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Early Origins of the Tylney family

The surname Tylney 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 Tylney family

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Tylney Spelling Variations

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

Early Notables of the Tylney family

Distinguished members of the family include

  • 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...
  • In 1629 Richard Tylney, a local landowner, purchased the manor of Rotherwick from Richard More. His descendant Frederick Tylney (died 1725) , who stood as MP for Whitchurch in January 1708, built a gr...
  • In 1730, Richard Child (1680-1750), the English Member of Parliament's wife Dorothy Glynne, inherited the Tylney estates in Hampshire from her cousin Ann Tylney (died 1729.) She was the daughter and s...

Migration of the Tylney 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..



  1. Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.


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