Show ContentsScrine History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Scrine is a name whose history on English soil dates back to the wave of migration that followed the Norman Conquest of England of 1066. The Scrine family lived in Lincolnshire.

Early Origins of the Scrine family

The surname Scrine was first found in Lincolnshire where they were Lords of the manor of Bonby, and conjecturally are descended from Ralph de Mortimer, who held his lands from Hugh Fitz Baldric, at the time of the taking of the Domesday Survey in 1086 A.D.

Early History of the Scrine family

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Scrine 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 Skerne, Skearne, Skern, Skearn, Skyre, Skryne, Skyrne and many more.

Early Notables of the Scrine family

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Migration of the Scrine family

Many English families left England, to avoid the chaos of their homeland and migrated to the many British colonies abroad. Although the conditions on the ships were extremely cramped, and some travelers arrived diseased, starving, and destitute, once in the colonies, many of the families prospered and made valuable contributions to the cultures of what would become the United States and Canada. Research into the origins of individual families in North America has revealed records of the immigration of a number of people bearing the name Scrine or a variant listed above: Joseph Skrine landed in America in 1750.


Contemporary Notables of the name Scrine (post 1700) +

  • Fred Scrine (1877-1962), Welsh international rugby union player

HMS Prince of Wales
  • Mr. Scrine, British Ordinary Seaman, who sailed into battle on the HMS Prince of Wales (1941) and survived the sinking 1


  1. HMS Prince of Wales Crew members. (Retrieved 2014, April 9) . Retrieved from http://www.forcez-survivors.org.uk/biographies/listprincecrew.html


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