Vavasour family

See also: Vavasour baronets

The Vavasour family are an English Catholic family whose history dates back to Norman times. The fortified manor of Hazlewood was held by the Vavasour family for nearly nine centuries from the Norman Conquest on and provided refuge for Catholics during the persecution of Catholics through the reign of Henry VIII, King of England. There are several branches of the family, some of whom have intermarried with other notable Catholic families, and are descended from William le Vavasour. A vavasour was a type of feudal liegeman.

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