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Personal data Judith "Juditha de Lens" de Lens Countess of Huntingdon
Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6- Nickname is Juditha de Lens.
- She was born about 1054 in Lens, Artois, Flemish region, Holy Roman Empire (now Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France).
- Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church.
- Alternative: Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church.
- Alternative: Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church on December 16, 1935.
- Alternative: Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church on December 16, 1935.
- Alternative: Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church on December 16, 1935.
- Alternative: Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church on December 16, 1935.
- Alternative: Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church on December 16, 1935.
- Alternative: Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church on December 16, 1935.
- Alternative: Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church on December 16, 1935.
- Alternative: Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church on December 16, 1935.
- Alternative: Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church on December 16, 1935.
- Alternative: Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church on December 16, 1935.
- Alternative: Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church on December 16, 1935.
- Alternative: Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church on February 27, 1992.
- Resident:
- England.
- She died about 1086 in Lens, Artois, France.
- She is buried in the year 1086.
- A child of Lambert and Adelaide
- This information was last updated on January 22, 2019.
Household of Judith "Juditha de Lens" de Lens Countess of Huntingdon
She is married to Waltheof.
They got married in the year 1070France.
Child(ren):
Notes about Judith "Juditha de Lens" de Lens Countess of Huntingdon
GIVN Judith
SURN von Boulogne
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Weis, p. 130: niece of William the Conqueror; some question as to who her father was....
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Some sources show Judith as the Daughter of Enguerrand by Adeliza.
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Some sources show Judith as the Daughter of Enguerrand by Adeliza.
After the execution of Waltheof, Earl of Huntingdon, King William offered Judith, his niece, the deceased earl's widow, in marriage to Simon St. Liz, a noble Norman, but the lady peremptorily rejected the alliance, owing, Dugdale says, to St. Liz's halting in one leg, which refusal so displeased the Conqueror that he immediately seized upon the castle and honour of Huntingdon, which the countess held in dower, exposing herself and her dau. to a state of privation and obscurity in theIsle of Ely and other places, while he bestowed upon the said Simon St. Liz the town of Northampton and the whole hundred of Falkeley, thenvalued at £40 per annum, to provide shoes for his horses. St. Liz thus diappointed in obtaining the hand of the Countess of Huntingdon, made his addresses with greater success to her elder dau., the Lady Maud, who became his wife, when William conferred upon the said Simon de St. Liz, the Earldoms of Huntingdon and Northampton,
After the execution of Waltheof, Earl of Huntingdon, King William offered Judith, his niece, the deceased earl's widow, in marriage to Simon St. Liz, a noble Norman, but the lady peremptorily rejected the alliance, owing, Dugdale says, to St. Liz's halting in one leg, which refusal so displeased the Conqueror that he immediately seized upon the castle and honour of Huntingdon, which the countess held in dower, exposing herself and her dau. to a state of privation and obscurity in theIsle of Ely and other places, while he bestowed upon the said Simon St. Liz the town of Northampton and the whole hundred of Falkeley, thenvalued at £40 per annum, to provide shoes for his horses. St. Liz thus diappointed in obtaining the hand of the Countess of Huntingdon, made his addresses with greater success to her elder dau., the Lady Maud, who became his wife, when William conferred upon the said Simon de St. Liz, the Earldoms of Huntingdon and Northampton,
After the execution of Waltheof, Earl of Huntingdon, King William offered Judith, his niece, the deceased earl's widow, in marriage to Simon St. Liz, a noble Norman, but the lady peremptorily rejected the alliance, owing, Dugdale says, to St. Liz's halting in one leg, which refusal so displeased the Conqueror that he immediately seized upon the castle and honour of Huntingdon, which the countess held in dower, exposing herself and her dau. to a state of privation and obscurity in theIsle of Ely and other places, while he bestowed upon the said Simon St. Liz the town of Northampton and the whole hundred of Falkeley, thenvalued at £40 per annum, to provide shoes for his horses. St. Liz thus diappointed in obtaining the hand of the Countess of Huntingdon, made his addresses with greater success to her elder dau., the Lady Maud, who became his wife, when William conferred upon the said Simon de St. Liz, the Earldoms of Huntingdon and Northampton,
She was a niece of William the Conqueror.
She was a niece of William the Conqueror.
She was a niece of William the Conqueror.
