37-1181: Alanus may refer to: People [ edit ] Alan Rufus (c. 1040–1093), Alanus Rufus in Latin, Breton noble, kinsman and companion of William the Conqueror and first lord of Richmond Alan the Black (died 1098), Alanus Niger in Latin, second lord of Richmond, brother of Alan Rufus Alain de Lille (1116/7–1202/3), Alanus ab Insulis in Latin, French theologian and poet Alanus of Walkingham , Attorney General from 1280 to 1281 Alain Chartier (1385–1430), French poet, diplomat and political writer Alan of Lynn or Alanus de Lynna (c. 1348–1420s), English theologian Alanus de Rupe (c. 1428–1475), French theologian Johannes Alanus (fl. late 14th or early 15th century), English composer William Allen (cardinal) (1532–1594), also known as Guilielmus Alanus or Gulielmus Alanus, English Catholic cardinal Other uses [ edit ] Alanus University of Arts and Social Sciences ,
74-502: A lengthy parley during which they waited outside the castle, St-Calais agreed to surrender his person and stand trial, but only once they signed a complex document promising safe conduct before, during, and after the trial. Alan Rufus played a significant role in the subsequent trial of St-Calais, which commenced on 2 November 1088 at Salisbury in Wiltshire . Wilmart's interpretation is that in exchange for St-Calais agreeing to submit to
111-569: A private university in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany See also [ edit ] Alan (disambiguation) Alaunus Alain (disambiguation) Allain Allan (disambiguation) Allen (disambiguation) Alleine Alun (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Alanus . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
148-755: A tenant of Edith the Fair. Alan's early acquisitions in England included many land titles that had been in the possession of King Harold's wife Edith the Fair , including all but one of her holdings in Cambridgeshire. ) Alan later favored Almer by giving him two additional manors. In 1067, Alan witnessed a charter of King William to the monks of St Peter's at Westminster. In January 1069, Earl Edwin in Yorkshire and his brother Earl Morcar in Northumberland rebelled. In late 1069,
185-498: A year, Alan handed command to another Breton, who was later slain, along with many of the king's knights, aggrieving William sufficiently to come to terms with the commander of the castle. It is likely that Alan was with King William I and the other members of the King's Council at Gloucester in Christmas 1085 when they discussed preparations for the extensive survey of England, later known as
222-659: Is more likely. His body was transported to the abbey at Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk where he was buried in the cemetery outside the south door. Subsequently, his family and the monks of the Abbey of St Mary in York succeeded in their petition to have him reburied inside Bury Abbey. Alan Rufus died childless. As Lord of Richmond , Alan Rufus was succeeded by his younger brothers: Alan Niger who also died without issue, followed by Stephen, Count of Tréguier . Beneath Richmond Castle, Alan founded
259-608: Is written Kernow , but the pronunciation is the same. Strong contacts between Armorica (a larger region than the Duchy of Brittany or modern Brittany ) and southern Britain had already been noted by Julius Caesar . Native British troops were hired to support the usurpation of Magnus Maximus , who is said to have settled them in Armorica . Settlements expanded when invading Anglo-Saxons expanded westward within Britain. Strong links existed in
296-510: The Anglo-Saxon suffix -wealas , from walh , a word used by the Germanic speakers for 'a non-Germanic foreigner', especially Celtic speakers but also sometimes used for Romance-language speakers. Walh is an element found in the words and names walnut , Walloon , Wales , Wallasey , Waleswood , Wallachia , Wallace , Walcheren , and Walsh . A Corn-/Kern- name was used in reference to
333-583: The Cambridge area in late 1066 and built a castle on the hill just north of the river crossing. Alan's first possessions in England were in Cambridgeshire , so he may have obtained them about this time. The Cambridgeshire town of Bourn , west of Cambridge and due north of London, along with several other towns in the area were according to the Domesday Book held in 1066 by the royal thane Almer of Bourn as
