Damorey History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

The surname Damorey was first found in Oxfordshire where one of the first records of the family was Sir Robert D'Amory, Knight, of Bucknell and Woodperry. He also held the manors of Bletchington and Holton, Oxfordshire, Standon in Hertfordshire, Caythorpe in Lincolnshire, and Knaresborough and St. Briavels' Castles. His son, Roger Damory, Lord d'Amory, Baron d'Amory in Ireland, (d. c. 1321) was a nobleman and Constable of Corfe Castle.

The descendants of the Norman adventurer, the Damorys, were established in Somersetshire, 15 Henry. II. They bore for arms "Barry nebulee of six arg and gu. a bend az." 1

"In the following century Roger de Amory held part of the Honour of D'Oylly in Bucks from the Earl of Warwick 2. He was probably the father of Gilbert, who in 1293 was in the expedition to Gascony, and left three sons: 1. Sir Roger; 2. Nicolas; and 3. Sir Richard. The eldest, Sir Roger (from whom Damory Court in Dorsetshire takes its name), was summoned to parliament by writ in 1317: and two years afterwards obtained from Ed. II. a grant of one hundred marks yearly, with the manors of Sandall in Yorkshire, Halghton in Oxfordshire, and Faukeshall in Surrey. He served in Scotland, and was at different times Constable of Knaresborough and Gloucester, and Warden of the Forest of Dene." 3

"One branch of this ancient house was long seated at Yatt, co. Gloucester; and another has migrated to the United States, where the name and family of Amory are well known and esteemed." 1