The Rundle family name is a prominent one in many parts of southwest England, particularly Cornwall.
[1] Notable people with the surname include: Originating from the manor at Cobham in Kent which at the time of the Norman invasion was called Roundale or Rundale (the site which is now named Randall Wood).
was originally of 'middling' noble blood, owning a baronage in Cobham, Kent in the twelfth century that lasted for just two generations.
In 1245 we find John de Cobham acquires the neighbouring manor of Rundale with 50 acres (200,000 m2).
The Rundle family today is still largely based in the southeast of England, but also has strong centers in and around the south of London, to where many moved from the southwest and from Wales in the first half of the twentieth century.