Geoffrey Talbot (died 1129)
Geoffrey Talbot | |
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Died | around 1129 |
Other names | Geoffrey I Talbot |
Occupation | baron |
Spouse | Agnes |
Children |
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Geoffrey Talbot (sometimes Geoffrey I Talbot; died
Career
Talbot held lands around Swanscombe, Kent which had been held in 1086 in the Domesday Book by Helto Dapifer, a follower of Odo of Bayeux.[1] Talbot is recorded as the holder of these lands in the 1166 Cartae Baronum, which states that Talbot had the lands some time before his death.[a] The Cartae records that the lands around Swanscombe were assessed as owing 20 knight's fees. These holdings around Swanscombe are considered by some historians as probably comprising a feudal barony.[2]
Sometime after 1086 Talbot held lands of the bishops of Rochester also and around 1100 to 1103 was given control of Rochester Castle by Gundulf of Rochester, who was then the bishop. Talbot may be the same as a Geoffrey Talbot who held lands in Normandy at Cleuville from the Giffards and another estate at Sainte-Croix-sur Buchy near Rouen.[1] For his lands in Kent, Talbot owed castle-guard at Dover Castle.[3]
Family and legacy
Talbot married Agnes, who survived him and owed two marks to the king for the right to take control of her
Talbot's heir was his son,
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References
- ISBN 0-904387-82-8.
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- ISBN 0-582-22657-0.
- ISBN 0-85115-722-X.
- Sanders, I. J. (1960). English Baronies: A Study of Their Origin and Descent 1086โ1327. Oxford, UK: Clarendon Press. OCLC 931660.