William 'Brito' Baron of Belvoir d'Aubigny

• Preferred Name: William 'Brito' Baron of Belvoir d'Aubigny
  
• Gender: M
  
• Death: 1156 in Belvoir, Leicestershire, England at LATI: N2.8959 LONG: E0.786 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• Birth: 1082 in St. Martin d'Aubigny, Manche, France at LATI: N9.1649 LONG: E1.3501 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• FSID: GKYN-9DM
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  William d'Aubigny (died 1139), sometimes William de Albini, was an Anglo-Norman baron and administrator who served successive kings of England and acquired large estates in Norfolk. From his title of Butler (pincerna in medieval Latin) to King Henry I of England, he was called William d'Aubigny Pincerna to distinguish him from other men of the same name.
  From a family originating in the village of Saint-Martin-d'Aubigny in Normandy and born before 1070, he was the eldest surviving son of Roger d'Aubigny and his wife Amice or Avice. His brother was Nigel d'Aubigny.
  
  Career
  Not mentioned as a landholder in the 1086 Domesday Book, he was associated with King William II of England by 1091 and in that decade is recorded as an important landholder in the county of Norfolk.
  His involvement in central government increased after 1100, when Henry I became king of England. In 1101 he was a witness to the treaty in which Robert II, Count of Flanders pledged military support to Henry and is named there as "pincerna", evidence that he was one of the chief officers of the royal household. As part of the king's court, he travelled with him and spent about a quarter of his time in Normandy rather than England.
  
  By 1130 he was also a royal judge, hearing cases in Essex and in Lincolnshire.
  
  His Norfolk estates grew over the years, until in 1135 he had 22 knights holding lands in his barony there, and he also had lands in Kent. At Old Buckenham, the first castle was probably built in his time, as was the nave of Wymondham Priory, now part of the parish church, which he founded in 1107.[3] He was also a benefactor to his father-in-law's foundation of Thetford Priory and, in Normandy, to the Benedictine abbey of Lessay that his father had supported.
  
  When Stephen became king in 1135, William initially retained his place at court, but had died by June 1139, and was buried at Wymondham.
  
  Founder of Wymondham Priory
  William d'Aubigny, chief butler to King Henry I, founded the Priory of Wymondham in Norfolk, on or before 1107 A.D. The Priory of Wymondham was a subordinate cell to the Monastery of St. Alban's [St. Albans Abbey in Hertfordshire] at the time of its foundation. The Priory of Wymondham continued as a subordinate cell of St. Albans Abbey until the Priory of Wymondham was converted into an independent abbey in 1448 A.D. by a bull obtained from Pope Nicholas V. When William d'Aubigny founded the Priory of Wyondham, the Abbot of St. Alban's in Hertfordshire was Richard d'Aubigny, probably a close relation of William d'Aubigny. Richard d'Aubigny was Abbot of St. Alban's from 1097 A.D. until his death in 1119 A.D.
  
  Family
  He married Maud, daughter of Roger Bigod, and their son William became Earl of Arundel.
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_d%27Aubigny_(died_1139)
  
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  Guillaume d'Aubigny was the son of Roger d'Aubigny and Amice de Mowbray.
  He migrated from the Côtentin to England.
  He married Maud le Bigod, daughter of Roger le Bigod and Alice de Tosny.
  He held the office of Lord of the Manor of Buckenham, Norfolk.
  He died in 1139.
  He was buried at Wymondham Priory, Norfolk, England.
  
  Child of Guillaume d'Aubigny and Maud le Bigod
  - William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel d. 3 Oct 1176
  
  https://www.thepeerage.com/p2349.htm#i23481
  
  BIO
  BIO: from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISHNOBILITYMEDIEVAL3.htm#WilliamArundeldied1176A as of 5/27/2016
  
  WILLIAM "Pincerna" d'Aubigny (-1139). Henry I King of England confirmed donations of p
  
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  WILLIAM [I] de Albini Brito (-after 1148). "Main pater Willelmi de Albi
  
  BIO
  BIO: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISHNOBILITYMEDIEVAL3.htm#GunnoraAlbiniBritoM2NihcolasStuteville as of 3/13/2016
  
  MAIN . [Seigneur de Saint-Aubin-d'Aubigné]. "Main pater Willelmi de Albinic
  
  William is a signer of the Magna Charta
  William is an ancestor of the Cloptons , for the United States, William Clopton is our gateway ancestor, a biography of William and the others that William Clopton descends from, it is suspected there
  
  === He accompanied William the Conqueror int ===
  He accompanied William the Conqueror into England, andacquiredextensive territorial possessions by royal grants inNorfolk and othercounties. of these grants was the lordship ofBokenham, to be held bythe service of being Butler to the Kingsof England on the day of theircoronation, and in consequence wefind this William styled in diverscharters "Pincerna HenriciRegis Anglorum."
  
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  WILLIAM DE ALBINI
  The Conqueror and His Companions
  by J.R. Planche, Somerset Herald. London: Tinsley Brothers, 1874.
  
  That one or more of the family of Aubigny (Latinised into de Albinio,and better known in England as de Albini) "came over with theConqueror," and fought at Hastings, there can be no question; butWace, who does not specify the individual, but simply calls him "liboteillier d'Aubignie," has been accused of an anachronism by Mr.Taylor, who considers the office of Pincerna, or butler, to have beenfirst conferred upon the grandson of William by Henry I circa 1100,when for his services to that monarch he was enfeoffed of the baronyof Buckenham to hold in grand-sergeantry by the butlery, an office nowdischarged at coronations by the Duke of Norfolk, his descendantspossessing a part of the barony. The companion of the Conqueror hebelieves to have been William, the first of that name we know of, orhis son Roger, father of the second William, and Nigel de Albini, ofwhom we have previously spoken (p.30).
  
  Roger d'Aubigny, or de Albini, had issue by his wife Avitia deMontbrai, five sons: William, known as William de Albini "Pincerna"(i.e., Butler), ancestor of the Earls of Sussex, who married Maud,daughter of Roger le Bigod, and died 1139. Richard, Abbot of St.Albans, Nigel, Humphrey, and Ruafon, or Ralph. Nigel, the third son,was heir of Robert de Montbrai, or Mowbray, his first cousin, whosewife he married during the lifetime of her husband by licence of PopePaschal, and for some time treated her with respect out of regard forher noble parents; but on the death of her brother Gilbert de l'Aigle,having no issue by her, he craftily sought for a divorce on the groundof that very kinship which he exerted so much influence to induce thePope to overlook, and then married Gundred, daughter of Gerrard deGournay, by whom he had Roger, who assumed the name of Mowbray, andtransmitted it to his descendants, Dukes of Norfolk and Earls Marshalof England; and Henri, ancestor of the line of Albini of Cainho.
  
