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Ralph the Staller or Ralf the Englishman (died 1069/70) was a noble and landowner in both Anglo-Saxon and post- Conquest England. He first appears in charters from Brittany, where he was described as Ralph / Ralf the Englishman, and it was in Brittany that his son Ralph de Gaël held a large hereditary lordship. St Benet's Abbey, Norfolk.
He was the high-born son of an Earl Ralph who was English, or born in England, and lived at the time of the Confessor. Some sources believe this to be Ralph the Staller, while others argue that he was the son of Earl Ralph Mantes of Hereford, and who briefly held the Earldom of East Anglia.
28 de abr. de 2022 · Ralph was an influential figure as the steward of King Edward the Confessor, acting as Staller, or constable, between 1043 and 1066. Ralph held land in eastern England, in the counties of Essex, Suffolk, and Norfolk, as well as Lincolnshire. Ralph supported William of Normandy in his conquest of England in October 1066.
- Agatha Wulfnothsdotter, NN Breton Woman
- Norfolk, England (United Kingdom)
- circa 1011
- Earl of East Anglia, Staller (Military)
Following the Norman Conquest of England, William the Conqueror appointed Ralph the Staller, an aristocrat of Breton ancestry born in Norfolk, to the earldom. On his death he was replaced by his son Ralph Guader, who was one of the leaders of a rebellion against William, known as the Revolt of the Earls, in 1075.
27 de abr. de 2022 · Also called Ralph Waher and Ralph de Guarder. Born in England, son of Ralph the Staller, Earl of Hereford, and Agatha. First Earl of Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridge. Responsible for beginning work on Norwich castle, which involved destroying many houses and 2 churches.
- circa 1039
- Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England
- Gael, Bretagne [now France]
7 de feb. de 2023 · Biography. Ralf (or Ralph) is mentioned many times in the Domesday book of 1086, although he was no longer alive at that time, and his son Ralf Gael had lost all his English lands. The elder Ralf is typically referred to in that book as Ralf the staller, or the old Earl Ralf (in contrast to his son). Maps of his Domesday mentions:
Ralph the Staller (or Radulf stalre) (c. 1011-1068) was a landowner in both Anglo-Saxon and post-Conquest England. He is said to have been born in Norfolk of Breton parentage. He held the military post of staller, roughly equivalent to the continental constable, under King Edward the Confessor.
