posted 08-06-2006 09:43 AM            

Thank you in advance.

posted 08-06-2006 07:21 PM           

Almost all the Wallers in the world are descendants of the people listed below. (see origins of the Wallers on the English Page)
Generation 1, Alured de Valer, a Norman knight who came over to England with William the Conqueror, fought at the Battle of Hastings on October 14, 1066, was granted land in England for his military services and whose name is in The Domesday Book.
Generation 2 and 3, Unknown de Valers. Statements have appeared in print that Alured de Valer fought with William the Conqueror in the Battle of Hastings, 14 Oct. 1066; was given land in England for his military service; that his name is recorded in The Domesday Book (published in 1086) and that he died in 1183. Now, since there is a spread of 117 years from the Battle of Hastings to the year 1183, it seems clear that the same person could not have
taken part in that battle and lived until 1183. It has been decided, at least to our
satisfaction, that two generations of Valers must have existed between the veteran of Hastings and the recorded death of an Alured in 1183.
Generation 4, Alured de Valer, who died in 1183, was a great grandson of The Hero of Hastings. He is mentioned on the mural tablet erected by Sir Jonathan Wathen Waller (b. 1769) at Speldhurst Church, near Tonbridge Wells, in County Kent. He lived at Newark, Nottinghamshire and married Adelina de Hockerton.
Generation 5, John de Valer, born about 1165. We would appreciate any documented information we can get on this individual.
Generation 6, Henry de Valer, born about 1200. We would appreciate any documented information we can get on this individual.
Generation 7, Vilhelm de Valer, (ca. 1230-1278). We would appreciate any documented information we can get on this individual.
Generation 8, Valer de Valer, (ca. 1260-1316). We would appreciate any documented information we can get on this individual.
Generation 9, Henry de Valer (ca. 1295-1371), of Hockerton, who married Alicia de Mortimer. From this union sprang the Wallers of Groombridge Hall.
Generation 10, Thomas Waller (1330-1390), oldest Unknown and heir. He married Christina Chalfunt, Unknown of Henry Chalfunt. We do not know when the family left the estate in Nottinghamshire, given them by William the Conqueror, but it was this Thomas Waller, of Lamberthurst, who in 1360 purchased from Lord Clinton the estate known as "Groombridge" (also spelled Gromebridge and Groomsbridge) to begin a 244 year tenure there by the Waller family. Records show License of Land, (Title) at Billingston in 1407.
Much earlier in Saxony times Groombridge had been a moated castle.

From http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=timmychew&id=I043639

Regards,

posted 08-07-2006 05:10 PM            

Sir William had a younger brother John. John was settled in Leigh, County Kent, when he purchased Beaconsfield Castle in Buckinghamshire, somewhere around 1450, and moved his family there to become the first of the Bucks Wallers and to begin a 200 year tenure for the Waller Family.

I am trying to locate and of these.

Thank you for your help.

posted 08-08-2006 08:08 AM           

"There has been a settlement at Groombridge since Saxon times, and a castle and moat were constructed on the site in the early 13th century by William Russell. Ownership passed later to the Earls of Cobham and to Lord Clinton and around 1400 to Thomas Waller of Lamberhurst. Richard Waller was thought to be involved in the capture of Charles, Duke of Orleans at Agincourt in 1415, whose brother Jean, Duke of Anglouleme was held hostage at Groombridge for thirty years from 1412"

excerpt from http://www.visitsoutheastengland.com/experiences/gardens/groombridge/index.aspx

I'll keep looking for Beaconsfield,

Paul.