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William d'Aubigny (died 1139)

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From a family originating in the village of Aubigny in Loire region of France and born before 1070, William was the eldest surviving son of Roger d’Aubigny and his wife, Amice. William‘s brother was
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His Norfolk estates grew over the years, until in 1135 he had 22 knights holding lands in his barony there, and he also had lands in
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became king in 1135, William initially retained his place at court, but had died by June 1139, and was buried at Wymondham.
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This article is about William d'Aubigny (Pincerna) who died in 1139. For his son, who was also called Pincerna, see
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baron and administrator who served successive kings of England and acquired large estates in
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by 1091 and in that decade is recorded as an important landholder in the county of Norfolk.
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became king of England. In 1101 he was a witness to the treaty in which
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His involvement in central government increased after 1100, when
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pledged military support to Henry and is named there as
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in Norfolk as a subordinate cell to the Monastery of
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Index

William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel
William d'Aubigny (Brito)
Wymondham Abbey
Noble family
House of Mowbray
Roger Bigod of Norfolk
William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel
Anglo-French
Norfolk
Henry I of England
Nigel d'Aubigny
Domesday Book
William II of England
Henry I
Robert II, Count of Flanders
Essex
Lincolnshire

Kent
Old Buckenham
Wymondham Priory
Thetford Priory
Lessay
Stephen
Priory of Wymondham
St. Albans Abbey in Hertfordshire
Roger Bigod of Norfolk
Hugh Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk
William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel
"Carta Willelmi d'Albineio de Ecclesia de Wymundeham in Dugdale"

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