  Source: Please cite original sources.
  Compiled by: J. K. Loren
  
  === From whom derived the Earls of Arundel, ===
  From whom derived the Earls of Arundel, the male line of which eminent house expired in 1243, while the female line, now represented by the Dukes of Norfolk, continued the family. (See Burke's Extinct Peerage).
  
  === Sources: Norr, p25; Kraentzler 1412; Cas ===
  Sources: Norr, p25; Kraentzler 1412; Castle Rising Castle, publishedby English Heritage; Falaise Roll; Ayers, p878. K: William d'Albini (of Dol), Lord of Corbuchan, Pincerna. Regis(Grand Butler) Hy (Henry?) I. Booklet: William de Albini, Lord of Buckingham; backed both Rufus andHenry I and received lands from them. He was close to Henry I, who gave him theoffice of Butler and also gave him Maud, daughter of the great East Anglianhouse of Bigod (subsequently Earls of Norfolk), when Maud was in the King'swardship. Castle Rising: William de Albini, known to English genealogists asWilliam de Albini I. Roll: William d'Aubigny, died 1139, pincerna to Henry I, married MaudBigot, daughter of Roger Bigot. Ayers: William d'Aubigny, Master Butler of the Royal Household.
  
  === Carl Boyer, 3rd. Medieval Ancestors of C ===
  Carl Boyer, 3rd. Medieval Ancestors of Certain Americans, Santa Clarita, CA, 2001, p. off, gives several possible early generations for thisfamily.
  
  == Biography ==The d'Aubignés, native to St. Aubin-d'Aubigné, near Rennes, in Brittany, had first settled in England during the reign of Henry I, when William d'Aubigné Brito (the Breton) had married Cecilia, heir to the honour and castle of Belvoir.
  He was a younger son of the Breton lord Main of St Aubin-d'Aubigné (Ille-et-Vilaine) and his Norman wife, Adelaide de Bohun. His name oftenappears as Aubigny and the cognomen 'Brito' distinguishes him from his Norman namesake, William d'Aubigny (d. 1139), the 'Pincerna', or butler, who came from St Martin-d'Aubigny (Manche). He assisted in the victory of Tinchebray in 1106, and became high in favour with Henry I, attesting numerous royal charters, the earliest belonging to the period1104-16. By 1107 he had married Cecilia, elder daughter of Roger Bigod and Alice de Tosny. He appears to have held lands in Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Essex, Hertfordshire, and Northamptonshire, some or allof which were his wife's marriage portion. The bulk of the Tosny inheritance, however, including Belvoir, in Leicestershire, appears not tohave been held by d'Aubigné and his wife until c.1130, after the death of Cecilia's mother, when Cecilia became principal coheir of her maternal grandfather Robert de Tosny (d. 1088), lord of the honour of Belvoir.
  "The parents of William d'Aubigny brito are suggested by records of Thorney Abbey, and current historical interpretation gives them as 'Main', Seigneur de Saint-Aubin-d'Aubigné, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, and Adelais de Bohun. There seems to be no evidence so far to challenge these deductions, which have been proposed since 2000, for the pedigree of William d'Aubigny brito."[http://www.theislandwiki.org/index.php/William_d%27Aubigny_%27Pincerna%27_and_%27Brito%27_-_individual_identities_from_historic_records William d'Aubigny 'Pincerna' and 'Brito'- individual identities from historic records], 2010
  
  == Children ==With his wife (who survived him) he had two daughters and four or five sons, including his eventual successor in Belvoir, William (d. 1167/8), and Ralph, who died at the siege of Acre in 1191. Much of the information on his family comes from the Liber vitae of Thorney Abbey, where their anniversaries were remembered. William and Cecilia completed the foundation of Belvoir Priory, begun by Robert de Tosny, and they and many of their descendants were buried there. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
  
  * William
  * Robert
  * Roger
  * Matilda
  * Basilia
  * Geoffrey
  * Odo
  * Ralph
  * (possibly) Elias, ancestor of Aubigny of Ingleby
  
  === Notes ===: Note NI3586!(1) William D'Albini: (d. 1155/6). Married Maud St. Liz, daughter of Simon St. Liz, and his wife Maud, daughter of Waltheof. William D'Albini was called "Brito" or "the Briton" from having been born in England. He assisted in the victory of the battle of Tenchebray in 1106 in Normandy for "by a charge of much spirit, he determined at once the fate of the day." The monk Matthew Paris records, "in this encounter chiefly deserveth the honour the most heroic William d'Albini, the Briton, who with his sword broke through the enemy and terminated the battle." He was in high favor with King Henry I and on Henry's death supported the cause of Henry's daughter Matilda. Because of this, King Stephen conficated his lands. He lived to see the accession of Matilda's son King Henry II to the throne. He was an itinerant justiciar during the reign of King Henry I. He had one son, William.-AEDC
  His family profile in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy's MedievalLands project is [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISHNOBILITYMEDIEVAL3.htm#_Toc351099609 here].
  The following quote mis-identifies William's father. Robert de Toeni,lord of Belvoir, was his wife's grandfather.
  Quoted at the [http://cybergata.com/roots/2348.htm New Mexico Roots] family tree:
  Albino (Brito), William de (d. 1155-6), justiciar, was son and heir ofRobert de Todeni, lord of Belvoir, and is supposed to have been namedde Aubigny (Albini) from his place of birth, and to have been distinguished by the addition Brito from his namesake, the Pincerna, who belonged to a very different family. He assisted in the victory of Tenchebray in 1106 [Matt. Paris], and became high in favor with Henry I. In 1130 (not, as Dugdale states, under Stephen) he appears as an itinerantjustice, and on Henry's death he espoused the cause of his daughter. Stephen forfeited his lands, but subsequently restored them, and he lived to see the accession of Henry II. Foss wrongly states that he diedin 1135.
  Sources given with article: [Dugdale's Baronage (1675), i. 112; Foss'sJudges (1848), i. 96; Nichols's Leicestershire, ii. 26; Notes and Queries, 3rd series, v. 505.]
  ~Dictionary of National Biography, Vol. 1, p. 233, article by John Horace Round
  Per [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_d%27Aubigny_%28Brito%29 wikipedia]:
  "William was a son of Main d'Aubigny, Breton lord of Saint-Aubin-d'Aubigné (now in Ille-et-Vilaine department) and Adelaide de Bohun. He fought at the Battle of Tinchebray (1106) and was high in Henry I's favor. He was allowed to marry Cecily, the elder daughter of Roger Bigod,sheriff of Norfolk. Through her, he acquired a part of the honour of Belvoir in Leicestershire - his castle became the centre of the familyestates - after his mother-in-law, who had been the heir of Robert deTosny, lord of Belvoir, died about 1130. The couple had four or fivesons and two daughters.[1] His heir was William, who married Maud Fitz Robert, daughter of Robert Fitz Richard. The Magna Carta surety, William d'Aubigny, was their son."
  
