Scring History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Etymology of Scring

What does the name Scring mean?

The name Scring arrived in England after the Norman Conquest of 1066. The Scring family lived in Lincolnshire.

Early Origins of the Scring family

The surname Scring was first found in Lincolnshire where they were Lords of the manor of Bonby, and conjecturally are descended from Ralph de Mortimer, who held his lands from Hugh Fitz Baldric, at the time of the taking of the Domesday Survey in 1086 A.D.

Early History of the Scring family

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Scring Spelling Variations

Anglo-Norman names are characterized by a multitude of spelling variations. When the Normans became the ruling people of England in the 11th century, they introduced a new language into a society where the main languages of Old and later Middle English had no definite spelling rules. These languages were more often spoken than written, so they blended freely with one another. Contributing to this mixing of tongues was the fact that medieval scribes spelled words according to sound, ensuring that a person's name would appear differently in nearly every document in which it was recorded. The name has been spelled Skerne, Skearne, Skern, Skearn, Skyre, Skryne, Skyrne and many more.

Early Notables of the Scring family

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Migration of the Scring family

For many English families, the political and religious disarray that plagued their homeland made the frontiers of the New World an attractive prospect. Thousands migrated, aboard cramped disease-ridden ships. They arrived sick, poor, and hungry, but were welcomed in many cases with far greater opportunity than at home in England. Many of these hardy settlers went on to make important contributions to the emerging nations in which they landed. Among early immigrants bearing the name Scring or a variant listed above were: Joseph Skrine landed in America in 1750.