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There are several historical British persons with the name Hugh (or '''Hugo''') '''de Morvile''' ('''Moreville''', '''Morville'''). # A Hugh de Moreville is said to have come over with William The Conqueror (b. around 1053 ) # A Hugh de Morville, grandson of the above, was Constable Of Scotland , dying in 1162 , and born around 1100 / 5 . He was the son of Simon de Moreville and Ada de Engaine. He founded Dryburgh Abbey and Kilwinning Abbey . # The most famous Hugh de Morvile was one of the four English knights who murdered Thomas à Becket in 1170 . He is said to be the son of the above. :He appears in the service of Henry II from 1158 . His principal estate was at Burgh By Sands . After the archbishop's murder Hugh and his associates at first took refuge in Knaresborough Castle ; afterwards the king sent them to obtain absolution from Pope Alexander III . :The story runs that all four were enjoined to go on pilgrimage to the Holy Land , but it is not known whether they made it there. Hugh made his expiation in this way. The date of his death is unknown, but it was in or before 1202 / 3 , when we find his English lands in the hands of his two daughters as co-heiresses. :See Robert William Eyton 's ''Itinerary of Henry II''; James Henry Ramsay , ''Angevin England''. # A Hugh de Morville stood hostage for Richard I Of England in 1194 when the king had been captured by Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor . Ulrich Von Zatzikhoven claimed he got his source book for his poem '' Lanzelet '' from this individual, who may be the same person as #3 above, or related to him. |
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