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Francis Nugent Dixon
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Francis | Report | 24 Apr 2007 11:00 |
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........... In about 970 (the exact year is unknown), the King of France, Lothaire IV, ordered Thibault 'the Trickster', Count of Blois and Chartres (or possibly his son Eudes) to build a garrison or fortifications on the south side of the Normandy border, with the objective of 'keeping an eye on the troublesome neighbours' - that is to say, the Normans !. The Count allocated this responsability to a certain Rotrocus (surviving documents are all in Latin). Rotrocus (we know him as Rotroldus or Rotrou) chose the site of these fortifications in an area known as the Perche, about 150 km. SW of Paris. The garrison later became known as Nogent-le-Rotrou (Novigentum Rotroci or 'Rotrou's New Town'), after its founder. By judicious marriages and military success in several local wars, the family grew stronger. Rotrou I (1026-1079) controlled Chateaudun, Bellême, Gallardon, Nogent and Mortagne, and eventually declared himself Count of Perche. Geoffrey de Mortagne, his son, with two brothers Fulke de Bellême and Rotrou de Nogent, accompanied William, Duke of Normandy to England, where history was written at Hastings in 1066. The family was rewarded with land and titles in England (and Wales ?) by the new King, although Geoffrey de Mortagne is the only member of the family mentioned in the Domesday Book. Two of the brothers returned to France, but Fulke de Belleme and his sons settled in England, probably because they had no heritage to return to in France. The family name De Nogent (literally 'from the New Town') was probably not chosen by the descendants themselves, but more likely by the people they frequented in the English/Norman society of England at that time. Although there were several new towns established in France over this period (Nogent le Roi, Nogent sur Marne, Nogent sur Oise, etc.), the Nugent family stems uniquely from Nogent le Rotrou). The name 'De Nogent' was used in England for several generations, although very little is known about this branch of the family between 1066 and 1171. Holding on to their land in England and especially Wales proved to be quite difficult, and so, in 1171, when Henry II suggested that Hugh de Lacy, a Norman Baron who had also settled in England, command an expeditionary force to Ireland to 'help out' one of the Irish kings, some of the 'De Nogent' descendants went with him, looking for easy pickings. Gilbert de Nogent (1150-1202) and his brother Richard 'le Capella' (1156-xxxx) were given considerable tracts of land in Bracklyn, Westmeath and prospered, becoming Barons of Delvin. And so the Nugent family thrived in their new home. Sir William FitzRichard Nugent (1350-1415), was the first person to use the name 'Nugent'. ................... This is just the beginning ........ |
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Margaret | Report | 16 Nov 2007 01:07 |
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Hi Francis |
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