General Notes

Note:
Robert De Beaumont; allegedly 1st Earl of Leicester of the c1102 creation. [Burke's Peerage]
On Leicester, Earldom of [Burke's Peerage, p. 1671]:

Robert De Beaumont, a companion in arms of William I (The Conqueror) at Hastings was granted after the Conquest much land in the Midlands of England, but most of it was in Warwickshire rather than Leicestershire. Indeed his younger brother became Earl of Warwick. Robert also held territory in Normandy and is usually referred to as Count of Meulan. He was a leading political figure in the reigns of William II and Henry I and on the death of one Ives De Grandmesnil in the First Crusade, the funds for campaigning in which Ives had raised from Robert on the security of his estates, [Robert] came into full possession of them, including a sizeable part of Leicester. The rest of the town was granted him by Henry I and it is possible that he became Earl of Leicester.

Alias:<ALIA> Count of /Meulan/
Very powerful under Henry I.  First Earl of Leicester by charter of
creation, 1103.  Companion of William the Conqueror at Hastings in 106
Lord of Beaumont, Pont-audemer, Brionne, and Meulan.  Robert came into
England with the Conqueror, and contributed mainly to the Norman triumph
at Hastings.  Robert inherited the Earldom of Meulan in Normandy fromhis
mother, Adeline De Meulan.  Of his conduct at Hastings it is said:  "A
certain Norman young soldier, making his first onset in that fight, did
whatdeserved lasting fame, boldly charging and breaking in upon the
enemy, with that regiment which he commanded in the right wing of the
army."  For these gallant services he obtained sixty-four lordships in
Warwickshire, and many others in Leicester, Wilts, Northampton,
Gloucester (in all ninety-one).  His lordship did not arrive at the
dignity of the English peerage before the reignof Henry I, when that
monarch created him Earl of Leicester.
The following is taken from Burke, pg. 42.
Robert de Bellomont, or Beaumont (son of Roger, grandson of Turlof of
Pont Audomere, by Wervia, sister to Gunnora, wife of Richard I., Duke of
Normandy), came into England with William the Conqueror, and contributed
mainly to the Norman triumph at Hastings. This Robert inheritedthe
Earldom of Mellent in Normandy, from his mother Adelina, daughter of
Waleran, and sister of Hugh (who took the habit of a monk in the abb
Bec), both Earls of Mellent. For his gallant services at Hastings he
obtained sixty-four lordships in Warwickshire, sixteen in Leicester,
seven in Wiltshire, three in Northamptonshire, and one in
Gloucestershire, in all ninety-one. He did not however arrive at the
dignity of the English peerage before the reignof King Henry I., when
that monarch created him Earl of Leicester. The mode by which he attain
this honor is thus stated by an ancient writer: "The city of Leicester
had then four lords, viz., the king, the Bishop of Lincoln, Earl Simon,
and Yvo, the son of Hugh de Grentmesnil. This Earl of Mellent, by favor
of the king, cunningly entered it on that side which belongs to Yvo (the
governor thereof, as also sheriff, and the king's farmer there),
subjecting it wholly to himself; and by this means, being made an ea
England, exceeded all nobles of the realm in riches and power." He
married in 1096 IsabelVermandois, daughter of Hugh de Vermandois, Earl
of Vermandois.

IN THE VISITATION OF YORKSHIRE "ROBERT NEWBURGH ERL OF LESTER IN RIGHT OF HIS
WYFF."

Robert de Bellomont came into England with the Conqueror, and contributed mainly to the Norman triumph at Hastings. This Robert inherited the Earldom of Meullent in Normandy, from his mother Adeliza de Waleran. Of his conduct at Hastings it is said: "A certain Norman young soldier, making his first onset in that fight, did what deserved lasting fame, boldly charging and breaking in upon the enemy, with that regiment which he commanded in the right wing of the army." For these gallant services he obtained sixty-four lordships in Warwickshire, and many others in Leicester, Wilts, Northampton, Gloucester, in all ninety-one. His lordship did not, however, arrive at the dignity of the English peerage before the reign of Henry I, when that monarch created him Earl of Leicester.

Nickname:<NICK> Earl Of Leicester, Count Of Meulan