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Where did the English Montanye family come from? What is the English Montanye family crest and coat of arms? When did the Montanye family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Montanye family history? Spelling variations of this family name include: Mounteney, Mountenay, Montigni, Monteigni, Mountnay and many more. First found in Essex where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. After the Battle of Hastings in 1066, William, Duke of Normandy, having prevailed over King Harold, granted most of Britain to his many victorious Barons. It was not uncommon to find a Baron, or a Bishop, with 60 or more Lordships scattered throughout the country. These he gave to his sons, nephews and other junior lines of his family and they became known as under-tenants. They adopted the Norman system of surnames which identified the under-tenant with his holdings so as to distinguish him from the senior stem of the family. After many rebellious wars between his Barons, Duke William, commissioned a census of all England to determine in 1086, settling once and for all, who held which land. He called the census the Domesday Book, [1] indicating that those holders registered would hold the land until the end of time. Hence, conjecturally, the surname is descended from the tenant of the lands of Dracon Mountigni of Calvados in Normandy who was recorded in the Domesday Book census of 1086. Robert de Munteigni was recorded in Essex in 1177. Alexander Muntini was in Essex in the Hundrendorum Rolls of 1273. This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Montanye research. Another 139 words(10 lines of text) covering the years 120 and 1208 are included under the topic Early Montanye History in all our PDF Extended History products. More information is included under the topic Early Montanye Notables in all our PDF Extended History products. Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Alexandr Mountney, who settled in Virginia in 1610; Alex Mountney, who came to Virginia in 1657; Thomas Mountaigne, who came to Barbados in 1679; Alice Mountain, who arrived in Virginia in 1733.
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The Montanye Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Montanye Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname. This page was last modified on 7 March 2013 at 09:31. ©2000-2013 Swyrich Corporation. See Terms of Use for details. houseofnames.com is an internet property owned by Swyrich Corporation. Sign Up
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