FitzNigell, John Monoculus

Birth Name FitzNigell, John Monoculus 1a 2a
Also Known As Monoculus, John FitzNigell
Gramps ID I30108
Gender male

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth [E40809] 1090 Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England  
1b 2b

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father of Chester, Nigell [I30109]1065
         FitzNigell, John Monoculus [I30108] 1090

Families

    Family of FitzNigell, John Monoculus [F12073]
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Lord Alnwick & Malton, Eustace FitzJohn [I30107]11101157
FitzJohn, Payn of Ewyas [I34068]1137

Narrative

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--- W E Wightman, *The Lacy Family in England and Normandy, 1066-1194*,
genealogical chart following p 175, 177-178.

All that can be said of John 'Monoculus' is that he was not an important member of the baronage. A measure of his respectability -- or rather acceptability in the eyes of the rest of his contemporaries -- is to be found in the marrige of his sons, Payn, a younger son, married the Lacy heiress. Eustace fitz John, Payn's eldest brother, married Beatrice, the Vesci heiress, and thus inherited through her the honours of Alnwick and Malton.

At least two of the sons of John 'Monoculus' were of sufficient standing to be acceptable husbands for the daughters of major barons.

Pedigree

  1. of Chester, Nigell [I30109]
    1. FitzNigell, John Monoculus
        1. Lord Alnwick & Malton, Eustace FitzJohn [I30107]
        2. FitzJohn, Payn of Ewyas [I34068]

Ancestors

Source References

  1. large-G675.FTW [S286834]
      • Source text:

        Date of Import: 14 Mar 1999

      • Source text:

        Date of Import: 14 Mar 1999

  2. large-G675.FTW [S261374]
      • Citation:

        Penman "Here be Dragons" p. 285, makes him brother to Gwenllian verch Rhys who m Ednyfed Fychan. But, Online db (Univ. of Hull?) I had him son of Gwenwynwyn of Powys.

      • Citation:

        Penman "Here be Dragons" p. 285, makes him brother to Gwenllian verch Rhys who m Ednyfed Fychan. But, Online db (Univ. of Hull?) I had him son of Gwenwynwyn of Powys.