Does anyone know where to find the origin of the name Richardson? I'd heard it was the son of Richard. Any help would be appreciated. Candace

Has anyone traced forward from HUGH d'AVRANCHES as this is where the name RICHARDSON came from !!!! INFO BELOW.. Regards Peter Richardson (Freeman of Chester) Melbourne. Australia. Hugh d'Avranches, 1st Earl of Chester (died July 27, 1101) was one of the great magnates of early Norman England Hugh was the son of Richard Goz, viscount of Avranches in the far southwest of: Normandy A former province of north western France on the English channel; divided into Haute-Normandie and Basse-Normandie Normandy, and inherited from his father a large estate not just in the Avranchin but scattered throughout western Normandy. Hugh became an important councilor of: William Duke of Normandy. He contributed 60 ships to the invasion of England, but did not fight at Hastings , instead being one of those trusted to stay behind and govern Normandy. The decisive battle in which William the Conqueror (duke of Normandy) defeated the Saxons under Harold II (1066) and thus left England open for the Norman Conquest. After William became king of England, Hugh was given large grants of land, and then, in 1071, was made Earl of Chester Hugh spent much of his time fighting savagely with his neighbors in Wales One of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; during Roman times the region was known as CambriaWales, in the end subduing a good part of northern Wales and the island of Anglesey An island northwest of Wales Anglesey. In time Hugh became so fat he could hardly walk; he is often referred to as Hugh the Fat. He married Ermentrude of Claremont, by whom he had one son, Richard, who succeeded him. Richard married Matilda of Blois, daughter of Stephen, Count of Blois and Adela, a daughter of William the Conqueror. Both Richard and Matilda died in the White Ship Ship disaster (1120), and he was succeeded by his first cousin Ranulph le Meschin, Earl of Chester. -----Original Message----- From: CM [mailto:clm@charter.net] Sent: Thursday, 18 August 2005 8:41 AM To: RICHARDSON-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [RICHARDSON] origin of Richardson name Does anyone know where to find the origin of the name Richardson? I'd heard it was the son of Richard. Any help would be appreciated. Candace ==== RICHARDSON Mailing List ==== To use the Richardson Query Board: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=surnames.richardson To review Archived messages: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/RICHARDSON-L -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.10.12/75 - Release Date: 17/08/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.10.12/75 - Release Date: 17/08/2005

Peter, This is very interesting information. I've never heard this. Thanks for your help. Candace At 10:42 PM 8/18/2005 +1000, Peter Richardson wrote >Has anyone traced forward from HUGH d'AVRANCHES as this is where the name >RICHARDSON came from !!!! INFO BELOW.. >Regards >Peter Richardson (Freeman of Chester) >Melbourne. >Australia.