Bertram de Verdun

Bertram de Verdun would be according to several English authors a son of Godefroi Bearded the, count de Verdun, died in 1069.

Bertram is quoted in 1066 with Avranches in a charter drawn from the cartulaire of the abbey of the Mount-Saint-Michel. One also finds it in the list of the Compagnons of William the Conqueror of (Divine-on-Sea) which took part in the Conquête of England in 1066.

In the Domesday' S Book , one learns that Bertram de Verdun had in 1086 several grounds in the Buckinghamshire, fields having belonged before the conquest to the princess Goda, sister of Edouard the Confessor.

One of these goods, the manor of Royal Farnham, was held by the right of “Large Sergenterie”, i.e. its lord had the responsibility of provide the day of the sacring the Gant for the right hand of the king, then to support throughout ceremony the right-hand man of the prince, holding the Sceptre.

Genealogy

Bertram de Verdun († v. 1100?)

Bertram II of Verdun († v. 1124), Sheriff of York

Norman de Verdun († v. 1140), chamberlain and treasurer of Henri I {{er}} of England

Bertram III of Verdun († 1191), castellan of Richard Lion-hearted which it accompanies with the crusades

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