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SIMON DE ST. LIZ, said to be a son of Ranulph the Rich, a Norman, appea r s t o h a v e come to England early in the reign of William II. Presumably i n c o n s e quence of his marriage, he became EARL of HUNTINGDON and NORTHAM PT O N a f t er 1086 (for he is not named in Domesday Book) and in or before 1 0 9 0 , w h en he witnessed a charter to Bath Abbey as "Earl Simon." He witn e s s e d a nother royal charter under the same designation a little later. H e f o u g h t for William in Normandy in 1098, and was taken prisoner by Lou is , s o n o f t he French King. On the accession of Henry I in 1100 he witn e ss e d t h e charter of liberties issued by the King at his Coronation. He b u i l t t h e Castle of Northampton and founded or refounded the Priory of S t . A n d r ew in that town, and made it dependent on the Cluniac house of L a C h a r i tï -sur-Loire; this was probably in the time of William Rufus, b ut c e r t a inly before 1108, when he granted an ample charter to it in con jun c t i o n with Maud his wife. He was a benefactor also to Daventry Prior y, a n d p r o bably built St. Sepulchre's, Northampton, about this time. He w e n t t o J e rusalem cruce signatus, and returned safely, but setting out a g a i n h e d ied on the way at the above named Priory of La Charitï , and w a s b u r i ed there.
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Abt 1046 - Abt 1111 (65 years)