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The Bluets 6 All these Bluets were born in France, possibly at the family seat of Briqueville la Blouett 18. There is a William Bluet who is given as being a companion of William the Conqueror 19, however it is not certain this is true as the source is not entirely reliable. Even if it is true it is very unlikely this was William the first son in generation two. The William in generation two of Fig. 2 is well known; he supported Henry I, when Earl Robert rebelled against the King in 1102 20 , as did his brother Robert. It is during this rebellion that William is first seen in a national context. Earl Robert, the Earl of both Belesme in Normandy and Shrewsbury in England, was accused of committing offences on deed or word against [Henry I] 21 Realising he couldn‘t defend himself against these charges (mainlybecause they happened to be true, and the King had proof) he fled to Normandy and was pronounced a public enemy. Earl Robert set about strengthening his castles and called for assistance from his kinsmen and allies in Normandy and England, at which point the King summoned the] English Army. After capturing Arundel castle in Sussex Henry besieged Bridgnorth. Oderic Vitalis records that Earl Robert had also made treaty with the Welsh, and entered into alliance with their Kings Cadwgan and Iowerth, the sons of Rhys 22 William Bluet was entrusted with the reduction of Tickhill 23 in Yorkshire early in the year. It is interesting to note that his brother, Bishop Robert of Lincoln, founded the stone castle here (it was previously a simple earthwork motte and bailey) and added a stone curtain wall to the massive 18 King, HS (1874) The Norman People and Their Existing Descendants in the British Dominions and the United States of America reprinted 1975 p162 19 Crispin, MJ (1994) The Falaise Roll Recording Prominent Companions of William Duke of Normandy at the Conquest of England (with additions and corrections by Moriarty, GA) Genealogical Pub. Co Inc p 87 20 Anglo-Saxon Chronicle 1102 21 Vitalis, Oderic On Henry I from the Ecclesiastical History trans. Burr 22 Vitalis, Oderic ibid www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/oderic.html 23 Victoria County History Yorkshire vol III p 398. It is noted that Tickhill is associated with different owners of the Bluet‘s Wiltshire manor of Lackham, or their immediate family, no less than five times in the Manor‘s history.
The Bluets 7 bailey rampart 24 Earl Robert eventually lost, threw himself on the King‘s mercy and was banished to his lands in Normandy, where he created havoc for everyone around him. 25 The second son, Robert Bluet, was chancellor to both William I and William Rufus (William II); it was the Rufus who made him Bishop of Lincoln. 26 Bishop Robert later fell out of the King‘s favour. He died suddenly in 1123 27 . His son, Simon, was later Dean of Lincoln. Robert appears frequently in the records, especially the Close and the Curia Regis rolls. The only things known about the third son, Richard is that he lived at Helston in Cornwall and apparently had a daughter Sybil. 28 24 http://www.castleuk.net/castle_list_north/111/tickhillcastle.htm 25 See Vitalis [Vitalis, Oderic www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/oderic.html] and Carpenter [Carpenter, D (2003) The Struggle for Mastery: Britain 1066-1284 OUP ISBN 0-19-522000-5] for details of this period 26 In 1093, succeeding Bishop Regimius [Crispin, MJ (1994) The Falaise Roll Recording Prominent Companions of William Duke of Normandy at the Conquest of England (with additions and corrections by Moriarty, GA) Genealogical Pub. Co Inc p84] 27 Anglo-Saxon Chronicle part 7 AD 1102 – 1154 record from AD 1123 In this year was the King Henry, at Christmastide at Dunstable, and there came to him the ambassadors of the Earl of Anjou. And thence he went to Woodstock; and his bishops and his whole court with him. Then did it betide on a Wednesday, which was on the fourth day before the ides of January, that the king rode in his deerfold; the Bishop Roger of Salisbury on one side of him, and the Bishop Robert Bloet of Lincoln on the other side of him. And they rode there talking together. Then sank down the Bishop of Lincoln, and said to the king, "Lord king, I die." And the king alighted down from his horse, and lifted him betwixt his arms, and let men bear him home to his inn. There he was soon dead; and they carried him to Lincoln with great worship, and buried him before the altar of St. Mary And the Bishop of Chester, whose name was Robert Pecceth buried him http://omacl.org/Anglo/part7.html 28 Blewett. M (2004) Blewetts document downloaded from bluett.com/blewett/EarlyEnglandResearch.pdf. ―born about 1146, at Helston, Cornwall, England‖ but the source for this has not been seen
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The Bluets 129 Appendices
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The Bluets 131 Appendix 2 Archaeolo
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The Bluets 133 Bibliography Allen B
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The Bluets 135 WRS Devizes vol XXVI
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