Galfred de Percie, l

During the time that Galfrid/Galfred and his Father Mainfred/Manfred spent with Rollo in the Province of Maen in Normandy, the family adopted the name Percy.

The Peerage of England containing a genealogical and Historical account of ... (p.305) Percy of Northumberland states that Galfred/Geffrey who took part in the year 911, an expedition into the province of Normandy. Geoffrey was baptized one year later at Artois in 912.

In the year 912 Rollo and companion Geoffrey (Galfred) conquered or subjugated the area now known as Perci Village in Villedieu. The first Peri home established there was known as "Chateau de Perci". Percy-en-Auge France is the ancestral home of the Percy's, a commune in Calvados in the northwestern part of France.

The name Galfred or Galfrid according to Wikipedia is an Old Norse name with Danish Roots. The French version of Galfrid is Geoffrey.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galfrid states that the Old Norse name "Old Norse name Guðfriðr, meaning 'God's peace' or 'good protection.

Old Norse was spoken in Denmark, among other places. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Norse

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Source: https://archive.org/stream/historyofhouseof01bren/historyofhouseof0...

" Mainfred ; ' who came out of Denmark into Normandy, before

the advent of Duke Rollo ; ('Gange-Hrólfr 'Rollo' Ragnvaldsson)

he begat : —  Geoffrey; associate of Rollo; baptized at Artois, a.d. 912; he 

begat : — William, Sieur de Perci, governor of South Normandy, and

Comte de Caux; slain by Hugh Capet; he begat : — Geoffrey II., Comte de Caux, Sieur de Perci, &c. ; he begat : — William II., Comte de Caux and de Poictiers, Sieur de Percy;

he begat : — Geoffrey III., Comte de Caux and de Poictiers, Sieur de Perci,

&c. ; reputed father of William de Perci, who settled in the

North of England, and of Serlo de Perci, Abbot of Whitby."

^ Palgrave, History of England and NoriitaHd)\ vol. i. p. 704. - Ibid., vol. iii. p. 480. _______________________________________________________

"The Hermit of Warkworth" "Thomas de Percy"

"Brave Galfred to Normandy with vent'rous Rolla came; And, from his Norman Castles won, assumed the Percy name."

(Name change occurs in this time frame, and states that Galfred's name is changed to Percy)"

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THIRTY ONE GENERATIONS "A thousand Years of Percies and Pierces from 972 to 1948" (compiled by Colby, Barnard L., New London Connecticut 1947)

(p.8) "Galfred and other associates and their families join forces with "Ralph the Ganger", son of a Norwegian Viking who was leading his people to a warmer climate. The emigrants sailed up the river Loire and settled in the province of Maen in Normandy. Here Manfred and his family adopted the name Percy.

Manfred means: Man of Peace; Hero's Peace; Peaceful Strength; Strong according to http://namemeaningsdictionary.com/meaning-of-the-name/32843/what-do...