Hello,
I have been researching a presumed ancestor of mine, Sir Otto de Cazeneuve. He was a knight living during the late 13th to early 14th century and fought with Edward the 1st of England in 1298 at Fallkirk. The following is from a document about Henry de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln (1272-1311). In a letter of 11 October 1295 from John of Brittany, lieutenant, to John de St-John, that at the request of Sir John Havering, [...], Sir Otto de Cazeneuve had paid to Sir Bernard, come de Ermygnak (Armagnac) 200 de Bordeles 'por son fee'. In the same letter, Sir Otto was repaid 40 pound Sterling, or 32 thousand pounds today. The Gascon Rolls lists an Ot de Cazeneuve as a Consul of the Castle of Lunac in 1320, then the trail runs cold. I have no information of his birth or death, nor his immediate family. Though I believe I have a lead on a father, a Fortaner de Cazeneuve Seneschal de Gascogne in 1269, although this is only a guess based on the fact they are from the same region, positions of power, and the dates could line up. If anyone has any information on him at all, little or large, I would be most grateful. From what I can surmise Sir Otto (also known as Ot, Otten, Otton, Otes...) de Cazeneuve (once written as Casenan) was a Knight that fought for King Edward, and then enjoyed a life of the upper class as a consul of a chateau.
