Morville is from Morville, a few kilometres south-west of Brix, and the Morvilles were prominent tenants on the Honour of Huntingdon. The family's main stem were vassals of the Norman Honour of Vernon, which had its caput at Nehou a few miles further south. The closeness of the Scottish Morvilles to the Norman and Wessex lines of the family is shown by the fact that Morville charters in Scotland were witnessed by Alexander de Nehou, Richard de Nehou, and William de Nehou. Hugh de Morville came from Burg in Cumberland. He became Constable of Scotland. He was the original founder of the monastery of Dryburgh, and died in 1162.