anyone ever heard the surname medlicott? where does it come from?

Answer 1

Hey Centipede,

The first URL below is a YAHOO Search for MEDLICOTT FAMILY, you can just click it, and see that there are many others on the internet.

There are no less than 167 entries of Medlicott in the LDS Family Search site. It looks like England is the origination.

There are too many found in ZABASEARCH for all of the USA, try the site and narrow it down to a state in the USA.

And Swyrich.com has the following entry:
Origin: Welsh

Spelling variations of this family name include: Medlicot, Medlicott, Medlycot, Medlycott, Medlicote, Medleycot, Medleycott, Medleycote, Modlicot, Modlicote and many more.

First found in Shropshire where they held a family seat from very ancient times, some say long before the Norman Conquest in 1066 A.D.

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Daniel Medlicott who landed in Philadelphia Pa. in 1683.

Answer 2

Medlicott
This interesting surname, of English origin, with variant spellings Medlicott, and Medlycott, is a locational name from Medlicott in
Shropshire, deriving from the Old Scandinavian "methal" meaning "middle" plus the Olde English pre 7th Century "eg" island, plus the
Olde English "cot" meaning "cottage", hence "cottage on the middle island". The surname dates back to the mid 13th Century (see below).
Further recordings include one Richard de Middlecote (1273), the Hundred Rolls of Devonshire. Church Recordings include one Johannes,
son of Johnis Medlicott, who was christened on April 22nd 1554, at Pontesbury, Shropshire, Jacobus, son of Richi Medlicott, who was
christened on February 4th 1565, also in Pontesbury. John Medlicott was christened on September 14th 1589, at St. Thomas the Apostle,
London, and Jonathan Medlicott was christened on October 16th 1597, at All Hallows the Less, London. The first recorded spelling of the
family name is shown to be that of
Lewelin de Medlincot, which was dated
1255, in the "Hundred Rolls of Shropshire", during the reign of
King Henry 111