Do you have any idea how difficult it is to find something to
blog about every day?
No!
Well you should try it some time.
Given that this is post 452 you might be able to use your
imagination to get an idea of the difficulty of the task in hand.
Can you tell that if am rambling, well if you couldn’t then
you are not paying attention, cos I am just putting any old words down in the
hope that the light of inspiration will click on, or my muse will wake up and give
me an aha moment.
No such luck…
So I will have to resort to something from my store of
information.
This is about the name HARVEY. The final comments are
interesting as my Harvey’s came from Suffolk.
This ancient surname, which is one of the earliest on
record, is of English and Irish origin. It is also well recorded in Scotland,
although the origin is as for England. The name has two possible sources, the
first being from the Breton personal name "Aeruiu" or
"Haerviu", composed of the elements "haer", meaning battle,
and "vy", - worthy. The 1086 Domesday has various references to
followers of William the Conqueror, including Herueu de Berruarius of Suffolk,
and later Heuei de Castre of Lincoln, in 1157. These were not surnames,
although in fact the first surname recording as shown below was only just
behind. The second source is Irish, although in fact most nameholders in
Ireland do descend from English settlers, it is said that a Galway clan called
originally the O'hAirmheadhaigh, did 'anglicise' their name to Harvey or
Harvie. The Gaelic translates as 'the descendant of the son of Airmed'. The
surname is generally recorded as Harvey, Harvie, Hervie and Hervey, and early
recordings include William Hervy of Essex in 1232, Warin Harvi in the Pipe
Rolls of Cambridge for the year 1273, and John Hervy, burgess of Aberdeen in
1398. The roll of famous namebearers includes William Harvey (1578 - 1657), who
discovered the circulation of the blood in 1616, whilst Edmond Harvey, a
Parliamentarian Colonel, was one of the fifty three regicides who signed the
death warrant of Charles 1st in January 1649. Beauchamp Bagenal Harvey was one
of the 1798 leaders of the Irish rebellion, whilst curiously Robert Hervie of
Scotland was a member of the Huntly Volunteer force, raised to combat a possible
French-Irish invasion. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown
to be that of William Hervi, which was dated 1190, in the 'Calendar of Abbot
Samson of Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk', during the reign of King Richard 1, known
as "The Lionheart", 1189 - 1199.
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