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Birth:          ABT 1055 Penthievre, Morbihan, Brittany
Death:          1121 Middleham, Yorkshire, England

Notes
after wife's death became monk at Abbey of St. Mary in York.

Ken Finton posted a notice about Ribald of Middleham, Yorkshire, 27 June. Additional 
information is available.

Ribald was called a brother of count Alan (Rufus) in charter of Alan for the soul of his 
father count Eudo and others [EYC 4:no.1]. Before the Domesday Survey Alan Rufus 
granted to Ribald lands in Yorkshire, Norfolk, and possibly elsewhere [EYC 5:297-8]; 
the caput was Middleham, Richmondshire, Yorkshire. About 1121 Ribald made a gift to 
St. Mary's, York, for the souls of his brother count Alan and his own
wife Beatrice (who may have died before 1112), with the consent of his son and heir 
Ralph Taillebois [EYC 5:no. 358]. Ralph fitz Ribald had succeeded by 1130 ["Pipe 
Roll 31 Henry I", 1929, p.27]. A 15th c. account states Ribald was a monk at St. 
Mary's before he died [T.D. Whitaker, "Richmondshire", 1823, 1:331].

Eudo, count of Brittany, had 8 legitimate sons and 4 sons (including Ribald) who were 
probably illegitimate [EYC 4:84-9; Complete Peerage 10:779-787]. While Ribald was 
alive, his brothers, counts Alan Niger and Stephen, succeeded to Alan Rufus' lands 
which were later called the honor of Richmond or the honor of Brittany. Eudo (d.1079) 
was a son of Geoffrey (d.1008) duke of Brittany and Hawise (d.1034), dau.
of Richard I duke of Normandy. Alan IV Fergant (d.1119), duke of Brittany, who m(1) 
Constance, dau. of William the Conqueror, was a grandson of Eudo's older brother 
Alan III (d.1040) duke of Brittany.

Ribald was called son-in-law in a charter of Ivo Taillebois [Monasticon Anglicanum, 
new ed., 3:553]. Clay thought Beatrice was perhaps illegitimate [EYC 5:299], but 
decisive evidence is lacking. Ribald gave the church of Upton, Lincs., to Spalding 
priory, Lincs., for the souls of king William, count Alan, Ivo (probably Taillebois)
and himself [R.E.G. Kirk, Genealogist, n.s., 5:67 (1888)]. Spalding was founded by 
Ivo's wife Lucy (with Ivo's active cooperation); hence this gift suggests Beatrice might 
have been a daughter of Lucy. Further research is needed.

Note: Ribald didn't use any surname. His son Ralph occasionally used Taillebois, but 
none of Ralph's descendants used it. Eventually the family settled on the surname Fitz 
Randolph.

EYC = Early Yorkshire Charters, ed. C. T. Clay, vols.4 & 5 (1935-6).                            
      Ray Phair

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Parents
____ Eudo (Eudes) ( 999 - 7 Jan 1079)
----- ----- (unknown mistress) (ABT 1024 - )

Siblings
____ Bardolf (ABT 1045 - 1120)
____ Ribald (ABT 1055 - 1121)
____ ----- (dtr of Eudes) (ABT 1065 - )

Marriage To DE TAILLEBOIS Beatrix (1090 - 1112)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
DE TAILLEBOIS Ivo (ABT 1036 - 1094)
OF MERCIA Lucy (Lucia) (ABT 1071 - 1141)

Children by DE TAILLEBOIS Beatrix 1090 - 1112
FITZ RIBALD Ralph (ABT 1110 - 1168)

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