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From: (Jay)
Subject: Re: A Hugh de Grandmesnil
Date: 16 Mar 2002 20:18:18 -0800
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>
> Sorry for not being clear.
>
> The companion of the Conqueror is the same person as the Domesday tenant.
> (He is one of the small number whose presence at the Battle of Hastings is
> attested by William of Poitiers.)

No problem Chris, with people having different levels of knowledge of
some of the persons involved it is hard sometimes not to whoosh over
the heads of some participants, which is why I asked for the clarity.
I figured with some twenty years separating the conquest and the
Doomsday book, it was better not to assume that they were the same
people. I am glad they turned out to be the same guy, saves me having
to stick yet another Hugh de Grandmesnil in the database :-).

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