Drogo was born about 1065 in Normandie, France, the son of Pons FitzPons but his mother is unknown.
He died about 1127. The place is not known.
His wife is not known. They were married, but the date and place have not been found. Their only known child was FitzDrogo (c1110-?).
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!StyleName: FitzPons, Drogo [Drew] de Clifford [~1065 - ~1127]
!Source: Drogo FitzPons
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Drogo FitzPons
Born about 1065 in Normandie, Francemap
Son of Pons Unknown and [mother unknown]
Brother of Hugh de Clifford, Walter FitzPons, Richard FitzPons and Simon FitzPons
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[spouse unknown]
Father of >>> Unknown de Baskerville <<<
Died about 1127 at about age 62 [location unknown]
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European Aristocracy
Drogo FitzPons was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.
Biography
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Domesday Book records "Walter fitz Ponce" and "Drogo fitz Ponce" as holding manors in Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Worcestershire and Herefordshire.[1] and also shows “Drogo fitzPons” holding Seagry in Wiltshire; Frampton on Severn and Eastleach Martin in Gloucestershire; Hollin, Stildon, Glasshampton and Martley in Worcestershire; also several properties in Herefordshire.[2]
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Keats-Rohan says that both he and his brother Walter were succeeded in the early twelfth century by their nephew Richard fitz Pons.[3]
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One of the lords of Clifford Castle, in 1086, under tenant-in-chief Ralph de Toeni, who didn't appear to live there. [4][5][6][7]
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Drew FitzPons of Clifford, Herefordshire, said to be an uncle of Richard FitzPons who was the progenitor of the Clifford dynasty.[8]
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Seagry, Wiltshire: "In 1066 Wiflet held 5 hides which became the second manor of Seagry, and in 1086 Drew FitzPons held them. The overlordship of the lands presumably passed to Drew's brother Richard, and to Richard's son Walter Clifford ."[9]
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According to Baskerville accounts, Drogo was killed by his son-in-law, Ralph de Baskerville, in 1127, after which Ralph sought penance with the Pope, and became a monk. [10][11][12]
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↑ Eyton, R. W. Antiquities of Shropshire , Vol. V, pp. 146-8.
↑ Domesday Translation, Wiltshire, XLIX, p. 189, Gloucestershire, LIIII, p. 467, Worcestershire, XXI, p. 489, Herefordshire, XXIII. p. 514.
↑ Keats-Rohan, Domesday People, pp.180-181 and pp.455-6
↑ Domesday Book [1]
↑ Clifford Castle, 1066 to 1299 [2]
↑ The Norman Occupation in the Golden Valley, Ewyas and Clifford [3]
↑ Earthwork Castles of Gwent and Ergyng AD 1050-1250: Dorstone Castle [4]
↑ The Clifford Family. Mortimer Matters. Issue 42, October 2020 pdf.
↑ A P Baggs, Jane Freeman and Janet H Stevenson, 'Parishes: Seagry', in A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 14, Malmesbury Hundred, ed. D A Crowley , pp. 186-194. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol14/pp186-194 [accessed 28 September 2021].
↑ Font at Eardisley Church, Whitney-on-Wye and Winforton [5]
↑ Transactions of the Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club, p 367 [6]
↑ THE FONT, ST MARY MAGDALENE, EARDISLEY [7]
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Medieval Lands - CLIFFORD
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Maclean, John. Historical and Genealogical Memoir of the Family of Poyntz Part 1, Page 28: "Simon fitz Pons inherited the manor of Swell, the tithe of the demesne of which he granted to the Church of Tewkesbury."