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'''Hamelin de Ballon''' (or Baalun, Baalan, Balun, Balodun, Balon, etc.) |
'''Hamelin de Ballon''' (or Baalun, Baalan, Balun, Balodun, Balon, etc.)<ref>The name is usually modernised to conform with the modern French cartographic spelling of [[Ballon, Sarthe]]</ref> (born ca. 1060,<ref>[http://www.monasticwales.org/person/55 Hamelin de Barham; Hamelin de Ballon (Balun / Baeluns), lord of Much Marcle, Herefordshire; lord of Abergavenny ], on site Monastice Wales. Retrieved 20 November 2012.</ref> died 5 March 1105/6) was an early [[Normans|Norman]] [[Baron]] and the first [[Baron Abergavenny]] and Lord of Over [[Kingdom of Gwent|Gwent]] and [[Abergavenny]]; he also served [[William Rufus]].<ref name=Round>J. Horace Round, "The Family of Ballon and the Conquest of South Wales", ''Studies in Peerage and Family History'' (1901), pp. 181-215.</ref> |
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== Origin == |
== Origin == |
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Hamelin is traditionally made son of a Drogo (or Dru) de Ballon, lord of [[Ballon, Sarthe|Ballon]], today a commune in the department of [[Sarthe]], [[Pays de la Loire]]. It was located within the medieval [[County of Maine]], invaded and conquered by [[William I of England|Duke William of Normandy]] in the early 1060s, just before his invasion of England. |
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He was a son of Drogo (or Dru) de Ballon and was accompanied to England by his brothers, [[Wynebald de Ballon]] (or Winebald de Ballon), and Wynoc. "Three of the name, the sons of Drogo de Baladon, Hamelin, Wynoc, and Wynebald (the Guinebaud de Balon of the Dives Roll) came to England with the Conqueror. Hamelin received vast grants in Wales and Cornwall, and built a strong castle at Abergavenny, now".<ref>[http://www.1066.co.nz/library/battle_abbey_roll1/subchap57.htm "Baloun" entry] in ''The Battle Abbey Roll. vol.I'' of three volumes]</ref> It is not known if he was present at the [[Battle of Hastings]] in 1066, but he and his brothers certainly came to England with the Conqueror. |
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== Rewards and duties == |
== Rewards and duties == |
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Hamelin de Ballon and his brother [[Wynebald de Ballon]] appear first to have come to England during the reign of [[William II of England|William II]]. Wynebald was granted lands in Gloucestershire and Somerset out of those forfeited by [[Turstin FitzRolf]], and was made seneschal of [[Caerleon]], referring to himself as one of [[Henry I of England|Henry I]]'s most important noblemen. Hamelin was given lands in southeast Wales, in what was to become the [[Welsh Marches]], and in [[Wiltshire]], where he held [[Castle Eaton]], Cheverel and [[Sutton Benger|Sutton]]. He sited the early [[motte and bailey]] version of [[Abergavenny Castle]] and organised the early Norman protection of the settlement of what became the town of [[Abergavenny]]. Together with his brother Wynebald, he also founded the [[Benedictine]] [[Priory]] in the town as an alien cell of St Vincent, [[Le Mans]], ca. 1100. He was already a benefactor of the latter foundation.<ref name =Round/><ref>[http://www.monasticwales.org/event/1 Event detail for site: Abergavenny c. 1100: Foundation], on site Monastice Wales. Retrieved 20 November 2012.</ref> |
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== Succession == |
== Succession == |
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Hamelin had two sons, |
Hamelin had two sons, William de Ballon and Matthew de Ballon, both of whom predeceased him without issue.<ref>Sanders, I.J. ''English Baronies: A Study of their Origin and Descent 1086-1327'', Oxford, 1960, p.66, feudal barony of Much Marcle, note 2</ref> His heirs were thus his two daughters. Emmeline de Ballon married Reginald, son of [[Roger de Breteuil, 2nd Earl of Hereford|Roger, Earl of Hereford]]. His other daughter's name is unknown, but she was the mother of Hugh de Gundeville, administrator and justiciar of king [[Henry II of England|Henry II]].<ref>"Lost in Time: the other daughter of Hamelin de Ballon". ''Foundations'' v.3, no.3 (2010) 179-215 https://www.academia.edu/1818131/Lost_in_Time_the_other_daughter_of_Hamelin_de_Ballon</ref> |