JUDITH5 DE LENS (Lambert of BOULOGNE4, Eustace I3, Baudouin II2, Gui1) of Lens, daughter of (4) Lambert4 and (O-26) Adelaide (of NORMANDY), Countess of Aumale (PONTHIEU) BOULOGNE, .
Per AR (148-22), Judith's father is in doubt; she may have actually been the daughter of Adelaide's first marriage (to Enguerrand of Ponthieu) rather than her second marriage (to Lambert of Boulogne)
JUDITH5 DE LENS (Lambert of BOULOGNE4, Eustace I3, Baudouin II2, Gui1) of Lens, daughter of (4) Lambert4 and (O-26) Adelaide (of NORMANDY), Countess of Aumale (PONTHIEU) BOULOGNE, .
Per AR (148-22), Judith's father is in doubt; she may have actually been the daughter of Adelaide's first marriage (to Enguerrand of Ponthieu) rather than her second marriage (to Lambert of Boulogne)
She was a niece of William the Conqueror.
[Weis 95] niece of William the Conqueror.
[Weis 115] Though generally shown as child of (2) Lambert of Lens, there is a possiblitity that she was a child of the 1st mar. to Enguerrand II of Ponthieu.
After the execution of Waltheof, King William "The Conqueror" offered Judith, his niece, the deceased Earl's widow, in marriage to Simon St. Liz, a noble Norman, but the lady peremptorily rejected the alliance (owing, Dugdale says, to St. Liz's halting in one leg); which refusal so displeased the Conqueror, that he immediately seized upon the Castle and honor of Huntingdon, which the Countess held in dower, exposing herself and her daughter to a state of privation and obscurity in the Isle of Ely, and other places; while he bestowed upon the said Simon St. Liz the town of Northampton, and the whole hundred of Falkeley, then valued at 40 pounds per annum, to provide shoes for his horses. St. Liz, thus disappointed in obtaining the hand of the Countess of Huntingdon, made his addresses, with greater success, to her elder daughter, the Lady Maud, who became his wife.
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Husband Waltheof II Of Huntington, Earl Of Huntington-[157581]
AKA: Waltheof Ii Of Huntington Earl Of Northumbria
Born: 1046 at: Huntington, Hunts, England
Christened: at:
Died: 31 May 1076 at: Saint Giles Hill
Buried: at:
Bapt.(LDS): Submitted 3 May 2001 (25) #2 at:
Father: Siward Fairbarin The Strong Arm Armstrong, Earl Of Northlumberland-[170647] (0978-1055)
Mother: Aefflaed Of Bernicia, Countess Of Northlumbia-[170648] (0982- )
SealP (LDS): Submitted 3 May 2001 (25) #2 Temple:
Married: 1070 Place: Huntington, Hunts, England
SealS (LDS): 27 Jan 1994 Temple: Los Angeles California
Wife Judith De Lens, Countess Of Boulogne-[117073]
AKA: Judith De Normandie
Born: 1054 at: Huntington, Hunts, England
Christened: at:
Died: After 1086 at:
Buried: at:
Bapt.(LDS): Submitted 2 May 2001 (18) #3 at:
Father: Lambert II De Bologne, Count Of Boulogne And Lens-[117072] (1022-1054)
Mother: Adèle Or Adeliza De Normandie, Countess De Aumâle-[157954] (1029-1090)
SealP (LDS): Submitted 2 May 2001 (18) #3 Temple:
Events 1. Notes
2. Notes
Children 1 F Judith Or Alice De Huntington-[117079]
Born: Abt 1066 at: Huntington, Hunts, England
Christened: at:
Died: After 1126 at:
Buried: at:
Bapt.(LDS): Submitted 3 May 2001 (25) #43 at:
Spouse: Ralph III De Toeni, Sn De Conches-[123388] (Abt 1088-1126) Marr: Northumberland, Northumberland, England
2 F Mrs. Of Northumbria-[124094]
Born: Abt 1068 at: Huntington, Hunts, England
Christened: at:
Died: at:
Buried: at:
Bapt.(LDS): Submitted 3 May 2001 (25) #49 at:
Spouse: Robert Fitz Richard, Steward, Baron Baynard-[123297] ( -1134) Marr: Dunmow, Essex, England
3 M Eadulph Cudel Of Northumbria-[149695]
Born: Abt 1070 at: Huntington, Hunts, England
Christened: at:
Died: at:
Buried: at:
Bapt.(LDS): Submitted 3 May 2001 (25) #19 at:
4 F Maud Or Matilda Of Northumbria, Queen Of Scotland-[157268]
AKA: Matilda (Maud) De Huntington
Born: 1072 at: Huntington, Hunts, England
Christened: at:
Died: 1131 at: Scone, Perthshire, Scotland
Buried: at:
Bapt.(LDS): Submitted 2 May 2001 (16) #5 at:
Spouse: Saint, David I Canmore, King Of Scotland-[157248] (1080-1153) Marr: 1113, Northumberland, Northumberland, England Bapt.(LDS): Submitted 2 May 2001 (16) #5 at: Spouse: Simon I De St. Liz, Earl Of Northampton-[117081] (Abt 1068-1111) Marr: 1090, Of, Northamptonshire, England Bapt.(LDS): 14 Oct 1992 at: OGDEN - Ogden Utah
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FAIRBAIRN Genealogy
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Fairbairn was supposed to derive from Fair (white, pale, handsome) and bairn (child), but this seems unlikely as surnames weren't granted to children.
