Newmark History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

The name Newmark arrived in England after the Norman Conquest of 1066. The Newmark family lived in Breckonshire, Wales. Their name, however, is a reference to Neuf-Marche, near Neufchatel, Normandy. 1

Another source spells the place name differently and provides more details. The family is “from the castle of Neumarché in Normandy, which, about 1060, was seized by Duke William, to the prejudice of its inheritor, Geoffrey de Newmarch. (Ord. Vitalis.) Geoffrey’s son Bernard was one of the Conqueror’s companions-at-arms, and witnesses one of his charters to Battle Abbey. He obtained his share of the spoil – a Welsh principality – by his own good sword; for, as Freeman expresses it, ‘he used a soldier’s licence to appropriate the territory of Brecknock.’ ” 2

Early Origins of the Newmark family

The surname Newmark was first found in Breckonshire (Breconshire) in Wales where they held a family seat from the time of the Norman Conquest of England by Duke William of Normandy in the year 1066. Bernard of Neuf-Marche near Neufchatel in Normandy, a Norman noble at Hastings, founded a priory at Bracknock which was a cell of the Battel Abbey in Sussex. His successor, Baron Newmarch was summoned to Parliament. Adam de Newmarch was Baron Newmarch.