Voysey is a family name, thought to derive from Vassy in Normandy, the family’s place of residence prior to the Norman Conquest.
It is the family name of the following people:
Charles Voysey (theist), priest and heretic Charles Voysey (architect), son of the above, Arts and Crafts architect and designer Charles Cowles-Voysey, son of the above, architect and designer Henry Wesley Voysey (1791-1824), geologist who worked in India Michael Voysey, television writer
+ Spelling variants include: Vessey Vesey Vezay Vezey Vesci Veasey Vassey Vassy Feasey Feasy Fessey Fassey PhaiseyPhasey Phazey Pheasey Pheazey Pheysey. See also The Voysey Inheritance, 1905 play by Harley Granville-Barker
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