Robert d'Avranches, lord of Oakhampton, co. Devon. [Ancestral Roots]
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Robert de Abrincis, who, upon the resignation of his uncle, Richard de Redvers, obtained a grant of the Barony of Okehampton, the office of hereditary sheriff of Devon, and the government of Exeter Castle. He m. a dau. of Godwyn Dole, and left an only dau. and heiress, Maud de Abrincis. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, London, 1883, p. 140, Courtenay, Barons Courtenay, Earls of Devon]