Scriven (his surname)
'The name Scriven was brought to England in the great wave of migration following the Norman Conquest of 1066. The name Scriven is for a writer to the court. This name comes from the Old French word scriven, which was the title of the person employed to keep official records of trials.
Early Origins of the Scriven family
The surname Scriven was first found in Scriven, a village and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire. The township comprises about 1598 acres, and includes the villages of Scriven and Tentergate, which latter forms part of the town of Knaresborough. The place name was derived from The Domesday Book entry Scrauing which in turn was derived from the Old English expression "Hollow place with pits"
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