Ralph St. John-Paynel, son of Wimund II, de la Haye-Paynel b. abt. 1036 Moulins Castle, Moulins-le-marche, Orne, Normandy, France d. 1115-1122 Yorkshire, England, UK: The St. John Genealogy Project

Ralph St. John-Paynel, son of Wimund II, de la Haye-Paynel

Name	Ralph St. John-Paynel
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Suffix	son of Wimund II, de la Haye-Paynel
Birth	abt. 1036	Moulins Castle, Moulins-le-marche, Orne, Normandy, France
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Gender	Male
Fact	bef. 1053	Italy
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Fact	18 Jun 1053	Battle of Civitate, Italy
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Fact	25 Dec 1053	Rouen, Normandy, France
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Lordship, Barony or Honour	1054	St. Jean-le-Thomas, Avranches, Manche, Normandy, France
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Name	1054	Mont-St.-Michel, Normandy, France [3]
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Fact	25 Dec 1054	Mont-St.-Michel, Normandy, France
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Occupation	25 Dec 1054	St. Jean-le-Thomas, Avranches, Manche, Normandy, France
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Fact	1066 [4]
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Fact	1066 [4]
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Fact	1066	Bonneville [4]
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WAR	1066	Hastings, England, UK
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WAR	27 Sep 1066	Pevensey, Sussex, England, UK [5]
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Fact	1069-1070	England, UK
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Fact	1076	Mont-St.-Michel, Normandy, France
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Fact	1066 or 1076	Mont-St.-Michel, Normandy, France
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Domesday Book	1086	Ashby [ de-la-Launde], Flaxwell, Lincolnshire, England, UK
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Domesday Book	1086	Bagborough, Taunton, Somerset, England, UK
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Domesday Book	1086	Barlby, Howden, Yorkshire, England, UK
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Domesday Book	1086	Aller, Silverton, Devon, England, UK
Aller was a settlement in Domesday Book, in the hundred of Silverton and the county of Devon. It had a recorded population of 35 households in 1086, putting it in the largest 20% of settlements recorded in Domesday, and is listed under 2 owners in Domesday Book Land of Ralph Paynel Households Households: 14 villagers. 9 smallholders. 5 slaves. Land and resources Ploughland: 10 ploughlands. 1 lord's plough teams. 7 men's plough teams. Other resources: 0.25 lord's lands. Meadow 20 acres. Pasture 50 acres. Woodland 20 acres. Livestock Livestock in 1086: 66 sheep. 1 other. Valuation Annual value to lord: 5 pounds in 1086; 3 pounds when acquired by the 1086 owner. Owners Tenant-in-chief in 1086: Ralph Paynel. Lord in 1086: Ralph Paynel. Lord in 1066: Merleswein (the sheriff). Other information Phillimore reference: Devon 32,3
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Fact	St. Jean-le-Thomas, Avranches, Manche, Normandy, France
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Fact	1086	Barlow, Barkston, Yorkshire, England, UK
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Fact	1086	Broughton, Manley, Lincolnshire, England, UK
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Fact	1086	Burton [-le-Coggles], Beltisloe, Lincolnshire, England, UK
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Fact	1086	Camblesforth, Barkston, Yorkshire, England, UK
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Fact	1086	Chagford, Wonford, Devon, England, UK
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Fact	1086	Culkerton, Longtree, Gloucestershire, England, UK
