As described in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

ANNESLEY.* Ralph, surnamed P>rito, of Annesley, living in 1156, is assumed to liave been the son of Richard, of Annesley, mentioned in Domesday. The estate continued in the family till the extinction of the male line in I4o7, when it went with the liciress to the Chaworths.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


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