Henry de Essex, Lord of Rayleigh and Haughley^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]}

- Abt 1170

• Name	Henry de Essex
  Suffix	Lord of Rayleigh and Haughley
  Born	Normandie, France
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Constable of England
  Died	Abt 1170
  Notes	In 1163 lost his vast estates in single combat with Robt. de Montford - and then became a monk of Reading. He also had sons Henry (prob d. bef 1194), Hugh and Robert (a clerk). K_R says he was a descendant of Hugh I de Montfort.
  Person ID	I1748584669	Red1st
  Last Modified	5 Aug 2008

  
  

  Father	Robert FitzSwain de Essex, Lord of Rayleigh,   d. Bef 1146
  Mother	Gunnor Bigod,   b. Abt 1099,   d. Abt 1129  (Age ~ 30 years)
  Married	Abt 1107  [7]
  Family ID	F672622460	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Cicely Valoines,   d. Bef 1186
  Children	+ 1. Agnes of Essex,   b. Abt 1151,   d. Abt 1206  (Age ~ 55 years)   2. Henry Essex,   d. Bef 1194 + 3. Hugh de Essex,   d. Bef 1227   4. Gunnor de Essex
  Family ID	F672177017	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - - Normandie, France  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S25458533589] Dictionary of National Biography, 1st Ed., Ed: Leslie Stephen et al, (Oxford University Press, 1885 to 1900, c. 50 Vols), His son-in-law Aubrey de Vere's article. [S25458533593] Complete Peerage, G E Cockayne et al, (St. Catherine Press, 29 Great Queen St, Kingsway, London 1910 on), Oxford article, Vol X, pp. 205-6 & p. 206, note (c). [S25458533628] Soc.gen.med, Ed Mann, Rosie Bevan, "Essex/Valognes/FitzJohn", 18 Apr 2003. [S25458533641] II: Domesday Descendants, K S B Keats-Rohan, (Boydell Press, 2002), Henricus de Essex, pp. 449-450. [S25458533646] English Baronies, I J Sanders, (OUP, 2nd ed, 1963), Feudal Baron (2nd class) of Rayleigh, Essex. [S25458533684] Tim Powys-Lybbe. [S25458533788] Prosographical Newsletters, 1995 on, No 9, Keats-Rohan: Heirs of Robt & Berengar Tosny.