Herverus Walter

Herverus came to England with William the Conquerer in 1066. After the battle, he obtained large grants in Norfolk, Suffolk, and Lancashire.

Biography

• Also known as Herocines Watter, came to England with William the Conquerer in 1065 or 1066 and was at Battle of Hastings.
• Hervius is unquestionably proved by Sir James Ware and William Roberts, Esq., Ulster King of Arms in the reign of Charles I (1625-1649). and by the indisputable authority of ancient records, to be the true and direct ancestor of this family. He accompanied the Conqueror in his expedition to England and obtained large possessions in the Counties of Norfolk, Suffolk and Lancaster, in which he was succeeded by Hervius Walter, his son, having also a daughter, Alicia, who became the wife of Ormus Magnus. (Kin of Mellcene Thurman Smith, page 945)
• among those who came over with William the Conqueror from Normandy to England, in 1066, was a man bearing the name of Herverus. After the great battle of Hastings, this Herverus obtained large possessions in Norfolk, Sufforlk and Lancashire. He had two sons, Walter Herverus & Hamon, and one daughter Alicia, who married Ormus Magnus. ~The Houghton Genealogy, p. 19

References

• The Houghton genealogy : the descendants of Ralph and John Houghton of Lancaster, Massachusetts; with an introduction giving the Houghton families in England from the time of William the Conqueror, 1065, to Lord Henry Bold Houghton, 1848 by Houghton, John W. (John Wesley), 1834- Page 19. Archive.Org
• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jweber&id...
• http://cybergata.com/roots/3962.htm
• http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/f/o/s/John-Cantzon-Foste...
• https://www.houghtonsurnameproject.com/g0/p6.htm#i165
• https://archive.org/details/houghtongenealog00houg/page/19/mode/1up
• https://wc.rootsweb.com/trees/162642/I20903/herverus-/descendancy