Spigurnel History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Spigurnel family

The surname Spigurnel was first found in Leicestershire 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.

One of the first records of the family was Henry Spigurnel (1263?-1328), an English judge, "born probably about 1263, was very probably a son or grandson of Godfrey Spigurnel, who, in a grant to him in 1207 (9 John) of five bovates of land and a mill at Skegby in Nottinghamshire. The name 'Spigurnel'™ was originally given to the officer who sealed the writs in chancery; probably the office became hereditary, and supplied the surname of a family. " 1

Early History of the Spigurnel family

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Spigurnel Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Spigurnell, Spigurnel, Spigernell, Spigernel and others.

Early Notables of the Spigurnel family

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Migration of the Spigurnel 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 Spigurnel (post 1700) +

Sir Henry Spigurnel (1261-1328), English judge
Richard Walter Spigurnel, in London 1192

Sources +

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