  == Sources ==
  
  See also:
  * Project Medlands
  
  === My PAF Notes ===
  from thepeerage.com, 2/2009:
  William d'Aubigny1
  M, #23481, d. 1139
  Last Edited=14 Dec 2008
  William d'Aubigny died in 1139.1 He was buried at Wymondham Priory, Norfolk, England .1
  William d'Aubigny held the office of Lord of the Manor of Buckenham, Norfolk.1 He migrated from the Côtentin to England.1
  Child of William d'Aubigny and Maud le Bigod
  William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel + d. 12 Oct 11761
  Citations
  [S6 ] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 233. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
  
  === !SOURCES: 1. G.E.C.: Complete Peerage 9 ===
  !SOURCES: 1. G.E.C.: Complete Peerage 9:366-67, 1:233-35 2. Burke, Dormant & Extinct Peerage, Eng. P. 1, p. 2
  
  === == Biography == ===
  == Biography ==
  "The parents of William d'Aubigny brito are suggested by records of Thorney Abbey, and current historical interpretation gives them as 'Main', Seigneur de Saint-Aubin-d'Aubigné, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, and Adelais de Bohun. There seems to be no evidence so far to challenge these deductions, which have been proposed since 2000, for the pedigree of William d'Aubigny brito."[http://www.theislandwiki.org/index.php/William_d%27Aubigny_%27Pincerna%27_and_%27Brito%27_-_individual_identities_from_historic_records William d'Aubigny 'Pincerna' and 'Brito'- individual identities from historic records], 2010
  
  === Footnotes ===
  
  see also:
  * Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
  
  === GEC Complete Peerage 9:366-67, 1:233-35; ===
  GEC Complete Peerage 9:366-67, 1:233-35; Burke, Dormant & Extinct Peerage, Eng P 1 p. 2. Archive Record - SLC, UT
  
  === He was 1st Earl of Arundel; Earl of Linc ===
  He was 1st Earl of Arundel; Earl of Lincoln, Sussex, andChichester;Lord of Buckenham,co.Norfolk.
  
  An amusing legend accounts for the Albini arms being a lionrampant.This legend told of a joust held in Paris at whichAlbini behaved sobravely that the Queen Dowager of Francesought him in marriage. Herefused, saying he had already givenhis word to the Queen-Dowager ofEngland. The French Queen inrevenge inveigled him into a cave in hergarden where a lion hadbeen placed, but William saved himself frombeing torn to piecesby covering his arm with his cloak and thrustinghis arm intothe beast's mouth and pulling out its tongue. - Dave Utz
  
  The earl was one of those who solicited the Empress Maud to cometoEngland, and received her and her brother Robert, Earl ofGloucester,at the port of Arundel, in August 1139, and in threeyears afterwards(1142), in the report made of King Stephen'staking William deMandeville at St. Albans, it is stated "thatbefore he could be laidhold on, he underwent a sharp skirmishwith the king's party, whereinthe Earl of Arundel, though astout and expert soldier, was unhorsed inthe midst of the waterby Walceline de Oxeai, and almost drowned." In1150, he wrotehimself Earl of Chichester, but we find him styled againEarl ofArundel, upon a very memorable occasion, namely,thereconciliation of Henry, Duke of Normandy, afterwards KingHenryII., and King Stephen at the siege of Wallingford Castle in1152."It was scarce possible," says Rapin, "for the armies topart withoutfighting. Accordingly the two leaders werepreparing for battle withequal ardor, when, by the prudentadvice of the Earl of Arundel, whowas on the king's side, theywere prevented from coming to blows." Atruce and peace followedthis interference of the earl's, which led tothe subsequentaccession of Henry after Stephen's decease, in whosefavor theearl stood so high that he not only obtained for himself andhisheirs the castle and honor of Arundel, but a confirmation oftheEarldom of Sussex, of which county he was really earl, by agrant ofthe Tertium Denarium of the pleas of the shire. In1164, we find theEarl of Arundel deputed with Gilbert Foliot,Bishop of London, toremonstrate with Louis, King of France,upon according an asylum toThomas a Becket within hisdominions, and on the failure of thatmission, dispatched withthe archbishop of York, the Bishops ofWinchester, London,Chichester, and Exeter, Wido Rufus, Richard deInvecestre, Johnde Oxford (priests), Hugh de Gundevile, Bernard de St.Valery,and Henry Fitzgerald, to lay the whole affair of Becket atthefoot of the pontifical throne. -- Dave Utz
  
  Event: Military 1173 Seige of Verneuil
  Note: Earl of Arundel commanded, in conjunction with William,Earl ofMandeville, the king's army in Normandy, and compelledthe Frenchmonarch to abandon Verneuil after a long siege.
  Event: Military 1174 Rebellion of St. Edmondbury
  Note: With Richard de Lucy, Justice of England, he defeatedRobert,Earl of Leicester, then in rebellion at St. Edmundbury.
  Event: Military 1152 Seige of Wallingforrd Castle
  Note: He played a key role in the the reconciliation of Henry,Duke ofNormandy, afterwards King Henry II., and King Stephen atthe siege ofWallingford Castle in 1152. "It was scarcepossible," says Rapin, "forthe armies to part without fighting.Accordingly the two leaders werepreparing for battle with equalardor, when, by the prudent advice ofthe Earl of Arundel, whowas on the king's side, they were preventedfrom coming toblows." A truce and peace followed this interference oftheearl's, which led to the subsequent accession of HenryafterStephen's decease, in whose favor the earl stood so high thathenot only obtained for himself and his heirs the castle and honorofArundel, but a confirmation of the Earldom of Sussex. -- DaveUtz
  Event: William le Meschines AKA
  Event: Earl of Arundel Acceded 1141
  Note: He subsequently married Adeliza of Lorraine, Queen ofEngland,widow of King Henry I., and the daughter of Godfrey,Duke of Lorraine.Adeliza had the castle of Arundel in dowryfrom her deceased husband,the monarch, and thus her new lordbecame its feudal earl, 1st Earl ofArundel in this family. --Dave Utz
  Event: Earl of Sussex Acceded DEC 1141
  Note: William d'Albini attended Stephen's Christmas court in1141 andattested as earl of Sussex for the flrst time ... andconfirmingArundel to him in perpetuity.
  Event: Earl of Lincoln Acceded ABT 1139
  Note: Created by Stephen.
  Event: Earl of Chichester Acceded 1150
  Note: In 1150, he wrote himself Earl of Chichester, but we findhimstyled again Earl of Arundel, upon a very memorableoccasion, namely,the reconciliation of Henry, Duke of Normandy,afterwards King HenryII., and King Stephen at the siege ofWallingford Castle in 1152. " --Dave Utz
  
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  The Conqueror and His Companions
  by J.R. Planche, Somerset Herald. London: Tinsley Brothers, 1874.
  
