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Yates
The surname
Yates is generally accepted as either an occuptional or locality
surname. The surname Yates is most abundant in Lancashire and Derbyshire
and is also
found in the English counties of Buckinghanshire, Shropshire, Herefordshire,
Staffordshire and Cheshire.
Whilst Yates
is a broadly used and accepted English spelling, other variants
and derivatives include: Yeats, Yeates, Yetts, Yeatman, Yetman,
Yateman, Yatman, Eytman and Eatman, with Yett and Yeats being particularly
prevalent in Scotland
Meaning
There are a number of different lines of thought on the
origin of the name
Yates as a occupational
name used for gatekeepers, from Old English "geat" - meaning
gate which became yate in Middle English. This occupational surname
reflected a time when many english roads were privately owned and
land owners employed peasants to collect tolls from travellers wishing
to pass through their extensive farms.The gatekeeper at a castle
or manor was a trusted servant. Yates(s) can be found in medievel
records in the form of "atte Yate", and "de lat Yate".
The prepositions were appended to signify the dwelling place or
occupation of the name bearer.
Yates as a patronymic
form of locality name - Yate, a Gloucestershire township, the taking
of the name Yates and would indicate that the original bearer of
the surname probably came from here in early times - ie "dweller
of Yate". Early references to the placename Yate date back
to the eleventh century where Yate is recorded in the Domesday Book
of 1086. Yate, along with Henbury, Redwick and Stoke were part of
the same manor in Brentry Hundred. "In them are nine ploughs
in lordship; twenty seven villagers and twenty two smallholders
with twenty six ploughs. Twenty male and two female slaves and twenty
freedmen with ten ploughs. A mill at 20d".
An alternative
interpretation of the locality model exists in the south-west of
England, where the term "geat" was used to indicated a
gap or pass in a chain of hills, hence came the origin of the place
named "Yetminster", in Dorsetshire. Any number of persons
living in the vicinity may have adopted "Geats" or other
derivatives such as "Geatmann" as a surname, simply signifying
"dweller by the gap/pass" or "man living near the
pass/gap".
Notations
in History
The name appears throughout the centuries and throughout England.
The variations and differences in spelling differences continued
until the 19th century, however the split between Yates and Yateman
had occurred by the 14th century..
Some early instances
of the surname include Phillip Del Yate who was mentioned in the
"Assize Rolls" for Cheshire in 1260.
A William Gateman
is recorded in the Sussex Parish Subsidy Rolls as living in Worchestershire
in year 1296.
In 1307, there
are refernces to a Richard Yateman living at the Manor of Hales,
and thereis a John atte Yete who was recorded in the "Subsidy
Rolls" for Somerset in 1327.
A J Yateman
is recorded as residing in Devonshire in 1332, with a William atte
Yate recorded in Somerset between 1327 and 1377 and an Adam atte
Yate recorded in the Yorkshire Poll Tax in 1379.
In the "London
Commercial and Court Directory" of 1870 there are thirty-seven
instances of the surname. Variants of the surname include Yeats,
Yeates and Yate.
A notable bearer
of the surname Yeats was William Butler Yeats (1865-1939), the famous
poet who was also a Nobel Prize winner
Coat
of Arms
There are a number of different Coats of arms registered
for the surname Yates. Where it is known the family and original
grantee is noted. It is interesting to not that all the arms appear
to contain gates:
| Yates
ARMS: Per fess embattled argent and sable three
gates counterchanged. (On a shield divided by a horizontal
embattled line, the top half silver and the bottom half black,
three gates, each the color of the opposite half).
CREST:
A demi Lion rampant azure. (The top half of a standing blue
lion) |
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| Yate
Buckland, co. Berks, England
ARMS -
Argent (silver), a fesse embattled between three gates Sable
(black).
CREST
- Out of a ducal coronet Or (gold), a goat's head Sable (black),
attired and tufted gold. |
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| Yate
ARMS
- Argent (silver), a fess embattled between three gates Sable
(black).
CREST
- A horse's head Gules (red). |
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| Yate
Buckland, Berkshire, England
Baronet,
which became extinct in 1690; Edward Yate, Esq., of Buckland,
was so created in 1622; Sir John Yate - the fourth baronet
died unmarried.
