Essulf Askvephus Enfulsuqui 
Essulf Askvephus Enfulsuqui was born about 1090 in Thornhill, Dewsbury, West Ride Yorkshire, England. Essulf Askvephus Enfulsuqui's father is Ulf fitzGamel. His paternal grandfather is Gamel fitzOsmond. He was an only child. He died after 1189.General Notes
b? Baildon Common, Yorkshire, England
ESSOLF (ASSOLF) of TONG b. CIRCA 1100 THORNHILL on the CALDER, YORKSHIRE d. AFTER 1189
By the 12th Cent. Essolf was one of the most important local landowners. His extensive holdings suggest that he had considerable success at trading and investing. Iron was starting to be used in farming implements & instruments of war, so he may have invested in ironstone workings. His Grandsons bequeathed such workings in Shitlington & Flockton to Rievaulx Abbey. It is recorded that he had a large number of sons, amongst whom his holdings were eventually divided. Some of these sons appear to have been very capable men.
Essolf was the first to take on a second name (which became compulsary under Norman law about 1100AD).
They had a son named Jordan fitzEssulf.
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Children
Jordan fitzEssulf Thornhill
Jordan fitzEssulf was born in 1125 in Thornhill, Yorkshire, England. He died at the age of 70 in 1195.
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