Randolph FitzHenry, Knight, Lord of Ravensworth

BOOKS

1. Cokayne, George Edward. 1926. The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom. Edited by Vicary Gibbs and Herbert Arthur Doubleday. 2nd ed. Vol. 5: Eardley to Spalding to Goojerat. London, England: St Catherine Press. Archive.org.
   1. I. SIR HUGH FITZHENRY,( d)…&c.
   2. fn d: “At which date he was sum. for Military Service (Close Roll, 42 Hen. Ill, m. 12 d). The Cotton MS. says that he died in 1262, 49 Hen. Ill [sic], and was bur. in Jervaulx Abbey, leaving a s. and h. Randolf, who died s.p., and was suc. by his br., Hugh, as in the text. Henry was s. and h. of RANDOLF FITZ HENRY (who died before 13 Jan. 1242/3), by Alice, da. and h. of Adam de Stavele, of Staveley, Dent, and Sadbergh, by Alice (who had Barwick-on-Tees in free marriage — Dodsworth MSS., vol. 129, p. no), da. of William de Percy, of Kildale. Alice, widow of Randolf, was living in 1250, and died before 1 1 Nov. 1253 (Fine Rolls, 2 Hen. Ill, m. 4 ; 27 Hen. Ill, m. 7 : Duchy of Lancaster, Cart. Misc., ii, no. 16, and Charters, I., no. 240). Randolf was s. and h. of Henry fitz Hervey, of Ravensworth, Cotherstone, Hinton, &c. (who was living 16 May 1212 — Close Roll, 14 Joh., m. 9), by Alice, da. of Randolf fitz Wauter, of Greystock. The said Hervey was forester of the New Forest and Arkengarthdale, co. York, by the grant of Conan, Duke of Brittany (Charter Roll, 2 Joh., mm. 10, 9), and s. and h. of Akaris fitz Bardolf, which Bardolf was br. of Bodin (Monasticon, vol. iii, pp. 549, 551), who held Ravensworth, Mickleton, Romaldkirk, &c., at the Conqueror’s Survey.”
2. Cokayne, George Edward. 1926. The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom. Edited by Vicary Gibbs and Herbert Arthur Doubleday. 2nd ed. Vol. 5: Eardley to Spalding to Goojerat. London, England: St Catherine Press. Archive.org.
   1. Page 393: “I. SIR BRIAN FITZ ALAN…s. and h. of Sir Alan fitz Brian, of Bedale….by Agnes, said to have been da. of Sir Randolf fitz Henry, of Ravensworth in Richmondshire.”
3. Clay, John William. 1913. The Extinct and Dormant Peerages of the Northern Counties of England. London, England: J. Nisbet & Company. p. 207, FitzHugh, Barons FitzHugh
   1. VI. RANULF FITZ HENRY, of Ravensworth; a Justice Itinerant; died before 13 Jan., 1243 (Foss' Judges); (?) bur. at Jervaulx; mar. Alice dau. and heiress of Adam de Stavcley; she gave lands to Sinningthwaite Priory; to be bur. there. They had issue—
      1. Henry (VII).
      2. Adam.
      3. Agnes, mar . . .
      4. Margery.
      5. Alice.
4. Brooke, Sir Thomas, ed. 1905. The Chartulary of Cockersand Abbey of the Premonstratensian Order. Translated by William Farrer. Vol. 57:3: Pt. 2. Manchester, England, UK: Chetham Society. Archive.org.
   1. Page. 950: “Isabel, daughter and heir of Michael de Ryhill, was lord of Ingleton and Bentham. The inquest after his death was taken in the 34 Edw. I., 1306, when Henry his son, aged three years, was found to be his heir (Cal. Genealogicum, Rolls Series, II, p. 679.) He is the grantor in no. 8. Adam de Staveley, whom John de Hothwaite in charter no. 5 describes as his lord, was a clerk in the chancery of King John and the father of Alice de Staveley. He died in 1218, when RANULF FITZ HENRY, who had married the said Alice, had livery of her lands in Staveley, Farnham and Lofthouse, co. York (Fine Roll Excerpts, I, p. 14). RANULF FITZ HENRY had a dispute in 1237 with the abbot of Jervaulx respecting the presentation to the church of Horton in Ribblesdale (Reg. Archhp. Gray, Surtees Soc., vol. 56, p. 77.) Alice was a widow in 1243, and probably known by her father’s name “ de Staveley ” (Fine Roll Excerpts, I, 393.) SIR HENRY FITZ RANULF, son and heir of RANULF and ALICE, was lord of Sedbergh, Garsdale and Dent, besides Bentham and Ingleton. He was living in 1255 when he was involved in a suit respecting common of pasture in Ingleton (Ibid., II, p. 215.) Sedbergh and Dent appear to have passed to his younger son, Hugh fitz Henry, who held these vills in 1284-5 (Kirkby’s Inquest, Surtees Soc., vol. 49, p. 278.) The connection between Henry fitz Ranulf, and John fitz Hugh, who held Ingleton and Bentham in 1284-5 is not clear. In 1251 Henry fitz Ranulf had a grant of free warren in Dent, Ingleton, Sedbergh, Garsdale and elsewhere in co. York (Cal. of Charter Rolls, Rolls Series, I, p. 367,)”
5. Clay, Charles Travis 1931. “Origin of the FitzAlans of Bedale.” Yorkshire Archaeological Journal 30: 281–310. Archive.org.
   1. “III. Sir Alan Son of Brian.(6) He married Agnes, said to have been a daughter of Sir Randolf FitzHenry of Ravensworth; she occurs as Agnes de Bedale, widow, in 1268, and is mentioned as dame Agnes de Bedale, mother of Brian FitzAlan. Sir Alan was slain before 1267 and possibly before 1261.(7)”

