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  2. English surnames of Norman origin - Wikipedia

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    William, Duke of Normandy, successfully invaded England in 1066, and this invasion left a lasting legacy in the English language, in general, and in surnames, in particular. According to Christopher Daniell, in From Norman Conquest to Magna Carta , 1140 marked what might be the first recorded use of a modern surname, inherited by multiple ...

  3. Category:Surnames of Norman origin - Wikipedia

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  4. Scottish surnames - Wikipedia

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    Many of these surnames were brought to Scotland by Anglo-Normans, whose surnames were derived from either lands in Normandy or in England (for example, Bruce is derived from Brix in Manche, France, [10] Crawford is derived from Crawford, South Lanarkshire, in the south of Scotland, Barton is derived from Dumbarton, or the several villages and ...

  5. Ferrers family - Wikipedia

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    The family is first documented holding Ferrières-Saint-Hilaire in Normandy, an important centre for ironworking, perhaps the reason the manor took its name. [a] Their Norman toponymic surname, de Ferrières, evolved into simply de Ferrers, sometimes Latinized as de Ferrariis.

  6. Baskerville (surname) - Wikipedia

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    Baskerville is an English surname of Anglo-Norman origin. [1] It is believed to have been used by Norman invaders from Bacqueville (Bacqueville-en-Caux, Sancte Mariae de Baschevilla 1133; Baschevillam, Baskervilla 1155, Baccheville 1176, Bascervilla 1179 [2]) in Normandy, many of whom settled along the English-Welsh border.

  7. De Lucy - Wikipedia

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    Anthony de Lucy (1283– 10 June 1343) fought at the Battle of Bannockburn, 1314, under Lord Clifford; became Warden of the West March in 1318; arrested and put on trial Andrew Harclay, 1st Earl of Carlisle, 1323, and was made Lord of Cockermouth in that year; made Chief Justiciar of Ireland in 1331; was keeper of Berwick and justiciar of English-held Scotland, 1334–37.

  8. Somerville (surname) - Wikipedia

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    The following people have the surname Somerville (or the variant Somervile): Amanda Somerville (b. 1979), American pop, metal singer; Annis Somerville, New Zealand judge; Alexander Somerville (1811–1885), Scottish journalist and soldier; Alexander Neil Somerville, Scottish minister and evangelist; Annesley Somerville (1858–1942), British ...

  9. Category:Surnames of English origin - Wikipedia

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    Surnames of English origin. This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Surnames of British Isles origin . It includes Surnames of British Isles origin that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.