!Source: Richard Washburn Family Genealoby by Ada C Haight The Ancestors & Descendants of Abraham Daniel Washburn and his wife Flora Clarinda Gleason-Utah Pioneers 1805-1962 by Ella L. Turner Washburn Family Foundations in Normandy, England & America by Mabel Tacher Rosemary Washburn The Washbourne Family by Reverend James Davenport, Vicar of Wichenford (lst published in 1907)
!Roger was born D'Abitot, Earl of Worcestershire and its Sheriff as he succeeded to this title from his father. He was deprived of his est ates through the heavy indignation of King Henry because in his headlong f ury he commanded one of the King's servants to be killed. The lands were th en bestowed upon his sister Emeline who had married Walter De Beauchamp . Roger could no longer stay in the area because he was in danger from the ki ng so he sought safety elsewhere. He was probably living in Wales and had spe cial reliance on the friendliness of the Over-Lord of his Herefordshire La nd, Ralf De Toeni, (one of the most powerful of all the great nobles in Englan d) He was then given possession of a tract of land in Herefordshire from this R alf De Toeni and apparently took the name of Ernaldus De Powis to avoid anyo ne who might be searching for him because of his disfavor in the king's eyes , and bestowed this land upon his son William. Also witnessing this transfer and agreeing to it is found his sister Emeline and her husband De Beauchamp. In effect, h e was given authority over property that his sister now owned. (Ralf De Toeni wa s an Over-Lord for the family holdings). Powis was a principalit y in North Wales.[Direct Linage1.FTW]
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!Source: Richard Washburn Family Genealoby by Ada C Haight The Ancestors & Descendants of Abraham Daniel Washburn and his wife Flora Clarinda Gleason-Utah Pioneers 1805-1962 by Ella L. Turner Washburn Family Foundations in Normandy, England & America by Mabel Tacher Rosemary Washburn The Washbourne Family by Reverend James Davenport, Vicar of Wichenford (lst published in 1907)
!Roger was born D'Abitot, Earl of Worcestershire and its Sheriff as he succeeded to this title from his father. He was deprived of his est ates through the heavy indignation of King Henry because in his headlong f ury he commanded one of the King's servants to be killed. The lands were th en bestowed upon his sister Emeline who had married Walter De Beauchamp . Roger could no longer stay in the area because he was in danger from the ki ng so he sought safety elsewhere. He was probably living in Wales and had spe cial reliance on the friendliness of the Over-Lord of his Herefordshire La nd, Ralf De Toeni, (one of the most powerful of all the great nobles in Englan d) He was then given possession of a tract of land in Herefordshire from this R alf De Toeni and apparently took the name of Ernaldus De Powis to avoid anyo ne who might be searching for him because of his disfavor in the king's eyes , and bestowed this land upon his son William. Also witnessing this transfer and agreeing to it is found his sister Emeline and her husband De Beauchamp. In effect, h e was given authority over property that his sister now owned. (Ralf De Toeni wa s an Over-Lord for the family holdings). Powis was a principalit y in North Wales.