Nalore History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Etymology of Nalore

What does the name Nalore mean?

Nalore is a name that first reached England following the Norman Conquest in 1066. It is a name for a person who was a maker of nails having derived from the Old English word nayl. 1 2

Early Origins of the Nalore family

The surname Nalore was first found in Gloucestershire where they held a family seat from very early times. There is an early record of Stephen le Nailere in 1231 in the Patent Rolls of London. A few years later, James le nayler was listed as a Freeman of York in 1273. 3

The source Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III., notes that John le Naylere was listed in Norfolk, 20 Edward I (during the twentieth year of King Edward I's reign.)

Later the Yorkshire Poll Tax Rolls of 1379 included entries for Johannes Nayler and Willelmus Nayler who held lands there at that time. 1

"Some of the Naylors of Derbyshire are probably connected in their descent with Christopher Nayler of Derby, who, in 1666, left bequests for the poor of the parishes of St. Alkmund and St. Michael in that town. The name is still in Derby." 4

Early History of the Nalore family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Nalore research. Another 65 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1273, 1616, 1617, 1660, 1764, 1792, 1804 and 1831 are included under the topic Early Nalore History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Nalore Spelling Variations

Anglo-Norman names tend to be marked by an enormous number of spelling variations. This is largely due to the fact that Old and Middle English lacked any spelling rules when Norman French was introduced in the 11th century. The languages of the English courts at that time were French and Latin. These various languages mixed quite freely in the evolving social milieu. The final element of this mix is that medieval scribes spelled words according to their sounds rather than any definite rules, so a name was often spelled in as many different ways as the number of documents it appeared in. The name was spelled Naylor, Naylour, Nayler and others.

Early Notables of the Nalore family

Distinguished members of the family include James Nayler (or Naylor) (c. 1616-1660), an English Quaker leader, one of the members of the Valiant Sixty. He was born at Ardsley, near Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire, about 1617. His father, a substantial yeoman, gave him a good English education. 5Sir George Nayler (1764?-1831), was Garter King-of-Arms, the fifth son of George Nayler, surgeon, of Stroud, Gloucestershire. The Duke of Norfolk gave him...
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Migration of the Nalore family

Because of the political and religious discontent in England, families began to migrate abroad in enormous numbers. Faced with persecution and starvation at home, the open frontiers and generally less oppressive social environment of the New World seemed tantalizing indeed to many English people. The trip was difficult, and not all made it unscathed, but many of those who did get to Canada and the United States made important contributions to the young nations in which they settled. Some of the first North American settlers with Nalore name or one of its variants: Thomas Naylor, who came to Virginia in 1623; Edward Naylor, who settled in Boston in 1630; Edward and Joe Nayler, who arrived in St. Christopher in 1635.

Sources +

Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
Harrison, Henry, Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary Baltimore: Geneological Publishing Company, 2013. Print
Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
Guppy, Henry Brougham, Homes of Family Names in Great Britain. 1890. Print.
Smith, George (ed), Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1885-1900. Print