on land given to him by William the Conqueror. The land on which the priory stands was, according to the Domesday Book, originally the property of a freeman named Esket.
Marriage and issue
Peter de Valognes married Albreda de Rie, the sister of Eudo the Dapifer,[https://books.google.com/books?id=q2gJAQAAIAAJ&dq=petrus+valoniensis&pg=PA347 Annales monasterii S. Albani, Johannes Amundesham, St. Albans Abbey, 1870] ... quod ego, Petrus Valoniensis, et Alberethea, uxor mea, concedentibus filiis meis, Wilelmo et Rogero, consilio etiam nepotis mei, Walteri... and are known to have had the following known children:
- Roger de Valognes, Lord of Benington, married Agnes, daughter of John FitzRichard, had issue.
- Robert, married Agnes de Clavering, daughter of John fitz Nigel, had issue.
- Peter, married Aubrey, daughter of William FitzNeel, Lord of Halton, and Agnes de Widness, had issue.
- William, died without legitimate heirs.
- Muriel, married firstly William de Bachetone and secondly Hubert de Munchensy, had issue.
- daughter, married Alfred of Attleborough, had issue.
Notes
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References
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- {{cite book|title=An essay towards a topographical history of the county of Norfolk|first=Charles|last=Parkin|author-link=Charles Parkin|publisher=Oxford University|year=1809|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QAYVAAAAQAAJ&q=Pattesley+roger&pg=PA27|volume=3}}
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Category:High sheriffs of Essex
Category:High sheriffs of Hertfordshire