| ![Show Contents]() Boudlar History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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Etymology of BoudlarWhat does the name Boudlar mean? The history of the name Boudlar dates back to the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of Britain. It is derived from a member of the family who worked as a worker in iron, or a bowdler. Bowdler was originally derived from the older term, buddler. The word buddle, used in the north of England, meant to cleanse ore, and a vessel made for this purpose shaped like a shallow tumbrel was called a buddle. 1 Early Origins of the Boudlar familyThe surname Boudlar was first found in Shropshire, at Hope-Bowdler, a parish, in the union of Church-Stretton, hundred of Munslow. 2 The first record of the family was found here in 1273. The Hundredorum Rolls listed Richard le Boudler as holding lands there at that time. 3 "The Bowdlers, who are now best represented in Shrewsbury and its district, possess a very ancient Shropshire name. Ashford Bowdler is the name of a parish and a seat near Ludlow, the seat being held in the 12th and 13th centuries by the influential family of De Budler or De Bowdler or De Boilers, lords of Montgomery and of many places in Shropshire." 4 Early History of the Boudlar familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Boudlar research. Another 114 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1468, 1627, 1661, 1665, 1684, 1691, 1694, 1705, 1712, 1738, 1754, 1783, 1815, 1818 and 1825 are included under the topic Early Boudlar History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Boudlar Spelling VariationsOnly recently has spelling become standardized in the English language. As the English language evolved in the Middle Ages, the spelling of names changed also. The name Boudlar has undergone many spelling variations, including Bowdler, Bowdlar, Boudler, Boudlar, Bowdless and many more. Early Notables of the Boudlar familyThomas Bowdler (1754-1825), English physician, author/editor of the "Family Shakespeare" (1818), and source of the expression: “to bowdlerise.' He also edited Edward Gibbon's "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire." to make the work more appropriate for women and children. He was descended from a Shropshire family originally settled at Hope Bowdler. His great-grandfather, John Bowdler (1627-1661), held high office in the Irish civil service during the Commonwealth, and was a close friend...
Another 72 words (5 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Boudlar Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Migration of the Boudlar familyTo escape the unstable social climate in England of this time, many families boarded ships for the New World with the hope of finding land, opportunity, and greater religious and political freedom. Although the voyages were expensive, crowded, and difficult, those families that arrived often found greater opportunities and freedoms than they could have experienced at home. Many of those families went on to make significant contributions to the rapidly developing colonies in which they settled. Early North American records indicate many people bearing the name Boudlar were among those contributors: Andrew Bowdler who settled in New York in 1678; Elinor Bowdler settled in Barbados in 1679 with servants.
- Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
- Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
- Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
- Guppy, Henry Brougham, Homes of Family Names in Great Britain. 1890. Print.
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