General Notes

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Name Prefix:<NPFX> Lord
Notes for William Malet:
He was probably descended fr om Gerard, a Scandinavian prince and
companion of Duke Rollo,
which gave the n ame of the fief of Gerardville or Graville, near Havre.
William Malet, Lord Malet, a Norman baron, one of the generals and
companions of William the
Conq ueror, said to have been the brother of King Harold's wife, and to
have been en trusted with the
guard of Harold's body after he had been slain on the battlef ield. After
the conquest he was made
Governor of York Castle and was slain in its defense about 1071. He
married Hesila (Esilia)
Crispin, daughter of Gilber t Crispin I, baron of Tillieres. She probably
married (2) Alured de
Lincoln, a great Domesday baron who attended Duke William on his
expedition to England in 1066
(See Crispin and Macary, "Falaise Roll", Appendix 20, pg. 156-160).