The surname Bradbridge was first found in Surrey where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. 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 13th century when they held estates in that shire.
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Early History of the Bradbridge family
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Bradbridge Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Bradbridge, Braddbridge, Bredbridge, Breadbridge, Brodbridge and many more.
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Early Notables of the Bradbridge family
Distinguished members of the family include
William Bradbridge or Brodebridge (1501-1578), English prelate, Bishop of Exeter...
He "sprang from a Somersetshire family now extinct, but variously known as Bradbridge, Bredbridge, or Brodbridge...
William Bradbridge was born in London in 1501...
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Migration of the Bradbridge family
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: the name represented in many forms and recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from Europe. Migrants settled in the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands..
England
