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The following account describing the origin of the Tinsley name was passed on to me by relatives and the reference is quoted as "Yorkshire Notes and Queriers and Folk, Vol. I page 221. Hallam, Middle Ages, Chapter 2, Page 2." Reference is also made to "Collection of Names of the Nobility from Yorkshire England" by Thomas Robson. No dates are given in the data to follow but it is mentioned that the Tinsley Coat of Arms became hereditary (heraldry) in the time of Henry III (1216-1273). I am presenting this information in the hope that someone can verify it or add to it. Please let me have your comments. Email Fred Preston.

Roger Magerolles, Lord of Tinsloo, married Eune Busby, dau. of Roger Bushby and had issue:
William Magerolles, Lord of Tinsloo, son and heir of Roger, married and had issue:
Godose(a) Magerolles married Sir William Brette.
Betryce Magerolles married William Londoner, alias Tinsley, Lord of Tinsloo.


Godosa(e) Magerolles married Sir William Brette and had issue:

Rychard Brette who married and had issue:
Rychard Brette II who married and had issue:
Rychard Brette III who married and had issue:
Walter Brette, Knight, married and had issue:
Lucy Brette married Sir Henry Tinsley (whose ancestors were called Londoners, alias Brebroke, Lord of Tinsloo) and had issue:
William Tinsley married a daughter of Sir William Wadesby and had issue:
Lucy Tinsley married William Wentworth.
Betryce Magerolles married William Londoner, Lord of Tinsloo, and had issue:

William Londoner, Gentleman, married and had issue:
William Londoner II, Lord of Tinsloo, married and had issue:
Adam Londoner, alias Brebroke, married and had issue:
Sir Henry Tinsley.
Betryce Magerolles' husband, William Londoner, took the name of his wife, Tinsley of Tinsloo. She was probably married later than her sister and perhaps not as young when she married as there is another generation of Brettes.

The coat of arms described by Robson is:

A Chevron between three wolves heads, erased.

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Leah - sorry this wouldn't drop as a link but there is the address. Tinsley means "field of council". It is from Old English. The original estate was granted by William the Conqueror to a John de Busli, a Norman that accompanied him from France to war against the Anglo-Saxons. He was the first Lord of Tinsley. Tinsley was quite likely a surname taken by the people who lived on the land. The page referenced is a quick lesson in the Normans and Wm. the Conqueror.
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S Duncan

Hey,
Sorry I can't help you with your question regarding your last name. Just thought it was interesting that we both have the same name. My name is also Leah Tinsley. What is your middle name???
Please reply directly- tinsley@rogers.com
Leah

What is the point behind the name "Heeter" anyways, I cannot find it anywhere. Can you help?

Thanks for your help,
Rose

Some of the older etymologists are no longer respected, but I will merely report that the surname TINSLEY is briefly treated in “A Dictionary of Surnames” by Mark Antony Lower, published 1988, page 347 (first published in 1860 as “A Dictionary of the Family Names of the United Kingdom”).

TINSLEY: "A chapelry in the parish of Rotherham, co. York." (That's the full definition.)

Reg Niles
RegNMINiles@cs.com

Tinsley is an English surname that means 'Tynne's Woods' or 'Tynne's Meadow.'