Foderingham History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

The surname Foderingham was first found in Angus (Gaelic: Aonghas), part of the Tayside region of northeastern Scotland, and present day Council Area of Angus, formerly known as Forfar or Forfarshire, seated there since about 1130 A.D. Because of their geographical location, it is highly probable that they are also of Pictish ancestry. The earliest explicit record of the Fotheringham family was in Angus in 1261, when Dominus Robert de Ffodryngay (an ancient form of Foderingham) was witness to the Maule Charter signed in that year. Other ancestors who held titles were Master Henry of Fottyngham, rector of the church of Taruedal in Ross in 1274, Roger de Foderinggeye, vicar of the church of Kilmor in the county of Ross and Henry de Foddrynghame, sheriff of Perth and Banff in 1358. Other recorded occurrences of the name include Walter de Fodringgeye, who was one of the executors of the will of Dervorgilla, wife of John de Baliol, in 1291, Huwe (or Hugh) de Foderingeye of the county of Perth, who rendered homage to King Edward I of England on his brief conquest of Scotland in 1296, Henry de Foddrynghame who was deputy of the sheriff of Perth in 1358 and is probably the same Henry de Fodrynghay who witnessed a Brechin document in 1364, Robyn of Fodryngame, who was one of the assize on the marches of Woodwrae in 1388, Alexander Forigham, who appears as a witness in Brechin in 1464 and finally Thomas Foddringhame of Poury (a variation on Pourie), who was witness to a charter by John Jardin of Appilgarth in 1476.