Richard de Courcy
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Richard de Courcy[1] (died 1098) was a Norman baron. He accompanied William the Conqueror as a soldier, in the invasion of England[2].
He was subsequently granted lands, giving his name to Stoke Courcy, in Somerset. He held also Newenham, Oxfordshire[3], Setenden, and Foxcote, in the Domesday Survey.
[edit] Family
He was a grandson of Baudric le Teuton, and son of Robert de Courcy, seneschal in Normandy.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Courci, Curcy.
- ^ Baron Courcy, Lord Kingsale
- ^ de Courcy
