Bunsell Family History

Possibly if the 1332 bearer cited below is relevant from Burnshall in Milton Abbot (Devon) which is recorded as Bernardshall in 1488. The place-name probably derives from the Middle English personal name Bernard (genitive Bernardes) + hall ‘hall’.

If however the 1332 bearer is irrelevant and we take the 1377 bearer as our starting point the origin appears to be a lost or unidentified place-name with Old English hyll ‘hill’ as the generic element and an uncertain first element.