TANCARVILLE Almericus

Abt 1015 - Aft 1066  (> 52 years)

• Name	TANCARVILLE Almericus
  Birth	Abt 1015	Tancarville, Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
  Gender	Male
  Death	Aft 1066	Saint-Jean-d'Abbetot, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
  Notes	Amaury or Aumary? It appears both have been variously used in different sources ... “Almericus” is an earlier latinised equivalent of Planché‘s “Aumary”, both behaving according to well-defined philological rules. The ‘l’ of ‘Almericus’ vocalises to ’u’, – a common process in French today (cf. pluralization of : journal > journaux, cheval > chevaux.). The ’icus’ is a latinised form. This ending weakens in French to the half-vowel ’y’, – and we have – “Aumary”. (Eric Smith) Pre- Conquest Normandie Some of the earliest known records for ABITOT are those contained in the Rolls for the pre-conquest meeting's in Lillebonne. In the approximate 18 known Rolls, ABITOT is shown in 6 of them, and specifically in 2 of these, "Ours" and "Urs" d'Abitot are recorded. Whether or not either of the others were his father Almericus, or his brother's Robert or Osbert, has not been determined. It seems fair to suggest that Robert may well have been one or more of the other listings, given that after the Conquest, Urse becomes Sheriff and Robert becomes the Bursar. Nash Dr. R. Treadway Nash, in his “Collections for the History of Worcestershire” writes: “Urso de Abtot, son of Almericus de Abtot, lord of the town and territory of Abtot in NormandY ....." Planché James R. Planché, in his “The Conqueror and his Companions” writes: ”the Grandfather of Urso (Vicecomes/the Sheriff) and Robertus (Dispensator/the Bursar) was one Gerold (sic), Sieur (lord) de Tancarville. The overall lordship (seigneurie principale) of Tancarville embraced a number of smaller estates (manors, ‘domaines’) of which the lesser ’seigneurie’ of St. Jean d’Abbetot (sic) constituted one such holding. St. Jean d'Abitot Dabitot: from St.-Jean-d'Abbetot, canton de Colbosc, in the arrondissement of Havre, of which the Seigneurie belonged to the Chamberlains of Tankerville. The fief was inherited by Amaury, a cadet of the family, thence named Amaury d'Abbetot, who was the father of Urso, Viscount of Worcester, and Robert named from his office Le Dispencer. The name continued in Normandy, mentioned in various charters quoted by M. d'Anisy, v. Recherches sur le Domesday (see below), till the reign of Philip Augustus, when it appears, for the last time, in a list of the Norman gentry. From the "Recherches sur le Domesday" by M. d'Anisy : Aumary d'Abetot, an appellation derived from the lands of St. Jean d'Abetot, canton of Calbose, arrondissement of Havre, the lordship of which belonged to the family of Tancarville, as appears from the charter of formation of the college of St. George de Bosherville, to which Ralph Fitz Gerald, in 1050, gave the church and tithes of Abetot for the support of the monks of that college ... This Ralph Fitz Gerald, who is the Chamberlain of Tancarville, was the elder brother of Aumary d'Abetot. Their father being the Gerold who was the husband of Helisendis and who probably, as Sire de Tankerville, held the hereditary office of chamberlain to the Dukes of Normandy ... Sources British History Online d'Abitot The Battle Abbey Roll with Some Accounts of the Norman Lineages, by Duchess of Cleveland, publ. 1889 by John Murray, London, England. Battle Abbey Roll A History of the County of Worcester vol 3 .. Parishes: Redmarley d'Abitot Redmarley d'Abitot Eric Smith @ Redmarley.org: Urso d’Abitot Burkes General Armory Recherches sur le Domesday by M. d'Anisy WASHBURN FAMILY FOUNDATIONS in Normandy, England and America, by Mabel Thacher Rosemary Washburn
  Person ID	I60179	Freeman-Smith
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	TANCARVILLE Geraldus,   b. Abt 0990, Tancarville, Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France d. Aft 1066, Tancarville, Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France (Age > 77 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	UNKNOWN Hélisende,   b. Bef 0995, St Jean d'Abbetot, le Havre, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France d. Abt 1060, Tancarville, Le Havre, Seine-Inferieure, Normandie, France (Age > 65 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Bef 1008	St Jean d'Abbetot, le Havre, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
  Family ID	F26710	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family
  Children	1. ABITOT Urso,   b. Abt 1040, Saint-Jean-d'Abbetot, Seine-Maritime, Upper Normandy, France d. Abt 1108 (Age 68 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F347630	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026