# Peter de Valognes

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11th-century Norman nobleman

**Peter de Valognes**[a] (1045–1110) was a [Norman](/source/Normans) noble who became a great landowner in [England](/source/England) following his part as a commander in the 1066 [Norman conquest of England](/source/Norman_conquest_of_England).[1]

## Land holdings

Between 1070 and 1076, Peter de Valognes was granted lands in the six counties of [Hertfordshire](/source/Hertfordshire), [Cambridgeshire](/source/Cambridgeshire), [Norfolk](/source/Norfolk), [Suffolk](/source/Suffolk), [Essex](/source/Essex) and [Lincolnshire](/source/Lincolnshire). In 1086, when the Domesday book was completed, Peter was sheriff of the counties of [Essex](/source/High_Sheriff_of_Essex) and Hertfordshire and he farmed the boroughs of [Havering](/source/Havering) and [Hertford](/source/Hertford). Peter de Valognes made his [caput](/source/Caput) in [Benington](/source/Benington%2C_Hertfordshire) in Hertfordshire where a motte-and-bailey castle was built in the late 11th or early 12th century. Peter's most valuable lands however, were in Norfolk, the latter being a later grant at the forfeiture of [Ralph de Guader](/source/Ralph_de_Guader) after the [revolt of the Earls](/source/Revolt_of_the_Earls) in 1075.

## Binham Priory

Peter de Valognes was the founder of [Binham Priory](/source/Binham_Priory) in North Norfolk in 1091,[2][3] which was built on land given to him by William the Conqueror. The land on which the priory stands was, according to the Domesday Book, originally the property of a freeman named Esket.

## Marriage and issue

Peter de Valognes married Albreda de Rie, the sister of [Eudo the Dapifer](/source/Eudo_Dapifer),[4] and are known to have had the following known children:

- [Roger de Valognes](/source/Roger_de_Valognes), Lord of Benington, married Agnes, daughter of [John FitzRichard](/source/John_fitzRichard), had issue.

- Robert, married Agnes de Clavering, daughter of John fitz Nigel, had issue.

- Peter, married Aubrey, daughter of William FitzNeel, [Lord of Halton](/source/Barony_of_Halton), and Agnes de Widness, had issue.

- William, died without legitimate heirs.

- Muriel, married firstly William de Bachetone and secondly Hubert de Munchensy, had issue.

- daughter, married Alfred of Attleborough, had issue.

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Also Piers de Valognes, or Valoignes.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Douglas_Valoniis_2-0)** [Douglas, Robert](/source/Sir_Robert_Douglas%2C_6th_Baronet) (1764). ["Valoniis Lord of Panmure"](https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecco;idno=004896980.0001.000;rgn=div1;view=text;cc=ecco;node=004896980.0001.000:199). [*The peerage of Scotland: containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom, ... collected from the public records, and ancient chartularies of this nation, ... Illustrated with copper-plates. By Robert Douglas, Esq;*](http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004896980.0001.000). pp. 637–638. Retrieved 7 April 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** The King’s England series, NORFOLK, by Arthur Mee, Pub: Hodder and Stoughton,1972, page 32 Binham, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-340-15061-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-340-15061-0)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [Parkin 1809](#CITEREFParkin1809), p. 26

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [*Annales monasterii S. Albani*, Johannes Amundesham, St. Albans Abbey, 1870](https://books.google.com/books?id=q2gJAQAAIAAJ&dq=petrus+valoniensis&pg=PA347) *... quod ego, Petrus Valoniensis, et Alberethea, uxor mea, concedentibus filiis meis, Wilelmo et Rogero, consilio etiam nepotis mei, Walteri...*

- [Parkin, Charles](/source/Charles_Parkin) (1809). [*An essay towards a topographical history of the county of Norfolk*](https://books.google.com/books?id=QAYVAAAAQAAJ&q=Pattesley+roger&pg=PA27). Vol. 3. Oxford University.

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