Sonia Kamari Brooks O.B.E., British Deputy Governor for HM Young Offenders Institution Feltham, was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire on 8th June 2018, for services to HM Prison Service and to the Criminal Justice System
He called the census the Domesday Book, indicating that those holders registered would hold the land until the end of time. After many rebellious wars between his Barons, Duke William, commissioned a census of all England to determine in 1086, settling once and for all, who held which land. They adopted the Norman system of surnames which identified the under-tenant with his holdings so as to distinguish him from the senior stem of the family. These he gave to his sons, nephews and other junior lines of his family and they became known as under-tenants. It was not uncommon to find a Baron, or a Bishop, with 60 or more Lordships scattered throughout the country.
After the Battle of Hastings in 1066, William, Duke of Normandy, having prevailed over King Harold, granted most of Britain to his many victorious Barons. The surname Sonia was first found in Berkshire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. Wishlist To Cart Details Early Origins of the Sonia family