Ralph Paynel, of Dudley, co. Worcester, one of the rebels against King Stephen in 1138, when he held the castle of Dudley, against him, living 1141, d. by 1153; m. N.N., probably daughter of Robert de Ferrers, d. 1139, 1st Earl of Derby, by his wife, Hawise, daughter of Andre, d. 1139, Seigneur of Vitre in Brittany. Evidence of the identity of the wife of Ralph Paynel is her maritagium which consisted of the manor of Greenham, co. Berks. [Ancestral Roots]
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Ralph son of Fulk Paynel was an adherent of the Empress Maud. [Complete Peerage X:320]