VERO NIHIL VERIUS Nothing Is More True Than The Truth
VERO NIHIL VERIUSNothing Is More True Than The TruthUpdated May 15, 2005 | Nigel Andrew Weir One Norton mews Petit Bouet St Peter Port,Guernsey, Channel Islands GY12AZ United Kingdom [email protected] |
Hello The way this all started about is , my eldest son William aged 4, was chosen to be "Wanochi" for the week at his school which simply means "the chosen one", this entails to be first in line, teachers helper etc, and also has to talk about, friends, pets, special events, holidays, days out and of course his mummy and daddy. So we dedcided to do a "scrap book" of the holidays, the photo's, his brother, his favourite toys etc, i decided to have a look on the internet for an old scottish clan map, showing the WEIR CLAN on it, so we could enter it into the book. I stumbled on the fact that the Scottish name WEIR is derived from the Norman-French de Vere..... Alberic de Vere. Ralph or Radalphus de Ver was the first of the name on record in Scotland. As Ralph de Ver he was taken prisoner at Ainwick in July 1174. As Radulphus de Weir, he witnessed a Charter of King William, between 1174 and 1184. And as Radulph de Veir he gave a bovate of land in Sprowston, Roxburgh, to Kelso Abbey. As Radalphus de Vere he witnessed another Charter by King William to the Abbey of Lindores. He also witnessed another undated Charter of King William's to William de Hala, Herd (Errol.) The same, or perhaps a succeeding Radulph de Ver, or de Uer witnessed about 1204 a grant to the Abbey of Arbroath, and before 1214 another Charter by William the Lion. The Weirs of Lanarkshire are claimed to be descended from this Radulph. The first Aubrey de Vere on record (in Britain) came to England with William the Conqueror. He is usually held to be a Norman, though he may have been a Breton; he certainly had strong Connections with Brittany. Before the Conquest he was described as one of the barons of Conan, Count of Brittany, and after the Battle of Hastings he or his son (a second Aubrey) was allotted lands in Essex by the overlord there, who was Alan of Brittany, now called Alan, Count of Richmond in Yorkshire. Aubrey's eldest surviving son: Ralph de Vere, elder brother of Robert De Vere the earl of Oxford also known as Robin Hood. The first officially recorded de Vere in Scotland was a Radulfus (or Ralph) who was holding estates in Lanarkshire during the reign of Alexander II. In 1160 Conan, Earl of Richmond, had married Margaret, sister of the King of Scotland, and it seems likely that this may have been the time when his follower, Ralph, was awarded his lands there. So there i am hooked on creating a family tree. So if there is anyone who can fill in some gaps on any of the family names on the tree you are more than welcome to e-mail myself, or any more history on any of the families please do not hesitate to contact myself All the best to all my relatives, where ever you all are! Nigel, Amanda, William and Robert Weir |
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