(origin: Fr.) From Manoir, and that from the Latin Manere, to stay or to abide. Lands granted to some military man or baron by the king, a custom brought in by the Normans. Manners, first Earl of Rutland, soon after his creation, told Sir Thomas More that he was too much elated by his preferment, and really verified the old proverb, "Honores mutant Mores." "Nay, my lord," retorted Sir Thomas, "the proverb does much better in English, 'Honors change Manners.'" It is the opinion of Camden that this family received its name from the village of Manor, near Lanchester, in Durham, England.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.

MANNERS. Accordinsr to Camden and other antiquaries, this noble family had their denomination from the village of Manner, near Lanchester, co. Dm-ham. They were certainly influential in the northern counties, and Collins traces the name to a Yvilliam de Manner, who flourished temp. William Eufus. The pedigree is deduced by him from Sir Eobert de Manners, lord of Etal in Northumberland, several generations anterior to the reign of Heniy III.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.