William fitzWimund

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William fitzWimund was a Norman landholder in England after the Norman Conquest.

FitzWimund was from Avranches in Normandy, where he held land. In Domesday Book fitzWimund is recorded as holding land in Exeter as a tenant of Baldwin fitzGilbert.[1]

FitzWimund married a daughter of his overlord, Baldwin FitzGilbert. She may possibly have been named Matilda, as she is given that name on a document dated in 1066 but that must date later than that, as the text of the document refers to Michael, Bishop of Avranches, who was bishop from 1069 to 1084.[1]

FitzWimund donated to abbey at Mont-Saint-Michel.[1]

FitzWimund probably died before 1130. His son, Robert d'Avranches, married the heiress to the barony of Okehampton.[1][2] A daughter married William Paynel, but her name is not known.[3]

Citations[]

  1. ^ a b c d Keats-Rohan Domesday People p. 490
  2. ^ Keats-Rohan Domesday Descendants p. 263
  3. ^ Keats-Rohan Domesday Descendants pp. 1057–1058

References[]

  • Keats-Rohan, K. S. B. (1999). Domesday Descendants: A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents, 1066–1166: Pipe Rolls to Cartae Baronum. Ipswich, UK: Boydell Press. ISBN 0-85115-863-3.
  • Keats-Rohan, K. S. B. (1999). Domesday People: A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents, 1066–1166: Domesday Book. Ipswich, UK: Boydell Press. ISBN 0-85115-722-X.

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