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English Family Name

Seymour

“Norman toponymic, from Saint-Maur in Normandy”
“Foy pour devoir” · Faith for duty
House colours from the family arms — this name has no clan tartan tradition
Historic titleDuke of Somerset
HeartlandWiltshire & the Savernake country, with a Devon branch
RegionWest Country

Raised to the front rank when Jane Seymour married Henry VIII and bore him Edward VI. Her brother Edward ruled England as Lord Protector before his fall, and the family still holds the Dukedom of Somerset.

Ancestral seats

  • Bradley House, Maiden Bradley, Wiltshire
  • Wolf Hall & Savernake, Wiltshire
  • Berry Pomeroy Castle, Devon

Where to walk in their footsteps

Access, opening hours and admission change. We confirm every site before it goes into an itinerary.

Berry Pomeroy Castle, Devon

English Heritage; a ruined Seymour Tudor mansion inside a medieval castle, open daily.

Savernake Forest, Wiltshire

Ancient forest beside Wolf Hall, Jane Seymour's home; the house itself is private.

Also recorded as

St Maurde St MaurSeymer

Travelling to Seymour country

Cashel Travel has arranged clan gatherings and heritage tours across Scotland and Ireland since the 1990s, including full gatherings for Clan Gordon, Hay, Keith, Lindsay, Hunter, Dunbar, Graham, Sutherland and MacLaren. We research the family history, build the itinerary around it, and arrange access to places that are not normally open to the public.

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