370-671: The Domesday Book , behind only King William I and Robert, Count of Mortain in the number of holdings. The most powerful magnate in East Anglia and Yorkshire, he also possessed property in London, in Normandy (e.g. in Rouen and Richemont ), and in Brittany. Alan Rufus is third (not including the King and his immediate family) among the barons in terms of annual income, which was about £1,200. His income in
407-573: The French Revolution . The diocese covered more than half of the south of Finistère , and extended over part of Morbihan and the Côtes-d'Armor . There were two archdeacons , one for Cornouaille and one for Poher . There were also a cantor, a treasurer, a theologian and twelve canons. This episcopal division was the poorest in Brittany. After the French Revolution, the new constitution created
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#1732868832763444-646: The Honour of Richmond , in about 1071. Alan Rufus is first mentioned as a witness (along with his mother Orguen and brothers Gausfridus, Willelmus, Rotbertus, Ricardus) to a charter dated to 1056/1060, issued by his father Eozen to the Abbey of Saint-Aubin in Angers (q.v. Albinus of Angers ). Alan already held some property in Rouen , the capital of Normandy , and was lord of Richemont in Upper Normandy before September 1066. In 1066 or 1067, William of Normandy assented to
481-556: The 6th century between the British and Armorican territories. Legends about King Arthur and the Matter of Britain make frequent reference to the maritime connections between the peoples of Wales, southern Ireland , Cornwall in southwestern Britain and the early kingdoms of Brittany, cf. the tale of Tristan and Iseult . The existence of an ancient district in Anjou called "la Cornuaille" has led to
518-476: The City of Yorke. Alan Rufus began construction on Richmond Castle in 1071, to be the principal manor and center of his honour. As the first constable of his new castle, Alan chose Enisant Musard, the husband of one of his half-sisters. Richmond Castle overlooks the old Roman fort at Catterick, North Yorkshire . Alan's properties extended over the entire length of Earningas Street, the old Roman road from London to
555-531: The Domesday Survey. On this survey was based the Domesday Book, which comprises two volumes, Little Domesday and Great Domesday. Through 1086, Alan and Robert of Mortain attended on King William, e.g. at Fécamp in Normandy and in Wiltshire in south-west England. By 1086 Alan had become one of the richest and most powerful men of England. Alan is mentioned as a lord or tenant-in-chief in 1,017 entries of
592-721: The King brought an army north to combat the rebels and recover York. According to the Register of Richmond, it was at the instigation of Queen Matilda, during the Siege of York, that King William conceded to Alan the Honour of Richmond (the Hundred of the "Land of Count Alan" in Yorkshire ) in North Yorkshire. Unusually, within the land of Count Alan, King William himself and his half-brother Robert, Count of Mortain received only one manor each: William sharing one with Alan at Ainderby Steeple, on
629-465: The King's judgement, Alan and the other royal officers signed a document guaranteeing St-Calais's safety before and after the trial. When St-Calais cited this in court, there was uproar, but Alan calmly confirmed St-Calais's statement and then said that if there were any fault here, it was his (Alan's). Alan concluded by begging the king not to attempt to coerce him into committing perjury; otherwise, he (Alan) would believe himself obliged to refuse to serve
666-521: The North, heading to Edinburgh; this road was renamed Ermine Street . In folklore, Alan has an association with King Arthur: in the tale of Potter Thompson, Arthur and his knights are said to lie at rest under Richmond Castle. In Richmondshire, the Domesday Book's "Land of Count Alan", many of the Anglo-Dane lords, or their heirs, were retained in their pre-1066 positions of authority. The locations where this
