Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 155. Not illustrated. Chapters: Anglo-Norman Families, Beaufort Family, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland, John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset, Henry Beaufort, Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Somerset, Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter, Levett, de Birmingham Family, de Clare, de Lacy, House of Tosny, Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset, Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scotland, Gresley Baronets, de Lucy, Umfraville, de Walcott Family, Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset, John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, Mowbray, Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Stafford, Edmund Beaufort, 4th Duke of Somerset, Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Devon, Stamp, Thomas Beaufort, Count of Perche, House of Percy, John Beaufort, Marquess of Dorset, House of Beaumont, de Barry Family, House of Beaufort, House of Balliol, Henry Beaufort, 2nd Earl of Somerset, Gatton. Excerpt: Levett is an Anglo-Norman territorial surname deriving from the village of Livet-en-Ouche, now Jonquerets-de-Livet, in Eure, Normandy. Ancestors of the earliest Levett family in England, the de Livets were lords of the village of Livet, and undertenants of the de Ferrers, among the most powerful of William the Conqueror's Norman lords. One branch of the de Livet family came to England during the Norman Conquest, nearly a thousand years ago, and were prominent in Derbyshire, Cheshire, Ireland and Sussex, where they held many manors, including the lordship of Firle. The name is Celtic, 'livet' meaning a swampy place traversed by water. But like many Anglo-Normans, the family's origins are probably Viking. Although the date of the family's arrival in England is uncertain, the family name appears in the records of William the Conqueror. Ancient English deeds subsequently refer to many lands across Sussex as 'Levetts, ' indicating family possession of broad swaths of Suss...