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BEC/CRISPIN

Posted on April 4, 2016 by genealogy1066

 L’ EGLISE DAMVILLE The Bec/Crispin composite was popularised in the imaginative works of Mr. Grimaldi in 1832. He proposed that Ralf/Rollo/Rou de Bec was a brother of Gilbert Crispin I. It might be assumed that he based his supposition on … Continue reading →

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THE NORMAN ELITE

Posted on October 21, 2014 by genealogy1066

With special notice of the families of Crispin, Heriz, Lacy, Ferrers, and Wormley. Much of the nineteenth-century ‘construction’ of the Crispin family stemmed from the writings of such as Mr. Grimaldi, who borrowed from an utterly discredited earlier source. The … Continue reading →

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