Richard Bussel (abt. 1112 - bef. 1164)

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Biography

Name

Richard is a member of the Bussel or Buissel family. Unlike many of their contemporaries they never used the form 'de Bussel', even in this early period.

Also there is no connection between the Bussel family and the Busli or de Busli family.

Family

Richard was the eldest son and heir of Warin Bussel/Buissel^[1] and his wife Matilda.^[2]

Richard had a younger brother, Albert.^[1]

At Warin's Meols, circa 1149 [dated by Professor Barraclough and Farrer], Ranulf II, earl of Chester, granted Howick in the parish of Penwortham, Lancashire, to the monks of Evesham, as they held it in the time of Count Roger of Poitou and of earl Ranulf I, witnessed by Eustace constable of Chester, Hugo ostucario, Serlone venatore, Richard Buissel and Richard pincerna.^[3]

Richard Bussel of Penwortham granted 3 oxgangs in North Meols, Lancashire, to the abbey of St Werburgh, Chester, circa 1150-64 [dated by Tait].^[1]

Albert Bussel of Penwortham confirmed to the abbey of St Werburgh, Chester, circa 1164-93 [dated by Tait], the gift of Rufford, Lancashire, by Warin, his father, and the gift of 3 oxgangs in North Meols, Lancashire, by Richard, his brother.^[1]

Research Notes

Chronology

There are problems with the chronology of the early Bussel family. Warin Bussel, held land in the Domesday book^[4] but may have died about 1150^[5] which even if he was a very young man in 1086 would still make him in his late 80s or early 90s.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} James Tait, LittD, FBA, ed, The Chartulary or Register of the Abbey of St Werburgh Chester Part II (Remains Historical and Literary Connected with the Palatine Counties of Lancaster and Chester, Vol 82—New Series, 1923), 470. e-book Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/chartularyorregi02ches/page/470/mode/1up : accessed 18 Julyy, 2022). Charters 881 and 882.
2. ↑ William Adam Hulton, ed., Documents Relating to the Priory of Penwortham, and Other Possessions in Lancashire of the Abbey of Evesham (Chetham Society, 1853). e-Book, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/documentsrelatin00manc : accessed 18 February, 2018).
3. ↑ Professor Geoffrey Barraclough, ed, The Charters of the Anglo-Norman Earls of Chester, c. 1071-1237 (The Record Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, Vol CXXVI, 1988), 103-104. e-book Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/Chartersoftheearlsofchester/page/103/mode/1up : accessed 18 July, 2022). Charter 90.
4. ↑ K S B Keats-Rohan, Domesday People: A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents 1066-1166, Vol 1. Domesday Book (Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell Press. 1999), 460.
5. ↑ William Farrer and John Brownbill, ed., The Victoria History of the County of Lancaster, Vol. 1. (London: Archibald Constable, 1906). e-Book, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/victoriahistoryo01farruoft : accessed 18 February, 2018).