General Martin of Touron Tours

Abt 1045 - 1087  (42 years)

• Name	General Martin of Touron Tours  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1045	of Normandy, France
  Gender	Male
  _MARRIED (I)	N
  Death	1087	of, Pembrokeshire, Wales
  Person ID	I15861	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Children	1. Robert Fitzmartin, d'Nus de Caineis,   b. 1085, Cemmaes, Machynlleth, Powys, Wales d. 1159, Combe Martin, Barnstaple, Devon, England (Age 74 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F7313	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Provided by Richard Johnson on Wikitree. Viewed 2022 "The Martyns of Athelhampton, Dorset, came to England from near Bayeux in Normandy. The lands at Athelhampton came into the possession of the Martyn family in 1350 through the marriage of Sir Richard Martyn of Waterston, and a little over a century later, about the time of the Battle of Bosworth, Sir William Martyn built the beautiful manor at Athelhampton which still stands today. The last of the male line at Athelhampton was Sir Nicholas Martyn, who died in 1595, leaving his four daughters as his heiresses. The novelist Thomas Hardy wrote two poems about Athelhampton, and used it as the setting for one of his short stories (Athelhampton). MARTIN, of Tours, was a general in the army of William the Conqueror ; and, in 1077, conquered the Cantred of Camoys and Dirlington, in Pembroke shire, and of which he was afterwards given the barony."

  
  

• Sources

  [S332] Wikitree.com, Wikitree. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Unknown-446427