named after Geoffrey de Mandeville,Earl of Essex, elder of old
sawbridgeworth
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Clapham was taken from TURBERN and given to Geoffrey de
Mandeville.
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Clapham was taken from TURBERN and given to Geoffrey de
Mandeville. Plainly, de Mandeville was Norman; but the name Turbern
is also of Norse origin, so he was probably a fairly recently
resettled Viking.
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Geoffrey De Valois's birth name is Geoffrey de Valois.
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In the 11th century Ralf de Tallebosc built the motte and bailey
fortress. In the late 11th or 12th century Hugh or Paye de
Beauchamp built the stone castle. Henry III in 1224 ordered it
dismantled.