Guillaume Crispin

• Preferred Name: Guillaume Crispin^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]}
  
• Alternate Name: Willelmus Crispinus
  
• Alternate Name: William De Crispin
  
• Gender: M
  
• Burial: in Bec Abbey, Le Bec-Hellouin, L'Eure, Haute-Normandie, France at LATI: N9.2312 LONG: E0.7216 with note: Standardized
  
• FSID: GXLG-Z2G
  
• Birth: ABT 1023 in Tillières, Eure, Upper Normandy, France
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Baron du Bec-Crespin
  
• MilitaryService: Battle of Hastings1066
  
• Death: 8 JAN 1074 in Le Bec-Hellouin, Eure, Upper Normandy, France at LATI: N9.2312 LONG: E0.7216
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Count of Vexin
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Seigneur de Tellières
  
• Occupation: Keeper of the castle of Neaufles.
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  GUILLAUME I Crispin (-Bec 8 Jan 1074, bur Bec abbey).
  The De nobili genere Crispinorum names "Gislebertum, [Willelmum]…et Robertum" as the three sons of "Gislebertus…Crispini cognomen" and his wife, adding that Guillaume II Duke of Normandy placed him "in castro Melfia" to defend against French incursions and granted him "Vilcassini vicecomitatum…in Lexoviensi pago". Keeper of the castle of Neaufles. "…Gisleberti Crispini, fratris eius Guillelmi…" witnessed the charter dated to [1047 or before] under which Guillaume II Duke of Normandy confirmed the donation by "Adelelmi…Beatricis uxor eius…Rotberti filius eius" to the abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel. The Chronique de Normandie, based on le Roman de Rou, names "Guillaume Crespin" among those who took part in the conquest of England in 1066. The necrology of Beaumont-le-Roger records the death "VI Id Jan" of "Will. Crispinus monachus nostræ congregationis", and the year ascertained from the Nomina Monachorum. “Gosselinus Crispinus...cum Guillelmo filio meo adhuc parvo” confirmed donations to Bec, including the donation of “ecclesias de Livarrot et de Blangeyo” made by “Guillelmi Crispini”, of land “in Blangeyo” by “Evæ uxoris ipsius”, by charter dated 1155.
  m EVA, daughter of --- (-23 Jan [1099/1100], bur Bec abbey). The De nobili genere Crispinorum records that "Willelmus Crispinus" married "Evam…de gente Francorum". Her possible affiliation as Eva, daughter of Amaury [III] Seigneur de Montfort l’Amaury & his wife Bertrade --- is explained in The Complete Peerage. “Gosselinus Crispinus...cum Guillelmo filio meo adhuc parvo” confirmed donations to Bec, including the donation of “ecclesias de Livarrot et de Blangeyo” made by “Guillelmi Crispini”, of land “in Blangeyo” by “Evæ uxoris ipsius”, by charter dated 1155. The Chronicon Beccensis Abbatiæ records that "tempore S. Anselmi abbatis Becci tres matronæ nobiles…Basilia uxor Hugonis de Gornaco, et Amfrida neptis ipsius Basiliæ, et Eva uxor Guillelmi Crispini" entered Bec and lived at the abbey, adding that they died on three consecutive Sundays "Amfrida Basiliæ neptis...minor...ætate, virgo…IV Non Jan, qua sepulta…Basilia domina eius…XVII Kal Feb…tertia Eva…X Kal Feb...post mortem...viri sui Guillermi Crispini...Beccique usque ad finem vitæ...perseuerauit". Gurney dates the passage to [1099/1100].
  Guillaume [I] & his wife had children:
  i) GUILLAUME II Crispin (-after 1112)
  ii) GILBERT Crispin ([1045/55]-6 Dec 1117).
  http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/enguntac.htm#GilbertICrispin
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  Biography
  Guillaume, brother to Gilbert Crispin, witnessed a charter dated about 1047.
  
  He was Keeper of the castle of Neaufles.
  
  The History of the Crispin family (De nobili genere Crispinorum ), said to be written by Miles Crispin in the early 1100's, tells us that the three sons of "Gilbert, surnamed Crispin" and his wife were "Gilbert jr, William and Robert".
  
  "Gislebert, William...and Robert" as the three sons of "Gislebertus... Crispini cognomen" and his wife.
  The De nobili genere Crispinorum records that "Willelmus Crispinus" married "Evam…de gente Francorum" ... The suggestion that this Eva was the dau. of Amaury III, Sire de Montfort l'Amaury & his wife Bertrade is explained in The Complete Peerage.
  
  The Chronique de Normandie, based on le Roman de Rou, names "Guillaume Crespin" among those who took part in the conquest of England in 1066.
  
  Guillaume died in 1074 and is buried at Bec abbey, Place de l'Abbé Herluin, Le Bec-Hellouin, France.
  
  === 1. Source: "Ancestry of Roger Ludlow" b ===
  1. Source: "Ancestry of Roger Ludlow" by Seversmith, pp. 2,509-10.
  
  === Ancestral File Number: V9T0-Z3 ===
  Ancestral File Number: V9T0-Z3
  
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