Reginald de Sacto Awbrey Alberico^[1]

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• Name	Reginald de Sacto Awbrey Alberico
  Birth	1170	Abercynon, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales
  Gender	Male
  Death	Abercynon, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales
  Person ID	I2987	Master
  Last Modified	28 Sep 2015

  
  

  Father	Saunders De Sancto Alberico,   b. 1030, , Normandy, France d. , , , England
  Family ID	F6391	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Iswabel De Clare Beaumont,   b. 1172, Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales d. 1220, Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales (Age 48 years)
  Children	1. Reginald St Awbrey,   b. , , , France d. , , , France   2. Joan St Awbrey,   b. Abercynon, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales + 3. William De St Awbrey,   b. 1209, Abercynon, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales d. Yes, date unknown, Abercynon, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales   4. Agnes St Awbrey,   b. 1215, , Powys, Wales
  Family ID	F891	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Aug 2019

  
  

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  Birth - 1170 - Abercynon, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales Death - - Abercynon, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  Common Welsh Surnames http://www.daire.org/names/welshsurs.html Awbrey - Welsh adaptation of Norman name de Alberico, who a rrived in Wales shortly after the Conquest. Records show two prominent families, the Awbreys of Abercynrig, and of Ynyscedwin. Aubrey, Obray. " The Norman People" page 144 "Aubrey, Sir Reginald Aubrey, 1088, was granted lands in Brecknock by Bernard de Newmarhe'. The Norman origian of this family admitted. It maybe th same as the family of Alver of Alfrey. Osmond de Alebrai and Samon de A. occur Normandy, 1198 (Mrs) Hence the Baronest Aubrey. Alberic,Earl of Boulgne and Dammartin, and Earl Mareschal of France in 1066, is said to have been elder brother of a certain. I. Saunders de Sancto Alberico or de Alta Ripa, was bc ? in France & reportedly a brother of Alberic, Earl of Boulogne & Dammartin, & Earl Fareschal of France in 1066. (He invaded Eng. with William the Conqueror in 1066.) Father of Reginald Sir Reginald de Sancto Alberico ) son of Saunders de Sancto Alberico married a daughter of the Earle of Clare and Priany. Reginald (Rinalt) de St. Awbrey (de Sancto Alberico) born: ? died ?marr. Isabel de Clare (bc in Normandy, France to Richard de Clare, Earl of Briones & Earl of Claire & Tunbridge). Sir Reginald accompanied Bernard Newmarch in conquering Brecknock, where he reputed to have won Abercynfrig & Siwch. He owned the manor of Abercynfrig & Slough & other properties in Wales. Reginald wife was Isabel de Clare. Isabel de Clare is a descend of Charlemagne Journey Through Hay and Brecheinia Almedha, though not included in the ordinary lists, is said to have been a daughter of Brychan, and sister to St. Canoc, and to have borne the name of Elevetha, Aled, or Elyned, latinised into Almedha. The Welsh genealogists say, that she suffered martyrdom on a hill near Brecknock, where a chapel was erected to her memory; and William of Worcester says she was buried at Usk. Mr. Hugh Thomas (who wrote an essay towards the history of Brecknockshire in the year 1698) speaks of the chapel as standing, though unroofed and useless, in his time; the people thereabouts call it St. Tayled. It was situated on an eminence, about a mile to the eastward of Brecknock, and about half a mile from a farm-house, formerly the mansion and residence of the Aubreys, lords of the manor of Slwch, which lordship was bestowed upon Sir Reginald Awbrey by Bernard Newmarche, in the reign of William Rufus. Some small vestiges of this building may still be traced, and an aged yew tree, with a well at its foot, marks the site near which the chapel formerly stood. Records show Sir William was born in Llanelieu (in Breconshire), but that location is now reorganized as part of the extended community of the town of Talgarth 2.5 miles (4.0 km) to the west. Llanelieu is a small settlement and former civil parish (community) in Powys, Wales on the northern edge of the Black Mountains within the Brecon Beacons National Park. It was formerly in the county of Brecknockshire. The last name in Wales was spelled Awbrey, but in the United States it became Aubrey toward the end of the 18th century. Actually the name was originally in a Norman form as "de Sancto Alberico." William Awbrey was the son of Sir Edward Awbrey and Joan Havard. Sir Edward was born in Abercynrig and Tredomen, and Jane, born about 1559 in Tredomen, South Wales, England was a member of the Havards who were