Sallthouse History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

The surname Sallthouse was first found in Norfolk at Salthouse, a parish, in the union of Erpingham, hundred of Holt. "The church is a handsome structure in the later English style, with a lofty square embattled tower, formerly surmounted by a spire; the foundation of a second church may still be traced in the burial-ground." 3

The Domesday Book of 1086 lists this place as Saltus 4 and literally the place name meant "building for storing salt," from the Old English "salt" + "hus." 5

Shortly after the Conquest, Salthouse was occupied by William d'Ecouis who held it from Earl William de Warren. 4

Two sources note that the first on record was Adam de Salthus who held lands here according to the Hundredorum Rolls of 1273. 6 1

Later, the Yorkshire Poll Tax Rolls of 1379 listed Simon del Southouse, souter. 6

"Salthouse is a name now mostly confined to Lancashire. De Salthus was a Norfolk name in the 13th century; there is a parish of Salthouse in that county, and De Salthouse was a common clerical name in that county in the 14th century (Blomefield's "Norfolk"). Salthouse is a Norfolk parish." 2

Two other sources agree: "two small places, a Salthouse in Lytham, and a Salthouse in Furness, where salt was obtained from sea-water, have originated two families of Salthouse in North Lancashire." 6 1

The Lancashire Wills at Richmond includes: Janet Saltehowse, of Pulton. 1562; Agnes Saltus, of Ulverston, 1596; John Salthouse, of Saltcoathouses, 1661; and William Saltus, of Banke, 1662.

Early History of the Sallthouse family

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Sallthouse Spelling Variations

Multitudes of spelling variations are a hallmark of Anglo Norman names. Most of these names evolved in the 11th and 12th century, in the time after the Normans introduced their own Norman French language into a country where Old and Middle English had no spelling rules and the languages of the court were French and Latin. To make matters worse, medieval scribes spelled words according to sound, so names frequently appeared differently in the various documents in which they were recorded. The name was spelled Salthouse, Saltehouse, Salthose and others.

Early Notables of the Sallthouse family

Thomas Salthouse (1630-1691), English Quaker, born in Lancashire in 1630, probably at Dragley Beck, an outlying district in Ulverston parish, about half a mile from Swarthmoor Hall. After a scanty education, Salthouse was employed as land steward by Judge Thomas Fell at Swarthmoor Hall and was converted to Quakerism, with the other inmates of the house, on George Fox's first visit there in 1652. in 1657, he was sent to Ilchester gaol, brought up at Taunton, fined, and condemned to remain...
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