General Notes

Almeric served the office of Sheriff of Rutland in the 34th of Henry II, 1188, and again in 1st of Richard I in 1189. From the latter monarch, to whom he was also steward, he obtained a confirmation in fee of the lordships of Wurdie and Stanley, in the vale of Gloucester. The former of which King Henry II had given to Walter, the Usher of his Chamber, son of Thurstan and uncle of Almaric, for his homage and service reserving a pair of gilt spurs, or twelve pence, to be yearly paid for the same into the exchequer. In the 6th of King John, 1205, this Almaric paid a fine of 120 marks and one palfrey to be exempted from attending upon the king in an expedition then proposed to be made beyond the seas. He married Amabil, daughter of Walter de Chesnei, by whom he had 2 sons, Thurstan and Almaric, and was succeeded by the elder.