Robert Malet 
Robert was born in 1045.1 Robert's father was William Malet and his mother was Hesilia Crispin. His paternal grandparents were Malet and <Unknown>; his maternal grandparents were Count Gilbert (Crispin) de Brienne and Gunnora d'Aunou. He had two brothers and two sisters, named Walter, Gilbert, Alvarissa and Beatrix. He was the oldest of the five children. He died at the age of 61 in 1106.1 General Notes
Robert Malet (d. 1106?) was an English baron and a close advisor of Henry I. He was the son of William Malet, and inherited his father's great honor of Eye in 1071. This made him one of the dozen or so greatest landholders in England. According to the Domesday Book he held 221 manors in Suffolk, 32 in Yorkshire, 8 in Lincolnshire, 3 in Essex, 2 in Nottinghamshire, and 1 in Hampshire. He also inherited the family property in Normandy.
In 1075 Malet was sheriff of Suffolk, and helped suppress the rebellion of Ralph Wader. Afterwards, he appeared frequently at King William I's court. All changed with the accession of William II. By 1094 Malet's English lands had been taken away from him. The reasons are unknown, and no more is known of Malet's activities during William II's reign. Most likely he was in Normandy, and it may be that his falling out with William II was due to his preference for Duke Robert of Normandy in the rivalry between the two brothers.
Malet suddenly reappears three days after the death of William II in 1100, as a witness to Henry I's coronation charter. He must have been with Henry at the time of William's death, or rushed from Normandy when the word came. In any case, Malet soon regained his office as sheriff of Suffolk, and his honor of Eye. He was a close councilor of the king, and was appointed master chamberlain (probably the first to hold that office).
It used to be thought that Malet had some quarrel with the king, and again lost his lands, on the basis of some statements by Orderic Vitalis, but most historians now think Orderic confused Malet with his successor William. Instead it appears he remained in the king's confidence and held his lands until his death. He may have died at the battle of Tinchebrai, though no specific evidence supports this; he may in fact have lived on through 1107.
References
C. Warren Hollister, "Henry I and Robert Malet", Viator, Vol. 4, 1973, pp. 115-32
Cyril Hurt, "William Malet and His Family", Anglo-Norman Studies XIX
C. P. Lewis, "The King and Eye: A Study in Anglo-Norman Politics", English Historical Review, vol. 104, 1989, pp. 569-87
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.1003 in Graville St. Honorine, Normandy, France
- b.1023 in Graville St. Honorine, Normandy, France d.1071 in Yorkshire, England
- b.0921 in Mercia, England
- b.0950 in Mercia, England d.1028
- b.0905 in Mercia, England
- b.14 May 0975 in Mercia, England d.31 Aug 1057 in Bromley, Staffordshire, England
- b.0925 in Mercia, England
- b.0950 in Mercia, England
<Unknown>
<Unknown>- b.1005 in Chester, Cheshire, England (Mercia)
<Unknown>- b.1005 in Chester, Cheshire, England (Mercia)
- b.1045 d.1106
- b.0900 in Rouen, Normandy, France d.17 Dec 0942 in Picardy, France
- b.28 Aug 0933 in Faecamp, Normandie d.20 Nov 0996 in Faecamp, Normandie
- b.0911 in Bretagne
- b.0953 in Normandy, France d.1015 in France
- b.0921 in Crepon, Normandy, France d.1002 in Longueville-sur-Scie, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France
- b.0945 in Normandie d.1031 in Normandy, France
- b.0923 in Uppsala, Sweden d.1002
- b.0989 in Brionne, Eure, Normandy, France d.1040 in Eschafour, Normandy, France
<Unknown>
- b.1025 in Tillieres, Anjou, France
- b.0925 in Laon, Aisne, Picardy, France d.21 May 0993 in Courcy, Ardennes, Champagne, France
- b.0952 in Courcy, Ardennes, Champagne, France
- b.0925 in La Ferte Sur Aube, Aube, Champagne, France
- b.0994 in Aunou, Orne, Normandy, France d.1007
- b.28 Aug 0933 in Faecamp, Normandie d.20 Nov 0996 in Faecamp, Normandie
- b.0970 in Normandy, France
- b.0935 in Brionne, Normandy, France
- b.1010 in Aunou, Orne, Normandy, France
<Unknown>
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Details of Robert's family with de Corcelle
1 http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=jdp-fam&id=I77697&style=TABLE
Further sources/citations:
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=jdp-fam&id=I77697&style=TABLE, "Henry I and Robert Malet", Viator, Vol. 4, "William Malet and His Family", Anglo-Norman Studies XIX, "The King and Eye: A Study in Anglo-Norman Politics", English Historical Review
Further sources/citations:
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=jdp-fam&id=I77697&style=TABLE, "Henry I and Robert Malet", Viator, Vol. 4, "William Malet and His Family", Anglo-Norman Studies XIX, "The King and Eye: A Study in Anglo-Norman Politics", English Historical Review
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