(Berneville in Leland’s copy; Berville in the Dives Roll; and Bereville in Domesday, where Nigel de Berville is entered as a baron). He also held in Drayton under Bishop Odo.—Lipscomb's Bucks. The name was repre­sented in Normandy up to the end of the last centnry, for it appears among the nobles of the Pays de Caux in the Assembly of 1789. William de Berneville was of Surrey in 1199 (Rot Curiæ Regis): and three of the family are entered in the Testa de Nevill:—all of them in Lincolnshire. Ralph de Berevill held in capite; Peter de Berevill, also of the King, at Kirkby and Shapwick; and Robert de Barevill was an undertenant at Barton. Hugo de Bernevall, of the same county, and Henry and William de Bernevile, of Essex, occur in the Rotuli Hundredorum of Edward I.; and during his reign, a Sir Henry Bernevill (perhaps identical with the above) was seated at Hockworthy, in Devonshire. Robert de Barville or Berville held of the honour of Hoton-Paynell, and Thomas de Berville of George Luttrell, both in Yorkshire.—Kirkby's Inquest. Sir Henry Bernevile was succeeded at Hockworthy by Hugh, William, Henry, and Henry V.—Polwhele's Devon. In the uncertainty of mediaeval spelling, it is almost impossible to distinguish this name from Barneville.

Berneville: in Domesday, Berneville; a Baron. It is difficult, if not impossible, to distinguish Berneville from Barneville. Some Barnfields derive hence.