Re: Hoole-Common Ancestry or Origins of name
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Hoole-Common Ancestry or Origins of name
Cynthia Roussin 1/08/02
Cindy,
This is the information I have from my coat of arms plaque.
The English surname Hoole is of toponymic origin, belonging to that category of surnames derived from the place where the original bearer once lived or held land. In this instance, the surname Hoole can be traced to the places so called in Cheshire and Lancashire. Thus the surname signifies"a local of Hoole" The former is a township in the parish of Plemonstall and is so called from the Old English dative case "hole of hule" meaning a hollow,depression. The latter is located seven miles from Preston and is derived from the Middle English word "hule" meaning a hut or shelter. In both cases the final -e is now silent in the placename but has been retained in the surname, with consequent alteration in the spelling. Other variants of the surname include Hool, Hooley and Whooley. It must be noted that the English surname Hoole is not synonymous or etymologically the same as the Irish surname Hooley. The place name Hoole gave name to a family as early as the reign of King John(1167-1216) for we find Walter de Hole amongst the inquisitors of the Wapentake of Leylandesir in that reign. Other early references to the surname include one Richard Hoole of Great Layton in the Lancashire Wills at Richmond in 1587. One James Hoole of Tonge is recorded in the Wills at Chester in 1587 and Robert Hoole of Bebbington is mentioned in the same documents in 1610. George Hoole is listed in the Preston Guild Rolls in 1662. The family motto is:Flectas non franges.(to be bent not broken.) You can also visit the website of the village outside of Chester the name is from at http://www.hooleonline.co.uk/http://www.hooleonline.co.uk/
Most familes that I have read up on seem to be from aruond the Chester/Manchester area as ours is. I hope this helps. Jeff.