Hargreaves Family Crest, Coat of Arms & Hargreaves Name Origin

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Origin of the Name Hargreaves

The ancient history of the name Hargreaves was found in the allfamilycrests.com archives. Meaning 'of Hargrave', Hargreaves is a locational name from the parishes in the dioceses of Chester, Ely, and Peterborough. Variants of this name include Hargraves, Hargreave, Hargreves, Hargrove and Hargroves. This name is of Anglo-Saxon descent spreading to the Celtic countries of Ireland , Scotland , and Wales in early times and is found in many mediaeval manuscripts throughout these countries. Examples of such are a John de Haregrave, from County Buckinghamshire, who was recorded in the 'Hundred Rolls', in the Year 1273. A John de Hargreve was recorded in the Calendarium Rotulorum Patentium, in Turri Londinensi. Names were recorded in these ancient documents to make it easier for their overlords to collect taxes and to keep records of the population at any given time. When the overlords acquired lands by either force or gifts from their rulers, they created charters of ownership for themselves and their vassals.