703-542: The Red (c. 1040 – 1093), 1st Lord of Richmond , was a Breton nobleman, kinsman and companion of William the Conqueror (Duke William II of Normandy ) during the Norman Conquest of England. He was the second son of Eozen Penteur (also known as Eudon, Eudo or Odo, Count of Penthièvre ) by Orguen Kernev (also known as Agnes of Cornouaille ). William the Conqueror granted Alan Rufus a significant English fief, later known as
740-470: The battle formation, Bretons are mentioned variously as in the left-wing or in the rear-guard of the army. Geoffrey Gaimar 's L'Estoire des Engles and Wace 's Roman de Rou both assert Alan Rufus's presence as Breton commander in the battle, and praise his contribution: Gaimar says "Alan and his men struck well" and Wace states that they did the English "great damage". A column of Norman cavalry swept into
777-681: The eastern fringe of the Land, while Robert held one on its southern edge. The wording of the proclamation is: Ego Wil(el)mus cognomine Bastardus Rex Anglie do et concedo tibi Nepoti meo Alano Britannie Comiti et heredibus tuis imperpetuum omnes uillas et terras que nuper fuerunt Comitis Edwyni in Eboraschira cum feodis Militum et ecclesiis et aliis libertat(ibus) et consuetudinibus ita libere et honorifice sicut idem Edwinus ea tenuit. Dat(um) in obsidione coram Ciuitate Ebor(aci). Philemon Holland's English translation of William Camden's "Brittania" (1607) renders
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#1732868832763814-570: The gift by Alan Comes (i.e. Alan Rufus) to St-Ouen de Rouen of the church of Saint-Sauveur without Rouen, and of the nearby church of Sainte Croix des Pelletiers, which had been his gift to Alan. Alan was probably present at the Battle of Hastings in October 1066. On the journey to the battle site near Hastings, the Breton forces formed the vanguard, arriving a good half-hour before the rest of William's army. In
851-486: The hypothesis that Cornouaille may have been a geographical or military label for all of southern Brittany as far as the northern shore of Domnonée in the 6th or 7th century. At the origin of this feudal county , the reigning dynasty acceded to a dukedom of the region, which then passed to the Ancient Lord-Bishop of Quimper. The name Cornouaille signifies the diocese of Quimper which persisted until
888-423: The king. St-Calais was held in custody at Wilton Abbey until 14 November. Alan escorted St-Calais to Southampton to await passage to Normandy and exile. According to Christopher Clarkson, in 1089 Count Alan persuaded King William II to convene ("assemble") England's very first "High Court of Parliament" ("under that name") at York. Saint Anselm , in two letters addressed (perhaps in 1093–1094) to Gunnhild
925-532: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alanus&oldid=1219550622 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with given-name-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Alan Rufus Alan Rufus , alternatively Alanus Rufus ( Latin ), Alan ar Rouz ( Breton ), Alain le Roux ( French ) or Alan
962-449: The order of Nominoe , Duke of Brittany and Tad ar Vro . The names Cornwall and Cornouaille, like the surname Cornwallis, are from Corn-wealas . The first element is from the name of a Brythonic tribe Latinized as Cornovii , meaning 'peninsula people', from the Celtic kernou , 'horn, headland', from PIE *ker- 'uppermost part of the body, head, horn, top, summit'. The second element is
999-435: The period from about 1083-1086 (the exact dates are uncertain) the formidable Sainte-Suzanne Castle was besieged by the king's army. King William I established a fortified camp at Beugy, about 800 metres north of the castle, manned by William's best household knights under the command of Alan Rufus. The siege did not go well, the castle proving to be well-defended. Wealthy Norman and English lords were frequently captured. After
1036-460: The proclamation: I William surnamed Bastard, King of England, doe give and grant unto thee my Nephew Alane Earle of Britaine, and to thine heires for ever, all and every the manour houses and lands which late belonged to Earle Eadwine in Yorkeshire, with the knights fees and other liberties and customes, as freely and in as honorable wise as the said Eadwin held the same. Given at our leaguer before
