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Early Origins of the Stumbles family

The surname Stumbles was first found in Sussex where Martin and William Stumpe were registered as holding lands in the Subsidy Rolls of 1332. 1 The name is thought to have a similar origin as the name Stubbe, from the Middle English "atte stumpe", meaning "dweller by the stump." 2 3

The next record found of the family was in Colchester, Essex where Henry Stompe, Stoompe was listed in 1373. 1

Early History of the Stumbles family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Stumbles research. Another 102 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1373, 1455, 1487, 1498, 1519, 1524, 1529, 1547, 1549, 1551, 1552, 1553, 1555, 1560, 1561, 1563, 1779 and 1863 are included under the topic Early Stumbles History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Stumbles Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Stump, Stumpe, Stomp, Stompe, Stumpes, Stompes and others.

Early Notables of the Stumbles family

William Stumpe (fl. 1498-1552) of Malmesbury, Wiltshire, the richest and most famous clothier in Wiltshire. He would later become a politician. His father is said to have been a weaver and at one time parish clerk of North Nibley in east Gloucestershire, where Stumpe's brother Thomas still described himself as a 'husbandman' in his will of 1551. William is first recorded as a resident of Malmesbury in 1524, when the assessments for subsidy show him as already one of the town's four richest inhabitants. At the dissolution of Malmesbury Abbey, he was able to acquire the monastery site. He gave the...
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Stumbles migration to Australia+

Stumbles Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century
  • Samuel Stumbles, who arrived in Holdfast Bay, Australia aboard the ship "Brightman" in 1840 4
  • Amelia Stumbles, who arrived in Holdfast Bay, Australia aboard the ship "Brightman" in 1840 4
  • Charles Stumbles, who arrived in Holdfast Bay, Australia aboard the ship "Brightman" in 1840 4
  1. Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
  2. Hanks Patricia, Flavia Hodges, Mills A.D., Room Adrian, The Oxford Names Companion. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. Print. (ISBN 0-19-860561-7)
  3. Hanks, Patricia and Flavia Hodges, A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988. Print. (ISBN 0-19-211592-8)
  4. State Records of South Australia. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) BRIGHTMAN 1840. Retrieved from http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/BSA/1840Brightman.htm

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