Born about in Caen, Calvados, Normandie, France
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[uncertain]Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Unknown (Unknown) de Caen
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died after
after about age 41
in Horsford, Norfolk, England [uncertain]
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Biography
Walter Caen was a member of the aristocracy in England.
Walter Fitz Alberic was a Norman knight from Caen in Normandy (Latin Cadomo).[1] Apart from the fact that his father's name was presumably Alberic, little more is known about his life in Normandy.[2]
As Walter fitz Alberic he attested a gift of land to the abbey of Montivilliers. In Domesday Book (1086) Walter de Cadomo was an important tenant of Robert Malet. He also attested the foundation of Eye priory as Walter of Huntingfield.[1]
Online links showing his 1086 holdings:
- https://opendomesday.org/name/walter-of-caen/
- https://domesday.pase.ac.uk/Domesday?op=5&personkey=47986
According to a charter of Sibton Abbey, concerning the foundation of the Abbey, Walter came over to England with Robert Malet, (mistakenly called Earl of Cornwall) at the time of the Norman conquest and the crowning of William I as King. However it doesn't specify that they were at the Battle of Hastings.
Anno Domini millesimo sexagesimo sexto Willelmus dux Normannorum venit in Angliam et occiso Haroldo tempore conquestus coronatus in regem, quo tempore quidam Walterus de Cadomo vnit cum Roberto Malet comite Cornubie[3]; [1][4]
Keats-Rohan reports that Walter had three sons:[1]
- Robert, ancestor of the de Chesny family
- Ralph
- Roger, ancestor of the Huntingfield family
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Keats-Rohan, Katherine S.B., . Domesday People, p. 449
- ↑ Brown, Philippa, ed. Sibton Abbey Cartularies and Charters. Vol. 1. Suffolk Charters. Vol 8. Woodbridge: Boydell for Suffolk Records Society, 1985. 2004. Accessed July 11, 2016. http://www.ancestry.com.au.
- ↑ Brown, Philippa, ed. Sibton Abbey Cartularies and Charters. Vol. 3. p.2, Suffolk Charters. Vol 8. Woodbridge: Boydell for Suffolk Records Society, 1985. 2004. Accessed July 11, 2016. http://www.ancestry.com.au.
- ↑ Powys Family Tree
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Categories: Domesday Book
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Which belonged to the abbey of Sibton in Suffolk; this was formerly the possession of Edric, Falconer to the Confessor, and had only 15 acres demeans at that time.
This Edric was ancestor to Robert Mallet, lord of Eye honour, who in the Conqueror's days, or soon after, infeoffed
Walter de Cadomo (Caam, or Caus) in the barony of Horsford, to be held of his honour, with which this passed.
Robert, son of Walter, succeeded in William Rufus's reign, who left
John, his son, sirnamed Vicecomes (or Sheriff, because he had that office.) He was Baron of Horsford; he vowed to build an abbey of monks in his own land, but dying soon after, left
William, his brother, his heir, whom he commanded to perform his vow. This William was called afterwards de Cayneto, de Chethney, or Cheyney; who, according to his promise, founded the abbey of Sibton in Suffolk, in his own land, in the year 1149, endowing it with many revenues, and among them with this manor, which was then very small, but was soon after augmented by divers gifts given to that house,
There is a possibility that Robert FitzWalter of Horsford was the same person as Robert FitzWalter of Caen. The question is discussed in the introduction to ENGLISH UNTITLED NOBILITY FITZWALTER of CAEN.
1. ROBERT FitzWalter of Horsford (-after 1130). A manuscript describing the foundation of Horsham priory, Norfolk records that in the time of King Henry I, the sixth year of his raigne...Robert Fitzwalter and Sibill his wife founded the priory[2386]. Robertus Walteri filius et uxor mea...Sibilla founded Horsham priory, with the consent of Rogero et cæteris filiis meis, by undated charter which lists the priorys properties[2387]. m SIBYLLA de Chesney, daughter of RALPH de Chesney of Rudham & his wife ---. A manuscript genealogy of the founders of Horsham priory, Norfolk records that domina Sibilla, soror Johannis de Cayneto, filia Radulfi de Cayneto qui venit ad conquestum Angliæ married domino Roberto filio Walteri fundatori domus sanctæ Fidis de Horsham[2388]. Robertus Walteri filius et uxor mea...Sibilla founded Horsham priory, with the consent of Rogero et cæteris filiis meis, by undated charter which lists the priorys properties[2389]. Robert & his wife had three children: