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From: Richard Borthwick <>
Subject: Re: NESTA of Wales
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1997 08:14:56 +0800


At 14:36 6/02/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Richard Borthwick wrote:
>>
>> Brian Tompsett's Directory of Royal Genealogical Data
>> (http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/catalog.html)makes Amabel
>> dau. of Henry fitz Henry (b. about 1103 d.1157) the wife of Walter de
>> Ridelsford. Turton indicates that there were two Walters, father and son. If
>> the account given by Tompsett is correct then Amabel was most likely the
>> wife of Walter I.
>
>That is how it is shown in Weis/Sheppard
>
>
>> Is this the picture of the Ridelsford descent?
>
>[Note, this chart did not come through right on my system, a common
>problem with posted charts.)
>
>This is correct, except for one connection:
>
>>HENRY II # Rosamund
>> de Clifford
>> |
>>William Longespee
>
>
>Rosamund was not mother of William Longespee. This has long been
>known. More recently, charter evidence has been produced in which
>William calls his mother "Countess Ida", who has been identified with
>the wife of Roger Bigod, Earl of Norfolk.
>
>taf
>
Thanks for the responses and the correction.

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