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Gilbert fitz Turold

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Gilbert fitz Turold (Thorold) was an Anglo-Norman landowner of the eleventh century, mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, with widely spread holdings in six counties.[1] He was an important figure in Herefordshire; but lost land and position, seemingly after his involvement in the rebellion of 1088 against William Rufus.

He held Hadzor in Worcestershire,[2] probably given to him by William fitz Osbern; also land at Powick in the same county,[3] at Doddenham,[4] and at Strensham. Walelege was a fortified place on the Welsh border also given to him by William fitz Osbern;[5] this is apparently the same as Ailey, mentioned in the same terms.[6][7]

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  1. ^ Domesday Book Online
  2. ^ British History Online page
  3. ^ British History Online page
  4. ^ Parishes - Doddenham | British History Online
  5. ^ The Domesday Frontier
  6. ^ Historic Herefordshire On-Line: Sites and Monuments Record database
  7. ^ Ann Williams, A Bell-house and a Burh-geat: Lordly Residences in England before the Norman Conquest, in Christopher Harper-Bill, Ruth Harvey (editors), Medieval Knighthood IV (1992), p. 232.
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