I am researching the name Prioleau to no avail.I beleive it could possibly be of Hugenuet origin.The name up to now has been transcribed as PROLEAN,BIOLEAN,SRIOLEAU and PRIOLEAU although the last is the most likely because the family was quite educated and the name carried on as a middle name for two generations after as that.Elizabeth Prioleau born around 1780 married Hugh Hartley ,an architect in Bakewell in 1815.If anybody can give me any ideas on how to research this name I would be most obliged.
d. livesey
