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FAM I LY NAM E S

GREAT BRITAIN .

HENRY BROUGHAM GUPPY,MB . EDIN . ,

Fellow of the Royal S ociety of E dinburgh , F ellow of the Royal S cottish

Geographical S ociety, Member of the Victoria Institute.

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PRE FA C E .

MOST books have a history attached to their inception,and

,

although strongly tempted to inform my readers as tO ' how I cam e

to w rite this work, I prefer to fol low the advice of a certain

little attendant demon or Sprite, call him w hat you will, that

hangs, m etaphorically Speaking; to my coat - tails, and brings m e

up sharply w ith a prohibitive° pull . It w ill be enough for th e

author to crave the generous judgment“

Of his readers,and there

are few m en in this world on whom‘ kindly appreciation and a

little tim ely encouragem ent are altogether thrown aw ay .

Wh en,som e thirteen years ago , whilst a: young naval surgeon;

I m easured the water discharge ofthe Yang’ tse

,one of the‘ largest

rivers of the world, I little thought that it w ould be my fu ture

lot to b e intim ately concerned with problem s of such widelydifl

’erent natures as the origin ofcoral islands and the distribution

of nam es in Great Britain . The first of these problems I hope

still to w ork at for many years to com e, and particularly because

in this m atter English geologists have abandoned the safe road.

of Observation and research for the doubtful track ofairy specu la

t ion under the shadow of a nam e . A solution of the second

complicated problem I now present to my readers, and I aw ai t

their verdict with . no inconsiderable anxiety. Their approval

w ill encourage me in another work of a very different character,

on which I am at present engaged, nam ely, on the hom es Of the

oceanic races ofm en ; but for the prosecu tion of this and my other

works m eans are necessary, and, fail ing other aid, I appeal in these

pages to the English ~people .

V I PREFACE.

It may be thought by som e that the investigation of the dis

trib u tion ofnam es is an idle amusem ent , productive of no utilityto man . I have com e to think

,how ever, after mu ch wearisom e

h andling of the subject, that it is a m atter of m u ch importance to

t he antiquarian,the historian ,

the ethnologist, and also to the

m ore practical politician . These pages wi ll at once explain the

bearing of this subject on the antiquities , the histo ry,and the

racial divisions of Great Britain . In this preface I w ill refer

briefly and suggestively to som e of. the u ses that the student of

politics m ay make of these m aterials. For instance,in m ost

legislative m atters concerning Wales it is certainly of prim aryimportance to inqu ire w hether Wales political corresponds in its

extent and lim its with the Wales ac t th e Welsh people . Then ,

again , if, as seem s prob able, it becom es necessary on account of the

“l lailure of the present Parliam entary system to divide Great

Britain into a number ofsu b - kingdom s, each to control the affairs

peculiarly its own , it becom es Obvious that the divisions of the

peoples shou ld be on a natu ral and not on an artificial or a

po litical basis . The (existing frontier lines of Scotland and

Wales,

'for exam ple,have little or no relation to their respective

race boundaries ; and there exist betw een different regions of

England race - distinctions as sharp as we find when comparingWales and East Anglia .

If the distribution of nam es w ere to be the only test in the

m atter, and it is at all events a c riterion that should be carefu llyconsidered, w e should restore the Heptarchy in our land. Though

such a sub - division wou ld be scarcely comparable w ith the o ld

Saxon system , yet in m any cases w e cou ld fittingly retain and

extend the nam es in those early tim es of the seven Saxon kingdom s and of the other parts of Great Britain . Thu s, beginningat the north , w e Shou ld divide Scotland accord ing to the distrib u m

tion of Scottish nam es into tw o parts— Caledonia, north of the

Forth and the Clyde , and Lothian , between those boundaries and

the English border . S trictly speaking, we cannot by the fam ilynam es separate southern Scotland from northern England in this

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arbitrary fashion,but here many o ther

’

cons’

iderations, such as

that of the inconvenient size - of a sub - kingdom ,w ou ld weigh

heavily w ith the politician . Southern Scotland, therefore , w ou ld

form a separate sub - kingdom , to w hich the’

nam e of Lothian,the

ancient designation of the eastern portion of it, cou ld be veryappropriately applied.

Crossing the English border we shou ld com e into the sub

kingdom ofNorthumbria , extending south to the Hum ber and the

Mersey so as to inclu de Yorkshire and Lancash’

ire w ithin its area .

Sou th ofNorthum bria w ou ld lie the great sub - kingdom of the

m idlands , the Mercia of the Saxon Heptarchy, and it m ight w ell

bear the sam e nam e in our ow n day . It is a region, as a ru le ,

conspicu ou sly defined by its fam ily nam es,but w ithin its lim its

Cheshire and Lincolnshire w ou ld be inclu ded. A line drawn from

the Wash to the Solent cu ts off the sou th eastern qu arter of

England, which wou ld form ,as far as the distribu tion of nam es

is concerned, a very distinct su b - kingdom , to w hich the name of

Anglia m ight be fi ttingly applied. Then there wou ld be the large

sub - kingdom of the sou th - w est of England, inclu sive also of

Wiltshire and Gloucestershire , to which the nam e of Devonia

m ight gracefully be given , in lieu of that ofWessex,w hich

,in the

tim e of the Saxon Heptarchy, was the nam e of only a sm all part

of it . Lastly, w e shou ld have Wales itself, and here, taking the

fam ily nam es as our gu ide , w e shou ld have to extend the Welsh

bou ndary so as to inclu de Monmouthshire,Herefordshire

, and

Shropshire .

Thu s,the m odern Heptarchy, on the basis of the distribution

of nam es , wou ld be com posed of the seven su b - kingdom s of

Caledonia,Lothian

,Northum bria

,Mercia

,Anglia, Devonia, and

Wales . These conclusions are intended to be only of a suggestive

natu re ; the data on which they are founded occur abundantly in

these pages . This m ethod, how ever, of aiding the solution of

legislative and political difficu lties m ight be follow ed in manysim ilar cases. For instance , if som e disinterested person w ere t o

m ake a study of the distribution of fam ily nam es in Ireland on

PREFACE .

the lines adopted in this work , he w ould provide the legislature

w ith information ofpractical value . Then again the sam e m ethod

m ight be employed in fixing the boundaries betw een tw o con

tinental nations ; and in tru th the vexed question of Alsace and

Lorraine m ight be m ore easily settled b y a study of the fam ilynom enclatu re than by the m anufacture of Sm okeless pow der .

It should,how ever , be remembered that this is but one of

other tests of nationality, such as those of race and langu age ,

concerning w hich it is hard to say which is the m ost important, or

again which is the m ost likely to lead u s astray. It seems to m e,

after carefu lly considering the subject, that the application of the

test offam ily nam es is the safest w ay to determ ine the extension

of any particular nationality. It will often guide u s where the

tests of language and race - characters fail .

H . B . GUPPY .

C O N T E N T S .

C HAPTER I .

I N T R O DU C T O RY .

The O ld English Yeomen, 1 Their W ills, 2 But little affected byForeign Imm igrants, 3 The most stable section of the community, 4: As

a class best suited for the investigation of the distribution of fam ily names, 5 .

Mode of attacking the problem by proportional numbers,ascending and descending scale, 9 The classification of English fam ilynam es

,11 Hints to pedigree-hunters, 11 The Hundred Rolls, 12 The

distribution of Peculiar Names,12 Ravenstein’s theory of the Laws of

Migration, 13 Berkshire, to wit

,14 C amden on Surnam es, 15 Wel

leriamO rthography, 17 of the lesser variations of names, 18 The

Names of the C loth Trade,18.

C HAPTER II .

THE DISTRIBUTION IN ALPHABETIC AL ORDER OF GENERAL, COMMON, ANDREGIONAL NAMES , pp. 2 1—66.

ENGLAND.

CHARAC TERISTI C FAMILY NAMES OF THE ENGLISH COUNTIES , W ITHAC C OMPANYING NOTES .

Bedfordshire, 67.

Berkshire, 71 .

Bu ckingham sh ire, 76.

C ambridgeshire, 82 .

C heshire,88 .

C ornwall, 101 .

C umberland, 117.

Derbyshire, 12 4 .

Devonshire, 141 .

Dorset , 168 .

Durham ,177.

Essex , 183 .

Gloucestershire, 194 .

Hampshire, 204 .

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Herefordshire, 209 .

Hertfordshire, 2 14 .

Huntingdonshire, 22 2 .

Kent, 2 24 .

Lancashire,2 3 5 .

Leicestershire, 258 .

Lincolnshire , 2 68 .

M iddl esex , 281.

Monmouthsh ire, 4 3 5, 442 .

Norfolk , 283 .

Northamptonshire, 298 .

Northumb erland, 3 06 .

Nottingham shire, 3 19 ;

O x fordshire, 3 27.

Rutlandshire,2 58 .

WALES .

The Boundaries ofWales, 4 3 5 As defined by Statute,Race, Language,

and Surnames, 4 3 6 The Advance of Welsh Surnam es into England, 4 3 8Character ofWelsh Surnam es, 4 3 9 North W ales, 4 40 South

Wales, 4 41 Monmouthshire, 4 42 Notes on some of the“ Welsh and

Monmouthshire Surnames, 4 43 .

THE HOMES OF ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES .

ALPHABETIC AL LIST OF NAMES , pp. 447- 575 . The numbers represent theproportion per

THE APPENDIX .

S C OTTISH NAMES .

F ive geographical groups, 576 The Interm ingling ofEnglish and ScottishNam es, 580 aThe Middle Land, 582 Points of difficu lty , 583 Al phabotical List of the most frequent of Scottish Names, 586 Notes on ScottishNames

,596 Border Names

, 581.

Shropshire, 3 3 6.

Somersetshire, 3 44 .

Staffordshire,3 57.

Suffolk,3 65 .

Surrey, 3 75 .

Sussex , 3 79 .

Warw ickshire,3 87.

W estm oreland 117.

W iltshire, 3 92 .

Worcestershire, 402 .

YorkshireNorth Riding, 408 .

East Riding, 408 .

West Riding, 42 1 .

GENERAL INDEX OF FAMILY NAMES .

NOTE ,— The asterisk refers th e reader to the list of corrections at the

beginning of this w ork.

Ab binett, 447.

Abbott, 44 7Abbs

,285, 447.

Abell , 260; 4 47Abney, 127.

Abraham,22 3

,271, 4 47.

Acres, 2 15, 447.

Acton, 90, 447.

Adam , 586.

Adam s,2 3

,141, 447.

Adamson, 2 3 , 447, 586.

Adcock, 447Addem s

,14 3

,447

Addington, 447Addis, 447.

Addison, 4 47.

Addy, 4 2 2 , 4 47

Adkins,2 4

, 447

Adl ington, 3 2 1, 4 47Adnams

,447.

