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SCATTERGOOD
NOUN: A person who spends money or resources wastefully: prodigal, profligate, spendthrift, waster, and wastrel.
According to Bernard P Scattergood, the earliest recorded mention found for the surname like SCATTERGOOD appeared in thirteenth century in England. In the year 1219 Henry SKATERGOT appeared in the Assize Rolls for Yorkshire. Later in 1273 a Wirnecot SCHATREGOD was a freeholder at Clopton in Bedfordshire.
In the fourteenth century (ca 1327) several more instances of the surname appear, mostly in Derbyshire. The Derbyshire line is believed to be the origin of the present-day English and foreign branches.
In fifteenth century England (ca 1470) a John SKATERGOOD was living in Newport, Pagnell, Bucks and (ca. 1480) Mathew SCATTERGUDE was the rector of the church of Uldale in Cumberland. Over the centuries the spelling, though not the pronunciation, of the family name has evolved to what we know today.
The first appearance of the current name spelling was seen in the mid-sixteenth century (ca 1540) in Chadsden, Derbyshire where John SCATTERGOOD, the son of Henry, was a Yeoman. A Yeoman is a term with numerous meanings; "an attendant or manservant in a noble household", "an assistant or subordinate to a sheriff", "a freeholder of a class below the gentry who worked his own land." This latter definition was commonly seen in Britain during the period and seems the more accurate description of the early family status.
During the Mid-1500s the Scattergood surname was recorded in Derbyshire church records. Both All Saints and St. Alkmund's of Derby reflect marriages, births, baptisms and burials for the family. A John SCATTERGOOD the son of Henry, likely the one mentioned above appears in the All Saints records.
While the most frequent reference to our surname appeared in Derbyshire, there were sixteenth century (1500-1600) Scattergood families in: Nottinghamshire (St Mary's Church); Lichfield, Shropshire, Hertfordshire, and Middlesex. (Listed in descending frequency of references)
The surname grew in both number of occurrences and prominence during the seventeenth century (1600-1700). Derbyshire, with forty percent of the head-count, continued as the dominant family center, but only by a slim edge over Staffordshire, with thirty-five percent. Nottinghamshire followed by Middlesex-London housed the majority of remaining family. It was to the Staffordshire-line that the family Coat of Arms was granted in 1662. John SKATERGOOD (ca. 1587-1590), an attorney of Elastone, North Staffordshire received the grant of arms from Sir William LENGDALE . John was father of Anthony (Antony) SCATTERGOOD, a major cleric in the Church of England.
Source:
The SCATTERGOOD Family of America
James M Scattergood
Dallas, TX
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