William de Waterville

• Preferred Name: William de Waterville
  
• Gender: M
  
• FSID: L1Z6-K61
  
• Birth: ABT 1022 in France
  
• Death: 1085 in West Hoathley, Sussex, England at LATI: N1.0667 LONG: E0.05
  
• Notes:

  === William de Wateville (Guillaume de Vatte ===
  William de Wateville (Guillaume de Vatteville) is listed on the BattleAbbey Roll as having been present at the Battle of Hastings.
  
  'Wateuil : ' from the village of Vatteville-sur-Seine, of which theEarl of Mellent was chief lord, and where he had a castle. Willielmusde Watevilla is a witness to a charter of Robert de Mellent to theAbbey of Jumièges, about the time of the Norman survey ; and hehimself gave to that monastery, with the consent of his wife, thechurch, fair, and tithes of Croixman, in the Pays de Caux.' ? GagésSuffolk. It is apparent, from the accompts of the Norman ExchequerRolls, that in 1195, Vatteville was a Royal residence, when the Kinghunted in the forest of Vatteville. Among the items furnished by itscustodian, Robert d'Appeville, are ' four nets to catch wild boars,two tunics for the use of two dog-keepers,' &c., &c.
  Three De Watevilles are entered in Domesday : William, who held of theKing in Essex and Suffolk, and Percinges (Perching) of William deWarrenne, with two other manors ? one of which was Brighton ? inSussex ; Robert, who held de capite in Surrey, with five manors inother counties, under Richard de
  Tonbridge ; and Richard, an under-tenant in Surrey. William deWateville ? in all probability the same William who was a benefactorof Jumièges, and the head of the family, held High Rodinges and
  Hanningfield in Essex ; and some of his descendants, ' from theirabode at Hanningfield, took their denomination from thence, being inold evidences written promiscuously De Hanningfield and De Wateville.Robert was probably either brother or son of that William.' ? MoranfsEssex.' The Battle Abbey Roll, Vol. III, p. 270
  
  Place name: Barton Mills, Suffolk
  Folio: 435v Little Domesday Book
  Domesday Placename Form: Bertunna
  People mentioned: Aelfgifu; Aelfgyth, free woman of St Edmund ofBury; John fitzWaleran; William de Vatteville; Wulfric, son ofBeorhtric
  1086 h t t p : / / w w w . n a t i o n a l a r c h i v e s . g o v . uk / d o c u m e n t s o n l i n e / s e a r c h - r e s u l t s . a sp ? s e a r c h T y p e = q u i c k s e a r c h & m e d i a a r r a y= & f i r s t _ d a t e = & l a s t _ d a t e = & C a t I D=24&pageCount=2422&query=*&queryType=1&pageNumber=5&sortSpec=scope+asc(accessed 3/25/08)
  
  Brighton [Name in 1086: Bristelme(s)tune]
  Held by: Ralph Widard William de Watteville William de WarenneKing
  4000 herrings
  church
  http://www.pcc-web.com/library/sxdomesday.html (accessed 3/25/08)
  
  In the same place William de Wateville holds BRISTELMETUNE of William.Ulward held it for King Edward. Then, as (et)now, it was assessed for5 1/2 hides. There is land for 4 ploughs. On the demensne is 1 plough,and (there are) 13 villeins and 11 bordars with 1 plough. There (is) achurch. In the time of King Edward it was worth 10 pounds, andafterwards 8 pounds; now 12 pounds. ? Domesday Book
  
