Richard Fitz Turold (died after 1103–06) (alias fitzThorold, fitzTurolf[1]) was an eleventh-century Anglo-Norman landowner in Cornwall and Devon, mentioned in the Domesday Book. In the 13th century his estates formed part of the Feudal barony of Cardinham, Cornwall,[2] and in 1166 as recorded in the Cartae Baronum his estates had been held as a separate fiefdom from Reginald, Earl of Cornwall.[3]
Origins
As the prefix fitz in his surname suggests he was presumably the son of Turold/Thorold/Turolf.[4] A certain "Turulf", presumably his father, witnessed a charter to the monastery of Mont Saint-Michel in Normandy, to which same monastery Richard also granted lands.[5]
Landholdings
Cornwall
Tenant of Count of Mortain
He had a castle at Cardinham in Cornwall,[6] in which county he was a major tenant and steward of Robert of Mortain, Count of Mortain, half-brother of King William the Conqueror. His holdings in Cornwall included the manor of Penhallam.[7]
Devon
Tenant-in-chief
His entry in the Devonshire section of the Domesday Book lists Ricardus filius Turoldus[8] as a tenant-in-chief of the king and holding four properties:[9]
- Woodhuish, Brixham parish, Haytor hundred
- Natsworthy, Widecombe-in-the-Moor parish, Haytor hundred
- East Allington, in Stanborough hundred
- One house in the City of Exeter
Mesne tenant
- St Marychurch in the parish of Haytor hundred, held from the Count of Mortain.[10]
- Martin in Drewsteignton parish, Wonford hundred, held from Baldwin de Moeles, Sheriff of Devon[11]
Progeny
His son was William Fitz Richard of Cardinham, mentioned in deeds in 1110 and 1130, date of death unknown.[12] It has been suggested that William's daughter and heiress became the wife of Reginald, Earl of Cornwall.[13]
Notes
References
- Ian N. Soulsby, Richard Fitz Turold, Lord of Penhallam, Cornwall, Medieval Archaeology vol. 20 (1976) pp. 146–8, online PDF