Editing Richard le Breton (section)

==Origins==
Roger Brito is listed in the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086 as [[feudal land tenure in England|holding]] land under the [[overlord]]ship of the Church of [[Long Sutton, Somerset|Long Sutton]] in Somerset, in which county the family was later seated at [[Sampford Brett]] (''alias'' Sandford-Bret). During the reign of King [[Henry I of England|Henry I]] (1100–1135) Sampford Brett was held by Simon le Bret, from the [[feudal barony of Dunster]] by [[feudal land tenure in England|military service]] of half a [[knight's fee]].<ref>Duchess of Cleveland{{Incomplete short citation|date=June 2023}}</ref> He served in the household of Henry II's brother [[William FitzEmpress|William, Count of Poitou]]{{citation needed|date=November 2016}} and was a near neighbour of the FitzUrse family of [[Williton]] in Somerset,{{citation needed|date=November 2016}} a member of which family was another of the assassins of [[Thomas Becket]]. Simon le Bret had two sons: Richard Brito, one of the assassins of [[Thomas Becket]] and Edmund le Bret, who adopted the surname ''de Sandford'' from his seat.<ref>Duchess of Cleveland,{{Incomplete short citation|date=June 2023}} quoting [[John Collinson (died 1793)|Collinson, Rev. John]], History and Antiquities of the County of Somerset, Vol. 3, Bath, 1791</ref> [[William the Conqueror]] granted a [[Manorialism|manor]] in the eastern part of the parish of Great Stambridge in Essex and another in Sanford in Somerset to a Norman named Auvrai Le Breton following the Norman conquest of England. A later relative, Simon Le Breton, had two sons, Richard and Edmund, who inherited their share of Sanford and Great Master Bridge. Both were part of the royal court of King Henry II; in particular Richard Le Breton was a close friend of the king's brother, Prince William.