Bentley Family Crest, Coat of Arms & Bentley Name Origin

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Origin of the Name Bentley

The ancient history of the name Bentley was found in the allfamilycrests.com archives. Meaning 'of Bentley', this is a locational name from parishes in Counties Suffolk, Hants, Warwick, Derby, and Essex. This name is of Anglo-Saxon descent spreading to the Celtic countries of Ireland, Scotland and Wales in early times and is found in many mediaeval manuscripts throughout these countries. Examples of such are a John de Bentelege, County Derby, who was recorded in the 'Hundred Rolls', England, in the year 1273 and a Ricardus de Benteley, who was recorded in the 'Poll Tax' of the West Riding of Yorkshire in the year 1379. In Ireland the name Bentley was well established in Counties Clare and Limerick even before the name was brought into Ulster Province in significant numbers by settlers during the seventeenth century.