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Suffolk / Re: Devereux family in East Anglia
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The Domesday Book in 1086 recorded the granting of land in East Anglia incl. Norfolk, Suffolk etc. to several Devereux families recorded as "de Evreux" (of / from Evreux in Normandy, France).
Their descendants include the family granted land in Hereford and elsewhere; and in 1550 were the first creation of a Viscount - Viscount Hereford. I in 1572 their dscendant was ctreated Earl of Essex; which later passed to the was ; see <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devereux>
Their descendants include the family granted land in Hereford and elsewhere; and in 1550 were the first creation of a Viscount - Viscount Hereford. I in 1572 their dscendant was ctreated Earl of Essex; which later passed to the was ; see <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devereux>