Robert of Aumale (fl. 1086) (alias d'Amarell, Damarell,[1] etc., Latinised to de Albemarle,[2] de Albamara,[3] etc. ) was one of the Devon Domesday Book tenants-in-chief of King William the Conqueror (1066–1087). His lands, comprising 17 entries in the Domesday Book of 1086, later formed part of the very large Feudal barony of Plympton,[4] whose later barons were the Courtenay family, Earls of Devon.
Origins
editHe was lord of Aumale in Normandy, now in the département of Seine-Maritime, France.[5]
Descendants
editVarious junior branches of the Damarell family split off to establish separate families, most notably at Milton Damarell; at Damarell in the parish of North Huish; at Woodbury and at Aveton Giffard.[6] Sir William Pole (d.1635) wrote that in his time "Theire is remayning on of this name, of meane quality".[7]
References
edit- ^ Pole, Sir William (d.1635), Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon, Sir John-William de la Pole (ed.), London, 1791, p.511
- ^ As the name appears in the Domesday Book
- ^ Risdon, Tristram (d.1640), Survey of Devon, 1811 edition, London, 1811, with 1810 Additions, p.191
- ^ Thorn, Caroline & Frank, (eds.) Domesday Book, (Morris, John, gen.ed.) Vol. 9, Devon, Parts 1 & 2, Phillimore Press, Chichester, 1985, part 2, Chapter 28
- ^ Thorne & Thorne, part 2 (notes), chapter 28
- ^ Pole, Sir William (d.1635), Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon, Sir John-William de la Pole (ed.), London, 1791, pp.511-12
- ^ Pole, p.512