Show ContentsChillingsworth History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

  • Origins Available:
  • England
Chillingsworth Family Crest Download (JPG) Heritage Series - 600 DPI

Family Crest Download (JPG) Heritage Series - 600 DPI

Early Origins of the Chillingsworth family

The surname Chillingsworth was first found in Northumberland where Killingworth is a township in the parish of Long Benton. "It is situated on a commanding eminence, in the midst of a fertile and pleasing tract of country. An extensive colliery belonging to Lord Ravensworth and partners is in full operation, employing about 600 men and boys." 1

Early rolls revealed: Adam de Kellyngworthe in the Hundredorum Rolls of 1273; and Thomas de Killingworth was vicar of Windham as listed in the Feet of Fines of 1388. 2

John Chillingworth (fl. 1360), was an early English "mathematician, a fellow of Merton College, Oxford, where he studied with great diligence, and founded a school of zealous promoters of mathematical inquiries. He wrote learned treatises on astrology, rejected the extravagances, but retaining what he judged to be the sane substratum, of the science." 3

John Chillingworth (d. 1445), was another English "astronomer, who trod in the footsteps and inherited the fame of his predecessor of the same name, with whom he has sometimes been confounded. Like him, he was a fellow of Merton College, Oxford, and like him he cultivated with especial predilection mathematical studies. " 3

The Feet of Fines of 1561 list Thomas de Killingworth, in Norfolk. 4

Early History of the Chillingsworth family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Chillingsworth research. Another 64 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1602, 1618, 1620, 1628 and 1644 are included under the topic Early Chillingsworth History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Chillingsworth Spelling Variations

During the era when a person's name, tribe and posterity was one of his most important possessions, many different spellings were found in the archives examined. Chillingsworth occurred in many references, and spelling variations of the name found included Killingworth, Chillingworth, Shillingworth and others.

Early Notables of the Chillingsworth family

William Chillingworth (1602-1644), English theologian, the son of a well-to-do citizen of Oxford, who afterwards held the office of mayor, and must have been a man of literary or theological interests, as Laud, at that time fellow of St. John's College, acted as godfather to his son William. He was educated at a...
Another 52 words (4 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Chillingsworth Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Chillingsworth migration to Australia +

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

First Fleet
  • Mr. Henry Chillingsworth, British settler convicted in Warwickshire, England in 1788, sentenced to 7 years for theft, transported aboard the ship "Neptune, Scarborough or Surprize" leaving in 1789 arriving in New South Wales, Australia in 1790 5
  1. Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
  2. Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
  3. Smith, George (ed), Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1885-1900. Print
  4. Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
  5. Convict Records of Australia. Retrieved 4th February 2021 from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships

Houseofnames.com on Facebook