The House of Colville (Colvin) is an
Anglo-Norman Anglo-Norman may refer to:
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family in England. The family originate from Gilbert de Collevile of
Colleville Sur Mer. The Domesday Book of 1086 records Gilbert's descendants as holding lands directly from the Crown in Yorkshire, specifically Arncliffe where the family would remain prominent for many centuries. Later a branch of the Colvilles also established themselves at
Newton in the
Isle of Ely
The Isle of Ely () is a historic region around the city of Ely in Cambridgeshire, England. Between 1889 and 1965, it formed an administrative county.
Etymology
Its name has been said to mean "island of eels", a reference to the creatures th ...
.
One of the family's most notable titles is the
Barony de Colville of Castle Bytham where from the 12th Century the family controlled a Barony with lands in excess of .
From the 17th century onwards, some members of the family switched to the use of Colvin, situated in Kent, Sussex, and later, London and the surrounding counties, notably at Monkhams Hall near Waltham Abbey, Essex.
Footnotes
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Anglo-Norman families