Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.
MICHELL
As described in historical dictionaries
Patronymica Britannica (1860)
MICHELL. See Mitchell. Gilbert de Aquila, otherwise called Magnus, and by the Saxons, Mucel, i.e., " the Great," flourished in the XI. cent. From him one of the families of Michell are illegitimately descended. Eng. Surn. ii. 190.
Surname type: Location or geographical feature
Origin: English
Region of origin: British Isles
Country of origin: England
Religion of origin: Christian
Language of origin: English