Bertram de Verdun, II

The village name 'Farnham' is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means 'homestead where ferns grow'. In the Domesday Book of 1086 the village was recorded as Ferneham.

The affix or suffix 'Royal' was given to the village in the late 11th century by the king, who gave the lord of the manor of Farnham, Bertram de Verdun, the Grand Serjeanty on the condition of providing a glove and putting it on the king's right hand at the coronation, and supporting his right arm, while the Royal sceptre was in his hand (see also Manor of Worksop).

In 1832, Francis Osborne was created Baron Godolphin, of Farnham Royal in the County of Buckingham.

From 1952 to 1957, Barnardo's operated a home for girls at Long Close on Black Pond Lane.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farnham_Royal

Bertram II de Verdun is one of the sons of Bertram I de Verdun, and the father of Norman de Verdun:

"... in January 1100, William Rufus addressed a writ concerning the restoration of Ranulf Flambard to lands which had been in dispute with Alan Percy in Yorkshire to Thomas, archbishop of York, Bertram de Verdun and the barons of Yorkshire with Bertram being ordered to give Flambard seisin. In September of the same year, Henry I addressed a charter to Gerard, archbishop of York, Bertram de Verdun and the barons of Yorkshire. (...) Given that thirty-four years had elapsed since the Conquest, it is doubtful whether the Bertram de Verdun mentioned in these writs was the same Bertram who had appeared in the Conqueror's reign. Certainly it must have been a second successive Bertram de Verdun who witnessed a charter issued by Ranulf I of Chester in 1124x9 before being succeeded by his son, Norman, by 1129-30"

Mark S. Hagger, "The Fortunes of a Norman Family: The de Verduns in England, Ireland and Wales, 1066-1316", Four Courts Press, 2001, p.24.

https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/8763970.pdf