AYMERIC "Gaymard" de Lavardin ([1078/83]-). Seigneur de Lavardin. "Haimmericus cognomina Gaimardus de Lavarzino juvenelis dominus" donated a serf to Marmoutier, with the consent of "sorore mea Beatrix", for the soul of "patris mei Salomonis", by charter dated "Gaufrido comite Vindocinensi ad Ierusalem abeunte" (dated to 1101)[1258]. The word "juvenilis" in this document suggests his birth in the range [1078/83], although the document does not indicate that Aymeric had not then reached the age of majority. "Gaimardus dominus Lavarzini" donated property to Marmoutier by charter dated to [1097][1259]. An undated charter records the excommunication of the people of Lavardin because of an injustice caused by "dominus Gaimardus et Agnes uxor eius"[1260]. "Gaimardus dominus Lauarzini" relinquished rights over vines of Lavardin priory in expiation of his crimes, with the consent of "uxor eius Godehildis", by charter dated to [1101/24][1261]. "Haimericus Gaimardus Lavarzini dominus" donated mills at Montoire to Marmoutier, with the consent of "Beatrix…ipsius Gaimardi soror", by charter dated to [1101/36][1262]. "Dominus…castri Lavarzini Aimericus…cognomina Gaimardus et Maria uxor eius" donated property to Marmoutier, in order to receive "filio suo Solomone" who was dying, by charter dated to [1101/36][1263]. "Bartholomeus de Vindocino" donated land "in Perticho" to the bishop of Chartres, with the consent of "f sui Engelbaudus præpositus, Vulgrinus, Maria, Guamardus vir eius", by charter dated to [1116/36][1264]. Métais suggests that Aymeric "Gaymard" must have sold at least part of the seigneurie de Lavardin to a comtesse de Vendôme, as one explanation for the background to the legal dispute concerning Lavardin hearings concerning which were held in papal courts from 1211 to 1235, although he does discuss another possible explanation which sounds plausible[1265]. Métais states that Aymeric "Gaimard" died "vers 1150"[1266]. One source from which it may be possible to draw conclusions about the date of Aymeric´s death is the charter dated to [1147/56] under which "Bartholomeus de Vindocino" confirmed the donation of land "in Perticho" to the bishop of Chartres, on leaving for Jerusalem with the support of "dominum Engelbaldum...Turonensem archiepiscopum et Vulgrinum fratres suos, dominamque Mariam sororem suam necnon et dominum Gosbertum generum suum"[1267]. It is assumed that "dominum Gosbertum generum suum" refers to the husband of Marie, presumably a mistranscription for either "Gaymardum" or "Goffredum". Another indication is provided by the Gesta Ambaziensium which refers to the children of the daughter of Aymeric "Gaimard" as "heredes Lavardini qui modo sunt exstant"[1268]. As the children are referred to as "heredes Lavardini", the implication is that the seigneur de Lavardin was still alive when the source was written (dated to 1155, see below). m [firstly/secondly] AGNES, daughter of ---. An undated charter records the excommunication of the people of Lavardin because of an injustice caused by "dominus Gaimardus et Agnes uxor eius"[1269]. The dating of the two charters which name Aymeric´s two earlier wives is not sufficiently precise to assess with any confidence the order of these two marriages. m [firstly/secondly] GODEHILDIS, daughter of ---. "Gaimardus dominus Lauarzini" relinquished rights over vines of Lavardin priory in expiation of his crimes, with the consent of "uxor eius Godehildis", by charter dated to [1101/24][1270]. The dating of the two charters which name Aymeric´s two earlier wives is not sufficiently precise to assess with any confidence the order of these two marriages. m thirdly [as her first husband,] MARIE, daughter of GEOFFROY [Payen] & his wife ---. "Dominus…castri Lavarzini Aimericus…cognomina Gaimardus et Maria uxor eius" donated property to Marmoutier, in order to receive "filio suo Solomone" who was dying, by charter dated to [1101/36][1271]. Her parentage is indicated by the Gesta Ambaziensium which records that "ex Salomone, Guenmardus" married "cum jam senex esset...Mariam sororem Engelbaudi archiepiscopi et Bartholomæi de Vindocino", although the source confuses Salomon [II], father of Aymeric "Gaymard", with his probable maternal grandfather Salomon [I] Seigneur de Lavardin (the phrase "cum jam senex esset" being used in the text to correct what would otherwise have been the obvious chronological difficulty with this co-identity)[1272]. "Bartholomeus de Vindocino" donated land "in Perticho" to the bishop of Chartres, with the consent of "f sui Engelbaudus præpositus, Vulgrinus, Maria, Guamardus vir eius", by charter dated to [1116/36][1273]. "Bartholomeus Dives et Maria soror eius uxor Goffredi de Lavarzino" donated a wood at Vendôme to La Madeleine de Châteaudun, with the consent of "Burchardi et Lancelini filiorum suorum", by charter dated to [1130/48], witnessed by "…Vulgrino fratre Bartholomei Divitis…"[1274]. This charter could indicate Marie´s second marriage to Geoffroy de Lavardin, whose identity has not been ascertained, but who may have been Geoffroy de Vendôme who is recorded in the 1130s as having used the name Lavardin. However, it is suggested that it is more likely that "Goffredi" in this document represents a mistranscription or error for "Gaymardi". It is unlikely that a second husband of Marie would use the same name "de Lavarzino" as her first husband. Given that Lavardin was inherited by Aymeric´s probable daughter Agatha, as shown below, it is unlikely that Geoffroy would have adopted the name of his wife´s first husband after his marriage. The other possibility is that Geoffroy was a relative of Aymeric, but this also seems unlikely as no other references have been found to Aymeric having any more distant living male relations. "Bartholomeus de Vindocino" confirmed the donation of land "in Perticho" to the bishop of Chartres, on leaving for Jerusalem with the support of "dominum Engelbaldum...Turonensem archiepiscopum et Vulgrinum fratres suos, dominamque Mariam sororem suam necnon et dominum Gosbertum generum suum", by charter dated to [1147/56][1275]. It is assumed that "dominum Gosbertum generum suum" refers to the husband of Marie, as "gener" can be interpreted as brother-in-law as well as son-in-law. "Gosbertum" is presumably a mistranscription for "Gaymardum" or "Goffredum". Another possibility is the Marie married as her [third] husband, Gausbert, but this seems unlikely as no other reference to such a person has been identified. Aymeric & his third wife had [five] children