Saswalo, Castellan of Lisle

[Alan]

The name Saswalo is very rare and I´ve only found three in the time period we are discussing. The first is Saswalo Castellan of Lisle also known as the Thieron de Fresnes or Saswalo de Phalempin. The second is Saswalo de Bouville at the time of Domesday and a Saswalo de Phalempin shown in a database of Crusaders to the Holy land. The third and the first cannot be the same person as the first would be in his eighties and therefore too old to fight. It is therefore more probable the third was probably grandson to the original so as the name is so uncommon it is believed that all three are relatives. The third Saswalo is believed to have been born circa 1058 and is the same time period as Sewallis de Ettington and ancestor of the de Shirleys. there are three potential people who could be the descendants of this family all named Sewall

1 Sewall de Shirley alive in 1252
2 Sewall de Bovill ( Archbishop of York died 1258
3 Sewal Lord of Tuderinton died 1258
There is no known burial place for the individuals 1 and 3, again the name is well recorded but not common as a forename and there is a strong possibility they are the same person and the surname of individual No. 2 ie Bovill is a known spelling variation of Bouville

[Alan]

Saswalo De Phalempin born 1000 is probably the grandfather of Saswalo De Phalempin born circa 1058 who was a Crusader who went on the first Crusader to the Holyland. This grandson is also believed to be the same Saswalo as that of Saswalo de Ettington the Domesday Tenant of Henry De Ferrers. He is not however the Saswalo De Bouville Domesday Tenant of Geoffrey De Mandeville ' The question now is whether De Bouville is the original Saswalo De Phalempin or his second son?. By following the Ettington line to the |De Shirleys you will find a Sewal De Bovill died 1058. He cannot be in any other line of descent than this and Bouville to Bovill cannot be a mere coincidence and therefore a family member of all the different Saswalo's