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ROWLES Family History

This interesting surname with variant spelling Rolls and Rolles is a patronymic form of the male given name Rollo, itself a Latinized form of the Norman Roul, equivalent to the Middle English personal name Rolf. The ultimate origin lies in the Germanic Hrolf, a compound of the elements "hrod" meaning "renown" plus "wulf" "wolf". This surname seems to have reached England by two separate channels; partly through it's popularity among the Normans, partly through it's use among Conquest Scandinavian settlers. The name date's back to the late 13th Century, (see below). Further recordings include Robert Role (1279) "The Hundred Rolls of Bedfordshire", and Matilda Rolles (1279) "The Hundred Rolls of Huntingdonshire"...