RATIONALE:
This paper contends that the name Rushforth and its variants of Rishforth, Rushworth, Rishworth etc. plus many geographical names such as Ryburn, the River Rye, and Ryston, all derive from the "Ryes" in the title of Hubert de Ryes, a minor Norman knight who with his four sons, and with his brother Earl of Warreune and his three sons, fought for William Duke of Normandy, William the Conqueror, at the Battle of Hastings. Normans who supported William in battle were rewarded with land in England. These lands were awarded in a widely dispersed manner to limit the growth of a vassal’s power and to maintain control over these new Norman landholders. Hubert's " Ryes" is a small village in Normandy near Bayeux and Caens.
This paper contends that the name Rushforth and its variants of Rishforth, Rushworth, Rishworth etc. plus many geographical names such as Ryburn, the River Rye, and Ryston, all derive from the "Ryes" in the title of Hubert de Ryes, a minor Norman knight who with his four sons, and with his brother Earl of Warreune and his three sons, fought for William Duke of Normandy, William the Conqueror, at the Battle of Hastings. Normans who supported William in battle were rewarded with land in England. These lands were awarded in a widely dispersed manner to limit the growth of a vassal’s power and to maintain control over these new Norman landholders. Hubert's " Ryes" is a small village in Normandy near Bayeux and Caens.
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Rishworth LINEAGE
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