Adshead, 90, 447

Agar, 4 11 , 4 47.

Ainsl ie,3 13 , 586.

Ainsworth,2 3 9, 4 22 , 4 47

Airey, 119, 447.

Aitch ison, 586.

Aitken, 586, 596.

Akehurst, 3 81, 4 48 .

Akers, 2 15, 448 .

Alb utt, 448 .

Alcock,3 60, 448 .

Alder,3 12 , 44 8.

Aldersey, 91.

411, 448 .

125, 127, 448 .

Alderson, 4 11, 448 .

Al dous,3 67, 448 .

Aldricha

Aldridge3 63 , 3 67, 448 .

Aldworth, 3 29 , 448.

Alexander,2 26, 3 95, 448 , 586.

Alford, 146, 4 48 .

Alher,2 3 9, 44 8 .

Allan,2 3

,4 48

,

Allaway, 196, 448 .

Allb u tt , 44 8 .

Allcock,3 60, 4 48 .

Allcorn, 3 81, 448 .

Allcot, 2 11, 44 8 .

Allen, 2 3 , 124 , 44 8, 596.

Al lin, 448 .

Allington, 44 8.Allinson

AllisonAllman

, 44 8 .

AllsopAlsopAlmond

,44 8 .

Alston, 448 .

Alton, 12 7, 4 48 .

Alty, 44 8 .

Alvey, 3 22 .

Alvis, 4 48 .

Al way, 196,

Ambler, 4 24 , 448 .

Ambrose, 8 3 , 4 48 .

Am ery, 448 .

Amesbury, 3 47, 448 .

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Amey, 205, 448 .

Am iesAmis

2 85, 3 22 , 44 3 .

Amos,2 26, 4 49 .

Amphlett, 404 , 4 49 .

y

Amyas, 2 85, 3 2 2 .

Anderson, 2 4 , 4 49, 586.

Anderton, 2 3 9 .

Andrew, 2 3 , 4 49 .

Andrew s 2 3,168, 4 49 .

Angu s, 4 49 .

Ankers; 91, 449 .

Annable,3 2 1

,44 9 .

Annett,449 .

Arming, 14 3 , 44 9 .

AnsteyAneticAntell , 4 49 .

Anthony, 4 43 , 4 49 .

Anyan, 271 , 449.

Aplin, 3 47, 449 .

Aport, 3 95 .

Apperley, 2 11, 4 49.

Appleby, 127, 449 .

Applegarth, 179 , 2 16, 449 .

Appleton, 73 , 2 3 9, 4 11 , 4 49 .

Appleyard, 2 15, 42 4 , 449 .

Arch, 449 .

Archer, 12 5, 449 .

Ardern, 91, 44 9 .

Aris,299, 449 .

Arkell,Arkle

,3 12

,44 9.

Arm isteadArmitstead

449 '

Arm itage, 4 24 , 449 .

Arm strong, 118 , 3 09, 3 12 ,Arnatt

,3 29, 4 50 .

Arney, 3 46, 4 50 .

Arnold, 2 4 , 450.

Arrow sm ith, 197.

Arscott, 146, 4 50.

Arthur,101, 4 50, 586.

Arthurton,4 50.

Arundel,15

,106.

Ash ,4 50.

Ashby, 3 00, 450.

INDEX .

272 , 4 51 .

Ashcroft, 450.

Ashford,4 50.

Ashley, 3 3 8 , 450.

Ashman,4 50.

Ashmore, 4 50.

Ashton,12 5

,127 2 39

,450.

Ashw ell,2 15, 4 50.

Ashw orth, 2 3 9, 4 50.

Askew ,450.

Askw ith,4 12 .

AspinallAspinwall

2 3 9’ 450°

Astbury, 91, 450.

Aston, 91, 4 50.

Atherton,2 3 9

,450.

Atkins,2 4

,3 57, 4 50.

Atkinson,2 4

,4 50.

Attenborough, 185, 3 2 1, 4 50.

Atthow

Atme2 85, 4 50.

Attrill, 205, 450.

Attwood,404

,4 50.

Au stenAustin

2 4,4 5 1 .

Averill, 3 60, 451 .

Avery, 4 51 .

Aves, 3 66, 4 51 .

Awdry, 3 95, 4 51.

Ayles, 2 05, 4 51 .

Ayling,Aylw in, 3 81 451 .

Aynsley, 3 13 ,Ayre , 14 2 ,Ayres, 262 , 451 .

Babbage, 146 , 4 51 .

Baber,3 47, 4 51.

Bach, 3 3 8 ,Backhou se, 119, 180, 4 51 .

Bacon, 185, 2 60, 4 51 .

Badcock, 146, 451 .

Badger, 3 89, 4 51 .

Badman, 4 51 .

Bagg, 3 48, 4 51.

Baggalley

Bagley

Bagnall, 3 60, 451 .

Bagshaw ,12 8, 451 .

Baguley, 3 2 1 , 4 51.

Bailey, 24 , 124 , 451.

Baillie,2 5, 586, 596.

Baines,451 .

Bainbridge, 119, 179, 411, 451.

Baird, 586, 596.

Baker, 2 5, 4 51 .

Bakewell, 3 61, 452 .

Balch, 3 48 , 3 95, 452 .

Baldock, 2 26, 4 52 .

Baldry, 3 68, 452 .

Baldw in,25, 197, 452 .

Balfour, 586, 596.

Balkw ill,143

,452 .

Ball,2 5, 146, 3 68, 452 .

Ballam , 4 52 .

Ballantyne, 586, 596.

Ballard,227, 404 , 452 .

Ballinger, 196, 4 52 .

Balls,2 5

, 286, 3 68, 452 .

Balman,452 .

Balmforth , 4 52 .

Baledou,143

, 452 .

Bamber,2 40, 452 .

Bamford, 2 40, 4 52 .

Bamforth,4 52 .

Bampfield, 146 .

Banbury, 3 3 4 , 4 52 .

Bancroft,91, 125, 128, 452 .

Banfield, 4 52 .

Banham ,2 86, 452 .

Banks, 4 52 .

Bannister, 240, 3 82 , 452 .

Banwell , 3 48 , 452 .

Barber,452 .

Barbour,586.

Barclay, 586, 596.

Barcroft, 2 41 .

Barfoot,206, 452 .

Barford, 3 00, 452 .

Bargh, 12 5, 12 8, 452 .

Barham, 3 82 , 4 52 .

BarkBarks

125, 126, 4 52 3

6

Barker,2 6, 452 .

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Barling, 226, 453 .

Barlow,2 40

,4 53 .

Barnard,4 53 .

Barnes, 2 6, 4 53 .

Barnett,4 53 .

Barnsley, 4 53 .

Barnstable, 3 46, 453 .

Baron,4 53 .

Barr, 586, 596 .

Barraclough, 453 .

Bam tt1 2 6 ss 2 83 453Barrett 1

Barrel],2 11, 3 67, 4 53 .

Barrington, 3 48, 453 .

Barritt,4 53 .

Barron,4 53 .

Barrow,2 40

,453 .

Barrowcliff, 4 53 .

Bartholom ew , 2 6, 2 27, 453 .

Bartle,2 6

,4 53 .

Bartlett,26,

Barton,Bartram ,

Bascombe,4 54 .

Basford, 91, 4 54 .

Basham ,185

,454 .

Baskerv ille, 91, 3 60, 454 .

Baskeyfield, 15, 91, 3 60, 4 54 .

Basnett, 91, 454 .

Bass, 185, 454 .

Bassett,104

,2 26, 3 60, 454 .

Bastab le,4 54 .

Bastin,4 54 .

Batchelor, 4 54 .

Bate, 26, 101, 4 54 .

Bater,14 3

,4 54 .

Bates,2 6, 454 .

Batey, 4 54 .

Bath,4 54 .

BatherBatho

3 3 8,4 54 .

Batkin, 17, 4 54 .

Batt,4 54 .

Battam s,68

,454 .

Batten, 105, 146, 454 .

Batterham ,4 54 .

Battersby, 240, 454 .

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Batting, 105, 146, 454 .

Batts,2 6, 4 54 .

BattyBattysBaty, 454 .

Baugh, 3 3 9 .

Baverstock , 454 .

Bawden,454 .

Baxter, 4 54 , 586, 596.

Baylis, 402 , 4 54 .

Bayly, 4 51 .

Baynes,Bays, 4 54 .

Bazely 1

Baz ley j3 00

,4 54 .

Beach, 454 .

Beacham ,269 , 454 .

Beadle, 4 54 .

Beak, 454 .

BealBealeBeales

,4 54 .

Beamand, 4 54 .

Beanes, 4 54 .

Bearcroft, 404 .

Beard, 12 8, 454 .

Beardall , 3 20, 454 .

Beardmore, 3 60, 4 55 .

Beardsley, 455 .

BeattieBeat),Beaumont, 42 4 , 4 55 .

BeavanBeavenBebb

,455.

Beb b ington , 91 , 455.

Beck, 2 86, 4 55 .

Beckett, 92 , 4 55 .

Beckwith, 4 25.

Beddall, 4 55 .

Beddoes,3 3 8, 455.

Bedford, 4 55 .

Beeby, 260, 4 55 .

Beech, 455 .

Beecham ,2 69, 454 .

Beecroft,3 20, 455 .

Beedell,143

,455 .

INDEX.

2 6, 42 4 , 4 54 .

2 10, 4 55 . 2 27, 456.

Beer, 14 3 , 3 48, 4 55 .

Beesley, 4 55.

Beeson, 4 55 .

Beeston, 3 3 9 , 4 55 ,

Beever4 55

BeeversBelcham , 185, 455.

Belcher, 78 , 3 2 9 , 4 55 .

Belfield, 3 58, 4 55 .

Belgrove, 4 55 .

Bell, 26, 117, 4 55, 586.

BellaireBellars

300, 4 55.

Bellamy, 271, 3 2 1, 455 .

Bell ew, 147.

Bellingham ,3 12 .

Bellis, 4 55.

Bellot, 106.

Belsey, 2 27, 4 55.

Bolton ,4 55 .

Bemand, 454 .

Bemrose , 4 55.

Benbow ,3 3 8 , 4 55.

B endall, 185, 3 68 , 4 55.

Benjafield, 4 55 .

Bennett, 2 7, 71 , 124 , 3 19 , 455.

Bennetts,2 7, 101, 4 56.

Benning, 4 56.

Bennion, 3 3 8 , 456.

Bennison, 4 56 .

Benny, 4 56.

Benson, 119, 4 56.

Benstead

BenstedBent, 2 37, 4 56.

Bentall, 185, 4 55,

Bentham ,4 25, 4 56,

Bentley, 168 , 4 56,

Benton, 4 56.

Bere,3 4 8, 4 56.

BeresfordBerrisford } 12 8’ 3 60, 4 56.

