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The surname Stauel was first found in Gloucestershire of Somerset where they held a family seat from ancient times as Lords of the manor of Catherston. West Stowell in Wiltshire is now known as Alton-Priors.
These place names mean "stony spring or stream," from the Old English "stan" + "well." 1
The Somerset is the oldest location dating back to the Domesday Book of 1086 when it was known as Stanwelle. 2
One of the first records of the family was Geoffrey de Stawelle, Somerset, 1 Edward III (recorded during the first year's reign of King Edward III.) 3
The Hundredorum Rolls of 1273 listed: Richard de Stawell, Wiltshire; and Lecia Stowelle, Cambridgeshire. 4
Some of the family were also found in Jacobstow, Cornwall. "The manor of Penhallam, which extends into the parishes of Poundstock, Week St. Mary, and Boyton, was formerly in the family of Newell of Somerset. Norden describes it as the seat of Sir John Stawell, then lately deceased. Lysons, when speaking of Penhallam, supposes that it came into the family of Sir John Stawell, by a match with the heiress of a Cornish family called Beaupre, or Belloprato. This circumstance probably drew this family from Somersetshire, and occasioned their settling in Cornwall." 5
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Stauel research. Another 133 words (10 lines of text) covering the years 1350, 1599, 1644, 1662, 1683, 1689, 1760 and 1910 are included under the topic Early Stauel History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Spelling variations of this family name include: Staywell, Stawell, Stawel, Staywel, Stewel, Stewell, Stowell, Stowel, Stowle and many more.
Distinguished members of the family include Sir John Stawell or Stowell (1599-1662), an English Member of Parliament and Royalist Governor of Taunton during the English Civil War. He was second but eldest surviving son of Sir John Stawell of Cotholstone, Somerset, by his wife Elizabeth. "The family had long been settled...
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Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Robert Stawell, who arrived in New England in 1719; and William Staywell, who settled in New England in 1772.