FRANCE Noailles; NOEL; Noelli; families
While researchingthe NOEL &NOWELL family history in 11-17thc England I came across reference works that might be useful for anyone researchingthe French origins ofthe families.It should be notedvariations in spelling of the namemay indicate the ancestral branch to be traced.
Early Records in Great Britain:NOEL;Robertus Noelli filius;Noellus
[Dominus de Ellenhall];[Latin: Nouellus;Novellus]; NOWELL
FRANCE
Armorial général - Numerous entries NOEL; also Noailles, Noel, Nouel, Novelli
Rietstap, J. B. (Johannes Baptist), 1828-1891
"Armorial général"
Baltimore, Genealogical Pub. Co., 1965
Rolland, Victor, 1843-1912
"V. & H. V. Rolland's illustrations to the Armorial général by J. B. Rietstap"
Baltimore, Heraldic Book Co., 1967
Ecclesiastical history - Noelli, Noel
"The ecclesiastical history of Orderic Vitalis;" edited and translated with introduction and notes by Marjorie Chibnallvol.IVOxford, Clarendon P., 1969-1980
p70n. “The abbey of St. Nicholas, Angers, wasfounded by [Count] Fulk Nerra in 1020.Noel was abbot from 1080 to 1096 (Halphen, Anjou, pp86-7, 312, 325)”
Great Britain. Public Record Office.
"Calendar of documents preserved in France, illustrative of the history of Great Britain
and Ireland".Edited by J. Horace Round. London, Printed for H. M. Stationery Off. by Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1899- ; Nendeln, Kraus Reprint, 1967-
pg 513 Re: Burgandy ABBEY of CLUNY, in the Diocese of MACON. [1127-1144] (MS. Lat. 5459, fo. 169)Entry 1392“Testes sunt: …Rogerus et Walterus de Noelli;…”