Lantall History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Lantall

Lantall is one of the many new names that came to England following the Norman Conquest of 1066. The Lantall family lived near a forest which is derived from the Old French word launde, which means forest glade. The English Lantall family was originally of Landells of Bire in Normandy. The family name Lantall was brought to England after the Norman Conquest, when William the Conqueror gave his friends and relatives most of the land formerly owned by Anglo-Saxon aristocrats. The surname Lantall was established by Norman landholders in the county of Roxburghshire.

Early Origins of the Lantall family

Early History of the Lantall family

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Lantall Spelling Variations

Anglo-Norman names are characterized by a multitude of spelling variations. When the Normans became the ruling people of England in the 11th century, they introduced a new language into a society where the main languages of Old and later Middle English had no definite spelling rules. These languages were more often spoken than written, so they blended freely with one another. Contributing to this mixing of tongues was the fact that medieval scribes spelled words according to sound, ensuring that a person's name would appear differently in nearly every document in which it was recorded. The name has been spelled Landale, Lansdale, Landall, Landell, Landells and many more.

Early Notables of the Lantall family

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Migration of the Lantall family

For many English families, the political and religious disarray that plagued their homeland made the frontiers of the New World an attractive prospect. Thousands migrated, aboard cramped disease-ridden ships. They arrived sick, poor, and hungry, but were welcomed in many cases with far greater opportunity than at home in England. Many of these hardy settlers went on to make important contributions to the emerging nations in which they landed. Among early immigrants bearing the name Lantall or a variant listed above were: Robert Landall settled in Barbados in 1680 with his wife and servants; Steven Lansdale, his wife Margaret, and son William, settled in Barbados in 1678.