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Harfleet Coat of Arms / Harfleet Family CrestThe associated arms for the name HARFLEET are recorded in Sir Bernard Burkes General Armory. Ulster King of Arms in 1884. The name is a nickname for a swift runner, and was brought into England in the wake of the Norman Invasion in the form HARFOTR. The earliest of the name on record appears to be HARANFOT (without surname) who was recorded as a tenant in the Domesday Book of 1066. Surnames having a derivation from nicknames form the broadest and most miscellaneous class of surnames, encompassing many different types of origin. The most typical classes refer adjectivally to the general physical aspect of the person concerned, or to his character. Many nicknames refer to a man's size or height, while others make reference to a favoured article of clothing or style of dress. Many surnames derived from the names of animals and birds. In the Middle Ages ideas were held about the characters of other living creatures, based on observation, and these associations were reflected and reinforced by large bodies of folk tales featuring animals behaving as humans. Later instances of the name include Robert HAREFLEET who was documented in 1170 in London, and Harold HARFLET was recorded in County Worcesteshire in 1273. Edward HARFLET of Yorkshire, was listed in the Yorkshire Poll Tax of 1379. The Norman Conquest in England in the year of 1066 revolutionized our personal nomenclature. The old English name system was gradually broken up and old English names became less common and were replaced by new names from the continent. Most of the early documents deal with the upper classes who realised that an additional name added prestige and practical advantage to their status. Names of peasants rarely occurred in medieval documents. In 1086 the compilation of the Domesday Book was ordered by William the Conqueror (1027-87), king of England from 1066. He was born in Falaise, the bastard son of Robert, Duke of Normandy, by Arlette, a tanner's daughter. On his father's death in 1035, the nobles accepted him as a duke. When Edward the Confessor, King of England died in 1066, William invaded England that Autumn, on 14th October, 1066 killing Harold (who had assumed the title of King). English government under William assumed a more feudal aspect, the King's tenants-in-chief and all title to land was derived from his grants, and the Domesday Book contains details of the land settlements, and the names of the owners of such. |
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