Robert of Aumale (fl. 1086) (alias d'Amarell, Damarell,Pole, William, Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon, John-William de la Pole (ed.), London, 1791, p. 511 etc., Latinised to de Albemarle,As the name appears in the Domesday Book de Albamara,Risdon, Tristram, Survey of Devon, 1811 edition, London, 1811, with 1810 Additions, p. 191 etc. ) was one of the Devon Domesday Book tenants-in-chief of King William the Conqueror (1066–1087). His lands, comprising 17 entries in the Domesday Book of 1086, later formed part of the very large Feudal barony of Plympton,Thorn, Caroline & Frank, (eds.) Domesday Book, (Morris, John, gen. ed.) Vol. 9, Devon, Parts 1 & 2, Phillimore Press, Chichester, 1985, part 2, Chapter 28 whose later barons were the Courtenay family, Earls of Devon.
Origins He was lord of Aumale in Normandy, now in the département of Seine-Maritime, France.Thorn & Thorn, part 2 (notes), chapter 28
Descendants Various junior branches of the Damarell family split off to establish separate families, most notably at Milton Damarell; at Damarell in the parish of North Huish; at Woodbury and at Aveton Giffard.Pole, William, Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon, John-William de la Pole (ed.), London, 1791, pp. 511–512 Sir William Pole (d.1635) wrote that in his time "Theire is remayning on of this name, of meane quality".Pole, p. 512
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