Another more likely theory has the surname derive from a Viking Prince named Siward “the Fair” BEORN (bear). He was also known as Siward Fairbairn “of the Strong Arm”. His father was Siward "Digira" whose father was Hringo, King of Upland who was also known as Earl Beorn (bear). The tales about Siward and his father were called “Fay Bairn” (fairy bear) and relate to Nordic legends.
Siward "Digira" lived in England from about 995 until his death in 1056. King Edward “the Confessor” conferred the title of Earl of Northumbria (Northumberland) on the giant man.
An enduring story tells of Siward’s encounter with Tostig, Earl of Huntington. Tostig apparently insulted Siward by throwing dirt on him when they met on a bridge. Siward had just left a meeting with King Edward and took no offence. They met again on the same bridge and this time Siward decapitated Tostig and carried his head to King Edward. Edward was so impressed that he awarded Siward the Earldom of Huntington in addition to Northumbria. (If Siward killed Tostig prior to 1056, then it would discredit sources that say that Tostig was defeated by his brother Harold at the Battle of Stamford Bridge in 1066.)
Siward’s sister married Duncan, King of Scots. Siward’s eldest son was Osberne “Bulax” who was killed in battle with “Macbeth” on 27th July 1054. Osberne was said to have married the daughter of Lady Godiva. Siward’s second son Waltheof married Juditha, a niece of William “the Conqueror” who helped Waltheof regain the title of Earl of Northumbria in 1069. Their friendship didn’t last long though as King William had Waltheof beheaded outside Westminster in 1076.
Osberne “Bulax” had two sons named Siward Barn “the Red” and Siward Barn “the White” (Fairbarn). Siward “the White” became a refugee and fled to Scotland with Edgar “the Atheling” where he was greeted kindly by his cousin Malcolm III, King of Scots. Siward and Malcolm III set about driving the Normans out of Northumbria. During battle Malcolm III had his horse killed under him and was partially crippled. Siward Fairbairn fought his way to the armoured King, took him under his arm and fought his way to safety. For this bravery he was knighted Sir Armstrange and given lands and a castle on the Scottish border. It is from this Siward Fairbairn that the Armstrongs of Mangerton claim decent.
