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![Show Contents]() Brasbrage History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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The Brasbrage name has descended through the generations from the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture. Their name comes from having lived in or near the settlement of Bracebridge in Lincolnshire. Early Origins of the Brasbrage familyThe surname Brasbrage was first found in Lincolnshire, but "in the time of King John, the venerable family of Bracebridge, originally of Bracebridge in Lincolnshire, acquired by marriage in the person of Peter de Bracebridge with Amicia, daughter of Osbert de Arden and Maud, and granddaughter of Turchill de Warwick, the manor of Kingsbury in this county, an ancient seat of the Mercian Kings, and inherited by Turchill, called the last Saxon Earl of Warwick." 1 Early History of the Brasbrage familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Brasbrage research. Another 72 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1428, 1547, 1553, 1558, 1562 and 1590 are included under the topic Early Brasbrage History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Brasbrage 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 Brasbrage has undergone many spelling variations, including Bracebridge, Bracebrigg, Brasbridge and others. Early Notables of the Brasbrage familyDistinguished members of the family include John Brasbrigg or Bracebrigge (fl. 1428), who appears as a priest of the convent of Syon in 1428. "He is said to have given a large number of books to the convent, and to have written a treatise entitled 'Catholicon continens quatuor partes grammaticæ,' which, with other manuscripts belonging to Syon monastery, passed to Corpus...
Another 61 words (4 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Brasbrage Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Migration of the Brasbrage 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 Brasbrage were among those contributors: one of the first settlers, an unknown pioneer whose family rose to great stature in early Canada, naming the town of Bracebridge in Ontario.
- Shirley, Evelyn Philip, The Noble and Gentle Men of England; The Arms and Descents. Westminster: John Bower Nichols and Sons, 1866, Print.
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