William fitzWimund

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 Hadvise, daughter of Gelduin of Dol. ^{[1] [2]} A daughter married William Paynel, but her name is not known. ^[3]

Citations

1. 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. (2002). 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.