Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Flourished: about 1066 - 1088.
This range is given by Lewis (ODNB).
Date of Death: unknown.
Relationships
Father: Richard Scrob (fl. 1052-1066).
This relationship is given by Lewis (ODNB). Lewis notes that, due to an error by John of Worcester, Richard is often mistakenly called “Richard fitz Scrob.”
Mother: a daughter of Robert the Deacon.
This relationship is given by Lewis (ODNB).
Spouse: Nest ferch Gruffudd ap Llywelyn.
This relationship is given by Lewis (ODNB) and by Bartrum (EVWG “Early Series [41]”).
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)
Hugh fitz Osbern married Eustachia de Say.
Thurstan.
Nest married Bernard de Neufmarché.
References
Bartrum, Peter C.,“Early Series [41]” in An Electronic Version of Welsh Genealogies AD 300-1500.
Cawley, Charles. “Osbern FitzRichard” in Medieval Lands.
Giraldus Cambrensis. Itinerarium Kambriæ, in Opera Volume 6 (James F. Dimock, ed.) (London, 1868).
Lewis, C.P. “Richard Scrob (fl. 1052-1066)” in The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004).
Lloyd, John Edward, A History of Wales. 2 volumes (London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1911-1912).
Maund, K.L. “Neufmarché, Bernard de (d. 1121x5?)” in The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004).
“Osbern son of Richard” on the Open Domesday site.
“Osbern 10 (Male)” on the Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England website.
“Osbern 16 (Male)” on the Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England website.