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Birth:          1060 Poix, Picardy, France
Death:          1136 on pilgrimage to Holy Land

Notes
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jweber&id=I17233
Allegedly the assassin of William II Rufus King of England.

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The pedigree I am following is found in a posting by John Stuart to 
soc.genealogy.medieval. It shows the "classic" descent of the Tyrell family of Heron 
Hall, Essex from Walter Tyrell, the alleged assassin of William II, which is found in a 
book "A Genealogical History of the Tyrrells" by Joseph Henry Tyrrell (JHT). There are 
many problems with the pedigree (in fact, according to John Stuart, JHT presents 
three variations in his book, but the one presented here is based on visitations.) John 
Stuart presents a critique with suggested alternatives based on a book "The Tyrells of 
England" by Dr. O. F. Brown (OFB). I am leaving my ancestry according to JHT, even 
though it has obvious problems, until the pedigree questions are resolved.

The following is excerpted from the posting:

Generation 1 [the supposed Regicide] as extracted from JHT
"Sir Walter III Tirel Third Lord of Poix, second Lord of Laingaham, Kingsworthy and 
Avon, A Baron of France, and England, Castellan of Pontoise 1091. At Seige of 
Jerusalem, 1096. Reputed to have slain William Rufus 1100. Founded Priory of St. 
Denis, 1116, and Monastery of Selincourt, 1131. Made a pilgrimage to Holy Land in 
1136, and there died.
Married Adelaide, daughter of Richard Giffard, son of Walter, 1st Earl of Buckingham. 
Living in 1136. Died in Nunnery of Conflans 1138."

[OFB points out that Pipe Roll, 31 Hen. 1, 1130 shows Walter's wife, Adelice, 
answering for Langham in 1130, presumably as Walter's widow. OFB therefore 
surmises that Walter III was dead by 1130 and that a Walter IV, probable grandson of 
Walter III and Adelice, was Lord of Poix in 1131. OFB also points out that both J. H. 
Round and Michael Maclagan concluded that Walter III's spouse, Adelice, was a 
daughter of Richard de Clare (1024-1090) by his wife Rohese Giffard, daughter of 
Walter Giffard, the elder, standard bearer of Duke William at the Battle of Hastings. 
This alliance by marriage with the powerful Clare family likely contributed to Walter III 
having a position at King William's court, eventually leading to his participation in that 
fateful hunt in the New Forest during which King William Rufus was killed -- by 
accident or otherwise. However, both OFB and JHT note that the evidence is far from 
conclusive that Walter III launched the fatal arrow.]

Parents
TYRELL Walter II (1035 - AFT 1069)
DE CLARE Ann (1038 - )

Siblings
TYRELL Walter III (1060 - 1136)

Marriage To GIFFARD Adelaide (1085 - 1138)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
GIFFARD Richard (ABT 1063 - )
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Children by GIFFARD Adelaide 1085 - 1138
DE TYRELL Hugh I (ABT 1105 - 1159)

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