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  2. English surnames of Norman origin - Wikipedia

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    It is a well-stirred mix of Old English, Middle English and Norman French, with some Norse and Celt, in which it is English that dominates. To see it in context, Norman French was the language of power and rank until Henry IV made English the tongue of kings at the end of the fourteenth century when most surnames already existed." [2]

  3. Category:Surnames of Norman origin - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Surnames of Norman origin" ... English surnames of Norman origin; F. John Farnfold; FitzAlan; FitzGerald (surname) French (surname) G. Gaines (surname)

  4. Normans in Ireland - Wikipedia

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    The term Old English (Irish: Seanghaill, meaning 'old foreigners') began to be applied by scholars for Norman-descended residents of The Pale and Irish towns after the mid-16th century, who became increasingly opposed to the New English who arrived in Ireland after the Tudor conquest of Ireland in the 16th and 17th centuries. [3]

  5. Boyle (surname) - Wikipedia

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    Boyle is an Irish, Scottish and English surname of Gaelic or Norman origin. In the northwest of Ireland it is one of the most common family names. In the northwest of Ireland it is one of the most common family names.

  6. Gibbons (surname) - Wikipedia

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    Gibbons is an Irish and English surname of Norman origin. [1] The surname was first found in the counties of Limerick and Mayo, in which two distinct families arose shortly after the Norman invasion of Ireland during the 12th century.

  7. Lynch (surname) - Wikipedia

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    In England, the surname is derived from the Norman-French de Lench and Kentish hlinc (meaning 'Hill').. A Lynch family originated at Cranbrook in Kent (where William Lynch co-founded Cranbrook School, Kent, in 1518) and from Tudor times were seated at "The Groves" in the village of Staple near Canterbury in Kent (the house was demolished in 1843 on the death of Lady Lynch).

  8. Dalton (surname) - Wikipedia

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    Dalton is a surname of Anglo-Saxon origin found in Ireland and Britain and places where people from those backgrounds emigrated to. The Hiberno-Norman D'Alton (later Dalton) family controlled an area of the Irish midlands following the Norman invasion and assimilation into Ireland.

  9. Devereux - Wikipedia

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    Devereux is a Norman surname found frequently in Ireland, Wales, England and around the English-speaking world. Saint Devereux Church in Hereford, United Kingdom is also named Saint Dubricius and is dedicated to the 6th century clergyman Saint Dubricius from Hereford, [1] [2] suggesting that the name is a Norman French rendering of Dubricius or the saint's Welsh name Dyfrig. [3]

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