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Brade Coat of Arms / Brade Family CrestThe surname of BRADE is a variant of the name Broad and Braid, and was a nickname 'the broad, the stout man'. The name was also locational, a wide place as the Norfolk Broads or Broad Street in Oxford. Following the crusades in Europe in the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries, a need was felt for a family name to replace the one given at birth, or in addition to it. This was recognized by those of noble birth, and particularly by those who went on the Crusades, as it added prestige and practical advantage to their status. Early records of the name mention John le Brode who was documented in the year 1273 in County Oxford. Katerina Brode of Yorkshire, was listed in the Yorkshire Poll Tax of 1379 and Edward Brode appears in County Lancashire in 1400. Later instances of the name mention John Brode of Worcestershire, registered at Oxford University in 1589. John Surman married Sarah Broad at St. George's, Hanover Square, London in 1803. Surnames before the Norman Conquest of 1066 were rare in England having been brought by the Normans when William the Conqueror invaded the shores. The practice spread to Scotland and Ireland by the 12th century, and in Wales they appeared as late as the 16th century. Most surnames can be traced to one of four sources, locational, from the occupation of the original bearer, nicknames or simply font names based on the first name of the parent being given as the second name to their child. The name in Scotland was the name of a family which once possessed extensive territories on the south side of Edinburgh, and took their name from the lands. The first of the name recorded there is Henry de Brade, who appears in the middle of the 12th century as owner of not only the Braid Hills, but also of Blackford Hill, the Plewlands and Bavelaw. He was sheriff of Edinburgh in the reign of William the Lion, and as Henricus de Brade, witnessed the gift of a toft in Stirling to the church of Glasgow, circa 1199. Henry de Brades was the Sheriff of Edinburgh about the year 1200, and there is mention of a John de Brade cannon of Glasgow in 1231. |
