Odinel de Umfraville (nobleman, † around 1166)
Odinel de Umfraville († around 1166) was an Anglo-Scottish nobleman.
Odinel de Umfraville came from the Umfraville family . He was the eldest son of Robert de Umfraville . After the death of his father around 1145 he inherited his rule Prudhoe in Northumberland . In addition, he also had strong ties to Scotland , where he testified several documents for Kings David I and Malcolm IV , for Malcolm's brother William, Earl of Northumberland and for the Scottish Bishop Robert of St Andrews . The English King Heinrich II gave him Harbottle as a fief in 1157 and allowed him to build a castle there. In 1158 Umfraville accompanied the king in Cumberland . The Harbottle Castle built by Umfraville became the new headquarters of the family in place of Elsdon Castle . In 1156 Umfraville brought a trial against William de Vescy , Lord of Alnwick. Before 1162 he himself served as a royal judge in Northumberland. Probably 1166 he is mentioned for the last time as the owner of two Knight's fees in Yorkshire . His heir was Gilbert de Umfraville , who was probably his younger brother.
Web links
- Henry Summerson: Odinel de Umfraville [i] (c.1145 – c.1166). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004
Individual evidence
- ^ Adrian Pettifer: English Castles: A Guide by Counties . Boydell & Brewer, Woodbridge 1995, ISBN 0-85115-782-3 , pp. 186 (English, limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed March 8, 2017]).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | De Umfraville, Odinel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Anglo-Scottish nobleman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 11th century or 12th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 1166 |