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Old note: death date either 1238 or 1262

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Rootsweb: Sources

1. Cokayne, George Edward, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, or Dormant (London: St. Catherine Press, 1910.), 5:639, <— Note: This page-reference mentions nothing about Randolph.
2. Clay, Charles Travis, "Notes on the Origin of the FitzAlans of Bedale," The Yorkshire Archaelogical Journal, Vol. 30 (1931) (The Yorkshire Archaeological Society.), p. 284. —> Cited above
3. Clay, Charles Travis, Early Yorkshire Families (Leeds: Yorkshire Archaeological Society, 1973.), p. 28, Family History Library, 942.74 B4a v. 135. —> Cited above
4. Farrer, William, Feudal Cambridgeshire (Cambridge: The University Press, 1920.), p. 122, <— This page mentions nothing about Randolph/Ranulf. See Google Books. Only on page 82 do we find this pithy mention:
   1. “1235 Ranulf Fitz-Henry (de Ravensworth) has a plea against John Fitz-Henry touching ½ fee in Hynton; ib. p. 332.”
5. Cokayne, G., CP, 5:416d. —> Cited above
6. Paget, Gerald, An Official Genealogical and Heraldic Baronage of England (Lu - Sta (Charts 344-501) FHL BRITISH Film #170,066.), Chart #441, Family History Library.
7. Clay, C., Early Yorkshire Families, p. 86.

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Links

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Ravensworth is a village and civil parish in the Holmedale valley, within the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England. It is approximately 4.5 miles (7.2 km) north-west from Richmond and 10 miles (16 km) from Darlington. The parish has a population of 255, according to the 2011 Census.[1]

Ravensworth was historically situated in the North Riding of Yorkshire, and has been a part of North Yorkshire since 1974, following the Local Government Act 1972. The village has ancient origins dating back to the time of Viking settlement. The village contains the remains of the 14th century Grade I listed Ravensworth Castle, the ancestral home of the FitzHugh family. After the cessation of the FitzHugh line the castle was abandoned, and it began to be dismantled from the middle of the 16th century. although the gatehouse remains almost wholly intact. There are a number of listed buildings situated around the village green, mostly dating from the eighteenth century, many of which were constructed using raw materials from the castle.

Today, Ravensworth is primarily a commuter village, and the historically important agricultural sector now employs only a small number of people. Stone mining was once important to the local economy, and although that industry had died out by the twentieth century, a sandstone quarry was recently opened outside the village. The village is served by a primary school, a public house and a chapel, and contains a large village green.