Gospatrick History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Early Origins of the Gospatrick family

The surname Gospatrick was first found in Northumberland in the year 1061 when Earl Gospatrick accompanied Tostig on a pilgrimage to Rome. He was of Saxon and Pictish blood. He was "son of Maldred by Algyth or Ealdgyth, daughter of the Northumbrian Earl Uhtred, by his third wife, Elgiva or Ælfgifu, daughter of Ethelred the Unready, was probably the young noble called 'Gaius patricius' in the 'Life of Eadward the Confessor' " 1

Hutton-Rudby, a township, in the parish of Rudby-in-Cleveland, union of Stokesley in the North Riding of Yorkshire was an ancient family seat. "This place, in Domesday Book written Hotun, was the property of Gospatrick, Earl of Northumberland, but on the rebellion of that noble was bestowed by the Conqueror upon the Earl of Morton." 2

Early History of the Gospatrick family

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Gospatrick Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Gospatrick, Cospatrick and others.

Early Notables of the Gospatrick family

Distinguished members of the family include

Earl Gospatrick of Northumberland

Migration of the Gospatrick family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: settlers, who arrived along the eastern seaboard, from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands.

Citations +

Smith, George (ed), Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1885-1900. Print
Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.