a very notable family in Breconshire. Sir William married Elizabeth Johns on Dec. 24, 1595 in Llandilo Fawr, Carmarthenshire, Wales. She was the daughter of Sir Thomas Johns and Jane Puleston. There were eight children of the marriage, and the names of three sons are known: - Henry; - John (see link below); - Thomas Sir William Awbrey was the High Sheriff of Brecon, and was given the nickname "The Extravagant" when he sold the family estate Abercynfrig and spent the fortune left him by his grandfather, Dr. William Awbrey. He evidently died penniless in 1631. Abercynrig was later purchased and returned to the family by a cousin (Jeffries) who acquired the Brecknockshire lands about 1656. The will of Sir William was proved at Brecon in 1631. ---------------------------------------------------------- Although Sir William's sons went to the colonies, the connection with the family and Wales was not forgotten but was published in Virginia. Now it is possible to trace the family line back to Charlemagne as found in the table below. What was to become the Awbrey family in Wales had made a marriage alliance with the family that became the Earls of Clare in England, and thus we start with this line since it is traced further back to Charlemagne. - Richard I of Normandy (b. 28 Aug 933 in Fecamp, Normandy, France; d. 20 Nov 996 in Fecamp, Normandy, France; son of Guillaume I "Longsword" Of Normandy and Sprota of Senlis {St. Liz, sometimes said to be the daughter of Herbert, Count of Senlis and Vermandois who was a great, great grandson of Charlemagne}; Richard 1st married Emma in 960, daughter of Hugh, who was - in all but name- King of France; Richard I, "The Fearless" was named his father's heir on 29 May, 942; Richard was betrothed to Emma for some time but did not marry her until about 960, after the death of her father, Hugh the Great, in 956; Richard was the guardian of Hugh's son, the Duke of Paris, and eventually married Emma to strengthen his position; he did not treat her unkindly, he merely loved Gunnora; Emma passed her life at Rouen alone and solitary, and eventually died about the year 962; Richard then officially married 2nd Gunnora De Crepon). - Godfrey of Brionne (son of Richard I Of Normandy and Gunnora De Crepon; born in France, and d. ca. 1015). - Gilbert "Grispin" (d. 1040; married Gonnor {Gunnor}, daughter of Baldric the Teuton, and a niece of Gilbert, Count of Brionne; for a short period following the sudden death (murder?) of Count Alan of Brittany, Gilbert was chief tutor to the young WIlliam the Conqueror;said to have been murdered in 1040 by his cousin, Ralph of Gace. - Richard Fitzgilbert De Clare, b. 1035, Beinfaite, Normandy, France; d. 1090, England; the eldest son of Gislebert, Count of Eu and Brionne, a descendant of Emperor Charlemagne; he was a lawyer and Chief Justice of England and the founder of the House of Clare in England, being the first Lord of Clare; accompanied Duke William into England in 1075, and took a leading part in the suppression of the revolt there; later held one hundred and seventy-six lordships or manors; at the time of the General Survey, which was towards the close of King William's reign, he is called Ricardus de Tonebruge, from his seat at the castle of Tonebruge {now Tunbridge} which he obtained from the Archbishop of Canterbury, in lieu of the castle of Brion; at which time he enjoyed thirty-eight lordships in Surrey, thirty-five in Essex, three in Cambridgeshire, with some others in Wilts and Devon, and ninety-five in Suffolk, among those was Clare, whence he was styled Richard de Clare; and that place in a few years afterwards becoming the chief seat of the family, his descendants are said to have assumed thereupon the title of Earls of Clare {Burke, pg. 118-119}; he is known under three names in the "Doomsday' book - Richard de Bienfaite {Richard the son of Count Gilbert}, Richard FitzGilbert, and Richard of Tonbridge; Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Clare {died 1217} was one of the leading barons who forced King John to sign the Magna Charta in 1215. - Isabel Fitzgilbert De Clare, daughter of Richard Fitzgilbert De Clare and Rohese Giffard; married Reginald De Sto Alberico (Norman form of the name which became Awbrey in Wales) Awbrey Line - Saunders de Sancto Alberico or de Alta Ripa, born in France, elder brother to Alberic, Earl of Boulgne and Dammartin, and Earl Mareschal of France; he invaded England with William the Conqueror in 1066). - Reginald De Sto Alberico (accompanied Bernard Newmarch in conquering Brecknock, where he reputed to have won Abercynfrig and Siwch; owned the Manor of Abercynfrig and Slough, and other properties in Wales; married Isabel Fitzgilbert De Clare, daughter of Richard Fitzgilbert De Clare and Rohese Giffard). - William