Richard Fitz Turold
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Richard Fitz Turold (died after 1103–06) (alias fitzThorold, fitzTurolfSanders, p.110; for a detailed discussion on the variant forms of his name see Thorn & Thorn, part 2 (notes), chapter 30) was an eleventh-century Anglo-Norman landowner in Cornwall and Devon, mentioned in the Domesday Book. In the 13th century his estates formed part of the Feudal barony of Cardinham, Cornwall,Sanders, I.J. English Baronies: A Study of their Origin and Descent 1086-1327, Oxford, 1960, p.110, Barony of Cardinham and in 1166 as recorded in the Cartae Baronum his estates had been held as a separate fiefdom from Reginald, Earl of Cornwall.Sanders, p.110, note 2
Origins
As the prefix fitz in his surname suggests he was presumably the son of Turold/Thorold/Turolf.Sanders, p.110, note 1 A certain "Turulf", presumably his father, witnessed a charter to the monastery of Mont Saint-Michel in Normandy, to which same monastery Richard also granted lands.Sanders, p.110, note 1
Landholdings
=Cornwall=
==Tenant of Count of Mortain==
He had a castle at Cardinham in Cornwall,[http://www.historic-cornwall.org.uk/flyingpast/castle.html Flying Past - The Historic Environment of Cornwall: The First Farms] in which county he was a major tenant and steward of Robert of Mortain, Count of Mortain, half-brother of King William the Conqueror. His holdings in Cornwall included the manor of Penhallam.[https://archive.today/20120714014920/http://pastscape.english-heritage.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=436500 Pastscape - Detailed Result: PENHALLAM MANOR]
=Devon=
==Tenant-in-chief==
His entry in the Devonshire section of the Domesday Book lists Ricardus filius TuroldusNominative case, given in Domesday Book text in genitive case Ricardi filii Turoldi as a tenant-in-chief of the king and holding four properties:Thorn, Caroline & Frank, (eds.) Domesday Book, (Morris, John, gen.ed.) Vol. 9, Devon, Parts 1 & 2, Phillimore Press, Chichester, 1985, part 1, 30,1-4; Sanders, note 1
- Woodhuish, Brixham parish, Haytor hundred
- Natsworthy, Widecombe-in-the-Moor parish, Haytor hundred
- East Allington, in Stanborough hundred
- One house in the City of Exeter
==Mesne tenant==
- St Marychurch in the parish of Haytor hundred, held from the Count of Mortain.Thorne & Thorne, part 2, 15,42
- Martin in Drewsteignton parish, Wonford hundred, held from Baldwin de Moeles, Sheriff of DevonThorne & Thorne, part 2, 16,115
Progeny
His son was William Fitz Richard of Cardinham, mentioned in deeds in 1110 and 1130, date of death unknown.Sanders, p.110 It has been suggested that William's daughter and heiress became the wife of Reginald, Earl of Cornwall.Sanders, p.110, note 2
Notes
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References
- Ian N. Soulsby, Richard Fitz Turold, Lord of Penhallam, Cornwall, Medieval Archaeology vol. 20 (1976) pp. 146–8, [http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/arch-769-1/ahds/dissemination/pdf/vol20/20_146_148.pdf online PDF]
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Category:Medieval Cornish people
Category:Devon Domesday Book tenants-in-chief