William Malet, Norman landholder and Domesday tenant, lord of the principal Alkborough holding in 1066
Dates: Died 1071
Biography
William Malet was a Norman magnate who held extensive lands in England after the Conquest and was recorded in Domesday Book as lord of the principal Alkborough holding in 1066.
Notes / Sources
The manor connection is supplied by the Domesday entry, not by genealogy.
Research sources:
- Open Domesday, Alkborough, Phillimore reference Lincolnshire 14,29; Domesday entry lists William Malet as lord in 1066 and Ivo Taillebois as lord and tenant-in-chief in 1086. — https://opendomesday.org/place/SE8821/alkborough/
- Wikipedia biographical reference — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Malet
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