Gilbert de Venables (Domesday)

~ Gilbert de Venables ('Gilbert Venator'), Norman founder of the barony of Kinderton, holding Kinderton, Davenport, Eccleston and many other vills in Domesday (1086); 'supposed to have been a younger brother of Stephen earl of Blois' (Leycester - not credited); before 1093 gave Astbury church to St Werburgh's. TOP - nothing further wired. Source: Ormerod, History of Cheshire (1819), vol. III, pp.102-104 'Kinderton' (from Sir Peter Leycester's MS pedigrees and Erdeswick's 1600 transcript of the Kinderton charters), read 2 Nov 2026 (archive.org djvu text). [DIRECT ANCESTOR OF THE COMPILER: flag added 2 Nov 2026 by walking the tree from Aynsley, so that this marker is reliable and can be searched.]