AUMARLE, or ALBEMARLE.

This designation refers, in all probability, to Odo (brother-in-law of the Conqueror), who was styled D'Aumarle, from his possession of the city of Aumarle, in Normandy, which he held from the Archbishop of Rouen, on the condition that, in all expeditions where that Prelate went in person, he should be his standard-bearer, with twelve knights. After the battle of Hastings, Odo received a large share of the forfeited lands, among others, the lordship of Bytham in Lincolnshire, and the county or earldom of Holderness. He died in 1096. His grandson, William le Gros, third Earl of Albemarle, Chief Commander at the battle of the Standard, was rewarded for his gallantry on that occasion, with the Earldom of Yorkshire: he died in 1179, leaving two daughters, his coheirs, Hawyse, married first, to William de Mandeville, Earl of Essex; and, secondly, to William de Fortibus; and Amicia married to Eston.

--(This name appears on the Battle Abbey roll)