Biseth Family Crest, Coat of Arms & Biseth Name Origin

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Origin of the Name Biseth

The Biseth family history was found in the allfamilycrests.com archives. Variants of the name Biseth include Bissett, Biscet, Bissott, Bizet, Byssot and Bissat. It is stated that William the Lion, on his return from captivity in Falaise and in England in 1174, brought back young Englishmen of family to seek their fortune in the Scottish Court and among these were the 'Biseys'. This name is found in many mediaeval manuscripts in Scotland and examples of such are Henricus Byset who witnessed a charter by William the Lion granted before 1198. His son John Byset, who witnessed a charter by Henry de Graham in 1204, was the individual who obtained from the King the grant of lands in the North. Like their Irish Kinsmen many Scots were forced to seek emigration after the 1745 Rebellion. There were also clearances of whole populations by landlords during the nineteenth century. In Ireland bearers of the name settled in the Glens of Antrim and assumed the Gaelic name MacEoin, which was later anglicized as McKeown.