Blomvyle Family

Other spellings:
Blumvyle, Blundeville, Blundevile, Blumvile, Blumville, Blomevyle, Blomevile, Blunnel

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Introduction

The de Blundeville family came to England after the 1066 conquest from the French village of Blonville-sur-Mer in Calvados, Normandy. The family was gifted manors in Deopham and Newton Flotman.
Most information on the Manor of Blomevile in Deopham comes from Francis Blomefield’s Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk. The section in volume 2 detailing the Manor of Blomevile starts here.
There is more information on the history of the Manor of Blomvile in Deopham here.

Richard Blomvyle

Volume 2 of Blomevile’s history referenced above recorded of the Manor of Blomevile in Deopham that

… in 1401, Rich. Blomevile had it; in 1489, Rich. Blundevile was lord, who died about 1503;

Volume 5 of Blomefield’s history recorded further that the first reference to the owner of the Manor of Blundeville’s in Newton [Flotman] was

… Will. de Blundeville, Blomevyle, or Blunnel who had it of the gift of Henry de Rhye, with Blomevyle’s manor in Depham, (vol. ii. p. 491,) he left it to Richard his son, who was lord in 1226, being nephew to Tho. de Blumville Bishop of Norwich, (vol. iii. p. 483,) he was succeeded by William Blumvyle, and he by Katherine his widow;^[5] and William their son held it of the manor of Hingham, as of the barony of Rhye; and it was after held of the barony of Montchensy at a quarter of a fee;
in 1388, Rich. Blumvyle held it, and
in 1420, Will. Blumvyle, Esq. who was succeeded by 
Ric. Blomevyle, Esq. and he by Catherine his wife, and she by 
Richard their son, who died in 1503 …

There are therefore two Richards – father and son.

At the time that the 1488 Extent of the Manor of Deopham was compiled, Richard Blomvyle clearly owned extensive lands in the village: there are 53 references in that Extent to Manorial land being adjacent to his lands.

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Date	Change
6/9/26	Published