Berridge, 260, 4 56,

Berrow ,2 10, 4156 .

Berry, 27, 14 1, 4 56,

Berryman.102

,4 36.

Besent, 456.

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Boam,126, 458 .

Board, 4 58 .

Boardman,2 41, 458 .

Boase,458 .

Boddington , 3 89, 458 .

Boddy, 2 87, 3 48 , 4 58 .

Boden, 4 58 .

Bodenham ,2 11

,458 .

Bodle, 3 82 , 4 58 .

Body, 2 87, 3 4 8 , 4 58 .

Boffey, 89 , 4 58 .

Bolam,3 13 , 4 58 .

Bolitho,105, 458 .

Bolland, 4 12 .

Bolshaw,4 58 .

Bolt,143

,4 58 .

Bolton ,2 41

,4 58 .

Bomford,404

,4 58 .

Bond,2 87 3 48, 4 58 .

Bone, 458 .

Bonfield,2 16, 4 58 .

Boniface,3 82 , 459 .

BonnerBonnor

Bonney, 459 .

Bonsall , 3 58, 3 61, 4 59 .

Bonser, 2 98 , 4 59 .

Booker,3 82 , 4 59 .

Boon, 3 60, 4 59 .

Boorman,4 59 .

Booth, 92 , 125, 129, 459 .

Border,4 59 .

Borlase, 105, 4 59 .

Borman,4 59.

Borrett, 3 68 , 459 .

Borrow ,129 .

Borthwick , 3 13 , 4 59 , 587, 597.

Borton, 3 00, 4 59 .

Bosomworth , 409 , 459.

Bostock , 92 , 4 59 .

Bosworth, 69 , 260, 459 .

Bothw ick, 3 08 , 459 .

Bott, 3 60, 4 59 .

Botterill , 409 , 459 .

Botting, 3 82 , 4 59 .

Bottom ley, 459 .

Bou cher, 404 , 459 .

211,3 76, 459 .

INDEX.

Boughey, 459 .

Boughton, 78, 459 .

Bould, 459 .

Bou lden, 4 59 .

Boulter,404 , 459 .

Bou lton, 3 61,

Bounds,4 59 .

Boundy, 147, 4 59 .

Bourne, 3 82 , 4 59 .

Bourner, 4 59 .

Bovey, 147 459 .

Bowden, 4 59 .

Bowditch,170, 4 59 .

Bowdler, 3 3 9 , 4 59 .

Bow en, 4 3 9, 4 4 3 , 4 59 .

Bow er, 12 8 , 4 59 .

Bow ering, 4 59 .

Bow ers, 4 59 .

Bowes,4 11, 459 .

Bowland, 412 .

Bow ler, 12 5, 459.

Bowles,3 94

,4 59 .

Bowman ,3 09

,

Bowmer, 126, 4 59 .

Bown,128

,3 45

,4 59 .

Bownass

B120, 460.

owness

Bow ser, 271 , 460.

Bow shire, 404 .

Bowyer, 72 , 460.

Box,460.

Boyce, 404 , 4 60.

Boyd, 587, 597.

Boyes460Boys

Bracebridge, 271 .

Bracegirdle, 92 , 460.

Bracher, 3 95, 460.

Brackenbury, 180, 271, 460.

Bradbury, 4 60.

Braddock , 89 , 460.

Bradford, 460.

Bradley, 460.

Bradridge , 148 , 460.

Bradshaw ,128 , 241, 3 00, 460.

Brafield,3 00, 460.

Bragg, 148, 460.

INDEX .

Brain,

Braithw aite, 119, 412 , 460.

Brake,460.

Bramall, 4 24 , 460.

Bramley, 42 4 , 469 .

Bramw ell , 118 , 460.

Brand,186

,4 60.

Branson,2 60

,460.

Brasnett, 460

Brasington 125,12 9, 3 58

,

Brassington 460 .

Braund, 143 , 460.

Brawn, 3 00, 4 60.

Bray, 460.

Brayley, 148, 460.

Brazier, 4 60.

Brazington, 460.

Breach, 4 60.

Breakspear, 3 29 , 461 .

Breakwell, 461.

BrearBrew s

4 25, 461 .

Breary, 69, 461.

Breayley, 460.

I3reese

Breeze 2 87’ 443 ’

Brenchley, 2 27 461.

BrendonBrenton 105’ 461°

Brereton, 92 , 3 3 7, 3 3 9, 461 .

Bretherton, 2 4 1, 461 .

Brett , 3 22 , 461 .

Brew er, 461 .

Brew is,4 61 .

Brew ster, 461 .

Brice, 2 27, 461 .

Brickell , 461 .

Briddon,4613"c

Bridge , 4 61 .

Bridger, 3 81, 461 .

Bridges, 3 95, 461 .

Bridgman,14 8, 461 .

Briggs, 3 19 , 42 1, 461 .

Brigham ,4 61.

Bright, 461 .

Brightman, 69 , 461.

Brimaeomb e, 461 .

2 7,

Brimb le,3 46

,461.

Brindle , 2 41, 461 .

Brindl ey, 3 60, 4 61 .

Brine, 170, 4 61 .

Brisb ourne, 461 .

Bristow,149

,4 61 .

Britten, 2 99, 461 .

Britton, 4 61 .

Broad, 105, 4 61.

Broadbent,42 5, 461 .

Broadb erry, 4 61 .

Broadhead,4 25, 461 .

Broadhurst, 92 , 4 61.

Broadley, 2 27 4 61 .

Brock , 461 .

Brocklehurst, 89, 461.

Brocksopp, 461.

Broderw ick, 73 .

Brodie, 3 13 , 4 61, 581, 587Bromage, 461 .

Bromhead,12 9

,4 62 .

Bromley, 3 3 9 , 461 .

Bromwich, 3 00, 4 61.

BrookBrookeBrooker

,4 62 .

Brooking, 148 .

Brooks7 62Brookes 2 4’

Broom,14 8, 4 62 .

Broomfield,206, 462 .

Broomhead,12 9 , 462 .

Broster,92 , 462 .

Brough, 129, 462 .

Broughall, 3 3 9, 462 .

Brougham ,120.

Broughton, 271, 462 .

Brown, 27, 462 , 587.

Browne, 4 62 .

Browning, 197, 462 .

Brownlow , 271, 462 .

Bru ce, 4 62 , 581, 587, 597.

Brudenell,260.

Brumby, 4 62 .

Brum itt, 3 2 2 .

Brunt,462 .

Bryan, 2 60, 462 .

x viii INDEX .

Bryant, 463 .

Brydges, 3 95, 461 .

Bubb , 196, 463 .

Buchanan, 587, 597Bu ck

,287 463 .

Buckeridge, 73 . 463 .

Buckingham ,148

,463 .

Buckley, 92 , 463 .

Buckm aster, 463 .

Bucknell, 463 .

Buckston,129 .

143 , 241, 3 95, 464 .

Budd, 206, 463 .

Budden, 170, 463 .

Budge, 105, 463 .

Bugg, 170, 463 .

Bugler, 463 .

Bu lcoek, 463 .

Bull , 12 5, 463 .

Buller, 463 .

Bu llmanB111mm

180, 463 .

Bqore, 463 .

Bullock , 88 , 194 , 463 .

Bulmer,412

,463 .

Bumpu s, 3 29 .

Bunbury, 73 .

Bunee, 463 .

Bunker, 4 63 .

Bunn, 287 463 .

Bunt, 105, 463 .

Bunting, 129 , 287 463 .

Burbidge, 3 89, 463 .

Burch, 463 .

Burchnal lBurchnell

Burden, 463 .

Burdett, 463 .

Burdikin, 463 .

Burden , 180, 4 63 .

Burge, 463 .

Burgess, 463 .

Burgoin

Burgoyne148, 463 .

Barh ill, 269, 463 .

Burkinshaw ,457 .

Burkitt, 463 .

Burman, 3 89, 463 .

Burn,463 .

Burnaby, 261 , 463 .

Burnard, 105, 464 .

Burnell , 464 .

Burnett, 3 57, 464 , 587.

Burnham ,464 .

Burns, 463 , 587.

Burrell , 272 , 464 .

Burridge , 464 .

BurroughB urrowBurroughs, 464 .

Burrow s, 464 .

Burston, 3 49 , 464 .

Burt, 464 .

Burton, 28 , 2 83 , 464 .

Bury, 27Bu sby, 3 2 9 , 464 .

Bu sh,284 . 464 .

Bu shby, 3 08 , 464 .

Bu shell , 3 49 , 4 12 .

Bu ss, 464 .

Bu swell, 3 01, 464 .

Butcher, 464 .

Butler,28 , 204 , 464 .

Bu tlin, 3 01, 464 .

Butt, 464 .

Bu tterfield, 42 5, 464 .

Butters, 464 .

Butterworth, 24 1, 464 .

Buttery, 3 21 , 465 .

Button, 465 .

Buxton, 129, 465.

Byard, 126, 465 .

Byford, 465 .

Byrd, 27, 4 57, 465.

Byron, 3 2 2 , 465.

C achepoll, 2 12 , 3 69 ,

C ade, 272 , 465 .

C adle,

C adwallader, 465.

C aesar, 3 76 465 .

C aine, 3 82 , 465 .

C aines, 173 , 465.

INDEX .

C airns, 465, 587.

C ake,465.

C alcutt,3 30, 465 .

C aldecott,3 30, 465.

C alder,587, 597.

C aldwell,4 65

,587, 597.

C allender,4 65.

C allow ,465 .

C allwood,465.

C alver, 465 .

C alverley, 4 2 6.

C alvert,4 12

,465.

C ameron, 587, 597.

C amm,198

,465.

C ammack , 2 72 , 465.

C amp, 13 0, 2 16, 465 .

C ampbell, 587, 597C ampion, 272 , 465 .

C ampkin ,2 16, 465 .

C andy, 3 4 5, 465.

C ane,3 82 , 465 .

C ann,149

,2 87, 465.

C annell,287, 465 .

C anning, 3 89, 465 .

C annon,2 16, 465.

C ant,184

,4 65 .

C antilupe, 3 40.

C antrellC antrill

3 61’ 465 .

C apes, 2 72 , 465 .

C apon, 3 69, 465 .

C apstick, 465 .

C arbonell, 3 40 .

C ardell, 102 , 465.

C ardew,120.

C ardwell, 465 .

C areless, 404 , 465.

C arew, 149 .

C arey, 3 49, 465 .

C arless,40 5.

C arlyon, 106, 465 .

C arm ichael, 3 13 , 465, 587, 597.

C arne,106, 4 65 .

C arpenter, 465.

C arr, 3 79 , 465.

C arrington, 466.

C arruthers, 587, 597.

x ix

C arter, 28, 466.

C artm ell, 2 42 , 466.

C artridge , 403 , 466 .

C artwright, 466 .

