Sir Adam de Aldithley 
Adam was born about 1115 in Normandy, France. Adam's father was Adam de Aldithley. His paternal grandparents are Thane Gamel de Tettesworth and Heiress of Mottram St. Andrew. He was an only child. He died about 1165.General Notes
Norman Knight
Note: Among the Norman knights who accompanied William the "Conqueror"into England in 1066, were Adam de Alditheley and his two sons,Lydulph and Adam. These received, as did others of William'sassociates, large possessions from the conquered lands as aresult for their services. Lydulph, the elder son, had a sonAdam, and Adam, the younger, had a son William. These two youngNormans, Adam and William both married wives of the Saxon familyde Stoneley. Adam de Alditheley married Mabella, daughter of Sir Henry deStoneley, and received with her as her marriage portion the twoadjacent estates of Stoneley and Balterley. They were ancestorsof the noble family of Audley, so called by a shortening oftheir name from Alditheley to Aldethley and Audley. King Henry III gave land to Henry de Audley, the seat of RedCastle in the County of Salop, Heathly Castle, Stafford County.Henry Stanley de Stoneley lived about 40-50 years before theconquest.
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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.~ 0950 in Mercia, England d.1023/1028
- b.~ 0955 in Mercia, England
- b.~ 1009 in Leek, Staffordshire, England
- b.ABT 1028/1043 in Heleigh, Audley, Staffordshire, England
- b.ABT 0958/0963 in Normandie d.28 Aug 1026/1027 in Fâecamp, Normandie
- b.~ 0997 in Envermeu, Denmark
- b.~ 1025 in Arques-la-Bataille, Seine-Inferieure, Normandie, France
- b.~ 1080 in Heleigh, Audley, Staffordshire, England d.> 1128
- b.~ 1045 in Mottram St. Andrew, Cheshire, England
- b.~ 1115 in Normandy, France d.~ 1165
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He had a biological son named William.
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