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William Malet I I


Preferred Parents:
Father: Robert de Malet le Normandy, b. 995 in Graville-l'Heure, Seine-Maritime, Upper Normandy, France   d. 1059
Mother: Alversa Leofric, b. ABT 1005 in Wessex   d. ABT 1050 in Caen, Calvados, Normandie, França

Family 1: Elise de Brionne,    b. 1027 in Tillières, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France    d. 1086 in Alkborough, Lincolnshire, England
  1. Beatrice Malet, b. 1045 in Graville St. Honorine, Haute-Normandie, France     d. 1144 in Spalding, Lincolnshire, England
  2. Malet, b. ABT 1045     d. BEF 1085 in Lincolnshire, England
  3. Gilbert Malet Baron Of Eye, b. 1050 in Caen, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France     d. in Langport, Somerset, England
Sources:
  1. Title: Guillame Malet on Geni
    Publication: Name: https://www.geni.com/people/Guillaume-I-Malet-seigneur-de-Graville/6000000001744886712;
  2. Title: Domesday Book and the Malets by K.S.B. Keats-Rohan
    Publication: Name: https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/156705038;
    Note: Talks about the parentage of Lucy wife of Ivo Taillebois
  3. Title: William Malet -Dictionary of National Biography Volume XXXV by Stephen (1885 version)
    Publication: Name: https://archive.org/details/dictionarynatio35stepgoog/page/n433/mode/1up;
    Note: MALET or MALLET, WILLIAM (d. 1071), of Graville in Normandy, companion of the Conqueror, is described by Guy of Amiens. Several points of evidence seem to justify Mr. Freeman's conjecture that his mother was an Englishwoman, and a sister of Godgifu or Godiva and of Thorold the sheriff. This relationship, if true, would help to account for the tradition noticed by Mr Freeman, that Ælfgifu, the wife of Ælfgar of Mercia, and the mother of Aldgyth, Harold's queen, was a sister of William Malet.... Exploits at the Battle of Hastings are celebrated by Wace in "Roman de Rou", was entrusted by Willian [the Conqueror] with the duty of burying the body of Harold. After the capture of York by William in 1068, Malet received the office of sheriff, and was appointed with 2 other Norman captains to command the garrison of the castle of York...in 1069 was carried off by Danes as prisoner... ...Died in the campaign against Hereward in 1071. Malet received large grants of land in England and at his principal lordship in Eye in Suffolk established a market. ... in charter of William I to the church of St. Martin's-le-Grand in London he signs as 'Willielmus Malet, Princeps' By his wife Hesilia Crispin, a descendant in the fourth generation of Rollo, first duke of Normandy, Malet left two sons, Robert [q.v.] and Gilbert, and a daughter Beatrice. His brother Durand also settled in England, and from him the Lincolnshire branches are descended.
