CAESAR Family History

Surely one of the most unusual of all English surnames, it is of very early recording and has been used both as a personal and a surname, an example being 'Cesar Clericus', (Caesar the Clerk) in the roll of the Knight Templars (Crusaders) for Yorkshire in the year 1185. Normally 'Caesar' as a surname, was a medieval nickname for one who acted the part of Julius Caesar in the travelling theatre and pageants of the period, or possibly one who possessed the (believed) airs or appearance of a Caesar! The surname was prominent in the 16th Century, Sir Julius Caesar (1558 - 1636), being the son of Dr.