| ![Show Contents]() Campey History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 England The name Campey reached English shores for the first time with the ancestors of the Campey family as they migrated following the Norman Conquest of 1066. The Campey family lived in Campe or Campes, Normandy, where the family lived prior to the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. The derivation of this location is from the Old French word camp, which means field. [1] Early Origins of the Campey familyThe surname Campey was first found in Warwickshire but looking back further, we found "Aluric Camp or Campa was a Domesday [Book] tenant in the eastern counties." [2] [3] Robert Campe was listed in the Pipe Rolls for Warwickshire in 1195 and later, Tomas le Campe was listed in he Pipe Rolls for Hampshire in 1200. Down in Dorset, John Campe (Kempe) was listed there in the Pipe Rolls of 1205. [3] The Hundredorum Rolls of 1273 included: Felicia in Campo in Cambridgeshire; and William de Campo in Oxfordshire. Johannes de Kempe was found in the Yorkshire Poll Tax Rolls of 1379. [4] "Camp is a name that has been for six centuries characteristic of this part of England. It was represented in the adjoining counties of Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire in the 13th century. In the county of Herts, Camp is an old Saudon name (Cus.). John Camp was thrice Mayor of Hertford in the middle of last century. There are also Camps in Derbyshire. The Derbyshire Camps are now established in the Derby district." [5] The Comper variant was first found in Somerset where Elyas Cumper was listed in the Curia Regis Rolls for 1224. Later, Walter Compere, le Compeyre was listed in the Subsidy Rolls for Sussex in 1332. [3] The name is from "Camper or Champer. Perhaps from Champier, near Grenoble." [1] Early History of the Campey familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Campey research. Another 99 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1239, 1244 and 1296 are included under the topic Early Campey History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Campey Spelling VariationsAnglo-Norman names tend to be marked by an enormous number of spelling variations. This is largely due to the fact that Old and Middle English lacked any spelling rules when Norman French was introduced in the 11th century. The languages of the English courts at that time were French and Latin. These various languages mixed quite freely in the evolving social milieu. The final element of this mix is that medieval scribes spelled words according to their sounds rather than any definite rules, so a name was often spelled in as many different ways as the number of documents it appeared in. The name was spelled Camp, Campe, Camper, Campor, Comper and others. Early Notables of the Campey familyMore information is included under the topic Early Campey Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Migration of the Campey familyBecause of the political and religious discontent in England, families began to migrate abroad in enormous numbers. Faced with persecution and starvation at home, the open frontiers and generally less oppressive social environment of the New World seemed tantalizing indeed to many English people. The trip was difficult, and not all made it unscathed, but many of those who did get to Canada and the United States made important contributions to the young nations in which they settled. Some of the first North American settlers with Campey name or one of its variants: Nicholas Camp who settled in New Haven in 1630; Mrs. Camp settled in Boston in 1769 with her daughter; Daniel, James, John, Joseph, Thomas, arrived in Philadelphia between 1840 and 1875..
| Contemporary Notables of the name Campey (post 1700) | + |
- Mr. David Campey M.B.E., British Major for the Corps of Royal Engineers was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire on 17th June 2017
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