Ancestry of Arundell, Nance and Crouch
A Crouch Family Heritage Association Family
Tree page, Nance family line
Quoted from "Genealogy of the Nances in Cornwall" by Martin L.
"Pete" Nance, 1970.
Text excerpted from Dave Nance's Definitive Nance
Genealogy Clearinghouse
ARUNDELL OF TRERISE
Ancestry of Margery Arundell who married ca 1555 John
Nance, Esquire, of Nance in Illogan.
Each numbered line is a generation, beginning with Margery's 21-times-great
grandparents, followed by one of their children who is Margery's 20-times
great grandmother, followed by one of her children who was Margery's 19X-great
grandfather, etcetera:
Generation 1. Charles of Lorraine (see
line 58-(19) Nance Register for his ancestry) md. Bonne d'Ardennes.
One daughter was Gerberga,
and another was:
Generation 2. Emengarde of Lorraine child of
Charles and Bonne, md. Albert I, Count of Namur,
son of Robert I, Count of Lomme. Son:
Generation 3. Albert II, Count of Namur, child
of Emengarde and Albert, md. Regilinde of Lorraine,
dau. of Gothelo I, Duke of Lorraine. Son:
Generation 4. Albert III, Count of Namur, child
of Regilinde and Albert, md. Ida of Saxony,
daughter of Bernard II, Duke of Saxony, and Bertrade (daughter of Harold
II, King of Norway (950-963)).
Generation 5. Adelaide of Namur child of Albert
and Ida (b. 1068 - d. 1124) md. Otto II, Count of Chiny, son of Arnold
II of Warcq. and Alix De Rameru.
Generation 6. Ida of Chiny (a.k.a. Ida of Namur)
child of Adelaide and Otto, md. (ca. 1105)
Godfrey I Duke of Lorraine, Count of Louvain (see
line 61-(23) Nance register for his ancestry). One
child was Godfrey II, and another was:
Generation 7. Adeliza of Louvaine, child of
Ida and Godfrey I, died 1176, first 1138 md.
Henry I of England, 2nd md. William d'Aubingy I, earl of Arundell. Son:
Generation 8. William d'Aubingy II, earl of Arundell, child of Adeliza
and William, married Maud, widow of Roger De Clare. She was daughter
of James d'Hillaire Du Harcourt and his wife Avaline. He died in 1193. Son:
Generation 9. William d'Aubingy III, earl of
Arundell, child of William and Maud, married
Mabel of Chester. See line 46-(29) Nance
register for her link to the royal families. He married 1215 and died
1220. Magna charta surety 1215.
Generation 10. (Generation iv of Arundells)
Isabel d'Aubingy, heiress to Arundell, child of William
and Mabel, md. John Fitz Alan, lord of Clun and Oswestry Salop. Son:
Generation 11. (Arundell Generation v), John
Fitz Alan II, earl of Arundell in 1243, child of Isabel
& John, died 1267, leaving a will, md. Maud, daughter of Theobald
le Bottler, and of Rhoese, daughter of Nicholas de Verdon Alta, Co. Stafford.
Son:
Generation 12. (Arundell Generation vi), Ralph Arundell (or Raynulfe Arundell),
2nd son of John Fitz Alan II earl of Arundell; upon becoming the lord of
Stafford, Albonminister assumed the surname of Arundell.
[The following two listings in the original text, listed as Gen. 13 and
14, are probably typos duplicating Gen. 11 and 12--
Generation 13. John Arundell, earl of Arundell, lived during the reign
of Henry III. Son:
Generation 14. Ralph (Raynulfe) Arundell, 2nd son of lord Albonminister
and Stafford.]
Generation 13. Margery Arundell, daughter of Ralph
Arundell, [not the Margery in the title of this page, but rather her
7Xgreat grandmother], married a cousin, Sir Oliver Arundell of Carhayes
in Cornwall, son of Odo
Arundell. Son:
Generation 14. John Arundell of Trerise married Jane, a daughter of Lupus
(Lucas?) of Tredannam. Son:
Generation 15. John Arundell of Trerise married Jane, daughter and co- heir
of Sir Richard Sergeaunt and his wife Phillipa the only child of Richard,
Earl of Arundell. Son:
Generation 16. Nicholas Arundell of Trerise married Elizabeth, daughter
and heir of Sir John Cheddore. Son:
Generation 17. Sir John Arundell of Trerise married Jane, daughter of Lupus
(Lucas?) of Cranntock, heiress to her mother, the daughter of Durant. Their
son:
Generation 18. Nicholas Arundell of Trerise married the daughter and heir
to Edward St. John of Sommersetshire. Son:
Generation 19. Sir John Arundell of Trerise, high sheriff of Cornwall, killed
by the Earl of Oxford's men 1481. He married Anne, daughter of Sir Walter
Moyle of Estwell and Kent. Son:
Generation 20. Sir John Arundell of Trerise married Jane (Joanna), daughter
of Sir Thomas Grenville. Died, leaving a will 1512. Son:
Generation 21. Sir John Arundell of Trerise married Mary, daughter and co-heiress
of John Bevill of Guarnack, Esquire, and of Bevill's first wife Arisie,
widow of Gourlyn. Sir John Arundell died leaving a will 1561.
22. Margery Arundell married ca 1555 John
Nance, Esquire, of Nance in Illogan..
The Arundells were the richest family in Cornwall. The males of this line
became extinct ca. 1700. Trerise was considered to be one of the better
built manor houses of Cornwall. Today it is the state property and belongs
to the national trust. One can see by this Genealogy the family has some
royal connections, as well as some of those at Ronnemeade at the signing
of the magna charta 1215.
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