DE TAILLEBOIS, Ralf Sheriff of Bedfordshire
- Born: Abt 1014, Normandie
- Marriage (1): DE RIE, Azelina on an unknown date
- Died: Abt 1085 aged about 71
Research Notes:
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Taillebois-48
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Biography
Ralf was one of the first generation of French sheriffs in England after 1066, and was dead before 1086.
Many of his Domesday possessions passed on to Hugh de Beauchamp, who is thought to be his son-in-law.[1]
He also had a niece who married Ranulf the brother of Ilger, who himself appears in Domesday Book.[2]
One source of records for the connection the Hugh de Beauchamp and Ranulf the brother of Ilger involves the dispute which arose after Ralf's death, concerning his inheritance. From this we know that Hugh de Grandmesnil, an important Domesday baron, had exchanged lands with Ralf before he died.[3]
Note therefore that other old speculations of connections with Hugh de Grandmesnil might have been proposed on the wrong basis.
Ralf is also commonly thought to be related to the other Taillebois men who appear in the records of the late 11th century. Most well-known is Ivo Taillebois, who may be a younger brother. Keats-Rohan suggests that Ivo may have even acted as sheriff of Bedfordshire for a while after Ralf died, shortly before 1085.[4]
His widow Azelina was still alive and holding lands in 1086, described as the widow of Ralf Taillebois. Note that Hugh de Grantmesnil's wife Adeliza also appears in Domesday, but Keats-Rohan treats them as different people.[5]
Sources
? Keats-Rohan, Domesday People, p.260.
? Keats-Rohan, Domesday People, p.355.
? Keats-Rohan, Domesday People, p.263.
? Keats-Rohan, Domesday People, p.283.
? Keats-Rohan, Domesday People, pp.124 and 159.
Ralf married Azelina DE RIE, daughter of Hubert DE RIE and Unknown, on an unknown date. (Azelina DE RIE was born about 1020 in Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France and died in 1092 in France.)
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