[Illustration] A younger branch of an ancient Knightly Norman house,
settled for many years at Norton D'Isney in Lincolnshire, where the
principal line became extinct in 1722. The present family descend
from the eldest son by the second marriage of Sir Henry Disney of
Norton Disney, who died in 1641. See very elaborate pedigrees of
this family in the College of Arms, Norfolk 1, p. 38, and Norfolk 7,
p. 76; also Hutchins's Dorset, iv. p. 389, for Disney of Swinderby,
co. Lincoln, and of Corscomb, co. Dorset, and for the present
family.
See also the Topographer and Genealogist, iii. 393; and Leland's
Itinerary, i. p. 28, "Disney, alias De Iseney. He dwelleth at
Diseney, and of his name and line be Gentilmen yn Fraunce."
ARMS.--_Argent, on a fess gules three fleurs-de-lis or_. In the
reign of Richard II. Monsieur William Dysney bore, _Argent, three
lions passant in pale gules_. (Roll.)
Present Representative, Edgar Disney, Esq.
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