Herbrand de Sackville

  General Notes:

According to Hubert Hall's Court Life Under the Plantagenets: The Reign of Henry II , p. 210, there may have been a generation between William and Herband de Sackville. Also, William may have been married to Adeliza, daughter of Aubrey the Sheriff.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information. ¹³⁷⁷
The family of Sackville derive their origin from Herbrand de Salchevilla, Salcavilla, Saccavilla, or Sacvill, a town in Normandy, who came over with William the Conqueror in the year 1066; after which he returned into Normandy, and was living in the year 1079.

He had three sons, John, William, and Robert, and a daughter, Alice. Sir Jordan de Sackvill, the eldest son, resided in Normandy; Sir William, the second son, resided in England, and was possessed of lands in Essex and Buckinghamshire, and ended in three female coheirs; Sir Robert de Saukevil, the third son, held lands in Essex and Suffolk.

• Background Information. ¹³⁷⁸
Walter Giffard, during his absence in England at the time of the Norman Conquest, left his steward Herbrand de Sackville to guard his lands in Normandy. In reward for his good services Herbrand was offered the choice between Crendon and Fawley. He chose Fawley 'on account of its beauty' [Add. Chart. 27143] and was holding it in 1086. [V.C.H. Bucks. i, 248a] He was succeeded by his son William, [Add. Chart. 27143] probably the father of the William de Sackville who was holding in 1166. [Red Bk. of Exch. (Rolls Ser.), 312]

~A History of the County of Buckingham, Volume III, pp. 37-42