Sir John de Camays

John was born about 1045 in Normandy, France.¹ He died before 1109 in Cemeis, Glamorganshire, Wales.¹

General Notes
- John de Cameys: mentioned (1) in a List, supplemental to the Roll of Battel Abbey, of Normans who remained alive after the battle of Hastings, 14th October 1066 and were advanced to "the signories of England"; probably was at the conquest of Glamorganshire in 1091, receiving as his share of the lands snatched from the Welsh, the lands of Cemeis, from which he then took his cognomen. Either he or his son were afterwards granted by William I or William II a Manor in Flockthorpe (2) Norfolk, to hold from the King as one Knight's fee by serjeanty and "perbaroniam" (3) and also a quarter of a Knight's fee in Hardingham (2) adjoining Flockthorpe, to hold in chief by military service, together with the advowson of Hardingham Church. Died prior to1109; married....