Deen, Fordice, Hallett, Hodges and Van Horn Families - Person Sheet
Deen, Fordice, Hallett, Hodges and Van Horn Families - Person Sheet
NameRoger de Salt Les Dames
Birthabt 1045, Les Dames, Isere, Rhone-Alpes, France
Deathbef 1146, England
Notes for Roger de Salt Les Dames
The surname is God-Save-Ladies, and it belonged to one Roger God-Save-Ladies , who was a Norman living in Essex. I’ve seen his name translated elsewhere as God-Save-the-Ladies and God-Save-Our-Ladies.
Here’s one possible explanation:
GODLOVEMILADY. This remarkable name really existed not many years since. The similar designation Rogerus Deus-salvet-dominas occurs in the Domesd. of Essex. It was probably the sobriquet of some admirer of the fair sex, who frequently employed the phrase.
And here’s a holier explanation:
One of the rare bynames is that of Roger Deus Salvet Dominas, a 1086 tenant in Essex, who seems to have had some link with the nunnery of the Holy Trinity at Caen, so that the Dominas figuring in his byname were probably nuns of that house.
The Norman-French version of the name, “De Salt Les Dames,” was passed down to Roger’s descendants.
Here’s one possible explanation:
GODLOVEMILADY. This remarkable name really existed not many years since. The similar designation Rogerus Deus-salvet-dominas occurs in the Domesd. of Essex. It was probably the sobriquet of some admirer of the fair sex, who frequently employed the phrase.
And here’s a holier explanation:
One of the rare bynames is that of Roger Deus Salvet Dominas, a 1086 tenant in Essex, who seems to have had some link with the nunnery of the Holy Trinity at Caen, so that the Dominas figuring in his byname were probably nuns of that house.
The Norman-French version of the name, “De Salt Les Dames,” was passed down to Roger’s descendants.