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Monchensey Surname Definition:
MONCHENSEY: Hubert de Monte-Canisio, was a tenant in chief in Suffolk at the making of Domesday. He also possessed lands in Kent, where one of the parishes of Boughton has the suffix Monchensey, or corruptly Monchelsea, from the family. Among the numerous Monts in Normandy, I find no place approaching this name in sound, but there is a Casini in the vicinity of St.
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MONCHENSEY: Hubert de Monte-Canisio, was a tenant in chief in Suffolk at the making of Domesday. He also possessed lands in Kent, where one of the parishes of Boughton has the suffix Monchensey, or corruptly Monchelsea, from the family. Among the numerous Monts in Normandy, I find no place approaching this name in sound, but there is a Casini in the vicinity of St. Lo.
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