Daughtery History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Daughtery is a name that came to England in the 11th century wave of migration that was set off by the Norman Conquest of 1066. The Daughtery family lived in Sussex at Moor House, Petworth, not far from Battle Abbey. 1 Hawtrie is an adaptation of Hauterive, Normandy, the name of which literally means high river.

“In recording the foundation of Heryngham Priory by William Dawtree, the Monasticon thus speaks: ‘The latin word ‘Ripa,’ was in Norman writings generally meant for a river, without relation to ‘Ripa’ a bank. The Romans called it ‘Haultrey.’ There was an ancient family of knights, owners of much lands in these parts, and of fair possessions, even in the very bosom of the ‘high stream’ from which they took their name, and were called ‘De Haul-trey.’ “The ancient house” here alluded to was the stem of many important branches, the most flourishing of which was that planted in the county of Sussex, at Moor House in Petworth, not very far from Battle Abbey itself. It produced a series of knightly generations, which held the highest rank in their country, and intermarried with its noblest families. ” 1

Early Origins of the Daughtery family

The surname Daughtery was first found in Sussex where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor of Heringham. Soon after the Domesday Book survey, a census initiated by Duke William of Normandy after his conquest of England in 1066 A.D., the family built Heringham Priory. 2 The first Norman noble to settle was from Hauterive, probably assuming the cognate ‘de Hauterive’. He came from the arrondisement of Alencon in Normandy. It is most likely a corruption of the Norman Hauterive which produced the family name but, strangely, Dawtry and Dealtry have also been attributed to the same source, this from a Latinization of the location of their estates in Sussex, i.e., De Alta Ripa, a high bank or cliff. The Dawtries, the main house of which is in Petworth parish, are one and the same as the Hawtries.