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  Dentith Coat of Arms / Dentith Family CrestThe surname of DENTITH was of the local group of surname 'one who came from Daventry'. The name was probably brought into England in the wake of the Norman Invasion of 1066. Early records of the name mention Philip de Dauintrie who appears in 1162 in County Kent, and Gilbert Dantre of Gloucester was documented in 1369. Agnes Deynteth of Yorkshire, was listed in the Yorkshire Poll Tax of 1379. Thomas Daintree was recorded in Cambridge in the year 1400. Surnames as we recognise them today are believed to have been introduced by the Normans after the Invasion of 1066. The first mention of such names appears in the Domesday Book and they were progressively adopted between the 11th and 15th centuries. It was the nobles and upper classes who first assumed a second name, setting them apart from the common people who continued to use only the single name given to them at birth. It was not until the reign of Edward II (1307-1327) that is became common practice to use a secondary name, originally a name reflecting the place of birth, a nickname, an occupational name or a baptismal name which had been passed on from a parent to the child, as an additional means of identification. Later records of the name mention Robert Daventy and Margary Trever who were married in London in the year 1584, and Roger Dayntie (tailor) and Joane Barton were married at the same church in the year 1593. The rise of surnames, according to the accepted theory, was due to the Norman Conquest of 1066 when Old English personal-names were rapidly superseded by the new christian names introduced by the Normans. Of these, only a few were really popular and in the 12th century this scarcity of christian names led to the increasing use of surnames to distinguish the numerous individuals of the same name. Some Normans had hereditary surnames before they came to England, but there is evidence that surnames would have developed in England even had there been no Norman Conquest. The development of the feudal system made it essential that the king should know exactly what service each person owed. Payments to and by the exchequer required that debtors and creditors should be particularized, and it became official that each individual acquired exact identification. |
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