  The Parish Church is supposed to be the oldest build­ing in Brighton,being mentioned in the survey of the parish in Domesday Book, 1086,and stood within the manor held by William de Watteville, underWilliam de Warrenne, son-in-law of the Conqueror. It was valued beforethe Conquest at £10, after the ravages of the Revolution at £8, and atthe time of the great survey at £12 a year,...
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  'Perching is in Edburton parish, hundred of Burbeach, rape of Bramber[Sussex], and was parcel of the honour of Warren, which at the time ofthe Survey was held of him by William de Watteville and afterwards byBartholomew de Cheney,...'
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  Malden[Surrey] appears in Domesday Book of 1086 as Meldone. It washeld partly by William de Wateville and partly by Robert de Wateville.Its domesday assets were: 4 hides and 3 virgates; 1 chapel, 1 millworth 12s, 6½ ploughs, 5 acres of meadow, woodland worth 1 hog out of7 hogs. It rendered £7 12s 0d
  
  The manor, in the Consessor's (sic) time, belonged to Erding; at theConquest was held by the Watevilles, of Richard de Tonbridge; oneploughland was held by William Wateville of the abbey of Chertsey.
  
  From: 'Malden', The Environs of London: volume 1: County of Surrey(1792), pp. 332-337. URL:http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=45381. Dateaccessed: 25 March 2008.
  
  Chipstead [Surrey] appears in Domesday Book as Tepestede. It was heldby William de Wateville. Its domesday assets were: 3 hides; 7 ploughs,1 mill worth £1, woodland worth 5 hogs. It rendered £8
  
  The two estates seem to have been united later, and were held from theabbot by William de Wateville, who, however, relinquished the landbefore 1086.
  
  From: 'Parishes: Chipstead', A History of the County of Surrey: Volume3 (1911), pp. 189-196. URL:http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42954. Dateaccessed: 25 March 2008.
  
  Esher appears in Domesday Book of 1086 as Aissela and Aissele. It washeld partly by the Abbey of the Cross in Normandy; partly by Williamde Waterville; partly by Reginald; partly by Hugh do Port; partly byOdard balistarius (probably a crossbowman). Its domesday assets were:14 hides 6 ploughs, 2 acres of meadow. It rendered £6 2s 0d
  
  At the time of the Domesday Survey the monks had 5½ hides of land inEsher, rated at only 5 virgates, which were held of them by William deWateville. (fn. 44)
  
  43 V.C.H. Surr. i, 307b.
  44 Ibid. 307, 308.
  
  From: 'Parishes: Esher', A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 3(1911), pp. 447-451. URL:https://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=43005. Dateaccessed: 25 March 2008.
  
  See also Dictionnaire historique de toutes les communes du départementde l'Eure, by Charpillon, Paris: Delcroix (1879), p. 952
  
  Guillaume de Vatteville also gave the patronage and the tithe ofCross-Mare, and Maurille the Ferté tithing of its land and its woodFrontebosc (62), in the parish of Limésy, for which he received theabbot Gontard 7 pounds of gold, and his wife an ounce. Thesedonations were added to the bottom of the charter of confirmation ofWilliam the Conqueror, in which memories of the Abbey and the charterof Henry II, King of England, still believe the gift of the churchesof Saint-Paër, Saint - Martin-du-Parc, Bos-Berenger,Saint-Vaast-Dieppedalle in Normandy, and two six parishes and chapelsin England, in the diocese of Winchester and Salisbury. HISTORY OFTHE ABBEY ROYAL SAINT-PIERRE DE JUMIÈGES
  www.wissensdrang.com/dcon7fr05.htm (accessed 3/25/08).
  ? 62. Frontebosc: these woods are now, for the most part, thewonderful park of the chateau of Limésy, yet designated today underthe name Frontebosc.
  
  William de Wateville (Guillaume de Vatteville) is listed on the BattleAbbey Roll as having been present at the Battle of Hastings.
  
