de Wanci, de Wauncy, de Vanci, de Vance, de Vanssay

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de Wanci, de Wauncy, de Vanci, de Vance, de Vanssay

Legg inn av Vanssay » 07 sep 2006 16:46:44

hello,
First of all excuse me for my poor english! I am looking for
information concerning the family "de wauncy" or "de wancy" a british
part of my family. One of my ancestor, Guillaume (william) de Vancsez
made in 1037 agreement with Foulques of St Calais at about the same
period that Guillaume de St-Calais (William of St Calais, monk in the
same abbaye) was the confessor of William the Conqueror. Later he
became bishop of Durham. Hugo and Osberne de Vanci or Wanci were with
William the Conqueror at Hastings ( in Domesday Book). Several ways to
spell my familiy have existed. Vancé until the XVIIIth century, Vansay
sometimes, and other spelling, and my family, one of the oldest in
France, has kept a lot of archives. In french "w" and "v" are
pronounced in the same way (Wandrille, Wallon...), , except if the word
comes from anglosaxon origin. Vancé is a village still existing close
to St Calais and there was a chateau there that belonged to my familiy
until the XIVth century. The origin of the name should be "Venetiacus"
means the "venete" a nation of Brittany. If we know since many
generations that we participate to Hastings we have no information
about our part of the family in England. I would be very interested in
any information about them. I think that they probably disappear in the
XVth century after having been sheriff in the Sussex.
Their coat of arms is different of ours but many families at this
period had several coat of arms.
Thank you for any information on that topic.
Kind regards,
Guy de Vanssay

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