Walpole

Walpole
Recorded as Walpole, Waple, Wapple, Wapol, Waples, Wapples and possibly others, this is an English surname. It is locational from either of two places called Walpole in the East Anglian counties of Norfolk and Suffolk. The place in Suffolk was recorded as Walepola in the famous Domesday Book of 1086, whilst that in Norfolk was recorded as "Walepol" in the register of charters known as the Codex Diplomaticus aevi Saxonici in the year 1050. Walpole in Suffolk means the "pool of the Britons", whilst that in Norfolk probably means a pool surrounded by a wall. The surname first appears in records in the late 12th Century (see below), and other early recordings include William Wagepole in the Curia Regis Rolls of Suffolk in 1206, and Thomas Waghepol in the Assize Court Rolls of the borough of Leicester in 1271. On June 27th 1557 Hillary Wapolle married Joane Garret at St. Peter, Cornhill, London, whilst Joanna Waple married Joannes Fletcher on June 4th 1592 at St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster. Sir Robert Walpole (1676 - 1745) was not only the first Earl of Oxford, but he was the first prime minster of Great Britain. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Everard Wagepole. This was dated 1169, in the Pipe Rolls of Wiltshire, during the reign of King Henry 11nd, known as "The Builder of Churches", 1154 - 1189. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

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  • Walpole — Walpole, Horace Walpole, Robert Walpole, sir Hugh Seymour * * * (as used in expressions) Walpole, Horace, 4 conde de Orford Horatio Walpole Walpole, Robert, 1 conde de Orford Walpole, Sir Hugh (Seymour) …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Walpole —   [ wɔːlpəʊl],    1) Horace, eigentlich Horatio Walpole, 4. Earl of Orford [ əv ɔːfəd], englischer Schriftsteller, * London 24. 9. 1717, ✝ ebenda 2. 3. 1797, Sohn von 3); studierte in Cambridge, war mehrfach Mitglied des Parlaments; betrieb in… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • WALPOLE (R.) — WALPOLE ROBERT, 1er comte d’Orford (1676 1745) Issu de la gentry du Norfolk, député aux Communes en 1702, Robert Walpole est pendant toute sa vie politique demeuré fidèle au «parti» whig. Plusieurs fois ministre avant 1717, il domine la vie… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Walpole [1] — Walpole (spr. Uahlpohl) 1) Robert W., Graf von Orford, geb. 26. Aug. 1676 in Houghton, studirte Theologie in Cambridge, übernahm aber 1698 die Familiengüter u. wurde 1700 ins Parlament gewählt, wo er mit den Wighs stimmte; 1708 wurde er unter… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Walpole — Walpole, MA U.S. Census Designated Place in Massachusetts Population (2000): 5867 Housing Units (2000): 2537 Land area (2000): 2.855359 sq. miles (7.395346 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.055164 sq. miles (0.142873 sq. km) Total area (2000):… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Walpole, MA — U.S. Census Designated Place in Massachusetts Population (2000): 5867 Housing Units (2000): 2537 Land area (2000): 2.855359 sq. miles (7.395346 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.055164 sq. miles (0.142873 sq. km) Total area (2000): 2.910523 sq. miles… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Walpole — Walpole, Sir Robert, später Graf Oxford, geb. 1676 zu Hougthon, Sohn eines Edelmanns, kam 1700 in das Parlament, wurde whigistischer Parteiführer, 1714 Minister und blieb es bis 1742, war sehr thätig für die protest. Thronfolge u. regierte nach… …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • Walpole — [wôl′pōl, wäl′pōl] 1. Horace 4th Earl of Orford (born Horatio Walpole) 1717 97; Eng. writer 2. Sir Robert 1st Earl of Orford 1676 1745; Eng. statesman: prime minister (1721 42): father of Horace …   English World dictionary

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