ARMS -
Per pale embattled Argent (silver) and Sable (black), three
field gates counterchanged.
CREST
- None |
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| Yate
Hynton, Berkshire, and Bentlott, Oxford;
John Yate,
of Hynton, and Francis Yate, of Bentlott, sons of Andrew Yate,
of Hynton, who was son of John Yate, of Charney, Lord of Lynford,
Berkshire, and grandson of Richard Yate, of Charney, Berkshire.
Visitation Oxon, 1574
ARMS -
Per fess embattled Or (gold) and Gules (red), three gates
counterchanged, quartering, Gules (red), a chevron vair between
three crescents Ermine, for Goddard.
CREST
- Out of a ducal coronet Or (gold), a buck's head Sable (black),
attired Argent (silver). |
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Yate
Stanlake,
co. Oxford, England
James
Yate, Esq., of Stanlake, grandson of John Yate, Esq., of same
place, eldest son of Edmund Yate, Esq., of same place, temp.
Edward IV., who was great-grandson of William ate, gentleman,
of Charney, Berkshire.Visitation Oxon, 1574.
ARMS -
Per fess Sable (black) and Argent (silver), on a fess embattled
counter-embattled between three gates as many goats' heads
erased all counterchanged.
CREST
- N/A. |
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Yate
Witney,
co. Oxford, England
Thomas
Yate, Esq., of Witney, temp. Queen Elizabeth, son of Leonard
Yate, of same place, who was second son of Edmund Yate, Esq.,
of Stanlake, temp. Edward IV. Vistiation Oxon, 1574.
ARMS -
Per fess Sable (black) and Argent (silver), on a fess embattled
counter-embattled between three gates as many goats' heads
erased all counterchanged, a crescent for difference.
CREST
- N/A. |
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Yate
Oxford, England
ARMS -
Per fess crenellee Or (gold) and Gules (red), three gates
and as many crescents counterchanged.
CREST
- N/A. |
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Yate
Chaddesley-Corbett and Harvington, co. Worcester,
England
ARMS -
Argent (silver), a fess embattled between three gates Sable
(black).
CREST
- N/A. |
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Yate
Wotton Waven, co. Warwick, England
Confirmed
by the Deputies of Camden, Clarenceux, to Thomas Yate, of
that place, grandson of Richard Yate, of Buckland, Berkshire.
ARMS -
Per fess embattled Or (gold) and Gules (red), three gates
counterchanged.
CREST
- Out of a ducal coronet Or (gold), a goat's head Sable (black),
armed Argent (silver). |
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Yate
Arlington and Crepingham, co. Gloucester, England
ARMS -
Azure (blue), a fess Or (gold), in chief two mullets of the
second (i.e., gold).
CREST
- N/A. |
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Yate
Uppham, co. Wilts, England
ARMS -
Per fess Sable (black) and Argent (silver), on a fess embattled
between three gates as many goats' heads erased all counterchanged.
CREST
- A demi goat rampant per pale Sable (black) and Argent (silver),
attired counterchanged, holding between the legs a gate Or
(gold). |
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Yate
Bromesberrow, co. Gloucester, England
John Yate,
son of Robert Yate, Esq., of Dursley, m. Margaret, dau. and
co-heir of John Berkeley, son of Sir Robert Berkeley, of Arlingham,
in the same co.; his descendant, Walter Yate, of Hook House,
in the parish of Bromesberrow, d.s.p. 1744, and was s. by
his great-nephew, Robert Dobyns, Esq., of Evesbatch, co. Hereford,
grandson of Robert Dobyns, and his wife, Catherine Yate, who
in consequence assumed the surname and arms of Yate, by Act
of Parliament, 1759; his son left at his decease 1785, a son,
Walter Honeywood Yate, Esq., of Bromesberrow, and a dau. Caroline
Elizabeth, m. Richard Donovan, Esq., of Tibberton Court, a
descendant of Donovan, of Ballymore, co. Wexford, and had
an only child, Caroline Anne Donovan, m. James Scott, Esq.,
Capt. R.N.
