Snowling History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Ireland

The ancient Anglo-Saxon surname Snowling came from the baptismal name for the son of Snow, a personal name in the same group of names that also included Winter and Frost. 1 "Snow is the same name as that of an old, perhaps a mythical, king of Denmark. " 2 Two sources claim the name was for someone who was "born in the time of Snow," 3 and a "descendant of Snow, a name given to one born in the time of snow; a white-haired or very light-complexioned person." 4

Early Origins of the Snowling family

The surname Snowling was first found in Worcestershire where Richard Snow was recorded in the Assize Rolls of 1221. A few years later, Robert Snou was listed in the Feet of Fines for Suffolk in 1239 and later again, Gilbert Snawe was listed in the Subsidy Rolls for Essex in 1327. The same rolls but in Sussex included William le Snow in the same year. "Haylwardus Snew (c.950 Old English Bynames) is said to have been so called propter albedinem. [Latin: white hair]" 5

The Hundredorum Rolls of 1273 included: Henry Snou, Buckinghamshire; and William Snou, Oxfordshire and later the Yorkshire Poll Tax Rolls listed Willelmus Snawe and Ricardus Snaw as holding lands there at that time. 1

Early History of the Snowling family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Snowling research. Another 86 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1593, 1597, 1600, 1640, 1648, 1667, 1679, 1749 and 1792 are included under the topic Early Snowling History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Snowling Spelling Variations

Sound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Snowling family name include Snow, Snowe and others.

Early Notables of the Snowling family

Notables of the family at this time include Sir Jeremy Snow; John Snow, English Member of Parliament for Tregony 1593 and Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) 1597; and...
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Migration of the Snowling family to Ireland

Some of the Snowling family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 54 words (4 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Migration of the Snowling family

For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, the Canadas, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Early immigrants bearing the Snowling surname or a spelling variation of the name include: Adan Snow settled in Barbados in 1660; followed by George in 1685; Henry Snow settled in Virginia in 1635 John i622; Georgei in 1649; Nicholas Snow settled in Plymouth Massachusetts in 1620.

Contemporary Notables of the name Snowling (post 1700) +

Margaret Jean "Maggie" Snowling CBE FBA (b. 1955), British psychologist, known for her contributions to the study of dyslexia, awarded the Lady Radnor Prize of Dyslexia Action in 2013 and the British Psychological Society Presidents' Award in 2003, President of St John's College, Oxford (2012-)

Citations +

Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
Harrison, Henry, Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary Baltimore: Geneological Publishing Company, 2013. Print
Smith, Eldson Coles, New Dictionary of American Family Names New York: Harper & Row, 1956. Print
Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)