C arver, 466.

C arveth ,106, 466.

C ary, 3 49, 465.

C ase,288 , 466.

C ash, 93 , 466.

C ass, 9 3 , 466.

C asswell, 2 11, 466.

C astle,4 66.

C atchpole, 2 12 , 3 69, 466.

C aterb anck, 3 61 .

C atling, 3 69 , 466.

C atlow ,2 42

,466.

C aton, 186, 466.

C att, 3 68 , 3 82 , 466.

C atterall,24 2 , 466.

C atterm ole, 466.

C attell, 17, 3 90, 466.

C audwell

C au ldwell3 2 3 , 466'

C au nce, 2 3 7, 466.

C aunter, 149 .

C ave, 466.

C awrse, 106, 466.

C aw sey, 466.

C hadfield, 126, 466.

C hadw 1ck, 2 42 , 3 61, 466.

C hafi e, 143 , 466.

C halkley, 466 .

C halland, 3 2 2 , 4 66.

C hallen, 3 82 , 466.

C hallis, 186, 466.

C halm ers, 587, 597.

C hallinorC haloner 93 ’ 466‘

C hamberlainC hamberlayneC ham bers, 28 , 466.

C hamings, 467.

C hampion, 467.C handler, 467.

C harming, 143 , 467.

C hantler, 22 5, 467.

C hapl in, 467.

XX INDEX .

C hapman, 28, 82 , 467.

C hap ell

011..n 149,3 2 3 ,

C hard,3 4 9

,4 67

C harlesworth, 467.

C harlton,3 09 , 3 13 , 4 67

C harlwood,3 76, 4 67

C harman,3 76 , 467

C harnley, 2 3 7 4 67

C harnock,24 2

,467.

C harsley, 4 67

C hase,206

,467.

C hattaway, 467

C hatterton, 273 , 467.

C haundy, 467.

C have, 150,C heckley, 3 30, 467 .

C heesman,2 2 8 , 4 67.

C heetham , 467.

C hell,3 61, 467.

C heney, 2 2 3 , 4 67.

C hennells, 467

C henoweth, 467.

C heriton, 150, 467.

C herry, 3 3 0 ,467.

C heshire, 467.

C hesman,2 28 , 467.

C hester, 198 , 467C hesters, 467.

C hettle,3 2 2 , 467

C hew ,3 01

,3 04 , 468 .

C heyney, 2 2 3 , 4 67.

C hilcott, 170, 4 68C hildt his . 4 68

C hilds,4 68 .

C hinn, 198 .

C hittenden, 468 .

C hitty, 3 83 , 4 68 .

C hivers, 83 , 4 68 .

C howenC hownC hrisp, 468 .

C hristie, 587.

C hristmas, 84 , 468 .

C hristy, 184 , 468 .

C hubb, 150, 4 68 .

C hugg, 14 3 , 468 .

C hurch, 186, 4 68 .

C hurches,3 49 , 468 .

C hurchill, 170, 4 68 .

C hurehouse

C hurchu s

C hurchman, 468 .

C huter, 3 77, 468 .

C hynow ethC henowethC lack , 3 30. 468 .

C lapham ,4 25

,468 .

C lapp, 468 .

C lapton,3 3 0, 468 .

C lare, 3 3 0, 468 .

C laridge, 69 , 4 68 .

C larkC larke

2 8 , 468, 587.

C larkson, 2 3 5, 469 .

C lax ton ,288 , 4 69 .

C lay,3 2 3 , 469 .

C layden,186, 4 69 .

C layton, 12 5, 469 .

C lear,83

,4 69 .

C leave , 469 .

C leeton, 3 40, 469 .

C lcgg, 2 42 , 469 .

C lem entC lem entsC lem ow

,106, 469

C leverdon ,14 3

,4 69 .

C lewlow e, 469 .

C lew s, 126, 469 .

C liff

one.469

C lifford, 2 28 , 469 .

C lift, 2 06, 469 .

C lifton, 269 , 4 69 .

C linch, 2 28 , 469 .

C linton, 2 16, 469 .

C lothier, 4 69 .

C loudesley, 3 83 .

C lough, 42 5, 469 .

C low es, 3 59 , 469 .

C lu ett, 4 69 .

C lu low,469 .

C lutterbuck, 197,

C lyma

C lymo

C oad, 106 , 469 .

C oaker, 150, 469 .

C oate, 469 .

C oates, 3 27, 4 69 .

C oatsworth, 180, 469 .

C obb , 469 .

C obbett, 469 .

C ob b lediek

C ob eldick

C obbold, 3 69 , 469 .

C obden, 469 .

C obley, 261 , 469 .

C ochrane, 587, 597.

C ock , 470.

C ockburn, 3 13 , 470.

C ockerellC ockerillC ooking, 470.

C ockramC ockeram

C ockshott , 42 5, 470.

C odd, 470.

C ode, 106.

C odling, 470.

C 0 6 , 84 ,

C offin, 150 .

C ogan

C oggan

C oggin _

C ogginsC oker, 150.

C olclo ugh, 3 61, 470.

C oldicott, 198 , 465 .

C ole, 2 8 , 141 , 470 .

C oleb atch ,3 40.

C olem an, 470 .

0 0 19 8 , 2 8, 470 .

C oley, 470 .

C ollard, 2 2 8 , 3 49 , 470.

00119 11, 84 , 470.

C ollett, 198 ,C olley , 261 , 470.

C ollier, 470 .

C ollinge , 470.

C oll ingham ,3 2 3 , 470 .

3 01 , 470.

150, 470.

2 16, 470 .

INDEX .

73, 472 .

x x i

C ollingsC ollins

2 9’470‘

C oll ingwood, 180, 471 .

C ollinson,2 9 , 2 3 6 .

471 .

C ollishaw ,272 , 471 .

C ollison ,471 .

C ollyer, 470.

C olson, 3 66, 471.C olwill , 471.

C ombes, 3 92 , 3 95, 471.

C om ely,471.

C omer, 471.C ommon, 47LC ompton, 471.

C ondy, 107.

C oney, 2 72 , 471.

C ongdon, 471.

C onnibeer, 14 3 .

C onstable, 471.

C onyb eare, 150, 471.

C ookC ooke

2 9,471.

C ookson ,2 3 6, 471.

C oo ling, 272 , 471 .

C oombe, 14 3 , 471.

C oom be s3 95 4

71

C oombs1 '

C ooper, 2 9, 88 , 471 .

C Ope , 3 61 ,472 .

C opeman ,472 .

C opestake, 472 .

C opledyke , 273 .

C opleston, 150.

C opp, 150, 472 .

C oppard, 3 83 , 472 .

copplng

3 69, 472 .

C oppm

C orbett, 17, 3 40, 472 .

C orb ishl ey, 3 59 , 472 .

C orden

x x ii INDEX .

lC orney, 472 .

iC ornford, 472 .

C ornish, 150, 3 45, 472 .

C ornock, 198, 472 .

C ornwall, 2 16, 3 83 , 472 .

C orp,3 46, 472 .

C orringham ,472 .

C ory, 106, 472 .

C osens, 473 .

C osh, 3 95, 472 .

C ossey, 2 88 , 472 .

C ostel low, 3 83 .

C ottam , 24 3 , 3 2 3 , 472 .

uC otterill

ottrell472 '

C ottingham ,273 , 472 .

C ottle, 472 .

C otton, 261, 361, 472 .

C ouch, 107, 472 .

C oulson, 472 .

C ou lthard,120

,472 .

C ou ltrip, 2 2 5, 473 .

C ounsell, 3 49 , 473 .

C oupe, 24 3 , 473 .

C oupland, 273 , 473 .

C ourt, 473 .

C ourtice, 473 .

C ousens

C ousins 3 44 ’ 473 '

C oveney, 2 28 , 473 .

C overdale, 4 12 , 473 .

C OW”

C owenC oward

,473 .

C owell, 243 , 473 .

C ow ing, 3 13 , 473 .

C ow ley, 3 01, 473 .

C owling, 106, 473 .

C ox,29

,473 .

C oxall,473 .

C ox on, 12 5, 473 .

C ozens, 3 4 4 , 473 .

C rabtree,4 2 5

,473 .

C racknell, 3 66, 473 .

C raddockC radduck } 22 8 » 473 ‘

C ragoC ragoe } 473 °

C raig, 3 13 , 473 , 587, 597.

C ranfield, 69, 473 .

C rang, 14 3 , 473 .

C rau idge, 2 69 , 473 .

C rapper, 42 5, 474 .

C raven, 42 5 , 4 74 .

C rawford, 3 13 , 474 , 581, 587, 597.

C rawley, 69, 474 .

C rawshaw ,4 26

,474 .

C raze, 474 .

C reaser, 474 .

C reasey, 2 73 , 474 .

C reber, 14 2 , 474 .

C reed, 198, 3 50, 474 .

C rees3 50, 474 .

C reeseC ressey, 273 , 474 .

C ressw ell, 474 .

C rew s,151 .

C richton, 587, 597.

C rimp, 474 .

C risp, 84 , 2 88, 474 .

C ritchley, 474 .

C ritchlow ,3 58, 474 .

C rocker, 150, 474 .

C rockford, 474 .

C rocombe, 151, 474 .

C roft, 474 .

C rofts, 474 .

C rompton, 243 , 474 .

C romw ell , 3 2 3 .

C rook, 474 .

C rookes, 126, 474 .

C roomC room } 198, 3 50, 474 .

C ropley, 474 .

C ropper, 24 3 , 474 .

C rosb ie, 2 43 .

C ross, 29 , 82 , 474 .

C roslandrossland } 4 26’ 474 '

C rossley, 2 43 , 474 .

C rossman,110, 3 46, 3 50, 474 .

C rouch, 3 83 , 474 .


x x iv INDEX .

Day, 3 0, 22 4 ,

Daykin, 13 0, 475 .

Dayment, 477Deacon, 2 3 6, 477Deakin

,3 62 , 477.

Deakins, 477Dean

3 1,3 92 , 477.

DeaneDearden

,24 4

,477

Dearlove, 477

Deaville,12 5

,477.

Debell,107.

Debenham , 3 69 , 477.

Deck, 3 69, 477.

Dee, 477.

Deeble, 107, 151 .

Decks, 186, 477

Deeley, 477

Delbridge, 153 .

Bemm42 6

,477.

DemaineDenby, 4 26, 477Denison, 4 26, 477P enman ,

477

Denning, 477Dennis

,107, 152 , 186,

Dennistoun ,4 26 .

Denny, 2 89, 3 69, 478 .

Densemr

Densham10 2

,478 .

Dent, 180, 4 12 , 478 .

Derbyshire , 476 .

Derrick,3 50

,478 .

Derriman , 478 .

Derry, 152 , 3 2 3 , 478 .

Desborough, 478 .

Desforges, 478 .

