Eudo Dapifer
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There is no evidence of Eudo having been at the [[Battle of Hastings]] in 1066, although some have speculated that [[Wace]] may have designated him as the Sire de [[Préaux, Seine-Maritime|Préaux]] which Eudo was in possession of by 1070. After the [[Norman conquest of England|Norman Conquest of England]] all five brothers and their father were in England. |
There is no evidence of Eudo having been at the [[Battle of Hastings]] in 1066, although some have speculated that [[Wace]] may have designated him as the Sire de [[Préaux, Seine-Maritime|Préaux]] which Eudo was in possession of by 1070. After the [[Norman conquest of England|Norman Conquest of England]] all five brothers and their father were in England. |
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Eudo's brother Ralph was named [[Castellan]] of [[Nottingham]], Hubert had custody of [[Norwich Castle]], and Adam was one of the commissioners of the [[Domesday Survey]] in 1085. Eudo received lands in [[Essex]], [[Hertfordshire]], [[Berkshire]], [[Bedfordshire]], [[Northamptonshire]], [[Cambridgeshire]], [[Huntingdonshire]], [[Hampshire]], [[Norfolk]] and in [[Suffolk]];Farrer, ''Honors and Knights' Fees'', vol. iii, 165 as well as being a steward in the English royal household by at least 1072.{{sfn|Douglas|1964|p=291}} Sometime after the [[Domesday Book|Domesday Survey]] he inherited the lands of his brother Adam, held of [[Odo, Earl of Kent|Odo, Bishop of Bayeux]], and those of his brother William at Bardley, Hertfordshire. He was involved in the building of [[Colchester Castle]], the largest Norman [[keep]] built and the first stone keep in England,{{sfn|Denney|2004|p={{page needed|date=June 2018}}}} becoming its custodian until his death, when it reverted to Crown ownership.{{sfn|Crummy|1997|p={{page needed|date=June 2018}}}}[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=21970 retrieved 09/08/2014] |
Eudo's brother Ralph was named [[Castellan]] of [[Nottingham]], Hubert had custody of [[Norwich Castle]], and Adam was one of the commissioners of the [[Domesday Survey]] in 1085. Eudo received lands in [[Essex]], [[Hertfordshire]], [[Berkshire]], [[Bedfordshire]], [[Northamptonshire]], [[Cambridgeshire]], [[Huntingdonshire]], [[Hampshire]], [[Norfolk]] and in [[Suffolk]];Farrer, ''Honors and Knights' Fees'', vol. iii, 165 as well as being a steward in the English royal household by at least 1072.{{sfn|Douglas|1964|p=291}} Sometime after the [[Domesday Book|Domesday Survey]] he inherited the lands of his brother Adam, held of [[Odo, Earl of Kent|Odo, Bishop of Bayeux]], and those of his brother William at Bardley, Hertfordshire. He was involved in the building of [[Colchester Castle]], the largest Norman [[keep]] built and the first stone keep in England,{{sfn|Denney|2004|p={{page needed|date=June 2018}}}} becoming its custodian until his death, when it reverted to Crown ownership.{{sfn|Crummy|1997|p={{page needed|date=June 2018}}}}[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=21970 retrieved 09/08/2014] |
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====William II==== |
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