Robert Malet, lord of Eye

Lord of Eye

Royal Chamberlain

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: unknown.

Place of Death: unknown.

Keats-Rohan (1999, p. 390) suggests that Robert may have died as a monk at Bec after 1107.

Relationships

Father: William Malet of Graville-Sainte-Honorine.

This relationship is given by Keats-Rohan (1999, p. 389; 2002, p. 40, p. 1022) and by Hart (p. 162).

Mother: Esilia Crispin of Tillières.

This relationship is given by Keats-Rohan (1999, p. 389) and by Hart (p. 162).

(possible) Spouse: Mathilda.

This relationship is given by Hart (p. 162) and by Keats-Rohan (2002, p. 40).

(possible) Spouse: Emmelina, a daughter of Hugh II de Montfort.

This relationship is suggested by Keats-Rohan (1997; 1999, p. 390; 2002, p. 40).

Children (by Mathilda):

William Malet married Oliva, daughter of Rabel de Tancarville.

Children (by Emmelina):

Robert Malet (possibly) of Curry Malet.

Hugh Malet. A monk.

References

Hart, Cyril. “William Malet and his Family” in Anglo-Norman Studies XIX (1996), pp. 123-165.

Keats-Rohan, K.S.B. "Domesday Book and the Malets: Patrimony and the Private Histories of Public Lives" in Nottingham Medieval Studies 41 (1997) pp. 13-56.

Keats-Rohan, Katharine S. B. Domesday Descendants: A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents 1106 - 1166. (Woodbridge: 2002).

Keats-Rohan, K.S.B. Domesday People (1999).

“R(obert) Malet”, “R(obert) Malet”, “Robert Malet”, “Robert Malet”, “Robert Malet”, “Robert Malet”, “Robert Malet”, “Robert Malet”, “Robert Malet”, “Robert Malet” on the Open Domesday site.