Waltheof married, in 1070, Judith, daughter of Lambert, COUNT OF LENS, by Adelaide or Adeliz, sister of the Conqueror. He died as aforesaid, 31 May 1076, and a fortnight later the Abbot Ulfketel, at Judith's request and by the King's permission, removed his body to Crowland, where it was honourably entombed.(g) His widow, who as "Judith the Countess" is recorded in Domesday Book to have held estates in many counties in 1086, most of them apparently gifts from the King, her uncle, held Huntingdon in dower. She founded the Nunnery of Elstow, near Bedford. [Complete Peerage VI:638-40, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]
After the execution of Waltheof, Earl of Huntingdon, King William offered Judith, his niece, the deceased earl's widow, in marriage to Simon St. Liz, a noble Norman, but the lady peremptorily rejected the alliance, owing, Dugdale says, to St. Liz's halting in one leg, which refusal so displeased the Conqueror that he immediately seized upon the castle and honour of Huntingdon, which the countess held in dower, exposing herself and her dau. to a state of privation and obscurity in the Isle of Ely and other places, while he bestowed upon the said Simon St. Liz the town of Northampton and the whole hundred of Falkeley, then valued at £40 per annum, to provide shoes for his horses. St. Liz thus disappointed in obtaining the hand of the Countess of Huntingdon, made his addresses with greater success to her elder dau., the Lady Maud, who became his wife, when William conferred upon the said Simon de St. Liz, the Earldoms of Huntingdon and Northampton. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 467-8, St. Liz, Earls of Huntingdon]
The parentage of Judith of Lens has come under critical study since the early 1970's, when Enguerrand II was thought by some to be her father. The currently acceptable parentage among most scholars is as stated, i.e., Lambert of Boulogne. [Roderick W. Stuart, Royalty for Commoners, 3rd ed., Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore MD, 1998]
Niece of William the Conqueror. Countess Judith (between 1054 and 1055, ? after 1086), was a niece of William the Conqueror (Born Normandy). She was a daughter of his half-sister Adeliza, Countess of Aumale and Lambert II, Count of Lens. She later became the widow of Earl Waltheof of Huntingdon and Northumbria, whom she betrayed to her uncle and who was executed as a result at Winchester. Judith founded Hitchin church. She had land-holdings in 10 counties in the Midlands and East Anglia. Her holdings included land at: Grendon Earls Barton Potton Sawtry Judith is named after the Countess [edit] From the Doomsday Book In POTONE Hugh holds u virgate of land from the Countess. Land for 1 plough; it is there, with 1 smallholder. The value is and was 5s; before 1066, 2s. Earl Tosti held this land in Potton, his manor. Countess Judith holds POTONE herself. It answers for 10 hides. Land for 12 ploughs. In lordship 3u hides; 3 ploughs there. 18 villagers and 2 Freemen with 8 ploughs; a
GIVN Judith
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#Générale##Générale#s:theroff.harlette
{geni:about_me} ==Judith of Lens==
From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_of_Lens Wikipedia]
http://genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00108321&tree=LEO
'''Countess Judith''' (born in Normandy between 1054 and 1055, died after 1086), was a niece of William I of England|William the Conqueror. She was a daughter of his sister Adelaide of Normandy, Countess of Aumale and Lambert II, Count of Lens.
In 1070, Judith married Earl Waltheof, 1st Earl of Northampton|Waltheof of Huntingdon and Northumbria. They had three children, the eldest daughter, Maud, 2nd Countess of Huntingdon|Maud, brought the earldom of Huntingdon to her second husband, David I of Scotland.
In 1075, Waltheof joined the Revolt of the Earls against William. It was the last serious act of resistance against the Norman conquest of England. Judith betrayed Waltheof to her uncle, who had Waltheof beheaded on 31 May 1076.
After Waltheof's execution Judith was betrothed by William to Simon I of St. Liz, 1st Earl of Northampton. Judith refused to marry Simon and she fled the country to avoid William's anger. He then temporarily confiscated all of Judith's English estates.
Judith founded the Abbey at Elstow Bedfordshire in about 1078. She also founded churches at Kempston and Hitchin.
She had land-holdings in 10 counties in the English Midlands|Midlands and East Anglia. Her holdings included land at:
*Earls Barton, Northamptonshire
*Great Doddington, Northamptonshire
*Grendon, Northamptonshire
*Merton, Oxfordshire
*Potton, Bedfordshire
The parish of Sawtry|Sawtry Judith in Huntingdonshire is named after the Countess.
==From the ''Domesday Book''==
In Potton|POTONE Hugh holds ½ virgate of land from the Countess. Land for 1 plough; it is there, with 1 smallholder. The value is and was 5s; before 1066, 2s. Earl Tosti held this land in Potton, his manor.
Countess Judith holds POTONE herself. It answers for 10 hides. Land for 12 ploughs. In lordship 3½ hides; 3 ploughs there. 18 villagers and 2 Freemen with 8 ploughs; a ninth possible. 13 smallholders and 3 slaves. 1 mill, 5s; meadow for 12 ploughs; pasture for the village livestock. In total, value £12; when acquired 100s; before 1066 £13.
