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Rabel de Tancarville (c. 1080-1140) "le Chamberlain de Normandie et England". Son of Guillaume I and Maude d'Arques. Rabel de Tancarville remained the only chamberlain-in-chief of Normandy and England until Henri I of England created a separate hereditary office for England in 1133 [14] and entrusted it to Aubrey (II) of Vere and his heirs. [15]
Along with the Byrds, Carters, Washingtons, Harrisons and others, these families were at the core of Virginia's plantocracy for centuries. The First Families of Virginia, or FFV, are a group of early settler families who became a socially and politically dominant group in the British Colony of Virginia and later the Commonwealth of Virginia. [1]
New York: Published pursuant to an act of the General Assembly of Virginia, passed on the Fifth day of February One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eight, Printed for the Editor by R. and W. and G. Bartow, 1823 (Second Edition). Leonard, Cynthia Miller. The General Assembly of Virginia, July 30, 1619-January 11, 1978, A Bicentennial Register of Members.
The earliest recorded use of the patronymic FitzGerald is that of Raoul fitz Gerald le Chambellan, member of the Tancarville family. Raoul was a Norman baron, Chamberlain of Normandy, educator of the young William , future Conqueror of England, and father of William de Tancarville , Earl of Tankerville and chief chamberlain of Normandy and ...
Lee's family of Stratford Hall was among the oldest of the Virginia gentry class. Lee's family is one of Virginia's first families, originally arriving in the Colony of Virginia from the Kingdom of England in the early 17th century. The family's founder was Richard Lee I, Esquire, "the Immigrant" (1618–1664), from the county of Shropshire.
Despenser and his brother were originally from Normandy, and were tenants of the lords of Tancarville there. [3] Despenser held the office of royal steward, or dispenser, under King William II. [1] Despenser's surname derived from his office. [4] [note 1] Although Despenser was married, the name of his wife is not known for sure.
Richard Randolph (c.1691 – 1749), [nb 1] also known as Richard Randolph of Curles, was a planter, merchant and politician in colonial Virginia. Richard served as a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses from 1727 until his death. [3] Randolph was the fifth son of William Randolph and Mary Isham, as well as the grandfather of John Randolph ...
First Families of Virginia (FFV) were those families in Colonial Virginia who were European, socially prominent and wealthy, but not necessarily the earliest settlers. They descended from English colonists who primarily settled at Jamestown , Williamsburg , and along the James River and other navigable waters in Virginia during the 17th century.