FIELDING

This family trace their descent to the Earls of Hapsburgh, in Germany. Geffery, a son of Edward of Holland, served with Henry III. in the wars of England, and because his father had dominions in Lauffenburgh and Renfelden, he took the name of Felden or Fielding.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.

FIELDING. In a docmneut dated 9 Edw. IL, mentioned by Collins, Geoffrey de Fielding calls himself " Filius Galfridi filii Galfridi, comitisde Hapsburget domini iu Laufenburget RiuFiLDiNG iuGermania.'' It appears from the same authority that Geoffrey, earl of Hapsburg, by the oppression of Rodolph, emperor of Germany, being reduced to extreme poverty, Geoffrey, one of his sons, " served Henry III. in his wars in England, and because his father. Earl Geoffrey, had pretensions to the dominions of Laufenburg and 'RinfikUntj, he took the name of Filding."

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