Roger de Busli (c. 1038 – c. 1099) was a Norman baron who participated in the

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in 1066.

Life

Roger de Busli was born in or around 1038. His surname comes from the town now known as Bully (near Neufchâtel-en-Bray, mentioned as ''Buslei'' ar. 1060, ''Busli'' 12th century.) in

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, and he was likely born there. Busli was given lands in

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and the Strafforth

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. These had previously belonged to a variety of Anglo-Saxons, including Edwin, Earl of Mercia. David Hey, ''Medieval South Yorkshire'' By the time of the Domesday survey de Busli was tenant-in-chief of 86 manors in Nottinghamshire, 46 in Yorkshire, and others in

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and Leicestershire, plus one in

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. They became the Honour of Blyth (later renamed the Honour of Tickhill), and within it, de Busli erected numerous castles, at Tickhill,

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, Laughton-en-le-Morthen and Mexborough. In 1088, he founded

Blyth Priory Blyth Priory was a priory in Nottinghamshire, England, dedicated to St Mary the Virgin. History Blyth Priory was founded in 1088 by Roger de Busli, as a house of Benedictine Monks. It was an alien house (one dependent on a foreign mother-house), ...

. Much of the de Busli's family's leverage came from their familial relationships with the crown through the Counts of Eu. Roger de Busli's wife Muriel was in favour with the queen, to whom she was probably a lady-in-waiting or a kinswoman, evident in the queen's grant to de Busli of the manor of Sandford upon his marriage. The de Buslis had one son, also called Roger, who died as an infant, thus leaving no heirs. His daughter (or possibly his sister) Beatrix, (also known as Beatrice de Builli), married William, Count of Eu. De Busli died in the last years of the 11th century without an heir. His lands were given to Robert de Bellême, who lost them in 1102 after he led a rebellion against

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. Ernulf de Busli, probably Roger's brother, may then have inherited some of the lands; these were then passed to Ernulf's son Jordan and grandson

Richard de Busli Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong ...

. Richard de Busli was co-founder of Roche Abbey,

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with

Richard FitzTurgis Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong ...

in 1147. The male line of the de Busli family died out in 1213, and their holdings passed into the Vipont family through the marriage of Idonea de Busli with Robert de Vipont (Vieuxpont).Roger de Busli, Malty, Yorkshire, Maltbyonline
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References

Sources

The Origins of Some Anglo-Norman Families, Lewis C. Loyd, 1951The Aristocracy of Norman England, Judith A. Green, Cambridge University Press, 1997Wentworth Family Genealogy: English and American, John Wentworth, Boston, Little, Brown & Co., 1878

External links

* ttp://www.rotherhamweb.co.uk/genealogy/sheffield.htm Sheffield Under De Busli, rotherhamweb.co.uk {{DEFAULTSORT:Busli, Roger de 1030s births 1090s deaths Anglo-Normans Norman warriors History of Sheffield Devon Domesday Book tenants-in-chief