William PEVEREL 
William was born in 1040 in Normandy, France. William's father was Ranulph PEVEREL and his mother was Inglrica Maud UNKNOWN. His maternal grandfather was Ingelric UNKNOWN. He was an only child. He died at the age of 73 in 1113.General Notes
Name Suffix:<NSFX> Lord Nottingham
The claim has been made that William Peverel was a bastar
d son of William the Conqueror. The source for this is an o
ld pedigree in which Peverel appears to have been added t
o the family of William. There is no other documentation wh
ich presents a relationship supporting Peverel's placemen
t as a royal bastard (there are a few grants from the king
, but there is no indication that these represent anythin
g special). In addition, William had no other documented ba
stards, which suggests that if he did have any, he didn't b
other keeping track of them. The more recent authors tha
t I have seen have tended not to favor such a relationshi
p as being accurat
They had a son named William.
Family Notes
CHAN23 May 2002
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