Theobald de Valognes of Parham

✓ Theobald de Valoignes (Valognes), lord of Parham, Suffolk (fl. first half of the 12th century); father of Maud (I100111), wife of Hervey Walter and mother of Theobald Walter the 1st Butler of Ireland and of Hubert Walter, Archbishop of Canterbury, and of Bertha, wife of Ranulf de Glanville, Justiciar of England - CP II 'Butler' p.447: Theobald Walter 's. and h. of Hervey Walter, of West Dereham, Norfolk ... by Maud, da. and coh. of Theobald de Valoignes'; n.(b) 'Her sister, Bertha, was wife of Ranulph de Glanville, the great Justiciar. This circumstance greatly contributed to the advancement of the Butler family.' Hubert Walter was evidently named for him. TOP - PARENTAGE DISPUTED, not wired: Hamo de Valognes, Domesday tenant of Count Alan at Parham (R. Phair; the de Valognes family article), or Robert de Valognes and Agnes (Turton, Plantagenet Ancestry); no demonstrated link to Peter de Valognes the Domesday sheriff. Source: Complete Peerage 2nd edn vol. II (1912), 'Butler' pp.447-449 (archive.org completepeerageo02coka), read 26 Oct 2026. [DIRECT ANCESTOR OF THE COMPILER: flag added 26 Oct 2026 by walking the tree from Aynsley, so that this marker is reliable and can be searched.]