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Fact	1086	Drax, Barkston, Yorkshire, England, UK
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Fact	1086	Dunchideock, Exminster, Devon, England, UK
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Fact	1078-1086	Yorkshire, England, UK
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Fact	1086	Mont-St.-Michel, Normandy, France
	Cartulaire du Mont St-Michel, fol. 79 v 1086. -- In nomine sancte et individue Trinitatis Patris et Filii et Spiritus sancti amen. Ego Rotbertus, Haimonis filius, rogatus multociens ab abbate et a monachis montis sancti Michaelis archangeli in periculo maris siti, pro remedio anime mee necnon et parentum meorum, concedo de hereditate a parentibus meis michi relicta Deo creatori meo et eidem archangelo Michaeli ecclesiam quandam de villa quadam mei patrimonii, que Scai vulgo dicitur, cum decima eidem ecclesie pertinenti, excepta quadam parte duorum scilicet vavassorum, qui non sunt mei juris, quarum tamen, excepta sola decima, reditum eadem habet ecclesia. Dono eciam novem acras terre et insuper assentio ut, si quisquam meorum hominum eandem villam incolentium, necessitate aliqua coactus, de terra vel possesione sua ejusdem loci abbati aliquid invadimonaire voluerit, licet hoc agat, si vero omnino vendere voluerit, usque ad duas acras, exceptis masuris et ortolaneis terris, indissimiliter annuo. Hujus rei testes sunt qui signum vivifice crucis subtus impresserunt. S. Rotberti Hamonis filii s. Folcui de Mannei S. Rogerii Juelini filii S. Rotberti de Buris S. Malgerii de Buris S. Rogerii clerici S. Theoldi S. Parvalt S. Adam S. Radulfi de sancto Johanne S. Galterii de Coldevilla S. Hugonis preposi genitiensis S. Pagani de Bricavilla S. Radulfi Malreguart Acta est hec donatio anno dominice incarnationis MLXXXVI indictione nona, anno primo cycli decennovenalis. Rôle des monastères comme éstablissements de crédit: étude en Normandie du ... By Robert Génestal pg 219-220 https://books.google.com/books?id=mTIQAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22Radulfi+de+sancto+Johanne%22&source=gbs_navlinks_s
Fact	1086	Drax, Barkston, Yorkshire, England, UK
	Reference: E 31/2/2/6120 Description: Place name: Drax, Yorkshire Folio: 325v Great Domesday Book Domesday place name: Drac People mentioned within entire folio: Eadgifu; Hubert, man of Ralph Paynel; Maerle-Sveinn; Orm; Ralph Paynel; Ralph de Mortimer Date: 1086 Held by: The National Archives, Kew Legal status: Public Record(s) Closure status: Open Document, Open Description http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7313089
Fact	1086	Middle Rasen, Lincolnshire, England, UK
	Reference: E 31/2/2/7008 Description: Place name: Middle Rasen, Lincolnshire Folio: 342v Great Domesday Book Domesday place name: Rasa/Rase People mentioned within entire folio: Algar; Alwine; Azur; Broklauss; Church of Middle Rasen; Church of Ranby; Edward; Godwine; Grimkel; Ilbert, man of Odo, Bishop of Bayeux; Leofric; Leofsige; Losoard, man of Odo, Bishop of Bayeux; Man of Odo, Bishop of Bayeux; Priest of Church of Ranby; Ralph, man of Odo, Bishop of Bayeux; Rolf; Sigar; Thorfridh; Ulf; Ulfgrimr; Ulfkil; Wadard, man of Odo, Bishop of Bayeux; Wimund, man of Odo, Bishop of Bayeux; Wulfnoth Date: 1086 Held by: The National Archives, Kew http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7313975
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Fact	1086	Rasen, Lincolnshire, England, UK
	Reference: E 31/2/2/7980 Description: Place name: Middle Rasen, West Rasen, Lincolnshire Folio: 362v Great Domesday Book Domesday place name: Altera Rase/Rase/Resne People mentioned within entire folio: Barth; Eadgifu; Earl Morcar; Erneis de Buron; Grimkel; Hakun, man of Ralph Paynel; Herbert [Paynel?]; John, man of Erneis de Buron; King Edward as donor; Knight of Ralph Paynel; Maerle-Sveinn the sheriff; Ogier, man of Ralph Paynel; Ralph Paynel; Wege Date: 1086 Held by: The National Archives, Kew Legal status: Public Record(s) Closure status: Open Document, Open Description http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7314947
