HERBERT D'AIGNEAUX.

This family came from the viscountcy of Caen in the Cotentin and gave its name to the parish of Aigneaux. It must have existed before the beginning of the Norman invasion; its power, great belongings and donations from the year 1066 show that it had been established for a long time. It was evidently represented at the conquest, but is not mentioned in Domesday unless under the first name (Petrus) de Agnellis. The representative at Senlac was probably Herbert, from whom bishop Odo of Bayeux acquired property which he gave to his church in 1074 and in the same year he also purchased lands from Corbin, son of Herbert. A branch settled at an early date in Scotland and held the hereditary shrievalty of Wigton, from whom descended the baronets Agnew. The Aigneauxs had a very important barony, which constituted a great number of fiefs and sub-fiefs for seven miles along the river La Vire. They also possessed the domain of St-Contest at Amfreville, on the island of Marie and other places. They were benefactors to almost all the religious establishments in this part of Normandy. The name appears in the Researches of the Bayeux Tapestry by l'abbe de La Rue and occurs on the Dives roll.

--(This name appears on the Falaise Roll).