Shairington History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Shairington family

The surname Shairington was first found in Wiltshire at Sherrington, a village and civil parish on the River Wylye in Wiltshire where remains of a motte-and-bailey castle, presumably from late in the 11th or early in the 12th century can still be found today.

By 1252, Sherrington had a parish church dedicated to Saints Cosmas and Damian in 1341. However the village dates back to 896 when it was listed as Scoranston, but later was spelt Scarenstone in the Domesday Book 1 and meant "stone or rock on a steep slope" from the Old English "scir + "wudu". 2

The Cherrington variant originates in Shropshire at Cherrington, a village in the civil parish of Tibberton and Cherrington which dates back to the Domesday Book where it was listed as Cerlintone and later in 1230 as Cherington. The place name literally means "estate associated with a man called Ceorra," having derived from the Old English personal name + -ing + tun 2

Early History of the Shairington family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Shairington research. Another 67 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1495, 1527, 1540, 1553, 1602, 1644 and 1678 are included under the topic Early Shairington History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Shairington Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Sherrington, Sherington, Cherrington and others.

Early Notables of the Shairington family

Notables of this surname at this time include: Sir William Sharington or Sherington (1495?-1553), was "Vice-Treasurer of the Mint at Bristol who came of an old Norfolk family, and was the eldest son of Thomas Sherington (d. 1527?) He entered the service of Sir Francis Bryan, and subsequently became page of the king's robes. In 1540 he bought the dissolved Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire. Sharington bought up large quantities of church plate from the Somerset villagers, and during May, June, and July, coined it into testons. He also made over 4,000 shillings in three years by shearing and clipping coins, and to...
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Migration of the Shairington family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: William Sherrington settled in Virginia in 1732.

Citations +

Williams, Dr Ann. And G.H. Martin, Eds., Domesday Book A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0-141-00523-8)
Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)