Mieure meaning | Last name Mieure origin

Mieure is variant form of Moule. See Mould - Montalt1. Like Maude, a corruption of Montalt. See - See Maude - A remarkable contraction of De Monte Alto, De Montalt, or "of the high mountain." The first of the family in England was Eustachius de Monte Alto, who came hither at the Conquest among the followers of Hugh Lupus, Earl of Chester. From him sprang the Barons Montalt, whose elder line became extinct in the XIV century Many younger branches survive under the name of Maude, and one of them, Viscount Hawarden, still enjoys the second title of Baron Montalt. According to Burke's Commoners, the name was originally derived from a place in Italy

It is asserted by some genealogists that Robert, one of the barons of Hugh Lupus, Earl of Chester, assumed the surname from his chief place of residence, an elevated spot in Flintshire, now called Mold.