Erneley is a variant of the surname more commonly found as
Ernle
Ernle was the surname of an English gentry or landed family descended from the lords of the manor of Earnley in Sussex who derived their surname from the name of the place where their estates lay.
Origins
Onomastic
Onomasticians say that ...
. This variant was employed by some of the
Ernle baronets
The Ernle Baronetcy, of Etchilhampton in the County of Wiltshire, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 2 February 1661 for Sir Walter Ernle, 1st Baronet, Walter Ernle, later Member of Parliament for Devizes (UK Parliament ...
, and was perhaps the preferred, but not exclusive, form of the name in the 18th century.
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John Erneley (before 1522–1572), MP
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William Erneley (1501–1546), MP
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Surnames
Ernle family