Person:Urse Abitot (1)
Urse de Abitot, Sheriff of Worcestershire
b. Worcester, Worcestershire, England
d.bet abt 1100 and 1110
Parents and Siblings
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  1. Urse de Abitot, Sheriff of WorcestershireAbt 1045 - Abt 1100 & 1110
  2. Robert le Despencer
  3. Osbert de Abitot - Bef 1113
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Urse de Abitot, Sheriff of WorcestershireAbt 1045 - Abt 1100 & 1110
  • W.  Adelisa _____
  1. Emmeline d'AbitotAbt 1076 -
  2. Roger de Abitot
  3. _____ d'Arbitot
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2] Urse de Abitot, Sheriff of Worcestershire
Alt Name Urso d'Abbetot
Gender Male
Birth? Worcester, Worcestershire, England
Christening? Abt 1045 Worcester, Worcestershire, EnglandWorcester Cathedral
Alt Birth? Abt 1050 Lincolnshire, England
Marriage to Adelisa _____
Death[1] bet abt 1100 and 1110
Alt Death? Abt 1118
Reference Number? Q3552471?
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Urse d'Abetot ( - 1108) was a Norman who followed King William I to England, and became Sheriff of Worcestershire and a royal official under him and Kings William II and Henry I. He was a native of Normandy and moved to England shortly after the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, and was appointed sheriff in about 1069. Little is known of his family in Normandy, who were not prominent, but he probably got his name from the village Abetot (today Saint-Jean-d’Abbetot, Abetot about 1050–1066, hamlet of La Cerlangue). Although Urse's lord in Normandy was present at the Battle of Hastings, there is no evidence that Urse took part in the invasion of England in 1066.

Urse built the earliest form of Worcester Castle in Worcester, which encroached on the cathedral cemetery there, earning him a curse from the Archbishop of York. Urse helped to put down a rebellion against King William I in 1075, and quarrelled with the Church in his county over the jurisdiction of the sheriffs. He continued in the service of William's sons after the king's death, and was appointed constable under William II and marshal under Henry I. Urse was known for his acquisitiveness, and during William II's reign was considered second only to Ranulf Flambard, another royal official, in his rapacity. Urse's son succeeded him as sheriff but was subsequently exiled, thus forfeiting the office. Through his daughter, Urse is an ancestor of the Beauchamp family, who eventually became Earls of Warwick.

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References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 URSE de Abitot, in Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.
  2. ↑ Elmley Castle, Manors, in Doubleday, Herbert Arthur; William Page; and J. W. (John William) Willis-Bund. The Victoria history of the county of Worcester. (London: A. Constable, 1901-1924)
    Volume 3 pages 338 to 346.
  3.   He was one of the King's council, and rendered great service in the suppression of the rebellion of the Earls of Hereford and Norfolk in 1073.

    He was known as a spoiler and devastator and amongst the worst recorded of the Norman settlers in England. He appears to have especially oppressed the Church of Worcester, building so close to it that the mole of the castle encroached on the cemetery of the monks.

    He helped crush the revolt of Roger of Hereford in 1075.

    He had large holdings in Worcester, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, and Warwickshire in 1086.

    See http://www.celtic-casimir.com/webtree/5/27998.htm
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