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Birth:          ABT 1023 Normandy
Death:          Hooton Pagnell, Yorkshire, England

Notes
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jweber&id=I13090
Information from "Routh Roots" by Walter M. Weber; Waynesville, MO (popo AT 
webound.com)
"The earliest know ancestor of the family of Routh was a Norman knight, Richard de 
Surdeval. He was born about 1030 and bore the family name of LeMoigne. He 
accompanied William, Duke of Normandy, (William the Conquerer), in the invasion of 
England and took part in the Battle of Hastings, which occurred October 1066. As a 
reward for his part in defeating the Anglo Saxon King Harold and continuing the 
conquest of northern England through Yorkshire, King William knighted Richard de 
Surdeval and gave him a large grant of land in Yorkshire."


Information from "The Joseph Routh Family 1747-1979"; compiled and edited by Tom 
Turpin and Earl and Anna Roberts (sent to me by Harold R. Huber (harold.huber AT 
sabre.com))

"Among those who fought 'bravely and wisely' was a young man, Richard de Surdeval, 
who was born in the village of Surdeval in that part of northern France known as 
Normandy. He was the son of Baron le Moigne (owner of the forrests). the area in 
which he was born was peopled largely by Norsemen and Anglo-Saxons. Richard was 
rewarded for his service in the conquest of England by recieving from William the 
Conqueror a large grant of land in that area in Yorkshire that had been depopulated. 
In addition to the grant of land, Richard and many others were knighted. He became 
known as Sir Richard de Surdeval and was given his own coat of arms. It is described 
in Burke's History of Heraldic Bearings as 'three bars azure on a quarter argent, two 
lions passant gules'. In other words, it consisted of a shield with three blue bars on a 
white or silver background with two walking red lions. There was no crest nor motto, 
they were not added to the coat of arms until later. Very few of the knights could read 
or write and a motto would have had little or no meaning to them."

Routh Family Revisited: A Genealogy; Routh, Ross H.; 1907
"The Dalreudius (Dalraida or Dalreuda) clan (after Rheuda, their general) were 
descedants of the Milesian Kings who whent from Spain and France, 200 or 300 years 
before Christ, to Ireland and who left Ireland during the lifetime of St. Patrick. (i.e. 
about 450 A.D.) and settled in Yorkshire. They spread themselves over a considerable 
area of what is now know as the East Riding and established their headquarters in 
Holderness, calling it Rheuda, which became in Domesday times variously know as 
Ruda, Rute, and later Routh.
First known ancestor of the family of Routh was a Norman Knight, Richard de 
Surdeval, whose name is given in the Battle Abbey Roll and who accompanied William 
the Conqueror to England in the train of the Earl of Mortain. This Richard, born about 
1030, was a cadet of the House of Verdun and bore the family name of Le Moigne



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Children by ----- ----- 
DE SURDEVAL Maud (ABT 1055 - )

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