Gilbert Malet , Baron of Eye 
Gilbert was born in 1057 in Graville St Honorine, Normandy, France. Gilbert's father was William I Malet , Sheriff York, Sire de Graville and his mother was Hesilia (Elise) Crispin. He had a brother and a sister, named Walter de and Alvarissa. He was the youngest of the three children. He died at the age of 48 in 1105 in Curry Mallet, Langport, Somerset, England.General Notes
Gilbert Malet, 2nd son (elder brother Robert of Normandy, founded Malets of Graville in Caux, Normandy). [Burke's Peerage]
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curt_hofemann@@yahool.com e-mailed the following:
One theory as the origins of the Malets of Curry Malet is that he married the daughter of Roger de Courseulles who held those lands at the time of Domesday. At the time of Domesday, in 1086, the Malet family does not appear to have held any land in Somerset, but by the mid 12th century, they seem to have come into possession of at least some of the lands held at the time of Domesday by Roger de Courseulles (Corcelle?), most notably "Sepetone" and "Curi", towns known as "Shepton Mallet" and "Curry Mallet", today. How this came about is not really known, but one theory holds that Gilbert Malet, the second son of William married either a sister or daughter of Roger de Courseulles, and that Gilbert's son Robert inherited his mother's estates upon the death of de Courseulles c1100. [Ref: Mallett Family History <http://www.ott.igs.net/~rhmallett/families/fip00993.htm]>
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