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Birth:          ABT 1160 Gilsland, Cumberland, England
Death:          24 Mar 1217 Stoke, Devonshire, England

Notes
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jweber&id=I02736
The following information was contained in a post-em by Curt Hofemann, 
curt_hofemann AT yahoo.com:

Beatrice de Valle (or Vaux), wife of William Briwerre, was almost certainly the daughter 
of Hubert de Vaux, baron of Gilsland (see ID 20718?), Cumberland, by his wife, Grace.

The evidence for this is slim but compelling. Beatrice had property in Devonshire as 
her maritagium. The early history of this property is shrouded.

However, Hubert de Vaux is known to have owned property in Devonshire, and 
probably lived there during part of his life. Beatrice de Valle had a daughter Grace 
Briwerre who I presume was named for her mother, Grace de Vaux. Grace was rather 
rare as a woman's name in that period. I have proven that William Briwerre acquired 
property from one of Beatrice's Vaux brothers and I have proven that William Briwerre 
was involved in a suit with the widow of another brother. If nothing else, this proves 
that the two families knew each other well.

I should also note that Beatrice de Valle was almost certainly the mother of Henry Fitz 
Count, bastard son of Reginald, Earl of Cornwall. This is indicated by two successive 
charters which unfortunately I don't have in hand. In these two charters, Henry Fitz 
Count makes a gift to some religious house and in the next charter, Beatrice's Briwerre 
son refers back to his "brother" without naming him, as if the parties understood who 
he meant. This would only make sense if the two charters were recorded at the same 
time and if Henry Fitz Count was the "brother" named by Beatrice's Briwerre son. The 
charters are published in Monasticon Exoniensis.

The name Vaux, by the way, was usually written in Latin as Vallibus but I have seen it 
on rare occasions as Valle. Beatrice's maiden name is given as Valle in one charter I 
have seen. [Ref: Douglas Richardson 25 Jan 1999 message to 
soc.genealogy.medieval]

Research note: numerous listings on Rootsweb Worldconnect show the above 
Reginald (de Dunstanville), Earl of Cornwall (bastard son of Henry I by Sybil Corbet) as 
Beatrice de Valle/Vaux's father & Beatrice Mortaigne/Mortain or Beatrice fitzRichard 
as her mother, but sources are lacking... Curt

Regards,
Curt

Parents
DE VAUX Herbert (ABT 1142 - 1165)
____ Grace (ABT 1143 - )

Siblings
DE VAUX Beatrice (ABT 1160 - 24 Mar 1217)

Marriage To DE DUNSTANVILLE Reginald (ABT 1110 - 1 Jul 1175)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
____ Henry I "Beauclerc" (1070 - 1 Dec 1135)
DE CORBET Sibyl (ABT 1092 - AFT 1157)

Children by DE DUNSTANVILLE Reginald ABT 1110 - 1 Jul 1175
FITZ COUNT Henry (BEF 1175 - 1222)

Marriage To DE BRIWERE [BREWER] William (ABT 1145 - 1226)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
DE BRIWERE Henry (ABT 1114 - )
WALTON ----- (ABT 1120 - )

Children by DE BRIWERE [BREWER] William ABT 1145 - 1226
DE BRIWERE Grecia (Alice) (ABT 1176 - 1223)
DE BRIWERE Isabel (ABT 1180 - ABT 1228)
DE BRIWERE Hawise (ABT 1182 - )
DE BRIWERE Marjorie (Margaret) (ABT 1183 - BEF 1237)
DE BRIWERE Joan (1190 - BEF 12 Jun 1233)

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