Sumpter Family Crest, Coat of Arms, and Name History

Meaning, Origin, Etymology
The English surname Sumpter is of occupational origin, being one of those names that was descriptive of the type of work a man did or the profession he pursued. During the Middle Ages when the system of surnames first developed it was inevitable that a person would be described by their craft or trade which occupied so much of their time. In this case, the name means “a pack-horseman or one who carried baggage on horseback”. More recently, this name is applied to the horse rather than the driver, but in the medieval period the name meant a driver of a pack-horse. Generally, the sumpter would have been employed in the house of a nobleman. His duty would have been to carry provisions to the buttery for storage there.

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Blazons & Genealogy Notes

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2) (Colchester, co. Essex). Ar. a chev. sa. betw. three towers triple-towered gu.