GUILLAUME LE POITEVIN.

Guillaume and Roger appear in Domesday as Pictavensis or Peteunius; the former was an under-tenant in Kent and in Yorks, and also occurs in a grant to St-Clements, Pontefract, under the name of Pictavus. He held of Ralph de Pomerai under the name of William Pictavensis, a manor called Odeordi, which has not been identified. Roger was an under-tenant in Suffolk and must not be confused with Roger le Poitevin, son of Roger de Montgomery. These Peytevins, Pictavi, or Pictaviensis emigrated from Poitou in the train of the Lacys and held great possessions in the West Riding of York. They became extinct at a rather early period. Walter Paytfen, lord of Hedingley, where he was seated, came to the conquest of England. He married Lettice, daughter of Hugh Morker, lord of Normanton, Clayton, and Carlston, by whom he acquired half the town of Normanton. The name appears on the rolls of Holinshed, Duchesne, Leland; and Delisle carries both William and Roger de Poitevin.

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