I have come across a differing possible history to the Amor name.

I found in "Wiltshire archaeological and natural history magazine" from 1876, states;
"the now not uncommon Wiltshire name of Amor has nothing- whatever to do with the widespread influence which is denoted by that word in Latin, but is simply a corruption of Aylmer, as traceable in the registers of St. Katharine's, Savernake."
link: http://www.archive.org/stream/wiltshirearchaeo16arch/wiltshi...
Savernake is a forest in Pewsey Valley, Wiltshire.

I could not find the registers mentioned but found reference to amor and aymer being the same name
in the "Registers of Bishops Cannings, Wiltshire [1591-1811]". With aymer not appearing after 1635. This does support the name morphing over the years.
link: http://www.archive.org/stream/registersbishop00unkngoog/regi...


From the "Miscellanea Genealogica Et Heraldica: Fourth Series". Page 16, The Aylmer family of England and Ireland.

The Aylmer name came about with Normans defeating the Saxon's. The Normans had problems with Saxon phonetics and "th" became "y". An example of this is "the" became "ye".
So the name Athelmer became Aylmer. This link is well worth looking at;
Link: http://books.google.com.au/books?id=qrEhOoNUUQkC&lpg=PA7...

If all this is true then Amors family line come from the Saxon royal house being descendants of King Ethelred I.