Ranulf de Broc
Ranulf de Broc | |
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Died | around 1179 |
Occupation(s) | royal usher and marshall |
Spouse | Dametta de Gorron |
Children |
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Parent | Oin Purcel |
Ranulf de Broc
Early life and career
De Broc was the son of Oin Purcel and was the nephew of Nigel de Broc.[2][a] De Broc held the offices of usher and marshall in the royal household under King Henry II. He was receiver of the forest of Witingelega in Hampshire from 1158 to 1168.[2]
Administrator of Canterbury
During the
Late in December 1164 de Broc was one of the royal officials who took possession of the archiepiscopal residence at
Role in Becket's murder
In July 1170, Becket and the king were reconciled and the king agreed that the archiepiscopal estates would be returned to Becket's control. But difficulties dragged on and Becket accused de Broc of stripping the estates of the recent harvest and storing it away from the archbishop's control.[8] In November, John of Salisbury was sent by Becket to England to inspect the estates prior to Becket's return from exile. John claimed that although de Broc had originally returned custody of the estates to Becket's officials, shortly before John's arrival de Broc had regained control of the estates and expelled Becket's officials.[9] De Broc was also accused of seizing a cargo of the archbishop's wine and destroying the ship carrying it.[10]
Later in 1170, de Broc was involved in an attempt to keep Becket from returning to England. Working with de Broc were
Becket excommunicated both de Brocs again on Christmas Day, 1170.
Later career and death
In the
De Broc married Dametta de Gorron, who brought lands at Frollebury (Frobury) in Hampshire and Chetton, Eudon and Berwick in Shropshire to the marriage. Besides his wife's lands, de Broc also held lands worth half a knight's fee at Angmering in Sussex and lands worth a full knight's fee at Pepperharrow.[2]
De Broc's marriage produced five daughters, who were de Broc's coheiresses when he died around 1179. Dametta died in 1204. The eldest daughter was Edelina, and the other four were Felicia, Sibil, Lucy, and Clemence. Edelina married
Ranulf was buried in the castle's chapel of Vernay, next to Airvault. The chapel is dedicated to St Thomas, in expiation of the murderer of Thomas Becket. His funeral monument holds an epitaph which is : "Hic expecto resurectioni mortuorum" (Here, I am waiting for the resurrection of the deads)[1] (pages 125-126). A common citation in epigraphical's sources since the deaths's resurrection was proclaimed during the First Council of Nicaea in 325.
Notes
- ^ Katharine Keats-Rohan calls Ranulf the nephew of Nigel de Broc in Ranulf's entry in Domesday Descendants but in Nigel's entry states that Nigel was Ranulf's brother.[2]
- ^ Robert de Broc was supposedly a renegade monk.[4] The historian Frank Barlow calls Robert both Ranulf's "nephew"[5] and "kinsman".[4]
Citations
- ^ a b Barlow Thomas Becket pp. 175–176
- ^ a b c d e f g Keats-Rohan Domesday Descendants p. 351
- ^ a b Huscroft Ruling England pp. 193–195
- ^ a b c Barlow Thomas Becket p. 125
- ^ a b Barlow Thomas Becket p. 184
- ^ Barlow Thomas Becket p. 126
- ^ Barlow Thomas Becket pp. 147–148
- ^ Barlow Thomas Becket pp. 215–216
- ^ Barlow Thomas Becket p. 220
- ^ Barlow Thomas Becket p. 229
- ^ Barlow Thomas Becket p. 223
- ^ Barlow Thomas Becket pp. 224–227
- ^ Barlow Thomas Becket p. 233
- ^ Barlow Thomas Becket pp. 237–238
- ^ Barlow Thomas Becket pp. 246–247
- ^ Barlow Thomas Becket p. 248
- ^ Bartlett England Under the Norman and Angevin Kings p. 257
References
- ISBN 0-520-07175-1.
- ISBN 0-19-822741-8.
- Huscroft, Richard (2005). Ruling England 1042–1217. London: Pearson/Longman. ISBN 0-582-84882-2.
- ISBN 0-85115-863-3.