De Pistres, Durand

Birth Name De Pistres, Durand
Gramps ID I582809631
Gender male

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth Cir 1030    
 

Parents

Relation to main person Name Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father De Pistres, Unknown [I582805270]
    Brother     De Pistres, Roger (Pitres) [I582806711]
         De Pistres, Durand [I582809631]

Narrative

Note: Not sure of his relationship to Walter Fitzroger though it could also be by marriage.

From: "The Great Castle of Wales"

At the time that the Domesday Book was written, Caldicot was held by Durand, Sheriff of Gloucester, and the estate was valued at six pounds. The people living in Caldicot at the time included a knight, who would have needed a substantial home, but there is no evidence of a timber castle at Caldicot at that date. In 1127 the estate passed to Durand's nephew Walter Fitzroger, Constable of England, a great castle builder. The first phase of building in stone was during the early twelfth century when the round keep was built. The castle would have dominated the area around it, including the crossing points of the nearby river Nedern, which was then navigable and of the River Severn, where the two Severn bridges now stand.@@S148@@

Pedigree

  1. De Pistres, Unknown [I582805270]
    1. De Pistres, Durand
    2. De Pistres, Roger (Pitres) [I582806711]

Ancestors