G L O U C E S T E R

Information on this page from Windows Into Our Past, A Genealogy of the Parsons, Smith and Associated Families, Vol. 1 ©1996, Judy Parsons Smith

Walter Gautier
Walter Gautier, constable of Henry I. Walter Gautier had a son:

Roger de Pitres
Roger de Pitres, son of Walter Gautier. Roger de Pitres was a contemporary of William the Conqueror and sheriff of Gloucester. Roger de Pitres had a son, who had:

Milo of Gloucester aka Milon, Miles Fitz Walter
Milo of Gloucester (Milon, Miles Fitz Walter), grand son of Roger de Pitres, d. 25 December 1143, of a hunting accident; m. 1121 to Sybyl, sole heiress of Bernard de Newmarch.

Milo inherited his father's lands in Gloucestershire. He also became heir to lands of his father-in-law Bernard de Newmarch. Milo became earl of Hereford in 1141. His family should not be confused with the earls of Gloucester.

Milo & Sybyl (de Newmarch) of Gloucester had seven (7) children:

1. Margery (Marguerite, Margaret), m. Humphrey III, son of Humphrey II & Maud (de Salisbury) de Bohon, b. 1109; d. 6 April 1187; bur. at the Lanthony Abbey (Gloucestershire). See de Bohun.
2. Roger, d. 1155. No issue
3. Walter, d. before 1166. No issue.
4. Henry, d. before 1166. No issue.
5. Mahel, d. before 1166. No issue.
6. Bertha, m. Philip de Brause
7. Lucy de Gloucester

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