Had Mole and Sap. Sheriff of Devon and had the castle of Exetor


The Origins of Some Anglo-Norman Families edited by Charles Travis Clay, David Charles Douglas

In 1086 Roger de Moles was an under-tenant of ÙCbÙDBaldwin fitzgilbertÙC/bÙD, sheriff of Devon.12 Meules was the caput of Baldwin's Norman barony, whence he himself ÙCbÙD.


ÙC/bÙDThe Constitutional History of England in Its Origin and Development By William Stubbs
"Baldwin son of Count Gilbert of Brionne"

Dictionary of National Biography By LESLIE. STEPHEN
"Count Gilbert, his two young sons fled with their guardians, to Baldwing of Flanders.
The marriage of the Conqueror with Baldwin's daughter restored the exiles Normandy, where William took them into high favour
and assigned to Richard Bienfaite and Orbev and to Baldwin Le Sap and Meules

Both brothers were in attendance on their kinsman during his conquest in England
The one as Baldwin de Meules was left in Charge of Exeter on its
submission (1068) and made sheriff of Devonshire
His brother Richard de Clare was the founder of the De Clare family"


Feudal England: Historical Studies on the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries By John Horace Round

Baldwin had left a son William who had succeeded to his shrievallty by 1096 and who in turn secceeded by his brother Richard Fitz Baldwin"

• Married:
• Change Date: 24 Nov 2011

1. Robert Fitzgilbert
2. Richard De Reviers