Post by c***@yahoo.comSir John Mundy, Lord Mayor of London 1522, is described as being a
descendant of Godfrey, Count of Mondaye, a Norman noble from Juaye-
Mondaye, who was one of the proven companions of William the Conqueror
and fought at the Battle of Hastings. In England the family was first
known as Mondaye, later as Munday, and by the time of Sir John, as
Mundy.
My name is Charles Markeaton-Mundy and I am a direct descendant of Sir
John Mundy. In our family's oral tradition passed through generations
it is believed the family descends from Rollo and was related to William
the Conqueror.
In Tudor and Stuart times, just about every gentry family in England invented such claims for themselves (or paid heralds to invent them for the family). When a tradition claims descent from Rollo it is almost always a representation of such formulaic invention (that or a confused rendering of the late-chronicle reports that some Norman families to descend from Rollo's nephews; the Mundys were not among those named in this context).
Post by c***@yahoo.comI have no tangible evidence or details on the live of Godfrey of Mondaye
but it is certain he fought in the Battle of Hastings and was given lands
in Derby in gratitude by the King.
No, this is not certain. In most cases, the earliest record we have of Norman landholding in England comes from 20 years afterwards, and all we know is that the person held lands. We do not know when the lands were granted, other than that is was at any time between 1066 and 1086. We don't know why they were granted lands. Attention of these claims focuses on Hastings, but it was only one in a sequence of events that led to the conquest and passification of England, and it simply cannot be assumed by the fact that someone was holding land 20 years afterwards that it was for this one specific battle, or any battle, for that matter - kings have also been known to reward non-military service with land grants.
As for fighting at Hastings, there are only a small number of people who are known to have fought there. Because of its immediate importance, it came into vogue to make such claims for one's immediate ancestors, and before long people started making long rolls of 'participants' that were really nothing but lists of families prominent in England at the time the lists were compiled, rather than at the battle itself. Likewise, appearance in Domesday is taken as evidence for fighting at Hastings. There are people holding land in 1086 whom we know fought at Hastings, and there are people holding land in 1086 who are known not to have fought at Hastings, while for the vast majority, we don't know one way or the other.
Post by c***@yahoo.comI have the ancestry confirmed to John Mundy born 1250-1312 and married to
Isabel Eyre of Hope.
Yeah, that would be the pedigree published by Nichols in his The History and Antiquities of the County of Leicester. Unfortunately, other published accounts don't even agree on the father of Lord Mayor John Mundy, while there are specific details in the pedigree immediately prior to him that I have been unable to confirm. I haven't seen any attempt to trace his ancestry that doesn't simply cite one of the conflicting sources, without any reference being made to primary documentation to prove the claimed connections or explain the conflicting sources.
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