| Description | Includes refences to the following families:
1) Families who took their name from an East Riding place name - Anlaby, Babthorpe, Brigham, Buckton, Carnaby, Cavil, Caythorpe, Ellerthorpe, Ellerker, Everingham, Frodingham in South Frodingham, Garton, Grimston in Garton in Holderness, Hagthorpe, Hatfield, Heslerton, Holme, Hotham, Houghton, Leavening, Lutton in Weaverthorpe, Metham in Howden, Moreby, Portington in Easington, Roos, Routh, Rudston, Rysom in Rysom Garth, Saltmarsh, Skerne, Skipwith, Sutton in Sutton in Holderness, Thorpe of Thorpe Garth in Welwick Thorpe, Thorpe of Thorpe near Howden, Thweng of Thwing, Tunstall, Wassand, Wilberfoss.
2) Families who did not take their name from an East Riding place name - Areyns of West Hatfield in Holderness, Constable of Halsham, Constable of Flamborough and Everingham, Haye of Spaldington, Hilton of Swine, Lacy of Folkton, Legard of Anlaby, Melsa of Meaux, Monceux of Barmston, Palmes of Naburn, St Quintin of Harpham.
3) Families who appear in the East Riding in the 14th century - Aske of Aughton, Constable of Catfoss, De La See of Hollym and Patrington, Langdale of Houghton and Sancton.
4) Families who came to the East Riding in the 15th century - Bygod of Settrington and Scagglethorpe, Creyke of Marton, Hastings of Bewick, Headon of Marton, Hildyard of Winestead, Hussey of Harswell and North Duffield, Jenison of Yokefleet, Lowson of Laxton, Monkton of Cavil, Moore of Bewick, Thornholme of Thornholme and Hysthorpe, Vavasour of Spaldington, Wencelaugh of Brandesburton.
5) Families who came to the East Riding in the 16th century - Akeryoyd of Foggathorpe, Alford of Meaux, Alured of Charter House near Hull, Anlaby of Etton, Appleyard of Burstwick Garth, Bambrough of Howsham, Barton of Newton-on-Derwent, Bawne of Kilham, Beaumont of Fangfoss, Beckwith of Selby, Bethell of Ellerton nd Rise, Beverley of Ganstead, Bird of Thornthorpe, Bishop of Pocklington, Buck of Hometon, Bulmer of Leavening, Catteral of Hollym, Chamberlayne of Thoraldby, Cheney of Thorngumbald, Cooper of Risgarth in Walkington, Coundon of Willerby, Craven of Leavening, Cresswell of Nunkeeling, Creyke of Cottingham, Dakins of Linton, Dalton of Kingston-upon-Hull, Dany of South Cave, Daniell of Beswick, Dassett of Ricall, Dawnay of Escrick, Dawson of Holme-on-Spalding Moor, Dealtry of Full Sutton, Dolman of Pocklington, Dyneley of Melbourne, Egglesfield of Mappleton, Elioth of Middleton in Harthill, Eland of Hull, Elwick of Seaton, Estoteville of Hunmanby, Fairfax of Pockthorpe near Nafferton, Fowberry of Newbald, Frost of Beverley, Girlington of South Cave, Goer of Garton, Green of Filey, Griffith of Burton Agnes, Grove or Graves of Hull, Hansby of Beverley, Harwood of Beverley, Hellard of Ruston, Higden of Laxton, Hildesley of Barthrop, Hungate of North Dalton, Lacy of Beverley, Lamplugh of Octon, Lepington of Flotmanby, Lister of Hull, Maltby of Muston, Manby of Beverley and Middleton, Maybne of Rowlston in Mappleton, Mountaigne of Westow, Nalton of Westow, Norcliffe of Langton, Normanville of Kirkham, Percy of Beverley, Redman of Fulford, Remington of Garrowby, Robinson of Thicket, Silvester of Great Driffield, Simpston of South Duffield, Skelton of Flamborough, Smethley of Brantingham, Sotheby of Pocklington and Birdsall, Stockdale of Lockington, Strickland of Boynton, Thompson of Langton, Thorpe of Bridsall, Truslove of Rowlston in Mappleton, Vaughan of Sutton-on-Derwent, Wakefeild of Hull, Warter of Nafferton and Hutton Cranswick, Warton of Beverley, Webster of Flamborough, Wood of West Lutton, Wright of Crathorne.
6)Families who came to the East Riding in the 17th century - Best of Elmswell, Buck of Holmeton, Buck of Hamby and Filey, Carliel of Sewerby, Carter of Settrington, Corbet of Burton Agnes, Crompton of Great Driffield, Dalton of Swine, Dewick of Hull, Fulthorpe of Sigglesthorne, Gee of Bishop Burton, Grey of Beverley, Grimston of Fraisthrope, Hardy of Wetwang, Harrison of Hornsea, Headlam of Kexby, Hellard of Ruton Parva, Horsely of Skirpenbeck and Full Sutton, Jaques of Elvington, Jenkyn of Grimston, Lamber of Hull, Langley of North Grinston, Lister of Hull, Manby of Middleton on the Wolds, Micklethwayt of Swine, Mountaigne of Westow, Moyser of Beverley, Noel of Heyholme, Norcliffe of Langton, Orme of South Newbald, Osbaldston of Hunmanby, Payler of Thoraldby, Pearson of Lowthorpe, Prickett of Allerthorpe, Remington of Lund, Ricaby of Ulrome, Ripley of Hull, Robinson of Buckton, Rokeby of Hotham, Rudston of Hayton, Stapleton of Warter, Stillington of Kelfield, Thompson of Kilham, Throckmorton of Burnebutts, Wormeley of Ricall, Wentworth of Howsham, Yarburgh of Heslington.
7) Families who, though not recorded in the visitiations, were settled as landowners in the East Riding - Bee of Skeffling, Bower of Bridlington, Browugh of Rolston, Dodsworth of Settrington, Little of Kilnsea, Overton of Easington, Preston of Burythorpe.
8) Hull families of the 17th century - Blaydes and Haworth, Maister, Mason, Moore and Pease
9) Sykes family who appeared at end of 17th century from West Riding |