  4. Title: William Malet in 'Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk' From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheriff_of_Norfolk_and_Suffolk;
    Note: This is a list of Sheriffs of Norfolk and Suffolk. The Sheriff (since 1974 called High Sheriff) is the oldest secular office under the Crown and is appointed annually by the Crown. He was originally the principal law enforcement officer in the county and presided at the Assizes and other important county meetings. After 1576 there was a separate Sheriff of Norfolk and Sheriff of Suffolk. List of Sheriffs of Norfolk and Suffolk This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it. 11th century Toli (died 1066) Norman 1070–c. 1080 William Malet(died 1071) and Robert Malet[1] Before 1086 Robert Blund
    Page: Identifies William Malet as one of the early Sheriffs of Norfolk and Suffolk
  5. Title: Battle of Hastings From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hastings#Aftermath;
    Note: The Battle of Hastings[a] was fought on 14 October 1066 between the Norman-French army of William, the Duke of Normandy, and an English army under the Anglo-Saxon King Harold Godwinson, beginning the Norman conquest of England. It took place approximately 7 miles (11 kilometres) northwest of Hastings, close to the present-day town of Battle, East Sussex, and was a decisive Norman victory. The background to the battle was the death of the childless King Edward the Confessor in January 1066, which set up a succession struggle between several claimants to his throne. Harold was crowned king shortly after Edward's death, but faced invasions by William, his own brother Tostig, and the Norwegian King Harald Hardrada (Harold III of Norway). Hardrada and Tostig defeated a hastily gathered army of Englishmen at the Battle of Fulford on 20 September 1066, and were in turn defeated by Harold at the Battle of Stamford Bridge five days later. The deaths of Tostig and Hardrada at Stamford Bridge left William as Harold's only serious opponent. While Harold and his forces were recovering, William landed his invasion forces in the south of England at Pevensey on 28 September 1066 and established a beachhead for his conquest of the kingdom. Harold was forced to march south swiftly, gathering forces as he went. The exact numbers present at the battle are unknown; modern estimates are around 10,000 for William and about 7,000 for Harold. The composition of the forces is clearer; the English army was composed almost entirely of infantry and had few archers, whereas only about half of the invading force was infantry, the rest split equally between cavalry and archers. Harold appears to have tried to surprise William, but scouts found his army and reported its arrival to William, who marched from Hastings to the battlefield to confront Harold. The battle lasted from about 9 am to dusk. Early efforts of the invaders to break the English battle lines had little effect; therefore, the Normans adopted the tactic of pretending to flee in panic and then turning on their pursuers. Harold's death, probably near the end of the battle, led to the retreat and defeat of most of his army. After further marching and some skirmishes, William was crowned as king on Christmas Day 1066. There continued to be rebellions and resistance to William's rule, but Hastings effectively marked the culmination of William's conquest of England. Casualty figures are hard to come by, but some historians estimate that 2,000 invaders died along with about twice that number of Englishmen. William founded a monastery at the site of the battle, the high altar of the abbey church supposedly placed at the spot where Harold died.
  6. Title: Copy of Notices of an English Branch of the Malet by Arthur Malet (1885)
    Publication: Name: https://www.google.com/books/edition/Notices_of_an_English_Branch_of_the_Male/qgIHAAAAQAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1;
    Note: William Malet and family...
  7. Title: William Malet in 'Sheriff of Yorkshire' From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheriff_of_Yorkshire#House_of_Normandy;
    Note: The Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred elsewhere or are now defunct, so that its functions are now largely ceremonial. Sheriff is a title originating in the time of the Angles, not long after the invasion of the Kingdom of England, which was in existence for around a thousand years.[1] A list of the sheriffs from the Norman conquest onwards can be found below.[1][2] The Shrievalties are the oldest secular titles under the Crown in England and Wales, their purpose being to represent the monarch at a local level, historically in the shires. The office was a powerful position in earlier times, especially in the case of Yorkshire, which covers a very large area. The sheriffs were responsible for the maintenance of law and order and various other roles. Sheriffs House of Normandy 1066–1068 Gamel, son of Osbern 1068–1069 William Malet 1069–1086 Hugh fitzBaldric 1086–1087 Erneis de Burun 1087–1093 Ralph de Paganel or Paynell 1093–1095 Geoffrey Baynard 1095–1100 Walter de Lowthorpe 1100-1100 Bertram de Verdon 1100–1115 Osbert of Lincoln 1115–1128 Ansketil de Bulmer 1128–1130 Bertram de Bulmer 1130–1141 obscure period 1138 Walter L'Espec 1141–1150 William 1150–1154 Ralph
  8. Title: Eye, Suffolk From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye,_Suffolk#History;
    Note: History Before the Norman Conquest, Eye was one of the numerous holdings of Edric of Laxfield, a wealthy and influential Saxon and the third largest land holder in Suffolk.[4] After the Norman Conquest, the importance of the town was firmly established in the region when the Honour of Eye was granted to William Malet, a Norman Lord, and continued to be held by royal or noble families until 1823. Between 1066 and 1071, Malet constructed a castle, to establish his military and administrative headquarters, and started a highly successful market, initiating the urbanisation of Eye. Later in 1086-7, William's son Robert Malet, tenant-in-chief of the Honour of Eye in the hundred of Hartismere,[4] founded Eye Priory, a Benedictine Priory of St Peter, a cell of the Abbey of Bernay in Normandy.
