This name ALLOT was of the baptismal group of surnames meaning 'the son of Alot', a long forgotten personal name. The name was originally derived from the Old French 'Aaot' and was brought into England in the wake of the Norman Invasion of 1066. ALOTE (without surname) was documented in County Suffolk in 1191, and appears to be the first of the name on record. Adam filius Alot was noted in London in 1203, and Walter Alote appears on record in 1296. William Alotessone was listed in the Lay Subsidy Rolls of Lancashire in 1332, and Alet filius Robert was documented during the reign of Edward III (1327-1377) in County Somerset. Richard Allet registered for Oxford University on December 17th 1568, and Thomas Alot, was the rector of Brandeston and Guton, County Norfolk, in the same year. Many factors contributed to the establishment of a surname system. For generations after the Norman Conquest of 1066 a very few dynasts and magnates passed on hereditary surnames, but the main of the population, with a wide choice of first-names out of Celtic, Old English, Norman and Latin, avoided ambiguity without the need for a second name. As society became more stabilized, there was property to leave in wills, the towns and villages grew and the labels that had served to distinguish a handful of folk in a friendly village were not adequate for a teeming slum where perhaps most of the householders were engaged in the same monotonous trade, so not even their occupations could distinguish them, and some first names were gaining a tiresome popularity, especially Thomas after 1170. The hereditary principle in surnames gained currency first in the South, and the poorer folk were slower to apply it. By the 14th century however, most of the population had acquired a second name. Anne Alleton (a maid to Mr Winton) was buried at St. Mary Aldermary, London in 1707. Benjamin Williams and Margaret Alletson were married at St. George's, Hanover Square, London in 1781. The associated coat of arms is recorded in Sir Bernard Burkes General Armory. Ulster King of Arms in 1884. Registered at South Kirkby, Yorkshire. Granted 9th June 1729.