Tolimer Surname

14,316,765th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Tolimer Surname Definition:

There was a family named Du Tollemer in the neighbourhood of Pont Audemer in Normandy; they were Sires of Allicourt, Montagne du Chastel, &c., and bore Azure three trefoils Or. M. de Magny. Osbert Toulemer is mentioned as early as 1180-95 in the Exchequer Rolls of the province.

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Tolimer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Tolimer Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

There was a family named Du Tollemer in the neighbourhood of Pont Audemer in Normandy; they were Sires of Allicourt, Montagne du Chastel, &c., and bore Azure three trefoils Or. M. de Magny. Osbert Toulemer is mentioned as early as 1180-95 in the Exchequer Rolls of the province. Bartholomew Tillemer, of Yorkshire, in the Rotuli Cancellarii of 1203. Walter Tolymer of Essex, and William Tolymer, of Cambridge, both appear in Palgravds Parliamentary Writs of 1322. The latter was summoned from the Liberty of the Bishop of Ely for military service against the Scots. William de Tholimer, who in 1299 held of the Abbey of St. Alban’s in Oxfordshire (Palgrave’s Affairs and History of Scotland), may have been the same person. The charter of liberties granted to the town of Beverley c. 1154 by Archbishop William, commonly called St. William of York, is witnessed by Reginald Theoloner. - Oliver's Beverley.

The Battle Abbey Roll (1889) by Catherine Lucy Wilhelmina Powlett

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