Alda Bluet1,2

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FatherRalph Bluet II
Seal of Alda Bluet - Collectanea Topographica Et Genealogica, Volume 4, page 240
     Alda was born. Alda married Lord Amaury le Despenser, son of Thurstan le Despenser, circa 1195.3 Alda's husband, Amaury, died on 14 February 1205 in Great Rollright, Oxfordshire, England, leaving her a widow.4 In 1234, she appears on two different charters - one as the mother of Thurstan transferring property to Godstow Abbey in the name of his father and son, both named Amaury, & one of her own in which she transferred propertry to Melvern Abbey. In both charters her name is given as Alda Bluet, her maiden name.5,6

Family

Lord Amaury le Despenser b. c 1156, d. 14 Feb 1205
Children

Citations

  1. [S1434] News Group - Medieval: 12 May 2007 - Another indication that the Bluet family is well connected is the
    reference in a charter issued by Thurstan le Despenser to Godstow
    Abbey. In this charter, Thurstan le Despenser names his wife, Lucy,
    his brother, Ralph le Despenser, and his mother, Alda Bluet. I
    believe the reference to Alda Bluet is an instance of a well connected
    medieval woman using her maiden name after marriage. If so, Alda
    Bluet would surely come from a family of some prominence.


    Alda Bluet likewise issued a charter in her own name to Little Malvern
    Abbey concerning land in Knightwick, Worcestershire.
    The charter is witnessed by Alda Bluet's son, Thurstan le Despenser.
    Alda Bluet's seal is attached to this charter which bears her name.

    The following identifies Alda Bluet's husband as Amaury le
    Despenser, who received a confirmation of the manors of King's Worthy,
    Hampshire and King's Stanley, Gloucestershire in the reign of King
    John . . .
    Given the chronology and the fact that Alda Bluet named a son, Ralph,
    it would seem a good bet that Alda Bluet, wife of Amaury le Despenser,
    was a daughter of Ralph Bluet the younger, d. c. 1199, of Silchester,
    Hampshire and Lackham, Wiltshire, by his wife, Nest. If this is the
    correct placement of Alda Bluet, she would be the half-sister of
    Morgan the king's son who was Provost of Beverley and Bishop elect of
    Durham.

    There is also an account of the early history this Despenser family
    found in Complete Peerage, 4 (1916): 287, footnote c (sub Despenser).
    This account mentions Alda Bluet in passing, but makes no attempt to
    place her parentage or discuss her prominent ancestry.

    Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah - transcribed by Karen Repko & Others Douglas Richardson - http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GEN-MEDIEVAL/…
  2. [S1437] Tony Pratt and Karen Repko, The Bluets a baronial family and their historical connections 1066 - 1400, The wife of Almaric Lord le Depenser, who was Steward to King Richard the First [1189-1199], and father of Thurstan Lord le Despenser, has been said to be Elizabeth, daughter of Adam and again of Rowland Bluet, the later of whom had the custody of the said Thurstan in 11 John [1210].
  3. [S1436] Frederic Madden Bulkeley, Collectanea Topographica Et Genealogica, Volume IV: page 240 - The wife of Almaric Lord le Depenser, who was Steward to King Richard the First [1189-1199], and father of Thurstan Lord le Despenser, has been said to be Elizabeth, daughter of Adam and again of Rowland Bluet, the later of whom had the custody of the said Thurstan in 11 John [1210]. [Note - his wife's name was Alda, the daughter of Ralph Bluet III, not Elizabeth - Rowland was Alda's brother - KLM]
  4. [S1435] Andrew Clark, The English Register of Godstow Nunnery, Near Oxford, page 643 - the other half is to go to the kitdhen on St. Valentine's day [Feb. 14], to keep the anniversary Ammaurice, his father [Thurstan].
  5. [S1435] Andrew Clark, The English Register of Godstow Nunnery, Near Oxford, page 643.
  6. [S1434] News Group - Medieval - transcribed by Karen Repko & Others Douglas Richardson - http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GEN-MEDIEVAL/…