Sheriff of Somerset Sir William le Viel de Moion, I

1061 - Abt 1097  (36 years)

• Name	Sir William le Viel de Moion  [1, 2, 3]
  Title	Sheriff of Somerset
  Suffix	I
  Birth	1061	Somerset, England   [1]
  	Dunster Castle
  Gender	Male
  Name	the Elder
  Occupation	William is mentioned in the Domesday Book where he is shown to control a large number of manors in Somerset centred on Dunster Castle
  		(Historic) Domesday Book At Christmas 1085, William ordered the compilation of a survey of the landholdings of him and his vassals throughout the kingdom, organised by counties, a work now known as the Domesday Book. Each county's listing gives the holdings of each landholder, grouped by owners. The listings describe the holding, who owned the land before the Conquest,…
  Death	Abt 1097	England   [1]
  Person ID	I10027	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	Lord William de Mohun,   b. 1045, Cotentin, Côtes-d'Armor, Bretagne, France d. 1100, Dunster, Somerset, England (Age 55 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Adeliz de Ponthieu,   b. 1055, Normandy, France d. 1090, Dunster, Somerset, England (Age 35 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Dunster, Somerset, England   [1]
  Family ID	F3507	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Adeliz,   b. 1081, Dunster, Somerset, England d. Abt 1100, Somerset, England (Age 19 years)
  Marriage	Dunster, Somerset, England
  Children	1. 1st Earl of Somerset Sir William de Mohun, II,   b. Abt 1090, Dunster, Somerset, England d. Abt 1156, Dunster, Somerset, England (Age 66 years)  [natural]
  Family ID	F3499	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1061 - Somerset, England Death - Abt 1097 - England Marriage - - Dunster, Somerset, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  (Historic) Domesday Book At Christmas 1085, William ordered the compilation of a survey of the landholdings of him and his vassals throughout the kingdom, organised by counties, a work now known as the Domesday Book. Each county's listing gives the holdings of each landholder, grouped by owners. The listings describe the holding, who owned the land before the Conquest,…

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online. [S424] Ancestry.com, Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;). Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22 [S4] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Trees.