Theobald FitzBerner
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Theobald FitzBerner (
fl. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
1086), (Theobald son of Berner, ''Tetbaldus Filius Bernerius'') was an Anglo-Norman warrior and magnate; he was also one of the
Devon Domesday Book tenants-in-chief Devon ( ; historically also known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by the Bristol Channel to the north, Somerset and Dorset to the east, the English Channel to the south, and Cornwall to the we ...
of King
William the Conqueror William the Conqueror (Bates ''William the Conqueror'' p. 33– 9 September 1087), sometimes called William the Bastard, was the first Norman king of England (as William I), reigning from 1066 until his death. A descendant of Rollo, he was D ...
. The
Domesday Book Domesday Book ( ; the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book") is a manuscript record of the Great Survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 at the behest of William the Conqueror. The manuscript was originally known by ...
of 1086 lists him as the holder of 27 manors in Devon. His lands later formed part of the
Feudal barony of Great Torrington {{Use dmy dates, date=April 2022 The feudal barony of Great Torrington whose ''caput'' was Great Torrington Castle in Devonshire, was one of eight feudal baronies in Devonshire which existed during the mediaeval era.Sanders, Contents, pp. ix-xi; t ...
, together with lands of his son-in-law Odo FitzGamelinThorn, part 2 (notes), Chapter 36


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