245:. Margaret was one of three daughters, but she inherited the bulk of her father's estates. Although Margaret was the eldest daughter, the reason she received the bulk of the estates was King Henry's desire to reward Hugh, as the king arranged the marriage as well as ensuring that most of her father's lands went to her. Through Margaret, Hugh gained the barony of
234:. Later, in 1184, he further served the king by hiring mercenaries in Normandy for service with King Henry II's campaign in Poitou. He appears to have led military forces for the king as well, being recorded several times as a commander of part of the royal forces in Potiou. He is last recorded in England during the period around 1187.
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by King Henry's sons, Hugh was a partisan of the king. The revolt was brought about by the desire of Henry's three oldest sons to gain some power during Henry's reign, and by mid 1174 the revolt had been defeated by the king. During the Revolt, Hugh fought at the
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Hugh died in 1189 around Easter at Rouen. His heir was his son Roger de Cressy, who died in 1246. Towards the end of his life, sometime between 1186 and 1189, Hugh gave a church at Cressy to the priory at St Lo in Rouen. On his deathbed he granted lands at
120:, and his parents were named Roger and Eustacia. Nothing further is known about his parents, but he had a brother Berengar, who married Isabel of Gressenhall, daughter of Wimar the Sewer. Hugh served
222:, one of the first identifiable members of that order in the historical record. During the last 10 years of Henry's reign, Hugh witnessed 15 royal charters. In 1180 he was in charge of
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for the salvation of the souls of his parents and other ancestors as well as the souls of King Henry and Henry's brother
William fitzEmpress. Margaret survived Hugh and married
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and witnessed documents, which showed his closeness to the king. On the continent, he recruited mercenaries for the royal army and was named
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before becoming a royal official. He was rewarded with a marriage to an heiress for his service to the king. In
England he often served as a
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and lived until at least 1214, when she paid a fine to the king for the right to her inheritance after the death of her second husband.
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in the royal lands in France. He died in 1189 after giving lands to various monasteries before his death.
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Turner, Ralph V. (1994). "Richard Barre and
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William's death in 1164, Hugh passed into royal service, while also serving as
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in the barony of
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Hugh was close to King Henry II, witnessing a large number of
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Hugh married Margaret, one of the daughters and heiresses of
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Judges, Administrators and the Common Law in Angevin England
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226:in Henry's possession of Normandy, being named
169:. In 1170, he was present at the coronation of
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218:. Also in 1176, Henry II summoned Roger as a
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574:Turner "Richard Barre and Michael Belet"
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353:and Osbert fitzHervey 1184:
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112:Hugh's family was from
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157:in 1166 he held one
19:For other uses, see
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368:Walter de Coutances
327:William fitzStephen
315:Reginald de Warenne
208:Ranulf de Glanville
122:William fitzEmpress
90:Henry II of England
84:(died 1189) was an
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374:each witnessed 16.
343:Ranulf de Glanvill
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