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From: "Todd A. Farmerie" < >
Subject: Re: Ralph de Pomerai
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 22:09:39 -0400
David Drake wrote:
>
> Would those of you who are familiar with the names of the men who came
> with William the Conqueror speculate on whether or not Ralph or Ranulf
> de Pomerai was one of these?
>
He appears on several of the lists, but again, there is no proof. What
is known is that at Domesday (1086), he was in possession of the
Devonshire land which the family later held. It can be speculated that
this came to him in the years immediately following the Conquest. (I
have seen no evidence that his father, Roger Capra, was ever in England,
and thus he likely was granted it rather than inheriting). Still, it is
a jump to go from him having been granted the land in 1068 to his having
taken part in the Battle of Hastings in 1066.
Todd
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