GUILLAUME DE VATTEVILLE.

Vatteville-sur-Seine belonged to Hugh, bishop of Bayeux, who gave it to William; count of Taloha (d'Arques) but he lost it when he rebelled against duke William. It then reverted to the dukedom; but later was given to Roger de Beaumont, whose son, Robert count of Meulent, inherited it, where he owned a castle. On the rebellion of Waleran, the young son of Robert, in 1124, who had then succeeded his father, this castle was demolished by the command of king Henry I. Three of the name are entered in Domesday. William, head of this house, held in barony and in chief in Essex and Suffolk and also possessed Percinges under William de Warren with several manors. Robert held lands in Surrey with five manors elsewhere of Richard de Tonbridge, and Richard, the third member of the family was an under-tenant in Surrey. It is most probable that it was represented at Hastings, and the name occurs on the rolls of Holinshed, Duchesne, Leland and Delisle records all three. This family must not be confused with that of Valecherville.

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