Walter FitzEdward d'Évreux, Lord of Salisbury

Medilands' May 2022 update notes Walter as a child of Edward and Sibyl, but a primary source still has not been found or does not exist for parentage.

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Walter was Sheriff of Wiltshire.
He was eldest son of Eduard Saresberiensis (Edward of Salisbury) (by a first wife?). He was of Chitterne in Wiltshire.
Walter was also called Gautier d' Évreux.
Walter controlled the lands of his father in 1120 in Wiltshire. He was founder of Bradenstock Priory.

See "My Lines" ( http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cousin/html/p367.htm#i6782 )

from Compiler: R. B. Stewart, Evans, GA ( http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cousin/html/index.htm )

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Sheriff of Wiltshire (England).

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Garner, Lorraine Ann "Lori"

Title: Garner, Lorraine Ann "Lori" (P.O. Box 577, Bayview, Idaho 83803)

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Her sources included, but may not be limited to: Burke's Landed Gentry, Burke's Dormant & Extinct Peerage, Burke's Peerage of American Presidents, Debrett's Peerage, Oxford histories & "numerous othe r reference works"

very good to excellent, although she has a tendency to follow Burke's

Hardcopy notes of Lori Garner Elmore.

Text: Walter of Salisbury, no parents shown

1. Abbrev: Ahnentafel for Margery Arundell

Title: Marlyn Lewis, Ahnentafel for Margery Arundell (08 Oct 1997)

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The Earls of Salisbury are sometimes mistakenly assigned the surname "d’Evreux", but it is spurious, arising from confusion over the nickname of a fictitious ancestor, Walter le Ewrus (Walter the Fortunate). The family of the Earls of Salisbury never used the name "d’Evreux", they do not descend from the Norman Counts of Evreux, nor do the later Devereux derive from them. See Cokayne, George (1982). The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, or Dormant XI. Gloucester England: A. Sutton. p. 373, note (b). ISBN 0-904387-82-8.

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The Earls of Salisbury are sometimes mistakenly assigned the surname "d’Evreux", but it is spurious, arising from confusion over the nickname of a fictitious ancestor, Walter le Ewrus (Walter the Fortunate). The family of the Earls of Salisbury never used the name "d’Evreux", they do not descend from the Norman Counts of Evreux, nor do the later Devereux derive from them. See Cokayne, George (1982). The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, or Dormant XI. Gloucester England: A. Sutton. p. 373, note (b). ISBN 0-904387-82-8.

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WALTER OF SALISBURY, styled also Walter FitzEdward and Walter the Sheriff, son and heir, was sheriff of Wilts under Henry I; but lost the office for a time in that reign. In 1130 he was acquitted of £4 Danegeld in Dorset and £7 in Wilts. He was present at the Council of Northampton, September 1131. He was with Stephen at Westminster at Easter 1136, and at Salisbury at Christmas 1139. He founded the Priory of Bradenstoke, Wilts; and was a benefactor to Salisbury Cathedral. He married Sibyl, daughter of Patrick DE CHAOURCES [Chaworth], by Maud, daughter of Ernulf DE HESDIN; which Sibyl had as her marria-portion 15 fees of the old feoffment and one newly made. She died before her husband and was buried near the quire in Bradenstoke. He took the habit of a canon there, died in 1147, and was buried in the same grave as his wife. [CP 11:374-5] ..........................................

Walter de Evereux, m. Sibilla de Chaworth. This feudal lord founded the monastery of Bradenstoke, wherein, in his old age, he became a canon. He was s. by his son, Patrick de Evereux. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, England, 1883, p. 167, d'Evereux, Earls of Salisbury]