I think Robert d’Eu as progenitor of the de Criol descent comes from a misreading of the Duchess of Cleves of the Battle Abbey Rolls:
See:
CURLE/KYRLE ANCESTRY I (Apr 4, 1999) https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/7_6T-F3XhLg/m/...
still quoting from Hugh Buckner Johnston's treatise "Some Notes on the
Curle Family" from North Carolina State Library. This part of the
document gets very choppy...lots of hand written notes ( unattributed
and of unknown authorship)....
Page titled "THE KIRIELL OR KYRIELL ANCESTRY" (From Battle Abbey Roll ,
by Cleveland , Vol.II . pp. 11-15) [and the Baronage of England , by
William
,London , 1625, pp. 170 or 770 {can't make it out}]
" I. Robert , Count of Eu
II. Robertus de Cruel , became the owner of Criel or Crieul , probably
the present town of Creil which is situated on the Oise River about
thirty miles north of Paris. He [served under William the Conqueror at
Hastings] held , after the Norman Conquest of England , Esseborne (now
Ashburnham) in County Sussex , under the authority of his kinsman , the
Earl of {name chopped off by copy machine} , then Governor of the Rape
of Hastings.
III. John de Criol in 1194 gave the Church of Sarres in Thanet to Ledes
Priory.
1. Bertram
2. Simon
3. William
4. Nicholas , married into the house of Clifford
IV.Bertram de Criel , "Great Lord of Kent" was Sheriff of County Kent
from 1231 to the first half of 1258. He was also Sheriff of Essex and
Hertford , with custody of the royal castles of Dover and Rochester.
1.John 2.Nicholas
~~~~~~~{skip a lot of material that has been too "hashed up" to be
legible..but is basically a recap of people already notated~~~~
V.John de Criol married the heiress of Estwell and died 1262. He served
against the Welsh in 1256 {details are unreadable}
1. Bertram de Criol married Alianor, heiress of Hamo de Crevecoeur
and wife Maude d'Avranches , the great heiress of Folkstone who was
dowered with [manor of Tirlingham] the [Barony or]hundred of Folkstone
and half the manor at Hythe].[{Bertram held }manors of Estwelle and
Asmareffelde{?}] . He forfeited his lands for joining Simon de Montfort
, Earl of Leicester in [Rebellion of
]1264 , but {re-instated ?} in
1275.He died in 1294.{Two sons John and Bertram died without issue}
a. Joan de Criol{dau} married Sir Richard Rokesley
A. Joan de Rokesley married Sir William Baude
B. Agnes de Rokesley married first Walter de Patteshull, second
Thomas de Poyning
1. Sir Michael Poynings [unreadable text , dealing with
manors]
VI. Nicholas de Criol served against the Welsh in 1256. In 1262 , he was
appointed Sheriff of Kent and Warden of Cinque Porte and Constable of
Rochester.He married Joan de Auberville , Lady of Westenhanger ,
daughter of William de Auberville
1. Nicholas de Criol attended Edward I during the foreign wars. In
1296 , he was summoned to Parliament [...Baron of the Realm...
unreadable stuff...1301 ratified....to Canons of Long....]
a. Nicholas Criol in 1324 was Admiral of the English Fleet
[appointed......] "
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