General Notes

The barons of Venoix, Verbois or Venois held their fief as hereditary marshals
of the stable (master of the horse) of the dukes of Normandy, hence they bore
the name of le Marescal or Mareschal of Venois. Milo and Lasceline his wife
were liv. in 1050, when the Duchess Matilda purchased lands at Vancelles from
them for Holy Trinity at Caen. They had issue Ralph le Mareschal and other
sons, who came to England at the Conquest. [Falaise Roll, p. 110-111]

Miles, a marshal of Duke William in Normandy, held land at Caen, Vaucelles and
Venoix; in or before 1070 he was succeeded by his son Geoffrey the marshal, who
held land in chief at East Worldham, Hants, in 1086. [Anglo-Norman Families, p.
109]