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Source: The peerage of Scotland

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Titre	The peerage of Scotland

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Sir GAUTIER II de Somerville

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I. Sir GUALTER, or WALTER de SO∣MERVILLE, obtained from the Conqueror, Page 624 (having been one of his chief commanders) the whole lordship and territory of Whitch∣nour,* in the county of Stafford, where he set∣tled, as also Somerville Aston in Glocester∣shire. He was progenitor of all the Somer∣villes in Great Britain. He lived after the year 1100, and left issue several sons. 1. Sir Walter de Somerville, who succeed∣ed him in the lordship of Whitchnour, and carried on the line of that great and opulent family,* which flourished with lustre in England for many ages. He lived in the reigns of king Henry I. and king Stephen, and of him was lineally descended sir Philip de Somerville, lord of Whitchnour, who made a considerable figure in the reigns of kings Henry IV. and V. and was so famous for his great hospitality, that he is recorded for having given a flitch of ba∣con as a reward to any husband and wife,* who could say that they never had the least diffe∣rence, nor contradicted one another within the space of twelve months after marriage, &c. The figure of a flitch of bacon, neatly carved on wood, is at this day in Whitchnour house, near Litchfield, now the seat of— Offby, Esq; but the male line of the Whitch∣nour family is long since extinct, having end∣ed in a single daughter, married to the great Stafford duke of Buckingham, constable of England, forfeited and beheaded in Henry the VIII's time. Sir Gualter's second son was, 2. William, of whom all the Somervilles in Scotland are descended, as will be shown hereafter. 3. Roger, who got from his father the ba∣tony of Aston in Glocestershire, which, after him, was called Somerville Aston, &c. Sir John of Somerville-Aston,* son or grandson of Roger, flourished in the reign of king Henry III. and married Cecilia de Limefie, with whom he got the manor of Stockton, and several other considerable possessions in Warwick-shire. this of course is incorrect, she was his mother!

I. Sir GUALTER, or WALTER de SO∣MERVILLE,
obtained from the Conqueror,
Page 624

(having been one of his chief commanders)
the whole lordship and territory of Whitch∣nour,*
in the county of Stafford, where he set∣tled,
as also Somerville Aston in Glocester∣shire.
He was progenitor of all the Somer∣villes
in Great Britain.

He lived after the year 1100, and left issue
several sons.

1. Sir Walter de Somerville, who succeed∣ed
him in the lordship of Whitchnour, and
carried on the line of that great and opulent
family,* which flourished with lustre in England
for many ages. He lived in the reigns of
king Henry I. and king Stephen, and of him
was lineally descended sir Philip de Somerville,
lord of Whitchnour, who made a considerable
figure in the reigns of kings Henry IV. and V.
and was so famous for his great hospitality, that
he is recorded for having given a flitch of ba∣con
as a reward to any husband and wife,* who
could say that they never had the least diffe∣rence,
nor contradicted one another within
the space of twelve months after marriage,
&c. The figure of a flitch of bacon, neatly
carved on wood, is at this day in Whitchnour
house, near Litchfield, now the seat of—
Offby, Esq; but the male line of the Whitch∣nour
family is long since extinct, having end∣ed
in a single daughter, married to the great
Stafford duke of Buckingham, constable of
England, forfeited and beheaded in Henry the
VIII's time.

Sir Gualter's second son was,

2. William, of whom all the Somervilles
in Scotland are descended, as will be shown
hereafter.

3. Roger, who got from his father the ba∣tony
of Aston in Glocestershire, which, after
him, was called Somerville Aston, &c.

Sir John of Somerville-Aston,* son or
grandson of Roger, flourished in the reign of
king Henry III. and married Cecilia de Limefie*,
with whom he got the manor of Stockton,
and several other considerable possessions in
Warwick-shire.

*this of course is incorrect, she was his mother!