Withenoc

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• Withenoc
• Born c 1035?

possibly La Boussac, Brittany

• Died after 1101 possibly Saumur
• Nationality Breton
• Other names Guihenoc Wihenoc Gwethenoc Withenock etc.
• Occupation Nobleman Monk
• Known for Lord of Monmouth 1075-1082

Withenoc or Guihenoc de La Boussac (also spelled in other ways, including Wihenoc, Gwethenoc, Withenock, etc.) (c. 1035 – after 1101) was a nobleman and monk of Breton origin, who was lord of Monmouth between 1075 and 1082 and was responsible for founding the Priory at Monmouth.

Life

Withenoc was the son of Caradoc de La Boussac, a nobleman with estates near Dol in Brittany. He first appears in the records as an adult in 1055.[1] He married a daughter of the Archbishop of Dol, and had a younger brother, Baderon, and a son, Ratier (or Raterius), who both became monks.[2]

Following the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, William fitzOsbern was appointed Earl of Hereford, and established the first castle at Monmouth, overlooking the rivers Wye and Monnow at the southernmost tip of the area then known as Archenfield in the Welsh Marches. William fitzOsbern was killed in battle in 1071, and his son Roger was disgraced in 1075. King William then gave the lordship of Monmouth to Withenoc.[2] It has been suggested that Bretons who supported the Normans in their conquest were given responsibility for areas in the borders of Wales because, at that time, the two Brythonic languages of Breton and Welsh were sufficiently mutually comprehensible to allow communication with the Welsh people to take place.[3]

One of Withenoc's first acts at Monmouth was to found a Benedictine priory in the town. In so doing, he called upon William of Dol - perhaps a relative - who had been appointed in 1070 as abbot of Saint Florent at Saumur. This was a great abbey on the banks of the Loire, which was destroyed in the sixteenth century. William sent a prior and monks to inaugurate the new priory at Monmouth, and, in turn, the priory and its endowments were granted to the abbey of Saint Florent. This arrangement continued until the fourteenth century, with the priors of Monmouth coming from Saumur, and part of its revenue, as an alien priory, being sent back to France.[2] The founding charter of the priory has been transliterated as follows:[4]

"Wihenoc de Monmouth, to all men, his friends and neighbours, to all the faithful sons of the holy mother church, as well present as future, wishes health. Be it known unto you that I, Wihenoc, being moved by divine impulse, the advice of God, and my soldiers and vassals requiring that from me, for the honour of God, and the holy Virgin at St. Florentius, for the health of my soul, and my parents, have built a church in my castle of Monmouth, and have granted it for ever to St. Florentius de Salmure, from whence I have invited monks to inhabit the said church; and that there they may live, regularly serving God, I have granted unto them certain possessions, as well in lands as in churches and tenths, viz. the church of St. Cadoc near my castle, in my manor, where first the aforesaid monks, before the church of Monmouth was finished, some time inhabited: the church of St. Wingatoll; the church of Bockeville, the church of Llangradoc, the church of Welch Bicknor, the church of Eililde Hopa (Long Hope), with the chapel of Hently, the church of Toberton, the church of Stretton, with the chapel of Hasperton, and three carucates of land near the castle of Monmouth, and one carucate in Llancadock, and one carucate in Suentona, and two parts of all the tythes of my manor, as well as in my own possessions, as in the possession of my vassals, and the tenths of all mills, and the tenths of all my taxes. I confirm these donations under my present writing, to be by them to be possessed for ever. Witness my brother Baderon, &c."

After about seven years at Monmouth, Withenoc gave up his secular responsibilities in 1082 and retired, as a monk, to the abbey at Saumur. He was succeeded as lord of Monmouth by his brother's son, William fitzBaderon. Withenoc returned to visit Monmouth in 1101, when the priory which he had established was formally consecrated.[2] It has been suggested that he may have been related to Geoffrey of Monmouth, who was born in the town in about 1100, the son of another Breton nobleman, Arthur, but there is no confirmation of this.[3]

References

1. H. Guillotel (1976), in Droit privé et Institutions régionales : études historiques offertes à Jean Yver, Publication Univ. Rouen Havre, p.362
2. Kissack, Keith (1974). Mediaeval Monmouth. The Monmouth Historical and Educational Trust. pp. 8–12.
3. Michael A. Faletra, Introduction, in The history of the kings of Britain by Geoffrey of Monmouth, Broadview Press, 2008, ISBN 1-55111-639-1, p.10
4. Charles Heath, Historical and descriptive accounts of the ancient and present state of the town of Monmouth...., 1804

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• This is a Pedigree for the Archbishops of Dol in Brittany France
• This show that Caradoc de la Boussac parents re unknown and the family of his son Withenoc wife's family.
• Reference

http://fmg.ac/phocadownload/userupload/foundations3/JN-03-01/061Dol...

