Laurette DE BRAOSE Heir of Tawstock 594,9237
- Born: Abt 1178, Tawstock, Barnstaple, Devon, England
- Died: 4 Mar 1266-1267, Hackington, Canterbury, Kent, England 9237
General Notes:
He [Robert Earl of Leicester] married Laurette, daughter of William DE BRAI0SE or BRIOUZE, lord of Bramber, Brecknock and Gower. Her maritagium consisted of Couvert in the Bessin and the manor of Tawstock, Devon, parcel of the honour of Barnstaple which her ancestor Judicael, son of Alvred, had held. He died s.p., 20 or 21 October 1204, and was buried in Leicester Abbey. His widow had made gifts in her maritagium of Couvert to Lyre, and in 1208 Philip Augustus confirmed these gifts of "Laureta quondam comitissa Leycestriae." She and her lands were in the King's gift in 1218-1219, and on 16 October 1220, and she made a grant of her dower lands for three years, 30 June 1219. She became a recluse at Hackington, near Canterbury, apparently shortly before February 1220/1, and died there, 4 March of 1266 or of a later year, having survived her husband more than 60 years. [Complete Peerage VII:533-6, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)] 594
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