Osbern FitzRichard 1055–1102 – Whos Your Daddy? Wikigenealogy

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Osbern FitzRichard, 1055–1102 (aged 47 years)

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Osbern FitzRichard

Name: Osbern /FitzRichard/
Given names: Osbern
Surname: FitzRichard

Sex Male

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Family with Nest Verch Gruffydd
himself	Links Birth: 1055 — Richard's Castle, Shropshire, England Marriage: 1078 — Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales Death: 1102 — Ludlow, Herefordshire, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Nest Verch Gruffydd Nest Verch Osbern Osbern FitzRichard 1055–1102 Birth: 1055 — Richard's Castle, Shropshire, England Death: 1102 — Ludlow, Herefordshire, England
wife	Links Birth: 1059 48 34 — Gwynedd, Wales Marriage: 1078 — Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales Death: Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Osbern FitzRichard Nest Verch Osbern Nest Verch Gruffydd 1059–… Birth: 1059 48 34 — Gwynedd, Wales Death:
Marriage	Marriage — 1078 — Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales
2 years daughter	Links Birth: 1079 24 20 — Herefordshire, England Marriage: 1095 — Wales Death: 4 January 1163 — Brecknockshire, Wales Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Bernard de Neufmarche Sybil de Neufmarche Ivo de Neufmarche Mahel de Neufmarche Adam de Neufmarche Nest Verch Osbern 1079–1163 Birth: 1079 24 20 — Herefordshire, England Death: 4 January 1163 — Brecknockshire, Wales

Events of close relatives
Birth	1055 Richard's Castle, Shropshire, England
Marriage	Nest Verch Gruffydd — View this family 1078 (aged 23 years) Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales
Birth of a daughter	Nest Verch Osbern 1079 Herefordshire, England
Marriage of a daughter	Bernard de Neufmarche — Nest Verch Osbern — View this family 1095 Wales
Death	1102 (aged 47 years) Ludlow, Herefordshire, England
Last change	7 June 2015 – 05:01:02 Author of last change: Danny

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Media object	Richard's Castle, Shropshire, England. Note: Richard's Castle is a village, castle and two civil parishes on the border of the counties of Herefordshire and Shropshire in England. Richard's Castle is a village, castle and two civil parishes on the border of the counties of Herefordshire and Shropshire in England. The Castle Today the fortress is reduced mainly to its earthworks and foundations. A polygonal keep stood on the high motte or mound. This was reached possibly via a semi-circular barbican. The bailey wall still stands twenty feet high in places and there are remains of several towers and an early gatehouse around the perimeter. There, earthwork remains of an outer ward enclosing the church (St Bartholomew's) and a borough defence. History Richard Fitz Scrob (or Fitz Scrope) was a Norman knight granted lands by the Saxon King Edward the Confessor before the Norman Conquest, in Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Shropshire as recorded in the Domesday Book. He built Richard's Castle before 1051. The castle was a motte-and-bailey style construction, one of only three or four castles of this type built before the Norman conquest. Most were built after the conquest. Richard was last mentioned in 1067. His castle passed to his son, Osbern Fitz Richard, who married Nesta, the daughter of King Gruffydd ap Llywelyn of Wales. Osbern died around 1137 and was succeeded by his grandson, Osbern Fitz Hugh (married to a sister of Rosamond Clifford), who died in 1187. Richard's Castle then passed to his marital brother-in-law, Hugh de Say, who died in 1190, leaving the barony to his son, another Hugh Say. Thus the castle passed out of the line of descent of Richard Fitz Scrob. In 1196 this Hugh fought at the battle at New Radnor and was probably killed there, his castles eventually passing to Robert de Mortimer of Attleborough. In 1264 his son, Hugh Mortimer, was forced to surrender himself and Richard's Castle to Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester. His grandson, the last Hugh Mortimer of Richard's Castle, was poisoned to death by his wife in 1304. The castle then passed to the Talbots, through Richard Talbot's marriage to Joan Mortimer. On 3 December 1329, Joan late the wife of Richard Thalebot, had noted in the Patent Rolls that she planned to leave Richard's Castle to John de Wotton, chaplain, and William Balle of Underlith, in fee simple. The Talbots were still living there in the late 14th century. By the 16th century it was in ruins.

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Richard's Castle, Shropshire, England.

Note: Richard's Castle is a village, castle and two civil parishes on the border of the counties of Herefordshire and Shropshire in England.

Richard's Castle is a village, castle and two civil parishes on the border of the counties of Herefordshire and Shropshire in England.

The Castle

Today the fortress is reduced mainly to its earthworks and foundations. A polygonal keep stood on the high motte or mound. This was reached possibly via a semi-circular barbican. The bailey wall still stands twenty feet high in places and there are remains of several towers and an early gatehouse around the perimeter. There, earthwork remains of an outer ward enclosing the church (St Bartholomew's) and a borough defence.

History

Richard Fitz Scrob (or Fitz Scrope) was a Norman knight granted lands by the Saxon King Edward the Confessor before the Norman Conquest, in Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Shropshire as recorded in the Domesday Book. He built Richard's Castle before 1051. The castle was a motte-and-bailey style construction, one of only three or four castles of this type built before the Norman conquest. Most were built after the conquest. Richard was last mentioned in 1067. His castle passed to his son, Osbern Fitz Richard, who married Nesta, the daughter of King Gruffydd ap Llywelyn of Wales.

Osbern died around 1137 and was succeeded by his grandson, Osbern Fitz Hugh (married to a sister of Rosamond Clifford), who died in 1187. Richard's Castle then passed to his marital brother-in-law, Hugh de Say, who died in 1190, leaving the barony to his son, another Hugh Say. Thus the castle passed out of the line of descent of Richard Fitz Scrob. In 1196 this Hugh fought at the battle at New Radnor and was probably killed there, his castles eventually passing to Robert de Mortimer of Attleborough. In 1264 his son, Hugh Mortimer, was forced to surrender himself and Richard's Castle to Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester. His grandson, the last Hugh Mortimer of Richard's Castle, was poisoned to death by his wife in 1304. The castle then passed to the Talbots, through Richard Talbot's marriage to Joan Mortimer. On 3 December 1329, Joan late the wife of Richard Thalebot, had noted in the Patent Rolls that she planned to leave Richard's Castle to John de Wotton, chaplain, and William Balle of Underlith, in fee simple. The Talbots were still living there in the late 14th century. By the 16th century it was in ruins.