Edward de Salisbury or Saresbury, lord of Chittern (Wiltshire), is often considered like a son of William d'Evreux, earl of Rosmare or Roumare and companion of William the Conqueror. He possessed very important lands at Salisbury and other areas. He wore the banner of Henry I at the Battle of Bremule where he fought against King Louis VI of France (20 August 1119). Besides his daughter Maud, he had a son, Walter (died 1147). Edward died 1130. (Les Segneurs de Bohun)
Edward of Salisbury was a nobleman, probably part Anglo-Saxon, who served as High Sheriff of Wiltshire during the reigns of William the Conqueror and William Rufus. The Chronicon Abbatiae Ramesiensis (1293) names him as a justice during the reign of Edward the Confessor. According to Domesday Book (1088) he held five hides of land at Salisbury from Bishop Herman in 1086. His manors in Wiltshire included Wilcot, where he had "a very good house", Alton Barnes, and Etchilhampton, all held "of the king", making him a tenant-in-chief (baron). That no holder of these manors before the Norman Conquest is cited suggests that Edward, whose name was Anglo-Saxon, may have held them both before and after 1066. He may also have been the castellan of the royal castle at Salisbury. Edward's predecessor in many of his manors was a certain Wulfwynn, perhaps his mother. Edward had augmented Chitterne, one of Wulfwynn's estates, with lands formerly owned by two thegns, Kenwin and Azor. These may have been family estates, subsequently enlarged by the grant of the manors of North Tidworth, Ludgershall, and Shrewton, once held by a thegn named Alfward. It is clear from sources of a century later that all of Edward's manors owed heavy knight-service to the Crown. Edward had a son, also Edward, who held land at Rogerville and Raimes in the Duchy of Normandy and who once witnessed a charter there of William de Tancarville. This may indicate that Edward was of mixed Anglo-Norman extraction, and perhaps emigrated to England during the reign of Edward the Confessor. His later descendants, who founded Lacock Abbey, claimed that he was descended from Gerold of Roumare. Among his other descendants was Walter of Salisbury, father of Patrick, the first Earl of Salisbury. A certain Matilda (Maud), daughter of one of these Edwards, inherited a large number of estates and passed them on to her husband, Humphrey I de Bohun. References Judith A. Green. The Aristocracy of Norman England. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997. J. R. PlancheÃÅ. The Conqueror and his Companions, vol. II. (http://books.google.ca/books?id=MHw4AAAAMAAJ&dq=companions%20of%20the%20conqueror&as_brr=3&pg=PP7#v=onepage&q=&f=false London, 1874. Graeme White. "Bohun, Humphrey (III) de (b. before 1144, d. 1181)." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 20 December 2009. (http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/2774,) Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_of_Salisbury" Categories: High Sheriffs of Wiltshire
