Geoffrey le Norreys

• Preferred Name: Geoffrey le Norreys
  
• Gender: M
  
• Fact: with note: Description: https://www.geni.com/people/Geoffrey-le-Norreys/6000000002068959114?through=6000000009796958056
  
• Birth: 1110 in Yorkshire, England
  
• FSID: LV8F-KXK
  
• Death: 1170 in Yorkshire, England
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  It is believed that Geoffrey Le Norreys, born about 1320, in County Norfolk, England, is a descendant of Geoffrey Le Norreys of Bereford, Yorkshire. He was born about 1110 and died before 1170. He was the earliest known ancestor to carry the name Norreys. Prior to this time it was Noers. This Geoffrey was probably a descendant of William de Noers who died after 1086. His name appears in the "Domesday Book," a very large census taken in 1086 by William the Conqueror.
  William de Noers was a steward to William when he became King of England. De Noers had fought with the King at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 when the Normans conquered the British Isle of Great Britain. The Normans had come from Normandy in what is now France. William, for his loyalty to the new King, was granted 33 manors along with lands in the areas which became known as Lancashire, Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, and Norfolk.
  Geoffrey Le Norreys, born about 1110, possibly had a brother named Ivo Le Norreys, born about 1090. Geoffrey had four (4) known sons: William Le Norreys, of Osgodby and Bereford, Yorkshire, born about 1130, died before 1196. Hugh Le Norreys, of Scotforth, Lancashire, born about 1132, Robert Le Norreys, of South Cave, Yorkshire, born about 1134, died after 1184; and Phillip Le Norreys, of Merton, Lancashire, born about 1150, died after 1222. Geoffrey Le Norreys, born about 1320, is believed to decend from Robert Le Norreys of South Cave, Yorkshire.
  Robert Le Norreys, born about 1134. His name is also spelled as Norreis, Norensis, and Norais. He held a knight's fee in Southhamptonshire and Gloustershire in 1166. He held the Riev Manor in Yorkshire in 1170 as Robert Le Norais. He also held land at Lincolnshire as Robert Norreis. Robert died after 1184. He is believed to have three sons born to him: Rober Le Norreys, of Bath, who died in 1253; Geoffrey Le Norreys, of Searby, Lancashire, died after 1250; and William Le Norreys, of Searby, Lincolnshire, died after 1260. Geoffrey Le Norreys, born about 1320, is believed to be a desendant of the son, Geoffrey Gaufrido Le Norreis. It is through this Geoffrey that Geoffrey Le Norreys is said to decend. Several members of his family carry the name into Norwich and Congham in County Norfolk. The names of the sons of Geoffrey Le Norreys, of Searby, Lancashire are not known at the present time. Geoffrey Le Norreys, born about 1320, would have been a great-great-grandson of Geoffrey of Searby.
  
  === Galfridus le Norreys ===
  Geoffrey ‘Galfridus’ held one knight’s fee in the manor of Bereford in Yorkshire as tenant-in-chief in capite of the Earl of Richmond.
  
  The Domesday Book details Bereford as a berewick(detached portion of farmland that Belonged to a manor and was reserved for the Lord’s own use) composed of 3 carucates of land to the manor of Gilling (a caricate is a unit of land area equivalent to the land a carucate plow and team of 8 oxen could till in a single annual season, also equal to roughly 120 acres) and another carucate of land ‘soke’ of that manor(Bereford manor). ‘Soke’ implied that they did not pay fees or taxes to the manor.
  
  The Manor of Bereford was held under Richmond Castle and in the twelfth century a family who held the 3 carucates of land under Roald de Richmond took the surname Bereford from that manor. In 1202, records indicate that mesne Lord Robert de Perham confirmed to Hugh de Norreys, the 3 carucates of land, “in both Berefords” were held by William le Norreys, Geoffrey’s son.
  
  Bereford existed on both sides of the Tees River in Durham County. One side of the River was know as Bereford-upon-Tees, the other side was known as Bereford-super-Tees. The manor name was changed to Barforth thru the next century and the manor still stands today (2019). Barforth stands on the south bank and Gainford occupies the north bank.

1. William le Norreys, b. 30 NOV 1128 in Heaton Norris, Lancashire, England     d. 1196 in Blackrod, Lancashire, England