General Notes

!Son of Roger and Amice.  Was granted the English lands of Robert de Stuteville after the battle of Tenchebral in 1106.  Married Maud de Laigle in 1107, former wife of Robert de Mowbray, Earl of Northumbria, whose surname, Mowbray, was taken by his son by Gundred. [The Magna Charta Sureties]

FOSTER LINE

!Came to England with the Conqueror, and obtained several extensive lordships after the victory at Hastings.  In the reign of Rufus, he was bow-bearer to the king, and was knighted by Henry I, who conferred many grants and favors upon him, and so attached him to the interests of his sovereign that he served him faithfully in his cause against Robert Curthose, his brother, whom he captured and delivered over to King Henry, for which he had further rich grants of confiscated manors.  For distinguished military services in Normandy he was remunerated by a royal grant of the forfeited lands and castles of his maternal uncle, Robert de Mowbray, Earl of Northumberland, both in Normandy and in England, with the castle of Bayeux.  These grants made him the possessor of 240 knights' fees, and consequently one of the most influential Barons of his time.
  He died at an advance age and was buried with his ancestors at the Abbey of Bec, in Normandy.  Married first his aunt, Maud, daughter of Richard d'Aquila, by papal dispensation, her husband, Robert de Mowbray, being then alive, but in prison for rebellion.  From her, by whom he had no issue, he was separated by the Pope on account of consanguinity and the scandal the marriage caused. He married secondly, in 1118, Gundreda de Gournay. [Magna Charta Barons, p. 116-117]

3rd son of William II d'Aubigny and Amicia de Mowbray; became one of the greatest landowners in England and is the only member of the family recorded in Domesday, having received grants of several lordships in Buckingham, Leicester, Bedford and Warwick, as he succeeded to the estates of his father and grandfather. He is reputed to have possessed 120 manors in Normandy and as manyin England, including the great domain of the earl of Mowbray, which came to him through his wife, confiscated from his cousin, Robert de Mowbray, earl of Northumberland, given by Henry I, on the condition that their eldest son would take the name of Mowbray. He lived to a very great age, and died in 1138. [Falaise Roll, pp. 6-7]

Nigel d'Aubigny was a Domesday tenant-in-chief at Cainhoe and elsewhere in Bedfordshire. He was a member of the same family as Aubigny of Arundel and derived his name from St-Martin d'Aubigny. His exact position in the pedigree has not been established with certainty, but the probabilities point somewhat
strongly to his having been a younger bro. of Roger d'Aubigny the father of William d'Aubigny, founder of the line of Arundel; if so, he was probably bro. of Richard d'Aubigny, abbot of St. Albans. [Anglo-Norman Families, p. 7]

In 1086 William de Caron was an under-tenant of Nigel d'Aubigny of Cainhoe. In 1166 Ranulf de Carun held 1/3 knight's fee of Robert d'Aubigny (Nigel's grandson). [Anglo-Norman Families, p. 25]

Son of Roger d'Aubigny and Amice; m. Gundred de Gournay. [GRS 3.03, Automated Archives, CD#100]

Son of William de Albini; younger bro of Roger de Albini and Richard the Abbot of St Albans. Founder of the line of Albini of Cainhoe. Nigel came to England evidently in the time of Rufus. Both Roger de Albini and Nigel did extremely well for themselves here as fortunate backers of the winning side, supporting both Rufus and Henry I in turn against their elder brother, Robert Curthose, for the Conqueror's inheritance in England and ultimately in Normandy as well.
  Nigel, who died in 1129, obtained among other things both the wife and Norman lands of Robert de Mowbray, former Earl of Northumberland and broken in 1095. He also obtained the lands in northern England of Robert de Stuteville some time after the latter's fall in 1106. Through his son, Roger, who took the name of Mowbray, he became the founder of the historic house of Mowbray. [Castle Rising, p. 10]

Became one of the greatest landowners in England and is the only member of the family recorded in Domesday, having received grants of several lordships in Buckingham, Leicester, Bedford, and Warwick, as he succeeded to the estates of his father and grandfather. He is reputed to have possessed 120 manors in Normandy and as many in England, including the great domain of the Earl of Mowbray, which came to him through his wife, confiscated from his cousin, Robert de Mowbray, Earl of Northumberland, given by Henry I, on the condition that their eldest son would take the name of Mowbray. His son took the name of Mowbray on inheriting the estates of the family. He lived to a very great age, and died in 1138. [UTZ@aol.com]

The family came from the NOrman village of Saint Martin d'Aubigny, 14 km north of Coutances and 36 km northwest of Montbray. Nigel was brother to William de Albini from whom the ancient Earls of Arundel descended. The Albinis, maternally from the house of Mowbray, came with the Conqueror and obtained large possessions after the Battle of Hastings.
   Nigel's grants were in Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Warwickshire and Leicestershire. He was bow bearer to the king in the reign of William II (Rufus) and ws knighted by Henry I, who gave him the manor of Egmanton with parks in Sherwood Forest, but Nigel passed these on to Robert Davil.
   For his valour and military skill, Henry I granted him tenancy of Camvile and Wyvile. This caused Nigel to support Henry I against his brother Robert Curthose in the battle of Tenerchebray where Nigel slew the horse of Curthose and brought him to the king. For this, Henry I gave him the lands of Robert, Baron of Frontebeof-Stutevile in England which Robert had fortified for Curthose. Later, Henry I was besieging a castle in Normandy where Sir Nigel captured it for him and was remunerated by a royal grant of the forfeited lands of his maternal uncle Robert de Montbray, Earl of NOrthumberland -- lands both in England and Normandy, including the castle of Bayeaux. As a result Nigel held 120 knight's fees each in Normandy and England, making him one of the most powerful persons of his time.
   Nigel m.1 Matilda/Maud, dau. of Richard de Aquila, by permission of Pope Paschall, as she was the wife of Robert de Montbray, still alive but imprisoned. This marriage produced no issue and ended in divorce on grounds of consanguinity. He m.2 in 1118, Gundred de Gorney, by special advice of Henry I and had two sons:
1. Roger, his successor
2. Henry, ancestor of the Albini feudal lords of Camho
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