The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

Hugh the son of Gervase

Also known as: Hugh · Role: knight · First appears: A.D. 1124–1126

Life events

  • 1124 · Henry's forces captured Waleram, Hugh the son of Gervase, and Hugh of Montfort, and imprisoned them.(A.D. 1124–1126 · 📍 Rouen)
    • With: Waleram Hugh of Montfort
    • “Then came against them the king's knights from all the castles that were thereabout, and fought with them, and put them to flight, and took the Earl Waleram, and Hugh, the son of Gervase, and Hugh of Montfort, and five and twenty other knights, and brought them to the king. And the king committed the Earl Waleram, and Hugh, the son of Gervase, to close custody in the castle at Rouen; but Hugh of Montfort he sent to England, and ordered him to be secured with strong bonds in the castle at Glocester.”
  • 1126 · Henry brought Waleram and Hugh the son of Gervase to England and sent them into captivity.(A.D. 1124–1126 · 📍 Bridgenorth)
    • With: Waleram
    • “With him came the queen, and his daughter, whom he had formerly given to the Emperor Henry of Lorrain to wife. And he brought with him the Earl Waleram, and Hugh, the son of Gervase. And the earl he sent to Bridgenorth in captivity: and thence he sent him afterwards to Wallingford; and Hugh to Windsor, whom he ordered to be kept in strong bonds.”
  • 1129 · Henry received hostages for Waleram and Hugh; Hugh returned to France while Waleram remained with the king.(A.D. 1129–1135 · 📍 England)
    • With: King Henry Waleram
    • “And they gave hostages for them. And Hugh went home to his own land in France; but Waleram was left with the king”

A.D. 1124–1126

  • with King Henry (interaction) “And the king committed the Earl Waleram, and Hugh, the son of Gervase, to close custody in the castle at Rouen”

A.D. 1129–1135

  • with King Henry (interaction) “In this year sent the King to England after the Earl Waleram, and after Hugh, the son of Gervase.”
  • parent: Gervase “Waleram, and after Hugh, the son of Gervase.”

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