Gilbert fitz Turold

Gilbert fitz Turold (Thorold) was an Anglo-Norman landowner of the eleventh century, mentioned in the Domesday Survey, with widely spread holdings in six counties [ [http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/landownersd-f.html Domesday Book Online] ] . He was an important figure in Herefordshire; but lost land and position, seemingly after his involvement in the rebellion of 1088 against William Rufus.

He held Hadzor in Worcestershire [ [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=43098 British History Online page] ] , probably given to him by William fitz Osbern; also land at Powick in the same county [ [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42877 British History Online page] ] , at Doddenham [ [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42892 Parishes - Doddenham | British History Online ] ] , and at Strensham. Walelege was a fortified place on the Welsh border also given to him by William fitz Osbern [ [http://vlib.iue.it/carrie/texts/carrie_books/nelson/4.html The Domesday Frontier] ] ; this is apparently the same [ [http://www.ecastles.co.uk/philipdavis/English%20sites/1507.html Walelege ] ] , as Ailey, mentioned in the same terms [ [http://www.smr.herefordshire.gov.uk/hsmr/db.php?smr_no=24188 Historic Herefordshire On-Line: Sites and Monuments Record database ] ] [Ann Williams, A Bell-house and a Burh-geat: Lordly Residences in England before the Norman Conquest, in Christopher Harper-Bill, Ruth Harvey (editors), Medieval Knighthood IV (1992), p. 232.] .

He also held Chew Stoke in Somerset [ [http://hometown.aol.com/k2m3/1086dome.html Somerset and the Domesday Book in 1086] ] .

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