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Names were engraved in 1862 under the auspices of the French Archaeological Society, on the wall of the nave of the Norman church (11th century) of Dives-sur-Mer. Four hundred seventy-five names are listed, based mainly on names contained in the Domesday Book. The names are therefore merely those of Normans holding land in England in 1086, many ...
Gerard was a Norman baron with substantial estates in the Pays de Caux, the Hiemois, the Evrecin and Risle valley. [1] He was a vassal of William of Talou in Arques. [2]In 1035, when Robert I, Duke of Normandy left on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, Gerard Flaitel was one of his companions. [3]
Taillefer (Latin: Incisor ferri, meaning "hewer of iron") was the surname of a Norman jongleur , [1] whose exact name and place of birth are unknown (sometimes his first name is given as "Ivo"). He travelled to England during the Norman conquest of England of 1066, in the train of William the Conqueror .
Anchetil de Greye (c. 1046 – after 1086) was a Norman chevalier and vassal of William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford, one of the great magnates of early Norman England, and one of the very few proven companions of William the Conqueror known to have fought at the Battle of Hastings in 1066.
A son of Jocelyn de Angulo, 1st Baron of Navan, Gilbert held the barony of Machaire Gaileng (Morgallion and Ratoath).Upon his rebellion in 1195, all his lands were forfeited - given by Walter de Lacy to his brother, Hugh, about 1198 - and Gilbert and his brothers Phillip and William outlawed.
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Robert de Say, also called Picot de Say, was a Norman knight who arrived in Shropshire after the Norman invasion. [4] He was the son of Robert Fitz-Picot and his wife Adelaide of Normandy. [ 2 ] The family name de Say comes from the Norman village of Sai , in Orne .
Nigel d'Aubigny (died shortly bef. 1100 [1]) was a Norman knight, and supporter of William I of England. His name is frequently mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 in connection with lands in what is now Bedfordshire. He almost certainly built and lived in Cainhoe Castle, a small motte-and-bailey structure to the east of Ampthill.