  Of William de Albini, third son and successor of William II, and Maudle Bigod, a romantic story has been invented to account for the lionrampant subsequently borne by his descendants.
  
  Having captivated the heart of the Queen Dowager of France by hisgallant conduct in a tournament at Paris, she offered to marry him, anhonour which he respectfully declined, having already given his wordand faith to a lady in England, another Queen Dowager, no less apersonage than Adeliza, widow of King Henry 1 of England. His refusalso angered the French Queen, that she laid a plot with her attendantsto destroy him by inducing him to enter a cave in her garden, where alion had been placed for that purpose; but the undaunted Earl, rollinghis mantle round his arm, thrust his hand into the lion's mouth, toreout its tongue, and sent it to the Queen by one of her maids. "Intoken of which noble and valiant act," says Brooke, in his "Catalogueof Nobility," "this William assumed to bear for his arms a lion goldin a field gules, which his successors ever since continued."
  
  As this third William de Albini died as late as 1176, it is possiblebe might have assumed armorial bearings, but the lion was moreprobably first borne by his son, the second Earl of Arundel of theline of Aubigny, in token of his descent from Adeliza, widow of Henryl, in whose reign we have the earliest evidence of golden lions beingadopted as a personal decoration, if not strictly an heraldic bearing.
  
  Source: Please cite original sources.
  Compiled by: J. K. Loren
  
  === !#21> Complete Peerage-v1-p233,233fn(f), ===
  !#21> Complete Peerage-v1-p233,233fn(f),235, (FHL 942 D22cok); !EMIG> migrated from the Cotentin,Normandy, to England temp Henry I; OCC> Chief Butler of the King;
  
  === Earl of Arundel ===
  Earl of Arundel
  
  === https://www.geni.com/people/Main-d-Aubigny-Seigneur-de-Saint-Aubin-d-Aubigné-Ille-et-Vilaine/6000000003828151684 ===
  https://www.geni.com/people/Main-d-Aubigny-Seigneur-de-Saint-Aubin-d-Aubigné-Ille-et-Vilaine/6000000003828151684
  
  === Ancestral File Number: V9VN-L2 Wil ===
  Ancestral File Number: V9VN-L2 William; living Norfol k temp. William II; Butler to Henry I; founder of Wymondha m Priory, Norfolk, by 1207 married Maud, daughter of Roge r le Bigod by his 2nd wife Alice, daughter of Robert de To( s)ny. [Burke's Peerage] ------------------------------------ William de Albini, surnamed Pincerna, son of Roger de Albin i and elder brother of Nigel de Albini, whose posterity ass umed and attained such eminence under the name of Mowbray , accompanied the Conqueror into England and acquired exten sive territorial possessions by royal grants in Norfolk an d other counties. of these grants was the lordship of Boken ham, to be holden by the service of being Butler to the Kin gs of England on the day of their coronation, and in conseq uence we find this William styled in divers charters "Pince rna Henrici Regis Anglorum." William de Albini founded th e abbey of Wymondham in Norfolk and gave to the monks of Ro chester the tithes of the manor of Elham, as also one caruc ate of land in Achestede, with a wood called Acholte. He li kewise bestowed upon the abbey of St. Etienne at Caen, in N ormandy, all his lands lying in Stavell, which grant he mad e in the presence of King Henry and his barons. He m. Maude , dau. of Roger Bigot, with whom he obtained ten knights' f ees in Norfolk, and had issue, William, Nigel, Oliver, an d Oliva, who m. Ralph de Haye. At the obsequies of Maud, Wi lliam de Albini gave to the monks of Wymondham the manor o f Hapesburg, in pure alms, and made livery thereof to the s aid monks by a cross of silver, in which (says Dugdale) wa s placed certain venerable reliques, viz., "part of the woo d of the cross whereon our Lord was crucified; part of th e manger wherein he was laid at his birth; and part of th e sepulchre of the Blessed Virgin; as also a gold ring, an d a silver chalice for retaining the Holy Eucharist, admira bly wrought in form of a sphere; unto which pious donatio n his three sons were witnesses, with several other persons ." The exact time of the decease of this great feudal baro n is not ascertained, but it is known that he was buried be fore the high altar in the abbey of Wymondham, and that th e monks were in the constant habit of praying for his sou l by the name of "William de Albini, the king's butler." H e was s. by his eldest son, William de Albini. [Sir Bernar d Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages , Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, England, 1883, p. 2, Albin i, Earls of Arundel]
  
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  === ='''Guillaume (William) "Brito" d'Aubign ===
  ='''Guillaume (William) "Brito" d'Aubigny''' or '''William de Albini Brito'''=
  
  Son of '''Main d'Aubigny''', seigneur de Saint-Aubin-d'Aubigné (Ille-et-Vilaine) and '''Adelaide de Bohun'''. Husband of '''Cecily (Cicely) Bigod, Heiress of Belvoir''' (de Bigod), from whom he received the honor of Belvoir (he did not inherit it).
  
  Children:
  * '''William''' m. Matilda (Maud) de Senlis
  * '''Robert'''
  * '''Roger'''
  * '''Ralph'''
  * '''Matilda'''
  * '''Basilia'''
  
  '''Guillaume d'Aubigné (ou d'Aubigny) called Brito (the Breton)''' († 1148 or a little after), Lord of Belvoir, was an Anglo-Norman baron. ''''He was nicknamed Brito to distinguish him from his contemporary Guillaume d'Aubigny (†1139), called Pincerna (the Butler), who was descended from the seigneurs of Saint-Martin-d'Aubigny'''''.(trans. from French wikipedia--see below)
  
  Two Bigod sisters each married men named William d"Aubigny. Cecily Bigod married William "Brito" d'Aubigny while her sister Maud Bigod married William "Pincerna" d'Aubigny.
  
  The d'Aubigny's of Belvoir are from this "Brito" line, since Cecily Bigod inherited Belvoir from her mother, Adeliza de Toeni (Tosny/Toni), who inherited it from her mother, Adeliza FitzOsulf.
  
