Richard Lovett
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Richard Lovett was a Seigneur
of Upper Normandy who accompanied William the Conqueror into England in 1066 AD. The surname derived from the Anglo-Norman
French
lo(u)vet, a nickname which meant 'wolf cub.' Richard Lovett's sons, William and Robert Lovett were rewarded with land grants in England that were listed in the Domesday Book
and stayed with the family into the twentieth-century.
Ricardus de Louvet's tomb is at the cathedral in Rouen
, France
. His name, and that of his sons' are memorialized on the doors of the Church of Notre Dame at Dives, Normandy.
Descendants are buried at Soulbury
Church at the family manor at Liscombe England as well as St. Michan's Church
in Dublin where Christopher Lovett had been lord mayor in the 1670s, beginning the Irish branch of the family.
Descendants include Verney Lovett Cameron
.
Lord
Lord is a title with various meanings. It can denote a prince or a feudal superior . The title today is mostly used in connection with the peerage of the United Kingdom or its predecessor countries, although some users of the title do not themselves hold peerages, and use it 'by courtesy'...
of Upper Normandy who accompanied William the Conqueror into England in 1066 AD. The surname derived from the Anglo-Norman
Anglo-Norman
The Anglo-Normans were mainly the descendants of the Normans who ruled England following the Norman conquest by William the Conqueror in 1066. A small number of Normans were already settled in England prior to the conquest...
French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
lo(u)vet, a nickname which meant 'wolf cub.' Richard Lovett's sons, William and Robert Lovett were rewarded with land grants in England that were listed in the Domesday Book
Domesday Book
Domesday Book , now held at The National Archives, Kew, Richmond upon Thames in South West London, is the record of the great survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086...
and stayed with the family into the twentieth-century.
Ricardus de Louvet's tomb is at the cathedral in Rouen
Rouen
Rouen , in northern France on the River Seine, is the capital of the Haute-Normandie region and the historic capital city of Normandy. Once one of the largest and most prosperous cities of medieval Europe , it was the seat of the Exchequer of Normandy in the Middle Ages...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. His name, and that of his sons' are memorialized on the doors of the Church of Notre Dame at Dives, Normandy.
Descendants are buried at Soulbury
Soulbury
Soulbury is a village and also a civil parish within Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located in the Aylesbury Vale, about three miles south of the Milton Keynes urban area, three miles north of Wing. The village name is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means 'stronghold in a...
Church at the family manor at Liscombe England as well as St. Michan's Church
St. Michan's Church
St. Michan's Church, located in Church Street, Dublin, Ireland, is a Church of Ireland church.-Building:Built on the site of an early Danish chapel , the current structure dates largely from a reconstruction in 1686, but is still the only parish church on the north side of the Liffey surviving...
in Dublin where Christopher Lovett had been lord mayor in the 1670s, beginning the Irish branch of the family.
Descendants include Verney Lovett Cameron
Verney Lovett Cameron
Verney Lovett Cameron was an English traveller in Central Africa and the first European to cross equatorial Africa from sea to sea.-Biography:He was born at Radipole, near Weymouth, Dorset...
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