- Juhel of Totnes
Juhel of Totnes [Judel, Judhel, Judael, Judhael, Joel of Totnes, Judhel de Totenais, Judhellus filius Aluredi, Juhel fitz Alfred, Juhel de Mayenne.] was a Breton nobleman and supporter of
William I of England of the eleventh century.Life
He was in 1069 one of the leaders of Breton forces on the Norman side, fighting against the remaining forces that had been loyal to
Harold II of England [E. M. R. Ditmas, "Reappraisal of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Allusions to Cornwall", Speculum, Vol. 48, No. 3 (Jul., 1973), pp. 510-524.] He was Lord ofTotnes , and holder of many manors in south-west England, at the time of theDomesday Survey (1086) [For exampleClawton [http://www.wayne.may.btinternet.co.uk/clawton.html] ,Broadwood Kelly [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=50570] ,Bridford [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=50569] ,Cornworthy [http://193.39.212.223/report.asp?compid=50573] .] . He was however dispossessed or pushed out of Totnes shortly afterward. According to Frank Barlow ["William Rufus" (1983), p. 171.]William II of England :"replaced the Breton Judhel, whom he expelled from Totnes at the beginning of his reign for an unknown reason, with his favourite, Roger (I) of Nonant".
Family
His daughter Aenor married
Philip de Braose [ [http://www.thepeerage.com/p63.htm#i630] , [http://freespace.virgin.net/doug.thompson/BraoseWeb/family/philip.html] ] , son ofWilliam de Braose, 1st Lord of Bramber .References
*John Bryan Williams, "Judhael of Totnes: The Life and Times of a Post-Conquest Baron", Anglo-Norman Studies 16 (1993) pp. 271-289
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External links
* [http://www.devon.gov.uk/etched?url=etched/ixbin/hixclient.exe&_IXP_=1&_IXR=110440]
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