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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 534 people with the Edington surname? In that year Edington was ranked number 3045 for popularity in the UK. |
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Historical References
"EDINGTON, EDDINCTON. From the old barony of the same name in the parish of Chirnside, Berwickshire. Aldanus de Edington and his son Adam successively attested charters granted to the Priory of Coldingham by Waldeve and Patrick, earls of Dunbar, between 1168 and 1189, and Robert of Edington is also among the witnesses to a charter of 1193 (Baine, 136, 115, 116, 117, 140, etc.). Adam de Edintun also witnessed a charter by Earl Waldeve to the monks of Melrose of pasture on Lammermuir, c. 1166-1182 (Erasers of Philorth, i). John of Edynton in 1290 granted a charter in favor of the Abbey of Neubotle (Neubotle, p. 164), and Walter de Edynton, a Scots prisoner of war taken at Dunbar in 1296 and sent to Fotheringay Castle was still prisoner there in 1298 (Bain, n, p. 177, 260). The seal of Ricarde de Edington is appended to a document regarding some rights of common c. 1450 (Seals Supp., 333), and the seal of Gilbert of Edington is appended to an inquisition held in the court of Sir Alexander, Lord Home, bailie of Coldingham, in 1453 (ibid., 332). Thomas de Edingtoun de eodem is mentioned in a retour of lands of Wedderbum in 1469 (Sc. Ant., vn, p. 25), and Robert of Edingtone is in record in 1478 (Home, 17). James Edington and others were summoned for holding the Castle of Dunbar against the king in 1479 (APS., n, p. 125). Richard of Edingtone and Robert of Edingtone witnessed an instrument of sasine in 1478, and Edward Edyngtone witnessed a similar instrument in 1496 (Home, 24, 28). Dik Ething11 miis son was summoned in 1479 to answer to Parliament for treason and other crimes (APS., n, p. 129), and David Edington of that Ilk was one of the Merse proprietors who, in 1567, signed a bond of adherence to James vi as king (Crawford, Officers of state, p. 443). Another David Edingtoune was a commander of troops in Sweden under the great Gustavus Adolphus, William Idingtoun was retoured heir in lands in the barony of Coldingham in 1634 (Retours, Berwick, 206), Anna Idintoune is recorded in Coldinghame, 1673 ( (Lauder), and Elspit Edentoune died in the Kirktoun of Strickmartin in 1679 (Jervise, I, p. 204). The Edingtons of that Ilk sold their lands in 1594 to Sir George Ramsay of Dalhousie. Ethington 1578. Local pronunciation of the name is Ee-din-tun and Ee-thin-tun. "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Edington Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 387 people with the Edington surname in the UK? Edington is now ranked number 3677 for popularity in the UK. |
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