Picot of Cambridge
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Picot of Cambridge
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Picot of Cambridge was a Norman landowner and Sheriff of Cambridgeshire. Born in Saye, Normandy, Picot rose from obscurity to become Sheriff of Cambridgeshire as early as 1071 until at least 1090. He treated Cambridge as his own, knocking down 27 houses to build Cambridge Castle, confiscating land, building mills, seizing goods and raising taxes. The Abbot of Ely described him as "A hungry lion, a ravening wolf, a cunning fox, a dirty pig and an impudent dog". Picot married Hugolina de Gernon. W
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11th-century Norman nobleman and sheriff in England
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picot_of_Cambridge
date created:
2011-06-17T12:30:34Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T07:01:31Z
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