Note 145b — NOTES ON PARISHES ROUND HORNCASTLE. (continued 4)

The Crevecœurs would seem to have derived their name from Creveceur, a town with the title of Marquis, in the province of Masseran, in Italy (“General Hist. of World,” by Dan Browne, 1721, p. 160.) There was, however, another old town of this name in Holland, remarkable for its strong fortress, which, from its impregnability, was named Creveceur, or heart-break (Ibidem, p. 122). The arms of this family were “or, a cross, voided, gules” (“Magna Charta,” p. 100.)