Ingelram de Lyons

Ingelram de Lyons
Bornc. 1020
Haute-Normandie, France
Diedc. 1085
Issue
  • Nicholas de Lyons of Warkworth, Northamptonshire
  • Ranulph de Lyons, who was the father of Ingelram de Lyons the Younger who was also called Ingelram Parcar de Lyons
  • William de Lyons of Norfolk
HouseLyons family

Ingelram de Lyons the Elder, Baron of Corsham and Culington (fl. 1066) was a Norman nobleman who arrived in England with the Norman Conquest in 1066 to fight at the Battle of Hastings, after which he was granted lands in Corsham and Culington. He is listed as a companion of William the Conqueror in the Battle Abbey Roll.

His son Nicholas de Lyons (who, with his son Sir John de Lyons, emigrated from Normandy to England in 1080) was granted lands at Warkworth, Northamptonshire, by William the Conqueror.

Origin

His surname is derived from that of the castle and forest of Lyons in Haute-Normandie,[1] where he had been established as a lord for several decades prior to his emigration to England.[2]

Emigration to England

He emigrated to England with the Norman Conquest in 1066 to fight at the Battle of Hastings, after which he was granted lands[3] in Corsham and Culington.[4] He is listed as a companion of William the Conqueror in the Battle Abbey Roll.[5]

Descendants and Legacy

Ingelram de Lyons The Elder had at least two sons:

  • Nicholas de Lyons: Nicholas probably was either a brother or son of Ingelram The Elder, whom he and his son Sir John de Lyons[6] followed to England during 1080.[7] They were granted lands at Warkworth, Northamptonshire by William the Conqueror and subsequently bought Warkworth Castle, Northamptonshire,[8][6] which was the English seat of the Lyons family until 1412. Warkworth Castle was converted into a spectacular house by subsequent owners, during the Jacobean period, but was demolished c.1805.[8] Nicholas's grandson, who was also named John (b. 1100), travelled to the Holy Land.[6]
  • Ranulph de Lyons:[9] who was the father of Ingelram de Lyons the Younger, who was also called Ingelram Parcar de Lyons. Ranulph's descendants held lands in Norfolk and in Leicestershire.[10]
  • William de Lyons: William was the brother of Ranulph, and received a grant of land in Norfolk from Earl Walter Giffard.[11]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Anonymous (2025). The Norman People. Antigonos Verlag. p. 318. ISBN 9783563492765.
  2. ↑ Base Mérimée: Château fort, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  3. ↑ Nichols, John (1795). The History and Antiquities of the County of Leicester: Vol. 2, Part 1. p. 146.
  4. ↑ Miller, Robert, ed. (1907). The Lyon Memorial: New York Families Descended from the Immigrant, Thomas Lyon of Rye. Press William Graham Printing Co.
  5. ↑ Powlett, Catherine Lucy Wilhelmina (1889). The Battle Abbey Roll: With Some Account of the Norman Lineages. J. Murray. p. 216.
  6. 1 2 3 Hewitt, Michael (2014). A Most Remarkable Family: A History of the Lyon Family from 1066 to 2014. AuthorHouse.
  7. ↑ Charles Manners, Duke of Rutland, John James Robert Manners, Duke of Rutland, Sir H. C. Maxwell Lyte, Richard Ward, Esq. Robert Campbell, John Horace Round (1894). The Manuscripts of His Grace the Duke of Rutland. H.M. Stationery Office. pp. 174–175.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. 1 2 Pevsner, Nikolaus. The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire (2nd edition, revised by Cherry, Bridget. Yale University Press. p. 444.
  9. ↑ Francis Blomefield, Charles Parkin (1808). An essay towards a topographical history of the county of Norfolk. (Continued from p. 678 [of vol. 3] by C. Parkin). Oxford University. p. 289.
  10. ↑ Hewitt, Michael (2020). Great Cloister: A Lost Canterbury Tale: A History of the Canterbury Cloister, Constructed 1408-14, with Some Account of the Donors and Their Coats of Arms. AuthorHouse. p. 535. ISBN 9781496977861.
  11. ↑ Blomefield, Francis (1775). An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk. p. 435.