General Notes

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Note: Third Earl of Shrewsbury and Earl of Belesme. Known as Robert D'Arbetot in David Beckwith's online genealogy. Listed in "Ancestral Roots" as Robert II De Belleme, Earl of Salisbury. 1

Title: Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists
Author: Frederick Lewis Weis
Publication: Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing County, 1990
Abbrev: Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists
Page: 102
Text: Robert II . . . 3rd Earl of Salisbury, Count of Alençon[Direct Linage1.FTW]

[JamesLinage.GED]

Note: Third Earl of Shrewsbury and Earl of Belesme. Known as Robert D'Arbetot in David Beckwith's online genealogy. Listed in "Ancestral Roots" as Robert II De Belleme, Earl of Salisbury. 1

Title: Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists
Author: Frederick Lewis Weis
Publication: Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing County, 1990
Abbrev: Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists
Page: 102
Text: Robert II . . . 3rd Earl of Salisbury, Count of Alençon[JamesLinage.FTW]

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Custom Field:<_FA#> EARL DE ARUNDEL & SHREWSBURY
Custom Field:<_FA#> VICOMontanaE d e EXEMaineS
Custom Field:<_FA#> LORD De LANCASTER[Direct Linage1.FTW]

Note:
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Lancashire was almost wholly the domain of Count Roger of Poitou, third son of the great Earl Roger De Montgomery II, the seignior of Mont gomerii in the arrondisement of Lisieux in Normandy. Roger of Poitou (sometimes Pictavencis, Pictavis or, in the West Riding, known as Roger Le Poitevin). Those extensive and rich holdings in the West Riding of Yorkshire were grants made by Duke William of Normandy in reward for his father's, Roger De Montgomery's assistance at the Battle of Hastings.
Roger De Poitou seems to have survived, probably because of his father's influence, although his holdings were considerably reduced by the time of the taking of the Domesday Survey in 1086. In 1081 he lost two important Lancashire lordships, Crosby and Warrington (now Cheshire) to the Norman Villers family, ancestors of the Traffords. He still retained as an under-tenant, however, and held in chief some 45 coastal holdings from West Derby north to the Ribble, generally known as the Argarmeles(located approximately in the Southport area). Most of the land north of the Ribble, north to Heysham, had been retrieved and was now held directly by the King. This land immediately north of the Ribble, including Preston, Ribchester and Lancaster, holdings classified as being in Yorkshire, was administered by Earl Tosti, under-tenant of the King but Roger De Poitou had some remaining influence. Little is known of Tosti. He may have been recruited from Normandy after the 1070 rebellion, but does not appear to be related to the notable Norman Tosni family.
The fate of Roger De Poitou is     although it is believed he returned to Normandy where Ansfrid De Montgommerio (successor or relation of Roger De Montgommery II?) witnessed a charter of Count Roger De Poitou in 1094. At this time he was giving to his local Abbey of St.Martin, a customary act of atonement by Norman magnates at the end of their careers and lives, which by many might have been called ruthless and despotic. Most of his holdings in Lancashire, those waste and those of value, were retaken by the King during or soon after the Domesday Book.