Blomfield roots

These pages record almost everything we know about Rosemary's Blomfield ancestors:

  • their families
  • the times in which they lived
  • their neighbourhoods.

Origins of the Blomfield name?

In A Dictionary of British Surnames by P. H. Reaney published 1958 by Routledge & Kegan Paul, the origin of the Blomefield, Blomfield, Bloomfield and Blumfield surnames is claimed to be Blonville-sur-Mer (Calvados), presumably 'de Blonville' describing one or more of the Norman conquerors.

The earliest recognisable record of the name is John Blumfeilde in Norfolk in 1582 ( The East Anglian 1858-1910 ), although William de Blunuill was recorded in Suffolk in 1207 ( Curia Regis Rolls ) and Thomas de Blumuill was recorded in 1230 in Norfolk ( Pipe Rolls ).

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