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 DEVON. 101 possessed of his English honours and compelled to (ly to Flanders in 1136, but Hppears to huve returned some years later. The name of his wife was (like that of his mother) Adeliza.( il ) He d. -1 June 1155 and was bur. in Quarr Abbey in the Isle of Wightf as was his wife) which (in 1122) he had founded. I1X 1155. 3. Richard (de Redvers), Earl op Devon, or of Exeter, or Earl Redvers, Lord of the Isle of Wight, s. and h. b. about 1120. He xtaa Sheriff of co. Devon (115C-5S) 2 to -1 Hen. II. Hew. Diouysia, (by some called Havisia) said to have been da. and coheir of Reginald (de Duns- hTA.s vn.LE), Earl ok Cornwall, hy Beatrice, da. of William Fitz-Rkiiard. He d. in the city of Maunt, 11152. IV. 11G2. J/. Baldwin (de Redvers), Earl of Devon, or of Exeter, or Earl Redvers, Lord of the Isle of Wight, s. and h. (by Diouysia), under age in 11(52. He m. iu 1177, Avicia, da. of Raoul De-Dol, Lord of Chateau Raoul, in Normandy. Ha d. s.p. about 1180. V. 1180? 5. Ricitard [de Redvers), Earl of Devon-, ov of Exeteh, or Earl Redvers, Lord of the Isle of Wight, br. and h. He hi. Emma, sister of Robert de Pontahche. ( Ij ) He d. s.p. 118-1 and was bur. at Montsbourg Abbey iu Normandy. His wife survived him. VI. 1184. 0. "William (de Redvers alias de Vernon) (<=) Earl OV Devon, or of Exeter, sometimes (incorrectly) called Earl ov the Isle of WlOHT, he being Lord of the Isle of Wight, uncle and h., being 2d s. of Baldwin, 2d Karl of Devon aboveuamed. He was one of the four nobles who sup- ported the canopy at the second coronation of Richard I. at Winchester, 17 April 1101 ami appears to have been a faithful adherent to King John. He m. Mabel, da. of Robert, Count ok Meulan or Mellent. He d. 14 Sept, 1216 and was bur. at Tiverton. [Baldwin de Redvers, s. and b. ap. He m. Margaret, da. and h. of Warine Fitz-Gerald, and d. v. p. 1 Sep. 1216, and was bur. at Christ Church. His widow in. the notorious Fulke DE Breaute, who was banished 1 221 and who d. at St. Cyriac 1226. She d, at a very advanced age in (1202), 20 Ed. I. She was Sim in Grey Friars, London. M.L( d )] VII. 121G. 7. Baldwin (de Redvers), Earl of Devon, or of Exeter, Lord of the Isle of Wight, grandson and h., being s. and h. of Baldwin de Redvers and Margaret, his wife, above named. His guardianship was first given to his step-father, Fulke de Breaute (to whom by writ 10 June 1210, the Sheriff was directed to pay the third penny of the county of Devon), and afterwards to Richard, Earl of Cornwall. He was knighted and invested with the Lordship of the Isle of Wight, 25 Dec. 1210, at Winchester. He m. in 1227 in early youth Amicia, da. of Gilbert (de Clark), Earl ok Gloucester mid Hertford (for which that Earl paid 2,000 marks to the King) by Isabel, da. of William (Marshall), Earl ok Pemeroke, Ho d. in the prime of life, 15 Feb. (J24J/5), 20 Hen. Ill, and was bur. at the priory of Brameie, Hants. His widow, who retaiued the Lordship of the Isle of Wight iu dower, Hi. iu 1218 Robert Gynes and survived till (1283), 12 Ed. I, when she was sue. in that Lordship by her' granddaughter, then her heir, as below. ( a ) There is no proof that " Lucia Comitissa" said to he Lucy, da. of Dru de Rnhm was his wife. The mother of his successor was undoubtedly Adeliza, ( b J See Flanchtf's " Earls of Devon" p. 273 (correcting his paper on the "Lords of the Isle of Wight ") as to the disproof of his wife being Margaret Biset, and as to the " sigillum Mctrgarctee de Rvparlit " engraved iu Worsley's " Isle of Wight " which probably was the seal of the wife of Baldwin de Redvers, s. and h. ap. of the 6th and father of the 7th Ear], which lady d. a widow in 1202. ( c ) See p. 100, note " b," circa fincm. C) In this she is (somewhat irregularly) called " Dna Margarcta do Revers, quondam Comitissa Dcroniw et Dna de Lyle [i.e., Lady of the Isle of Wight] que fuit filin Cuarim Fitzgerard." Sec " Coll. Top ct Qm," vol. v, p, 276.