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Oh yes, my great-great grandmother margaret was related to this chap:

"A general charge of the Norman foot opened the battle, in front rode the minstrel TAILLEFER, tossing his sword in the air and catching it again while he chanted the song of Roland. He was the first of the host who struck a blow, and the first to fall."
In the Outlines of Mediaeval and Modern History, by P.V.N Myers, published in 1897, page 173, the following is found regarding the Battle of Hastings. (It will be noted that the knight is not mentioned by name.):
"With the morning the battle opened -- the battle that was to determine the fate of England. It was begun by a horseman riding out from the Norman lines and advancing along toward the English Army, tossing up his sword and skillfully catching it as it fell, and singing all the while the stirring battle-song of Charlemagne and Roland. The English watched with astonishment this exhibition of 'Careless dexterity,' and if they did not contrast the vivacity and nimbleness of the Norman foe with their own heavy and clumsy manners, others at least have not failed to do so for them."