Beilby History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins and Etymology of Beilby

The surname Beilby was first found in Yorkshire at Bielby or in Lincolnshire at Beelby. Belebi was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 1 and literally meant "farmstead or village of a man called Beli," from the Viking personal name + "by." 2

Lincolnshire was the first record of the family; that of Walter de Beleby who was recorded in the Assize Rolls of 1202. Later, John de Beleby was recorded in the Feet of Fines for Yorkshire in 1372 and much later, Sicillia Beilby was registered as a Freeman of York in 1464. 3

The Yorkshire Poll Tax Rolls of 1379 had entries for Robertus de Bilby; and Willelmus de Bilby who held lands there at that time. 4

Early History of the Beilby family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Beilby research. Another 111 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1510, 1544, 1600, 1635 and 1730 are included under the topic Early Beilby History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Beilby Spelling Variations

Before the last few hundred years, the English language had no fast system of spelling rules. For that reason, spelling variations are commonly found in early Anglo-Saxon surnames. Over the years, many variations of the name Beilby were recorded, including Beilby, Beelby, Beilbie, Bealbie, Beelbie, Beelbe, Belby and many more.

Early Notables of the Beilby family

the Beilby family of Yorkshire

Beilby migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia included the First Fleet of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

First Fleet

Miss Elizabeth Beilby, (Bealby), British settler convicted in Yorkshire, England in 1789, sentenced to 14 years for receiving stolen goods, transported aboard the ship "Neptune, Scarborough or Surprize" leaving in 1789 arriving in New South Wales, Australia in 1790 5

Contemporary Notables of the name Beilby (post 1700) +

Z. T. Beilby, American Republican politician, Delegate to Republican National Convention from Florida, 1912, 1916, 1920 6
Ralph Beilby (1744-1817), English engraver, working chiefly on silver and copper from Durham, England 7
William Beilby (1740-1819), English glassworker from Durham, brother of Ralph Beilby
William Beilby FRCPE (1783-1849), British philanthropic physician in Edinburgh, born in Sheffield, he moved to Edinburgh to study medicine in 1813, Governor of the Dean Orphan Hospital in 1828 8
Julius Henry Beilby, Scottish banker, Chairman of the Clydesdale Bank, son of the physician William Beilby
Marcus Beilby (b. 1951), Australian realist painter, winner of the 1987 Sir John Sulman Prize for Australian Genre Painting
Sir George Thomas Beilby (1850-1924), British industrial chemist, eponym of The Beilby Medal and Prize
Beilby Thompson (1742-1799), British landowner and politician, Member of Parliament for Hedon (1768–1780), for Thirsk (1780–1784) and for Hedon (1790–1796)
Sir Beilby Alston GBE KCMG CB PC (1868-1929), British diplomat, Minister to Argentina and to Paraguay (1923–1925), Ambassador to Brazil (1925-1929)

Sources +

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)
Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
Convict Records of Australia. Retrieved 4th February 2021 from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 29) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
Wikisource contributors. "Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900." Wikisource . Wikisource , 4 Jun. 2018. Web. 14 June. 2019