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William Paynel, I; son of Wimund, II, de la Haye-Paynel

William Paynel, I; son of Wimund, II, de la Haye-Paynel

Male 1042 - 1092  (50 years)Deceased    Has 138 ancestors and 3 descendants in this family tree.


  • Name William Paynel 
    Suffix I; son of Wimund, II, de la Haye-Paynel 
    Birth abt. 1042  Moulins Castle, Moulins-le-marche, Orne, Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Fact bef. 1053 (Age 10 years) 
    "…Rodulfi filii eius, Rodberti filii eius, Antonii filii eius, Guimundi filii eius, Hugonis filii eius, Alanni filii eius, Guillelmi filii eius, Toresgaudi filii eius…" signed the charter dated to [before 1053] under which "Guidmundus et mea uxor Emma cum nostre prole" donated "de Molinis…meo castro, decimam" to Chartres Saint-Père.

    source: Chartres Saint-Père, Tome I, Liber Primus, 23, p. 146.  
    Fact 1074  Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 32 years)  
    William Paynel "witnessed a charter of king William to the church of Bayeux in 1074."

    EYC vol. 6 pg. 1

    H. W. C. Davis, Regsta, no. 76. 
    Fact 1077  Caen, Calvados, Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 35 years)  
    William Paynel witnessed a charter with Robert de Belesme, which is appended to a charter of Roger de Montgomery to the abbey of St. Stephen, Caen, in 1077.

    EYC vol. 6 pg. 1

    Stapleton, Rot. Scacc. Norm., ii, p. xciv. Roger de Montgomery was one of the witnesses to the agreement with the abbot of Mont St. Michel mentioned earlier. In the period 1103-1129 a charter of William count of Ponthieu, Robert de Belleme's son, was witnessed by Adam Paganellus. (Brunel, Recueil des Actes de Comtes de Pontieu, pp. 35-37), Adam occurs as a Christian name ithe family later on; and this Adam may have been a younger son of William.


    Note: Adam Paynel is probably Adam de Port m. Sybil St. John that hold Paynel lands in Yorkshire.

    Suzanne St. John 22 Apr 2020 
    Fact 1070-1081  Mont-St.-Michel, Pontorson, Manche, Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 39 years)  
    "William Paynel occurs in the period 1070-81 as a party to an agreement at Bayeux with the abbot of Mont St. Michel concerning the terms of the military service by which he held of the abbot several manors constituting an honour; this honour had been given him by king William in marriage; the lands lay in the department of La Manche; and as one of the tenants was named Hugh de Bricaville it may be assumed that these lands included Bricqueville-sur-mer. It is significant that this place was later held of the abbot of Mont St. Michel by the Paynels of Hambye; and it is a reasonable deduction that they derived their title as heirs of William Paynel."

    EYC vol. 6 pg. 1
    This agreement has been pd. by Stapleton in Archaeologia, xxvii, 27, and by Haskins in Norman Institutions, pg. 21; there is a full abstract in Round, Cal. Docs. France, no. 714. Stapleton, op. cit., p 23 describes this fief as that of Bricqueville-sur-mer; and Le Prevost, Orderici Vitalis Hist. Eccl., iii, 259 assumes that William Paynel had married the heiress of the land of Bricqueville-sur-mer. 
    Fact 1070-1081  Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 39 years)  
    (Cartulary, fo . 95.)

