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Richard de Redvers and William de Vernon his son, and Rich, 

 (of Haddon) his son, and a grant of Ricliard Avenel to the same 

 monastery. 



Foho 31. H. Constantine Eccles confirmed same grant, and 

 what Wilham de Redvers his grandfather, and Richard de Red- 

 vers his father, and Beatrice his mother, had granted in the year 

 1270 ; he also confirmed the grant of Juliana de Vernon, daughter 

 of William de Brionis, formerly wife of William de Vernon. 



Folio 69. 1165, William de Vernon with Gilbert and Richard 

 his sons made a charter to Monteburg. 



FoUo 70. Richard, son of Wm. de Vernon, with Drogo his 

 brother. Herbert de Morville, Walter de Insula, Nigel de 

 Mortimer, Lucia his mother, and Baldwin his brother con- 

 firmed same grants. 



Folio ^2. There is a charter which seems to identify Juliana 

 de Vernon or Vernois with Lucia de Vernon wife of Wm. de 

 Vernon. 



The great Norman families of Avenel or De Say of Biars, and of 

 Redvers, Earls of Devon, were closely connected by feudal and by 

 marriage ties; in Normandy, the earls of Devon were vassals of 

 the lords of Biars, and held their lands under them long after 

 their settlement in this country : some of the scions of the house 

 o Avenel settled in England at the Conquest as Knights of Ro^er 

 Montgomery, Earl of Arundel ; and one Avenellus. who, apparently 

 from the assumption of that name in lieu of title or Christian 

 name, was ihe head of the family, settled at Haddon as a knight 

 of Wm. Peverel, natural son of the Conqueror. 



His holdings in Derbyshire were insignificant considering his 

 high rank, and the extent of his possessions in Normandy 

 would scarcely be more than sufficient to support him and his 

 retmue when on hunting expeditions in the Peak and Sherwood 

 1-orests. We find no direct mention of the name of Avenel in 

 Domesday, yet at the foundation of Lenton Pnory, only some 

 fifteen years later, "Avenellus" attested Peverel's charter as one 

 of his knights, and he attested the charter of William de Insula 

 previously given ; he granted land out of Haddon, all Medweplac 



