Harrowsmith History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Harrowsmith

The saga of the name Harrowsmith follows a line reaching back through history to the days of the Anglo-Saxon tribes in Britain. It was a name for someone who worked as a person who made arrows, or more specifically the maker of the iron tips for arrows.

Early Origins of the Harrowsmith family

Early History of the Harrowsmith family

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Harrowsmith 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 Harrowsmith were recorded, including Arrowsmyth, Arrowsmith, Arrowsmythe, Arrowsmithe and others.

Early Notables of the Harrowsmith family

Saint Edmund Arrowsmith SJ (1585-1628), one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales of the Roman Catholic Church. "Sometimes known as Bradshaw and Rigby, [he] was born in 1585 at Haddock, in the parish of Winwick, near Warrington, Lancashire. His father was Robert Arrowsmith, a yeoman, and his mother Margery was a lady of the ancient family of Gerard. Both his parents were Catholics, and great sufferers...
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