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Mumbrey Surname Definition:

A variant of Mowbray.

Walter Mombray, Mayor of Bristol, 1221: History and Antiquities of Bristol.

Roger de Moubray, 1283. Writs of Parliament.

Roger de Mounbray, 1297. Writs of Parliament.

The above two entries refer to the same person.

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Mumbrey Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151

Mumbrey Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A variant of Mowbray.

Walter Mombray, Mayor of Bristol, 1221: History and Antiquities of Bristol.

Roger de Moubray, 1283. Writs of Parliament.

Roger de Mounbray, 1297. Writs of Parliament.

The above two entries refer to the same person.

Roger de Mumbrai, Kent, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Pagan de Mumbray, Oxfordshire, ibid.

Roger de Munbray, alias Mumbray, Bedfordshire, ibid.

Roger de Munbray, Yorkshire, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.

All these Rogers, no doubt, refer to the same individual, one of the Mowbrays. Of the etymology of Mummery, therefore, there can be no question.

1660. Buried-Elizabeth Mummery: Canterbury Cath.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

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