  9. Title: Companions of William the Conqueror From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Companions_of_William_the_Conqueror#%22Proven_Companions%22;
    Note: William the Conqueror had men of diverse standing and origins under his command at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. With these and other men he went on in the five succeeding years to conduct the Harrying of the North and complete the Norman conquest of England. The term "Companions of the Conqueror" in the widest sense signifies those who planned, organised and joined with William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy, in the great adventure which was the Norman Conquest (1066-1071). The term is however more narrowly defined as those nobles who actually fought with Duke William in the Battle of Hastings.[2] This article is concerned with the latter narrow definition. "Proven Companions" The order in which names are listed below is that given in the respective sources: (1) Robert de Beaumont, later 1st Earl of Leicester (Source: William of Poitiers) "A certain Norman, Robert, son of Roger of Beaumont, being nephew and heir to Henry, Count of Meulan, through Henry's sister Adeline, found himself that day in battle for the first time. He was as yet but a young man and he performed feats of valour worthy of perpetual remembrance. At the head of a troop which he commanded on the right wing he attacked with the utmost bravery and success."[9] (2) Eustace, Count of Boulogne, a.k.a. Eustace II (Source: William of Poitiers) "With a harsh voice he (Duke William) called to Eustace of Boulogne, who with 50 knights was turning in flight and was about to give the signal for retreat. This man came up to the Duke and said in his ear that he ought to retire since he would court death if he went forward. But at the very moment when he uttered the words Eustace was struck between the shoulders with such force that blood gushed out from his mouth and nose and half dead he only made his escape with the aid of his followers."[10] (3) William, Count of Évreux (Source: William of Poitiers) "There were present in this battle: Eustace, Count of Boulogne; William, son of Richard, Count of Evreux; Geoffrey, son of Rotrou, Count of Mortagne; William FitzOsbern; Haimo, Vicomte of Thouars; Walter Giffard; Hugh of Montfort-sur-Risle; Rodulf of Tosny; Hugh of Grantmesnil; William of Warenne, and many other most renowned warriors whose names are worthy to be commemorated in histories among the bravest soldiers of all time."[11] (4) Geoffrey, Count of Mortagne & Lord of Nogent, later Count of Perche (fr) (Source: William of Poitiers) (5) William fitz Osbern, later 1st Earl of Hereford (Source: William of Poitiers) (6) Aimeri, Viscount of Thouars a.k.a. Aimery IV (Source: William of Poitiers) (7) Walter Giffard, Lord of Longueville (Source: William of Poitiers) (8) Hugh de Montfort, Lord of Montfort-sur-Risle (Source: William of Poitiers) (9) Ralph de Tosny, Lord of Conches a.k.a. Raoul II (Source: William of Poitiers) (10) Hugh de Grandmesnil (Source: William of Poitiers) (11) William de Warenne, later 1st Earl of Surrey (Source: William of Poitiers) (12) William Malet, Lord of Graville (Source: William of Poitiers) "His (King Harold's) corpse was brought into the Duke's camp and William gave it for burial to William, surnamed Malet, and not to Harold's mother, who offered for the body of her beloved son its weight in gold."[12] (13) Odo, Bishop of Bayeux, later Earl of Kent (Source: Bayeux Tapestry) "Hic Odo Eps (Episcopus) Baculu(m) Tenens Confortat Pueros." ("Here Odo the Bishop holding a club strengthens the boys.")[13] (14) Turstin fitz Rolf a.k.a. Turstin fitz Rou and Turstin le Blanc,[14] (Source: Orderic Vitalis) (15) Engenulf de Laigle (Source: Orderic Vitalis)
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