General Notes

[Isabel De Birkin.FTW]

Nele; closely associated with Henry I, who made over to hi m following his victory of Tinchebrai 1106 the possession s in England of Robert de Stuteville, a follower of Henry' s defeated elder brother Robert, Duke of Normandy; marrie d 1st after 1107 (but later repudiated) Maud, formerly wif e of Robert de Mowbray (originally Mon(t)brai in Normandy) , Earl of Northumberland, her marriage to the latter havin g been declared null due to their kinship (Robert, it has b een suggested, may have been 1st cousin to Nele through th e latter's mother, sister of Roger de Mowbray, father of Ro bert); married 2nd June 1118 Gundred, daughter of Gerard d e Gournay by Edith, daughter of William de Warenne, 1st Ear l of Surrey, and died 21/26 Nov 1129.  [Burke's Peerage]

Note: I do not currently know what the relationship was bet ween Maud and Robert de Mowbray which caused their marriag e to be nullified.

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Mowbray, Montbrai: Manche, arr. St-Lo, cant. Percy.

The second family of Mowbray was descended from Nigel d'Aub igny who married the former wife of Robert de Mowbray, Ear l of Northumberland, and who was granted the lands in Norma ndy which the Earl had forfeited.  In the Second half of th e twelth century Nigel de Mowbray was holding Montbrai .  A description of the castle was given by Gerville.  [Ori gins of Some Anglo-Norman Families]

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Nele d'Aubigny (son of Roger and Amice), d. 21/26 Nov 1129 , who was granted the English lands of Robert de Stutevill e after the battle of Tinchebral, 1106.  (Nele had m. (1) M aud de Laigle, former wife of Robert de Mowbray, Earl of No rthumbria, whose surname "Mowbray" was taken by his son b y Gundred.).  [Magna Charta Sureties]

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The Mowbrays, Dukes of Norfolk, were from an ancient perio d a great baronial family and made a succession of fortunat e alliances. The family was founded by Nigel de Albini, bro ther of William de Albini, from whom the ancient Earls of A rundel descended. The Albinis, who were maternally from th e house of Mowbray, came into England with the Conqueror an d obtained large possessions after the victory of Hastings . Nigel's grants lay in the cos. of Bucks, Bedford, Warwick , and Leicester, and comprised several extensive lordships . In the reign of Rufus, he was bow-bearer to the king; and , being girt with the sword of knighthood by King Henry I , had, of that monarch's gifts, the manor of Egmanton wit h divers parks in the forest of Sherwood, which lordship, h owever, he transferred to his particular friend, Robert Dav il. But when King Henry had further experience of his grea t valour and military skill, he augmented his royal bount y and conferred upon him the vavasories of Camville and Wyv ille, which gracious mark of favour so attached Albini to t he interests of his sovereign, that he espoused with the mo st devoted zeal the cause of Henry against his brother, Rob ert Curthose, and, taking a conspicuous part at the battle s of Tenerchebray, he there slew the horse of Curthose an d brought the prince himself to the king, for which eminen t service Henry conferred upon him the lands of Robert, Bar on of Frontebeof, named Stuteville, in England, which Front ebeof had forfeited in behalf of Curthose. After which, Kin g Henry besieging a castle in Normandy, this gallant Sir Ni gil first entered the breech, sword in hand, and delivere d up the fortress to the king, which achievement was remune rated by a royal grant of the forfeited lands of his matern al uncle, Robert de Mowbray, Earl of Northumberland, both i n Normandy and England; as also his castles, with the castl e of Bayeux and its appurtenances, so that he had no less t han 120 knights' fees in Normandy and as many in England, t hus becoming one of the most powerful persons of the perio d in which he lived. Sir Nigil de Albini m. 1st, Maud, dau . of Richard de Aquila, by permission of Pope Paschall, he r husband, Robert de Mowbray, Earl of Northumberland, befor e-mentioned, being then alive and in prison for rebellion a gainst William Rufus; from this lady he was, however, divor ced, on account of consanguinity, and by her he had no issu e. He m. 2ndly, in 1118, Gundred, dau. of Gerald de Gorney , by the special advice of King Henry I, and had two son, R oger, his successor, and Henry, who had the lordship and ba rony of Camho, and was ancestor of the Albinis, feudal lord s of that place. This great feudal baron d. at an advance d age and was buried with his ancestor in the abbey of Bec , in Normandy. He was s. by his elder son, Roger de Mowbray . [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Exti nct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 386 , Mowbray, Earls of Nottingham, Dukes of Norfolk, Earls-Mar shal, Earls of Warren and Surrey]

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