FITZ-NIGEL, Sir John Monoculus^[1]

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• Name	FITZ-NIGEL, John Monoculus
  Prefix	Sir
  Nickname	Monoculus
  Birth	1090	Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1138	Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England   [2]
  WAC	17 Mar 1949  [3]
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  Father	CHESTER, Nigel ,   b. 1030, Hatton, Cheshire, England Hatton, Cheshire, Englandd. 1080, Halton, Cheshire, England (Age 50 years)
  Family ID	F16338	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	DEBLOIS, Magdalen Cecily ,   b. 1054, Blois, Orleannais, West Francia (now Centre, France) Blois, Orleannais, West Francia (now Centred. 1100, Saxlingham, Norfolkshire, England (Age 46 years)
  Marriage	1110	Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England
  Children	3 sons and 2 daughters
  1. FITZJOHN, Payn ,   b. Abt 1086, Harrold, Bedfordshire, England Harrold, Bedfordshire, Englandd. 10 Jul 1137, Ewias, Hertsfordshire, England (Age 51 years)   2. FITZJOHN, William ,   b. 1100, Saxlingham, Norfolk, England Saxlingham, Norfolk, Englandd. Bef 6 Oct 1183, Alnwick, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom (Age < 83 years)   3. FITZJOHN, Alice ,   b. Abt 1104, England England   4. FITZJOHN, Agnes ,   b. Abt 1106, England Englandd. 1185 (Age 79 years) + 5. FITZ-JOHN, Eustace ,   b. 1111, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England Knaresborough, Yorkshire, Englandd. 3 Jul 1157, Consyllt Pass, Wales (Age 46 years)
  Family ID	F16253	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

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  "John, surnamed Monoculus from having but one eye, had three sons, Paganus, Eustace, and William. These brothers were witnesses to the foundation of the abbey of Cirencester, co. Gloucester, 1133. The elder son, Paganus, dying s. p., was s. by his brother, Eustace Fitz-John." [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 121, Clavering, Barons Clavering] Known as John "Monoculus", a Domesday tenant, CP states he was the son of one "John the Moneyer". But recent findings indicate he was the son of Richard Fitz Ranulph and nephew of Waleran Fitz Ranulph, another Domesday tenant. He was a great feudal baron and friend of King Henry I, who gave him great grants of land and the governorship of Bamburgh Castle in Northumberland. He was later deprived of Bamburgh by King Stephen, even though his wife was the king's aunt. "JOHN, son and heir, was presumably born before 1056, for about 1076 he suddenly claimed and seized the mill of Vains, but after a trial before the King's Court judgement was delivered against him. As John son of Richard he gave the tithe of Saxlingham, Norfolk, to St. Peter's Abbey, Gloucester, in the time of Abbot Serlon (1072-1103/4). In 1086, described as John nepos W., he was a tenant-in-chief in Norfolk, his estates including the manor of Saxlingham to which the church was appurtenant; and as John nepos Walerami (sic) he held also the single manor of Elsenham ("Alsenham"), in Essex, in chief, and a carucate and a half at Saxlingham of the abbot of St. Benet of Holme. He is said to have been given the advowson of Hockham, Norfolk, by Roger Bigod (died 1107). Nothing is known of his marriage, death or burial." [Complete Peerage XII/2:269-70, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)] Note: In Appendix B, Vol XII/2, the Complete Peerage gives evidence and a lengthy discussion, disproving a long held belief that John was brother of Serlo de Burg (and therefore son of Eustace de Burgo), whom I originally had as his brother. CP also states that John's son Eustace FitzJohn was called Monoculus, possibly as a hereditary nickname from his father, but potentially in place of his father.

  
  

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  [S72] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM), (June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998). [S64] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index. John OR Monoculus FITZNIGELL; Male; Birth: About 1090 Of, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England; Death: 1138; Father: Nigell Of CHESTER; No source information is available. Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church. Search performed using PAF Insight on 03 Oct 2004 [S64] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index. John OR Monoculus FITZNIGELL; Male; Birth: About 1090 Of, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England; Death: 1138; Baptism: 17 MAR 1995 BOUNT; Endowment: 03 MAY 1995 BOUNT; Sealing to Parents: 09 JUN 1995 BOUNT; Nigell Of CHESTER /; Father: Nigell Of CHESTER; No source information is available. Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church to request LDS temple ordinances. Search performed using PAF Insight on 03 Oct 2004