Ranulph
(Ranulf I)
"Vicomte de Bayeux"
le Meschin
formerly Meschines aka de Briquessart, of the Bessin II
Born about in Bayeux, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
Ancestors 
Brother of
Warner (Chester) FitzRanulph and Hugh (Chester) of Chester
Husband of
Margaret (Avranches) le Meschin
— married
1069 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Maud (Meschin) de Trevers, Richard (UNKNOWN) Meschines, Ranulph (Meschines) le Briquessart, Geoffrey Meschines, Robert Meschines and William (FitzRanulph) le Meschin
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
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Biography
Alternate date of death: 26 Aug 1116
Sources
- Gen-Medieval - 22 Oct 2004 posting re: Descent from Richard III of Normandy to Jane Lowe (Grey of Sandiacre)
- Phillips, Weber, Kirk and Staggs Families of the Pacific Northwest, by Jim Weber, rootsweb
See also:
- 1. Plantagenet Ancestry p. 85, 95 (GS #Q942 D2t)
- 2. Complete Peerage vol 7 p. 677, vol 4 Ch 4, vol 3 p. 166 (GS #942
- D24c)
- 3. Visit of Cheshire, 1580 vol 18 p. 4 (GS #942 B3h)
- 4. Ormerod's Hist of Ches pt 1 p. 18 (GS #Folio 942.71 H2or)
- 5. Cheshire Pipe Rolls p. 19 (GS #942.7 B4Lc)
- 6. Baker's Nrthmp vol 1 p. 121 (GS #Q942.55 H2ba)
- 7. Nichols' Leics vol 1 pt 1 p. 18 (GS #Q942.54 H2nic)
- 8. Dict. of Nat'l Biog. vol 28 p. 161-2 (GS #Ref 920.042 D56 1n)
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3. Ranulph II 'le Meschin' DE BAYEUX Viscomte de Bayeux 1302 1307 1819 1820 (Ranulph I DE Viscomte De Bayeux and Bessin 2, Ancitel DE Viscomte de Bessin (Ancestor of Guernon) 1) was born before 1045 in Bayeux, Calvados, Normandy, France 1820 and died after Apr 1089 of Bayeux, Calvados, Normandy, France.1820 Another name for Ranulph was Ranulph II LE MESCHIN. Ranulph married Margaret 'Maud' D' AVRANCHES Heiress of Chester (See Link for Ancestry),1307 1820 1821 1822 daughter of Richard LE GOZ Viscomte d'Avranches and Emma DE CONTEVILLE, circa 1065.1820 Margaret was born circa 1045 in Avranches, Manche, Normandy, France 1820 and died of Avranches, Manche, Normandy, France.1820
Children from this marriage were:
4. i. Matilda 'le Meschin' DE BAYEUX 68 was born circa 1065 in Bayeux, Calvados, Normandy, France and died of Burgh by Sands, Cumberland, England. 5. ii. Ranulph III 'le Meschin' DE BRIQUESSARD 1st Earl Of Chester 980 1302 1303 1304 was born circa 1070 in Briquessard, Calvados, Normandy, France,1303 died in Jan 1129 in Chester, Chestershire, England 1302 1303 1305 at age 59, and was buried in St. Werburgh's Abbey, Chestershire, England. 6. iii. William 'le Meschin' DE GUERNON Lord of Skipton 1146 1821 1823 was born circa 1078 in Guernon Castle, Normandy, France 1146 and died of Skipton in Craven, Yorkshire, England.1146