• Withenoc and his brother Baderon came to Britain with William the conqueror in 1066
• When William Fitz Baderon de Monmouth died in 22/2/1071, King William, who was the King at that time granted Gwythenoc de la Boussac with the Barony (Lordship) of Monmouthshire Wales.
• Withenoc
• Born c 1035?
• La Boussac, Brittany France
• Died after 1101
• possibly Saumur
• Nationality Breton Monk
• Other names which are used: Guihenoc: Wihenoc: Gwethenoc: Withenock etc.
• Occupation

     Nobleman Monk

• Known for Lord of Monmouth 1075-1082
• Reference: wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Withenoc

• Withenoc was the son of Caradoc de La Boussac, a nobleman with estates near Dol in Brittany. He first appears in the records as an adult in 1055.[1] He married a daughter of the Archbishop of Dol, and had a younger brother, Baderon, and a son, Ratier (or Raterius), who both became monks:
• Following the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, William fitzOsbern was appointed Earl of Hereford, and established the first castle at Monmouth, overlooking the rivers Wye and Monnow at the southernmost tip of the area then known as Archenfield in the Welsh Marches.
• One of Withenoc's first acts at Monmouth was to found a Benedictine priory in the town. In so doing, he called upon William of Dol - perhaps a relative - who had been appointed in 1070 as abbot of Saint Florent at Saumur. This was a great abbey on the banks of the Loire, which was destroyed in the sixteenth century. William sent a prior and monks to inaugurate the new priory at Monmouth, and, in turn, the priory and its endowments were granted to the abbey of Saint Florent. This arrangement continued until the fourteenth century, with the priors of Monmouth coming from Saumur, and part of its revenue, as an alien priory, being sent back to France.[2] The founding charter of the priory has been transliterated as follows:
• The meaning of de la De means OF and La means THE
• Of the Boussac Family
• The pedigree of Caradoc de la Boussac Family

https://fabpedigree.com/s096/f801285.htm

• The Boussac Family on Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Withenoc

• Withenoc He is the son of Caradoc de la Boussac
• From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• Withenoc
• Born c 1035?
• Ppossibly La Boussac, Brittany
• Died after 1101
• Possibly Saumur
• Nationality Breton
• Other names
• Guihenoc Wihenoc Gwethenoc Withenock etc.
• Occupation
• Nobleman Monk
• Known for Lord of Monmouth 1075-1082
• Withenoc or Guihenoc de La Boussac (also spelled in other ways, including Wihenoc, Gwethenoc, Withenock, etc.) (c. 1035 - after 1101) was a nobleman and monk of Breton origin, who was lord of Monmouth between 1075 and 1082 and was responsible for founding the Priory at Monmouth.
• Life[edit]
• Withenoc was the son of Caradoc de La Boussac, a nobleman with estates near Dol in Brittany. He first appears in the records as an adult in 1055.[1] He married a daughter of the Archbishop of Dol, and had a younger brother, Baderon, and a son, Ratier (or Raterius), who both became monks.[2]
• Following the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, William fitzOsbern was appointed Earl of Hereford, and established the first castle at Monmouth, overlooking the rivers Wye and Monnow at the southernmost tip of the area then known as Archenfield in the Welsh Marches. William fitzOsbern was killed in battle in 1071, and his son Roger was disgraced in 1075. King William then gave the lordship of Monmouth to Withenoc.[2] It has been suggested that Bretons who supported the Normans in their conquest were given responsibility for areas in the borders of Wales because, at that time, the two Brythonic languages of Breton and Welsh were sufficiently mutually comprehensible to allow communication with the Welsh people to take place.[3]

One of Withenoc's first acts at Monmouth was to found a Benedictine priory in the town. In so doing, he called upon William of Dol - perhaps a relative - who had been appointed in 1070 as abbot of Saint Florent at Saumur. This was a great abbey on the banks of the Loire, which was destroyed in the sixteenth century. William sent a prior and monks to inaugurate the new priory at Monmouth, and, in turn, the priory and its endowments were granted to the abbey of Saint Florent. This arrangement continued until the fourteenth century, with the priors of Monmouth coming from Saumur, and part of its revenue, as an alien priory, being sent back to France.[2] The founding charter of the priory has been transliterated as follows:[4]

