The name Broadbent is English and the Coat of Arms contains A shield divided per pale ermine and blue, with a wavy red fess. The Crest is An arrow head with the staff broken, blood on the point. The family motto is Quondam his vicimus armis.
Spelling variations include: Brodbent, Broadbelt, Broadbent and others.
First found in Lancashire where they were seated from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D.
Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Richard Broadbelt arrived in Philadelphia in 1856; Richard Broadbent settled in New England in 1774; William Broadbent settled in Charles Town S.C. in 1718.
