Decourt

Decourt
Recorded in a number of spellings including de Court, Decourt, Decort, Court, Cort, Corte (English), and Cour, Court, Courte, Lacourt, Delacourt (French), this is a surname of medieval origins. First introduced into the British Isles after the famous Norman Conquest of 1066 it was residential for a person who lived at a "court". This was a term used for a manor house or equivalent as well as a Royal Court. It was alos occupational for somebody employed at a court. In some cases the name could also originate from the ancient word "curt" meaning small, and hence a nickname for either a small person or more likely given the robust humour of thise times - a large one! Examples of recordings from surviving charters and registers include Richard atte Curt and William de la Court who both appear in the Subsidy Tax rolls of Sussex in the year 1296, whilst Alexander Court married Elizabeth Ashpoole on August 14th 1592 at St. Margaret's Westminster, in the city of London. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Reginald de Corte. This was dated 1181, in the Pipe Rolls of the county of Suffolk, during the reign of King Henry 11nd, known as "The church builder", 1154 - 1189. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was sometimes known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

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  • Decourt — (fr., spr. Dekuhr), Abzug an der Rechnung, wegen schlechter Beschaffenheit der Waaren od. wegen Mangels an Maß u. Gewicht; davon Decourtiren, deshalb Abzug machen …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Décourt — (franz., spr. kūr), Decourtieren, s. Dekort …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Décourt — (frz., spr. kuhr), s.v.w. Dekort …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Décourt — (frz. Dekuhr), Abzug; decourtiren, bei der Bezahlung einer Waare einen Abzug machen …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • Decourt — De|court [de ku:ɐ̯] der; s, s <aus fr. décourt »Abzug von der Zahlung«> svw. ↑Dekort …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch

  • Decourt — De|court [de ku:ɐ̯], der; s, s: vgl. ↑Dekort …   Universal-Lexikon

  • decourt — …   Useful english dictionary

  • Decourt, Jean-Pierre — (February 4, 1927,    Paris, France November 27, 2002, Sainte Maxime, Var, France)    A former assistant director to Maurice Dekobra, Raymond Bernard, Maurice Cloche, Christian Stengel, and François Campaux, he made his directing film de­but in… …   Encyclopedia of French film directors

  • Jean Decourt — Naissance vers 1530 Limoges (?) Décès vers 1585 Paris Nationalité  France …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Jean-Pierre Decourt — est un réalisateur et scénariste de télévision français, né le 4 février 1927 à Paris et mort le 27 novembre 2002 à Sainte Maxime. Sommaire 1 Biographie 2 Filmographie …   Wikipédia en Français

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