Fact	1086	[East and West] Ness, Maneshou, Yorkshire, England, UK
	Tenant-in-chief as 'Ralph Paynel' Lord as 'Ralph Paynel'
Fact	1086	Edginswell, Kerswell, Devon, England, UK
	Tenant-in-chief as 'Ralph Paynel' Lord as 'Ralph Paynel'
Fact	1086	[Great and Little] Ribston, Burghshire, Yorkshire, England, UK
	Tenant-in-chief as 'Ralph Paynel' Lord as 'Ralph Paynel'
Fact	1086	Ilsington, Teignbridge, Devon, England, UK
	Tenant-in-chief as 'Ralph Paynel' Lord as 'Ralph Paynel'
Fact	1086	Ingsdon, Teignbridge, Devon, England, UK
	Tenant-in-chief as 'Ralph Paynel' Lord as 'Ralph Paynel'
Fact	1086	Irnham, Beltisloe, Lincolnshire, England, UK
	Tenant-in-chief as 'Ralph Paynel' Lord as 'Ralph Paynel'
Fact	1086	[Kirk and North] Deighton, Burghshire, Yorkshire, England, UK
	Tenant-in-chief as 'Ralph Paynel' Lord as 'Ralph Paynel'
Fact	1086	[Little] Airmyn, Barkston, Yorkshire, England, UK
	Tenant-in-chief as 'Ralph Paynel' Lord as 'Ralph Paynel'
Fact	1086	[Market, Middle and West] Rasen, Walshcroft, Lincolnshire, England, UK
	Tenant-in-chief as 'Ralph Paynel' Lord as 'Ralph Paynel'
Fact	1086	Newhall, Williton, Somerset, England, UK
	Tenant-in-chief as 'Ralph Paynel' Lord as 'Ralph Paynel'
Fact	1086	Newton [upon Ouse], Bulford, Yorkshire, England, UK
	Tenant-in-chief as 'Ralph Paynel' Lord as 'Ralph Paynel'
Fact	1086	[North] Willingham, Walshcroft, Lincolnshire, England, UK
	Tenant-in-chief as 'Ralph Paynel' Lord as 'Ralph Paynel'
Fact	1086	Nunnington, Maneshou, Yorkshire, England, UK
	Tenant-in-chief as 'Ralph Paynel' Lord as 'Ralph Paynel'
Fact	1086	Osgodby, Walshcroft, Lincolnshire, England, UK
	Tenant-in-chief as 'Ralph Paynel' Lord as 'Ralph Paynel'
Fact	1086	Ripley, Burghshire, Yorkshire, England, UK
	Tenant-in-chief as 'Ralph Paynel' Lord as 'Ralph Paynel'
Fact	1086	Rudston, Burton, Yorkshire, England, UK
	Tenant-in-chief as 'Ralph Paynel' Lord as 'Ralph Paynel'
Fact	1086	Sandburn [House], Bulford, Yorkshire, England, UK
	Tenant-in-chief as 'Ralph Paynel' Lord as 'Ralph Paynel'
Fact	1086	Scawby, Manley, Lincolnshire, England, UK
	Tenant-in-chief as 'Ralph Paynel' Lord as 'Ralph Paynel'
Fact	1086	Snarford, Lawress, Lincolnshire, England, UK
	Tenant-in-chief as 'Ralph Paynel' Lord as 'Ralph Paynel'
Fact	1086	[South] Holme, Maneshou, Yorkshire, England, UK
	Tenant-in-chief as 'Ralph Paynel' Lord as 'Ralph Paynel'
Fact	1086	Stonegrave, Maneshou, Yorkshire, England, UK
	Tenant-in-chief as 'Ralph Paynel' Lord as 'Ralph Paynel'
Fact	1086	Sturton, Manley, Lincolnshire, England, UK
	Tenant-in-chief as 'Ralph Paynel' Lord as 'Ralph Paynel'
Fact	1086	Tealby, Walshcroft, Lincolnshire, England, UK
	Tenant-in-chief as 'Ralph Paynel' Lord as 'Ralph Paynel'
Fact	1086	Thorganby, Howden, Yorkshire, England, UK
	Tenant-in-chief as 'Ralph Paynel' Lord as 'Ralph Paynel'
Fact	1086	Thorpe [Underwood], Burghshire, Yorkshire, England, UK
	Tenant-in-chief as 'Ralph Paynel' Lord as 'Ralph Paynel'
Fact	1086	Throwleigh, Wonford, Devon, England, UK
	Tenant-in-chief as 'Ralph Paynel' Lord as 'Ralph Paynel'
Fact	1086	Toresbi, Bulford, Yorkshire, England, UK
	Tenant-in-chief as 'Ralph Paynel' Lord as 'Ralph Paynel'
Fact	1086	[West] Cottingwith, Howden, Yorkshire, England, UK
	Tenant-in-chief as 'Ralph Paynel' Lord as 'Ralph Paynel'
Fact	1086	Wykeham [Hill], Maneshou, Yorkshire, England, UK
	Tenant-in-chief as 'Ralph Paynel' Lord as 'Ralph Paynel'
Fact	1086	[East] Quantoxhead, Williton, Somerset, England, UK
	Tenant-in-chief as 'Ralph Paynel' Lord as "Ralph (of Reuilly)"
Fact	1086	Huish, Williton, Somerset, England, UK
	Tenant-in-chief as 'Ralph Paynel' Lord as "Ralph (of Reuilly)"
Fact	1086	Stockland, Cannington, Somerset, UK
	Tenant-in-chief as 'Ralph Paynel' Lord as "Ralph (of Reuilly)"
Fact	1086	Tarlton, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England, UK
	Tenant-in-chief as 'Ralph Paynel' Lord as "Ralph (of Reuilly)"