King Edward held this manor; it was Earl Tosti's. There were 4 Freemen who had 1 hide and 1 virgate; they could grant to whom they would.
In (Cockayne) HATLEY Countess Judith holds 3 hides and 2½ virgates as one manor. Land for 6½ ploughs. In lordship 1 hide and ½ virgate; 2 ploughs there. 8 villagers with 4½ ploughs; woodland, 4 pigs. Value £6 5s; when acquired 100s; before 1066 £6.
Earl Tosti held this manor. It lies in Potton, the Countess' own manor. A Freeman had 1 virgate; he could grant and sell, and withdraw to another lord.
Ranulf brother of Ilger holds EVERTON from the Countess. It answers for 5 hides. Land for 5 ploughs; 2 ploughs there; 3 possible. 4 villagers; 5 smallholders. Meadow for 1 plough. Value £3; when acquired 100s; as much before 1066.
Earl Tosti held this manor. It lay in Potton, the Countess' own manor.
==Source==
*''Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700'' by Frederick Lewis Weis, Lines 98A-23, 130-25.
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From Medieval Lands database:
JUDITH (1054-after 1086). JUDITH de Lens, daughter of LAMBERT de Boulogne Comte de Lens & his wife Adelais de Normandie (1054-after 1086).
Her marriage is recorded by Orderic Vitalis who calls her the king's "consobrina"[461]. A manuscript records that “Juditha comitissa…uxor Waldevi comitis Huntingdon, et neptis Gulielmi Conquestoris” founded Elstow priory[462].
Her parentage is further clarified by the foundation charter of Saint-Martin d´Auchy narrates the church´s foundation by “Guerinfrido qui condidit castellum…Albamarla” and names “Engueranni consulis qui filius fuit Berte supradicti Guerinfridi filie et Adelidis comitisse uxoris sue sororis…Willelmi Regis Anglorum” and “Addelidis comitissa supradicti Engueranni et supradicte Adelidis filia…Judita comitissa domine supradicte filia”[463].
The Vita et Passio Waldevi Comitis records that “Waldevus” married “rex Willelmus…neptem suam Juettam filiam comitis Lamberti de Lens, sororem…Stephani comitis de Albemarlia”[211]. A manuscript records that “Juditha comitissa…uxor Waldevi comitis Huntingdon, et neptis Gulielmi Conquestoris” founded Elstow priory[212]. Her marriage is recorded by Orderic Vitalis who calls her the king's "consobrina"[213]. Orderic Vitalis says Waltheof's marriage with Judith was arranged by King William "to strengthen the bonds of friendship" with her future husband[214]. She deposed against her husband when he was accused of involvement in the conspiracy of the Earls of Norfolk and Hereford in 1075[215].
m (1070) WALTHEOF Earl of Huntingdon, son of SIWARD Earl of Northumbria & his wife Ælfled of Northumbria (-executed St Giles's Hill, Winchester 31 May 1076, bur Crowland Abbey).
http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/NORTHERN FRANCE.htm
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Judith was one of the accusers of her husband, the Earl Waltheof, in his treason against King William (Judith's uncle), but after his execution, she arranged for him to be honorably buried in 1076.
She was recorded in the Domesday book as "Judith the Countess" and to have held estates in many counties, most of them apparently gifts from the King, her uncle, and held Huntingdon in dower in 1086.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_of_Lens for considerably more information, including the Domesday Book accounting.
In Domesday, founded nunnery of Elstow, near Bedford
Also see "My Lines"
( http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cousin/html/p63.htm#i8094 )
from Compiler: R. B. Stewart, Evans, GA
( http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cousin/html/index.htm )
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BIOGRAPHY: event
in Bedfordshire, England.
·founded the Nunnery of Elstow, near Bedford event in 1086.
