Ralph de Somery , Lord of Dudley & Dinas Powis 
Ralph de was born about 1151 in Dudley Castle, Warwickshire, England. Ralph de's father was John de Somery , of Little Crawley, Sir and his mother was Hawise de Paynel. His maternal grandparents were Ralph Paynel , Lord of Dudley and Miss de Ferrers , Heiress of Greenham. He was an only child. He died in 1211 in Dinas, Cardigan, Pembrokeshire, Wales.General Notes
Ralph de Somery, Baron Dudley, held Dudley and Dinas Powis, d. 1211; m. Margaret, sister of William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke & daughter of John Marshal by (2) wife Sibyl, daughter of Walter of Salisbury. [Ancestral Roots]
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RALPH DE SOMERY, son and heir. In 1194-9 5 he offered 300 marks to have seisin of the barony which was of his mother's brother, Gervase Paynel; and in the same year was returned as owing 50 l. scutage for the King's ransom. In November 1193 he had been at Speyer with the King. In 1199-1200 he was in the King's service overseas; in 1201-02 he paid a fine of 100 marks for 50 knights not to cross; in 1202/3 he was directed to take from the Jews of Domfront 50 l, to pay soldiers. By charter dated 23 August 1204 the King granted him the manor of Mere in exchange for the manor of Wolverhampton. In the same year he is recorded as having held Ω fee at Rouilli (in the Passeis). He married Margaret, sister of William (MARSHAL), EARL OF PEMBROKE, and daughter of John FITZGILBIERT the Marshal, by his 2nd wife Sibyl, sister of Patrick (DE SALISBURY), 1st EARL OF WILTSHIRE. He died Michaelmas 1210. His widow married, 2ndly, Maurice DE GANT, and was living in 1242-43. [Complete Peerage XII/1:110-11, XIV:586 [transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 1125 in Little Crawley, Buckinghamshire, England d.< 1195
- b.~ 1151 in Dudley Castle, Warwickshire, England d.1211 in Dinas, Cardigan, Pembrokeshire, Wales
- b.~ 1025 in Les Moutiers-Hubert, Normandy, France d.~ 1087 in Hambye, Manche, Normandy, France
- b.~ 1052 in Les Moutiers-Hubert, Normandy, France d.1138 in Dudley Castle, Warwickshire, England
- b.~ 1025 in Normandy, France
- b.~ 1100 in Dudley Castle, Warwickshire, England d.< 1153
- b.~ 1034 in Anscough, Normandy, France d. in Dudley Castle, Warwickshire, England
- b.~ 1054 in Anscough, Normandy, France d. in Dudley Castle, Warwickshire, England
- b.~ 1145 in Dudley Castle, Warwickshire, England d.BET 1208 AND 1209
- b.~ 1036 in Ferrieres-St-Hilaire, Eure, Normandy, France d.1101 in Castle Tutbury, Staffordshire, England
- b.~ 1062 in Ferrers, Derbyshire, England d.1139 in Charterley, Staffordshire, England
- b.1040 in Gostenois, Normandy, France d. in Darley, Darbyshire, England
- b.1100 in Greenham, Newbury, Berkshire, England
- b.1054 in Vitre, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France d.1139
- b.~ 1083 in Vitre, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France
- b.~ 1031 in Mortagne-au-Perche, Orne, Normandy, France d.08 Dec 1095 in Abbey of St. Grestain, Normandy, France
- b.~ 1067 in Mortagne-au-Perche, Orne, Normandy, France
- b.~ 1051 in Montgomery, Normandy, France d.< 1085 in Abbey of St. Grestain, Normandy, France
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Ralph de and Margaret FitzGilbert were married in a religious ceremony in 1st husband. They had three sons and a daughter, named Ralph de, William Perceval de, Roger de and Joan de.
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Children
Ralph de Somery , Lord of Dudley
Ralph de was born about 1186 in Dudley Castle, Warwickshire, England. He died in 1212 in (dsp).
William Perceval de Somery , of Dudley, Sir
William Perceval de was born about 1188 in Dudley Castle, Warwickshire, England. He died before June 20th, 1222.
Roger de Somery , Lord of Dudley & Dinas Powis
Roger de was born about 1190 in Dinas, Cardigan, Pembrokeshire, Wales. He died before August 26th, 1273 in Dudley Castle, Warwickshire, England.
Joan de Somery
Joan de was born in 1191 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England. She died after 1273 in St Augustine's Priory, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England.
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