A version of the Talbot family crest. The rampant lion is a common feature of Talbot crests.
Origins of the name - Talbot. It is apparently a name of Norman origin probably from a Germanic personal name. I have also seen the name described as meaning 'a mastiff'. Others speculate that it comes from an old word for bandit - talebot - which referred to robbers who blacked their faces. In 1891 the name is most common in Yorkshire and Lancashire with some Talbots in southern counties of Somerset, Hampshire and Berkshire. The name Talbot appears in the famous speech from King Henry V in Shakespeare's play given prior to the Battle of Agincourt when he lists those who should be proud to be present there on St Crispin's day.
Talbot family history 1900 to 1935. See the Horler history for 1935 to date. My grandmother was baptised as Hebe Florence Talbot and a more loving, generous and kindly soul you could not meet. She was intelligent and liked to read on a regular basis, being particularly fond of crime novels. She was born and raised in the Somerset village of Croscombe which is near Shepton Mallet. She had two immediate siblings who survived beyond infancy, her brothers James and Berty, but a number of other half- brothers and sisters. Thanks to this website though I have found out that one of my nan's half-brothers, Arthur William Talbot, left these shores in 1907 and went to live in the USA. He was an engineer in car plant and lived in Granite City, Illinois. My nan, Hebe, was an orphan who was adopted by her eldest half- sister Maggie and her husband Samuel Bert Vincent. As she was adopted at a young age her half-sister became a
mother to her and her cousins became another set of brothers and sisters. One of these, Ken Vincent, is still in Croscombe and is 80. Hebe's mother Emily (nee Newport - see family tree for family background) died in 1919. Her father William Carver Talbot married a third time and died in the 1920's. I am not sure whether my nan was adopted after the death of her mother or when her father died. William was 50 when he married Emily who was 24 as his second wife following the death of his first, Mary. William was a quarryman in the Mendip stone quarrys and played the accordian on a regular basis in the Rose and Crown pub in Croscombe. He also kept a family bible.
1830 - 1900. William was son of Frederick and Anne Talbot and he took Anne's maiden name of Carver as his second name. The Carvers were a prominant Croscombe family at this time (in terms of numbers not wealth). He was born in Croscombe where Frederick and Anne were married and buried. However Frederick, who was an agricultural labourer, was baptised in West Pennard as were his father and mother James and Jane Talbot. It is curious that Hebe's mother's family, the Newport's, also orginated from West Pennard but there is no evidence of a link between Talbots and Newports until the marriage at a later date in Croscombe. James Talbot and Jane evidentally took their family from West Pennard to Croscombe sometime before 1850 as they are registered as living Croscombe in 1851 although there is no record of young Frederick who would have been aged 10. There is a record of a James Talbot appearing at Somerset assizes in August 1832
however it is unknown whether this is the same. Our James, and his wife Jane, would unfortunately appear to have lived their final years in poverty as James is recorded as being a pauper in the 1861 census. He died in 1864 and his wife in 1865.
1790 - 1830. Before 1830 there appear various spellings of the name which later settled as Talbot. For example Tabutt and Talbutt. James was son of Edward and Elizabeth Talbot who were married in West Pennard in 1793 and Edward appears to descend from the Talbots of Butleigh who were yeomen farmers dating back as far as the 16th century in that parish.
After starting this website I have been contacted by a descendent of David Foxwell and Martha Talbot (married 1848) and an American descendent of Ann Talbot and Elias Harvey (married 1816). Both have helped expand the information contained in my Talbot family research. This, I think shows the benefit of making this information available on the internet and sharing valuable knowledge of family history.
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