Historical and genealogical memoirs of the House of Hamilton

EARLS OF LEICESTER.
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THE FAMILY.
Leicester, and nothing is more likely than that an individual of the house introductory
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of Hamilton was forced to fly their vengeance for killing one of the mem-
bers of their famdy. The date is evidently wrong, and the fable about
Edward the Second and Robert the Bruce also false, but quite in charac-
ter with the legendary origins of families, formerly so universal.
Other families of the name of Hamilton appear, indeed, in other parts
of England,* about the time of the early Scottish Hamiltons, but there is
no reason to suppose any of them settled in Scotland.
* From the Index to Domesday-Book, it appears there were the following places
in England of that name, in the time of William the Conqueror : The names of their
proprietors are given also : — r
Hameldun.
Terr" in clico, Ecclia.
Roteland.
Martineslei Wap~.
Albert. Clericus.
Hameldune.
M. ptri Eccliffi, mol. &c.
Roteland.
Martineslei Wap".
Rex.
Hameledone.
Terr" in clico, mol. praf . &c.
Sudrie.
Godelminge.
Ed ward 15 Saris ber
Hameltun.
M. terr" geld", silva past. &c.
Eurvisc". W. R.
Siraches Wap".
lift", de Laci.
Hameltune.
Villa, terr.
Eurvisc". W. R.
Agemundrenesse.
Comes Tosti.
Hameledune.
Terr" in clico silva.
Hantes".
Menestoch.
Comes Rogeri.
ROTULI HUNDREDORUM, VOL. I.
Index Locorum.
Com. Buck. Hamelden, fol. 22.
Hameldenn, ,, 46.
Hameleden,„
Com Ebor Hnmilt.r>n 3 .
„ 22.
„ 1 10, 135
Index Nominum.
Hamelden, Alex".
Hameldene, Alex'
de, fol. 4. 5. 7.
". de
„ 4, 6, 7, 38.
168.
— Thom. de,
Hameldone, Alex", de, ...... ...„..—._
45.
„ 130.
Hameldun, Heredes Jordani de,
Hameleden Adam de,
„ 42.
Vol. II.
Index Locorum.
Com. Roteland, Hameldon, Ecca. fol. 52.
Hamildon, Ecca. ,, 52.
Maner. „ 49.
Index Nominum.
Hamelden , Wills de, fol. 354.
Hameleden~, Robr de, „ 821.
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