> Someone asked about the ancestry of sir Paon/Pagan/Payen de
Ruet/Roet/Roelt.
> A recent article in the Foundations Magazine of the Foundation for
Medieval
> Genealogy suggests that this unknown Knight was a member of the ROEULX
family
> of the Hainaut where the name is also spelt as Ruet/Roet/ Ruelt - it
points to
> a certain Gilles de Roeulx as the Pagan of English history...there is
however
> no definite proof of his identity but the circumstantial proof seems quite
> compelling  according to the reviewer.
> regards
> Peter de Loriol
Peter,
Could you supply more information on this very interesting item?
How does one derive the name Pagan(us)/Payne from Gilles?
Are there any 'interesting' connections of this family?