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Gospatric of High Ireby, Lord of Workington in Coupland

Male - 1179


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  • Name Gospatric of High Ireby  
    Relationshipwith Robert Alan Roy
    History birth to death 
    • He exchanged lands with his cousin, William I de Lancaster for the lands of William de Lnacaster at Workington in Coupland. [2]
    • Gospatric became lord of Workington, Flemingby, Seton and Camberton upon the death of his father. [1]
    • In 1174, he made a grant of common pasture in Flemingby, Seton and Camberton to Holm Cultram Abbey. He and his wife Egeliva gave land next to Flemingby that had belonged to Aculphus, his tenant, to the Church of St. Mary in Carlisle. This charter was witnessed by his brother Michael. [1]
    Death 1179  [1, 2
    Siblings 3 Siblings 
    Person ID I23176  | Roy Line, Boudreau Line
    Last Modified 10 Dec 2019 

    Father Orm, Lord of Seaton   d. 1145 - 1150 
    Mother Ibrea de Trevers 
    Family ID F8081  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Egeline Engaine  [1, 2
    Children 
     1. Thomas FitzGospatric   d. After 13 Nov 1200
     2. Adam FitzGospatric
     3. Robert FitzGospatric
     4. Orme FitzGospatric
     5. Alan FitzGospatric
     6. Gilbert de Southaik
    Family ID F7948  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Dec 2019 

  • Notes 
    • Parents: Earlier sources give Gunnilda of Dunbar as his mother, however Guido (2005) clearly shows that his mother was Ibrea de Trevers. [1]

  • Sources 
    1. [S1697] Guido, Michael Anne. "The Ancestry of Gospatric, Lord of Workington", (Chobham, Woking, UK: Foundations: Journal of the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, volume 1, number 6, 2005).

    2. [S59] Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 Fifth Editionif, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982).

    3. [S2000] ------------- Sources Below not Reviewed -------------.