Matilda le Brun

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: unknown.

Place of Death: unknown.

Relationships

Father: Ralph fitz Herluin (also known as Ralph de Hunstanton).

This relationship is given by Le Strange (pp. 11-15), by Farrer (p. 117), and by Keats-Rohan (199,9 p. 340; 2002, p. 842).

Mother: Helwisa, daughter of Hugh de Plaiz of Barnham, in Suffolk.

This relationship is given by Le Strange (p. 14), by Farrer (p. 117), and by Keats-Rohan (1999, p. 340), who calls her “Heloise, daughter of Hugh fitz Gold of Barnham, Suffolk”.

Spouse: Roland le Strange.

This relationship is given by le Strange (p. 5; pp. 11-12), by Farrer (p. 117), and by Keats-Rohan (1999, p. 340; 2002, p. 842).

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from le Strange.)

John le Strange (I) (died about 1178) married Hawise.

Hamo le Strange (died before Michaelmas, 1160).

Guy le Strange (died 1179), of Alveley and Weston, married (1) unknown; married (2) Mary.

Ralph le Strange (died by 1194) of Little Ercall.

References

Farrer, William. Honors and Knights’ Fees: Volume III (Manchester University Press, 1925).

Keats-Rohan, K.S.B. Domesday People: A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents 1066-1166. Volume 1: Domesday Book (The Boydell Press: 1999).

Keats-Rohan, Katharine S. B. Domesday Descendants: A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents 1106 - 1166. (Woodbridge: 2002).

Le Strange, Hamon. Le Strange Records: A Chronicle of the Early Le Stranges (London:1916).