What is the surname ....HIBBERD.....derived from, or how did it 'come about'?

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What is the surname ....HIBBERD.....derived from, or how did it 'come about'?

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This interesting name is derived from the early medieval English form of a Norman
personal name "Hildebert, Hilbert", introduced into England after the Conquest of 1066.
The Normans adopted the name from an Old Germanic given name, "Hildeberht", which
is composed of the elements "hild", battle, strife, with "berht", bright, famous. The
personal name is first recorded in England in its Latinized forms, as "Ylebertus", in
Lincolnshire, circa 1150, and as "Hildebertus", again in Lincolnshire, in 1160. One
Ilbert de Betelintun is recorded in the Berkshire Curia Rolls of 1212. The name enjoyed
some popularity in medieval England, and has generated a number of modern surnames,
ranging from Ilbert and Hilbert to Hibbert, Hibberd and Hibbard. Early examples of the
surname include: Margaret Hilbert (1283, Suffolk), Roger Hileberd (1327,
Somerset), and John Heebarde (1568, Suffolk). Among the recordings of the name in
Church Registers is the marriage of Alice Hibberd and George Hackett at Tickhill,
Yorkshire, on November 3rd 1594. An early Coat of Arms granted to a Hibberd family
depicts an estoile of six points, gold, between two ermine flaunches, on a black shield.
The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of
Walter Ilberd or Hilbert, which was dated
1230, in the "Yorkshire Pipe Rolls", during the reign of
Henry 111, known as "The Frenchman", 1216 - 1272.