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While the obscurant mists of time still reveal that the fine English surname of Capper is first recorded in Lincolnshire just after the Norman Invasion of 1066 A.D., they also reflect that the family is descended from Le Cappere of Ayncourt, from the bailiwick of Caux, Normandy.
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CoachThe proud and noble English surname of Capps is preeminent among the multitude of Anglo-Norman names that were washed upon the shores of England following the Norman Invasion of 1066 A.D. Granted lands by William the Conqueror for their valued assistance at The Battle of Hastings, they became Tenants in Chief in Cheshire, Lincolnshire, and Northampton. Descended from Le Cappere of Ayncourt in the bailiwick of Caux, they assumed the name of Ballivia Domini Gaufridi de Capella.
Some of the family took a chance for a better life in Virginia in the untamed Americas during the early 1600s.
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