Juhel de Totnes

✓ Juhel (Judhael) de Totnes, son of Alfred, a Breton follower of the Conqueror: Domesday lord of Totnes, Devon (1086); later lord of Barnstaple; founder of Totnes and Barnstaple priories. His daughter Eleanor married Philip de Braose, as her grandson's Barnstaple charter ('Johelis avi sui') confirms. Wife: a daughter of the Piquigny family, forename not recorded. Source: Medieval Lands (fmg.ac, Cawley), citing the primary sources named (Domesday Book; Barnstaple priory charters). [DIRECT ANCESTOR OF THE COMPILER: flag added 14 Oct 2026 by walking the tree from Aynsley, so that this marker is reliable and can be searched.]