Deven ish, 171 .

Deverell , 78 , 478 .

Deville,125, 477.

Dew

Dewe73 , 478 .

Dewar,588 , 597.

Dewell , 3 95 .

Dewhurst, 244 , 478 .

Dex ter,261, 478 .

Dibb,478 .

Dibben, 171, 478 .

Dibble,3 50, 478 .

Dick, 588 .

DickenDickin

DickensDickinsDicker

,478 .

Dickie, 588 .

DickensonDickinson 478 ’

Dicks, 3 46, 478 .

Dickson,478 , 588 .

Dillamore,69 , 478 .

Dilnot , 22 8 , 478 .

Dim ent,478 .

Dimm ockD im ock 80 ’

478 "

Dimond,14 3 , 478 .

Dim sdale , 216 .

Dingle . 103 , 478 .

Dinning, 3 13 , 478 .

Dinsdale,413

,478 .

Diplock, 3 83 , 478 .

Dix,478 .

Dixon, 3 1, 478 .

Dobbs,198, 479 .

Doble,152

,479 .

Dobson,2 3 5 , 479 .

Dodd, 3 09 , 3 13 , 479 .

Dodds, 479, 588 .

Dodgson, 479 .

Dods, 588 .

Dodw ell , 77, 479 .

Dec] , 3 95 , 479 .

Doggett, 85, 479 .

Doidge, 152 , 479 .

Dollamore, 69 .

Dom iny, 4 79 .

Dommett , 14 3 , 479 .

Donald, 479 , 581, 588, 597.

Donaldson, 588 .

Doncaster, 3 20,Done , 17, 93 , 479 .

Doning, 198 .

Deck, 479 .

Dooley, 93 , 479 .

Doolittle, 479 .

Dore,171.

Dorey, 171, 479Dormer

, 73 , 479 .

Dorrell,479 .

Derrington, 216, 479 .

Doubleday, 2 62 , 479 .

Douglas , 3 13 , 479, 588, 598 .

Dover, 479 .

Dowdesw ell,198, 479 .

Dowding, 198 , 479 .

Dowell, 2 62 , 479 .

Down, 479 .

Downing, 3 70, 479 .

DownsDownes 479 °

1

62229 273 , 479 .

Dow sett, 479 .

Dow son,479 .

Drabble, 13 0, 479 .

Drackley, 262 , 479 .

Drage, 2 99,Drake

,152 , 171, 2 89, 479 .

Drakeford,93 .

Drakes,269

,480 .

Draper, 480.

Draycott, 2 62 , 480.

Drew,142

,480.

1

5:23i 274 , 480.

Drew itt, 480.

Dring, 273 , 480.

Drinkall , 480 .

Drinkwater,93 , 3 3 0, 480.

Driver, 85, 198 , 480.

Dronfield,4 80 .

Druce, 3 02 , 4 80.

Drudge, 205 , 480.

Drummond,588

, 598 .

Drury,274 , 480.

Dryden, 480.

Drysdale, 588 .

Duce,3 40

, 480.

Duck , 480.

Duckett, 3 50, 4 26, 480.

Duckham,153 , 480.

INDEX .

290, 4 81.

Eade, 3 70, 3 83 , 481.

Eades , 4 81 .

Eagle, 48 1.

Eam es,4 81 .

Eardley, 3 62 , 481 .

XXV

Du ckmanton, 480.

Duckworth,2 44 , 480.

Dudding, 4 80 .

Duff, 588, 598 .

Duffield, 289 , 480.

Dufty, 480.

Dugdale, 244 , 4 26, 480.

Duggan, 4 80.

Duggleby, 4 13 , 480.

Duke,3 83 , 4 80 .

Dumbrell

Dumbrill3 83

,480'

Duncan, 588, 598 .

Dunch, 73 .

Duncombe, 69 , 480.

Dunderdale, 2 44 ,480.

Dunford,480.

Dungey, 480 .

Dunkley, 3 02 , 480.

Dunlop, 588, 598 .

Dunn, 17, 3 1, 14 1, 480, 588 .

Dunning, 3 1 , 171, 3 90, 4 13 , 4 30.

Dunsford,153 .

Dunstan, 103 , 4 80.

Durden, 244 , 480.

Durham ,4 80 .

Durose, 3 59 , 480.

Durrant, 2 89 , 3 83 , 4 80.

Durston, 3 50, 480.

Dutton, 93 , 481 .

Duxbury, 2 44 , 4 81 .

Dw ight, 4 81 .

Dyball

Dyb ell

Dye , 290, 481 .

Dyer, 20, 141, 4 81 .

Dyke, 481.

Dykes, 588 .

Dyment,478 .

Dymond, 14 3 , 478 .

Dyson, 426, 4 81 .

x x vi INDEX .

Earl481

EarleEarnshaw , 4 26, 481.

Easlea, 481 .

East,4 81 .

Eastabrook

Easterbrook 153 ’ 4 81 °

Eastham , 4 81 .

Eastwood, 4 2 2 , 481 .

Eaton,9 3 , 13 0, 4 81.

Eatwell, 3 95, 481.

Eaves, 481.

a rs, 2 62 , 4 81 .

E ccles, 2 4 4 , 4 81.

Eckley, 2 11, 481.

Eddison, 481 .

Eddowes, 3 3 8 , 481.

Eddy, 48 1.

Ede, 4 81.

Eden , 481 .

Edgar, 588 .

Edge , 12 5, 13 1, 481.

Edgecumbe, 107Edginton ,

4 81.

Edkins,4 81.

Edmans,4 81.

EdmondsEdmunds .

EdmondsonEdmundsonEdney, 206, 4 81.

Edward, 588 .

Edwards,3 1

,4 81

,588 .

Eggins, 4 82 .

Eggleton, 4 82 .

Eggleston, 180, 482 .

Eglinton, 290, 4 82 .

Ekins,2 2 3

,4 82 .

E lb ourn, 83 , 4 82 .

E ldridge, 3 84 , 4 82 .

Eley, 4 82 .

E lford,4 82 .

E lgey

Elgie482 .

E lkington, 3 89 , 482 .

Ellacott153 483 .

Ellicott 153 ,

Ellaway, 482 .

E llerby, 4 13 , 4 82 .

Ell iot 3 2 , 124 , 3 09, 3 13 ,

E lliott 588 , 598 .

Ellis,3 2 , 4 82 .

Ellison, 4 82 .

Ellwood, 120, 3 09, 482 .

E lmitt, 274 , 482 .

E lse,13 1

,482 .

E lsmore,482 .

Elson,153 .

Elston,153

,482 .

E lvidge, 269 , 4 82 .

Elwood,4 82 .

Elworthy, 153 , 482 .

Ely, 4 83 .

Embleton, 3 14 , 483 .

Embrey, 4 83 .

Emery, 290, 3 02 , 483 .

Emm ersonEm erson 181’ 274 ’

Emmott, 4 26, 483 .

EmpsonE

274 , 483 .

11180 11

Endacott,143 , 4 83 .

England, 22 3 , 3 51, 4 27, 483 .

English, 4 83 .

Ennion, 271, 3 3 8 .

Ensor, 171, 483 .

Entw istleEntw isle 2 44

’4 83 °

Enyon, 271, 3 3 8 .

Epton ,4 83 .

Erlam , 93 , 4 83 .

Errington, 181, 3 14 , 483 .

Esam,3 2 3 , 4 83 .

Essex , 4 83 .

Estabrook , 153 , 481.

Estb ury, 73 .

Etchells, 89, 93 , 483 .

Etheridge, 4 83 .

Etherington, 12 1 .

Eva, 4 83 .

E vans, 3 2 , 43 7- 4 3 9 , 483 .

Eve,186, 483 .

EveleighEvely

INDEX .XXVI !

Everall,3 37 483 .

Everatt, 483 .

Evered,483 .

Everett483

EverittEvershed, 3 84 , 483 .

Evison, 483 .

Ewer, 483 .

Ew ing, 588 .

Eyre, 13 1, 483 .

3 66, 484 .

Fagg, 2 29 , 483 .

Es iles, 483 .

Fairbairn, 3 14 , 483 , 588 .

Fairbanks, 483 .

Fairchild, 153 , 483 .

Fairclough, 2 45, 484 .

FaireyFair

4 84 .

5’

Fairhead, 186,Fairthorne, 73 , 484 .

FallowsFallowes

Fane, 4 84 .

Farey, 484 .

Farmer, 141 484 .

Farnsworth, 484 .

FarquharFarquharsou } 588 ’ 598‘

Farr, 2 10, 2 17, 484 .

Farrall , 4 84 .

Farrant, 14 2 , 484 .

FarrarFarrer 69 ’ 4 27’ 4 84 “ 588 , 598 .

Farrow ,284

,4 84 .

Farthing, 3 51, 484 .

Faulder, 118 , 484 .

Faulkner, 88 , 484 .

Fawcett, 4 13 , 4 84 .

Fawkes, 4 84 .

Fay, 205 , 4 84 .

Fayrher, 4 27.

Fazaekerley, 245, 484 .

Fear, 3 46, 484 .

Fearn, 13 1, 3 62 , 484 .

Fearon, 484 .

Feather, 42 2 , 484 .

Featherstone, 181, 4 13 , 484 .

Feaveryear

Feaviour

Felgate, 186, 484 .

Fell,4 84 .

Felton, 3 41, 4 84 .

FenemoreFennimore } 3 3 1’ 4844'

s?

Fenner, 187, 484 .

Fonsom ,484 .

Fenton, 3 2 3 , 484 .

Fenw ick , 3 09, 3 11 , 3 14 , 484 .

Ferguson, 484 , 581 , 588, 598 .

Fern, 3 62 , 484 .

Ferneyhough , 3 62 , 4 84 .

Ferrar, 4 27.

Ferris, 154 , 3 96, 484 .

Fetherstonhaugh , 3 14 .

Fetiplace, 73 .

Few , 3 93 , 485 .

Bow ings, 4 85 .

F idler, 89 , 4 85 .

F ield, 4 85 .

F ieldenFielding

485°

Fifet t , 171, 485 .

Filb ee, 4 85 .

F ile , 2 25, 485 .

Film er, 2 29, 485 .

Finb ow ,3 66

,485 .

Finch,2 17 4 85 .

F incham ,3 70, 4 85.

FindlayFinlayF inlaysonFinn

,2 29 , 4 85 .

F inney, 13 1, 3 62 , 4 85 .

Finnimore , 3 3 1, 4 84 .

F irkins,485 .

Firth,4 27, 4 85.

Fish, 485 .

F isher, 3 2 , 4 85, 588 .

F isk , 3 70, 485.

Fitch, 187, 4 85 .

F itchett, 13 1 , 485 .

Fitt, 206, 485 .

x x viii INDEX .

Fitter,3 90

,485.