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Hamelin was succeeded in the lands and the de facto title [[Baron Abergavenny]] by his nephew [[Brien FitzCount]], son of his sister Lucie,<ref>Battle Abbey, vol. 1</ref><ref>Thomas Christopher Banks [http://books.google.co.in/books?id=8TUvAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR2-IA2&lpg=PR2-IA2&dq=Hamelin+de+Balun&source=bl&ots=l6GbhpgHEY&sig=eqAzFr5JR-0-rPkWFtvQgwJZ_G4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=l6-rUJDwCMjJrAechICIAg&ved=0CEAQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=Hamelin%20de%20Balun&f=false "The dormant and extinct baronage of England"] : |
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or, An historical and genealogical account of the lives, public employments, and most memorable actions of the English nobility who have flourished from the Norman conquest to ... 1806[-1837] , vol II. pp.1-2, T. Bensley, Bolt Court, 1808</ref> who was also lord of [[Grosmont Castle]]. His brother Wynebald or Winebald was married, and had a son Roger, and both were living in 1092;<ref>Battle Abbey, vol. 1. "Of Drogo de Baladon's second son, Wynoc, we hear nothing; but the third, Wynebald, was a great baron in the time of Henry I., and the benefactor of two religious houses. "With the consent of Roger his son," he gave his lordship of Rodeford, his mill at Fromelade, and half a hide at Ameneye, to St. Peter's at Gloucester; and Bridesthorne, the church of Hardwicke, &c, in Hertfordshire to the monks of Bermondsey in 1092.—Chauncy's Herts. But I can find no subsequent mention of Roger.."</ref> it is not clear why Hamelin passed his honours to his sister's son, rather than to his brother or brother's son. |
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Brien's two sons were lepers, and their father allegedly placed them in the priory of Bergavenny (founded by his maternal uncle) before departing for the Holy Land where he died on Crusade. FitzCount left his lands and honours in Abergavenny to his cousin Walter (son of Eunice de Balun), who had married Bertha de Balun. Walter and Bertha were parents of [[Miles de Gloucester, 1st Earl of Hereford]] through whom the Welsh lands came to the de Braose family through his second daughter Bertha; the main honours passed to the de Bohun family along with the office of High Constable of England. The de Braose family eventually had co-heiresses, and the husband of one of these daughters inherited the Abergavenny lands and was first created Baron Bergavenny by Henry III. Thus the Barons Bergavenny came by their title and lands via a series of inheritances stretching back to Hamelin.<ref><See Banks for a fuller account of the descent on pp. 2-3 of Vol. II</ref> |
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==The parentage of Emeline de Balun, wife of Renaud or Reginald de Gael== |
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Hamelin was succeeded in some of the lands and the de facto title [[Baron Abergavenny]] by a favourite of king [[Henry I of England]], [[Brian Fitz Count]], who held it, like his other lands, in right of his wife.<ref>{{cite DNB|wstitle=Fitzcount, Brian|volume=1|last=Round|first=J. Horace|authorlink=John Horace Round}}</ref> |
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Monastic charters (confirmed by Richard I) state that Emeline de Balun was wife of Renaud de Gael (or de Breteuil), grandson of [[William FitzOsbern]]. "A charter of Richard I King of England confirmed donations to Godstow nunnery, Oxfordshire including the donation by “Reginaldi filii comitis et Emelinæ uxoris eius…hæredum suorum Eatonam”, by undated charter[221]."[http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL.htm#_Toc321390469] This proves that Emeline was the wife of Renaud alias Reginald, son of Roger FitzOsbern. An undated charter states “Reginaldus filius Rogeri comitis Herefordiæ et Emelina uxor sua” and “filios et filias meas Wilelmum…Reginaldum et Hamelinum necnon Agnetem et Julianam” donated property “Eatonam” to Godstow.<ref><From this charter (and this webpage), their children's names are listed as William, Reginald, Hamelin, Agnes, and Juliana, and possibly a deceased son Matthew.