Them meaning | Last name Them origin

Is the variant of Tyne. The great northern river.

Them is variant form of the Thynne. The family of Thynne are a branch of the ancient house of Botfield or Botevile. The origin of this surname is very singular. About the reign of Edward IV the elder branch of the Boteviles or Botfields of Stretton in Shropshire, where the family had flourished from the XIII century, began, for some unexplained reason, to write themselves De le Inn, De la Inne, and Of the Inne; and this last form, in a generation or two, settled down into Thynne. Mr. Ralph Bigland, Somerset Herald, affirms that the alias originated with John de Bottevile, who resided at one of the Inns of Court, and from thence was named John of th' Inne, otherwise Thynne. But the historian of the family remarks, that there is no evidence that the person referred to ever dwelt at any of the inns of court, though it is certain that "he lived in the family house at Church-Stretton, and that he was familiarly known as John o' th' Inne, which, abbreviated, became Thynne, though John de la Inne de Botfelde, was his usual appellation." It appears that this mansion was anciently called The Inn, and hence the name. From this elder branch of the Botfeldes sprang the Thynnes (Marquis of Bath) and from the younger branch came the family of Botfield. The name of Thynne had, however, a much more ancient existence. The Rotul Hund. mention one Thomas Thynne, under the hundred of Norton, county of Northampton, as living temp. Henry III. The surname in this instance probably related to meagreness of person.

Family name Them is a variant form of the Thin. See Thynne - The family of Thynne are a branch of the ancient house of Botfield or Botevile. The origin of this surname is very singular. About the reign of Edward IV the elder branch of the Boteviles or Botfields of Stretton in Shropshire, where the family had flourished from the XIII century, began, for some unexplained reason, to write themselves De le Inn, De la Inne, and Of the Inne; and this last form, in a generation or two, settled down into Thynne. Mr. Ralph Bigland, Somerset Herald, affirms that the alias originated with John de Bottevile, who resided at one of the Inns of Court, and from thence was named John of th' Inne, otherwise Thynne. But the historian of the family remarks, that there is no evidence that the person referred to ever dwelt at any of the inns of court, though it is certain that "he lived in the family house at Church-Stretton, and that he was familiarly known as John o' th' Inne, which, abbreviated, became Thynne, though John de la Inne de Botfelde, was his usual appellation." It appears that this mansion was anciently called The Inn, and hence the name. From this elder branch of the Botfeldes sprang the Thynnes (Marquis of Bath) and from the younger branch came the family of Botfield. The name of Thynne had, however, a much more ancient existence. The Rotul Hund. mention one Thomas Thynne, under the hundred of Norton, county of Northampton, as living temp. Henry III. The surname in this instance probably related to meagreness of person.

Lastname is a form of Botville. See under Botfield - According to Mat. Paris, Geoffrey and Oliver de Bouteville, brothers, came from Poitou to assist King John, and from the former of these the heralds deduce John de l'Inne, otherwise John of th‘Ynne of Botefield, near Church Stretton. From 'the Inn,' the seat of the Botefeldes at that place, was formed the surname of Thynne, (Marquis of Bath.) Others of the same stock retained Boteville or Botfield, and it is a moot point whether the name was imported from France or derived from the locality in Shropshire, to which a Saxon etymology woulil readily apply. The principal variations are Bote ville, Botvile, Bottefeld, and Bottield. The last form is found as far back as 1549. Inf. Beriah Botfield, Esq., M.A., F.S.A., etc

There is a place near Valognes in Normandy, called Boutteville.

Variant form of Thynne. Anciently, of th'inne, of the Inn of court.

Lastname is the variation of Botfield. According to Mat. Paris, Geoffrey and Oliver de Bouteville, brothers, came from Poitou to assist King John, and from the former of these the heralds deduce John de l'Inne, otherwise John of th‘Ynne of Botefield, near Church Stretton. From 'the Inn,' the seat of the Botefeldes at that place, was formed the surname of Thynne, (Marquis of Bath.) Others of the same stock retained Boteville or Botfield, and it is a moot point whether the name was imported from France or derived from the locality in Shropshire, to which a Saxon etymology woulil readily apply. The principal variations are Bote ville, Botvile, Bottefeld, and Bottield. The last form is found as far back as 1549. Inf. Beriah Botfield, Esq., M.A., F.S.A., etc.