·recorded in the Domesday book as "Judith the Countess" and to have held estates in many counties, most of them apparently gifts from the King, her uncle, and held Huntingdon in dower
·a daughter of Adelaide of Normandy by a second marriage to Lambert of Lens rather than a posthumous daughter of her first husband Enguerrand of Ponthieu
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maud,_Countess_of_Huntingdon
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Christiana "Baroness Kendal" Taillebois
Born 1070 in Kendal, Westmoreland, England
'''Daughter of Ivo Fitzrichard D. (Taillebois) Lancaster and Lucy (Mercia) de Meschines '''
Wife of Ketel (Lancaster) of Lancaster — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Mother of Orm (De Kendal) Kendal and Gilbert (Lancaster) de Lancaster
Died 1138 in Westmoreland Lancashire Englan'
http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Taillebois-15
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_of_Lens
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Countess Judith (born in Normandy between 1054 and 1055, died after 1086), was a niece of William I of England|William the Conqueror. She was a daughter of his sister Adelaide of Normandy, Countess of Aumale and Lambert II, Count of Lens.
In 1070, Judith married Earl Waltheof, 1st Earl of Northampton|Waltheof of Huntingdon and Northumbria. They had three children, the eldest daughter, Maud, 2nd Countess of Huntingdon|Maud, brought the earldom of Huntingdon to her second husband, David I of Scotland.
In 1075, Waltheof joined the Revolt of the Earls against William. It was the last serious act of resistance against the Norman conquest of England. Judith betrayed Waltheof to her uncle, who had Waltheof beheaded on 31 May 1076.
After Waltheof's execution Judith was betrothed by William to Simon I of St. Liz, 1st Earl of Northampton. Judith refused to marry Simon and she fled the country to avoid William's anger. He then temporarily confiscated all of Judith's English estates.
Judith founded the Abbey at Elstow Bedfordshire in about 1078. She also founded churches at Kempston and Hitchin.
She had land-holdings in 10 counties in the English Midlands|Midlands and East Anglia. Her holdings included land at:
•Earls Barton, Northamptonshire
•Great Doddington, Northamptonshire
•Grendon, Northamptonshire
•Merton, Oxfordshire
•Potton, Bedfordshire
The parish of Sawtry|Sawtry Judith in Huntingdonshire is named after the Countess.
From the Domesday Book
In Potton|POTONE Hugh holds ½ virgate of land from the Countess. Land for 1 plough; it is there, with 1 smallholder. The value is and was 5s; before 1066, 2s. Earl Tosti held this land in Potton, his manor.
Countess Judith holds POTONE herself. It answers for 10 hides. Land for 12 ploughs. In lordship 3½ hides; 3 ploughs there. 18 villagers and 2 Freemen with 8 ploughs; a ninth possible. 13 smallholders and 3 slaves. 1 mill, 5s; meadow for 12 ploughs; pasture for the village livestock. In total, value £12; when acquired 100s; before 1066 £13. King Edward held this manor; it was Earl Tosti's. There were 4 Freemen who had 1 hide and 1 virgate; they could grant to whom they would.
In (Cockayne) HATLEY Countess Judith holds 3 hides and 2½ virgates as one manor. Land for 6½ ploughs. In lordship 1 hide and ½ virgate; 2 ploughs there. 8 villagers with 4½ ploughs; woodland, 4 pigs. Value £6 5s; when acquired 100s; before 1066 £6. Earl Tosti held this manor. It lies in Potton, the Countess' own manor. A Freeman had 1 virgate; he could grant and sell, and withdraw to another lord.
Ranulf brother of Ilger holds EVERTON from the Countess. It answers for 5 hides. Land for 5 ploughs; 2 ploughs there; 3 possible. 4 villagers; 5 smallholders. Meadow for 1 plough. Value £3; when acquired 100s; as much before 1066. Earl Tosti held this manor. It lay in Potton, the Countess' own manor.
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•Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis, Lines 98A-23, 130-25.
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From Medieval Lands database:
JUDITH (1054-after 1086). JUDITH de Lens, daughter of LAMBERT de Boulogne Comte de Lens & his wife Adelais de Normandie (1054-after 1086).
Her marriage is recorded by Orderic Vitalis who calls her the king's "consobrina"[461]. A manuscript records that “Juditha comitissa…uxor Waldevi comitis Huntingdon, et neptis Gulielmi Conquestoris” founded Elstow priory[462].
