The House of Colville (Colvin) is an Anglo-Norman family in England. The family originated from a Knight named Gilbert de Collevile of Colleville Sur Mer, Bessin, Normandy, France. Colleville-sur-Mer is next to the Beach, codenamed Omaha during WW II. During the conquest of England by William the Conqueror, in 1066, Gilbert was granted 22,000 acres of land near Devonshire England as his reward for his service. The name was shortened years latter from Colville to Colvin. Some family members kept the old name Colville. It was from this Knight that the Colvin/Calvin family would develop. The Colvin name is also written in the Domesday Book. The Colvins were Anglo-Norman. Some of the Colvin clan moved to Scotland, Ireland and France. The Domesday Book of 1086 records Gilbert's descendants as holding lands directly from the Crown in Yorkshire, specifically Arncliffe where the family would remain prominent for many centuries. Later a branch of the Colvilles also established themselves at Newton in the Isle of Ely.