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Vipont (''alias'' Vieuxpont) is the name of a prominent family in the history of Westmorland. According to Thomas the name originated in France before 1066 as Vieuxpont ("Old Bridge"), Latinized to ''de Vetere Ponte'' ("from the Old Bridge"), with alternative spellings ''Vezpont, Veepon, Vexpont, Vypont, Vispont, Vypunt, Vespont, Vipond, Vypond, Voypond, Veepond, Vippond, Vipon, Vipan, Vipen'', etc. The Vipont family bore arms: ''Gules, six annulets gules 3:2:1'', later quartered by Baron Clifford. ==Notable family members== * William de Vieuxpont (d.1203), Lord of Westmorland married Maud de Morville (d.1210), daughter of Richard de Morville, Constable of Scotland. * Robert I de Vipont (d.1227/8), the younger son of William de Vieuxpont and Maud de Morville. He was granted〔Charters of grant published in Nicholson, J., & Burn, R., ''History and Antiquities of Westmorland and Cumberlanf, Vol.1, pp.267-8〕 by King John in 1203/4 custody of Appleby and Brough in Westmorland with the hereditary office of Sheriff of Westmorland, to be held from the king under military tenure of 4 knight's fees. This grant is deemed to have created the feudal barony of Appleby.〔Sanders, I.J. English Baronies: A Study of their Origin and Descent 1086-1327, Oxford, 1960, pp.103-4, Appleby〕 He built Brougham Castle. He married Idonea de Builli, daughter of John de Builli〔Sanders, p.104, note 1〕 * John de Vipont of Appleby married Sibyl, sister of William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby (1193–1254). *Thomas Vipont was a medieval Bishop of Carlisle from 1254 to 1256. *Isabella Vieuxpont (d. 1291) married Roger de Clifford the younger (d.1282) *In the 14th Century, Lady Idonea de Veteripont, owner of Pendragon Castle and wife of Roger de Lilburne (married in 1264),〔http://www.vieuxpont.co.uk/imagelib/sitebuilder/misc/show_image.html?linkedwidth=actual&linkpath=http://vieuxpont.co.uk/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/Vieuxpontpedigre.jpg&target=tlx_new〕 founded St Mary's Outhgill in Mallerstang. *Elfrida Vipont was the pen name of Elfrida Vipont Foulds (née Brown) (1902–1992) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vieuxpont」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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