Maud d'Avranches

WILLIAM Paynell of Moûtiers-Hubert(-after 1145). Ellis names "William Paynel of Moûtiers-Hubert and Fulk Paynel of Dudley" as the sons of William Paynell Seigneur de Moûtiers-Hubert, without citing the primary sources on which he bases his supposition[76]. On the other hand, Domesday Descendants amalgamates this William Paynell of Moûtiers-Hubert with William Paynell of Drax (see below), stating that the daughter of William FitzWimund was his first wife, while Avice de Rumilly was his second wife[77]. More work is needed on the precise pattern of inheritance of the different properties held by the Paynell family before it can be assessed which version may be correct. "Villelmus Paganellus" founded the abbey of Hambie, with the consent of "filiorum meorum Hugonis et Fulconis, et Thomæ et Ioannis", by undated charter, dated to [1145][78].] m -- d’Avranches, daughter of WILLIAM FitzWimund d’Avranches & his wife ---. Her parentage and marriage are shown in the Complete Peerage, presumably because her supposed brother Robert d’Avranches is described as avunculus of her son Fulk Paynell[79], but the primary source on which this is based has not yet been identified.]

William & his wife had four children:

i) HUGH Paynell of Moûtiers-Hubert (-1180 or before). "Villelmus Paganellus" founded the abbey of Hambie, with the consent of "filiorum meorum Hugonis et Fulconis, et Thomæ et Ioannis", by undated charter, dated to [1145][80]. The Red Book of the Exchequer records enfeoffments in the duchy of Normandy in [1172], "Hugo Paganellus" with five knights and six knights in his own service[81]. m NICOLE, daughter of ---. She is named in the Complete Peerage, but the primary source on which the information is based has not yet been identified[82].

Hugh & his wife had two children:

(a) PIERRE Paynell of Moûtiers-Hubert and West Rasen, Lincolnshire (-1184). Thomas Stapleton, in his "Observations on the Great Rolls of the Exchequer of Normandy" on the roll dated 1198, states that "Peter...Paynel...joined with his parents and brother William in a gift of land to the abbey of St Stephen at Caen" when his father became a monk there, undated, but he does not cite the source reference[83]. He and three generations of his descendants are shown in the Complete Peerage[84]. m ---. The name of Pierre’s wife is not known. Pierre & his wife had one child:

(1) HUGH Paynell (-1244). The Red Book of the Exchequer records "Hugo Paynel" holding 3 knights’ fees "de Draxe" in Yorkshire and 5 in Lincolnshire in [1210/12][85].

(b) GUILLAUME Paynell . Thomas Stapleton, in his "Observations on the Great Rolls of the Exchequer of Normandy" on the roll dated 1198, states that "Peter...Paynel...joined with his parents and brother William in a gift of land to the abbey of St Stephen at Caen" when his father became a monk there, undated, but he does not cite the source reference[86].

ii) FULK [I] Paynell of Hambye and Bréhal, Normandy and Drax, Yorkshire (-1182). "Villelmus Paganellus" founded the abbey of Hambie, with the consent of "filiorum meorum Hugonis et Fulconis, et Thomæ et Ioannis", by undated charter, dated to [1145][87]. "…Folqueio Painel…" confirmed the charter dated to [1180/82] under which Henry II King of England confirmed a donation to the abbey of Hambie by "Philippus de Columbariis"[88]. - PAYNELL of HAMBYE.

iii) THOMAS Paynell . "Villelmus Paganellus" founded the abbey of Hambie, with the consent of "filiorum meorum Hugonis et Fulconis, et Thomæ et Ioannis", by undated charter, dated to [1145][89].

iv) JEAN Paynell . "Villelmus Paganellus" founded the abbey of Hambie, with the consent of "filiorum meorum Hugonis et Fulconis, et Thomæ et Ioannis", by undated charter, dated to [1145][90].