Tiptoft History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

The surname Tiptoft was first found in Shropshire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The family name was first referenced in the 11th century when they held estates in that shire. They were descended from a Norman noble Tibetot (Thibaudeau) from Poitou who followed into England after the Norman Conquest, probably invited by King Henry I. 1

Robert de Tiptoft "sometimes styled Baron Tibetot or Tiptoft (d. 1298), succeeded to the lands of his father Henry in 34 Henry III (1249-50). In 50 Henry III (1265-6) he was made governor of Porchester Castle. He accompanied Edward I to the Holy Land, and in the third year of his reign was made governor of Nottingham Castle, and in the ninth (1280-1281) justice of South Wales and governor of Cardigan,_Ceredigion' target='_blank'>Cardigan and Carmarthen castles. He held the justiceship until his death, his tenure being thrice renewed." 2

The stature of this noble cannot be questioned, his descendent being Baron Pain de Tibetot, (1308) later, Lord John de Tiptoft or Tibetot (1375-1443) being elevated to the Earldom of Worcester in 1461. He may have been related to Walter of Worcester who signed the Magna Carta in 1214 and was the son and heir of "Sir Pain de Tibetot by his wife Agnes, sister of Sir John Wroth of Enfield, Middlesex. Sir Pain, who acquired wide estates in Cambridgeshire, was the youngest son of John, second Baron Tibetot or Tiptoft (d. 1367.)" 2

John Tiptoft or Tebetot Earl of Worcester (1427?-1470), was son of John, Baron Tiptoft. He was born at Everton in Bedfordshire in or about 1427, for he is said to have been sixteen at his father's death in 1443. On 27 Jan. 1443 he succeeded to his father's honours and large estates, being styled Lord Tiptoft and Powys, and on 1 July 1449 he was created Earl of Worcester by patent. He was appointed a commissioner for oyer and terminer for Surrey and other counties in 1451. 2