Feudal barony of Curry Mallet

The feudal barony of Curry Mallet was an English feudal barony with its caput at Curry Mallet Castle in Somerset, about 7 miles east of Taunton.

The de Courcelles family were from Courseulles-sur-Mer in Calvados, Normandy.

Nothing is known concerning the origin of the Malet family of Somerset. It cannot from surviving records be traced back to William Malet (died 1071), one of the few proven companions of William the Conqueror known to have been present at the Battle of Hastings in 1066, as recorded by the contemporary chronicler William of Poitiers (c. 1020-1090). The latter held substantial property in Normandy, chiefly in the Pays de Caux, with a castle at Graville-Ste-Honorine, at the mouth of the River Seine near Harfleur (nowadays a suburb of Le Havre).