Fact	1086	Dunholme, Lawress, Lincolnshire, England, UK
	Tenant-in-chief as 'Ralph Paynel'
Fact	1086	[East] Carlton, Stoke, Northamptonshire, England, UK
	Tenant-in-chief as 'Ralph Paynel'
Fact	1086	Goldsborough, Burghshire, Yorkshire, England, UK
	Tenant-in-chief as 'Ralph Paynel'
Fact	1086	Kerswell, Silverton, Devon, England, UK
	Tenant-in-chief as 'Ralph Paynel'
Fact	1086	[Little] Washfield, Witheridge, Devon, England, UK
	Tenant-in-chief as 'Ralph Paynel'
Fact	1086	Newton, Toreshou, Yorkshire, England, UK
	Tenant-in-chief as 'Ralph Paynel'
Fact	1086	Roxby, Manley, Lincolnshire, England, UK
	Tenant-in-chief as 'Ralph Paynel'
Fact	1086	Swinstead, Beltisloe, Lincolnshire, England, UK
	Tenant-in-chief as 'Ralph Paynel'
Fact	1086	Tiverton, Tiverton, Devon, England, UK
	Tenant-in-chief as 'Ralph Paynel'
Fact	1086	Winterton, Manley, Lincolnshire, England, UK
	Tenant-in-chief as 'Ralph Paynel'
Fact	1086	Witham [on the Hill], Beltisloe, Lincolnshire, England, UK
	Tenant-in-chief as 'Ralph Paynel'
Fact	1070-1087	Yorkshire, England, UK
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Fact	1066-1087	Yorkshire, England, UK
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Fact	1088	Mont-St.-Michel, Pontorson, Manche, Normandy, France
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Fact	1088	Mont-St.-Michel, Pontorson, Manche, Normandy, France
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Fact	1088	Mont-St.-Michel, Normandy, France
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Fact	bef. 1089	Genêts, Avranches, Manche, France
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Fact	1091	Hastings, England, UK
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Fact	1071-1092
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Fact	1092
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Occupation	1086-1093	Yorkshire, England, UK
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Fact	1096-1098	Yorkshire, England, UK
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Fact	1087-1100	Brigestock, Northamptonshire, England, UK
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Fact	1094-1100	Huntingdonshire, England, UK
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Fact	1100-1104
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Fact	1103-1106
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MILI	28 Sep 1106
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Fact	1100-1116	Brittany, France
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Death	1115-1122	Yorkshire, England, UK
Fact	1100-1135	Kelleysthorpe, Yorkshire, England, UK
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Fact	1100-1135	Yorkshire, England, UK
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Name	1100-1135	Kelleysthorpe, Yorkshire, England, UK
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Fact	1306
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Fact 3	Normandy, France
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Name	Radulfi de Sancto Johanne
Name	Radulfo de Sancto Johanne
Name	Raoul de Brehal Raoul de Saint Johan e de Brehal (Roman de Rou)
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Name	Raoul de Sancto Johanne
Association	Cistercian Knights, Benedictine Rule (Relationship: Ralph St. John-Paynel was a Benedictine Knight)
Person ID	I105552294	St. John Origin and Ancestry DNA Database \| St. John Generation One - Raoul de Sancto Johanne
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Father	Private
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Mother	Emma de Rennes, de Moulins, b. aft. 1019, Normandy, France d. aft. 1092, England, UK (Age 73 years)
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Family ID	F399511	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Alferada de Hauteville, di Guardia; m. Ralph de Moulins aka St. John, Brehal, Paynel, b. abt. 1037, Normandy, France d. bef. 1088, Italy (Age 50 years)

