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acknowledge the source of any information used from these pages. Origin / History of the Gratwicke Name The surname Gratwicke is an English locational name first found in Sussex where the family held a Manor, Greatwick Farm, Cowfold, Sussex. There are numerous spellings recorded and include: Gatwick; Gotwich; Gotwick; Gradwick; Gratewyk; Grattick; Gratweeke; Gratwich; Gratwick; Gratwick; Gratwicke; Gratwike; Grauetwyk; Greatwich; Greatwick; Grottick; Grotwic; Grotwich. The 1288 Azzize Rolls of Sussex include Stephen de Gratewyk; the Subsidy Rolls of Ewhurst Sussex lists Thomas Grauetwyk in 1327 & John de Grautewyk in 1332 both; and the 1379 Poll Tax Ewhurst Sussex has Willelmus & Johannes Gratwyk. There are also many mentions in the IGI 1549 – 1791 in Sussex and in London. Click on the Surname to go to the Family Sheet
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