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Trisoun, for Tesson or Taisson, the Norman-French for badger: Tisoun in Leland's list . An r has been either substituted or mistaken for an e in the spelling of this name. The Tessons, Lords of Cinglais, one of the most powerful houses of Normandy, are by some derived from Botho, a kinsman of Rollo; by others from the Counts of Anjou; and according to Des Bois, were first seated near Angouleme (from whence their Gothic origin may be inferred).