Having established a surname pattern, we now have to consider the origin of the Shrosbree surname and decide if it is topographical, patronymic , or locative . The name can be seen to exist in will dated 1401 [John Shrousbrye ] which is about the time surnames began to be adopted in England and were established by about 1540. The name is not indicative of an occupation or a nickname and it does not contain elements of landscape so a locative element seems the most probable . The place a person came from was usually added to the forename i.e John French. but only when that person was living away from their place of origin.
The Name Shrosbree is interesting because it suggests Shrewsbury. However the early surname spellings Shrowsburye/Shrosbreye is probably closer phoneticaly to the name Scrobbesbrig [pronounced Shrosbbesburi] which was the Saxon word for the town of Shrewsbury. The nornams could not pronounce it and changed it to Salopesberia and the region from Scrobbesbyrigcir to Salopescira [ hence our abbreveaions to Salops ]
The early adoption of the surname spelling and its continued use of the leading O would suggest that it is a name that stretches back into antiquity. whereas the Shrewsbury variant with an E would be a later name copying that of the Earl of Shrewsbury in his title [ a title which had been dormant for nearly a century ]
Finally : there has been a suggstion that Shrobree and Sowerby are one and the same and it has been stated " That it is a geographical distinction that it is Shrosbree in the south of England and Sowerby in the north of England and Scotland " This is patently incorrect since Sowerby is a locative name and its variants Sowerby.Sorbie, Sorsbie can be seen in and around the region of Sowerby in Yorkshire a short review of the 1881 census I.G.I etc will establish the limit and extent of its distribution throughout the north of England. There is no demonstrable evidence to link to the two together
* Shrewsbury Journeyings by Patsy Griffin .U.S.A
The Name Shrosbree is interesting because it suggests Shrewsbury. However the early surname spellings Shrowsburye/Shrosbreye is probably closer phoneticaly to the name Scrobbesbrig [pronounced Shrosbbesburi] which was the Saxon word for the town of Shrewsbury. The nornams could not pronounce it and changed it to Salopesberia and the region from Scrobbesbyrigcir to Salopescira [ hence our abbreveaions to Salops ]
The early adoption of the surname spelling and its continued use of the leading O would suggest that it is a name that stretches back into antiquity. whereas the Shrewsbury variant with an E would be a later name copying that of the Earl of Shrewsbury in his title [ a title which had been dormant for nearly a century ]
Finally : there has been a suggstion that Shrobree and Sowerby are one and the same and it has been stated " That it is a geographical distinction that it is Shrosbree in the south of England and Sowerby in the north of England and Scotland " This is patently incorrect since Sowerby is a locative name and its variants Sowerby.Sorbie, Sorsbie can be seen in and around the region of Sowerby in Yorkshire a short review of the 1881 census I.G.I etc will establish the limit and extent of its distribution throughout the north of England. There is no demonstrable evidence to link to the two together
* Shrewsbury Journeyings by Patsy Griffin .U.S.A
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