The Battle Abbey Roll. Vol. II.
by
The Duchess of Cleveland.

Prepared by Michael A. Linton
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Frisound : in Duchesne's list, Frisoun. "Walonus de Frisc" or "de Frise" occurs in the Rotulus Cancellarii, 3 John. William de Frisa held two knight's fees of the King's gift at Martlegh in Worcestershire.—Testa de Nevill. Robson gives the coat of arms of Frise, Fris, or Frys, as Or 3 bars Vert. I have been very unsuccessful in my search for some account of this family. I find that in x333 Robert de Frison was Prior of Cogges, Oxfordshire; but the Priors of this house were generally chosen by the Abbey of Fescamp, in Normandy, of which it was a cell. It may therefore be presumed that he was a foreigner. In Gloucestershire, there was a Robert Frize of Pucklechurch, whose daughter and heiress married William Llewellyn. This must have been about the end of the sixteenth century, as the marriage of William's grandfather Humphrey with Isabel Berkeley took place in 1511.—Berkeley MSS.