The Battle Abbey Roll. Vol. III.
by
The Duchess of Cleveland.

ADDITIONAL NAMES GIVEN BY LELAND.

Prepared by Michael A. Linton
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Wameruile : for Wanrevil or Wannervill, seated at Hemsworth in Yorkshire, and holding of the Lacis. "The earliest distinct mention of the Wanreviles as tenants of the Honour of Pontefract is in the Liber Niger, where Adam de Wanrevil appears holding one of the sixty knight's fees which comprised the honour. This was between 1162 and 1165."—Hunter's South Yorkshire. There were, according to Dodsworth, two Williams and four Adams of the name. "One of these Adams (t. Ed. II.) was the coroner before whom a remarkable inquest was held. It was on the body of a man unknown, who was found dead in the dungeons of the castle of Almonbury, partly devoured by worms, birds, and dogs. The verdict was that the body was slain elsewhere, and brought when dead to the castle, the jury knew not by whom."—Ibid. The family ended in two heiresses in or about 1363. One of these Sir Nicholas Wortley took to wife. She was the elder sister, and brought him half the manor and advowson of Hemsworth, with other lands. The younger, Isabel, married Simon de Marton. In Palgrave's Parliamentary Writs the name is spelt Wauuervill or Wauderville; and two of the family, Sir Adam, and Sir Edmund, are entered as having been in arms against the King in 1322, and taken prisoners at the battle of Boroughbridge.