This page is a list of the first families of England dating from the 13th century and back.
Families Founded in the 11th Century[]
Amory family[]
- Robert Amory (c1070) was the first ancestor
d'Aubigny family[]
- Guillaume d'Aubigny (1010-1068), Seigneur de Saint Martin-dAubigny was the first person to use the surname d'Aubigny, the oldest ancestor of this family was Malahulc (c.855-c.920)
Arden family[]
Beaumont family[]
- Robert Beaumont (c1045-1118), was the first person to use the sure
Berkeley family[]
Bigod family[]
Cavendish family[]
de Clare family[]
- Richard GizGilbert Clare (c1030-c1690), 1st Duke of Normandy was the first person with the surname Clare, Rollo "the Dane," was the first ancestor
de Ferrers family[]
Godwin family[]
Longe family[]
Montague family[]
Percy family[]
Peverel family[]
Talbot family[]
de Vere family[]
de Warenne family[]
Wentworth family[]
- Hugh de Wentworth (c1045-1090) was the first person to use the surname, the oldest ancestor of this family was his father, Baron Rynoldd de Wynterwade (c.1030-living in 1066)
Families Founded in the 12th Century[]
Beauchamp family[]
Bradley family[]
- Richard de Bradelay (living in 1145) was the first ancestor
de Bohun family[]
- Humphrey with the Beard (-bef1113), he was born in the village of de Bohun, he was the ancestor of this family who was a Norman solider who fought in the great 1066 conquest of England
de Burge family[]
Grey family[]
Lascelles family[]
Manning family[]
- Simon de Manning (living in 1189-1199) was the first ancestors
Mowbray family[]
Putnam family[]
Quincy family[]
Stanley family[]
Trippe family[]
- This family dates back to the Norman Conquest in 1066, the family name is found in the Dooms Day Book in 1234. The first record of the family in America was in 1663 in Maryland when Lt. Henry Trippe fought in Flanders under the Prince of Orange and William III of England sent him to America with three of his troops and by took up land in Maryland by a Royal Grant.
Families Founded in the 13th Century[]
Bayley family[]
- Jordan de Mitton (1145-) is the ancestor of this family
- Walter Bayley (c1200-aft2261) was the first person to use the Bayley surname
- Richard Sherburne (1381-1441) was the first to use the Sherburne surname
- Henry Sherburne (1611-1680) was the first of this family to immigrate to North America
Bolyen family[]
Fitzalan family[]
Leveson-Gower/Sutherland-Leveson-Gower family[]
Greene family[]
Leger family[]
Manning family[]
Pickering family[]
Plantagenet family[]
Rivers family[]
Sanford family[]
- Sir Laurence Sanford (c1232-bef1271) was the first ancestor of this family who was born about 1232 in Melbury Sampford, Dorset, England and died before 1271 in Wiston, Sussex, England.
Scarborough family[]
- The founder of this family was Roger de Scardbuge (1220-) was born in 1220 in Yorkshire, England.