Hereditary sheriff of Worcestershire
Events
Date of Birth: perhaps about 1040.
Place of Birth: probably St Jean d’Abbetot (near Tancarville).
The date is given by Mason (p. 64). The place is given in the ODNB.
Date of Death: 1108.
Place of Death: unknown.
The date is given by Mason (p. 64).
Relationships
Father: unknown.
White (p. 119) notes that Urse “is said to have been the elder son of Amaury d’Abetot, who may have been a brother of Ralf de Tancarville.”
Mother: unknown.
(probable) Brother: Osbert de Abetot.
The relationship is given by the ODNB.
Brother: Robert the Dispenser.
This relationship is given by White (p. 120) and by Mason.
Spouse: Aliz (Athelisa) (died about 1123 or later).
This relationship is given by Mason (p. 83), who notes that Aliz may have been Urse’s second or third wife.
Children:
(Complete source citations for the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Mason.)
Robert fitz Urse de Abetot married Lesza.
Roger de Abetot “of Worcester”.
Emmeline married Walter (I) de Beauchamp.
(possibly) Ralph fitz Urse.
References
Loyd, Lewis C. The Origins of Some Anglo-Norman Families. (Charles Travis Clay and David C. Douglas ed.) (1951).
Mason, Emma. “Brothers at Court: Urse de Abetot and Robert Dispenser” in Anglo-Norman Studies, XXXI (2008) pp. 64 - 89.
Round, J.H., rev. Emma Mason. “Abetot, Urse d’” in The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004).
“Urso (of Abetot)”, “Urso (of Abetot)”, “Urso (of Abetot)”, "Urso of Abetot", "Urso of Abetot", "Urso of Abetot", and "Urso of Abetot" on the Open Domesday site.
White, G.H. “Constables under the Norman kings” in The Genealogist, new series 38 (1922) pp. 113-127.