Claypoole Coat of Arms
The origins come from Claypool, Lincolnshire, England. Claypoole is Gaelic for sword handle or club handle (cleigh-pull) and originates from the Scottish lowlands.
"The name Claypool is derived from the locality from which the name originated; probably taken from the parish of Claypole, County of Lincoln, England. In ancient English and early American records the name appeared in variant spellings of Claypole, Cleypole, Calipole, Cleipoole, with modifications of these but Claypool and Claypoole are the forms in evidence in America." (Media Research Bureau)
Although there is a village named, Claypool, England, it was NOT named after the Claypole/Claypoole family. Its only connection to the Claypoole family is that during the English Civil War, John Claypoole, son-in-law of Oliver Cromwell was trapped in the village church with a troop of men. He subsequently managed to escape through a tunnel below the church.
"The Claypooles were a genteel and ancient family seated at Norborough, in the County of Northampton, upon the borders of Lincolnshire, possessing considerable estates in both these counties." The name is variously spelled Cleypole, Claypole, Claypoole, Calypool, etc.
The Manor of Claypole is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086. Between 1256 and 1375 we find Jordan de Claypol and Cecily, his wife; Alexander de Claypol; William de Claypol; Geoffrey de Clepole, Henry III, Edward I; Willelmi Carlton de Claypoll, Alicia Carlton de Claypool, Roberto Carlton de Claypooll; and John de Claipole, Juror, in Lincolnshire County records. William Claypoole was Vivar of Wyken, in Norfolk County in 1388. Robert Claypoole de Edelsburg...for the deanery of Brackley, November 1387.