DE MERLAY, Lord Ralph

Other Events and Attributes:

• Royalty & Nobility: Lord of Morpeth
• Web Address: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morpeth,_Northumberland
• Web Address: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newminster_Abbey
• Web Address: https://homepages.rpi.edu/~holmes/Hobbies/Genealogy2/ps22/ps22_319.htm
• Web Address: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Merlay-3
• Name: Ranulph
• Religion: 1137, Northumberland, England; Founded Newminster Abbey (Cisterian) in Northumberland

Notes:

The first written mention of the town of Morpeth is from 1080, when the de Merlay family was granted the barony of Morpeth. The meaning of the town's name is uncertain, but it may refer to its position on the road to Scotland and a murder which occurred on that road. The de Merlay family built two castles in the town in the late 11th century and the 13th century. The town was granted its coat of arms in 1552. By the mid-1700s it had become one of the main markets in England

Family/Spouse: DUNBAR, Juliana of. Juliana (daughter of DUNBAR, Earl Gospatrick II and Living) was born in 1112; died in 1160; was buried . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. DE MERLAY, Roger was born in 1140 in Morpeth, Northumberland, England; died in 1188 in Morpeth, Northumberland, England.