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John "One Eye" Of Saxlingham

John "One Eye" Of Saxlingham

Male Bef 1056 - 1138  (82 years)


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  • Name John "One Eye" Of Saxlingham 
    Nickname One Eye 
    Birth Bef 1056  Vains, Manche, Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Death 1138  Saxlingham, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I71255  Cecilie Family
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2009 

    Father Richard De Vains,   b. Abt 1025, Vains, Manche, Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1061 (Age 36 years) 
    Family ID F31445  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Cecily,   b. Abt 1063, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage 1078  Knaresbrough, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Eustace Fitzjohn,   b. Abt 1083, Knaresborough Castle, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jul 1157, Ambushed Near Basingwerk Abbey, Flintshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
    Family ID F31412  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2009 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Bef 1056 - Vains, Manche, Normandy, France Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1078 - Knaresbrough, Yorkshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 1138 - Saxlingham, Norfolk, England Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • JOHN, son and heir, was presumably born before 1056, for about 1076 he suddenly claimed and seized the mill of Vains, but after a trial before the King's Court judgement was delivered against him. As John son of Richard he gave the tithe of Saxlingham, Norfolk, to St. Peter's Abbey, Gloucester, in the time of Abbot Serlon (1072-1103/4). In 1086, described as John nepos W., he was a tenant-in-chief in Norfolk, his estates including the manor of Saxlingham to which the church was appurtenant; and as John nepos Walerami (sic) he held also the single manor of Elsenham ("Alsenham"), in Essex, in chief, and a carucate and a half at Saxlingham of the abbot of St. Benet of Holme. He is said to have been given the advowson of Hockham, Norfolk, by Roger Bigod (died 1107). Nothing is known of his marriage, death or burial. [Complete Peerage XII/2:269-70, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

      Note: In Appendix B, Vol XII/2, the Complete Peerage gives evidence and a lengthy discussion, disproving a long held belief that John was brother of Serlo de Burg (and therefore son of Eustace de Burgo), whom I originally had as his brother. CP also states that John's son Eustace FitzJohn was called Monoculus, possibly as a hereditary nickname from his father, but potentially in place of his father.

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      John, surnamed Monoculus from having but one eye, had three sons, Paganus, Eustace, and William. These brothers were witnesses to the foundation of the abbey of Cirencester, co. Gloucester, 1133. The elder son, Paganus, dying s. p., was s. by his brother, Eustace Fitz-John. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 121, Clavering, Barons Clavering]

  • Sources 
    1. [S1634] Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great, XII/2:269-270 (Reliability: 3).