This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Bingham' a parish in the Diocese of Southwell, Nottinghamshire.

John de Byngham, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

Joanna de Byngham, Somerset, 1 Edward III: ibid.

William de Bingham, Somerset 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Geoffrey de Bingeham, Wiltshire, ibid.

Robert de Bingeham, Dorset, ibid.

Alicia de Byngham, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

1567-8. Ellis Byngham and Johanna Elba, widow: Marriage Lic. (London).

1610. Buried — Thomas Bingam: St. Michael, Cornhill.

1645. — Michell Bingam: St. Mary Aldermary.

(English) belonging to Bingham = prob. the Home of the Bin(n- Family.

[Anglo-Saxon *Bin(n)inga-hám -inga, genit. pl. of the son suff. -ing]. This is more likely than a connection with the Scandinavian bing, 'a heap’ (of grain), 'bin.’

(English) One who came from Bingham (Bynna’s estate), in Nottinghamshire.

Seated temp. Henry I., at Sutton-Bingham, co. Somerset, and afterwards and now at Melcombe-Bingham. Said to be of Saxon antiquity.

Local. From the town of Bingham, in Nottinghamshire, so named from the Danish Bing, a place where provisions were deposited; and ham, a town or village. Bingham, a depository for grain; a place tilled, inhabited.

Or De Buisli, from Buisli or Builly, near Neûchatel, Normandy (often supposed to be of Saxon origin). Roger de Busliaco held 149 lordships in barony 1086, chiefly in York and Notts, which were entitled the Honour of Tickhill. He also held Sutton, Somerset, from Roger de Arundel. One of his lordships was Bingham, Notts, an estate of great value and importance. Dugdale confuses this baron with his son and grandson, who bore the same name. The latter suffered forfeiture t. Stephen, and his Honour of Tick- hill was, in 1156 and 1165, in the hands of the King (Rot. Pip.; Lib. Niger). Jordan and John de Buisli were then his next heirs. The former had issue Richard de B., who held 6 fees in 1165, and whose dau. carried that estate to Robert de Vipont. The male representation then vested in the descendants of Richard de B., younger son of Roger I., who founded Roche Abbey, York, 1147 (Mon. i. 836). He had issue Richard and William de B. (Ib.). John de B., son of the latter, granted lands to Roche (Ib.). The former paid a fine in Bucks 1158 (Rot. Pip.), and possessing Bingham, was thence named, and, c. 1166, as John de Bingham, witnessed charters in favour of Ellesham Hospital, Lincoln (Mon. ii. 422). His son Clement was father of Hugh de Bingham, living 1199, who was enfeoffed in his lands at Bingham by Hugh Paganel (Testa de Neville). The lordship was soon after forfeited. Robert, brother of Clement, and, in 1205, Richard, his son, obtained livery of his lands at Bingham (Hardy, Obl. et fin. 258). He was brother of Robert, Bishop of Salisbury, and had issue William and Robert. The former possessed Sutton, Somerset, which had descended from his ancestor Roger de Buisli (Collinson, vol. ii. 350). From Robert, who m. the heiress of Turberville, descend the Binghams of Dorset, the Earls of Lucan, and Barons Clanmorris.

A location name in Nottinghamshire Hugo and Robert de Bingeham in Rotuli de Oblatis et Finibus, King John (Nottinghamshire).

The Binghams, who derive their name from a town in Notts, are characteristic mainly of the adjacent counties of Derbyshire and Notts. In Derby, the Binghams have long been members of the Corporation, and their name is familiar in the commercial history of that town; the mayors of Derby in 1750, 1757, and 1760 bore this name (G.).