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Osbern D'Arques

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11th c Landowner in Yorshire post-Norman Conquest

Domesday Book folio 301v

Osbern D'Arques, was a High Sheriff of Yorkshire following the Norman conquest of England.

Born about 1064, he was the son of Guillaume d'Arques and nephew of Geofrey Tison. He died about 1115 in Thorp Arch, England.

He was a prominent landowner mentioned in the Domesday Book, and seems to have given testimony in the Domesday account himself.

He held lands as Tenant-in-chief in Redbourne, Scawby and Sturton, all in Lincolnshire, Askham, Hebden, North Yorkshire, and Craven. He also appears to have had business dealings with William Malet, his successor as High Sheriff.

References

  1. Rex Welldon Finn, The Making and Limitations of the Yorkshire Domesday, Issue 41 (Borthwick Publications, 1972 ) p. 30.
  2. Domesday People: Domesday book (Boydell & Brewer Ltd, 1999) p314.
  3. LECHAUDE - D ́ANISY, Recherches sur Le Domesday par --- et de Sainte - Marie (C. M. Lesaulnier., 1842) p197.
  4. "Osbern of Arques | Domesday Book".
  5. Rex Welldon Finn, The Making and Limitations of the Yorkshire Domesday, Issue 41(Borthwick Publications, 1972) p25.
  6. Robin Fleming, Domesday Book and the Law: Society and Legal Custom in Early Medieval England (Cambridge University Press, 2003 ) p272.
  7. St Mary, Askham Richard, Yorkshire, West Riding .
  8. Domesday People: Domesday book (Boydell & Brewer Ltd, 1999) p314.
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