Re: Somerset land grants by William

G'day Folks,
This is my first post to this group. I have a problem which I hope
that someone can resolve.

I am descended from the Stawell family. Oral tradition, plus
information that I located on a Web Site dealing with Somerset,
suggest that the earliest person of the family who has been
identified, is an Adam De Coveston, who supposedly was granted land
by William the Conqueror. I emailed to the contact person on that site
and have received no reply and the information appears to have been
removed. This suggests to me that they had picked up on some fairy
tale that they were unable to verify.

I have copies of the Falaise Roll and the Battle Abbey Roll and have
identified 3 people with the given name Adam, who appear in both
rolls. I have read the text associated with all three, in the Falaise
Roll and none of them appear to be associated with Somerset.

I have two copies of the Domesday Book and neither of them identify an
Adam associated with Stawell. I cannot remember, off the top of my
head, whether I have identified Coveston (or Cothelston, or any other
variation in spelling). in either version. One version (the Penquin
translation) is organised by name within each county. The other
version is a single volume version which is organised by location
name, within each county.

Does anyone have any knowledge of this Adam De Coveston or can you
point me to any readily available source where I can identify who he
was, so that I can extend the lineage further back. I have several
lines going back 3000 years and feel that he must tie in to at least
one of them.

Sorry that this first foray into this list is so long. I offer
sincere thanks to anyone who may be able to provide information to
resolve this dilemma.

Keep well and happy, as I am.
Happy Hunting ;-)
Rfer & Hue
Melbourne,
Victoria,
Australia.

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