REGINALD BOTEREL WAS RELATED TO WILLIAM DE LANVALLAY, AND HISFAM...

1181. Reginald Boterel was related to William de Lanvallay, and hisfamily had a history of loyalty to Henry II, but he was not a royalcurialis.

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This appointment indicates a certain relaxation in Henry II's policytowards the county of Rennes. William de Lanvallay, one of the `top'curiales, was removed to an of®ce where his abilities were more needed,and the of®ce of seneschal of Rennes was then entrusted to a man who,although his loyalty and abilities were not in question, was not one ofthe king's trusted professional ministers.the county of cornouailleThere is very little evidence for the administration of Cornouaille in thisperiod. Sources are scarce, but it may also be that this denotes anabsence of royal administration before about 1175. First, it appears thatConan IV continued to exercise comital authority in Cornouaillebetween 1166 and his death in 1171. Added to this was the dif®cultythat Eudo de PorhoeÈt had usurped ducal domains in the east of thecounty in the 1150s. These were recovered by Henry II in 1168, butusurped once more by Eudo in the 1173 revolt and not recovered until