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Aubrey Family

By PWCCA.

In Burke's *Peerage and Baronetage*, under the head "Aubrey," I find the following passage:— "Vincent, Windsor Herald in the time of Elizabeth, compiled a pedigree of the family of Aubrey, which he commences thus:—'Saint Aubrey, of the blood royal of France, came into England with William the Conqueror, anno 1066, as the Chronicles of All Souls College testify, which are there to be seen tied to a chain of iron.'" Can any of your readers give me any information respecting this "Saint Aubrey," whose name I have not been able to find in the Roll of Battle Abbey: or respecting his son, Sir Regina…

Topics: Genealogy, Historical Customs, Royal History

Locations: England, France, Marches of Wales