Christopher Warren

• General Notes
  • : ENGLISH WARREN HISTORY The first Warren
    known on English soil was William, Earl of Warren, who accompanied
    William the Conqueror. He took an important part in the battle of
    Hastings, fought Oct. 14, 1066, and was so highly esteemed by the
    Conqueror that the latter gave him lands in almost every county in
    England, and also conferred on him the Earldom of Surrey. He had
    been Earl of Warren in Normandy, France, but on settling in England
    selected for his residence the village of Lewes, in the county of
    Sussex. He married Gundreda, the daughter of William the Conqueror.
    William, the second Earl of Warren and Surrey, married Isabel, third
    daughter of Hugh the Great, who was Earl of Vermandoise. She was the
    widow of Robert de Beaumont Earl of Mellent in Normandy and Leicester
    in England. William, the third Earl of Warren, married Adela,
    only daughter of William Talvace, Earl of Ponthien and Sars. He
    engaged in a crusade and was slain by the Turks in 1147. His heart
    was buried in England. Adela, the wife, died Dec. 10, 1174. William de
    Blois, fourth Earl of Warren and Surrey, was a natural son of
    Geoffry Plantagenet, and therefore brother of King Henry II, by
    marriage with Isabel, widow of the last Earl. The fifth Earl of
    Warren died 1202, and was buried on the 7th of that month. The
    countess Isabel died in July, 1199. William the sixth Earl of Warren
    and Surrey, was eldest son of Hameloine Plantagenet and Isabel his
    wife. He died in London, June, 1239. His first wife was Maud,
    daughter of William d'Albini, Earl of Arundel. She had no children.
    She died Feb. 2, 1215. His second wife was Maud, widow of Hugh
    Bigod, Earl of Norfolk, and eldest daughter of William Mareschal,
    Earl of Pembroke. She died March 31, 1236. John, seventh Earl of
    Warren, was a son of William, sixth Earl of Warren and Maud, his
    wife. He married Alice, a daughter of Hugh le Brun, Earl of the
    Marches of Acquitaine. He died near London, Sept. 27, 1304 (age 69).
    Their children were William, Eleanor, and Isabel. William was
    unfortunately killed in a tournament at Croydon, Dec. 15, 1286.
    His son, John, became the successor of the grandfather. John, eighth
    Earl of Warren, was born June 30, 1286. He married Joan, daughter
    of Henry, Earl of Barr, and Granddaughter of King Henry I. He died
    June 30, 1347. He died without lawful issue, and his inheritance went
    to Alice, his sister, who married Edmond, Earl of Arundel. The title
    thus reverted to the crown and the estate was taken by King Edward
    III. The Norweigians, Swedes, and Danes, by a united effort, were
    successful in forming a settlement in the northern part of France,
    that was called Neustria, from which circumstance that part of the
    country acquired the name of Normandy. This settlement was made
    about the year 900 of the Christian Era. A danish Knight had 1.
    Cunnora, who married Richard, Duke of Normandy. 2. Herpastus, who
    married a daughter of Walter de St. Martin 3. Wevia 4. Werina, who
    married Osmund de comitis villa 5. Duvelina 6. Sainfra --O--