Alan fitz Flaad1,2
M, b. circa 1080
| Father | Flaad (?) b. c 1055 |
Alan was born circa 1080 in Scotland. Dol, Normandy, France. He was, as was his father & grandfather, senescal of Dol. Alan & his father, Flaad, had become favorites of King Henry I [1100-1135]. After Henry's accession, he invited Alan & his friends to come to England where he gave Alan some forfeited lands in Norfolk & Shropshire some of which had previously belonged to Emulf de Hesdin. Alan married Avelina de Hesdin, daughter of Ernulf de Hesdin and Emmelina (?), circa 1103 in England.3
Family | Avelina de Hesdin b. c 1085 |
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Citations
- [S1011] History of Chetwynd: As the years went by the people settled under the Norman rule and prosperity returned to the villages. The village and manor of Chetwynd passed from the lordship of Thurold de Verley to Alan FitzFlaad a Breton noble .who had found favour with Henry I. He was granted the lordship of Oswestry along with several manors in Shropshire including Chetwynd In 1102 the family that became known as de Chetwynd held the manor under William FitzAlan, Alan’s son. . The first recorded mention of the lord of Chetwynd was of Adam de Chetwynd in 1180. Surnames, before this time, were not commonly used. Landowners took the name of the manor where they lived while peasants became known by their type of work such as Plowman, Miller, Reeve, Tanner, Freeman etc. - http://chetwyndmedievalfair.com/history.html
- [S1012] Alan Fitz Flaad, Alan fitz Flaad (d. after 1114[1]) was a Breton knight who held the feudal barony and castle of Oswestry in Shropshire.[2][3][4] His duties as a "valiant and illustrious man"[5] included supervision of the Welsh border.[6]
Alan was the son of Flaad, who was in turn a son [7] of an Alain who had been the crusader (in 1097[8]) who was Dapifer to the Archbishop of Dol, which is situated near Mont-Saint-Michel. "Alan, dapifer" is found as a witness in 1086 to a charter relating to Mezuoit, a cell of St. Florent, near Dol.[8]
Flaad and his son Alan had come to the favourable notice of King Henry I of England who, soon after his accession, invited Alan to England with other Breton friends, and gave him forfeited lands in Norfolk and Shropshire, including some which had previously belonged to Ernulf de Hesdin and Robert de Belleme.[9]
"Flaad filius Alani dapiferi" was present at the dedication of Monmouth Priory in 1101/2, and his son Alan was a witness to two charters of Henry I confirming the foundation of Holy Trinity Priory, York, as a cell of Marmoutier. Alan also founded Sporle Priory on land he held in Norfolk (probably at Sharrington), as another cell of St. Florent.[9][10]
Alan fitz Flaad married Ada (or Avelina), daughter of Ernoulf de Hesdin (killed on crusade at Antioch).[11][12] Their issue was:
William fitz Alan, eldest son (d. 1160), made High Sheriff of Shropshire by King Stephen of England in 1137. He married a niece of Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester.[13] His son William (d. c1210) acquired by marriage the Lordship of Clun and he became designated "Lord of Clun and Oswestry".[14] William is ancestor of the FitzAlan Earls of Arundel.[15]
Walter fitz Alan, second son, became 1st hereditary High Steward of Scotland,[13] and ancestor of the Stuart Kings of Scotland.
Jordan fitz Alan, of Burton, who inherited lands in Brittany, and restored to the Priory of St. Florent at Sele, West Sussex, the mill at Burton given it by his father.[16]
Simon, brother of Walter, who also went to Scotland and witnessed his brother's Foundation Charter of Paisley Abbey.[17] Round suggests he may have been either a uterine or even a bastard brother.[18] - en.wikiipedia.org/wiki/Alan_fitz_Flaad. - [S1708] Walter Monwey, The History of the Ancient Town and Borough of Newbury in the County of Berks, page 77 - The pedigree & comentary show Avelina married to Alan Fitz-Flaad.