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The House of Mowbray (/ ˈ m oʊ b r i /) was an Anglo-Norman noble house, derived from Montbray in Normandy and founded by Roger de Mowbray, son of Nigel d'Aubigny. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Foundations
Roger was the son of Nigel d'Aubigny by his second wife, Gundreda de Gournay. [2]On his father's death in 1129 he became a ward of the crown. [3] Based at Thirsk with his mother, on reaching his majority in 1138, he took title to the lands awarded to his father by Henry I both in Normandy including Montbray, from which he would adopt his surname, as well as the substantial holdings in ...
Mowbray (surname), including a list of people with the name; Mowbray (given name), a list of people with the name; House of Mowbray, an Anglo-Norman noble house; Baron Mowbray, a title in the Peerage of England; Mowbray Baronets, a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom; Mowbray Herald Extraordinary, an English officer of arms
Mowbray was a constituency in the Cape Province of South Africa, which existed from 1929 to 1953. It covered a small area of the inner southern suburbs of Cape Town, centred on its namesake suburb. Throughout its existence it elected one member to the House of Assembly and one to the Cape Provincial Council.
Baron Mowbray is a title in the Peerage of England. ... Lord Stourton, petitioned the House of Lords to have the abeyance terminated in his favour, and though the ...
Mowbray founded the chapel of St. Nicholas, with a chantry, at Thirsk, and was a benefactor of his grandfather's foundations at Furness Abbey and Newburgh, where, on his death in Axholme in or before March 1224, he was buried. [4] [2] Mowbray is found in contemporary documents only with a wife named Avice, by her having sons Nigel and Roger.
Nigel d'Aubigny (Neel d'Aubigny or Nigel de Albini, died 1129), was a Norman Lord and English baron who was the son of Roger d'Aubigny and Amice or Avice de Mowbray.His paternal uncle William was lord of Aubigny, [1] [2] while his father was a supporter of Henry I of England.
The son of another Roger de Mowbray, and grandson of William de Mowbray, [1] he served in the Welsh and Gascon Wars. He was summoned to the Parliament of Simon de Montfort in 1265, but such summonses have later been declared void. However, in 1283 he was summoned to Parliament by King Edward I as Lord Mowbray. [2]