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Birth:          ABT 1045 La Pommeraye, Normandy
Death:          BEF 1100 Berry Pomeroy, Totnes, Devonshire, England

Notes
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Ralph de la Pomerali (other subsequent variations are Pomerlo, de Pemeri, de la 
Pomeral as well as the current Pomeroy), follower of William I ("The Conqueror") in 
latter's invasion of England 1066; granted 58 Lordships in Devon A principal manor, 
indeed it would seem the chief seat, was Berry Pomeroy, Devon. Ralph was the 
ancestor of the Pomeroys of Berry Pomeroy. [Burke's Peerage]

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On the origin of the Pomeroys in Normandy:

In 1086 Ralf de Pomaria, in addition to his tenancies-in-chief, held among other 
under-tenancies lands in Devon and Cornwall of Robert Count of Mortain. In 1166 
Henry de Pomereia, Ralf's representative, held 30 fees of the old feoffment and 1 
11/12 of the new. In the Norman "Infeudationes Militum" of 1172 under the heading 
'de honore Mortonii in eadem baillia' (ie. Obertii de Hosa) is the entry 'Henricus de 
Pomaria iij partm militis de feodo de Vado; et tenet castrum de Pomaria cum purpestura 
de Rege.' As most of the tenants entered under this bailiwick are clearly men of the 
Cotentin it is tempting to identify 'Pomaria' with St-Sauveur-de-la-Pomeraye (Manche, 
arr. Coutances, cant. Brehal). The two entries immediately preceding Henry de 
Pomaria, however, are John de Botemont 'in Lexoviis' and Robert de Uxeio 'in 
Falesia,' which suggest Calvados. Le Vey (Vadum), of which fee Henry was holding in 
1172, is 4 kil. West of La Pommeraye (Calvados), while Ussy (Uxeium) is 11 kil. East 
of it; moreover, in a list of fees of the period 1212-20 in the Registers of Philip 
Augustus, William, Geblan and Humphrey 'de Vado' each held fractions of a fee by 
service at Falais. This all points strongly to La Pommeraye (Calvados) as the place in 
question, but the matter is put beyond doubt by a notification of Henry bishop of 
Bayeux, dated 1167, that Henry de la Pommeraye had in his presence confirmed the 
gifts of his father Joscelin to the abbey of Le Val-Notre-Dame, and had renounced all 
rights over the churches of Saint-Omer, Benoeil, Angoville, Le Bo, Cosseville, Saint-
Clair, La Pommeraye and Placy; and all these places lie within 8 kil. of La Pommeraye 
(Calvados). By a charter dated 1125 Goslin de Pomeria gave the church of Le Val to 
the canons there; he also gave them rents in Berry Pomeroy with the church and tithe. 
Le Val is in the commune of St-Omer adjacent to La Pommeraye; the abbey was 
founded on the fee of Richard de Tornebu, who assented to Joscelin's gift; and 
Tronebu is 9 kil. North of La Pommeraye. [The Origins of Some Anglo-Norman Families]

Parents
DE POMEROY Rodulphus (ABT 1020 - )
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Siblings
DE POMEROY Ralph (ABT 1045 - BEF 1100)

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Notes


Children by ----- ----- 
DE POMEROY Josceline (ABT 1085 - 1167)

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