Hervé Avenel, II

In a charter (A charter being a legal document) dated 1067... the name recurs of Hervé, the kinsman of Hugues de Roceto, in conjunction with that of a Sigemberg des-Biarz, apparently also the son of Hervé, who also seems to have been the father of Ormellinus, surnamed Avenellus, who, with the consent of his wife Avitia, in 1060 concedes a third of his rights on the Church of St. Martin de Say [Gall. Christ. Instr., col. 153]. Sigemberg des Biarz dying without male issue, we find the sons of his brother Osmellinus joining the name of Biarz to that of Avenel, borne by their father. We thus arrive at the epoch of the Conquest, when it appears that Sigemberg des Biarz was still living, and possibly Ormellinus his brother also, as he and his wife Avitia were benefactors to St. Martin de Say in 1060. Sigemberg if not too old might therefore be in the battle, and be the "Seigneur" de Biarz of Wace, distinguished from the "Avenels," his nephews, none of whom could have succeeded to the lordship of des Biards before 1067.