General Notes

Richard de Camville, who was founder, in temp King Stephen, of CombeAbbey, County Warwick, and was one of the witnesses, in the 12th year ofthe same reign, to the convention between that monarch and Henry, Duke ofNormandy, regarding the succession of the latter to the crown of England.(King Stephen was the son of Adela, daughter of William, the Conqueror,and this Henry was the great-grandson of William, being the son of Maud,called the Empress, daughter of Henry I, son of William. As this lastHenry was just a baby in, 1135, Stephen was finally made King, and in thewars over it all it was agreed that Henry should follow Stephen, which hedid in 1154 as Henry II.) This feudal lord appears to be a person ofgreat power during the whole reign of Henry II, and after the accessionof Richard I we find him one of the Admirals in the expedition made bythat monarch to the Holy Land. He was subsequently Governor of Cypress,whence he went without the King's permission to the Siege of Acre andthere died. His lordship left four sons and a daughter.