MAYER

MAYOR. MAYER. Mauger, archbishop of Rouen, uncle to William the Conqueror, in consequence of great irregularities, abdicated his see and settled in the island of Guernsey. There he met with a lady of great beauty called Gisella or Guille, with whom, without the sanction of the Church, he formed an intimacy that resulted in a numerous progeny, some of whom took their father's, others their mother's name. "Hence, "observes a correspondent, "Guilles and Mangers are as plentiful as blackberries in the Channel Islands." From one of the family sprang Sir Jlatthias Mayer or Mayoi-, a Jerseyman, and a soldier under Henry VII. who obtained a grant of arms and was lineal ancestor of R. Major, Esq., of Hurdsley, co. Hants, Avhose daughter Dorothy married Richard, afterwards Lord Protector Cromwell. The JMaugers were very prominent in tlie early history of the Channel Islands.

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