RALPH "the Staller", son of --- ([before 1011]-1069). He may have been "Radulphus Anglicus" who witnessed charters of Alain Duke of Brittany in [1031/32]. As "dapifer", he witnessed a charter of King Edward "the Confessor" in 1060. He was one of the Royal "Stallers". The Chronicon Centulense records that "un noble, breton d´origine…Raoul, qui jouissait d´un grand crédit et de grands honneurs auprès de" Edward the Confessor donated revenue to Saint-Riquier[710]. He held extensive estates in Norfolk and Suffolk, although it is uncertain whether this was by royal grant or by inheritance from his wife's family. Seigneur de Gaël, in Brittany. William I King of England created him Earl of Norfolk and Suffolk in 1067[711]. The Chronicon Centulense records a charter under which King William I confirmed donations to Saint-Riquier made by "le comte Raoul et Raoul son fils"[712].
m ---, [713][sister of GODWIN, landowner in Norfolk].