De Grandmesnil

Ancient And Medieval Earl Shilton - Early Medieval Earl Shilton - Siege of The Castle of Courci
... By 1090 Hugh de Grandmesnil, even as an old man, was still defending his lands in Normandy ... Hugh made a stand along with his friend Richard de Courci at the Castle of Courci-sur-Dive, as Robert de Belesme laid siege to them ... Robert de Belesme did not have enough troops to totally surround the castle of Courci, so he set about building a great wooden engine called the Belfry ...

Ancient And Medieval Earl Shilton - Early Medieval Earl Shilton - Death of Hugh De Grandmesnil
... In 1094, Hugh de Grandmesnil was again in England, and worn out with age and infirmity, finding and his end approaching ... Robert, inherited his Norman lands in the Ouch valley, while Ivo de Grandmesnil became Sheriff of Leicester, and master of Earl Shilton manor ...

Grandmesnil (disambiguation) - People
... Grandmesnil family, aristocratic family in Normandy in the 11th to 13th centuries, including Hugh de Grandmesnil, lord of Grandmesnil, sheriff of Leicestershire Robert de Grandmesnil, Hugh's younger ...