PACE PEDIGREE
a comment on it's source
GTPace Ontario Canada
Information below came from my PACE family of the English Midlands. A sheet of paper labeled "PACE PEDIGREE" and was given to me in Somerset England. It is very similar to what Noble Hamilton Pace has on page 3 of his book. My aunt, a WEBBER of Somerset married to my uncle, a PACE said it has been in our family a long time. Other than that, I don't know about it's origins except what I have researched as to the information and source that NOBLE HAMILTON PACE has mentioned on page 3 of his book which mentions names that I have searched and found go back to the SHROPSHIRE PACE Family by way of a CHARLES PACE born Whitchurch Shropshire but living at Southport Lancashire during the 1881 census. This again is my PACE Family of Shropshire. NOBLE mentioned the ADAMS name also. That's a name that shows up in my family. Other than this, I can't explain much more about the Pace Pedigree.
To the right and below I've included some discussion from the PACE-L list which I feel is worthy to include here in relation to the Pedigree and PACE Origins. I will look for information on the surname PASCHAL which seems to have a relationship to PACES of PERSHORE Worcestershire and again at Wrockwardine and Wellington Shropshire
A JOHN PACE of LEICESTERSHIRE, is recorded as being the father of
THOMAS and JOHN PACE.
JOHN Sr. was married to MARGARET COLBY,
daughter of WILLIAM COLBY and ALICE HOUGHTON COLBY, and granddaughter and heiress of HUGH HOUGHTON de HOUGHTON.
JOHN Jr.
was married to ALICE READE,
daughter of RICHARD READE.
They had at least one son, THOMAS, who was married to ELIZABETH SOUTHBOURN (or TOUCHBORNE) of Hampshire, and they had a daughter, ALICE, and possibly other children
THOMAS
entered the Cistercian monastery,
Merevale WARWICKSHIRE and studied at the Cistercian college of St. Bernards, OXFORD. He was Abbot of Waverly in SURREY and was the consecrated bishop of BANGOR, 17 June 1509. He died 13 Aug 1533 and is buried at BEAULIEU Hampshire. AS WAS the CUSTOM, he took on a new name upon entering the clergy, "Bishop Skevington" selecting what is suspected to be his birthplace, "Skevington"
[PACE-L] 17/03/04
Early occurrences of Pace, Pacy, etc
I invested £5 in a second-hand copy of the Oxford Dictionary of English Surnames, which has just arrived in the post. A very interesting book, with a long discussion, in the introduction, of how surnames developed in the British Isles after the Conquest. The early occurrences of each surname are given to show the earliest known date that the name was definitely in use, but the authors emphasize that there are very few families who can document their history back to such early times so it is to be regarded as history rather than genealogy.
"Each surname has its pedigree, which must be traced before the meaning can be discovered; and even then the true origin cannot be decided unless the family pedigree can be carried back far enough to fix definitely the original medieval form."
Here are the entries for names that may be Pace-related. I've only included the occurrences for the first two entries -- the others are from similar dates.
Pace, Paice, Pays, Payze, Peace: ME _pais_, _pes(e)_, OFr _pais_, Lat _pax_, 'peace, concord, amity'. As ME _pasches_ also appears as _paisch_, _peice_, _peace_, and Easter eggs are still called _Pace_ eggs, later examples may be a variant of _pash_.
- John Pais 1219 Leics.
- Roger, Ralph Pays, 1275, Norfolk
- John Pace, 1242, Devon
- John Pax, 1275, Devon
- Peter Pece, 1302...York, I think
- Pacey, Pacy: from Pacy-sur-Eure
- Robert de Peissi, 1158, Notts.
- de Pacy, 1214, Warwickshire
Pascall, Paskell, Pasquill: from _Pascal_, the name of a 9th-century pope and saint, from Latin _paschalis_, 'pertaining to Easter', cf. OBret. _Paschael_.
(some early examples of these names are given)
Pascoe: a form of Pascall, long surviving in Cornwall
(early examples given)
Pash, Pashe, Paish, Pask, Paske, Pasque: ME _pasche(s)_, _paske(s)_, OFr _pasche_, _pasque(s)_ 'Easter' from Hebrew _pesakh_ 'a passing over', used as a personal name for one born at Easter, cf. OBret. _Pasc_, cf. William _Paskessonne_ 1293 'son of Paske'.
(early examples given)
Pass, Passe: probably a pet form of _Pascall_, cf. _Passe_, 'Easter', 1533
References are given for all the occurrences cited but I've left them out for brevity.
Regards,
Ellen
Variant of Paschal, Pascal, from the word for Easter, isn't it?
Interestingly,
a place in Essex called High Easter seems to have had numerous Pascalls going back to at least 16th C. (Found that out serendipitously when I searched on Pascall and Easter).
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James R. Pace
The surname Pace is tied to an earlier form, Pacy.
Pacy is evidently a name that arose in Normandy. One
of the best and most quoted analyses of Anglo-Norman
place names is the tract by Lloyd. Loyd is quoted in
the book as writing:
“The people I treat of are those who were settled in England at ay time between 1066 and 1205.”