• "Wihenoc de Monmouth, to all men, his friends and neighbours, to all the faithful sons of the holy mother church, as well present as future, wishes health. Be it known unto you that I, Wihenoc, being moved by divine impulse, the advice of God, and my soldiers and vassals requiring that from me, for the honour of God, and the holy Virgin at St. Florentius, for the health of my soul, and my parents, have built a church in my castle of Monmouth, and have granted it for ever to St. Florentius de Salmure, from whence I have invited monks to inhabit the said church; and that there they may live, regularly serving God, I have granted unto them certain possessions, as well in lands as in churches and tenths, viz. the church of St. Cadoc near my castle, in my manor, where first the aforesaid monks, before the church of Monmouth was finished, some time inhabited: the church of St. Wingatoll; the church of Bockeville, the church of Llangradoc, the church of Welch Bicknor, the church of Eililde Hopa (Long Hope), with the chapel of Hently, the church of Toberton, the church of Stretton, with the chapel of Hasperton, and three carucates of land near the castle of Monmouth, and one carucate in Llancadock, and one carucate in Suentona, and two parts of all the tythes of my manor, as well as in my own possessions, as in the possession of my vassals, and the tenths of all mills, and the tenths of all my taxes. I confirm these donations under my present writing, to be by them to be possessed for ever. Witness my brother Baderon, &c."

After about seven years at Monmouth, Withenoc gave up his secular responsibilities in 1082 and retired, as a monk, to the abbey at Saumur. He was succeeded as lord of Monmouth by his brother's son, William fitzBaderon. Withenoc returned to visit Monmouth in 1101, when the priory which he had established was formally consecrated.[2] It has been suggested that he may have been related to Geoffrey of Monmouth, who was born in the town in about 1100, the son of another Breton nobleman, Arthur, but there is no confirmation of this.[3]

• References
• Jump up ^ H. Guillotel (1976), in Droit privé et Institutions régionales : études historiques offertes à Jean Yver, Publication Univ. Rouen Havre, p.362 ^ Jump up to: a b c d Kissack, Keith (1974). Mediaeval Monmouth. The Monmouth Historical and Educational Trust. pp. 8–12. ^ Jump up to: a b Michael A. Faletra, Introduction, in The history of the kings of Britain by Geoffrey of Monmouth, Broadview Press, 2008, ISBN 1-55111-639-1, p.10 Jump up ^ Charles Heath, Historical and descriptive accounts of the ancient and present state of the town of Monmouth...., 1804
• Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monmouth_Priory
• The priory was founded by Withenoc (or Gwethenoc), a Breton who became lord of Monmouth in 1075.

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• Knight, Nobleman, Welsh Celic Monk Withenoc de la Boussac he married the daughter of the Archbishop Juhel of Dol Britney France
• Reference

http://fmg.ac/phocadownload/userupload/foundations3/JN-03-01/061Dol...

• The Origin of the Stewarts: Part 1
• Fortunately Flaald is a name, for practical purposes, unique; and we need not, therefore, hesitate to recognize in "Float filius Alani dapiferi" who was present (No. 1136) at the dedication of Monmouth Priory (1101 or 1102) the long-sought missing link. We thus connect him with the fourth, the remaining cell of St. Florent de Saumur in England. But we have yet to account for his appearance as a 'baron' of the lord of Monmouth, William son of Baderon. The best authority on Domesday tenants, Mr. A. S. Ellis confessed that he had failed to trace the lords of Monmouth in Britanny.2 The key, however, to the whole connection is found in the abbey of St. Florent de Saumur and in its charters calendared in my work. In the latter half of the eleventh century many Bretons of noble birth were led to 1 It is positively the fact that the author so renders the name of the 'Maison des Plaids' where the (Arch)bishops are supposed to have held their pleas ("plaids"). 2 Domesday Tenants of Gloucestershire, p. 46. 120 take the cowl. Among them was William, eldest son of that Rhiwallon, lord of Dol, whom, on the eve of the Norman Conquest, Duke William and Harold of England had relieved when he was besieged by his lord. Rhiwallon's son William, who was followed by his brother John (No. 1116), entered the abbey of St. Florent de Saumur, and became its abbot himself in 1070. Zealous in the cause of the house he ruled, he clearly urged its claims at Dol, receiving not only local gifts, but also, as its chronicle mentions, the endowments it obtained in England. Of the two families with which we are concerned the lords of Monmouth can, by these charters, be traced to the neighbourhood of Dol, for William son of Baderon confirms his father's gifts at Epiniac and La Boussac (No. 1134), which places lay together close to Dol. The presence among the witnesses to these charters of a Main or La Boussac and a Geoffrey of Epiniac affords confirmation of the fact. Guihenoc, the founder of the house in England (probably identical with "Wihenocus filius Caradoc de Labocac"),1 undoubtedly became a monk of St. Florent,2 and resigned his English fief to his nephew William (son of his brother Baderon), who is found holding it in Domesday. Some charters were specially selected by me from the Liber Albus of St. Florent (Nos. 1152-4) to illustrate, about the end of the Conqueror's reign, 1 Lobineau, Histoire de Bretagne, II, 219. 2 Calendar, Nos. 1117, 1133. 121 the little group of Dol families who were about to settle in England.1 Among the witnesses to one of them are Baderon and his son the Domesday tenant. But the one family we have specially to trace is that which held the office of "Dapifer" at Dol. "Alan Dapifer" is found as a witness, in 1086, to a charter relating to Mezuoit2 (a cell of St. Florent, near Dol). He also, as "Alanus Siniscallus," witnessed the foundation charters of that house (ante 1080) and himself gave it rights at Mezuoit with the consent of "Fledaldus frater ejus," the monks, in return, admitting his brother Rhiwallon to their fraternity.3 He appears as a witness with the above "Badero" in No. 1152, and in 1086 as a surety with Ralf de Fougères (No. 1154). Mentioned in other St. Florent documents,4 he is styled in one, "Dapifer de Dolo"5. And it is as "Alanus dapifer Dolensis" that he took part in the first crusade, 10976. This style is explained in a charter of 1095, recording a gift to Marmoutier by Hamo son of Main, with consent of his lord "Rivallonius dominus Doli castri, filius Johannis archiepiscopi", in which we read:-
• Reference

