Migrated to Morphet, Northumberland, donde monto oficinas de importancia.

Otra version del apellido:
OXLEY is a locational surname of Anglo-Saxon origins. The employment in the use of the second name as a hereditary surname evolved around patronymics (first name of the father taken as the surname of the son),nicknames, locational, and occupational sources. Oxley is locational at OXLEY, a PARISH in STAFFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND, recorded as OXELIE in the 1066 DOMESDAY BOOK and as OXELEG in the 1236 AD BOOK OF FEES. The derivation is of the Old English Oxa, meaning Ox, Oxen and Leah, Meadow, Pasture. The family of OXLEY, can be traced back to 1227 AD, when they are styled as de (from) OXELEIA, in the Middle English tongue (circa 13th century). The form of Oxley, appears from 1505, in NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. The awards of the family, are depicted on their armorials as Peacocks heads, and crest as the Ducal Coronet with a Peacock. The latter is the male bird, bred, of old, for its production of feathers, used by the nobility on their arrows. Ordinary arrows depicted the feathers of geese and chicken. The Ducal Coronet is a mark of dignity, borne as a reward for valour and good counsel.

EARLIEST REGISTRATIONS:
Robert de OXELEIA, 1227 AD. Staffordshire,England Ref: FEET OF FINES
John de OXLEYE, 1310 AD Devonshire England Ref: CALENDAR OF LETTER BOOKS OF THE CITY OF LONDON.
Thomas OXLEY, 1505 AD Nottinghamshire ENGLAND Ref: CORONERS ROLLS.