Hamon de Clervaulx

Sir Hamon de Clervaulx or Clervaux (fl. 1066)
Sir Hamon de Clervaulx or Clervaux (fl. 1066)
Born	Haute-Normandie, France
House	Clervaux [sic]

Sir Hamon de Clervaulx or Clervaux (fl. 1066) was a Norman knight who arrived in England with the Norman Conquest in 1066 to fight at the Battle of Hastings, after which he was granted lands at Bootham, Yorkshire, where the shield^{[clarification needed]} of his family was stationed at Richmond Castle. He is listed as a companion of William the Conqueror in the Battle Abbey Roll.

Descendants

His descendants in England usually spelled their surname 'Clervaux' without the second 'l'. They moved to the manor of Croft-on-Tees and developed Croft Hall. Sir Richard Clervaux is buried in the south aisle of Croft Church.

Their last heiress was Elizabeth Clervaux, whose marriage to Christopher Chaytor of Beautrove or Butterby, County Durham, Surveyor General of Durham and Northumberland, united their families. The Chaytor family consequently named Clervaux Castle, Yorkshire, which they built in 1842 but which was demolished in 1951, after their Clervaux [sic] ancestors.

Their other descendants include the Fenwick family of clergy, of Northumberland, and the Boyd family of merchant bankers, of County Durham and Newcastle. A son of Major-General Richard Clement Moody, the founder of British Columbia, received the middle name 'de Clervaux' [sic] after his maternal ancestor.

Coat of arms

The blazon of the coat-of-arms of the House of Clervaux is ‘a crane proper, wrapped gules’, which was adapted into the coat-of-arms of their heirs, the Chaytor family. Their motto was ‘Fortune le veut’ (sc. 'fortune wishes it').

References

1 2 3 4 Hylton Longstaffe, W. (1852). The House of Clervaux, Its Descents and Alliances. G. Bouchier Richardson, Newcastle upon Tyne. pp. 'Royal Descent of Clervaux'.
1 2 3 4 5 A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. II, by John Burke, Published for Henry Colburn, London, by R. Bentley, Bell and Bradfute, Edinburgh, 1834, pp. 139 – 142.
1 2 Historic England. "Croft Hall (1131334)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 4 July 2024.

[Hylton_Longstaffe,_Royal_Descent_of_Clervaux-1] 1 2 3 4 Hylton Longstaffe, W. (1852). The House of Clervaux, Its Descents and Alliances. G. Bouchier Richardson, Newcastle upon Tyne. pp. 'Royal Descent of Clervaux'.

[Commoners-2] 1 2 3 4 5 A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. II, by John Burke, Published for Henry Colburn, London, by R. Bentley, Bell and Bradfute, Edinburgh, 1834, pp. 139 – 142.

[nhle-3] 1 2 Historic England. "Croft Hall (1131334)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 4 July 2024.