A Synopsis of the Munford Ancestry

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The surname 'MUNFORD' is perhaps one of the least common variants of an extensive set of English surnames which also comprise Momford, Momfort, Momphard, Mondeford, Monford, Monfort, Monforte, Monteforti, Montfoort, Montford, Montfort, Montforte, Moundeford, Moundford, Mounfird, Mountford, Mountfort, Mulford, Mumford, Mumfort, Mumpford, Mundeford, Mundford and Munfort, All of these are local in origin, belonging to the category that derive from the place where the bearer dwelt. In this case they denote the descendent of one who hailed from  either Montfort-sur-Risle in the Eure district of France or Montfort near Argentan or Montfort near Pont-Audemer both in Normandy.

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Useful Genealogy Links

  Familytree Maker  A site to trace references to your ancestors.

  Cyndi's List  A site to trace Genealogy on the Web.

  Mumford A site closely related to ours which concentrates on a variation of the surname but with similar roots.

  Genealogy Addresses for the State of Queensland A useful starting place for the researcher
  Forum  A talk back site for posting messages when searching for individual Munfords
  Surname Resource Centre  A web site to link to connections with the Munford Name
  On Line Immigration  Online Genealogy Data tremendous list of ships and immigrants
  Brother's Keeper   is our recommended choice of genealogy software for keeping track of one's ancestors. Shareware versions of this program are available for trial from this site.

Cora Web A useful place to check for Genealogy Software and links.

  Rootsweb World Connect Project The place where you may search our family Gedcom file.
  Parish Locator The ideal freeware source for locating places in the United Kingdom.
  Mapquest is our recommended source of maps to quickly find a location mentioned on these web pages.
  The Old Bailey Court Proceedings - Record Search
  People Search Australia  A great place to locate your lost relatives.

Early Munford History

The name root first appeared in the Domesday Book of 1086 with a Hugh de Montfort recorded as a tenant in the Domesday Book who arrived with William the Conqueror from Montfort-sur-Lisle in 1066 and having subsequently founded the Montfort family of Leicestershire and Warwick and whose titles included Duke of Brittany, Earl of Montfort and Earl of Richmond. The Kent Pipe Rolls of 1159 make reference to one Ralph de Munford. Whilst Simon de Monteforte of Nottinghamshire and Petronilla de Monteforti of Wiltshire are recorded in the Hundred Rolls of 1273.

One branch of the family originally lived in Norfolk and belonged to the parish of "Mundford". There is still a town of Mundford near Kings Lynn. From church records we find the christening of Jhon Munford at Norwich, St Peter Southgate, Norfolk in January 1574 also the marriage of Abigall Mondeford of Mondeford in Norfolk and Fredric Steward at St Michael Cornhill London in 1621. Also the name means 'of Montford' which is the name of a Parish five miles from Shrewsbury in the County of Shropshire. In time the name turned into Munford or Mumford. Simon de Montfort (Snr) was created Earl of Leicester by King John in 1206. To learn more about the "de Montforts" click here.

A reference in The Patent Rolls in the year 1323 alludes to a Geoffrey de Mundeford and others of Dorset and Somerset, with two barges, who attacked a ship off Dover, belonging to the merchants of St.Omer, and took said ship to Weymouth where they divided its goods amongst them.

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