Middle Ages
Though earlier lords are known, the pedigree of the family is only clearly traceable to
- Arnaud de Durfort (fl. 1305), who acquired the fief of Duras by his marriage with a niece of Pope Clement V.
- Gaillard de Durfort, his descendant, having embraced the side of the king of England, went to London in 1453, and was made governor of Calais and a Knight of the Garter.
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