Long ago, in the early days of the Conquest, a Saxon maid, Ealdgth, was wooed and won by a powerful Norman follower of the Conquerer. .Her father, a kinsman and cupbearer of Edward the Confessor, hold great possessions, and at his death, the estates passed into the hands of his Norman son-in-law, Robert D’Oily and Ealdgyth. The King possessed himself of great wealth, from various sources, and bountiful offerings were made to him yearly by cities and rich men. The wealth of England at this period dazzled all eyes. The English women were renowned for the art that w'ltaught gorgeous embroideries, and maiuens of high degree were skilled in such arts. Hence it is recorded that the yearly gift to the King from the family of D’Oily was a small ornamental cloth—perchance embroidered by Knldgyth’s own hands. Thus is proven the great ancestry of the “D’Oily” —the name which has attached itself ewer since to a -small embroidered doth for the table!
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Hokitika Guardian, 7 February 1930, Page 7
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165Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 Hokitika Guardian, 7 February 1930, Page 7
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