F itton, 93 , 2 45, 4 85 .

Fladgate, 485.

Flanders, 83 , 485.

Flatman, 3 70, 485.

Flatt,485 .

Flem ing, 120, 485, 588, 598 .

Fletcher, 3 2 , 12 4 , 485 .

Flint,485.

Flintoff,4 13 , 485 .

Flinton,4 13 .

Flock,199

,486.

Florey, 486.

199, 3 96, 487.

Flow er, 3 51, 3 93 , 3 96, 486 .

Flow ers, 486 .

Floyd, 486.

Flu ckFlux

199,486 .

Fos le, 486.

Fogden, 3 80, 486.

F016, 69 .

FOliot,206.

Folkard,187, 486.

F011,69

, 486.

Follett,206 , 4 86.

Follows, 486.

Fooks,171, 486.

Foot, 171, 486 .

Footitt, 4 86.

Ford, 3 3 , 4 86.

Foljambe,13 1 .

Forbes,588, 598 .

Form an, 274 , 486.

Forrest,2 3 7 486, 588 .

Forrester,486.

Forryan, 2 62 , 486.

Forshaw ,2 45, 486.

Forster, 3 3 , 3 06, 4 86.

Forsyth, 588 .

Fortescu e,3 02 , 4 86.

Fortnam

Fortnum 3 3 1’ 486 '

Foss,154 , 486.

Foster, 3 3 , 486 .

Fothergill, 487.

Fou lke,171, 486.

Fou lkes, 486.

Fountain, 78 ,486.

Fowke,171, 486.

Fow le, 4 86.

Fowler,3 3 , 486.

Fow les, 486 .

Fownes, 154 .

Fox , 3 3 , 13 1 , 487.

Foxton,487.

Frampton, 172 , 4 87.

Francis, 3 92 , 4 87.

Frank,487.

Frankcomb e

Frankeome

Frankham , 3 96.

Frankland,4 27, 487

Franklin,3 3 1, 487.

Franks,4 87.

Fraser,581, 589 , 598 .

Frearson ,2 63 , 487.

Freeb ody, 487.

Freegard, 3 93 , 487.

Freeman, 3 3 , 3 65, 4 87.

Freer,2 63

,4 87.

Freestone, 263 , 487.

Freeth, 3 93 , 4 87.

Freethy, 107, 487.

Frem lin ,2 29

,4 87.

French, 3 4 , 154 , 487.

Frethorne , 73 .

Fretwell, 13 2 , 487.

Frew en, 263 .

Friend, 14 3 , 487.

Frisby,Frith

, 89 , 13 2 , 487.

Froggatt, 13 2 , 2 10, 487.

Frogley, 487.

Frohock , 85, 487.

From e, 73 .

Froom e, 73 , 488 .

Ema,488 .

Frow ,269, 4 88 .

Fry, 3 4 , 3 51, 3 96, 4 88 .

Fryer, 2 63 , 488 .

Fu lcher, 3 70, 488 .

Fulford,Fu llard, 488 .

Fullarton, 589, 598 .

INDEX . x x ix

Fuller,19 , 62 , 488 .

Ful ton, 589 .

Funnel], 4 88 .

Furber, 93 , 4 88 .

F urneaux , 154, 4 88 .

FurnessFurnISs

FurseFurzeFydell , 274 .

Fyson, 4 88 .

Gab b , 4 88 .

Gadsby, 13 2 , 488 .

Gadsden, 78 , 488 .

Gagg, 3 23 , 488 .

Galbraith, 589 , 598 .

Gale ,

Gallimore ,

4 27, 4 89

Gallon, 3 14 , 4 88 .

Galloway, 4 88 , 589, 598 .

Galpin, 171, 4 88 .

Galtey, 4 88 .

Gam ble, 2 90, 488 .

Gamm on, 154 , 4 88 .

Gamul,95 .

Gander, 3 84 , 488 .

Ganderton ,405, 488 .

Gape, 2 17.

Gapp, 290, 4 88 .

Gapper, 3 51 .

Garbutt,4 88 .

Gardiner3 4 488 5 9

Gardner 8

Gare, 4 88 .

17, 489 0

Garlick , 3 96, 4 88 .

Garman, 4 88 .

Gam e,4 89 .

Garner, 489 .

Garnett, 12 0, 24 5, 489 .

Garnham ,3 70, 4 89 .

GarrardGarrodGarrattGarrettGarrood

,489 .

12 5, 489 .

Garside,489 .

GaskellGaskil lGastrell

, 73 .

Gatehouse,4 89 .

Gates, 4 89 .

Gaunt, 274 , 489 .

Gay, 4 89 .

Gayford, 4 89 .

Gazard,489 .

Gaze,2 84

, 489 .

Geach, 4 89 .

Geske,489 .

Geary, 263 , 489 .

Geddes, 589 , 598 .

Gedge, 2 90, 4 89 .

Gee, 4 89 .

Gearing, 73 .

Geldard

GelderGell

,13 2 .

Gelsthorpe, 4 89 .

Gemm ell, 589 .

Genge, 4 89 .

C onn,107, 4 2 8 .

Gent, 13 2 , 4 89 .

George, 3 4 , 4 89 .

German, 155 , 4 89 .

Gerrard, 94 , 24 5, 489 .

Gerrish,489 .

Gerry, 108, 4 89 .

Ghey, 4 89 .

Gibb , 589 .

Gibbard, 4 89 .

GibbingsGibbinsGibbon, 489 .

Gibbons,3 44 , 4 89

Gibbs,3 4 , 194 , 4 89 .

Gibby, 490.

Gib lett , 3 51, 490 .

Gibson, 3 4 , 490, 589 .

Gidd lngs, 490 .

Giddy,107.

Gidley, 154 , 490.

Gifford, 3 51, 490 .

Gilbert, 3 5, 14 1 , 2 98, 490.

INDEX.

Gilchrist, 589, 598 .

Giles,3 96, 490.

Gilhespy, 3 14 , 490 .

Gilks, 3 3 1 ,

Gill , 101,Gillard

,4 90.

Gillb ard, 4 90.

Gillespie, 3 14 , 589, 598 .

Gillett,275, 3 3 2 , 4 90.

Gilliart

Gilliatt 274 , 3 3 2 , 490.

G illingham ,172 , 490.

Gillman 13 2 ’ 490'

Gilmour, 589 , 598 .

Gilpin, 12 1 .

Gim son ,263 , 490.

Ginger, 78 , 490.

Girling, 3 70, 490.

Gisborne,13 3 .

Gittins, 3 41, 490.

Gladwi'n,199 .

Glanville, 107, 154 , 4 90.

Glass,154

,3 96, 4 90.

Glasson,103 , 490.

Gleave,94

,490.

Gledhill , 4 28, 490.

Glegg, 95 .

Glen, 589 .

Glendenning, 490.

Glendinning, 3 14 , 490, 589, 598 .

Glover, 4 90.

Gloyn,491 .

Goacher. 3 84 , 491 .

Godb ehere, 491.

Godber,3 2 3 , 491 .

Goddard, 74 , 172 , 206, 3 71, 3 97,Godden, 2 29 , 491 .

Goddier, 94 , 491.

Godfrey, 85, 3 44 , 491.

Godsall

Godsell199,

Godson, 491 .

Godw in, 17 3 96, 491 .

Gofi ,3 02

,491.

Golby, 491 .

Golden, 491 .

Golding, 491.

Goldsm ith,491 .

Goldstraw ,491 .

Goldsworthy,491 .

Gomm , 78 , 491 .

Gooch, 491 .

Goodacre , 491.

Goodall, 125, 491 .

Gooday, 491.

Goodch ild, 184 , 491 .

Geode,3 02

,491 .

Gooden, 3 51, 3 71, 4 91 .

Gooderham ,491.

Goodhew , 2 29 , 491 .

Goodier, 94 , 49 1.

Gooding, 3 51 , 3 71, 491.

Goodknap, 275 .

Goodman, 491 .

Goodrich, 491.

Goodridge, 155, 491 .

Goodson, 4 91.

Goodw ill, 491 .

Goodw in, 3 5, 491 .

Goodyear, 94 , 275, 492 .

Goose,492 .

Gordon, 589, 598 .

Goring, 3 84 .

Gornall, 2 3 7 492 .

Gorringe, 3 84 , 4 92 .

Gorst, 2 37 492 .

Gorwyn , 14 3 , 492 .

Gosden, 492 .

Gosling, 492 .

Goss, 78 , 4 92 .

Gott, 4 28, 492 .

Gough, 79, 4 92 .

Gould, 125 , 3 57, 492 .

Gou lder, 492 .

Goulding, 492 .

Gou lter, 492 .

Gow,589 .

Gow er,2 29

,492 .

Gow ing, 291, 492 .

Gow lett, 492 .

Grace, 492 .

Graham, 118 , 3 09, 492 , 589,Grainger, 492 .


XXXII

Hale,495 .

Hales , 3 02 , 495 .

Haley, 495.

Halfacre,495 .

Halford,405, 4 95 .

Hall, 3 6, 124 , 495, 589 .

Hallam,12 5, 3 2 4 , 495 .

Hallett, 3 51, 4 95 .

Halliday,589 .

Halliwell, 2 46, 495 .

Halls,3 6

,495 .

Hallw orth ,495 .

Halsall,2 46, 495 .

Halse,155

,495 .

Ham ,155

,3 4 5, 4 95 .

Hamar, 3 3 7, 495 .

Hambleton, 3 62 , 495 .

Hambly, 108 , 495 .

Hambrook , 495.

Ham es,495 .

Ham ilton, 589 , 599 .

Ham lyn, 155 , 495 .

Hammersley, 495 .

Hammond, 3 7, 495 .

Hampshire, 4 95 .

Hampson, 495 .

Hampton , 405, 495 .

Hancock , 13 3 , 4 95 .

Hancorn ,496 .

Hand,496 .

Handcock , 13 3 , 495 .

Handford, 13 3 , 4 96.

Hands, 3 90, 496 .

Hanham , 3 51, 496.

Handley ,4 28

,496.

Hankey, 94 , 496.

Hankin, 2 17, 496.

Hanks, 199, 4 96 .

Hanley, 4 28 , 4 96.

Hann,172 , 496.

Hannaford,156, 496 .

Hannam , 3 51 , 4 96 .

Hannibal,3 2 1, 4 49 .

Hansford, 173 , 496.

Hanson, 4 28, 496 .

Harber,4 96.

Hard, 496.

INDEX .

Hardacre496

HardakerHardcastle, 42 8, 496 .

Harden, 496.

Hardicker

Hardiker

Hardie,3 7, 589, 599 .

Harding, 17 3 7, 14 1, 496 .

Hardman,2 37 2 47, 496.

Hardstaif, 3 24 , 496.

Hardw ick , 12 5, 3 51, 496 .

