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Ireland
The ancestry of the name field dates back to the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of Great Britain. It comes from when the family lived in the area that was near a field. this surname is a topographical name and is derived from the Old English word feld, which literally means grass or open field. [1]
In this case, the bearer of the field surname lived on land that was cleared of forest.
interestingly, “field, or de la felda encompasses English and Norman families. richard de la felda is mentioned in normandy, temp john.” [reign 1199-1216] [2] this duality of origin is certainly rare.
early origins of the country family
The field of surnames was first found in many counties and counties of Great Britain. Some of the oldest records show: Thomas Atte Feld in the Parliamentary Writings of 1301; william de la felde in gloucestershire during the reign of king edward i; and John de la Felde in Herefordshire at about the same time. The Centenorum Rolls of 1273 list Linot Ate [Atte] Feld and William A La Feld in Oxfordshire. [3]
robert de felde was listed as a templar in gloucestershire in 1185 and hugo de la felde was listed in the bedfordshire pipe lists in 1188. john del feld was listed in suffolk in 1190 and james atte felde was listed in the subsidies from sussex in 1296. [4]
early history of the country family
This web page shows only a small excerpt from our field research. another 69 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1407, 1407, 1620, 1676, 1520, 1587, 1542, 1520, 1530, 1558, 1560, 1609, 1577, 1561, 1616, 1561, 1579, 1624, 15924 , 1574, 1636, 1519, 1588, 1574, 1587, 1633, 1587, 1583, 1554, 1606, 1582, 1599, 1640, 1546, 1625, 1546, 1549, 1782 and 1837 products are included in all of our early field history of extended history in pdf and printed products whenever possible.
field spelling variations
Spelling variations in names were common before the English spelling was standardized a few hundred years ago. In the Middle Ages, even the literate spelled their names differently, as the English language incorporated elements of French, Latin, and other European languages. many variations of the name field have been found, including field, field, field, and others.
first notables of the country family (before 1700)
Distinguished members of the family include Roger Felde (fl. 1407), of Hereford, an English politician, Member of Parliament for Hereford in 1407; Sir James Field of West Harrow; and Edmund Feilde (Field) (1620-1676), English lawyer and politician, son of Thomas Feilde, Chancellor of St Andrew’s, Hertford. John Field or Feild (1520-1587), ‘Proto-Copernican’ of England, son of Richard Field (d. 1542), was supposedly born at Ardsley, West Yorkshire, between 1520 and 1530. “He he was living in london at the date of his first ‘ephemeris’, and it appears, from a commentary on a manuscript in the lambeth library… a further 290 words (21 lines of text) are included under the subject of early notables of field on all our extended history pdf products and print products whenever possible.
field world ranking
In the United States, the name field is the 1,165th most popular surname with an estimated 27,357 people with that name. [5] however, in newfoundland, canada, the name field ranks as the 560th most popular surname with an estimated 81 people with that name. [6] and in australia, the name field is the 348th popular surname with an estimated 10,432 people with that name. [7] New Zealand ranks 287th with 2,105 people. [8] the united kingdom ranks 320th with 19,234 inhabitants. [9]
farm family migration to ireland
some members of the field family moved to ireland, but this is not covered in this excerpt. A further 232 words (17 lines of text) about his life in Ireland are included in all of our extended history pdf products and print products wherever possible. .