as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the 12th century when they held estates in that county.
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Another 299 words (21 lines of text) covering the years 1510, 1600, 1455 and 1487 are included under the topic Early Amion History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.Only recently has spelling become standardized in the English language. As the English language evolved in the Middle Ages, the spelling of names changed also. The name Amion has undergone many
spelling variations, including Amias, Amyas, Amyes, Amyess, Amyass and others.
To escape the unstable social climate in
England of this time, many families boarded ships for the New World with the hope of finding land, opportunity, and greater religious and political freedom. Although the voyages were expensive, crowded, and difficult, those families that arrived often found greater opportunities and freedoms than they could have experienced at home. Many of those families went on to make significant contributions to the rapidly developing colonies in which they settled. Early North American records indicate many people bearing the name Amion were among those contributors: Samuel Amyes who settled in Virginia in 1728.