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Notes for Patrick of Salisbury and Ela de Ponthieu

"Patrick de Salisbury, 2nd but 1st surv. s. and h., supported the Empress, who made him her Constable, and by whom he was cr., within the years 1142 (June)-1147,(a) and probably after July 1143, Earl of Wiltshire being styled usually Earl of Salisbury.
He was sheriff of Wiltshire. He was with Henry, Duke of Normandy, at Devizes on 13 Apr. 1149, again in 1153 (Jan.- Aug.); and at Westminster on 6 Nov. 1153 he witnessed the treaty between Stephen and Henry. After the accession of Henry II, he continued to act as sheriff and was frequently at Court. In 1163 he was present at the (first) translation of Edward the Confessor. In 1166 he held 40 fees inherited from his father, and 15 of his mother's maritagium, all 55 being of the old feoffment. In 1167 he was left in charge of the royal forces in Poitou. He confirmed his father's gifts to Bradenstoke, and was a benefactor to the priory of St. Denys, Southampton, (a) and to the Templars. He m., 1stly, Maud, da. of ... He m., 2ndly, Ela, widow of William de Warenne, 3rd Earl of Surrey, da. of William Talvas, Count of Ponthieu and Alencon by Ela, da. of Eudes, Duke of Burgundy. He was killed in battle in Poitou by Geoffrey de Lusignan, about 7 Apr. 1168, and was bur. in the Abbey of St. Hilaire in Poitiers. His widow d. 10 Oct. 1174." [1]


Footnotes:

[1] George E. Cokayne and Geoffrey H White, ed., The Complete Peerage, rev., Vol. 11, Rickerton to Sisonby (London: St Catherine Press, 1949), 375, of 375-77, includes citations in footnotes.