William de Marsh, brother of Reynold, Earl of Cornwall

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Douglas Richardson

William de Marsh, brother of Reynold, Earl of Cornwall

Legg inn av Douglas Richardson » 23 des 2006 16:59:38

Dear Newsgroup ~

I encountered the information below in the multi volume work, Magna
Britannia, now available online at British History Online. The
authors, Daniel and Samuel Lysons, suggest that the Mohun family is
descended from William de Marsh, one of the known half-brothers of
Reynold, Earl of Cornwall. While I don't know the nature of the Mohun
connection, I can say that William de Marsh was not an illegitimate son
of King Henry I, as sometimes claimed in print.

Source: Daniel and Samuel Lysons, Magna Britannia, 3 (1814):
LXIV-LXXII.

"William Earl Reginald's brother, when the entry respecting him on one
of these rolls was made, continued to hold the four knights-fees which
he held in 1165; and we are of opinion, that this circumstance will
determine the priority of the two rolls, if Henricus Fil-Willielmi of
the other roll, holding the same number of knights-fees, should be
supposed to be, as is very probable, the son and heir of this William,
whose name does not appear in the other roll (fn. 10) . It is not
unlikely that he was ancestor of the Fitz-William family, whose heiress
married Mohun."

Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah

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