Searching for a connection between the 11thC Ewyas family of Hereford and the 13thC Ewyas family at Fenwick?

Question

Ralph, Count of Vexin from Normandy, was a nephew of King Edward the Confessor, and travelled with Edward to England when he became King of England in 1042. Edward made Ralph the Earl of Hereford. Part of his newly acquired land was Ewyas on the Welsh borders and he became Ralph de Ewyas. The family expanded with branches to Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and East Anglia. They eventually ended up at Fenwick in South Yorkshire at the Follyhall, which they inherited by marriage from the Foliot family. In 1259 Sir John Ewyas, son of Sir Nicholas Ewyas married Cecilly Samlesbury of Samlesbury Hall, near Preston and became lord of Samlesbury.

The name has several variations: Ewyas, Deuyas, Dewyas, Devias, Denyas, Evias, Euias; but all are of the same root.

Any help greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

I put the names you mentioned in a Yahoo search, and came up with the following links. They should give you the connection you are looking for (I'd type it all out, but it is after 2 a.m. here. LOL). If the links don't work or come through, just type in like Ralph de Ewyas, or Sir John Ewyas,  in a search and you will get a list of the entire family:

1. http://www.geneajourney.com/ewyas.html (list goes from Ralph/Raoul de Guoy, b. 892-d. 936 to William deTracy, b. 1135); listed at bottom of the page--

Return to INDEX FOR AMIENS

Return to INDEX FOR EWYAS

Return to INDEX FOR SUDELEY

Return to INDEX FOR VALOIS

Return to INDEX FOR VEXIN

2. http://www.geocities.com/missourimule_20...

   (goes from "Ralph, Earl of Hereford, b. ca. 1026 in Herefordshire, England, m. Gytha, d. 21 December 1057; 1 grandchild" to  "Sibil de Ewyas, b. 1178 in Ewyas, Herefordshire, England, d. 1236 in Ewyas, Herefordshire, England".

3.  http://www.geocities.com/helenehaw/deEwy...

  (goes from "Gautier I de Vexin (919- ) "  to "Hedwiga, Princess of France m.Reginald IV, Count of Hainault --NOTE: Baron of Ewyas Haro"

4. http://www.flemingmultimedia.com/Genealo...

(Harold de Ewyas, Baron Sudeley, born:  1051 in Herefordshire , died: 1115)

5. http://www.rpi.edu/~holmes/Hobbies/Genea...

(NameHarold de Ewyas Lord of Sudeley to  Robert FitzHarold, b. ~1085->1147)

(Those are just 5  of about 11,900  listings for Sir John Ewyas

on over 11 pages). Hope they help you find what info you need.