MORDAUNT

MORDAUNT. Accordincr to the senealogy of this family, printed temp. Charles II., their patriarch was Sir Osbert le Mordaunt, who possessed Kadwell, co. Bedford, by the gift of his brother, who had received it from the Conqueror, for services rendered by himself and his father. Le Mordannt — " the Biter " — is evidently a sobriquet allusive to some feat performed with the teeth.

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