Her parentage is further clarified by the foundation charter of Saint-Martin d´Auchy narrates the church´s foundation by “Guerinfrido qui condidit castellum…Albamarla” and names “Engueranni consulis qui filius fuit Berte supradicti Guerinfridi filie et Adelidis comitisse uxoris sue sororis…Willelmi Regis Anglorum” and “Addelidis comitissa supradicti Engueranni et supradicte Adelidis filia…Judita comitissa domine supradicte filia”[463].
The Vita et Passio Waldevi Comitis records that “Waldevus” married “rex Willelmus…neptem suam Juettam filiam comitis Lamberti de Lens, sororem…Stephani comitis de Albemarlia”[211]. A manuscript records that “Juditha comitissa…uxor Waldevi comitis Huntingdon, et neptis Gulielmi Conquestoris” founded Elstow priory[212]. Her marriage is recorded by Orderic Vitalis who calls her the king's "consobrina"[213]. Orderic Vitalis says Waltheof's marriage with Judith was arranged by King William "to strengthen the bonds of friendship" with her future husband[214]. She deposed against her husband when he was accused of involvement in the conspiracy of the Earls of Norfolk and Hereford in 1075[215].
m (1070) WALTHEOF Earl of Huntingdon, son of SIWARD Earl of Northumbria & his wife Ælfled of Northumbria (-executed St Giles's Hill, Winchester 31 May 1076, bur Crowland Abbey).
http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/NORTHERN FRANCE.htm
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Judith was one of the accusers of her husband, the Earl Waltheof, in his treason against King William (Judith's uncle), but after his execution, she arranged for him to be honorably buried in 1076.
She was recorded in the Domesday book as "Judith the Countess" and to have held estates in many counties, most of them apparently gifts from the King, her uncle, and held Huntingdon in dower in 1086.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_of_Lens for considerably more information, including the Domesday Book accounting.
In Domesday, founded nunnery of Elstow, near Bedford
Also see "My Lines" ( http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cousin/html/p63.htm#i8094 ) from Compiler: R. B. Stewart, Evans, GA ( http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cousin/html/index.htm )
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BIOGRAPHY: event in Bedfordshire, England. ·founded the Nunnery of Elstow, near Bedford event in 1086. ·recorded in the Domesday book as "Judith the Countess" and to have held estates in many counties, most of them apparently gifts from the King, her uncle, and held Huntingdon in dower ·a daughter of Adelaide of Normandy by a second marriage to Lambert of Lens rather than a posthumous daughter of her first husband Enguerrand of Ponthieu
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Christiana "Baroness Kendal" Taillebois
Born 1070 in Kendal, Westmoreland, England
Daughter of Ivo Fitzrichard D. (Taillebois) Lancaster and Lucy (Mercia) de Meschines
Wife of Ketel (Lancaster) of Lancaster — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Mother of Orm (De Kendal) Kendal and Gilbert (Lancaster) de Lancaster
Died 1138 in Westmoreland Lancashire Englan'
http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Taillebois-15
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Reference: wikipedia
* Judith of Lens
Spouse(s)Waltheof, 1st Earl of Northampton
Noble familyHouse of Boulogne
FatherLambert II, Count of Lens
MotherAdelaide of Normandy
Born1054 or 1055
Normandy
Diedafter 1086
*Countess Judith (born in Normandy between 1054 and 1055, died after 1086), was a niece of William the Conqueror. She was a daughter of his sister Adelaide of Normandy, Countess of Aumale and Lambert II, Count of Lens
* Lady Judith of Boulogne Contessa de Ponthieu Lens
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Birth:Apr 1054 - Lens, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Death:1086 - Lens, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Parents:Lambert II Comte de Boulogne, Adelaide Comtesse de Aumale Albemarle de Normandy
Husband:Ivo De Roumare of Kendal Sheriff of Lincolnshire Taillebois, Waltheof II Siwardson Earl Of Huntingdon Northumbria
Children:Adeliza De Taillebois, Adeliza deTaillebois, Lady Christina, Baroness Kendal DeTaillebois Kendal, Judith DeHuntingdon De Taillebois, Lucia De Taillebois, Matilda Taillebois, Beatrix De Taillebois, Guillaume De Taillebois
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_of_Lens
Zij getuigde tegen haar man.
Ancestral File Number:V9VB-5FREFN: 1296Some sources show Judith asthe Daughter of Enguerrand by Adeliza.
