Milo or Miles succeeded his father about the latter year.
He was high in the service of Henry
I between 1130 and 1135, he was Constable
of England and combined the hereditary office of Sheriff of Gloucester
with that of local justiciar
for Gloucestershire.
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Contents
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1 Civil
war allegiances
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2 Earldom
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3 Family
and children
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4 External
links
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5 Sources
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6 References
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Civil war allegiances
After the death of King Henry he declared for
Stephen,
at whose court he appears as
constable
in 1136. King Stephen garnted him the honour of
Gloucester
and
Brecknock.
However, in 1139, when the
empress
Matilda appeared in England, he declared for her, and placed the city
of
Gloucester
at her disposal; he was further distinguished by sacking the nearby royalist
city of
Worcester,
attacking Stephen's siege works at
Wallingford
Castle and reducing the county of
Hereford.
He was retained as her Constable.
Earldom
In 1141, he was rewarded with the
earldom
of Hereford when Matilda ruled the country. He remained loyal to the
Empress after her defeat at
Winchester
the same year.
John
of Salisbury classes him with
Geoffrey
de Mandeville and others who were
non tam comites regni quam hostes
publici. The charge is justified by his public policy; but the materials
for appraising his personal character do not exist.
Family and children
He married
Sybil
de Neufmarche, daughter of
Bernard
de Neufmarche, Lord of
Brecon
and Nesta, granddaughter of
Gruffydd
ap Llywelyn, in 1121. Their children were:
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Bertha
of Hereford, married William
de Braose before 1150, by whom she had issue.
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Roger
Fitzmiles, 2nd Earl of Hereford.
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Walter
de Hereford died after 1159 in the Holy Land. He was Sheriff of Gloucester
in 1155-1157 and Sheriff of Hereford in 1155-1159.
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Henry
Fitzmiles Henry of Hereford, died 12 April 1165. He succeeded to the
title of Baron
Abergavenny in 1141/42.
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William
de Hereford. He died before 1160 without issue.
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Mahel
de Hereford, died October 1165 at Bronllys
Castle, Breconshire,
Wales, mortally hurt when a stone dropped from the tower during a fire;
died without issue. Buried at Llanthony
Priory.
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Margaret
de Gloucester, married Humphrey
de Bohun, by whom she had issue.
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Lucy
of Gloucester, married Herbert
FitzHerbert of Winchester, Lord
Chamberlain, by whom she had issue. Buried at Llanthony
Priory.
External links
Sources
References
