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Birth:          1066 of Gournay, Norfolk, England
Death:          1104 

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_d%27Aubigny
fabpedigree.com/s037/f751094.htm
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jweber&id=I03276
[From "The Origin of Some Anglo-Norman Families"] concerning origin of Gournay 
family:

Gournay-en-Bray - This was a fortified town. The family is so well known that it is 
sufficient to refer to the documents in Daniel Gurney, "Record of the House of 
Goournai".

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Following excerpted from a posting to soc.genealogy.medieval by Douglas Richardson:

From: Douglas Richardson (royalancestry AT msn.com)
Subject: Re: Dammartin
Newsgroups: soc.genealogy.medieval
Date: 2002-05-20 21:26:10 PST

GERARD DE GOURNAY, of Caister, Norfolk, seigneur of Gournay-en-Brie, la Ferte-
en-Brie, and Gaillefontaine, founder of Lessingham Priory, Norfolk, son and heir. He 
married before 1091 AIDIEVE (or EDIVA) DE WARENNE, daughter of William de 
Warenne, lst Earl of Surrey, by Gundred, sister of Gerbod, Earl of Chester. Her 
maritagium included the manor of Mapledurham, co. Oxford. They had one son, Hugh, 
and one daughter, Gundred. He and his father witnessed the foundation charter of 
Holy Trinity Caen in 1082 by King William the Conqueror. In 1090, he stood by William 
Rufus against Duke Robert, and, on their reconciliation, his allegiance and castles in 
Normandy were transferred to Duke Robert. He and his mother confirmed all of his 
father's gifts to the Abbey of Bec. He accompanied Robert, Duke of Normandy, on a 
crusade in 1096, and was with Bohemond in the advance from Nice in Bythinia. 
GERARD DE GOURNAY was living in 1104, and is said to have died on a pilgrimage 
to Jerusalem. His widow married (2nd) Drew de Monceaux (living 1131). They had one 
son, Drew.

Parents
DE GOURNAY Hugh IV (BEF 1044 - AFT 1092)
DE FLEITEL Basilia (ABT 1044 - AFT 1093)

Siblings
DE GOURNAY Gerard (1066 - 1104)

Marriage To DE WARENNE Edith (Ediva) (ABT 1076 - )
    m.  

Notes

Parents
DE WARENNE William I (ABT 1045 - 24 Jun 1088)
OF NORMANDY Gundrada (ABT 1060 - 27 May 1085)

Children by DE WARENNE Edith (Ediva) ABT 1076 - 
DE GOURNAY Hugh V (ABT 1091 - 1181)
DE GOURNAY Gundred (ABT 1097 - 1155)

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