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Re: Aslin, the spelling of the name
Posted by: Douglas Fahnlander	Date: May 07, 2001 at 22:23:58
In Reply to: Re: Aslin, the spelling of the name by Howard C Aslin	of 167

Howard, some history: Geoffrey de Ascelin, was from a Norman/Breton family, and the name is recorded in 943. They are descended from the Breton family of Dinan, as the family name Ascelin. Geoffrey was at the Conquest with William the Bastard and was granted many estates in Northampton, Lincoln, Leicestershire, Derbyshire, and Nottingham.

The name was recorded in Lincolnshire as Hansell. In Derbyshire it was Geoffrey de Alselin. Obviously the family was well placed in Norman court circles. The Duke of Normandy witnessed a charter of Robert Pincerna, son of Ascelin, which indicates his descent. The family continued to hold the lands of Martinvast in the Manche, in the arrondisement of Cherburg in Normandy after the Conquest.

Geoffrey d'Ascelin Holdings in Derbyshire in 1086 included Alvaston, Ambaston, Egginton, Elvaston, Hulland, and Ockbrook.

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