Tilney History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Early Origins of the Tilney family

The surname Tilney was first found in Southampton at Rotherwick. "Tylney Hall, here, the ancient seat of the Tylney family, has been taken down some years, but the park is still preserved." 1

Early History of the Tilney family

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Tilney Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Tilney, Tillney, Tilnie, Tilnee, Tylney, Tynlie and many more.

Early Notables of the Tilney family

Distinguished members of the family include

John Tilney (fl. 1430), Carmelite friar, who "seems to have had some connection with the Grey Friars of Colchester. " 2
Sir Edmund Tilney (or Tylney) (c.1536-1610) was a courtier best known now as Master of the Revels to Elizabeth I and James I. He was the only son of Philip Tilney (d.1541), Usher of the Privy Chamber...
Agnes Howard [née Tilney] (c.1477-1545) was the second wife of Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk and the stepmother of the parents of Anne Boleyn, second wife and queen consort, and Catherine Howard...

Tilney migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Tilney Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

John Tilney, who arrived in Virginia in 1666 3

Tilney migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Tilney Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Mr. William Tilney, English convict who was convicted in Norfolk, England for 7 years, transported aboard the "Barossa" on 27th August 1841, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land) 4

Contemporary Notables of the name Tilney (post 1700) +

William S. Tilney, American politician, Mayor of El Paso, Texas, 1991-93 5
Robert W. Tilney, American Republican politician, Candidate for Ohio State House of Representatives from Hamilton County, 1897 5
Colin Tilney (b. 1933), English harpsichordist, fortepianist and teacher
Sir John Dudley Robert Tarleton Tilney (1907-1994), English great grandson of the founder of RJ Tilney & Co

Citations +

Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
Smith, George (ed), Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1885-1900. Print
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 24th September 2020). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/barossa
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 19) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html