On 09-Sep-17 5:48 PM, Peter Stewart wrote: > It is possible that some arrangement was made so that rights to Lens > belonged to Eustace of Boulogne rather than to his brother's widow and > her unborn child, but given the geographic position of Aumale in > relation to Normandy it is hard to see what interest William would > have had in alienating control from his close family. Apologies, I meant to write: 'given the geographic position of Lens in relation to Normandy ...' Peter Stewart