Editing Vavasour (section)

==In fiction==
* Used as a Christian name (Colonel Vavasour Devorax) in the novel ''A Crowning Mercy'' by [[Bernard Cornwell]] and Susannah Kells (aka Judy Cornwell).
* Used twice as a surname by [[Dorothy L. Sayers]], once in ''[[Murder Must Advertise]]'' (Miss Ethel Vavasour, Jim Tallboy's girlfriend), and once in ''[[Have His Carcase]]'' (Maurice Vavasour, a pseudonym of the murderer).
* Used as a surname by [[John Banville]] in ''[[The Sea (novel)|The Sea]]'' (Miss Vavasour).
* Used in Arthurian Romances, by [[Chretien de Troyes]] in ''Perceval: The Story of the Grail'' (Everyman Classics 1991). "You can say that the vavasor who fitted on your spur taught and instructed you." p.&nbsp;397.
* Vavasor is a surname in Anthony Trollope's ''[[Can You Forgive Her?]]''
* Used in ''[[The Sandman (Vertigo)|The Sandman]]'' graphic novel (1989, issue 10) as well as [[The Sandman (TV series)|its television adaptation]] (2022, episode 7)
* Vavasor is the surname of a ''[[Some Girls (TV series)|Some Girls]]'' character - Holli Jane Vavasor, played by Natasha Jonas.
* Used as the Christian name of Sir Vavasour Firebrace, a proud baronet, in [[Disraeli]]'s ''[[Sybil (novel)|Sybil]]''.
* Used in [[William Morris|William Morris']] [[The Well at the World's End]] where King Peter's subjects are described as "sturdy vavassors" who would not accept "masterful doings".