Curry Rivel is a village and civil parish in Somerset, northeast of Curry Mallet, situated west of Somerton and east

Documentation of the Curry surname from England

Early forms of the English surname include Curi, in 1075 and “De Cury”in 1212 of Normandy.

Whereas the word “Cweorn” is Proto

Second earliest record of spelling the Surname Curry is of “Richard de Cury’. This was dated (1212), for the tax registers known as the Fees Court, for Somerset England during 1199. Which is possibly how place name in Somerset was derived. The name Curry Rivel, comes from the Celtic word Crwy, meaning boundary and Rivel from its 12th century landlord Sir Richard. Curry Rivel is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England.

#1. Feudal barony of Curry Mallet: found in English with its caput/ head at Curry Castle in Somerset, east of Taunton. Curry Mallet also later known as Mallet Castle: consist of a village and parish manor in Somerset, England. It is on the Fivehead River north of River Ile. In 1086, the manor was held by William the Conqueror to “Roger de Courselles". Odo bishop of Bayeux was William de Courcelles overlord. Odo was the legitimate half brother of Duke William (the Conqueror) major player in the conquest of 1066. “Roger de Courselles". also the owner of Fisherton in Wiltshire, which was held under Curry. The "de Courcelles family" were from Courseulles-sur-Mer in Calvados, Normandy now France. The Curry manor later passed to the Mallett family. Thus passed on through the descendants of the Malet family until 1356 when it was sold to Sir Matthew Gourney and his family until 1443 when the estate passed to the king and became part of the Duchy of Cornwall.

#2. Curry Rivel is a village and civil parish in Somerset, northeast of Curry Mallet, situated west of Somerton and east of Taunton. The unusual name Curry Rivel, comes from the Celtic word "Crwy", meaning boundary and Rivel from its (12th century) Sir Richard Revel. The name "Crwys" is of Welsh origin and means "Cross." The origin is the culture in which the name originated. Domeday book list “REX ten CHURI”

#3. Curry Castle/ Curry Mallet and (Curry Revel) are named from the river, on which they stand. The etymology of the river Cury name is obscure, but it may be from the pre 7th century Olde English word "Cweorn," CWYRN meaning a mill or mill. Pronounced (“kway-orn”)

#4. The word Cweorn is a pre Germanic word for hand mill, thus the name of the villagers on the Curry River would have been people who lived by or worked at the mill.

#5. North Curry is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated 5 miles (8.0 km) east of Taunton in the Taunton Deane district. The parish was part of the North Curry Hundred It may once have referred to an area of 100 (or possibly 120) hides, though a "hide" is not a specific area: it was conceptually the amount of land required to support a family or because it was an area originally settled by 100 men. In England, a hundred was the division of a shire for military and judicial purposes. North Curry was settled in Saxon times and was a royal manor in the 11th century. Around 1194, Richard the Lionheart (Richard I of England) deeded North Curry over to the Bishop of Wells. The Hundred of North Curry consisted of the ancient parishes of: West Hatch, St Gregory Stoke. The Hundred was known as “Northcuri” in 1189 when Richard I gave it to the church in Wells. Research also Curé known as a priest bearing the responsibility of a parish. on page 15 of the doomsday book of the second column at the top "Terra Roger De Corelle" lists "de rege CURI"

#6. The Forme of Cury is a English cookbook and a extensive collection of medieval English recipes from the 14th century (1390s). Originally in the form of a scroll, its authors are listed as "the chief Master Cooks of the monarch and published by King Richard. Cury (from French cuire, meaning to cook)

The Curry surname of Ireland

Surname usage and Origin within Ireland timeline

Old Irish version of the word Curry is "kɥiʁ" and cuirí. Curry in Ireland has numerous variations such as (Curry, O’Curry, MacCurry, Corry, McCorry, O’Cowrie). These names were originally ‘thought’ to be derived from the native name Comhraidhe or and (Currach). However, Comhraidhe is merely an Irish native translation for the variations of (Curry, O’Curry, Corry, McCorry, O’Cowrie). As the most well known root of Ó Comhraidhe is found in “Thomond” with a centre in the County of Clare in later years. Thomond was a kingdom of Gaelic Ireland, and in incorporates present-day County Clare and County Limerick, as well as parts of County Tipperary around Nenagh and its hinterland. The kingdom represented the core homeland of the Dál gCais people, although there were other Gaels in the area such as the Éile and Eóganachta, and even the “Norse” of Limerick.

Ó Comhraidhe is the name of two “unrelated septs” of Thomond. Which is adjacent to areas of Limerick and Tipperary and Moygoish which is now Curristown in the County of “Westmeath” within the providence of (Leinster). O'Comhraidhe are descendants of Comhraidhe, which the name was originally found in “Westmeath”. In addition to the main sept of Ó Comhraidhe they were also Chiefs of Curristown, to which they gave their name, and now known as the town area of Belmont. From early times the anciently chiefs family was a place named Uí Mac Uais. As Uí Mac Uais was a area which is now a subdivision of (Moygoish/ Curristown), aka in Irish as: (Uí Mhac gCuais) in north County Westmeath, Ireland.

Comhraidhe is a family of the progenitor of “Corca Laoighdhe” who was a Grandfather of Lughaidh MacCon being the Monarch of Ireland in the 3rd century thus being a branch of Dal gCais in Thomond. Dal gCais who was the sixth descent from Cormac Cas the son of Oilioll Olum the “King Of Munster” Ireland in the 3rd centry. While in some instances, the surname is an anglicized form of the Irish Ó Comhraidhe; it sometimes takes the form of Corry or Corra, especially in the northern counties, where in the few early records. Which the name is found with a delegated prefix ‘Mac’ is usually substituted for ‘O from early Scot Irish. Comhraidhe which was a clan based at Cootehill.

There was a little-known sept of O'Curry in the barony of Kerricurrehy in Cork, where the name is now often found as Corry. This Cork sept may have been a branch of the main Thomond root. They are recorded as a sept of Corca Laoighe and the name is found also in the County of Kerry, presumably as a result of migration. Ó Corra, and variant Ó Corraidh, are cited by Woulfe (Dublin, 1923) the name of families in Ulster, the root quoted by Woulfe is ('corra'- 'spear').

The name Corry is usually Ó Corraidh or Ó Corra and in modern times is often abbreviated to Corr. However, when found in the county of Clare, it is probably a variant form of Ó Comhraidhe - O'Curry and as we have seen already, Corry in Ireland is a known variant of Curry in Cork. Which migrated from Thomond with their centre in County Clare.

As the particular surnames Of (Curry, O’Curry, Corry, McCorry, O’Cowrie) are derived from the Irish Mac Gothfhradha orMac Gothraidh, meaning "son of Gothradh or “Gofraid’. The surname Curry, when found in Ireland can originate as either the northern Irish patronym, or from any of the Scottish toponyms.

The “Clan Currie” / Clann MacMhuirich: Sprang from a Irishman named “Muiredach Ó Dálaigh/ Dálach ” aka Murdoch O’Daly who was expelled from Ireland and arrived in Scotland in 1213. Muiredach and MacMuiredach became bards of the clan MacDonald branch. McMuiredach known as Mac-Ourie became anglicized as Currie. Either of these Scottish origins would have been carried back into Ireland at later times. Though no descendants of Mhuirich are of the original “de Curry” family 1175