Gilbert fitz Turold

Gilbert fitz Turold (Thorold) was an Anglo-Norman landowner of the eleventh century, mentioned in the Domesday Survey, with widely spread holdings in six counties.[1] He was an important figure in Herefordshire; but lost land and position, seemingly after his involvement in the rebellion of 1088 against William Rufus.

He held Hadzor in Worcestershire,[2] probably given to him by William fitz Osbern; also land at Powick in the same county,[3] at Doddenham,[4] and at Strensham. Walelege was a fortified place on the Welsh border also given to him by William fitz Osbern;[5] this is apparently the same,[6] as Ailey, mentioned in the same terms.[7][8]

He also held Chew Stoke in Somerset.[9]

Notes

  1. ↑ Domesday Book Online
  2. ↑ British History Online page
  3. ↑ British History Online page
  4. ↑ Parishes - Doddenham | British History Online
  5. ↑ The Domesday Frontier
  6. ↑ Walelege
  7. ↑ Historic Herefordshire On-Line: Sites and Monuments Record database
  8. ↑ Ann Williams, A Bell-house and a Burh-geat: Lordly Residences in England before the Norman Conquest, in Christopher Harper-Bill, Ruth Harvey (editors), Medieval Knighthood IV (1992), p. 232.
  9. ↑ Somerset and the Domesday Book in 1086
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