Richard de Morville

Male - Abt 1189


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  • Name Richard de Morville  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Died Abt 1189  [1, 2
    Notes 
    • Richard de Morville (died 1189), succeeded his father Hugh de Morville (died 1162) as Constable of Scotland and in his Scottish estates and English lands at Bozeat in Northamptonshire, and Rutland, as well as a number of feus of the Honour of Huntingdon.

      About 1180 Richard de Morville, with the consent of his son William, granted liberty to the monks of Melrose to plough and sow the lands of Blanslie and the plain beyond the grove over to the Leader Water. This grant was confirmed by William de Morville, presumably his son.

      Also in the twelfth century, Richard de Morville rented Eddleston - now a parish in Peeblesshire - from the Bishop of Glasgow.

      Richard married Avice (who survived him), daughter of William de Lancaster, Baron of Kendal by his spouse Gundred, daughter of William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey. They had at least five children:

      Malcolm, accidentally killed by Adulf de St.Martin while hunting.
      William, alive in 1180 but said to have died without issue.
      Maud, who married William de Vieuxpont (who became Lord of Westmorland)
      Elena (born circa 1170), eventual sole heir to her father, who married Roland of Galloway (died 1200).
    Person ID I470  Bosdet Genealogy
    Last Modified 16 May 2013 

    Father Hugh de Morville,   d. 1162 
    Relationship Natural 
    Family ID F2414  Group Sheet

    Family Avice de Lancaster,   d. 01 Jan 1190/91 
    Children 
     1. Eleanor de Morville,   d. Aft 11 Dec 1217
     2. Maud de Morville,   d. Abt 1210
    Family ID F145  Group Sheet

  • Sources 
    1. [S196] A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire, Sir Bernard Burke, C.B. LL.D., (Name: Genealogical Publishing Company; Location: Baltimore, Maryland; Date: 1883; reprint,1978;).

    2. [S174] Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_de_Morville.