Snagge History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Early Origins of the Snagge family

The surname Snagge was first found in Hertfordshire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the 13th century when they held estates in that shire.

Early History of the Snagge family

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Snagge Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Snagg, Snag, Snagge, Snegg, Sneg, Snegge and others.

Early Notables of the Snagge family

Thomas Snagge (1536-1592), English politician, Speaker of the House of Commons, born in 1536 at Letchworth, Hertfordshire, where his father, Thomas Snagge, was Lord of the Manor1...

Migration of the Snagge family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: the name represented in many forms and recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from Europe. Migrants settled in the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands..

Contemporary Notables of the name Snagge (post 1700) +

John Derrick Mordaunt Snagge (1904-1996), the well-known British news reader and commentator on BBC Radio

Sources +

Smith, George (ed), Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1885-1900. Print