  Foundation for Medieval Genealogy:
  
  '''CECILY Bigod''' (daughter of Roger Bigod and Alice/Adelisa de Tosny). The primary source which confirms her parentage and marriage has not yet been identified. She inherited Belvoir from her mother. m '''GUILLAUME d'Aubigny "Brito"''', son of MAIN Seigneur de Saint-Aubin-d'Aubigné & his wife Adelaide de Bohun (-after 1148). He owned part of the fee of Belvoir before Cecily's mother held it, Complete Peerage concluding therefore that the marriage may have been arranged to settle rival claims[621].
  
  http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISHNOBILITYMEDIEVAL3.htm#_Toc272563986:
  
  ''' WILLIAM de Albini Brito''' (-after 1148).
  * "…Willo de Albin Brit…" subscribed the charter dated to [10 Apr/29 May] 1121 which records the arrangements for the marriage of "Miloni de Gloec" and "Sibilia filia Beorndi de Novo Mercato"[1019].
  * "W. de Alb Britone" witnessed the charter dated to [1125/29] under which Henry I King of England confirmed a donation to Thorney abbey[1020].
  * He owned part of the fee of Belvoir before his mother-in-law held it, the Complete Peerage concluding therefore that the marriage may have been arranged to settle rival claims[1021].
  * The 1130 Pipe Roll records "Willo de Albin brit" in Essex, Hertfordshire, Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, in the honour of Berkelay in Rutlandshire, and in Northamptonshire[1022].
  * "Willielmus de Albeneio Brito…et Ceciliam uxorem meam et Willielmum filium meum" donated land to Thorney monastery, Cambridgeshire by undated charter, witnessed by "Rogero et Roberto filiis meis et Warino Ridel et Olivero et Iwan et Gaufrido nepotibus meis et Roberto Brito…”[1023].
  * "Willielmus de Albenei Brito" donated "terram de Pipewell…de feodo de Bellovidere" to Thorney monastery, Cambridgeshire, with the consent of "Ceciliæ uxoris meæ et Willelmi filii mei", by undated charter, witnessed by "…tres nepotes mei, Oliverus filius Galfridi et Iwanus et Gaufridus de Cabivin…”[1024].
  
  m CECILY Bigod, daughter of ROGER le Bigod & his second wife Alice [Adelisia] de Tosny (-after 1136).
  * Her parentage is indicated by the charter dated 23 Apr [1430] under which her descendant “Thomas dominus de Ros, de Hamelake, de Trussebout et de Beavoir” confirmed the possessions of Belvoir priory, Lincolnshire made by "antecessores nostros…Robertum de Toteneio, Willielmum de Toteneyo filium suum, Agnetem de Toteneio filiam dicti Roberti de Toteneyo, Henricum de Rya filium Huberto de Rya, Agnetem de Toteneyo, Willielmum de Albeneio primum, Willielmum de Albeneio secundum, Willielmum de Albeneio tertium, Willielmum de Albeneio quartum, Ywynum de Albeneyo, Heliam de Albeneyo et uxores eorundem, Isabellam filiam domini Willielmi de Albeneio quæ fuit uxor domini de Ros, domini de Beauvoire et de Hamelake"[1025], the connection with Robert de Tosny Lord of Belvoir, her maternal grandfather, being established through her marriage.
  * She inherited Belvoir from her mother.
  * "Willielmus de Albeneio Brito…et Ceciliam uxorem meam et Willielmum filium meum" donated land to Thorney monastery, Cambridgeshire by undated charter, witnessed by "Rogero et Roberto filiis meis et Warino Ridel et Olivero et Iwan et Gaufrido nepotibus meis et Roberto Brito…”[1026].
  * "Willielmus de Albenei Brito" donated "terram de Pipewell…de feodo de Bellovidere" to Thorney monastery, Cambridgeshire, with the consent of "Ceciliæ uxoris meæ et Willelmi filii mei", by undated charter, witnessed by "…tres nepotes mei, Oliverus filius Galfridi et Iwanus et Gaufridus de Cabivin…”[1027].
  * "Willielmus de Albineio" donated "ecclesiam de Redmelina" to Belvoir monastery, Lincolnshire, with the consent of "Willielmi filii et hæredis mei et Matildis uxoris meæ et Ceciliæ matris meæ, necnon et Radulphi de Albinei fratris mei", by undated charter[1028].
  * “Willielmus de Albineio” confirmed the possessions of Belvoir priory, Lincolnshire, with the consent of "Willielmi filii et hæredis mei et Matildis uxoris meæ et Ceciliæ matris meæ, necnon de Radulphi de Albineio fratris mei", by undated charter[1029].
  
  William & his wife had six children:
  i) ''' WILLIAM de Albini Brito''' (-1168). "Willielmus de Albeneio Brito…et Ceciliam uxorem meam et Willielmum filium meum" donated land to Thorney monastery, Cambridgeshire by undated charter, witnessed by "Rogero et Roberto filiis meis et Warino Ridel et Olivero et Iwan et Gaufrido nepotibus meis et Roberto Brito…”[1030]. "Willielmus de Albenei Brito" donated "terram de Pipewell…de feodo de Bellovidere" to Thorney monastery, Cambridgeshire, with the consent of "Ceciliæ uxoris meæ et Willelmi filii mei", by undated charter, witnessed by "…tres nepotes mei, Oliverus filius Galfridi et Iwanus et Gaufridus de Cabivin…”[1031]. "Willielmus de Albineio" donated "ecclesiam deRedmelina" to Belvoir monastery, Lincolnshire, with the consent of "Willielmi filii et hæredis mei et Matildis uxoris meæ et Ceciliæ matris meæ, necnon et Radulphi de Albinei fratris mei", by undated charter[1032]. Military fee certifications in the Red Book of the Exchequer, in 1166, record the knights´ fees held by "Willelmi de Albenny Britonis quam pater suus tenuit" in Leicestershire[1033]. m '''MATILDA de Senlis''', daughter of ROBERT FitzRichard &his wife Maud de Senlis (-after 1185). "Willielmus de Albineio" donated "ecclesiam de Redmelina" to Belvoir monastery, Lincolnshire, with the consent of "Willielmi filii et hæredis mei et Matildis uxoris meæ et Ceciliæ matris meæ, necnon et Radulphi de Albinei fratris mei", by undated charter[1034]. The Rotuli de Dominabus of 1185 records “Matillis de Sainlis que fuit filia Roberti filii Ricardi et mater Willelmi de Albineio” and “terra sua in Hungertoneet in Winewelle”[1035]. ...
  
