Robert d'Oilly, Immediate lord of Aldridge in 1086, held from William son of Ansculf, Norman baron, Domesday landholder, hereditary castellan of Oxford, Norman landholder, Domesday tenant-in-chief, builder and castellan of Oxford Castle
Dates: Active in the period of the Domesday survey; exact personal dates not established here
Biography
A Norman landholder recorded in Domesday Book as the immediate lord of Aldridge. The evidence used here concerns his holding of Aldridge rather than a broader family pedigree.
Notes / Sources
The Domesday entry names him as Robert; the identification with Robert d'Oilly is supplied by the modern Domesday transcription.
Research sources:
- Open Domesday, Aldridge entry, citing Domesday Book, Staffordshire 12,24 — https://opendomesday.org/place/SK0600/aldridge/
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