Chumlee meaning | Last name Chumlee origin

A variant form of Chumley. A contraction of Cholmondeley - From the lordship of that name in Cheshire, which was possessed by the family under the Norman earls palatine of Chester. The family sprang, in common with many others, from the celebrated William Belward, lord of deley Malpas.

Strange that some of our most aristocratic families, who would not willingly concede one jot of their dignity in other respects, should be willing to have their ancient names thus nicked and mutilated. Why should the St. Johns submit to be Sinjen'd, the Majoribanks to be Marchbank.d, the Fitz-Johns to be Fidgen'd, or the Cholmondeleys to be Chumley'd? Why should the contractions of illiterate "flunkeys" be accepted in the places of fine old chivalours sounds like those?.

Lastname Chumlee is the variant form of Cholmley. See Cholmondeley - From the lordship of that name in Cheshire, which was possessed by the family under the Norman earls palatine of Chester. The family sprang, in common with many others, from the celebrated William Belward, lord of deley Malpas.

Strange that some of our most aristocratic families, who would not willingly concede one jot of their dignity in other respects, should be willing to have their ancient names thus nicked and mutilated. Why should the St. Johns submit to be Sinjen'd, the Majoribanks to be Marchbank.d, the Fitz-Johns to be Fidgen'd, or the Cholmondeleys to be Chumley'd? Why should the contractions of illiterate "flunkeys" be accepted in the places of fine old chivalours sounds like those?.

Chumlee is a variation of the Cholmondeley. Calmundelei, Cold mount field, "Cold" forms part of many local names in England and the Continent. In Prussia is a place called Kalau, Cold meadow or brook; in Friesland, a Koudum, cold home; and in Hainault, a froid chapelle, cold chapel.