As described in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

ROM ARE. The first of this name on record is Gerald de Romare, feudal lord of Bolingbroke, co. Lincoln, whose son, William de Romare, was in lllS governor of Newmarch, in Normandy, and in arms against Hugh de Gournay, then in rebellion.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


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