Turner

The Tribe of Turner represented here by Lord Brandon, Seneschal of Turner. The Turners are closely related to the Royal Tribe of Mausheld. Turner is a name that came to England in the 11th century wave of migration that was set off by the Norman Conquest of 1066. Turner is a name for a lathe worker. The surname Turner was originally derived from the Old French verb tourneour, meaning to turn on a lathe. Such a craftsman would have fashioned basically cylindrical objects out of wood, metal, and bone.