Was Simon Elryngton of Hackney originally from Newcastle on Tyne? I am seeing quite a few cases where he is suing people from Northumberland. For example, there are these two entries in Common Pleas from 1458: http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT1/H6/CP40no788/aCP40no788fronts/IMG_0775.htm f 953, third entry: John Basyngthawyte versus John Elryngton, of Newcastle on Tyne, esq; Robert Mitford, of Seton, Northumb, esq. http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT1/H6/CP40no788/aCP40no788fronts/IMG_0775.htm f 775, last entry: Simon Elryngton, of Hakeney, Middx, and Thomas Proktour, clerk, versus Alan Kar, of Newcastle on Tyne, merchant; and Joan Spence, widow, executrix of John Spence, of Newcastle on Tyne, merchant.

On Thursday, 11 May 2017 14:39:04 UTC+10, Vance Mead wrote: > Was Simon Elryngton of Hackney originally from Newcastle on Tyne? I am seeing quite a few cases where he is suing people from Northumberland. For example, there are these two entries in Common Pleas from 1458: > > http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT1/H6/CP40no788/aCP40no788fronts/IMG_0775.htm > f 953, third entry: > John Basyngthawyte versus John Elryngton, of Newcastle on Tyne, esq; Robert Mitford, of Seton, Northumb, esq. > > http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT1/H6/CP40no788/aCP40no788fronts/IMG_0775.htm > f 775, last entry: > Simon Elryngton, of Hakeney, Middx, and Thomas Proktour, clerk, versus Alan Kar, of Newcastle on Tyne, merchant; and Joan Spence, widow, executrix of John Spence, of Newcastle on Tyne, merchant. There were certainly Elringtons in the north much earlier than Simon Elrington of Hackney and I would love to know how they connect. 'A History of Northumberland, in Three Parts: General history of the country' p. 371 mentions a number of them. https://archive.org/details/ahistorynorthum01tynegoog Sir John Elrington through his first wife Maud Disney acquired Fosham manor in Aldbrough and other lands in 1467 which passed to their son Simon but this was later than your references. See http://www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk/fines/abstracts/CP_25_1_294_74.shtml#45 and K J Allison, A P Baggs, T N Cooper, C Davidson-Cragoe and J Walker, 'Middle division: Aldbrough', in A History of the County of York East Riding: Volume 7, Holderness Wapentake, Middle and North Divisions, ed. G H R Kent (London, 2002), pp. 5-27. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/yorks/east/vol7/pp5-27.

On Thursday, May 11, 2017 at 9:26:55 PM UTC-4, Vivienne Caldwell wrote: > On Thursday, 11 May 2017 14:39:04 UTC+10, Vance Mead wrote: > > Was Simon Elryngton of Hackney originally from Newcastle on Tyne? I am seeing quite a few cases where he is suing people from Northumberland. For example, there are these two entries in Common Pleas from 1458: > > Elrington: The ending of the surname (considering for both "ing" and "ton") suggests a place name. The suffix 'ing' (or ling) means being from a place, i.e. Earthling; and ton meaning town. These account for places such as Reading, Woking, Hastings, Nottingham etc., and also Milton, Brighton, Boston, etc. Many places combine both suffixes as is seen in Wellington, Washington, Durrington, Babington, Farlington, etc. A good explanation for place names in England can be heard on The History of English Podcast, Ep. 30 "The Celtic Legacy". During this timeframe, I tend to think of England as three main tribes: Welsh, southern England (Anglo-Saxon), and northern England (Danelaw). Broadly speaking, these groups tend to marry with other families of their country. There is a town in Yorkshire called Elvington, which is probably the etymology of the surname for this particular group of Elringtons. Also, note the marriages: Robert Elrington married Kateryn Browne (a family from the north) Their children: Dorothy, married John Darnall, Baron of the Exchequer (a family from the north) Elizabeth, married Bartholomew Jekyll of Newington, Middx. (a family from Lincolnshire) Anne, married (1st) ... Vaughan and (2nd) William Lego of London (1. Welsh, 2. unknown) Ursula, married Martin Massingberd (a family from Lincolnshire) Margaret, married Augustin Massingberd (same family from Lincolnshire)