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Bernard, a nobleman of Saxony, was the first of the ancient and knightly family which made so considerable a figure in England . They seem to have been originally seated at Poorstock, and it was still the head of their barony in the reign of King John till they exchanged it for other lands. Bernard, Lord of Harcourt , Carleville and Beaufidel in Normandy, was a nobleman of royal blood of Saxony. He acquired, when Rollo the Dane made himself master of Normandy, the above lordships in that principality . It is from him that this ancient and eminent family traced its pedigree, and acquired the name of Harcourt.