| Name | 'Ranulf III' le MESCHINES "Earl of Chester" |
| Birth | abt 1070, Chester, ENGLAND |
| Death | 1128 Age: 58 |
| Occupation | Royalty |
| Father | 'Ranulph II' "Vicomte of Bayeux" (~1050->1089) |
| Mother | Maud "Margaret" d'AVRANCHES (~1053->1084) |
| 1 | Lucy Malet TAILLEBOIS |
| Birth | abt 1070, Mercia, ENGLAND |
| Death | abt 1140 Age: 70 |
| Father | Ivo Fitz Richard de Roumare TAILLEBOIS "Baron of Kendal" (~1020-~1094) |
| Mother | Lucy MALET "of Mercia" (~1040-) |
| Children | 'Ranulf IV' de Meschines (~1100-1153) |
| William (~1100-) |
1120 Richard, second Earl of Chester, his Wife Maud and the Princes William and Richard (the sons of King Henry I) were drowned in the Candida Novis- the 'White Ship'- along with many English courtiers and noblemen, on a return journey from Normandy. It is said that the Master of the ship had told the King that his father had carried Henry's father (William the Conqueror) when he came to fight King Harold, and begged for the honour of ferrying King Henry and his retinue back to England. The King declined, saying he had already chosen another vessel, but said he would be pleased to allow his two sons and many of the nobility to sail with her. The crew were so delighted at this honour that they asked the King to give them three hogsheads of wine- which he did- and consequently they all became hopelessly drunk and unable to control the ship, which foundered on rocks with the loss of about 300 lives- only one man surviving. Soon after, Hugh Lupus' nephew, Randle Meschines, became the third Earl of Chester. One of his first acts was to order all nearby Wirral farms and settlements to be destroyed, the boundaries of the Wirral Hundred to be removed, and the greater part of the Hundred to be planted out as a Royal forest. Chester's population around 2,500 - [1]
1121 Ranulf de Mescine becomes fourth Earl of Chester (-1129) William becomes second Abbot of St. Werburgh's. - [1]
1129 Earl Mescine died and was succeeded by [his son] Ranulph de Gernon (-1153) - [1]
[1] - http://www.bwpics.co.uk/phoenix.html