Misc. Notes
From Wikipedia, “William d”Aubigny (died 1139)”:
William d'Aubigny (died 1139
[1]), also called William de Albini or William d'Albini and known as
Pincerna,
[a] was an
Anglo-Norman nobleman. He was
lord of the manor of
Old Buckenham Castle in
Norfolk,
England.
[1]Life and career
William was the son of Roger d'Aubigny and his wife, Amice; one of their other children was
Nigel d'Aubigny.
[2] William served the household of
Henry I of England as "Pincerna" (butler), and fought at the
Battle of Tinchebrai.
[1] He founded Wymondham Priory (later
Wymondham Abbey) in 1107.
[3]Family
William married Maud Bigod, daughter of
Roger Bigod of Norfolk in 1107. She brought an unusually high dowry to the match for a woman of the Anglo-Norman aristocracy who was not an heiress, 10 knights' fees.
[4] They were the parents of the following children:
[5] 1. William d'Aubigny (died 1176), became Earl of Arundel
2. Nele d'Aubigny or Nigel d'Aubigny
3. Oliver d'Aubigny
4. Roland d'Aubigny (attributed)
5. Oliva d'Aubigny, married Ralph de la Haye
6.
Notes
a. The title or nickname "Pincerna" referred to the master
butler of the Royal household.
References
1. Cawley, chap. 3, person 1.b.
2. Cawley, chap. 3, persons 1, 1.b, and 1.c.
3. History - Wymondham Abbey
4. D. Greenway, The Charters of the Honour of Mowbray (1972), p. xviii.
5. Cawley, chap. 3, persons 1.b and 1.b.i–1.b.v.