| ![Show Contents]() Wycliffe History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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Early Origins of the Wycliffe familyThe surname Wycliffe was first found in Yorkshire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. After the Battle of Hastings in 1066, William, Duke of Normandy, having prevailed over King Harold, granted most of Britain to his many victorious Barons. It was not uncommon to find a Baron, or a Bishop, with 60 or more Lordships scattered throughout the country. These he gave to his sons, nephews and other junior lines of his family and they became known as under-tenants. They adopted the Norman system of surnames which identified the under-tenant with his holdings so as to distinguish him from the senior stem of the family. After many rebellious wars between his Barons, Duke William, commissioned a census of all England to determine in 1086, settling once and for all, who held which land. He called the census the Domesday Book, 1 indicating that those holders registered would hold the land until the end of time. Hence, conjecturally, the surname is descended from the tenant of the lands of Wycliffe, held by Count Alan, who was recorded in the Domesday Book census of 1086. Early History of the Wycliffe familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Wycliffe research. Another 116 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1320, 1415, 1420, 1487, 1499, 1510 and 1600 are included under the topic Early Wycliffe History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Wycliffe Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Wycliffe, Wicliffe, Weycliffe, Weyclife, Wyclife, Wiclife, Wicliffe, Whycliffe and many more. Early Notables of the Wycliffe familyMore information is included under the topic Early Wycliffe Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Migration of the Wycliffe familySome 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..
| Contemporary Notables of the name Wycliffe (post 1700) | + |
- John Wycliffe (1329-1384), English theologian
- George Wycliffe McBride (1854-1911), United States Senator from Oregon
- Charles Wycliffe Joiner (b. 1916), former United States federal judge
- Charles Wycliffe Goodwin (1817-1878), English egyptologist and lawyer
- George Wycliffe McBride (1854-1911), American Republican politician, Member of Oregon State House of Representatives, 1882; Secretary of State of Oregon, 1887-95; U.S. Senator from Oregon, 1895-1901 2
- Wycliffe Egginton RI (1875-1951), father of Frank Egginton
- Williams, Dr Ann. And G.H. Martin, Eds., Domesday Book A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0-141-00523-8)
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 9) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
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