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![Show Contents]() Gleave History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 England Wales
Early Origins of the Gleave familyThe surname Gleave was first found in Cheshire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. After the Battle of Hastings in 1066, William, Duke of Normandy, having prevailed over King Harold, granted most of Britain to his many victorious Barons. It was not uncommon to find a Baron, or a Bishop, with 60 or more Lordships scattered throughout the country. These he gave to his sons, nephews and other junior lines of his family and they became known as under-tenants. They adopted the Norman system of surnames which identified the under-tenant with his holdings so as to distinguish him from the senior stem of the family. After many rebellious wars between his Barons, Duke William, commissioned a census of all England to determine in 1086, settling once and for all, who held which land. He called the census the Domesday Book, 1 indicating that those holders registered would hold the land until the end of time. Hence, conjecturally, the surname is descended from the tenant of the lands of Highliegh who was recorded in the Domesday Book census of 1086. Early History of the Gleave familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Gleave research. Another 131 words (9 lines of text) covering the years 1202, 1510, 1535 and 1600 are included under the topic Early Gleave History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Gleave Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Gleave, Gleve, Gleyve, Gleffe, Glefe, Glive, Glieve, Gleive, Gleaves, Glave, Glaves and many more. Early Notables of the Gleave familyOutstanding amongst the family at this time was - the Gleave family of Cheshire
 Gleave migration to the United States | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Gleave Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- George Gleave, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1682 2
| Contemporary Notables of the name Gleave (post 1700) | + |
- Frederick "Fred" Gleave, English professional rugby league footballer who played for Wigan (1903-1914) and for the England National Team in 1913
- Elliot John Gleave (b. 1982), known by his stage name Example, is an English pop singer
- Alfred Pullen Gleave (1911-1999), Canadian politician, Member of Parliament for Saskatoon-Biggar (1968-1974)
- Group Captain Thomas Percy "Tom" Gleave CBE (1908-1993), British fighter pilot during the Battle of Britain; he was shot down and due to his injuries became the first and only Chief Guinea Pig when he had experimental reconstructive plastic surgery at the Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead, Sussex
- Lisa Gleave (b. 1976), Australian actress and model, known for her work as a Barker's Beauty on The Price Is Right
| Historic Events for the Gleave family | + |
- Mr. John Gleave, British Marine, who sailed into battle on the HMS Prince of Wales (1941) and survived the sinking 3
- Williams, Dr Ann. And G.H. Martin, Eds., Domesday Book A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0-141-00523-8)
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
- HMS Prince of Wales Crew members. (Retrieved 2014, April 9) . Retrieved from http://www.forcez-survivors.org.uk/biographies/listprincecrew.html
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Gleave migration to the United States 
