Robert de Say, also called Picot, was a Norman knight who arrived in Shropshire

Shropshire

Shropshire is a county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. It borders Wales to the west...

 after the Norman invasion.

Robert is most noted for the initial construction of Clun Castle

Clun Castle

Clun Castle is a ruined castle in the small town of Clun, Shropshire. Clun Castle was established by the Norman lord Robert de Say after the invasion and went on to become an important Marcher lord castle in the 12th century, with an extensive castle-guard system...

, building it overlooking the lands he had seized from Edric the Wild

Eadric the Wild

Eadric the Wild , also known as Eadric Cild, was an Anglo-Saxon magnate of the West Midlands who led English resistance to the Norman Conquest, active in 1068-70.-Background:...

 after the invasion. The family name de Say comes from the Norman village of Sai

Sai, Orne

Sai is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France....

, in Orne

Orne

Orne is a department in the northwest of France, named after the river Orne.- History :Orne is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution, on March 4, 1790. It was created from parts of the former provinces of Normandy and Perche.- Geography :Orne is in the region of...

. Robert was an important vassal of Roger of Montgomery

Roger de Montgomerie, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury

Roger de Montgomerie , also known as Roger the Great de Montgomery, was the first Earl of Shrewsbury. His father was also Roger de Montgomerie, and was a relative, probably a grandnephew, of the Duchess Gunnor, wife of Duke Richard I of Normandy...

, the 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and a major early Norman magnate. Robert's daughter married the Welsh lord Cadwgan ap Bleddyn

Cadwgan ap Bleddyn

Cadwgan ap Bleddyn was a prince of Powys in eastern Wales.Cadwgan was the second son of Bleddyn ap Cynfyn who was king of both Powys and Gwynedd. When Bleddyn was killed in 1075, Powys was divided between three of his sons, Cadwgan, Iorwerth and Maredudd. Cadwgan is first heard of in 1088 when he...

, who acquired permission to move to England, probably Clun, in 1109. Robert died in 1098.