http://www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk/sources/round/stewarts1.shtml

• Reference
• The Historic Peerage of England: Exhibiting, Under Alphabetical ...

https://books.google.com.au/books?id=Y-w9AAAAcAAJ

• Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas, ‎William John Courthope - 1857
• William Fitz-Baderon, held 22 lordships temp. Will. I. in cos. Gloucester and Hereford. n. Hen. I. 2. ' Withenoc, surnamed de Monmouth', s. and h. III. Hen. H.
• 3. Baderon de Monmouth, s. and h., living 1168 ; ob. ante 1176. IV. Rich. I. 4. Gilbert de ...

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• A History of Wales: From the Earliest Times to the Edwardian Conquest https://books.google.com.au/books?id=FojSAAAAMAAJ
• Sir John Edward Lloyd - 1939 - ‎Snippet
• After the catastrophe of 1075, the king had put the place in charge of the Breton Wihenoc, who, on becoming a monk
• had transmitted his position to his brother's son, William fitz Baderon, ancestor of the later lords of Monmouth.131 If it be ...
• Reference

https://www.google.com/search?q=baderon%2Bof%2Bmonmouth&safe=active...

• The priory church was founded by Withenoc (or Gwethenoc), a Breton who became lord of Monmouth in 1075 after Roger de Breteuil, the son of William fitzOsbern, was disgraced for allowing his sister to wed the Earl of Norfolk against the wishes of King William.[1] There is evidence in the Book of Llandaff of an earlier 8th century Celtic church at Aper Menei, which is interpreted to be Monmouth, and it has been tentatively suggested that this may have been on the site of the later priory.[2]
• The priory was granted to the Abbey of St Florent at Saumur, and was consecrated in the presence of William fitzBaderon[3] in 1101. It was extended and became the parish church later in the twelfth century. Few traces of the early building remain, other than a short section of Norman wall.
• Reference

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Mary%27s_Priory_Church,_Monmouth

• Monmouth (Priory)
• Also known as: St Mary, Monmouth
• Order: Benedictine
• Wihenoc (Guiethenauc), lord of Monmouth, granted the church of St Cadoc and other endowments to the abbey of St Florent près Saumur (Anjou) to establish an alien priory. This gave rise to Monmouth Priory. During monastic occupation the nave of the priory church served as the parish church and was divided from the monks' choir by a screen. hide details of standing remains
• Standing remains
• The medieval remains of the priory church are preserved in the parish church of St Mary's which was rebuilt in the eighteenth century; the conventual buildings were recently restored with the help of an HLF grant
• Wihenoc of Monmouth (de Monemue)
• Wihenoc was a Breton who held Monmouth Castle for King William I and had lands in the vicinity of Dol; he later retired to the abbey of St Florent près Saumur and died as a monk of the house.
• Sites associated with this person Monmouth Priory, Monmouthshire (founder)
• Reference

http://www.monasticwales.org/person/75