ARMS -
Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Azure (blue), a fess and in chief
two mullets Or (gold), for Yate; 2nd and 3rd, Azure (blue),
a chevron between three annulets Or (gold), for Dobyns.
CRESTS
- 1st - An elephant's head Argent (silver), tusked Or (gold);
2nd - A falcon volant Or (gold).
MOTTOES
- Quo virtus vocat, for Yate; Quod pudet hoc pigeat. |
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Yates
Stanford and Lyford, Berkshire, cos. Buckingham,
Oxford, Wiltshire and Worcester, England.
ARMS -
Per fess embattled Argent (silver) and Sable (black), three
gates counterchanged.
CREST
- N/A. |
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Yates
ARMS - Per fess embattled Argent (silver) and
Sable (black), three gates counterchanged.
CREST
- A demi lion rampant, Azure (blue). |
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Yates
Streetyate, afterwards of Peel Hall, or Wicheeves,
Lancaster
ARMS
- Per fess Sable (black) and Argnet (silver), on a fess embattled
counter-embattled between three gates as many goats' heads
erased, all counterchanged.
CREST
- Out of a ducal coronet Or (gold), a goat's head Sable (black),
armed gold.
MOTTO
- Legale Judicium Parium (over the crest)
TRANSLATION
- The legal judgement of my peers |
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Yates
Holm Cot, Devon, England
ARMS -
Azure (blue), on a fesse between two gates in chief Or (gold),
and as many swords saltireways in base Proper (natural color),
three goats' heads erased Sable (black).
CREST
- A goat's head erased Argent (silver), guttee de larmes,
pierced through the neck fesswise with a sword point to the
dexter Proper (natural color).
MOTTO
- Pro rege et patriâ.
TRANSLATION
- For our king and country |
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Park-Yates
ARMS
- Per fess nebulee Argent (silver) and Gules (red), a goat's
head couped between three gates all counterchanged.
CREST
- A goat's head couped Argent (silver), crusily Gules (red),
in the mouth a cinquefoil slipped Vert (green). |
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Yates
Bryanstone Square, London
John Ashton
Yates, Esq., of Bryanstone Square, London, England.
ARMS -
Per pale Or (gold) and Azure (blue), a fess dancettee between
three gates counterchanged.
CREST
- A demi antelope Or (gold), gorged with a collar dancettee
Azure (blue), and holding between the legs a mullet pierced
Sable (black).
MOTTO
- Sit Quarta Coeli |
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Yates
ARMS - Azure (blue), on a fess Argent (silver),
between three gates Or (gold), as many antelopes' heads Proper
(natural color).
CREST
- An antelope's head Proper (natural color). |
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Yeates
Lifford, co. Donegal; Fun. Ent. Ulster's Office,
1675, Mary, dau. of John Yeates, of Lifford
ARMS -
Per fess embattled Argent and Sable three gates counterchanged |
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Yeates
or Yeats
ARMS - Per fess embattled Argent (silver) and
Sable (black) three gates counterchanged.
CREST
- A lion's head erased Argent (silver). |
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Ernest
Bentley Shaw-Yates, Esq.,
Oakwood Hall, York, England
Born in
1870, Ernest was the eldest son of the late Robert Bentley
Shaw-Yates, Esq., of Oakwood Grange, by Elizabeth Ellen, only
child of James Yates of Oakwood Hall, and grandson of the
late Bentley Shaw of Woodfield, York, England.
ARMS -
Argent (silver), on a chevron engrailed Erminois, between
two goats' heads erased in chief Argent (silver), and a goat
in base of the last (i.e., silver), three pellets.(1)
ARMS -
Azure (blue), on a chevron engrailed Erminois, between two
goats' heads erased in chief Argent (silver), armed Or (gold),
and a gate in base of the last three pellets quartering Shaw,
of Ardersley, and Lancaster, of Richmond.(2)
MANTLING
- Azure (blue) and Or (gold).
CREST
- A mount Vert (green), a goat's head erased Argent (sivler),
armed Or (gold), charged on the neck with a pellet, and surmounting
two branches of oak in saltire Proper (natural color), fructed
Or (gold). |
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References
(1)
Shaw-Yates in Fox-Davies' "Armorial Families....", Vol.
2, pg. 1760.
(2)
Burke
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