Marriage 1053 Italy

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+	1. Altruda St. John-di Molise, m. Serlon de Hauteville, b. abt. 1054 [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]
	2. Lambert "the Goldsmith" St. John-Paynel, d.s.p. heir Thomas St. John, b. abt. 1056, St. Jean-le-Thomas, Avranches, Manche, Normandy, France d. 1112-1121, St. Jean-le-Thomas, Avranches, Manche, Normandy, France (Age 65 years) [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]
+	3. Robert St. John-di Molise, Tenant in chief in Yorkshire and Annandale; m. Agnes de Sourdeval [possibly Robert de Bruce?], b. abt. 1066 d. aft. 1092 (Age 27 years) [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]
+	4. Ralph St. John-Paynel, Jr. m. Maud de Sourdeval of Hooton, Irnham, and East Quantockshead, b. abt. 1069 d. abt. 1108 (Age 39 years) [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]
+	5. Reginald St. John-Paynel-Worth, of Worth, b. abt. 1070 [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]
+	6. Beatrice St. John-di Molise, m. Adam de Port , b. 1057-1074 [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]
+	7. Sichelgaita St. John-di Molise, m. Geoffrey of Hauteville, count of Loritello, b. 1060-1074 d. aft. Sep 1101 (Age 27 years) [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]
+	8. Hugh St. John-di Molise, [Possibly Hugh de Payens], b. 1063-1070 d. 24 May 1136 (Age 66 years) [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]
+	9. William St. John-Paynel, Founder of Hambye Abbey in 1141, b. 1072-1087, St. Jean-le-Thomas, Avranches, Manche, Normandy, France d. bef. 1148, Yorkshire, England, UK (Age 60 years) [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]
+	10. Alice St. John-di Molise, m. Richard de Mont (possibly son of Robert de Mortain), b. 1075-1087, St. Jean-le-Thomas, Avranches, Manche, Normandy, Franc [Father: Birth] [Mother: Putative]

Family ID F399923 Group Sheet | Family Chart

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Family 2 Emmæ de Lacy, St. John-Paynel, b. abt. 1050, Lassy, Condé-sur-Noireau, Calvados, Normandy, France d. aft. 1121, St. Jean-le-Thomas, Avranches, Manche, Normandy, France (Age 72 years)

Marriage abt. 1088 St. Jean-le-Thomas, Avranches, Manche, Normandy, Franc [6]

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+	1. Thomas St. John, I, of Stanton-St. John & St. Jean-le-Thomas, b. abt. 1094, St. Jean-le-Thomas, Avranches, Manche, Normandy, Franc d. abt. 1130, Kellythorpe, Yorkshire, England, UK (Age 36 years) [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]
+	2. John St. John, I of Stanton-St. John, b. abt. 1095, St. Jean-le-Thomas, Avranches, Manche, Normandy, France d. 1140-1149, Oxford, England, UK (Age 54 years) [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]
+	3. Fulk St. John-Paynel, of Dudley Castle, b. abt. 1089, St. Jean-le-Thomas, Avranches, Manche, Normandy, Franc d. aft. 1130 (Age 42 years) [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]
+	4. _____ St. John, de Tollemache, alleged dau. of Ralph St. John, b. abt. 1093, St. Jean-le-Thomas, Avranches, Manche, Normandy, Franc [Father: Putative] [Mother: Putative]
+	5. Roger St. John, of Compton, Sussex, b. abt. 1096, St. Jean-le-Thomas, Avranches, Manche, Normandy, France d. 1162 (Age 66 years) [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]

Family ID F399521 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 28 Nov 2024

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	Abbey of Marmoutier, Tours Charter 1225: Charter of Henry I. addresed to G[erard] archbishop [of York] and Osbert the sheriff and all his barons. He grants to the monks of Marmoutier the endowment of Ralf Paynel (Paganelli) inlands, churches and tithes, namely the church of the Holy Trinity of York, free and quit, with all that the monks hold within and without the city, belonging to that church, and with all the dues it enjoyed in his father's time and before. What Ralph Paynel has given…

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Reference Suzanne St. John. "Ralph St. John-Paynel, son of Wimund II, de la Haye-Paynel". The St. John Genealogy Project. https://stjohngenealogy.com/getperson.php?personID=I105552294&tree=OSA0001 (accessed April 24, 2025).

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