Vance

The Tribe of Vance, represented here by Lady Vivian of that Ilk. The surname of VANCE was a locational name 'the dweller at the fen' from residence beside the meadows or low and marshy tract of land. Local names usually denoted where a man held his land, and indicated where he actually lived. There are places of the name in Lincolnshire, and a small spot 'of Venn' in County Devon. Early records of the name mention Godwin de la Fenna, 1176, County Durham.