Origin of the Name Cash
The origin of the name
Cash was found in the allfamilycrests.com archives.
Over the centuries Surnames developed a wide number of variants. Different spellings of the same name can be traced back to an original root. Additionally when a bearer of a name emigrated it was not uncommon that their original name would be incorrectly transcribed in the record books at their new location. Surnames were also often altered over the years based on how they sounded phonetically and depending on the prevailing political conditions it may have been advantageous to change a name from one language to another.
Variants of the name Cash
include Cass, Cashe, Casson and Case. This name is usually of English descent and is found in many ancient manuscripts in that country. Examples of such are a Johannes Case who was recorded in the 'Poll Tax' of the West Riding of Yorkshire in the year 1379 and a John Casse and Elizabeth Bright who were granted a marriage license at the Faculty Office, London, in the year 1676.
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 land by either force or gifts from their rulers, they created charters of ownership for themselves and their vassals. It was by creating, maintaining and updating these reference books that they were able to maintain their authority and enforce laws.
In Ireland these names are found in mediaeval records in County Dublin as Cass and Case. A famous bearer of the name was King of the northern part of Munster Province, near Tipperary. These families were descendants of the septs of Dalglais and Clantaile.
The Cash coat of arms came into existence centuries ago. The process of creating coats of arms (also often called family crests) began in the eleventh century although a form of Proto-Heraldry may have existed in some countries prior to this. The new art of Heraldry made it possible for families and even individual family members to have their very own coat of arms, including all Cash descendants.