| ![Show Contents]() Hardingham History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Hardingham was first used as a name by Viking settlers in ancient Scotland. It was a name for a hard working or arduous person, deriving its origin from name the Old French word hearding, which meant hard. 1 "The Hardings in Anglo-Saxon Heardingas, in Old Norse Haddingjar were celebrated as an illustrious and heroic race. The late Lord Hardinge claimed to be descended from a Danish family settled near Derby. The Domesday forms are Harding, Hardingus, Hardinc and filius Harding. The soft sound given to the G, when the E final is employed, seems to be a modern affectation, quite unworthy of this sturdy old race." 2 Early Origins of the Hardingham familyThe surname Hardingham was first found in Bristol, where the first record of the family was Harding of Bristol (c.1048-1125), Sheriff Reeve of Bristol. He was the son of Eadnoth the Constable (died 1068), an Anglo-Saxon thane who served as steward to Edward the Confessor and Harold II. One of the Harding of Bristol's sons was Robert Fitzharding (c. 1095-1170), 1st feudal Baron of Berkeley, Gloucestershire, an Anglo-Saxon nobleman who was granted the feudal barony of Berkeley in Gloucestershire and was ancestor of the Berkeley family of Berkeley Castle. The Latin form, Hardingus was recorded at Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk c. 1095 and later as Ardinghus in Oxfordshire at Oseney in 1200. 3 Harding or St. Stephen (d. 1134), was Abbot of Citeaux and was born of parents of good position at Sherborne in Dorsetshire, probably early in the second half of the eleventh century, and received his education in the monastery of his native place. "A desire to travel and to increase his learning took him first to Scotland and then to Paris. " 4 Roger Harding was listed in the Pipe Rolls of Northumberland in 1199 and Richard Harding was found in the Assize Rolls for Yorkshire in 1204. Back in Oxfordshire, Hugh Arding was listed at Oseney in 1244. 3 John Hardyng (1378-1465?), was an early chronicler, born, according to his own account, in 1378, belonged to a northern family. "He was admitted at the age of twelve into the household of Sir Henry Percy (Hotspur), eldest son of Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland. From an early period Hardyng busied himself in investigations into the feudal relations of the English and Scottish crowns, and during the reign of Henry V visited Scotland with a view to procuring official documents to prove the subservience from the earliest times of Scotland to England. " 4 An further investigation of early rolls revealed Hugh Harding in Cambridgeshire and Nicol Harding in Oxfordshire in the Hundredorum Rolls of 1273. The Yorkshire Poll Tax Rolls of 1379 included Johannes Hardyng; and Thomas Hardyng, 1379. 5 Early History of the Hardingham familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Hardingham research. Another 195 words (14 lines of text) covering the years 1048, 1086, 1125, 1134, 1378, 1415, 1465, 1516, 1572, 1593, 1601, 1610, 1618, 1622, 1634, 1638, 1641, 1642, 1648, 1658, 1699, 1712, 1758 and 1797 are included under the topic Early Hardingham History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Hardingham Spelling VariationsScottish names from the Middle Ages vary enormously in their spellings. This is a result of the fact that there were no universal standards like dictionaries for scribes to judge by. The recorded spelling variations of the name Hardingham include Harding, Hardinge and others. Early Notables of the Hardingham familyNotable amongst the Clan from early times was Thomas Harding (1516-1572), an English Roman Catholic priest and controversialist, born at Beckington, Somersetshire. 4Richard Hardinge (c.1593-1658), was a Groom to the Bedchamber to the then Prince of Wales; George Harding, 8th Baron Berkeley (1601-1658), was an English nobleman; and Thomas Harding, was a 16th century English religious dissident.Thomas Harding (d. 1648), was an English historian...
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Some of the Hardingham family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
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| Hardingham migration to the United States | + |
Settlers found farms all along the eastern part of what would become the United States and Canada. They provided a base and a backbone that would strengthen two great nations in the making. In the 20th century, the ancestors of those brave Scots have rediscovered their heritage through highland games and Scottish historical societies. Early North American immigration records have revealed a number of people bearing the Scottish name Hardingham or a variant listed above, including:
Hardingham Settlers in United States in the 20th Century- Charlotte Hardingham, aged 27, who landed in America from Norwich, England., in 1912
- William Hardingham, aged 26, who landed in America from Norwich, England, in 1912
- Laurence Hardingham, aged 22, who landed in America, in 1920
- H. F. Hardingham, aged 20, who immigrated to the United States, in 1920
- Harold F. Hardingham, aged 20, who settled in America from London, England, in 1920
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| Hardingham migration to Australia | + |
Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include: Hardingham Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century- Mr. William Hardingham, (b. 1808), aged 24, English brick layer who was convicted in Middlesex, England for 7 years for stealing, transported aboard the "England"on 31st March 1832, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land) 6
- Harriet Hardingham, who arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship "The Stebonheath" in 1850 7
| Contemporary Notables of the name Hardingham (post 1700) | + |
- David Hardingham (b. 1965), South African-born, British-based reform activist, aid organiser and entrepreneur
- Kyle Hardingham (b. 1988), Australian rules footballer
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- Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 26th April 2022). https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/england
- State Records of South Australia. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) The STEBONHEATH 1850. Retrieved http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/BSA/1850Stebonheath.htm
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