Morthland meaning | Last name Morthland origin

The surname Morthland is a variant form of Morland. A parish in Westmoreland.

The family name is form of Moreland. See Morland - A parish in Westmoreland.

A form of Mawley. See Mauley - The first mention of this occurs shortly after the death of Richard I, when John, in order to clear his way to the throne, employed his esquire Peter de Mauley, a native of Poitou, to murder his nephew, Prince Arthur, for which service DeMauley received great remuneration in the West of England. In charters, the latinization of this name, De Malo Lacu, might be supposed to be no un apt allusion to the "bad lake or pool" of blood thus unrighteously shed by the founder of the race.

Variant of Morley. One who came from Morley, i.e., wood by a marsh, the name of several places in England.

Morthland is the variant form of Moreland. One who came from Morland, i.e., grove by a moor, in Westmorland; dweller near a swamp.

Variant of the Mauley. The first mention of this occurs shortly after the death of Richard I, when John, in order to clear his way to the throne, employed his esquire Peter de Mauley, a native of Poitou, to murder his nephew, Prince Arthur, for which service DeMauley received great remuneration in the West of England. In charters, the latinization of this name, De Malo Lacu, might be supposed to be no un apt allusion to the "bad lake or pool" of blood thus unrighteously shed by the founder of the race.