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The proud and noble English surname of Woodruffe came to rise during those most ancient of days when the mighty Anglo-Saxon tribes ruled all Britain. The surname itself derives from "the woodrofe plant, a white flower whose leaves bear a sweet scent", indicating that the bearer lived in an area in which that plant was common. They held a family seat in Yorkshire, at Bolton on Deane, prior to- and following- the Norman Invasion of 1066 A.D.

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