Ralph de Warenne

Who is Ralph de Warenne?

Ralph de Warenne, probable 1st Lord of Whitechurch, Shropshire, was formerly known as Weston.

"William de Warren, better known as William fitz Ranulf. His relation to the elder line has never been ascertained nor, as far as I know, surmised. My notion on the subject is quite conjectural. William, second Earl Warren, he who died 1135, is stated, on the best authority, to have three sons,-William, Reginald, and Ralph. William is well known as his father's successor and the last of the elder male line. Reginald became notorious as Lord of Wirmgay by marriage with it's [sic] heiress. Of Ralph little has been recorded except his era. It is consistent with both to suppose him to have been father of William fitz Ranulf of whom we are now speaking. If so, Ralph himself may have been in his own time, Lord of Whitchurch.". Footnote 1 of the Volume just mentioned also reveals this collaborative statement: "It is nearly certain that Ralph de Warren, the brother of the third Earl had a son William. The following consecutive sentences occur in a recitstory Charter of the Monks of Lewes.-In Forfolcia.-Ad Estunam Rannulfus de Warenna dedit nobis unam virgatam terrae.