Notes for Robert Picot de Say: The following is extracted from "The Conqueror and His Companions" by J.R. Planche, Somerset Herald, London: Tinsley Bros. 1874
"Cil de Saie," mentioned by Wace (1.13,712) is supposed to be Picot de Say, one of a family deriving their name from Say, near Argentan, the lords of which were vassals of Roger de Montgomeri in Normandy (France) as well as subsequently in England.
In 1060, Robert Picot de Say, Adeloyse his wife, their sons Robert* and Henri, and Omelin de Say and Avitia his wife, were benefactors to the Church of St. Martin of Seez, and in Domesday we find Picot de Say registering holding under Earl Roger twenty-nine manors (enough room for all of us today!) in Shropshire. In 1083 he was amongst the barons invited by the Earl to witness his foundation of the Abbey of Shewsbury. He had probably followed his feudal lord to England in 1067, and would not, therefore, in that case have been at Senlac; but, at the same time some of the family might have been in the invading army, as Wace has represented Roger de Montgomeri as a leader in it, he would be likely to name one of his principal vassals as fighting in his company. Picot appears to have been the hereditary name of the family, it being sometimes used by itself, as in the instance of Picot Vicecomes, or Picot of Cambridge, one of the founders of the Priory of Barnwell, or with a baptismal name prefixed to it, as in that of Robert Picot of Say above mentioned." (www.patpnyc.com/conq/picotsay.shtml)
We also find Picot de Saye listed in the Companions of Duke William (www.geneology web.com/norman.htm) & Robert Picot de Saye b. ABT 1022, lived in Saye, Normandy, France ("Our Folk" by Albert Thomas Hart -1972 www.aritek.com/hartgen/htm/de-saye.htm).
Children of Robert Picot de Say and Adeloyse are:
+Robert de Say, b. 1058, Say, Normandy, France, d. 1098.
Robert Picot de Say (d. date unknown)
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