138412032. Ruald Adolpheus Lovecote
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ID: I29709
Name: Ruald Adolpheus LOVECOTE 1 2
Sex: M
Birth: in France 2
Death: in England 2
Note:[lippincott.FTW]
Ruald was a companion of William the Conqueror. Lovecote, or love Cottage as it
was called was given to Ruald (who held the Manor of Lovecote at the time of the
Domesday Book in 1066) and held by the Lippincotts in the line of succession. the
earliest notice of Lovecote is to be found in 1080 in the domesday Book (Census)
made by order of William the Conqueror of lands held b y King Edward the
Confessor 1041/1066. Following is a translation of the entry on page 115 of Vol I of
this first census of England: "Ruald himself held Lovecote. Lofe held it in the time of
Edward the Confessor, paying geld (tax) on a half vergate of land, now returned, s
two ox-gangs or plow-lands. There remain two villani or serf, formerly (time of
Edward) valued at thirty, but now fifty, denarii " A government report included
"Terra Rualdi Adobati in Devensesara" of "lands held by Rualdus Adobatus in
Devonshire".
The family of Lippincott derived its name from "Lovecote" seat of the family for 350
plus yers. Luffincote, a corruption of the ancient name, is a Parish some twenty miles
west of Lovecote on the western border of Devon. This Saxon name implies that a
Proprietor named Love (Lofe) held the house, cote and lands: hence called
Lovecote, which name was probably already ancient. Surnames were not settled
until about the time of William the conqueror, so Lovecote, Loughsyngcote,
Lyvenscott, Luffincott variations became fixed in Lippincott during the past two
centuries. The college of Heralds at London has granted eight differenct Coats of
Arms to this family.
The Lovecote estate is located in Devonshire at Highampton, about 30 mi southwest
of Webworthy (Wibbery), between Hatherleigh and Holsworthy, in the west of
Devonshire; in the southwest part of England.
Ruald held thirty manors in Devonshire, as per authority of the Domesday Book and
Rev. R. Powell, Rector of Buckland Fillegh, near Lovecott in Shebbeare, and
antiquarian, and author of "Marland Papers" in the North Devon Journal, Barnstaple.Father: Lofe of LOVECOTE
Marriage 1 Spouse Unknown
Children
1. Roger DE LOVECOTE b: 1195 in Devonshire, England
Sources:1.Title: Lippincottmail.FTW
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Text: Date of Import: Sep 29, 1999
2.Title: Zucaro Database
Author: Brenda A. Zucaro
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Text: Date of Import: Jan 19, 2000