Calthorp History, Family Crest & Coats of ArmsThe illustrious surname Calthorp is classified as a habitation surname, which was originally derived from a place-name, and is one form of surname belonging to a broader group called hereditary surnames. Habitation names were derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads. Topographic names, form the other broad category of surnames that was given to a person who resided near a physical feature such as a hill, stream, church, or type of tree. Early Origins of the Calthorp familyThe surname Calthorp was first found in Norfolk where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor of Calthorpe at the time of the taking of the Domesday Book survey in the year 1086 A.D. The survey showed that Calthorpe was a village containing a Church, 2.5 mills and 2 beehives. 3 It was held by Guerri and Osbert from Tihel the Breton from whom the Calthorpes are conjecturally descended. By way of confirmation, another source notes: "he ancestors of Lord Catlthorpe assumed the name from Calthorpe, co. Norfolk, temp. Hen. III., and they are said to have been resident there from the time of the Conquest." 4 The Hundredorum Rolls of 1273 had only one listing: Gilbert de Calthorp, who held lands in Norfolk at that time. 5 Early History of the Calthorp familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Calthorp research. Another 157 words (11 lines of text) covering the years 1339, 1410, 1440, 1442, 1458, 1464, 1476, 1494, 1540, 1552, 1558, 1579, 1586, 1604, 1614, 1615, 1616, 1637, 1643, 1652, 1655, 1656, 1658, 1689, 1699, 1713, 1714, 1719, 1784, 1796 and 1798 are included under the topic Early Calthorp History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Calthorp Spelling VariationsSince the Old and Middle English languages lacked definite spelling rules, Breton surnames have many spelling variations. Latin and French, which were the official court languages, were also influential on the spelling of surnames. The spelling of surnames was rarely consistent in medieval times, and scribes and church officials recorded names as they sounded rather than adhering to any specific spelling rules. Therefore, it was common to find the same individual referred to with different spellings of their surname in the ancient chronicles. Moreover, a large number of foreign names were brought into England after the Norman Conquest, which accelerated and accentuated the alterations to the spelling of various surnames. The name has been spelled Calthrop, Calthropp, Calthorp, Calthorpe, Cartharp, Carthrop, Carthropp, Carthorp and many more. Early Notables of the Calthorp familyNotable of this family during the Middle Ages was
Migration of the Calthorp family to IrelandSome of the Calthorp family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt. Migration of the Calthorp familySome of the first immigrants to cross the Atlantic and come to North America carried the name Calthorp, or a variant listed above: Charles Calthrop who settled in Virginia in 1623.
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