Richard de Camville (died 1191)

Joint governor of Cyprus

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: June 1191.

Place of Death: Acre.

The date and place are given by Vincent (ODNB).

Relationships

Father: Richard de Canville (died 1176).

This relationship is given by Vincent (ODNB) and by the Oxfordshire VCH (12: sub Stanton Harcourt).

Mother: Millicent de Rethel, widow of Robert Marmion.

This relationship is given by Vincent (ODNB).

Spouse: Hawise, daughter of Walter Fitzwilliam.

This relationship is given by Vincent (ODNB).

Children:

John de Camville.

Property

The manor of Blackland (the black land of Calstone), Wiltshire. (Wiltshire VCH 17: sub Blackland).

The manor of Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire. (Oxfordshire VCH 12: sub Stanton Harcourt).

Benham, Berkshire. (Berkshire VCH 4: sub Speen).

The manor of Avington, Berkshire (Berkshire VCH 4: sub Avington).

References

Baggs, A.P., W.J. Blair, Eleanor Chance, Christina Colvin, Janet Cooper, C.J. Day, Nesta Selwyn, and S.C. Townley, "Stanton Harcourt: Manors and other estates" in A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 12, Wootton Hundred (South) Including Woodstock, ed. Alan Crossley and C.R. Elrington (Victoria County History: London, 1990).

"Blackland" in A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 17, Calne, ed. D.A. Crowley (Victoria County History: London, 2002).

Cokayne, George Edward, and Vicary Gibbs; et al. The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant [2nd ed.]. (London: St. Catherine Press, 1910-59).

Crouch, David. “Harcourt family (per. c. 1050-1330)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004).

"Parishes: Speen", "Parishes: Avington" in A History of the County of Berkshire: Volume 4 (Victoria County History: London, 1924).

Vincent, Nicholas. “Canville, Richard de (d. 1191)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004).