John fitzRichard


John fitzRichard was an Anglo-Norman nobleman who became a landowner in England following the Norman Conquest.

Biography

John was a son of Richard fitzRanulf. John seized the mill of Vains, Normandy in 1076 and had to defend his actions in the King's Court of William I of England, which ruled against the seizure, ruling that the mill belonged to the Abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel. Lands held as shown in the 1086 Domesday survey as Lord are: Carbrooke,
Hunstanton, Ringstead, Rushford,
Saxlingham, Thurton, Walpole in Norfolk and
Elsenham in Essex. He also held as tenant in chief: Brettenham, Griston and West Carbrooke in Norfolk.
He is known as the nephew of Waleran fitzRanulf, moneyer of Viem and heir of Serlo de Burgh.

Marriage and issue

John is known to have had the following issue.