The prince of Powys, Madog ap Maredudd, with assistance from Earl Ranulf of Chester, gave battle at Coleshill, but Owain was victorious.

Orderic Vitalis, a medieval chronicler, records that Robert fitzThurstin gave the nickname to Ranulf, because Robert resented the fact that Ranulf, though of low birth, ordered the nobility around.

In the late 12th century Robert Fitz Ranulf gave land for the establishment an abbey, just south of Millhouses at Beauchief.

From 1016 to 1030 the Normans were pure mercenaries, serving either Byzantines or Lombards, and then Sergius IV of Naples, by installing the leader Ranulf Drengot in the fortress of Aversa in 1030, gave them their first pied-à-terre and they began an organized conquest of the land.

The marriage gave Ranulf control of the earldom of Richmond and the duchy of Brittany, but was not a success and they separated.

That year, whilst Ranulf was a guest at the house of William Peverel the Younger, his host attempted to kill him with poisoned wine.

Three of his men that had drunk the wine died, while Ranulf suffered agonizing pain.

Ranulf devised a plan for dealing with the problem by ambushing Henry whilst the prince was travelling back from Stephen's court to Scotland after Christmas.

At San Severino, after the victorious campaign, he and the pope jointly invested Ranulf as duke of Apulia ( August 1137 ), and the emperor then retired to Germany.

Ranulf devised a plan for dealing with the problem by ambushing Henry whilst the prince was travelling back from Stephen's court to Scotland after Christmas.

The present structure was founded by Ranulf, Earl of Chester, in 1220 shortly after he returned from the Fifth Crusade.

Soon after his appointment, Walter accompanied the king on the Third Crusade, going ahead of the king directly from Marseille to the Holy Land in a group that included Baldwin of Forde, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Ranulf de Glanvill.

The brothers reconciled, but although Ranulf was restored to office he spent the next few years in Normandy, returning only after Henry had defeated Robert at the Battle of Tinchebray.

When all the men had assembled, instead of sending them to Normandy, Ranulf dismissed them, after collecting the 10 shillings that each man had been given by their district for maintenance.

Medieval chroniclers told the story that the legate was much taken with Ranulf's niece, and after sleeping with the girl, took no action on the charges against Ranulf.

Ranulf had a son, Thomas, who also held the see of Lisieux, right after his uncle.

When Aquitaine briefly asserted independence after the death of Charles the Fat, it was Ranulf II of Poitou who took the royal title.

Robert returned from the Holy Land after Henry's coronation, and encouraged by his advisor Ranulf Flambard, he invaded the Kingdom of England in order to claim the throne.

1956 ) imagines the lives of Jarl Buthar and his band of Cumbrian rebels, and their last stand against the forces of a Norman army under the command of Ranulf le Meschin, Lord of Carlisle and later Earl of Chester, nearly 50 years after the 1066 Norman Conquest of England.

Stephen eventually made a pact with the Ranulf and his half-brother and left Lincolnshire, returning to London before Christmas 1140, after bestowing making William de Roumare Earl of Lincoln and awarding Ranulf with administrative and military powers over Lincolnshire and the town and castle of Derby.

Ranulf took advantage of disarray amongst the king ’ s followers and in the weeks after the fighting managed to take the Earl of Richmond ’ s northern castles and capture him when he tried to ambush Ranulf.

Immediately after the Conquest Walcott was given to Robert Malet who died before the Domesday Survey of 1088 when it was granted to Ralph ( Ranulf ), brother of Iger and held by Humphrey, possibly his nephew.

Ranulf de Blondeville, 6th Earl of Chester and 1st Earl of Lincoln ( 1172 – 1232 ), known in some references as the 4th Earl of Chester ( in the second lineage of the title after the original family line was broken after the 2nd Earl ), was one of the " old school " of Anglo-Norman barons whose loyalty to the Angevin dynasty was consistent but contingent on the receipt of lucrative favours.

While they were away, Roger's half-sister Matilda, the wife of Ranulf, fled to Roger claiming abuse.

Ranulf Higden in his Polychronicus records the Flemings as extinct in Pembrokeshire by 1327 but Flemish mercenaries reappear in 1400 when at the behest of Henry IV they joined an army of 1500 English settlers who marched north from Pembrokeshire to attack the army of Owain Glyndŵr at Mynydd Hyddgen.

Ranulf had married Bertha de Valoignes, daughter of Theobald de Valoignes, Lord of Parham, Suffolk ; they had three daughters .< Ref > S.

The citizens of Lincoln sent Stephen a message complaining about the treatment they were receiving from Ranulf and asking the King to capture the brothers.

Stephen returned to London but received news that Ranulf, his brother and their family were relaxing in Lincoln Castle with a minimal guard force, a ripe target for a surprise attack of his own.

Both were denied, and Ranulf left Rome against orders, with Robert following.

Thence Roger moved to Benevento and northern Apulia, where Duke Ranulf, although steadily losing his bases of power, had some German troops plus some 1, 500 knight from the cities of Melfi, Trani, Troia, and Bari, who were " ready to die instead to lead a miserable life.

Stephen returned to London but received news that Ranulf, his brother and their family were relaxing in Lincoln Castle with a minimal guard force, a ripe target for a surprise attack of his own.

The eldest brother, Theobald Walter, and Walter himself, were helped in their careers by their uncle, Ranulf de Glanvill.

When King William died and his lands were split between his elder son Robert Curthose, who received Normandy, and the third son, William Rufus, who received England, Ranulf chose to serve Rufus in England.

Others who often worked with Ranulf were Robert FitzHaimo, Roger Bigod, and Eudo the dapifer.

Alveva's sons were Ranulf, who was an archdeacon, and Elias.

Its domesday assets were: 2 churches ( both held by Ranulf Flambard ) worth 12s, 3 mills worth £ 2 1s 8d, 25 ploughs, of meadow, woodland worth 103 hogs.

These were commanded by Ranulf of Bayeux, Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester, and William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey.

Two Frankish leaders, Robert the Strong and Ranulf, were killed by the Vikings.

He was the son of Ranulf le Meschin, 3rd Earl of Chester and Lucy of Bolingbroke, who were both significant landowners with considerable autonomy within the county palatine.

Many of the magnates were alarmed when it was discovered that Ranulf wanted the king to take part in a campaign against the Welsh.

Ranulf succumbed to the poison on 16 December 1153: his son Hugh inherited his lands as held in 1135 ( when Stephen took the throne ), while other honours bestowed upon Ranulf were revoked.

He also pointed out that the Hays were linked to the powerful Normandy family of Soulis Ranulf I de Soules in that La Haye-Hue, now called La Haye-Bellefond, is located just across the small Soules River from Soulles, the seat of that family.

The first known prisoner was the Norman Bishop Ranulf Flambard in 1100, and the London gangsters Ronnie and Reggie Kray were the last official prisoners, for a few days in 1952, for refusing to do their National Service.