  ii) '''ROGER de Albini Brito''' . "Willielmus de Albeneio Brito…et Ceciliam uxorem meam et Willielmum filium meum" donated land to Thorney monastery, Cambridgeshire by undated charter, witnessed by "Rogero et Roberto filiis meis et Warino Ridel et Olivero et Iwan et Gaufrido nepotibus meis et Roberto Brito…”[1050].
  
  iii) '''ROBERT de Albini Brito''' (-after 1166). "Willielmus de Albeneio Brito…et Ceciliam uxorem meam et Willielmum filium meum" donated land to Thorney monastery, Cambridgeshire by undated charter, witnessed by "Rogero et Roberto filiis meis et Warino Ridel et Olivero et Iwan et Gaufrido nepotibus meis et Roberto Brito…”[1051]. Military fee certifications in the Red Book of the Exchequer, in 1166, record that "Robertus de Albenny frater suus" held 15 knights´ fees from "Willelmi de Albenny Britonis quam pater suus tenuit" in Leicestershire[1052].
  
  iv) '''RALPH de Albini Brito''' (-Acre 1191). "Willielmus de Albineio" donated "ecclesiam de Redmelina" to Belvoir monastery, Lincolnshire, with the consent of "Willielmi filii et hæredis mei et Matildis uxoris meæ et Ceciliæ matris meæ, necnon et Radulphi de Albinei fratris mei", by undated charter[1053].
  
  v) ''' MATILDA de Albini Brito''' .
  
  vi) ''' BASILIA de Albini Brito''' .
  
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  =='''Guillaume d'Aubigné (Brito)'''==
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  Guillaume d'Aubigné (ou d'Aubigny) dit Brito (le Breton) (en anglais : William de Albini) († 1148 ou peu après), lord de Belvoir, fut un baron anglo-normand. Il était surnommé Brito pour le distinguer de son homonyme (en anglo-normand) Guillaume d'Aubigny († 1139), dit Pincerna (le bouteiller), issu des seigneurs de Saint-Martin-d'Aubigny.
  
  Biographie
  
  Guillaume d'Aubigné est un fils cadet du Breton Main, seigneur de Saint-Aubin-d'Aubigné (Ille-et-Vilaine), et de sa femme normande Adelaïde de Bohun[1].
  
  En 1106, Guillaume d'Aubigné participe à la bataille de Tinchebray aux côtés du roi Henri Ier d'Angleterre[1]. Après la capture de son frère aîné Robert Courteheuse, le roi s'empare du duché de Normandie. Guillaume est alors trèsen faveur auprès du roi-duc[1]. Grâce à son patronage, en 1107, il épouse Cécile, la fille aîné de Roger Bigot († 1107), shérif du Norfolk et officier royal, et d'Alice de Tosny[1].
  
  Il tient apparemment des terres dans divers comtés (Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Essex, Hertfordshire et Northamptonshire), une partie provenant de la dot de sa femme[1]. Au début des années 1130, après la mort de sa belle-mère,sa femme devient co-héritière des possessions des Tosny. Par sa femme, il entre donc en possession d'une partie de l'honneur de Belvoir (Leicestershire)[1]. Son quasi-homonyme Guillaume d'Aubigny (le bouteiller), qui est devenu son beau-frère en épousant Maud Bigot, la sœur de Cécile, est l'autre co-héritier.
  
  Guillaume d'Aubi
  
  === He founded Wymondham Abbey and the monks ===
  He founded Wymondham Abbey and the monks prayed for him as "William de Albini, the king's butler".
  
  === William (Albiniacum) married before 1048 ===
  William (Albiniacum) married before 1048 a sister of Grimaldi de Plessis {per "Royal Ancestors of Magna Charta Barons," Carr P. Collins, Jr., Dallas, 1959, p. 28}.
  
  === William de Albini (Brito) (d 1155-6), ju ===
  William de Albini (Brito) (d 1155-6), justiciar, was son and heir of Robert de Todeni, lord of Belvoir, and is supposed to have been named de Aubigny (Albini) from his place of birth, and to have been distinguished by the addition Brito from his namesake, the Pincerna, who belonged to a different family. He assisted in the victory of Tenchebray in 1106, and became high in favour of Henry I. IN 1130 he appears as an itinerant justice, and on Henry's death he espoused the cause of his daughter. Stephen forfeited his lands, but subsequently restored them, and he lived to see the accession of Henry II. Foss wrongly states that he died in 1135. [Dictionary of National Biography I:233]
  
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  Aubigny (Brito), of Belvoir.
  
  Saint-Aubin d'Aubigne: Ille-et-Vilaine.
  
  For this identification see J. H. Round in Hist. MSS. Comm., Duke of Rutland, vol. iv, p. 107.
  
  An offshoot of the parent stock was represented by William de Albigneio, who was a benefactor of the abbey of Viewville in Britanny c. 1200 and the father of Philip d'Aubigny, bailiff of the Channel Islands temp. Henry III. This family frequently occurs in the dioceses of Dol and Rennes. An account is given in The Complet Peerage, surname Daubeney, new edition, vol iv, pp. 93 et seq. [Origins of Some Anglo-Norman Families]
  
  Note: The above d'Aubigny/Albini/Daubeney family is from Britanny (Bretagne) and is not directly related to the other family known by the exact same surnames, from Saint-Martin d'Aubigny in Normandy
  
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  William, who assumed, from what reason is unascertained, the surname of Albini, and was known as "William de Albini, Brito," in contradistinction to another great Baron, "William de Albini, Pincerna," from whom the Earls of Arundel descended. William de Albini, Brito, Lord of Belvoir, in the Chapter House of St. Albans, confirmed all the grants of his father and mother to the Church of Our Lady at Belvoir, desiring that he might be admitted in the fraternity as those his parents had been. This feudal lord acquired great renown at the celebrated battle of Tinchebray, in Normandy, where, commanding the horse, he charged the enemy with so much spirit that he determine at once the fate of the day. of the exploit, Matthew Paris says, "In this encounter chiefly deserveth honour the most heroic William de Albini, the Briton, who, with his sword, broke through the enemy, and terminated the battle." He subsequently adhered to the Empress Maud and had his castle of Belvoir, with all his other lands, seized by King Stephen and transferred to Ranulph, Earl of Chester. He m. Maud, dau. of Simon de St. Liz, 1st Earl of Huntingdon, widow of Robert, son of Richard de Tunbridge, and ding about the year 1155, left two sons, viz., William, surnamed Meschines, and Ralph. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, England, 1883, p. 160, Daubeney, Barons Daubeney, Earl of Bridgewater]
  