Hardy, 3 7, 2 58 , 496.

Hargreaves, 2 47, 42 2 , 496.

Harker,409 , 496.

Harkness,589 .

Harland,4 13

,496 .

Harle,3 14

,4 96.

Harmer, 496.

Harper, 496, 589 .

Harpham ,3 2 4

,496 .

Harradine, 70, 496.

Harris,3 7, 4 97.

Harrison, 3 7 497Harrod

,497.

Harry, 497.

Hart,3 8

,194

,497.

Hartland,199, 497

Hartle, 497.

Hartley, 2 3 6, 4 28, 497.

HartnellHartnell 156

’497'

Hartop, 69 , 497.

Hartridge , 2 30, 497Harvey, 3 8, 14 1, 2 83 , 3 57,599 .

Harw ood, 2 47, 4 97.

Haslam,2 3 6, 2 47 497.

Hasler, 4 97Hassall

Hassell94” 497'

Hatch , 3 4 6, 4 98 .

Hatfield,4 98 .

Hatherell, 498 .

Hathway, 498 .

Hatt, 3 3 2 , 498 .

Hatten, 498 .

Hatton. 4 98 .

INDEX . x x x fii

Haviland,174 .

Hawes,83

,498 .

Hawks,108, 498 .

Hawken, 498 .

Hawkes, 3 90, 498 .

Hawkey, 108, 498 .

Hawking, 498 .

Hawkings, 498 .

Hawkins,3 8 , 194 , 3 44 , 498 .

Haw ley, 498 .

Haworth, 40, 247, 498 .

Hay, 498, 589, 599.

Hayden, 498 .

Haydock, 2 47 498 .

Haydon, 14 2 , 4 98 .

Hayes, 498 .

Hayhurst, 4 98 .

Hayman,4 98 .

Hayne, 103 , 498.

Haynes, 3 3 2 , 498 .

Hayter, 173 , 498 .

Haythornthwaite , 2 37 498 .

Hayward, 3 9, 498 .

Haywood, 4 98 .

Head,4 98 .

Heading, 499 .

Headington, 499 .

Headon, 499 .

Heal

Heale156, 3 45, 499 .

Healey

HealyHeaman

,14 3

,499 .

Heap, 247 499 .

Heard,156

,499 .

Hearle,108

,499 .

Hearn,499 .

Heath, 3 57, 4 99 .

Heathcote,13 4 , 499 .

Heatley, 499 .

Heaton, 2 47, 499 .

Heaver,3 84

, 4 99 .

Hebden, 409 , 4 29, 499 .

Heb ditch,3 46, 499 .

Hebron, 499 .

Heddon, 156, 499

Hedges, 79 , 499 .

Hedley, 3 07, 3 14 , 499.

Heggadon , 143 , 4 99 .

Heighway, 3 37 499 .

Hele, 156.

Heler,499 .

Hellier,499.

Helliwell, 4 29, 499 .

Hellyar

Hellyer499 '

Helmer,14 3

,499 .

Helmsley, 3 24 , 3 84 , 4 99 .

Hembrow , 3 52 , 499 .

Homing, 499 .

Hemm ingHemm ingsHempsall, 499.

Hem sley, 3 24 , 3 84 , 499 .

Hemu s, 403 , 499 .

Henderson,3 07, 499, 590.

Hendy, 102 , 499.Henley, 499 .

Henshall, 94 , 499 .

Henson, 2 63 , 499 .

Heu stock, 4 99 .

Henwood,109

,499.

Heppell

Hepple181, 500.

Hepw orth, 4 29, 500.

Herbert,44 3

, 500 .

Herdman, 500 .

HernHem e

291, 500.

Herrick, 263 , 3 2 4 , 500.

Herries,590.

Herring, 275, 2 91, 500.

Herrod, 3 20, 500.

Hervey, 3 8 .

Heseltine,413

,500.

Hesketh, 2 47, 500.

Heslington, 4 13 .

Heslop, 3 14 , 500.

Hesmondhalgh , 2 37 500.

Hetherington, 12 1, 3 09 , 500.

Hewer,ettHew

500.

x x x iv INDEX.

Hewitson,500.

Hew lett, 500.

Hew son , 275, 500.

Hext, 156, 500.

Hey, 4 29, 500 .

Hayes, 500 .

Haygate, 500.

Hayrick , 263 .

Hayward, 500.

Heywood, 14 3 , 500.

Hiatt,199 , 3 3 2 , 500 .

HibbardHib b erd } 3 98 , 500 .

Hibbert, 500.

Hick , 500.

HickenHickin 500'

Hickling, 500.

Hickman,500.

Hickmott , 22 5, 500.

Hicks, 500 .

Hickson, 500 .

Hickton, 3 20, 500.

Hide, 500.

Hides, 500.

Hiatt, 199, 500 .

HigginbothamHigginbottom

12 5’ 500°

Higgins, 501 .

94 ’ 502 '

Higginson, 501 .

Higgs, 501 .

Higham ,248

,501 .

Higman, 501.

Hignell, 501.

Higson, 501 .

Hilder,3 84 , 501 .

Hildred, 501 .

Hill,3 8 , 590 .

Hillier, 501.

Hills, 3 8, 501 .

Hill sonHum

14 3,501.

Hilton, 12 1, 2 36, 2 48 , 501 .

Hinchcllfl’e, 42 9, 501 .

Hind, 501 .

Hindla, 501 .

Hindmarsh,3 15, 501 .

Hine, 3 58, 501 .

Hingley, 501 .

Hinton,3 41, 501 .

Hiorns

Hirons3 3 2 501 .

Hird, 4 13 , 501.

Hirst, 501 .

Hiscock,173 , 501 .

Hitchcock, 501 .

HitchenHitchinHitchenHitchings

109 » 502

Hoadl ey, 3 84 , 502 .

HoarHoare 502 '

Heath , 3 84 , 502 .

Hobart,2 91 .

Hobbs, 502 .

Hobby, 2 12 , 502 .

Hebden,3 84 , 502 .

Hobgen ,502 .

Hobley, 502 .

Hobson, 502 .

Hobya, 74 .

Hocken, 102 , 502 .

Hockenhall

Hockenhu llHockey, 502 .

Hockin

Hocking102

,502 .

Hockley, 187 502 .

Hocknell , 94 , 502 .

Hockridge, 14 3 , 502 .

Hoddell , 502 .

Hodder, 156, 502 .

Hoddinott, 3 4 1 , 3 52 , 502 .

Hodge, 103 , 109, 142 , 502 .

Hodges, 502 .

Hodgetts, 502 .

Hodgkins, 502 .

Hodgkinson, 125, 502 .

Hodgson, 181, 502 .

Hodnett, 3 41, 3 52 , 502 .

Hodson,502 .

Hogarth, 12 1, 502 .

INDEX .XXXV’

Hogb en

Hogb in2 3 0, 503 .

Hogg, 3 15, 503 , 590.

Hoggarth

HoggardHolb orrow ,

199 , 503 .

Holbrook , 3 24 , 503 .

Holbrow ,199 , 503 .

Holcott, 74 .

HolcroftHoldcroft

503 .

HoldenHolding

248,503 .

Holder, 503 .

Holdom , 79 , 503 .

Holdsworth, 42 3 , 503 .

Hole,503 .

Holgate, 2 48 , 503 .

Hollamb y, 503 .

Holland, 94 , 2 3 0, 503 .

Hollands, 2 30, 503 .

Hollick, 3 90, 503 .

Holliday, 503 .

Hellier, 2 63 , 503 .

HollingsworthHollingw orth

13 4 ” 3 62 ’

Holl ington, 405, 503 .

Hollins, 3 62 , 503 .

Hollinshead, 95, 503 .

Hollis, 206, 503 .

Hollow ,103 , 503 .

Holloway, 503 .

Hollyoak , 503 .

Holman,503 .

Holme , 503 .

Holmes,3 9

,503 .

102 , 504 .

Holness, 2 3 0, 503 .

Holroyd, 4 29 , 503 .

Holt, 79 , 248 , 503 .

Holtom , 79 , 504 .

Holton, 302 , 504 .

Holyday, 503 .

Holyoak, 3 90, 504 .

Home,3 41 , 504 .

Hom er,173 , 504 .

Homewood, 504 .

Hone, 3 3 2 , 504 .

Honess, 2 3 0, 503 .

Honey, 504 .

Honeyfield, 504 .

Honeysett , 504 .

Honniball , 14 3 , 504 .

Honour, 504 .

Honyw ood, 187.

Hood, 504 , 590 .

Hook , 504 .

Hooker, 2 3 0, 504 .

Hookway, 504 .

Hooley, 95, 504 .

Hooper, 101 , 504.

Hope, 504 , 590.

HopkinHopkins

82 , 504 .

Hopkinson, 125 , 504 .

Hopley, 95, 504 .

Hopper, 85, 4 13 , 504 .

Hopps, 504 .

Horn, 2 91, 504 .

Hornby, 2 48, 414 , 504 .

Horner, 4 14 , 504 .

Hornsby, 504 .

Horob in504 .

Horrob in

Horrocks, 248, 504 .

Horsey, 504 .

Horsfall , 4 29, 504 .

Horsley, 414 , 504 .

Horton, 95, 141 , 504 .

Horwood, 79 , 504 .

Hosegood ,3 52 , 504 .

Hosier, 3 41 .

HoskanHoskinHoskingHoskings

Hoskins504”

Hotchkiss, 3 41, 504 .

Hotten , 103 , 505 .

Hough, 2 49 , 505 .

Houghton, 249 , 505.

Houlbrook, 505 .

Hou ldcroft , 2 48 , 3 58, 503 .

Hou lden ,503 .

Houldsworth, 42 3 , 503 .

x x x vi

Hounsell , 173 , 505 .

Hou sden, 505.

House, 3 52 , 3 97 505.

Houseman, 505.

Hensley, 13 4 , 505.

Howard,17, 3 9 , 247, 2 83 ,

Howarth, 40, 2 47 505.

How e , 125, 3 45, 505 .

Howell,291, 445, 505 .

How ells,505 .

Howas, 505 .

Howey

How ieHew ettHewitt

How lett,505 .

Howorth, 40, 247, 505.

Howse, 3 52 , 3 98 , 505 .

How son, 505 .

Hoyes, 2 75, 505.

Hoyland, 9 5 .

Hoyle, 4 2 9, 505.

Hoyles, 505 .

Huband,405

,505.

Hubbard,2 9 1, 505.

Huddleston, 2 49 , 505.

505, 590.

Hudson, 40, 124 , 408, 505 .

Huggins, 2 91, 505.

Hughes, 40, 505 .

Hugill, 4 14 , 506.

Hulbert, 3 98, 506.

Hull, 173 , 506.

Hulland,13 4 , 506.

Hulme, 95, 249, 3 58, 506.

Humble, 506.

