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| | William Crispin, Companion of William the Conqueror |
 | | We may fairly consider, however, that William Crispin I was the son of Gilbert, Baron of Bec and Castellan of Tillières, who defended that fortress against the French King Henry, and reluctantly surrendered it to him by command of the boy-duke William at the commencement of his reign. |
 | | She was also the mother of four other children -- Gilbert, who succeeded his father as Baron of Bec; Robert, who died without issue; and two daughters -- Emma, married to Pierre de Condé, and Elise, wife of Robert Malet. |
 | | This is important, ff true, for in that case she may be the sister of William Crispin, otherwise named Hesilia (Elisia?), mother, according to the pedigree in D'Achery, of the William Malet who fought at Senlac, and gave Conteville (however he came by it) to the Abbey of Bec. |
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