English, of course, with some Welsh, Scots, and Norman too!
The most interesting thing in our family history is that we traced our line back to the Norman conquest of England in 1066! Richard Fitz Gilbert was a Norman Lord who participated in the conquest culminating in the Battle of Hastings. He went on to found the noble English family, the De Clares. In fact it seems that my surname, Hunter, and that of my mother, Clare, both have association with Norman kings!
The Hunter family have a great claim to fame too. It seems that a Hunter had a hand in creating the Bayeux tapestry, one of the greatest historical documents of early history:
The
Bayeux Tapestry depicts the
Battle of Hastings and the events leading to it.
Clan Crest:
