General Notes

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Note: Baldwin de Redvers was founder of Bremer Abbey, County Wilts, and
Quarr A bbey, County Hants. In April, 1136, there were rumors of the
death of King Step hen, and on hearing this he was one of the first to
break out in revolt. Seizin g the royal castle of Exeter, he sustained a
long siege by the King, and was ul timately allowed to withdraw his
forces on giving up the castle. The King then proceeded to the Isle of
Wight, took possession of the island, and drove him, w ith his wife and
children, into exile. Baldwin then took refuge at the court of the Count
of Anjou, and soon afterwards conducted a successful raid into Norma ndy.
About Lent, 1138, he was taken prisoner in Normandy by Enguerrard de Say,
a partisan of King Stephen. He returned to England in the autumn of 1139,
short ly before the arrival of the Empress Maud, and landing at Warham,
seized the ca stle of Corfe. This he defended successfully against the
King, forcing him to e ventually raise the siege. By the Empress Maud.
(daughter of Henry I and mother of Henry II) he was created Earl of
Devonshire in the year 1141. He married 1s t Adeliza, 2nd Lucia. His
daughter Eve married Anchitel Grey.