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  Willelm de Albini Brito was a younger son of the Breton seigneur Main of Saint-Aubin-d'Aubigne (Ille-et-Vilaine) and his Norman wife Adelaide de Bohun. His cognomen Brito distinguished him from his Norman namesake, the Pincerna, who came from Saint-Martin-d'Aubigny (Manche). He assisted in the victory of Tinchebray in 1106, and became high in favour with Henry I, attesting numerous royal charters, the earliest belonging to the period 1104 to 1116. He married Cecilia, daughter of Roger Bigod and Adeliz de Tosny and (after her mother's death post 1136) principal coheiress of her maternal grandfather Robert de Tosny, lord of the honour of Belvoir in Lincolnshire (d 1088). William appears to have held land in Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Essex, Hertfordshire and Northamptonshire, some or all of which was his wife's marriage portion. The bulk of the Tosny inheritance, however, including Belvoir, appears not to have been held by William and Cecilia until c 1130, after the death of Cecilia's mother Adeliz. Cecilia's younger sister Maud married William de Albini Pincerna. In 1130 William appears as an itinerant justice in Lincolnshire. Between 1135 and 1143 he attested a number of Lincolnshire charters by King Stephen. In 1146 Stephen granted William's estates to Ranulf of Chester. The general tenor of the grant, and the absence of any indication that William had joined the Empress, indicate that Stephen was granting the overlordship of William's estates in order to gain Randulf's support, and not that William had suffered any royal disfavour. William was alive at least until 1148, the earliest possible date for a charter he gave for Pipewell abbey (Northants). By his wife (who survived him) he had issue two daughters, Matilda and Basilia, and four or five sons, including his eventual successor in Belvoir William II (d 1168) and Ralph, who died at the siege of Acre in 1191. Much of the information on William's family comes from the 'Liber Vitae' of Thorney Abbey, where their anniversaries were remembered. William and Cecilia completed the foundation of Belvoir priory, begun by Robert de Tosny. They and many of their descendants were buried there. [Domesday Descendants pp271-272]
  
  === Two Bigod sisters each married men named ===
  Two Bigod sisters each married men named William d"Aubigny. Cecily Bigod married William "Brito" d'Aubigny while her sister Maud Bigod married William "Pincerna" d'Aubigny. These two Aubigny men are not related.
  
  The d'Aubigny's of Belvoir are descended from Cecily and William "Brito", since Cecily inherited Belvoir from her mother, Adeliza de Toeni (Tosny/Toni).
  
  The d'Aubigny's of Arundel are descended from Maud and William "Pincerna," since their son William "Strong Hands" married the widow of the king (Adelisa de Louvain) and became the 1st Earl of Arundel.
  
  About William "Pincerna" d'Aubigny:
  
  http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/NORMAN NOBILITY.htm
  
  son of Roger d'Aubigny and Amice/Amicia ???.
  
  WILLIAM "Pincerna" d'Aubigny (-1139). Henry I King of England confirmed donations of property to the abbey of Holy Trinity, Lessay by "Roger de Albineio and Amicia his wife with the consent of their sons William and Nigel" by charter dated 1126[1054]. "…Willelmo de Albineyo pincerna et Nigello de Albineyo frater suo…" witnessed the charter of Henry I King of England dated 2 Feb [1111/16] under which the king donated the manor of "Winterworda" to the archbishop of Rouen[1055]. Brother of Nigel d'Aubigny, according to Orderic Vitalis he remained loyal to King Henry I during the rebellion of 1118[1056]. He distinguished himself at the battle of Tinchebrai 1106[1057]. He was in Norfolk during the reign of King William II. Lord of Old Buckenham, Norfolk. He was Master Butler ["Pincerna"] of the household of King Henry I. m MAUD Bigod, daughter of ROGER le Bigod & his second wife Alice [Adelisia] de Tosny(-[1121/33]). “Willielmus de Albeneyo, pincerna Henrici regis Anglorum” donated property to Wymondham priory, assisted by “uxoris suæ Matilidis filiæ…Rogeri Bigot” by undated charter, witnessed by “filii…eiusdem Willielmi, Nigellus et Oliverus”[1058]. William & his wife had five children:
  
  i) WILLIAM d'Aubigny (after 1100-Waverley Abbey 12 Oct 1176, bur Wymondham, Norfolk). A memorandum of the foundation of Wymondham Priory records that “Willielmus de Albaneio, pincerna regis Henrici” had “unum filium Willielmum comitem Arundeliæ”[1059]. He was created Earl of Arundel in [1138/39].
  
  ii) NELE [Nigel] d'Aubigny . “Willielmus de Albeneyo, pincerna Henrici regis Anglorum” donated property to Wymondham priory, assisted by “uxoris suæ Matilidis filiæ…Rogeri Bigot” by undated charter, witnessed by “filii…eiusdem Willielmi, Nigellus et Oliverus”[1060].
  
  iii) OLIVER d'Aubigny . “Willielmus de Albeneyo, pincerna Henrici regis Anglorum” donated property to Wymondham priory, assisted by “uxoris suæ Matilidis filiæ…Rogeri Bigot” by undated charter, witnessed by “filii…eiusdemWillielmi, Nigellus et Oliverus”[1061].
  
  iv) ROLAND d'Aubigny . The primary source which confirms his parentage has not yet been identified.
  
  v) OLIVA d'Aubigny (-bur Boxgrove Priory). “Wilielmus Cicestriæ comes” donated property “ecclesiæ de Bisintona quam Radulphus de Haia dedit ecclesiæ sanctæ Trinitatis” to Boxgrove Priory, dated the day “ipse Radulphus” wasbetrothed to “uxorem suam Olivam sororem…meam”, subscribed by “Radulfus filius Savari…”[1062]. “Wilielmus comes Arundelli” donated property “Bessesola..[et] Winkingas” to Boxgrove Priory, for the souls of “Adelizæ reginæ…Olivæororis meæ, et Olyvæ filiæ meæ, et Agathæ, quæ ibi iacent”, by undated charter, witnessed by “Godfridus filius comitis”[1063]. Her brother settled dower in Sussex on her[1064]. m RALPH de La Haye of Halnaker, Sussex, son of ROBERT de La Haye & his wife Muriel of Lincoln.
  
