Helias de Say

Helias de Say (d.1165), also called Hellias, was a Norman nobleman who lived in Clun near Shrewsbury, along the medieval Welsh Marches. He is believed to have inherited Clun Castle from his father, Henry de Say, in the reign of Henry I.^[1] Helias held the key fortification of Clun Castle during the years of the Anarchy. He was an important early benefactor of Haughmond Abbey.

Bibliography

• Eyton, William. (1860) Antiquities of Shropshire, Volume XI. London: John Russell Smith.

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