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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 ...
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Goddard is a surname of Norman origin, found in England and France. [1] It is derived from the personal name Golhard. [1] Recorded variants include Godard and Godart in England; Goudard and Godar in France; Gotthard, Godehard and Goddert in Germany; and Goedhard and Goedhart in Holland.
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.
Derek Jacobi (1938–), English actor, descended from the financier Joseph de la Plaigne of Bordeaux. [194] [195] Julian Jarrold (1960–), English film-maker, descended from the prominent Jarrold's family of Norwich, known for the department store and publishing businesses, family of Huguenot or Dutch descent. [196]
Bacon is an English surname originally from Normandy and ... English printmaker and painter; Mary Bacon ... Richard Paul Bacon (b. 1975), English television and radio ...
The surname has been linked primarily to a large French family that settled in Lancashire, England. By the 14th century the Molyneux family had split into three main branches: the Lancashire line, who became the Earls of Sefton ; the Nottingham line; and the Calais line, from those remaining in France.