The family of Ranulf while being quite less in stature than Henry's was well know and well off.
The Glanville name is associated with land holdings after the conquest and a Robert de Glanville is listed in Doomesday. (see link in Link List below)
BY JOSEPH HENRY BEALE, JR ., A.M. , LL.B. , PROFESSOR
OF LAW IN HARVARD UNIVERSITY .
I. RANULPH DE GLANVILLE.
RANULPH DE GLANVILLE was born in the Suffolk
Stratford, about 1130 A.D. He is believed to have been
the son of Sir Hervey de Glanville, Chamberlain to King
Stephen, and the grandson of that Ranulph de Glan
ville who came over with the Conqueror. The family
was an important one, owning much land in the counties
of Suffolk and Norfolk.
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