"The Darcy family of Great Britain traces its descent from an ancient family in France, of the Royal line of Charlemagne. The Castle D'Arcie, located 30 miles from Paris, was the original seat of the firt of this line whose heir Norman D'Arcie accompanied William the Conqeror to England in 1066, where he was enriched by the monarch with ample possessions." Source: Grandparents Are Great by Lois Bennington, p. 325. (Note: DNA results have indicated that this line of Dorsey ancestors may not have come from France as indicated by this source. Please see http://www.contexo.info/DorseyDNA/index.html for more information.)
Arms: Assure, nine crosses-crosslet and three cinquefoils, agent Crest: On a chapeau gules, turned up ermine, a bull sable, armed or, trippant Motto: Un Dieu, Un Roi (On God, One King) References: Burke General Armory and Fairbains Crests of Leading Families
"The Darcy family of Great Britain traces its descent from an ancient family in France, of the Royal line of Charlemagne. The Castle D'Arcie, located 30 miles from Paris, was the original seat of the firt of this line whose heir Norman D'Arcie accompanied William the Conqeror to England in 1066, where he was enriched by the monarch with ample possessions." Source: Grandparents Are Great by Lois Bennington, p. 325. (Note: DNA results have indicated that this line of Dorsey ancestors may not have come from France as indicated by this source. Please see http://www.contexo.info/DorseyDNA/index.html for more information.)
Arms: Assure, nine crosses-crosslet and three cinquefoils, agent Crest: On a chapeau gules, turned up ermine, a bull sable, armed or, trippant Motto: Un Dieu, Un Roi (On God, One King) References: Burke General Armory and Fairbains Crests of Leading Families
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