Eaglestone History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
England
Ireland

This surname is derived from a geographical locality as in 'of Egleton,' a chapelry in the parish of Oakham, Rutland and a township in the parish of Bishops Frome, Herefordshire. 1 2 3

The Leicestershire local dates back to 1218, when it was known as Egoluestun. 4

Egglestone Abbey is a former Premonstratensian Abbey on the southern Yorkshire bank of the River Tees, now in ruins.

Early Origins of the Eaglestone family

The surname Eaglestone was first found in Leicestershire where Robert de Egelton was listed as a Freeman in 1225. Simon de Egilton was listed in the Hundredorum Rolls for Huntingdonshire in 1255 as later in Cornwall, Roger de Egilton was listed there in 1297. 5

Another source notes that in Rutland, the Hundredorum Rolls of 1273 list Simon de Egilton as holding lands there at that time. 1

Thomas of Eccleston (fl. 1250), was a Franciscan monk who studied at Oxford, and entered the Franciscan order probably soon after its settlement in England. "His work, for which he was collecting materials for twenty-five years, is dedicated to Simon de Esseby; it gives a narrative of some thirty years of the settlement of the Franciscans in England, describing their work and their poverty with the vividness of an eye-witness. " 6

Early History of the Eaglestone family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Eaglestone research. Another 195 words (14 lines of text) covering the years 1260, 1581, 1603, 1610, 1623, 1659, 1677, 1679, 1688, 1697, 1712, 1731, 1737 and 1743 are included under the topic Early Eaglestone History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Eaglestone Spelling Variations

Although the name, Eaglestone, appeared in many references, from time to time, the surname was shown with the spellings Eagleton, Eaglestone, Eglestone, Egglestone and many more.

Early Notables of the Eaglestone family

Notable amongst the family name during their early history was William Ecclestone or Egglestone (fl. 1610 - 1623), an English actor in English Renaissance theatre, a member of Shakespeare's company the King's Men.Thomas Eccleston (1659-1743), Jesuit, only son of Henry Eccleston, Esq., of Eccleston Hall, Lancashire, by Eleanor, daughter of Robert Blundell, Esq., of Ince Blundell, was born in 1659. "He was educated in the college of St. Omer, and afterwards continued his studies for two years (1677-1679) in the English College at Rome. During the wars in Ireland, after the revolution of 1688, he held a captain's commission...
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Migration of the Eaglestone family to Ireland

Some of the Eaglestone family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt. More information about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Eaglestone migration to the United States +

Gradually becoming disenchanted with life in Ireland many of these uprooted families sailed aboard the armada of sailing ships known as the "White Sails" which plied the stormy Atlantic. These overcrowded ships often arrived with only 60 to 70% of their original passenger list, many dying of cholera, typhoid, dysentery or small pox. In North America, some of the first immigrants who could be considered kinsmen of the Eaglestone family name Eaglestone, or who bore a variation of the surname were

Eaglestone Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Bernard Eaglestone, who arrived in Maryland in 1658 7

Eaglestone migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Eaglestone Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

Charles Eaglestone, who arrived in Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship "African" in 1860
Anna Eaglestone, who arrived in Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship "African" in 1860
Elizabeth Eaglestone, who arrived in Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship "African" in 1860
Thomas Eaglestone, who arrived in Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship "African" in 1860
Edwin Eaglestone, who arrived in Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship "African" in 1860

Contemporary Notables of the name Eaglestone (post 1700) +

Robert Eaglestone (b. 1968), British academic and writer, Professor of Contemporary Literature and Thought in the Department of English at Royal Holloway, University of London
Phil Eaglestone (b. 1982), English-born Irish cricketer
James Thomas "Jim" Eaglestone (1923-2000), English cricketer who played sixty first class cricket matches for Middlesex and Glamorgan (1947-1949)
Robin Mark Eaglestone (b. 1976), also known as Robin Graves, a British musician, best known as the bassist for the metal band Cradle of Filth

Citations +

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Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
Barber, Henry, British Family Names London: Elliot Stock, 62 Paternoster Row, 1894. Print.
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)
Smith, George (ed), Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1885-1900. Print
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)