  'Wateuil : ' from the village of Vatteville-sur-Seine, of which theEarl of Mellent was chief lord, and where he had a castle. Willielmusde Watevilla is a witness to a charter of Robert de Mellent to theAbbey of Jumièges, about the time of the Norman survey ; and hehimself gave to that monastery, with the consent of his wife, thechurch, fair, and tithes of Croixman, in the Pays de Caux.' ? GagésSuffolk. It is apparent, from the accompts of the Norman ExchequerRolls, that in 1195, Vatteville was a Royal residence, when the Kinghunted in the forest of Vatteville. Among the items furnished by itscustodian, Robert d'Appeville, are ' four nets to catch wild boars,two tunics for the use of two dog-keepers,' &c., &c.
  Three De Watevilles are entered in Domesday : William, who held of theKing in Essex and Suffolk, and Percinges (Perching) of William deWarrenne, with two other manors ? one of which was Brighton ? inSussex ; Robert, who held de capite in Surrey, with five manors inother counties, under Richard de
  Tonbridge ; and Richard, an under-tenant in Surrey. William deWateville ? in all probability the same William who was a benefactorof Jumièges, and the head of the family, held High Rodinges and
  Hanningfield in Essex ; and some of his descendants, ' from theirabode at Hanningfield, took their denomination from thence, being inold evidences written promiscuously De Hanningfield and De Wateville.Robert was probably either brother or son of that William.' ? MoranfsEssex.' The Battle Abbey Roll, Vol. III, p. 270
  
  Place name: Barton Mills, Suffolk
  Folio: 435v Little Domesday Book
  Domesday Placename Form: Bertunna
  People mentioned: Aelfgifu; Aelfgyth, free woman of St Edmund ofBury; John fitzWaleran; William de Vatteville; Wulfric, son ofBeorhtric
  1086http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/search-results.asp?searchType=quicksearch&mediaarray=&first_date=&last_date=&CatID=24&pageCount=2422&query=*&queryType=1&pageNumber=5&sortSpec=scope+asc(accessed 3/25/08)
  
  Brighton [Name in 1086: Bristelme(s)tune]
  Held by: Ralph Widard William de Watteville William de WarenneKing
  4000 herrings
  church
  http://www.pcc-web.com/library/sxdomesday.html (accessed 3/25/08)
  
  In the same place William de Wateville holds BRISTELMETUNE of William.Ulward held it for King Edward. Then, as (et)now, it was assessed for5 1/2 hides. There is land for 4 ploughs. On the demensne is 1 plough,and (there are) 13 villeins and 11 bordars with 1 plough. There (is) achurch. In the time of King Edward it was worth 10 pounds, andafterwards 8 pounds; now 12 pounds. ? Domesday Book
  
  The Parish Church is supposed to be the oldest build­ing in Brighton,being mentioned in the survey of the parish in Domesday Book, 1086,and stood within the manor held by William de Watteville, underWilliam de Warrenne, son-in-law of the Conqueror. It was valued beforethe Conquest at £10, after the ravages of the Revolution at £8, and atthe time of the great survey at £12 a year,...
  http://www.sussexhistory.co.uk/history-brighton/brighton-history%20-%200131.htm(accessed 3/25/08)
  
  'Perching is in Edburton parish, hundred of Burbeach, rape of Bramber[Sussex], an
  
  === Notes and sources for William... ===
  • Background Information. 1265
  The manor of Fulking descended in the Say family, [Cal. Inq. p.m. ii, p. 361; Suss. Rec. Soc. xxiii, 2668. Cf. Hamsey] at least until 1428, [Feud. Aids, v, 162] and this connexion gives grounds for linking the half-fee with the 5½ hides in Perching of William de Watevile, [Cf. V.C.H. Suss. i, 356-7, 440] which probably came into the hands of the Chesney family through the marriage of Ralph de Chesney, living in 1086, with Maud daughter of William de Watevile. [Cf. Suss. Arch. Coll. lxv, 21, 45] Possessions of the Chesney family subsequently descended by marriage to Geoffrey de Say, early in the 13th century.
  
  ~A History of the County of Sussex, Vol. VII, pp. 202-204
  
  William married.

1. Guillaume de Waterville, b. um 1052 in Kerry, Montgomeryshire, Wales    
2. Lady Maud De Waterville Baroness Chesney, b. ABT 1048 in West Hoathly, Sussex, England     d. 5 AUG 1085 in Norfolk, England