    714. Recital (Hæc [sic ] carta narrat) of the agreement
    made at Bayeux, before the queen , between the abbot of Mont
    St. Michel and William Paynel (Paganellum ). If William has
    to fight (habet guerram ) for that land which the king
    of the English gave him (sibi) with his wife, the agreement
    is that Hugh de Bricavilla shall do bim , for forty days,
    [service] of ward or custody (de guarda vel custodia ) with six other horsemen at his own cost (sese septimum de caballaribus
    ad suum cibum ). And Hugh's nephew (nepos ) shall do like wise if he shall hold that land " in parage,” according to what
    he holds. Again , if William shall summon that Hugh, he
    shall have him , with two knights, in his company ( familia ), at
    his own cost, or his son , if he shall be free from the abbot's
    Nor shall the abbot always prevent William from
    having this.' And he shall so (ita ) have in his company
    Hugh's nephew and Robert de Cantelupe and William Becheth
    and the man ( illum ) who shall hold the honour of Scollant.
    And if he [William ] shall hold a plea (vindictam seu placitum )
    he shall have for constituting his court (ad faciendum ) the
    men he holds of St. Michael, so that they be at their own
    homes (domos) by evening . And if they are in default to him
    for the services here defined (divisa ) they shall make him
    amends ( rectum sibi facient)at a manor (mansionum ) he holds
    of St. Michael. From the land he holds of St. Michael he shall
    receive aid for the [redemption from ] capture of his body, or
    for [the redemption ] of his land, if he forfeit it to the king or
    the abbot, or for [his ] son by this (hujus) woman , should he be
    captured in the service of the king or of the abbot, of whom is
    [held ] the fief ( fedus), or for the marriage of one daughter only
    by this (hac) woman, It is agreed that William Paginellus sball, in the land he holds of the abbot appoint one man to
    whom the abbot shall send for the summonses which he has [a
    right] to make in the land that William holds of him . If the
    summonses are duly wade, and he who has notice does not
    come, the abbot shall receive the penalty ( forisfacturam ) ;
    but if the summoner omit to make the summons, he shall pay
    eighteen shillings to the abbot, who shall thenceforth make the
    summons by a messenger of his own. It is agreed that William
    Paginellus shall yearly receive twelve oaks, chosen by himself
    ( ad suum cois ) in the wood of Longueville (longa villa ) as far
    as the water called Ars, and he shall not have more than
    twelve, except by the abbot's consent ( per abbatem ). It is
    agreed that the abbot shall give him yearly provision (proven
    darium ) of wax, or twenty shillings ; and it is in the abbot's
    choice (cois) to give him which he prefers ; and this [is ] for the
    reliefs (relevationibus) of Cantelupe and for the pasture of
    Lalande, if the men of Cantelupe can prove their right to it
    (illam de riisneer) in the court of William Paginellus of
    Lanidande which William Paginellus claims in fee (interrogat
    in fedo). When it comes in Mont St. Michel' it is respited (in
    respectu ) until (it comes ] before the king. It is agreed, con
    cerning the seven peers ( paribus) of the honour which William
    Paginellus holds of the abbot, that he shall summon them in
    his [own] court. If they are willing to go (ambulare) of their
    own accord , they shall go if they are free from the service of
    the abbot. If they are unwilling to go ( ire ), William Paginellus
    must prove (de raisneer ) this in the abbot's court by tenants of
    the honour which he received with his wife, who have seen
    them in his service by the custom due from their predecessors
    ( consuetudinem antecessorum suorum ).
    Hujus cause testes existunt: presul Abrincensis Michael;
    episcopus Sagiensis Robertus ; Rogerius de Montegomeri ;
    Richardus proconsul; Rogerius de Bellomonte ; Hubertus de
    Ria ; Unfredus de Bohon ; Hubertus de Portu ; Turgisus de
    Tracei ; Alvredus Malbedenc ; Gaufredus de Sai. 
    Name 1086 (Age 44 years) 
    William of Moutiers 
    Name 1086 (Age 44 years) 
    William son of Wimund 
    Death 1087-1092  Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Siblings 10 Siblings 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    CHLCA Phylogenetic Ancestral Tree   (56 x Great Grandfather) 
    Senfria Ericsdatter  (3 x Great Grandmother) 
    Headstones Submit Headstone Photo Submit Headstone Photo 
    Person ID I105553645  St. John Origin and Ancestry DNA Database | St. John Generation One - Raoul de Sancto Johanne
    Last Modified May 30, 2021 

    Father Private 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Emma de Rennes, de Moulins,   b. aft. 1019, Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. aft. 1092, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Family ID F399511  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lesceline de Normandy, dau. of William de Normandy, lord Eu and Hiemois and Lesceline de Harcourt dau. of Turquetil de Harcourt,   b. abt. 1035   d. aft. 1091 (Age 57 years) 
    Marriage abt. 1053  Bricqueville-sur-mer, Bréhal, Manche, Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Hugh Paynel, de Briequeville,   b. abt. 1064   d. aft. 1091 (Age 28 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
     2. William Paynel, de Briequeville,   b. abt. 1065  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
     3. Ralph Paynel, de Bricqueville,   b. abt. 1066  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
    Family ID F399551  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified Sep 23, 2020 

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  • Reference  St. John, Suzanne. "William Paynel, I; son of Wimund, II, de la Haye-Paynel". The St. John Genealogy Project. https://www.stjohngenealogy.com/getperson.php?personID=I105553645&tree=OSA0001 (accessed March 29, 2024).


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