Hi,
This is the info I have on Richard de Blunvil - the earliest de Blunvil I have.
Of course I can not guarantee all of it is correct!
born c1015-1114 d c1050-1187
location of birth Blonvil in Calvados, Normandy
held land in Coln & Serdeleshey
subtenant to Hubert de Monte Caniso/Canisi (Hubert de Rie)
NOTE:- he is NOT recorded on the abbey rolls as coming over with William The C. - however Robert Count de Montaigne (1/2 brother to William C) DID come over as a close advisor to William and a decendent of his married Ralph de Blunvil - this Richard's grandson.
Richard de BLUNVILL was born in Blonville in Calvados, Normandy, France. He died after 1086. Had a grant of land in Sterleshey in Colne Engaine, Essex.
He had the following children:
William de BLUNVILL
Richard de BLUNVILL died before 1198.
Walter de BLUNVILL died after 1149.
Richard de Blonville who was the subtenant to Hubert de Monte Caniso, near Blonville, Normandy in 1086. from whom were descended the following, Robert de Blondeville (or Blmeville) living in 1190 in Newton Flotman, Norwich, England, Sir William de Blomvyle, the Constable of Corfe Caste and thomas de Blumville, the Bishop of Norwich in 1226, formerly constable of the Tower of London (1224) and nephew of Hugh de Burgh.
Note: It was normal for a land owner (hubert) to have the same subtenants (Richard) in Normandie as in England.
De Blunvil name:-
This interesting name is of Norman French origin, introduced into England after the Conquest of 1066; it is a good example of the subsequent Anglicizing of foreign placenames to resemble native placename elements. Looking wholly English but being wholly French, the name is locational and derives from the village of Blonville-sur-Mer in Calvados, Normandy. The first element is an Old Norse personal name, the second is the Old French "ville", meaning settlement. The various modern spellings include Blomefield, Blomfield and Blumfield. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of William de Blunwill, which was dated 1207, the Hundred Rolls of Suffolk, during the reign of King John, known as "Lackland", 1199 - 1216
de blunvill
The surname of BLOOMFIELD was a locational name 'of de Blundeville' a place near Normandy, France. The name was brought to England in the wake of the Norman Conquest of 1066, and is familiar to Norfolk and Suffolk. It is known as the Domesday Book. Early records of the name mention William de Blundeville, 1273 County Norfolk
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THE ORIGIN.
In point of age, the family ranks as one of the oldest in East Anglia, and, for the, facts concerning its origin, the Writer is indebted to an excellent account by Sir Reginald Blomfield. R.A., published privately in 1910 by The Chiswick Press, entitled " A Suffolk Family. Being an account of the family of Blomfield in Suffolk.”
It appears the family migrated from the little village of Blomville, on the Normandy coast.
Like a great many early English surnames, this was derived from its original place of settlement. For instance, entries on local (Colchester) Manorial Court Rolls contain records as follows : John atte Fen, Matthew atte Wood, which in time became John Fenn and Matthew Wood. In a similar way, we find the first record of this family is Robert de Blomeville living in 1190. He was, therefore, Robert of Blomvile, in Normandy.
Tanner Manuscripts contain six pedigrees of the family, all bearing the same Arms, which were: Quarterly, per fess, indented Agrent and Azure, a Bend, Gules.
Crest: A lozenge, gules, between two wings erect, sometimes without the lozenge.
It is interesting to note that these Arms and Crest are derived from the Barony of Rye, Normandy, and that such Barony owned the Manor of Newton Flotman, from which a fair presumption may be formed of the connection and origin of the original settlers in Norfolk with Blomville.
