Pembrick History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Pembrick family

The surname Pembrick was first found in Herefordshire at Pembridge, a parish, and formerly a borough, in the union of Kington, hundred of Stretford where the surname is descended from the tenant of the lands of Pembridge, held by Albert of Marlborough, from Ralph, the Earl of Hereford, descended from Ralph de Gael, a powerful Breton Baron, Lord of the Castle of Guader, of Montfort who was recorded in the Domesday Book census of 1086. The Domesday Book also lists the parish as Penbruge and the name possibly meant "bridge of a man called Pena or Paegna," from the Old English personal name + "brycg." 1 At early times some of the family moved to the parish of Tong in Shropshire as records show "the church is in the decorated style, with a spire rising from the centre, and is a fine specimen of ancient monastic architecture. It originally belonged to the abbey of Shrewsbury, and was purchased in 1411 by Isabel, relict of Sir Fulk Pembridge, Knt., who, with others, rebuilt the edifice. Within the choir are some splendid altar-tombs with statues of the Pembridges and Vernons, ancient lords of the manor." 2

Early History of the Pembrick family

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Pembrick Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Pembridge, Penbridge, Pembrigg, Penbrugg and others.

Early Notables of the Pembrick family

Notable of this family during the Middle Ages was Sir Richard de Pembridge or Pembrugge (died 1375), English soldier, a native of Herefordshire. His family was seated at Pembridge in that county as early as the reign of Stephen. On 6 Nov. 1328 Richard de Pembridge was appointed warden of the castle of Droslan. In 1368 he was...
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Migration of the Pembrick family to Ireland

Some of the Pembrick family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
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Migration of the Pembrick family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: settlers, who were recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from Europe. Migrants settled in the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, and to the islands..

Citations +

Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.