DE MUSCAMP.

From Muscamp, Normandy, which was held by the Tillys. This family established itself in the north of England at the time of the conquest. Roger de Muscamp held Wilgebi, in Lincoln in 1086 (Domesday), and Robert de Muscam, his son, was seneschal to Gilbert de Gand. The latter had issue Robert, whose son Hugh was a benefactor of Nostel priory in the time of Henry I. This Hugh appears in 'Liber Niger' as a landowner in York and Lincoln and gave his name to Muscam in Nottingham. A very important branch of the family was settled in Northumberland, where Reginald de Muscamp is mentioned in 1130 . Robert de Muscamp, perhaps his brother, received from Henry I a barony of four knights' fees in Bambroughshire, and Wooler was the head of his honour. His son Thomas joined prince Henry's rebellion in 1172; he married Maud de Vesci, the daughter of the lord of Alnwick, whose grandson, another Robert, was considered the greatest baron in the north of England. He died in 1249, leaving three daughters as co-Heiresses. From this family descended sir William de Willoughby, who married the heiress of Du Bec, baron of Eresby; and hence sprang the lords Willoughby of Eresby, so renowned in the French wars, and the lords Middleton, Willoughby of Broke and Willoughby of Parham. The name occurs on the rolls of Brompton and Duchesne.

--(This name appears on the Falaise Roll).