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Cudworth (surname)

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Cudworth
PronunciationEnglish: /ˈkʊdwɜːrθ/ (Generally)
English: /ˈkʊdɜːrθ/ CUD-erth (Yorkshire)
Language(s)English
Origin
Language(s)English
Meaning"Cutha’s homestead”
Other names
Variant form(s)Cutworth, Cadworth, Cudwerth, Cudwarth, Cudwirth, Cuttworth, Cotworth, Cadorath, Cadoreth, Gutworth

Cudworth is an English locational surname, of Old English origin, deriving from the locations of Cudworth in Yorkshire, Somerset or Surrey. although the Yorkshire location is the most likely.[1][2][3]

John de Cudworth (d.1384) married Margery the daughter of Richard de Oldham (lord of the manor of Werneth, Oldham, Lancashire) and the Cudworths were lords of the manor until 1683. Ralph Cudworth (1572/3–1624) was the son of Ralph Cudworth (d.1572) of Werneth Hall, Oldham.[4]

Surname

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Ralph Cudworth (1617–1688) and family

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  • Damaris Cudworth Masham (1659–1708), English writer, theologian, and proto-feminist (daughter)
  • James Cudworth (c.1612–1682), American colonist and Deputy Governor of Plymouth Colony (brother)
  • Ralph Cudworth (1572/3–1624), English Anglican clergyman, royal chaplain, and theologian (father)
  • Ralph Cudworth (1617–1688), English Anglican clergyman, Christian Hebraist, Classicist, theologian and philosopher

Others

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References

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  1. ^ "Surname Database: Cudworth Last Name Origin". The Internet Surname Database. Retrieved 2021-05-03.
  2. ^ "Cudworth Name Meaning". www.ancestry.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-05-03.
  3. ^ "Cudworth Family Crest, Coat of Arms and Name History – coadb.com: Coat of Arms, Surname Histories, Genealogy". coadb.com. Retrieved 2021-05-03.
  4. ^ "The parish of Prestwich with Oldham: Oldham | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 2021-05-03.