De Sto Alberico (Awbrey in Welsh - married Joan Gunter, daughter of William Gunter. - Thomas Awbrey (b. in Abercynfrig, Wales; married Joan {or Dorothy} Carew, daughter of John Lord Carew). - Thomas Awbrey (b. ca. 1240 in Abercynfrig, Wales; married Joan Trahearn). - Thomas Awbrey (b. ca. 1270 in Breck-Nockshire, Wales; married Nest Verch Owain Gethyn; he served as an officer under the Duke of Buckingham and was the Constable and Ranger of the Forest of Brecknock; noted for his red hair). - Richard Awbrey (b. ca. 1300 in Abercynfrig, Wales; married Creslie or Cresly Ap Elidur). - John Awbrey (b. ca. 1329 in Abercynfrig, Wales; married the daughter off Thomas Of Cwrt Rhadir). - Walter Awbrey (b. ca. born 1359 in Aberkynfrig, Wales; married Joan Morgan). - Morgan Awbrey (b. ca. 1389 in Aberkynfrig, Wales; married Alive Wenllian Lloyd). - Jenkin Awbrey (b. ca. 1423 in Abercynfrig, Brecknockshire, Wales; married Gwendoline Verch Owen). - Hopkin Awbrey (b. 1448 in Abercynrig, Breconshire, Wales; married Ann Griffith on 1480 in Wales, daughter of John Griffith and Alson). - Thomas Awbrey (b. 1481 in Abercynfrig, Brecknockshire, Wales; married Joan Vaughn, daughter of Thomas Vaughn and Maud William). - William Awbrey (b. 1529 in Cantreff, Brecknockshire, Wales, and d. 25 Jun 1595 in England; married Willigford Millicent Williams on 1555 in England. - Sir Edward Awbrey (b. ca. 1555 in Abercynfrig, Wales; married Joan Havard, daughter of William Havard) - Sir William Awbrey (ca. 1581-1631) The Awbrey Family The Aubrey/Awbrey Family: was an ancient Welsh family, which, for many generations, had been seated in Brecknockshire. The pedigree of the family is preserved in the ancient roll or chart, dated 1633, in the hands of an English descendant. The chart also contains pedigrees of various families allied by marriage to the Awbreys, together with designs of coats of arms, about sixty in all. The Awbrey pedigree traces descent from Saunders de St. Awbrey, brother of Lord St. Awbrey, Lord Marshall of France and Earl of Boulogne, who came into England in 1066. The name seems to have been Teutonic, and was formerly Alberic or The White King. Sir Reginald Awbrey, knight, son of former, “came to the conquest of Brecknockshire with Bernard Newmarke in 1092, by whome he was granted the manors of Aberkynfrig and Slwch” (Slough). A descendant of Saunders de Sancto, Alberico Reginald Awbrey was the first Aubrey established in Wales around 1175 A.D. Saunders de Alberico was born circa 1030 in France and reportedly a brother of Alberic, Earl of Boulogne & Dammartin, & Earl Fareschal of France in 1066. He invaded England with William the Conqueror in 1066. Sir Reginald Awbrey (born circa1055 Wales) married. Isabel de Clare (born circa 1072 Normandy, France to Richard de Clare, Earl of Briones & Earl of Claire & Tunbridge). Sir Reginald accompanied Bernard Newmarch in conquering Brecknock, where he reportedly won Abercynfrig and Siwch. He owned the manor of Abercynfrig and Slough and other properties in Wales. Sir Reginald and Isabel became the parents of Reginald (born circa 1088), William (1090), Joan ( 1093) and Agnes (1096). The likelihood is that the marriage of Reginald de Sancto Alberico (Awbrey) and Isabel de Clare is part of a pedigree which was falsified in antiquity. The earliest documented reference to the Awbreys in Brecon indicates that they were burgesses of the town, and hence not of sufficiently high social standing to intermarry with the de Clares, the most powerful Norman family in south Wales at the time. The Awbreys claimed that Reginald was granted the manor of Abercynrig and Slwch (near Brecon) by Bernard de Neufmarche (Newmarch) as a reward for his assistance in the conquest of Brycheiniog but no such manor is mentioned in any early records. The Awbreys probably came in with the second wave of Norman migrants after the country was subdued. The Aubrey family claims descent from Sir Reginald Aubrey of the eleventh century, another knight of Bernard Newmarch, but this claim is not authenticated in a leading reference such as Bartrum. Probably, the first authentic Aubrey ancestor is Awbrey, William DeSoto (1209) William Aubrey married Joan Gunter (1210), descended from another knight of Bernard Newmarch. Awbrey - Welsh adaptation of Norman name de Alberico, who arrived in Wales shortly after the Conquest. Records show two prominent families, the Awbreys of Abercynrig, and of Ynyscedwin. Aubrey, Obray Found on this site http://members.tripod.co.uk/michael_jones_2/id24.htm (Richard Anderson webpage has the deClare family are descendant of Charlemagne. The DeClare do link to Charlemagne but the link with Aubrey/Awbrey family has not been proven. Richard thinks that this maybe one day proven but for now it is dream. I am related to