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SCHOFIELD
" dweller at or near a hut in a field "
The Schofield Family Coat
of Arms
The earliest reference to
the name Schofield ( and its variants ) appears around 1300 AD when the
forest of
Saddleworth was granted to the mother church at Rochdale.
In 1314 AD a " Thomas de Schofield " witnessed the deed to the Cistercian
Abbey of Rochdale.
The " scholefield " itself was a particular plot of land which lay in
Hollinworth in the district of Butterworth, Parish of Rochdale.
During the 14th Century one John de Scholefield who is believed to be the
son of Alan de Hollinworth, gave his lord by
the name of Adam de Turnagh an oxgang of land in the scholefield in
Hollinworth.
John seems to have had several sons including John, William, Adam and
Richard. In the time of Richard II,
John the son made grants of land to his son ( also called John ) and in the
next century a Hugh de Scholefield,
who was probably the son of the younger John, was in possession of these
grants which he later passed on to his son James.
It appears that all Scholefields/Schofields descend from this family, though
probably most of us through landless
younger sons who laid roots in various parts of the country.
My Schofield roots are traced back to Northowram, West Yorkshire with the
appearance of Thomas Scholefield.
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