Gilbert (le Grosvenor) Grosvenor (abt. 1139 - abt. 1199)

Born about 1139 in Budworth, Cheshire, England [uncertain]

Descendants

Died about 1199 at about age 60 in Great Budworth, Runcorn, Cheshire, England [uncertain]

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Biography

Gilbert Le Grosvenor

Birthdate: circa 1139

Birthplace: Budworth,,Cheshire,England

Death: Died 1199 in Great :Budworth, Runcorn, Cheshire, England

Immediate Family:

Husband of Margery

Father of: Robert Le Grosvenor^[1]

"The Grosvenors traditionally trace their descent from Gilbert Grosvenor (le gros veneur or master of the hunt), nephew of Hugh Lupus, Earl of Chester, who held from his uncle, William the Conqueror"^[2]

The surname Grosvenor is GROSVENOR of ancient Norman origin and means great hunter. The ancestry of the English family is traced to Gilbert Le Grosvenor, who was related to William the Conqueror, and came with him to England. The family has held a leading place since the days of the Conquest.

(II) Robert Le Grosvenor, son of Gilbert Le Grosvenor, had the lordship of Over Lestock, in Cheshire, given him by the Conqueror's uncle and continued in the family until 1465. He settled in Cheshire.

(III) Ralph (or Raufe) Le Grosvenor, grandson of Gilbert Le Grosvenor, adhered to the cause of Empress Maud against Stephen.^[3]

New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the ..., Volume 2 p.645 edited by William Richard Cutter

Birth

The said Robert le Grosvenor, who got Over-Lostock from Hugh, Earl of Chester, and was son of Gilbert le Grosvenor, who came to England, A. D. 1066, with William, the Conqueror.

New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the ..., Volume 2 p.645 edited by William Richard Cutter

The noble family, of which he is the head, is descended in the male line from a long train of famous ancestors, who flourished in Normandy with great dignity and grandeur, from the time of its first erection into a sovereign Dukedom, A. D. gl2, to the conquest of England in 1060.

They possessed the honourable and powerful office of Grovencur;* and from that place of high trust they took their surname. The family is traced to an uncle of Rollo, the ancestor of William duke of Normandy, under whose standard Gilbert Le Grosvenor served in his victorious expedition into England. The earldom and county of Chester being granted to the Norman Earl Hugh of Avranches, nephew to King William and uncle to Gilbert Le Grosvenor, the latter obtained the moiety of the lordship of Lostock, called Over Lostock, in that county.

The pedigree of this ancient family has been preserved with peculiar clearness, from the circumstance of a celebrated heraldic suit, which was contested before the High Constable and High Marshal of England and other commissioners in the 12th year of Richard II., between Sir Robert Le Grosvenor and Sir Richard Le Scrope, on the subject of a coat of arms, viz. Azure, one Bend, Or; the result of which was a decree that the Grosvenors should in future bear, instead of the Bend, a Garb, Or; which arms have ever since been borne by this family.The New Monthly Magazine, Volume 14 New Monthly Mag.—No. 78 July 1, 1820

Research Notes

• The Bulkeley genealogy: Rev. Peter Bulkeley, being an account of his career ...p.6^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ https://georgepohl.typepad.com/england_dukedoms/2015/09/-grosvenor-synopsis.html
2. ↑ https://georgepohl.typepad.com/england_dukedoms/2015/09/-grosvenor-synopsis.html
3. ↑ [1]
4. ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=2k87AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA6&lpg=PA6&dq=~genealogy+Gilbert+le+Grosvenor+Budworth,+Cheshire,+England&source=bl&ots=bApgoMB9yH&sig=ACfU3U1H7sHl8gYXUgOA9XOxPkftzGgxdg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiU__W5rYngAhUptIMKHdeVCzsQ6AEwCHoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=%20le%20Grosvenor%20&f=false

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