[Custer February 1, 2002 Family Tree.FTW]
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Some sources show Judith as the Daughter of Enguerrand by Adeliza.
Zij getuigde tegen haar man.
Judith de Lens, ref. nr. 23.06.2003 ES II-89, LMA III-599.6,56 Zij was een nicht van Willem de Veroveraar.
AFN:????
! (1) Named in Visitation of Cornwwall, Vivian ed., 1887, p.105
(2) Royal Ancestors
! (1) Named in Visitation of Cornwwall, Vivian ed., 1887, p.105
(2) Royal Ancestors
! (1) Named in Visitation of Cornwwall, Vivian ed., 1887, p.105
(2) Royal Ancestors
AFN:????
"OF LENS"; NIECE OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR
notes on Judith de Lens
http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=26dbd940-c065-4f5b-a7f5-934f6559bfdb&tid=10145763&pid=-347678740
! (1) Named in Visitation of Cornwwall, Vivian ed., 1887, p.105
(2) Royal Ancestors
notes on Judith de Lens
http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=26dbd940-c065-4f5b-a7f5-934f6559bfdb&tid=10145763&pid=-347678740
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Some sources show Judith as the Daughter of Enguerrand by Adeliza.
After the execution of Waltheof, Earl of Huntingdon, King William offered Judith, his niece, the deceased earl's widow, in marriage to Simon St. Liz, a noble Norman, but the lady peremptorily rejected the alliance, owing, Dugdale says, to St. Liz's halting in one leg, which refusal so displeased the Conqueror that he immediately seized upon the castle and honour of Huntingdon, which the countess held in dower, exposing herself and her dau. to a state of privation and obscurity in the Isle of Ely and other places, while he bestowed upon the said Simon St. Liz the town of Northampton and the whole hundred of Falkeley, then valued at Đ40 per annum, to provide shoes for his horses. St. Liz thus diappointed in obtaining the hand of the Countess of Huntingdon, made his addresses with greater success to her elder dau., the Lady Maud, who became his wife, when William conferred upon the said Simon de St. Liz, the Earldoms of Huntingdon and Northampton. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 467-8, St. Liz, Earls of Huntingdon]
NOTE: The parentage of Judith of Lens has come under critical study since the early 1970's, when Enguerrand II was thought by some to be her father. The currently acceptable parentage among most scholars is as stated, i.e., Lambert of Boulogne. [Roderick W. Stuart, Royalty for Commoners, 3rd ed., Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore MD, 1998]
Name Suffix:[Countess of Hun
Ancestral File Number:V9VB-5F
After the execution of Waltheof, Earl of Huntingdon, King William offered Judith, his niece, the deceased earl's widow, in marriage to Simon St. Liz, a noble Norman, but the lady peremptorily rejected the alliance, owing, Dugdale says, to St. Liz's halting in one leg, which refusal so displeased the Conqueror that he immediately seized upon the castle and honour of Huntingdon, which the countess held in dower, exposing herself and her dau. to a state of privation and obscurity in the Isle of Ely and other places, while he bestowed upon the said Simon St. Liz the town of Northampton and the whole hundred of Falkeley, then valued at Đ40 per annum, to provide shoes for his horses. St. Liz thus diappointed in obtaining the hand of the Countess of Huntingdon, made his addresses with greater success to her elder dau., the Lady Maud, who became his wife, when William conferred upon the said Simon de St. Liz, the Earldoms of Huntingdon and Northampton. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 467-8, St. Liz, Earls of Huntingdon]
NOTE: The parentage of Judith of Lens has come under critical study since the early 1970's, when Enguerrand II was thought by some to be her father. The currently acceptable parentage among most scholars is as stated, i.e., Lambert of Boulogne. [Roderick W. Stuart, Royalty for Commoners, 3rd ed., Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore MD, 1998]
Name Suffix:[Countess of Hun
Ancestral File Number:V9VB-5F
! (1) Named in Visitation of Cornwwall, Vivian ed., 1887, p.105
(2) Royal Ancestors
Historical personage - see www.wikipedia.org
Whether Waltheof was father or Judith was mother of Uchtred has not been p
roven to this author's satisfaction.
two half-brothers named Piers and Stephen
! (1) Named in Visitation of Cornwwall, Vivian ed., 1887, p.105
(2) Royal Ancestors
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