Tag Archives: Hamilton

HAMILTON FAIRY TALES

Posted on September 1, 2016 by genealogy1066

  One of the earliest genealogical fairy tales was repeated by John Eaton Reid in 1864, who made the grandiose claim that ‘The Scotch Hamiltons are descended from the Hamiltons of Leicestershire, a branch from the stock of the illustrious … Continue reading →

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COLVILLE, COMYN, HAMILTON, AND UMFRAMVILLE

Posted on August 28, 2016 by genealogy1066

    It would be a remarkable occurrence by the kinship system operating at the time if Walter FitzGilbert de Hamilton was not a son of Gilbert de Colville, shown in the Writs of Military Service of 1292 as Gilbertus … Continue reading →

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SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF GILBERT CRISPIN

Posted on February 24, 2016 by genealogy1066

1. Gilbert Crispin I., ‘who because of the shape of his hair was to be known as Crispin. For in his early youth he had hair that was brush-like and stiff and sticking out, and in a manner of speaking … Continue reading →

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WORMLEY AND HAMILTON

Posted on December 8, 2015 by genealogy1066

It is as easy as it is wrong to assign a place of origin to a Conquest-era person  on the basis of the origin of his lord, especially if that lord had numerous tenants, and more especially if the descendants … 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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