From the lands of Bloxholm in Lincolnshire and Bloxham in Oxfordshire comes the English surname of Bloxsome.  The first reference to the place name Bloxholm is found in the "Domesday Book" of 1086, which documented all taxable lands in England.  There it was written, translated from the Norman French: "In Bloxholm, Thorfrothr had nine carucates of land and five bovates taxable…  Eighteen Freemen and two villagers who have five ploughs and meadow, thirteen acres.  Value before 1066 four pounds; now three pounds."  The surname of Bloxsome is of toponymic origin, being derived from the place where the original bearer lived or held land.  In this instance, the surname Bloxsome signifies "one from Bloxholm or Bloxham," the name of parishes in the counties of Lincoln and Oxford.  There place names are derived from the Old English meaning "Blocc's homestead."  Variants of the surname include Bloxsom, Bloxham, Bloxom and Bloxam.
References to the surname Bloxsome or to its variants are found in English documents that date back to the twelfth century.  Robert de Bloxeham was recorded in the "Pipe Rolls" of Lincolnshire in 1130.  William de Blokesham and Alexander de Bloxam were listed in the "Hundred Rolls" of Oxfordshire in 1279.  Nicholas Bloxam of Glocestershire was refistered at the University of Oxford in 1621.  Samuel Bloxham and Mary Smith were married at St. George's Church at Hanover Square, London, in 1725.  Mathew Bloxam was rector of Bourton-on-the-Hill, Co. Gloucester in 1779.  The following are the arms of the Bloxsome family of The Rangers, Co. Gloucester.

BLAZON OF ARMS:  Per pale or and sable, a fesse dancettee voided
                                  between three wyverns' heads erased, all 
                                  counterchanged.

CREST:                      A wyvern's head erased or, transfixed by a
      spear head in pale sable.   

MOTTO:                    Non timere sed fortiter.
Translation:                  Not rashly, but boldly.

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