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The ships came in to take refuge in the split of Leure during bad weather. In the
Middle Ages, there were salt works close to this village. Leure is mentioned many times
in the history of Harfleur, (1000-1500 AD) as a strategically essential place in the
communications between the countries of Northern and Southern Europe.
It is a curious coincidence that “Leure” (the village in Harfleur) is the same as the
first part of the name Leuremue the village in Northumbria founded by our ancestors. We
of course cannot be sure that it is not just a coincidence but could it be possible that an
individual who came from this village (Leure) as a member or part of the escort for
Edward the Confessor in 1040 AD could be the same person who founded Leuremue?
The port of Harfleur at this time was under the control of the Benedictines. The
Benedictines having all the rights of the Port as well as High and Low justice. So this
individual may have taken Leure as part of his name when he became a knight of the
Benedictine Order. The second root “Muere/ Mue of the Leuremue surname has a general
meaning of “change, altered, transformed”. So the complete name Leuremue could mean
Leure was changed or altered to fit another place or to become a persons name.
We already have conformation of the great power of the Benedictine Abbeys in
1000 AD. The map that we illustrate below, shows the locations of a few Benedictine
Abbeys in the area of the port of Harfleur and the village of Leure.
1. Abbaye de NotreDame de Montivilliers, williers, Seine-Maritime), founded in
682 AD the Benedictine Abbey, (archives AD)
2. The construction of Notre-Dame-sur-l’Eau (Our Lady on the Water) or Sainte-
Marie of Domfront dates from the early 12th century. Built on the bank of the river
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