The following is a citation from Loyd. His sources
were noted French historians and genealogists. Hence,
a translation from the French is required. Loyd’s book
was originally published by the Harleian Society in
England and I am using the reprint.
For reference, the source is:
Loyd, Lewis, Clay, Charles Travis, & Douglas, David
C., ed,
“The Origins of Anglo-Norman Families,”
Baltimore, Gen. Pub. Co., Inc., 1975. pp. 75-76.
The text of the citation reads:
PACY, PASCI, DE PACEIO
Pacy-sur-Eure: Eure, arr. Eveaux, cant. Pacy
By a charter of 1153, Henry duke of Normandy and count
of Anjou gave Robert son of Robert earl of Leicester
‘Pasci cum toto honore et totem terram quam Willelmus
de Pasci in Anglia et Normannia tenuit.’ William Pacy
died in 1153. His lands in England have not been
identified, but the charter proves his Norman
provenance.
The death of William Pacy is cited in the reference:
Delisle, Leopold, “Chronique de Robert de Torigni ...
suivie de divers opuscules historiques,” 2 Vols.(Soc.
Hist. Norm., 1872, 1873). I give this reference to
show the difficulty involved in tracking down original
sources in medieval genealogy.
Two points are to be made. First, there is no
explanation why William’s lands in England and
Normandy passed into Earl of Leicester’s hands. Did
William have any heirs?
Secondly, ‘Robert Leicester, son of Robert earl of
Leicester’ can be identified. There are actually three
generations of Robert de Beaumonts, the 1st, 2nd and
3rd Earls of Leicester. I would hazard that the father
was the second Earl Leicester (Abt 1104- 1168) who md.
Amice de Montfort. I have that Amice de Montfort was a
second cousin of William de Pacy. The son would be the
3rd Earl, Robert de Beaumont (Abt 1121- 1190).
I have a genealogy for William de Pacy, developed
while researching lines other than Pace. Thus:
Genealogy of William de Pacy
1. William FitzOsbern Abt 1030-1070) === Alice de
Toeni (b.. Abt 1035)
2. William de Breteuil(Abt 1052-1103) == Adeliza de
Montfort (b. Abt 1070)
3.Eustace de Pacy (Abt 1085- 1136) == Juliane of
Normandy (Abt. 1093- Aft 1136)
4.William de Pacy (Abt 1116- 1153)
Juliane of Normandy is said to have been an
illegitimate daughter Henry I "Beauclerc" King of
England by a mistress Ansfride. William FitzOsbern and
his son, Eustace de Pacy were probably Seigneurs de
Pacy.
I think I can say that Pacy is a place name,
originating in Normandy. It is also a occupation based
name. In the 12th and 13th centuries, the castle at
Pacy-sur-Eure was an important outpost on the boundary
between the Dukedom of Normandy and little France. The
man holding the title Seigneur of Pacy had some
importance. Thus, William de Breteuil was the Lord of
Breteuil and Pacy. His son’s pick up the surname Pacy.
After King John lost his hold on Normandy, Phillip
Augustus found the fortress at Pacy redundant, to use
a modern term, and had the fortress leveled. This I
recall from reading a history a number of years ago,
though I can’t recall the source.
I find Noble Pace, in his collection of notes on the
Paces of North Carolina, is in agreement with much of
what is said above.
I expect to be challenged of on some of the above, as
there always seems to be disagreements on such
matters.
James R. Pace
Journal and Constitution
Atlanta Georgia
W. James Pace says:
Found this in April 23, 1967
regular Sunday
Column entitled
"Know Your Name"
by John C. Downing.
There were no references to sources so I can't vouch for accuracy. In fact, we know the reference to Richard Pace's land grant as being 1626 is incorrect. For what it is worth, here it is quoted verbatim:
"PACE, PEACE.
This name is from the latin PAX meaning 'peace, concord,
amity.' It came to England in the French form PAIS and became the Middle English PAIS and PECE. It was a given name long before it became a surname. John PAIS lived in Leichestershire in 1219. William and John PACE and John PAX lived in Devonshire in 1242, 1269 and 1275 respectively. Peter PECE was on the Subsidy Rolls of Yorkshire in 1302 and Willelmus PECE and Thomas PAAS were on the 1379 Poll Tax Rolls there. John PEASE and Margery Robertes were issued a marriage license in London in 1566. John, son of John PEACE was baptised in St. James Church, London 1649.
Richard Pace was granted 200 acres of land in James City County,
Virginia in 1626. Henry PACE emigrated to Accomac County, Virginia in 1638 and Thomas PAYSE emigrated to Virginia in 1648.
Other spellings are PAICE, PAYS, and PAYZE.
There is some possibility that the name PASH or PAISH meaning 'Easter'
is intermixed.
The French form of this name is PAIX. The French name DePAIX is from a
hamlet of the name PAIX thus it is a place name."
W. James Pace
[PACE-L] - SUBJECT - 1967 Newspaper Column
03/07/03
MORE CLIPPINGS from knowledgable contributors to PACE-L
PACE EGGS
We once stayed in a pub near Barrow-in-Furness at Easter, and on
the Saturday night they played a game rolling "pace-eggs" on the floor. This was years ago, at least thirty years.
