Wyckford History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins and Etymology of Wyckford

The surname Wyckford was first found in Essex at Wickford, a parish, in the union of Billericay, hundred of Barstable. 1

This ancient Saxon village dates back to c. 975 when it was known as Wicforda. By the time of the Domesday Book of 1086, the parish was known as Wicfort. 2

The place name probably means 'ford by an earlier Romano-British settlement' from the Old English "wic" + "ford." 3

Conjecturally, the surname is descended from the tenant of the village and lands of Wickford, Osborn, Teher and FitzThorold, Norman men at arms, from the Bishop of Bayeux. 2

One of the first listings of the family was Robert de Wikeford e (d. 1390), Archbishop of Dublin, "is said to have belonged to the family of Wickford or Wykeford of Wickford Hall, Essex. He was a fellow of Merton College, Oxford, and a doctor of laws in 1344. He became a king's clerk, and in or before 1368 was appointed Archdeacon of Winchester. On 18 July 1376 he was appointed Chancellor of Ireland, and he was reappointed on 26 Sept. 1377, after the accession of Richard I. " 4

Early History of the Wyckford family

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Wyckford Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Wickford, Wikford, Wykford, Wyckford, Wyckforde, Wykforde, Wickford, Wickforth and many more.

Early Notables of the Wyckford family

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Migration of the Wyckford 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..

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Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
Williams, Dr Ann. And G.H. Martin, Eds., Domesday Book A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0-141-00523-8)
Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
Smith, George (ed), Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1885-1900. Print