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  William "Pincerna" D'AUBIGNY
  
  Born: ABT 1070, Aubigny-sur-Nere, Normandy, France
  
  Died: 1139, England
  
  Notes: surnamed Pincerna, son of Roger de Albini and elder brother of Nigel de Albini, whose posterity assumed and attained such eminence under the name of Mowbray, accompanied the Conqueror into England and acquired extensive territorial possessions by royal grants in Norfolk and other counties. Of these grants was the lordship of Bokenham, to be holden by the service of being Butler to the Kings of England on the day of their coronation, and in consequence we find this William styled in divers charters "Pincerna Henrici Regis Anglorum". William de Albini founded the abbey of Wymondham in Norfolk and gave to the monks of Rochester the tithes of the manor of Elham, as also one carucate of landin Achestede, with a wood called Acholte. He likewise bestowed upon the abbey of St. Etienne at Caen, in Normandy, all his lands lying in Stavell, which grant he made in the presence of King Henry and his barons. He m.Maud, dau. of Roger Bigot, with whom he obtained ten knights' fees in Norfolk, and had issue, William, Nigel, Oliver, and Oliva, who m. Ralph de Haye. At the obsequies of Maud, William de Albini gave to the monks of Wymondham themanor of Hapesburg, in pure alms, and made livery thereof to the said monks by a cross of silver, in which (says Dugdale) was placed certain venerable reliques, viz., "part of thewood of the cross whereon our Lord was crucified;part of the mangerwherein he was laid at his birth; and part of the sepulchre of theBlessed Virgin; as also a gold ring, and a silver chalice for retainingthe Holy Eucharist, admirably wrought in form of a sphere; unto whichpiousdonation his three sons were witnesses, with several otherpersons". The exact time of the decease of this great feudal baron is not ascertained, but it is known that he was buried before the high altar in the abbey of Wymondham, and that the monks were in the constant habit ofpraying for his soul by the name of "William de Albini, the king's butler". He was s. by his eldest son, William de Albini. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and ExtinctPeerages, Burke's Peerage,Ltd., London, England, 1883, p. 2, Albini, Earls of Arundel].
  
  Father: Roger D'AUBIGNY
  
  Mother: Amice De MOWBRAY
  
  Married 1: Maud BIGOD ABT 1099, Norfolk,England
  
  Children:
  
  1. William "Strong Hand" D'AUBIGNY (1º E. Arundel)
  
  2. Olivia D'ALBINI
  
  3. Oliver D'ALBINI
  
  4. Nigel D'ALBINI
  
  Married 2: Cecily BIGOD Belvoir, Leicestershire, England
  
  Children:
  
  5. William "the Briton" D'AUBIGNY
  
  6. Robert De AUBIGNY
  
  7. Roger De AUBIGNY
  
  8. Ralph De ALBINI
  
  9. Eudo De AUBIGNY
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  Notes: surnamed Pincerna, son of Roger de Albini and elder brother of Nigel de Albini, whose posterity assumed and attained such eminence under the name of Mowbray, accompanied the Conqueror into England and acquired extensive territorial possessions by royal grants in Norfolk and other counties. Of these grants was the lordship of Bokenham, to be holden by the service of being Butler to the Kings of England on the day of their coronation, and in consequence we find this William styled in divers charters "Pincerna Henrici Regis Anglorum". William de Albini founded the abbey of Wymondham in Norfolk and gave to the monks of Rochester the tithes of the manor of Elham, as also one carucate of landin Achestede, with a wood called Acholte. He likewise bestowed upon the abbey of St. Etienne at Caen, in Normandy, all his lands lying in Stavell, which grant he made in the presence of King Henry and his barons. He m.Maud, dau. of Roger Bigot, with whom he obtained ten knights' fees in Norfolk, and had issue, William, Nigel, Oliver, and Oliva, who m. Ralph de Haye. At the obsequies of Maud, William de Albini gave to the monks of Wymondham the manor of Hapesburg, in pure alms, and made livery thereof to the said monks by a cross of silver, in which (says Dugdale) was placed certain venerable reliques, viz., "part of the wood of the cross whereon our Lord was crucified; part of the manger wherein he was laid at his birth; and part of the sepulchre of the Blessed Virgin; as also a gold ring, and a silver chalice for retaining the Holy Eucharist, admirably wrought in form of a sphere; unto whichpious donation his three sons were witnesses, with several other persons". The exact time of the decease of this great feudal baron is not ascertained, but it is known that he was buried before the high altar in the abbey of Wymondham, and that the monks were in the constant habit of praying for his soul by the name of "William de Albini, the king's butler". He was s. by his eldest son, William de Albini. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited andExtinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage,Ltd., London, England, 1883, p. 2, Albini, Earls of Arundel].
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  William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel
  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
  William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel (c. 1109 – September 25, 1176) was son of William d'Aubigny Pincerna (Master Butler of the Royal household) of Buckenham Castle and Maud Bigod, daughter of Roger Bigod.
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  William "Pincerna" D'AUBIGNY
  Born: ABT 1070, Aubigny-sur-Nere, Normandy, France
  Died: 1139, England
  Notes: surnamed Pincerna, son of Roger de Albini and elder brother of Nigel de Albini, whose posterity assumed and attained such eminence under the name of Mowbray, accompanied the Conqueror into England and acquired extensive territorial possessions by royal grants in Norfolk and other counties. Of these grants was the lordship of Bokenham, to be holden by the service of being Butler to the Kings of England on the day of their coronation, and in consequence we find this William styled in divers charters "Pincerna Henrici Regis Anglorum". William de Albini founded the abbey of Wymondham in Norfolk and gave to the monks of Rochester the tithes of the manor of Elham, as also one carucate of landin Achestede, with a wood called Acholte. He likewise bestowed upon the abbey of St. Etienne at Caen, in Normandy, all his lands lying in Stavell, which grant he made in the presence of King Henry and his barons. He m.Maud, dau. of Roger Bigot, with whom he obtained ten knights'
  
  === Styled "Pincerna Regis" i.e.the King's B ===
  Styled "Pincerna Regis" i.e.the King's Butler. Wymondham Priory - later raised to the status of an Abbey a mere ninety years before its suppression - was founded in 1107 as a community of Benedictine monks. The founder was William D'Albini, Chief Butler to King Henry I whose widow, Alice of Louvrain, was later to marry William's son. William was the nephew of Richard D'Albini, Abbot of St Alban's, and the new community was made a Priory, or dependency, of the great Abbey of St Alban's, and was dedicated in honour of St Mary the Virgin and St Alban the Martyr. The building was on an ambitious scale. Stone was shipped across the English Channel from Caen, in Normandy, and the original Nave - a scaled-down version of the Nave of Norwich Cathedral - was twelve bays long. The buildings seem to have been substantially completed by 1130, when Nigel was appointed the first Prior.

1. William D'Aubigny, b. ABT 1109 in St. Sauveur, Manche, Normandy, France     d. 12 OCT 1176 in Waverley Abbey, Surrey, England

• m. 1101 in Old Buckenham, Norfolk, England