I have gone and looked it up in the OED. The "pace" in "pace-eggs" comes from "pasch", meaning Easter. - Ellen
On the Pace Network I have posted the following which was submitted by
Gordon Pace of Ontario, Canada. It suggests several possible origins for the surname Pace. "Pasch" as meaning Easter is also possibly a
derivative of Latin "pax" or peace; the pronunciation is almost the
same, and Easter is supposed to be the season of peace. Easter was the
Passover season and it is also related to that.
As a coincidence the April edition of the English magazine, "The
Countryman" was delivered earlier this week and in an article "The evolution of the humble Easter Egg" by Christine Bloxham she explains.
In her final paragraph, and I quote, "The introduction of chocolate Easter eggs and decease in Church going has led to a decline in decoration of Easter eggs."
The modern chocolate eggs are a invention, most probably by Mr.
Cadbury, but based on the age old tradition of decorating eggs by various means ranging from the elaborate from Eastern Europe to the simply colouring of eggs.
The North of England had their "Pace (or paschal) Eggs " with a
saying counting down the days to Pace -egg day " Tid, mid, miseray. Carlin, Palm and Pace egg day." Pace eggs were "eggs stained with various colours in boiling and sometimes covered with gold leaf". Eggs were rolled down a hill and after they were found they were "jarped" together which was a game similar to conkers but the egg held in the hand. After this game the eggs were eaten. Pace eggs could also be decorated with scraps of coloured fabric.
In Slovenia and Romania red eggs were known as love apples. Eggs
were sent by girls, on Good Friday for a blessing by the Priest, dyed red on Saturday and given to the fancied boy on Easter Sunday with the belief the love would be fulfilled.
In medieval days the days of lent and the abstaining from
certain foods meant that for six weeks eggs were not eaten, allowing a
breeding period for the poultry. At Easter, at the end of lent, eggs could once again be eaten so the link with eggs and Easter was established.
Eggs have been used to symbolize other events such as rolling of eggs being the stone rolling away from the tomb of Jesus. Of decorated eggs being given to women who wanted to begin a pregnancy. To egg rolling races being used to identify which young maiden would become the next to be married.
Here in the mid-west of the US
many churches hold colored egg searches where the children search for hidden eggs. We will be having our grandchildren over on Sunday and they too will search the house or the garden , depending on the weather, for the hidden colored eggs.
Although we were brought up in the English chocolate egg tradition we find the search and find traditional activity far more to our liking and non-candy gifts better for the recipients.
Many were the customs and many the countries in which eggs were used in celebrations.
The article in "The Countryman" by Christine Bloxham describes many others
egg traditions, typical of the excellence of the magazine in which the
present and past English countryside is featured. I have no connection with the magazine except by my subscription.
John, Wisconsin, USA on
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According to the OED it definitely comes from the Latin 'pasche', which comes from the Greek 'pasca', which comes from the Hebrew 'pesach'. I believe the OED. For the early Christian clerics, Easter was much more associated with the idea of Passover than with the idea of peace. I think 'pax' has an Indo-European root.
I agree that it's very possible that 'Pass' sometimes became 'Pace'. My personal opinion about the origin of Pace as a surname is that 'pace' is a short simple syllable, very easy for English-speakers to pronounce. Lots of different names could have been simplified into 'Pace', at different times and in different places.
The ancient Britons _were_ Celts. They were the ones who settled
Wales and became the Welsh. They were displaced westward
by the Anglo-Saxon invasions in the fifth century.
The "Blood of the Vikings" DNA study found that the samples taken
in Wales showed little evidence of Viking ancestry -- i.e., Wales is
apparently still predominantly Celtic.
Many Welsh historians claim Welsh origins back to the original
Britons/Brythons of the U.K. even before the Celts arrived. This is
especially true of North Wales. I believe there are DNA studies that
support this.
Betty Pace
Unfortunately, one of the problems they came up against was the
similarity between Scandinavian DNA and Anglo-Saxon DNA. They
had to settle for distinguishing between "invaders" (Vikings or
Anglo-Saxons) and "non-invaders" (Celts).
I think all unsubstantiated claims about families having been granted land by William the Conqueror have to be regarded sceptically. The account in the "surname of Pace" article seems especially muddled. Robert Earl of Leicester?
Do they mean Robert Dudley? He was the first Earl of Leicester, and that was in the 16th century. And who was "Pace of Ingleton" and where was Ingleton?
Correction:
Robert Dudley wasn't the first Earl of Leicester. Robert de Beaumont (one of only twelve Norman invaders who have been definitely identified) held the title of Earl of Leicester after the Conquest.
The title later changed hands a few times, and eventually ended up with Henry Bolingbroke. Consequently it was merged with the Crown when Henry became King. Elizabeth recreated the title for Dudley, and thus the counting started over again and he became the first Earl of Leicester.
It doesn't look as if Robert of Beaumont owned any lands in Cheshire however. According to the online Domesday Book (I'm not sure whether this is reliable), he held lands in Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, and Warwickshire.
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