TURBERVILLE

TURBERVILLE. This ancient Norman surname was latinized De Turbida Villa, and oddly enough anglicized Troublefield — neither the one nor the other very complimentary to the bearers of it. Tlie treason of Sir Tliomas Turberville in attempting to betray king Edward I. into the hands of the French monarch (for wliich he was hanged in London) brought upon him certain condemnatory verses from a contemporary poet : —

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