</ref> Her parentage and marriage are confirmed by the military fee certifications in the Red Book of the Exchequer, in 1166, which record the knights´ fees held from "Willelmus filius Reginaldi" (William, son of Reginald, son of Roger, son of William FitzOsbern) in Herefordshire and name "Hamelinus de Balun avus suus"[223]. " Emeline was thus daughter of Hamelin de Balun [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL.htm#_Toc321390469] but probably not this Hamelin de Balun unless she was an illegitimate daughter (since he died childless and left his lands to a sister's illegitimate son). There remains another Hamelin de Balun (d. 1104), in the service of Robert of Mortain, who was more likely to be Emeline's father. However, William de Ballon, son of Renaud, claimed Abergavenny in 1166 in the right of his mother. |
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*[http://www.gtj.org.uk/item.php?lang=en&id=18652&t=1 a penny of King William I struck at Rhuddlan or maybe Abergavenny] |
*[http://www.gtj.org.uk/item.php?lang=en&id=18652&t=1 a penny of King William I struck at Rhuddlan or maybe Abergavenny] |
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*[http://www.castles99.ukprint.com/index1.html Anglo-Norman Castles] |
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Latest revision as of 18:13, 23 June 2023
Location of Ballon in ancient province of Maine
Hamelin de Ballon (or Baalun, Baalan, Balun, Balodun, Balon, etc.)[1] (born ca. 1060,[2] died 5 March 1105/6) was an early Norman Baron and the first Baron Abergavenny and Lord of Over Gwent and Abergavenny; he also served William Rufus.[3]
Origin
[edit]Hamelin is traditionally made son of a Drogo (or Dru) de Ballon, lord of Ballon, today a commune in the department of Sarthe, Pays de la Loire. It was located within the medieval County of Maine, invaded and conquered by Duke William of Normandy in the early 1060s, just before his invasion of England.
Rewards and duties
[edit]Hamelin de Ballon and his brother Wynebald de Ballon appear first to have come to England during the reign of William II. Wynebald was granted lands in Gloucestershire and Somerset out of those forfeited by Turstin FitzRolf, and was made seneschal of Caerleon, referring to himself as one of Henry I's most important noblemen. Hamelin was given lands in southeast Wales, in what was to become the Welsh Marches, and in Wiltshire, where he held Castle Eaton, Cheverel and Sutton. He sited the early motte and bailey version of Abergavenny Castle and organised the early Norman protection of the settlement of what became the town of Abergavenny. Together with his brother Wynebald, he also founded the Benedictine Priory in the town as an alien cell of St Vincent, Le Mans, ca. 1100. He was already a benefactor of the latter foundation.[3][4]
Succession
[edit]Hamelin had two sons, William de Ballon and Matthew de Ballon, both of whom predeceased him without issue.[5] His heirs were thus his two daughters. Emmeline de Ballon married Reginald, son of Roger, Earl of Hereford. His other daughter's name is unknown, but she was the mother of Hugh de Gundeville, administrator and justiciar of king Henry II.[6]
Hamelin was succeeded in some of the lands and the de facto title Baron Abergavenny by a favourite of king Henry I of England, Brian Fitz Count, who held it, like his other lands, in right of his wife.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ The name is usually modernised to conform with the modern French cartographic spelling of Ballon, Sarthe
- ^ Hamelin de Barham; Hamelin de Ballon (Balun / Baeluns), lord of Much Marcle, Herefordshire; lord of Abergavenny , on site Monastice Wales. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
- ^ a b J. Horace Round, "The Family of Ballon and the Conquest of South Wales", Studies in Peerage and Family History (1901), pp. 181-215.
- ^ Event detail for site: Abergavenny c. 1100: Foundation, on site Monastice Wales. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
- ^ Sanders, I.J. English Baronies: A Study of their Origin and Descent 1086-1327, Oxford, 1960, p.66, feudal barony of Much Marcle, note 2
- ^ "Lost in Time: the other daughter of Hamelin de Ballon". Foundations v.3, no.3 (2010) 179-215 https://www.academia.edu/1818131/Lost_in_Time_the_other_daughter_of_Hamelin_de_Ballon
- ^ Round, J. Horace (1885). . In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 1. London: Smith, Elder & Co.