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Ralf (or Ralph) is mentioned many times in the Domesday book of 1086, a l t h o u gh he was no longer alive at that time, and his son Ralf Gael had l o s t a l l h is English lands. The elder Ralf is typically referred to in t h a t b o o k as Ralf the staller, or the old Earl Ralf (in contrast to his s o n ) . M a ps of his Domesday mentions.
Before 1066, Ralph the staller was an officer of the Anglo-Saxon king E d w a r d t he Confessor, and also a noble in Brittany. One of the positions h e h e l d , a nd by which he was later often described, was the position of " S t a l l er", which is sometimes translated as constable. It appears to hav e o n l y b e en after 1066, under the Normans, that Ralph was given the Ear ld o m o f N o rfolk and Suffolk.
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Abt 1020 - 1070 (50 years)