deClare family but not through the Awbrey family.) Here is Richard Anderson webpage. The Richard B. Anderson Jr. Family Home Page I found the information on the Stiant Awbrey information came from this site. Click here and you read where I found this information. () The Web on-line Library and Reading room (" **Stiant Awbrey, founder of the Aubrey family in Great Britain was " second brother to the Lord Awbrey, Earle of Bullen and Earle Marechal of France and came to England with William ye Conqueror in Anno 1066" **Sir Rinalt Awbrey son of Stiant, married a daughter of the Earle of Clare and Priany. Reginald (Rinalt) de St. Awbrey (de Sancto Alberico)born: abt 1175 died ?.Reginald wife was Isabel de Clare and their second son. St. Almedha, though not included in the ordinary lists, is said to have been a daughter of Brychan, and sister to St. Canoc, and to have borne the name of Elevetha, Aled, or Elyned, latinised into Almedha. The Welsh genealogists say, that she suffered martyrdom on a hill near Brecknock, where a chapel was erected to her memory; and William of Worcester says she was buried at Usk. Mr. Hugh Thomas (who wrote an essay towards the history of Brecknockshire in the year 1698) speaks of the chapel as standing, though unroofed and useless, in his time; the people thereabouts call it St. Tayled. It was situated on an eminence, about a mile to the eastward of Brecknock, and about half a mile from a farm-house, formerly the mansion and residence of the Aubreys, lords of the manor of Slwch, which lordship was bestowed upon Sir Reginald Awbrey by Bernard Newmarche, in the reign of William Rufus. Some small vestiges of this building may still be traced, and an aged yew tree, with a well at its foot, marks the site near which the chapel formerly stood.") Now for what I found in book name "ANNALS AND ANTIQUITIES of THE COUNTIES and COUNTY FAMILES OF WALES” by Thomas Nicholas. "Subtitle: “BRECONSHIRE; Extinct Families of Norman Origin” P 86 OLD FAMILES OF NORMAN BLOOD As was the custom under the Norman feudal system, Bernard Newmarch divided the land of Bycheiniog between himself and his chief follows; and these became in course of time, through intermarriage with the Welsh, more that Norman. It has already been intimated that a large proportion of William the Conqueror’s forces were pure or mixed Celts from Brittany, Normandy, and elsewhere,- many of them , indeed, descendants of Cynry from Wales, who had sought refuge and settlement in Brittany during the Saxon and Danish troubles; and it is more than probable that some of Newmarch’s companions wer of this description, and only restored the purity of their Celtic blood by alliances with the people of Brycheiniog. The example of marrying into Welsh families was set by Bernard Newmarch himself, who took to wife the notorious Nest, daughter of Trahaearn ap Caradog, and niece of Llywelyn as Seissyllt. The Descendants of the Norman fief-holders of Brycheiniog best know to out times are the BURGHILLS, the GUNTERS, the AWBREYS, the HAVARDS, the PETOUS, the WALBEOFFES. When Powel wrote his HISTORIE OF CAMBRIA- or, rather, annotated and publish Caradog ap Ilancarvan’s Chronicle- in early part of the seventeenth century, most of the leading knights who fought with Newmarch had still representatives who claimed a share in their original estates. Powel says,- “here came manie gentleman with the said Bernard Newmarch……upon whom he bestowed divers manours, which their heirs do possess and enjoy even to our time” He then mentions some of them by name, with manors. “The ASBERYES” had received the manours of ABERCYNRIG and SLOWCH; the WALBIEFES, the manour of Llanhamlach and Taly-Lhyn; the “GUNTERS, the manour of Gilston” (rather of Tregunter, whence they removed to Gilston); and the “HAVARDS, the manour of Pont-wiym”----HIST. CAMBR., p. 150. AWBREYS OF ABERCYNRIG The AWBREYS, derived from the Norman De Alberico, corrupted into Awbrey, were contemporary with the Conquest. Sir Riginald Awbery was on of Newmarch’s chief men, and got as his reward the lands of Abercynrig and Slwch. In the fifth generation after him, John Awbrey, according to Jones, sold Slwch to Richard, of the line of Caradog ’Freichfras, whose descendants resided there for upwards of four centuries, latterly under the name of Thomas, Abercynrig continued the seat of Awbreys until their decline, but this also was sold in more recent times, The family in the third generation after Bernard Newmarch’s conquest, began to intermarry with the Welsh, and in course of time became a Substantially Welsh family.

  
  

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  [S761] Yates Publishing, Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Tree. http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=82294308&pid=123