General Notes

Almeric served the office of Sheriff of Rutland in the 34th of Henry II,1188, and again in 1st of Richard I in 1189. From the latter monarch, towhom he was also steward, he obtained a confirmation in fee of thelordships of Wurdie and Stanley, in the vale of Gloucester. The former ofwhich King Henry II had given to Walter, the Usher of his Chamber, son ofThurstan and uncle of Almaric, for his homage and service reserving apair of gilt spurs, or twelve pence, to be yearly paid for the same intothe exchequer. In the 6th of King John, 1205, this Almaric paid a fine of120 marks and one palfrey to be exempted from attending upon the king inan expedition then proposed to be made beyond the seas. He marriedAmabil, daughter of Walter de Chesnei, by whom he had 2 sons, Thurstanand Almaric, and was succeeded by the elder.