1073-533: The resettling of the new wave Celts from Great Britain in formerly Dumnonian-seized lands. This is related to the difference between Grande-Bretagne (Great Britain) and Bretagne (Brittany) in French, with Brittany having originally been thought of a British colony (and the second such in the same area). In Breton , Cornouaille is known as Kernev or Bro-Gernev , and in Latin as Cornugallia or Cornubia . In Cornish, Kernev
1110-627: The same article, Sharpe also cited Trevor Foulds's suggestion that Matilda may have been a daughter of King William I and Queen Matilda; although Orderic Vitalis does not mention her name in his list of their daughters, Domesday does name a "Matilda, the King's daughter". Wilmart thought Alan Rufus's death was sudden and unexpected. There are conflicting sources for the year of its occurrence. Two medieval sources (the 12th century Margam Annals and Stephen of Whitby's brief history of St Mary's, York) indicate that he died in 1089 or shortly thereafter, but scholars have concluded that 1093, perhaps on 4 August,
1147-473: The settlement of Cornouaille by migrant princes from Cornwall who created an independent principality founded by Rivelen Mor Marthou, and the founding of the Bishopric of Cornouaille by ancient saints from Cornwall. Celtic Britons and the settlers in Brittany spoke a common language , which later evolved into Breton , Welsh and Cornish . The toponym Cornouaille was established in the early Middle Ages in
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1184-666: The southwest of the Breton peninsula. Prior to this, following the withdrawal of Rome from Britain, other British migrants from what is now modern Devon had established the region of Domnonea (in Breton) or Domnonée (in French) in the north of the peninsula, taken from the Latin Dumnonia . The region was first mentioned in surviving records by a Cornouaille -related name between 852 and 857, when Anaweten , bishop of Saint-Corentin at Quimper Cathedral , took over Cornugallensis under
1221-693: The town of Richmond, North Yorkshire . He also built the original manor house of Costessey Hall , Alan's caput at Costessey in Norfolk, on the north side of the River Tud in Costessey Park. Cornouaille Cornouaille ( French pronunciation: [kɔʁnwaj] ; Breton : Kernev, Kerne ) is a historical region on the west coast of Brittany in West France . The name is cognate with Cornwall in neighbouring Great Britain . This can be explained by
1258-732: The year of his death, 1093, was £1,100. Alan donated large sums to a number of religious houses, but most famously founded, with King William II, the Benedictine St ;Mary's Abbey in York in early 1088. Alan was among the first four magnates to support William II of England against the Rebellion of 1088 in favour of the Duke of Normandy, Robert Curthose . The uprising was led by the recently freed Odo, Earl of Kent , Bishop of Bayeux , and joined by several major magnates. Beginning in March 1088, Alan
1295-410: The youngest daughter of King Harold II and Edith the Fair , reprimanded her for abandoning her vocation as a nun at Wilton Abbey to live with Alan Rufus, intending to marry him, and after his death living with his brother Alan Niger ("the Black"). The historian Richard Sharpe has theorised that Matilda d'Aincourt, wife of Walter d'Aincourt , was the natural daughter of Alan Rufus and Gunnhild . In
1332-513: Was done were complementary to those owned by the deceased Edwin, Earl of Mercia , whereas many of those where Edwin had been Overlord were given to Alan's Breton relatives: his half-brothers Ribald, Lord of Middleham , Bodin, Lord of Bedale , and Bardolf, Lord of Ravensworth , and their wet-nurse, Orwen. Other tenants of Alan in Yorkshire were English lords from East Anglia. In the 1080s, Alan witnessed several documents of King William in England and Ghent, and one of Queen Matilda in England. For
1369-510: Was granted additional territory by King William from the confiscated lands of his neighbours who had rebelled. In or before 1089, Alan Rufus issued a charter at Rochester, Kent , Bishop Odo's former principal manor. William de St-Calais had been in the army led by the king against Bishop Odo, but suddenly fled north to his castle at Durham. After the rebellion was defeated, Roger of Poitou , Alan Rufus, Odo of Champagne , and Walter d'Aincourt were sent to persuade St-Calais to surrender. After
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