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Satterly Family History

This name, with variant spellings Satterlee and Satterl(e)y, is of English locational origin from a place in Devon called Satterleigh. Recorded as Saterlei in the Domesday Book of 1086 and as Saterleye in the 1277 Fine Court Rolls of the county the name is believed to derive from the Olde English pre 7th Century 'saetere', a rubber, plus 'leah', a glade or clearing in a wood, hence, the Robbers 'leah' or hideout. The surname is particularly well recorded in Devonshire Church Registers from the latter half of the 16th Century, (see below).