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Early Origins of the Palethorpe family

The surname Palethorpe was first found in Nottinghamshire at Perlethorpe, 1 a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Perlethorpe cum Budby, in the Newark and Sherwood district. This village name has gone through a variety of spellings including Pailthorpe, 2 Palethorpe, 3 Pallathorp, 4 but all agree the village dates back to at least the Domesday Book of 1086, where the surname is generally considered to be descended from the tenant of the village and lands of Perlethorpe, held by Richard from Roger de Bully, a Norman noble. 5 To confuse matters more, the Pallathorp spelling is also a location name in Yorkshire. 4

Early History of the Palethorpe family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Palethorpe research. Another 86 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1753 and 1763 are included under the topic Early Palethorpe History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Palethorpe Spelling Variations

A multitude of spelling variations characterize Norman surnames. Many variations occurred because Old and Middle English lacked any definite spelling rules. The introduction of Norman French to England also had a pronounced effect, as did the court languages of Latin and French. Therefore, one person was often referred to by several different spellings in a single lifetime. The various spellings include Palethorpe, Pailthorp, Pailthorpe, Palethorp, Perlthorp, Perlthorpe, Pallthorp and many more.

Early Notables of the Palethorpe family

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Palethorpe 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:

Palethorpe Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century
  • Thomas Palethorpe, who arrived in Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship "Gertrude" in 1863 6
  • Mr. Thomas Palethorpe, British settler travelling from London aboard the ship "Gertrude" arriving in Auckland, New Zealand on 9th February 1863 7

Contemporary Notables of the name Palethorpe (post 1700) +

  • Henry Palethorpe (b. 1829), English founder of Palethorpe's, a British producer of cooked meat and pastry products in the 1850's, at one time the world's largest sausage producer, now rebranded as Pork Farms Palethorpes
  • John Thomas "Jack" Palethorpe (1909-1984), English professional footballer who played from 1930 to 1939
  • Philip John Palethorpe (b. 1986), English professional footballer currently playing for Cammell Laird
  • Richard Andrew Palethorpe -Todd (1919-2009), birth name of Richard Todd OBE, an Irish-born British stage and film actor and soldier, the first choice of author Ian Fleming to play James Bond in Dr. No
  • Arthur Palethorpe (b. 1854), New Zealand cricketer who played for Wellington (1879-1880)
  1. Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
  2. Harrison, Henry, Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary Baltimore: Geneological Publishing Company, 2013. Print
  3. Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
  4. Barber, Henry, British Family Names London: Elliot Stock, 62 Paternoster Row, 1894. Print.
  5. Williams, Dr Ann. And G.H. Martin, Eds., Domesday Book A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0-141-00523-8)
  6. New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 12th December 2018). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html
  7. New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 17th October 2018). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html

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