Note 16 — PART II HISTORICAL STUDIES

I have noted several cases in point, that of Walter Giffard being the most striking. But we also read in William Rufus (ii. 551) that 'Henry, son of Swegen, who comes so often under Henry the Second, is the unlucky descendant of Robert, son of Wymarc', that is to say, Henry 'of Essex', who was a son of Robert, not of Swegen, and who belonged to a wholly different family and district.