Arnold I de Bois

   Another name for Arnold was Ernald de Bosco.

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• Background Information. ¹²⁴⁵
The de Bois (Bosco) family can be traced to a feudal estate of Breteuil on lands other both sides of the River Risle in south Normandy. They were one of the baronial families that dominated the region. Their family seat was at Bois-Arnault in Normandy. Both Arold I de Bois and his son Arold II were active in the politics of their region. Arnold II gave his support to Robert de Beaumount, second Earl of Leicester, and was rewarded by the earl with a grant of the manor of Thorpe Arnold and other estates in Leicestershire.

Art, Identity and Devotion in the Fourteenth Century England: Three Women and Their Books of Hours, by Kathryn Ann Smith, p. 23