The Ancestors of Lieutenant Thomas Tracy of Norwich, Connecticut
The book The Ancestors of Lieutenant Thomas Tracy of Norwich, Connecticut was written by author Ripley, Charles Stedman, B. 1857 Here you can read free online of The Ancestors of Lieutenant Thomas Tracy of Norwich, Connecticut book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The Ancestors of Lieutenant Thomas Tracy of Norwich, Connecticut a good or bad book?
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I. THE SIRE 1)E TRACI was a Norman baron, and an officer in the army with which William, Duke of Normandy, invaded England. He is mentioned in Wace's account of the battle of Hastings {fought at Senlac, near Hastings , Oct. 14, 1066) ; and his name also appears on the existing copies of the "Roll of Battel Abbey," and the lists of Norman noblemen who accompanied William into England. The Duchess of Cleveland, in her work entitled, ''The Boll of Battle Abbey," states that the name is derived fro...m the castle and barony of Traci, near Vire, Arrondissement of Caen. Planche writes that ' ' the family does not appear to have been of much importance in England before the time of Iving Stephen, who bestowed upon Henry de Traci the Honour of Barnstaple in Devonshire ; but the first of the name we hear of is Turgis, or Turgisius, de Traci, who, with William de la Ferte, was defeated and driven out of Maine by Fulk de Rechin, Count of Anjou, in 1073, and who was, therefore, in all probability, the Sire de Traci in the army of Hastings." Note.
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