Families of West Sussex
Chichester, Arundel, the Goodwood downs, the Earl of Arundel's domain and the great fortified houses of the south coast.
Tap a region of the map to see who held it.
Families seated in West Sussex
- KingWhen the village crowned someone 'king' for a day, and the jest lasted six centuries.
- CooperThe cooper, cask and keg.
- GreenThe green, the common before it was a party colour.
- WhiteThe fair one.
- MasonThe operative mason.
- AdamsSon of Adam.
- ParkerThe parker.
- BaileyThe steward of the bailey, castle administration in one syllable.
- CarterThe carter, and the man who opened Tutankhamun's tomb.
- WebbThe weaver.
- PayneThe villager's joke, worn with honour now.
- BarnesBy the barn.
- WestThe west.
- HowardNorman guardian-name, and Howard ducal house.
- ButlerThe cellarer's name, and the Earls of Ormond of Kilkenny.
- HarrisHarry's son, the West Country spelling, and the Welsh chapel surname of Howell Harris.
- BakerThe baker, oven smoke in every market town.
- StevensStephen's line, southwestern -ens spelling.
- JenkinsLittle John, Welsh thumbprint on English registers.
- MillsBy the mill, wheels on every river.
- PorterThe gate, the burden, same spelling.
- SaundersAlexander's son, Cornish and Wessex thick.
- HopkinsLittle Hodge, border favourite.
- MarshallThe stable office, court rank, surname for thousands.
- SpencerThe steward, from pantry to peerage.
- HuntThe hunter, chase and warren.
- DayDavid, dairy, or daylight jest.
- ColeCoal-black or Saint Nicholas' pet form.
- CurtisThe courteous one, Norman manners joke.
- LawrenceLaurence of Rome, England's Registers repeat him.
- HaynesHainaut or hedged field, context splits.
Historic ties to West Sussex
Families with historic but not core ground here.