Gilbert fitz Turold(Thorold) was an Anglo-Norman landowner of the eleventh century, mentioned in theDomesday Bookof 1086, with widely spread holdings in six counties.[1]He was an important figure inHerefordshire;but lost land and position, seemingly after his involvement in therebellion of 1088againstWilliam Rufus.
He heldHadzorinWorcestershire,[2]probably given to him byWilliam fitz Osbern;also land atPowickin the same county,[3]atDoddenham,[4]and atStrensham.Walelege was a fortified place on the Welsh border also given to him by William fitz Osbern;[5]this is apparently the same asAiley,mentioned in the same terms.[6][7]
Notes
edit- ^Domesday Book Online
- ^British History Online page
- ^British History Online page
- ^Parishes - Doddenham | British History Online
- ^The Domesday Frontier
- ^Historic Herefordshire On-Line: Sites and Monuments Record database
- ^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.