Petronella Grantesmesnil^[1]

1149 - 1212  (63 years)

• Name	Petronella Grantesmesnil  [2, 3, 4]
  Birth	1149
  Gender	Female
  Death	1 Apr 1212
  Burial	Leicester, Leicestershire, England
  Person ID	I21395	Cecilie Family
  Last Modified	1 Jan 2010

  
  

  Father	Hugh De Grantmesnil, Lord High Steward Of Eng.
  Family ID	F9275	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	William De Grandmesnil,   b. Abt 1125   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F23185	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	Hugues De Grandmesnil   d. 1177
  Family ID	F31494	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sir Robert De Beaumont, Steward Of England,   b. Bef 1135, Leicester, Leicestershire, England d. 31 Aug 1190, Durazzo, Greece (Age 55 years)
  Marriage	1155
  Children	1. Hawise De Beaumont   2. Amicie Of Leicester   d. 1215   3. Margaret De Beaumont,   b. Abt 1155, Of Hampshire, England d. 12 Jan 1235 (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F9538	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jan 2010

  
  

• Event Map

  Burial - - Leicester, Leicestershire, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Pernel's father was called William, as shown by a charter for St-Evroult discovered by David Crouch The Beaumont Twins, p.91, citing the Cartulary of St-Evroult, ii, fo 33v. However, the argument that her grandfather is likely to have been Robert, the eldest son of Hugh de Grandmesnil, still seems sound. To some extent it is supported by the following evidence.   In 1157, Henry II confirmed gifts made to the hospital of Falaise by William de Grentmesnil and others Cal. Docs France, no 1157. By an undated charter (perhaps from 1160 or later), one Beatrix de Rye gave land to the abbey of St Jean of Falaise, for the well-being of her mother Emma and of her brother William de Grentemesnil Lechaude d'Anisy, Extrait des Chartes ... dans les archives du Calvados, vol.1, p.232, no 9 (1834). It seems likely that this Beatrix was a daughter of Robert de Grandmesnil by his second wife, Emma d'Estouteville, particularly as the name Beatrix occurs in the Estouteville family, and was possibly borne by Emma's mother C.T. Clay, ed., Early Yorkshire Charters, vol.9, p.2 (1952). If so, this would confirm that Robert also had a son William, who would probably be Pernel's father.   Note that K.S.B. Keats-Rohan Domesday People I, p.263 (1999) states that Pernel's father William was the son of Robert by Emma d'Estouteville, but no evidence is cited for the relationship. For more information see the Our Folk - Hart family Web Site

  
  

• Sources

  [S1328] Schwennicke, Detlev, ES, (Marburg, Germany: J. A. Stargardt Verlag, 1980-), 3:700 (Reliability: 3). [S134] Br, World Family Tree Vol. 16, Ed. 1, (Release date: December 15, 1997), Tree #1366 (Reliability: 3). Date of Import: 22 okt 1999 [S1263] Some corrections and additions to the Complete Peerage: Volume 7, (http://www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk/cp/vol7.shtml). [S40] FTW 16 tree 1366 H. Date of Import: 22 okt 1999