6,597 Global FIELDING Family Members

FIELDING Family History

This interesting surname is of topographical origin for a dweller on cleared land or open country, deriving from the Old English pre 7th Century "feld" meaning pasture or open country, which was land cleared of forest, but not brought into cultivation. The surname dates back to the 13th Century, (see below). An English Family by the name of Feilding, trace their descent from Geoffrey Feilding, who fought under King Henry 111, (1216-1272). They hold the earldoms of Denbigh and Desmond. One, Roger Fylding, is recorded in the Subsidy Rolls of Derbyshire (1327).