First found in Lancashire where they were anciently seated The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the year 1219.when Ralph Spendelove held estates in that shire.

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: John Spendlove settled in Virginia in 1587; before the Mayflower; James, Joseph, Harriet, Ann, and Mary settled in New York in 1864; Mary Spendley settled in the Barbados in 1635.

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