Serlo de Burci
Serlo de Burci was a Norman of the eleventh century. After the Norman conquest of England, he became a feudal baron and major landowner in south-west England.[1] His feudal barony had as its caput the manor of Blagdon in Somerset it was formelry known as Blachedona. [2] [3][4][5]
He is thought to have originated in Burcy, Calvados, as stated by Proceedings by Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society state he was from Vire Calvados. [3]
He is recorded in the Domesday Survey of 1086. [6][7] [8] [8]
Marriage and Issue
[edit]Geva de Bucy (Buci) daughter of Serlo de Burci she was married to Martin de Turribus Lords of Cemais, see this for complete lineage of the Martin families, they had one son:
- Robert FitzMartin was her son by her first marriage to Martin de Turribus.
Geva married twice, her second husband being William de Falaise.[9]
His other daughter was sent to Shaftesbury Abbey to which the abbey received the endowment of Kilmington.[10] [2]
See Also
[edit]- Baldwin de Boulers
- John de Courcy
- Lords of Cemais
- Serlo de Burci
- Sibyl of Falaise
- Robert fitz Martin
- William Martin, 1st Baron Martin
- William de Falaise
References
[edit]- ^ High Ham | British History Online
- ^ a b Eyton 1880.
- ^ a b Society 1919.
- ^ Sanders, I., English Baronies, Oxford, 1960, p.15, Blagdon
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- ^ Domesday Book Online
- ^ "Serlo of Burcy | Domesday Book".
- ^ a b Williams.
- ^ The Domesday Book Online - Landowners D-F<! -- Bot generated title -->
- ^ Cooke 1990, p. 38.
Sources
[edit]- Smith, Ann. "Parse Record for Serlo de Burcy". Open Domesday Book. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
- Smith, Ann. "Name: Serlo of Burcy". Open Domesday Book. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
- Cooke, Katherine (1990). "Donors and Daughters: Shafteburys Abbey's Benefactors, Endowments and Nuns, c.1086–1130". In Chibnall, Marjorie (ed.). Anglo-Norman Studies. Vol. XII: Proceedings of the Battle Conference 1989. The Boydell Press. ISBN 978-0-85115-257-8.
- Eyton, Robert William (1880). Domesday Studies: An Analysis and Digest of the Somerset Survey. Harvard University: Reeves & Turner.
- Society, Somersetshire (1919). Proceedings by Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society. Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center.
- Williams, Ann. "Domesday book: a complete translation". Internet Archive. London: Penguin. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
External Links
[edit]Domesday Book (General Land Holdings Record)
Parse record
- Serlo 2 Serlo de Burcy as stated in the Domesday Book - fl. 1066x1086 - Covering the following counties of England Somerset (Tenant in Chief 1086) - Dorset - Somerset - Wiltshire (Subtenant 1086) Somerset also (Tenant in Chief 1086 Subtenant Estates.)