Richard de Courcy was a Norman baron. He accompanied William the Conqueror as a soldier, in the invasion of England.

He was subsequently granted lands, giving his name to Stoke Courcy, in Somerset

Somerset

The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...

. He held also Newenham

Nuneham Courtenay

Nuneham Courtenay is a village and civil parish about southeast of Oxford.-Manor:The toponym evolved from Newenham. In the 14th century the village belonged to the Courtenay family and in 1764 "Newenham" was changed to "Nuneham"....

 in Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire is a county in the South East region of England, bordering on Warwickshire and Northamptonshire , Buckinghamshire , Berkshire , Wiltshire and Gloucestershire ....

, Setenden, and Foxcote

Foxcote

Foxcote may refer to* Foxcote, Gloucestershire, source of the River Coln* another name for Foscott, Buckinghamshire, location of Foxcote Reservoir* Foxcote, Somerset, a small village in Somerset* Foxcote, West Midlands, a village in Dudley, West Midlands...

, in the Domesday Book

Domesday Book

Domesday Book , now held at The National Archives, Kew, Richmond upon Thames in South West London, is the record of the great survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086...

.

Family

He was a grandson of Baudric le Teuton, and son of Robert de Courcy, seneschal

Seneschal

A seneschal was an officer in the houses of important nobles in the Middle Ages. In the French administrative system of the Middle Ages, the sénéchal was also a royal officer in charge of justice and control of the administration in southern provinces, equivalent to the northern French bailli...

in Normandy.

External links

• Biography