Humb ley, 506.

Humfrey, 506.

Humphrey, 40, 506.

Humphreys 40, 506.

HumphriesHunloka, 13 4 .

Hunt, 40, 3 19, 402 , 506.

Hunter, 506, 590.

Huntley, 199 .

Hurd, 506.

Hurford, 3 52 , 506.

Hurley, 3 52 , 506.

INDEX.

Hurrell,14 3

,506.

Hurren, 506.

Hurry, 85, 208 , 506.

Hurst, 2 49 , 506.

Hurt, 3 2 4 , 506 .

Hu skinson, 3 2 4 , 506 .

Hu ssey, 3 52 , 3 97, 506 .

Hutchings, 40, 3 52 , 506.

Hutchinson, 40, 181, 507Hutley, 507.

Hutt, 3 3 2 , 507.

Hutton, 275, 507.

Hu xham,507.

Hu x ley, 95, 507.

Hux table, 14 3 , 507.

Hyatt, 199 , 500.

Hyde, 405, 507.

Hyslop, 3 14 , 590.

Ibbotson, 507.

Ib ison, 507.

Iddon , 2 3 7, 507.

119 8 , 199 , 507.

Ill ingworth, 42 9, 507.

Inca, 95.

Incledon, 156.

Ing, 80, 507.

Ingal], 275 , 507.

Ingate, 3 66, 507.

Inge, 80, 2 3 0, 507.

Ingham ,4 29, 507.

Ingle, 275, 507.

Ingleby, 4 3 0, 507.

Inglis, 590, 599 .

Ingram ,292 , 507.

Inions, 3 4 1, 3 42 , 507.

Innes, 590, 599 .

Inns,507.

Inskip, 70, 507.

Instone, 3 41, 507.

Ireland, 249 , 507.

Irish,156, 50

Irons, 3 3 2 .

Irvine, 590, 599 .

Irving, 118, 507, 590, 599 .

Isaac, 156, 507.

INDEX . XXX 7 11

Isaacs, 507.

Isabell,292 .

Isbell, 2 92 .

Isger, 199, 3 46, 507.

Istad, 384 , 507.

Ivatt,86, 507.

Ivens, 3 88, 507,Ives, 284 , 507.

Iveson,4 14 , 507.

Ivey, 109 , 507.

Ivory, 2 17, 507.

2 30’509 °

Izzard, 507.

Jack, 590.

Jackman,507.

Jacks , 507.

Jackson, 40, 507, 590 .

Jacob292 , 3 52 , 508 .

Jagger, 508.

Jam es, 4 1, 508 .

Jameson,

508.

Jam ieson,4 1

, 508, 590 .

Jane, 109, 508 .

Janas,508 .

Jaquas,4 14

,508 .

Jardine , 590.

Jarrett,508 .

Jarrom , 264, 508 .

Jarvis, 508 .

Jasper, 508 .

Jay ,2 12 , 3 77, 508 .

Jcavons,3 62 , 508 .

Jefi coate

Jetfcota

JefferiesJetfreys

4 1, 508 .

Jetfery, 41, 14 2 , 508 .

Jefferson, 4 1, 118, 508 .

Jeifs, 4 1, 508 .

JelbartJelb ert

103 , 508 .

Jellis, 508 .

Jenkin,41

,444

,508 .

Jenkins, 41, 4 44 , 446, 508 .

Jenkinson , 4 1, 509 .

Jenner, 3 85, 509.

Jennings, 509 .

Jepheott, 508 .

Jepson, 509 .

Jeremiah, 509 .

Jerman,155 .

Jerram ,13 5

,509 .

Jarvis,509 .

Jesson, 264, 509 .

Jesty, 509 .

Jevens, 3 62 , 508 .

Jew ell,109 , 156, 509 .

Jillings, 509 .

JObling, 3 15, 509 .

Jobson, 509 .

Jocelyn, 187.

John,509 .

JObus,509 .

Johnson,41, 509.

Johnston,4 2

,12 1

, 509, 590, 599.

Jolliffe,206

,509 .

JOlly, 2 92 , 371, 509.

Jonas, 509 .

Jones, 42 , 43 7—4 3 9, 44 4 , 509..

Toop, 3 85, 3 98 .

Jopling, 3 15, 509 .

Jordan, 414 , 510.

Jordison,4 14

,510.

J0 86 , 510.

Joseph, 510.

JoslinJosling

187, 510.

Joul e, 13 5, 510.

Jowett, 510.

Joy, 187, 510.

Joyce , 70, 510.

Jeyes, 70, 510 .

Jub b , 43 0, 510 .

Juhy, 3 71 , 510.

Judd, 207, 3 98 , 510.

Judge, 510 .

Judkins, 3 03 , 510.

Judson, 414 , 510.

JulianJulyan

x x x vfii

Jupe, 3 85, 3 98 , 510.

J'

upp, 3 85, 510.

Ram,510.

Karslake,157.

Kay

Kaye2 49, 43 0, 510

Keast, 510.

Keble, 3 71 .

Keeble. 3 71, 3 90, 510.

Keedwell , 510.

Keel, 3 52 , 510.

Keeling, 3 62 , 510.

KeenKeene 76, 510.

Keep, 510KeetleyKeightley

2 59, 510. 3 45, 511 .

Keevil , 3 98 , 510.

Keirl , 3 53 , 510.

Kellaway, 173 , 510.

Kellett, 2 49 , 510.

Kelly, 157, 510, 590 .

Kelsall,95, 2 49 , 510.

199, 511 .

Kelsey, 23 0, 510.

Kemball, 510.

Kemble, 3 98 , 510 .

Kemp, 275, 511 .

Kempson, 511 .

Kempthorn , 157

Kem sley, 511 .

Kendall, 511 .

Kendrew,409, 511.

Kendrick, 74 .

Kennard, 511 .

Kennedy, 590 , 599 .

Kennerley, 511 .

Kent,2 07, 511 .

Kenward, 3 80, 511 .

Kenworthy, 4 2 3 , 511 .

Kenyon, 2 50, 511.

Kerkin,103 , 511 .

Kerr, 590, 599 .

Karrich, 3 71 .

Kerridge, 371, 511.

Kerrison, 511.

Kerry, 511.

Kersey, 3 71, 511 .

Kershaw,2 50, 511.

Kerslake, 157 511 :Kestle

,109

,511 .

Ketley , 511 .

Kettell, 17 3 90.

Kettlew ell, 4 14 , 511 .

Kettley, 511 .

Kevern, 103 , 511 .

Key, 102 , 12 5, 511 .

Keynes, 173 , 511 .

Keys, 511.

Keyte, 3 90, 511 .

Keyworth, 3 2 4 , 511 .

Kibble, 3 71, 3 90, 511 .

Kidd, 511, 590.

Kiddell

KiddleKidman

, 511 .

Kidner,511 .

Kilbay, 3 3 2 , 511.

Killick, 3 85, 511 .

Kilminster

KilmisterKilshaw

, 511 .

Kilvington, 4 15, 511 .

Kimber, 74 , 511.

Kinch,511 .

Kinchin,511.

King, 42 , 3 92 , 511, 590.

Kingham , 80, 512 .

Kingm an,512

Kingsley, 2 18,Kingsman

,187

Kingsnorth, 2 3 1, 512 .

Kingston, 3 03 , 512 .

Kingwall , 144 , 512 .

Kinsey, 95, 512 .

Kipling, 415, 512 .

Kirby, 408, 512 .

Kirk,512

,590.

Kirkby, 512 .

Kirkham,512 .

Kirkland, 512 .

Kirkman,264 , 512 .

Kirkpatrick, 59 1.


x 1 INDEX .

Leaver, 2 50, 515.

Leavers, 515.

Lackenby, 515 .

Ledbrook, 515.

Ledger, 515.

Lee,4 3

,88

,141

,3 19, 515.

Leech, 88 , 515 .

Leader, 2 92 , 515.

Leads,515 .

Leem ing, 515.

Lees,4 3

,515.

Lease,515 .

Legg, 174 , 515 .

LeggettLeggo tt

Legh, 96.

£2 293 , 3 71, 515 .

Leigh, 4 3 , 96, 2 50, 515.

Leighton, 515 .

Leivers,515 .

Lemmen, 515.

Lemon,515 .

Laney, 515 .

Lennox,591, 600.

Lenten ,22 3

, 515.

Leonard, 83 , 515 .

Leppard, 3 85, 515 .

Lerwill,144

,515 .

Leslie , 591, 600 .

Lethbridge, 158 , 515 .

Latheren,515 .

Lever,2 50

,515.

Levarton,3 24 .

LevettLevitt 515 .

Lew ell,293

, 515.

Lew in,3 03

,515 .

Lew is,4 3

,44 4

,515 .

Lewry, 515.

Lay, 158, 516.

Libby, 158 .

Liddell , 3 15, 516 .

Liddicoat, 110, 516.

Liddle, 516.

Lidstone,144

, 516.

Light, 516.

Ligh tfeot, 88, 516.

L111, 275, 516 .

Lilley, 275, 516 .

Limb, 126, 516.

Limbrick,200

, 516.

Lim er,3 63

,516.

Lincoln,516.

Lindley, 3 24 , 516 .

Lindop, 3 63 , 516.

Lindsay, 59 1, 600.

Lines,2 18 , 516.

Ling, 293 , 3 45, 3 71, 516 .

Lingard, 516.

Linnell, 303 , 516.

Lister, 20, 516 .

Litchfield, 516.

Lithgoe, 518 .

Little, 516, 591.

Littlechild,516 .

Littlejohn,516.

Littlejohns, 144 , 516.

Littler, 96, 516 .

Littleton,103

, 516 .

Littlew ood,516.

Liversedge, 4 16 .

Livesey, 2 50, 516.

Livesley, 516.

Llew ellyn, 516.

Lloyd, 43 , 4 37—43 9, 516.

Lobb,110, 516.

Lock , 2 04 , 516.

Lockett,516.

Lockwood, 4 3 0, 516 .

Lockyer, 3 45, 516.

LoderLodder

174 , 516 .

Lodge, 43 0, 516 .

Lofthou se, 4 16, 422 , 516.

Loftu s, 416.

Logan, 591 .

Lomas, 13 5, 517.

Lomax,517.

Long, 4 4 , 517Longbottom ,

517.

Longden, 517Longley, 517Longman, 517

Longstafi'

,181, 517.

Longton, 2 50, 517.

Longworth, 2 50, 517.

Lonsdale,2 50, 517.

Lonsley,

Look, 517.

Looker,517.

Leosem eor

Loosmoor144

, 517.

Loosley, 3 3 2 , 517

Lord, 2 50, 3 66, 517.

Lory, 517.

Loseby, 517.

Louch, 3 3 2 , 517.

Love, 2 3 1 , 3 85, 517.

Lovatt, 2 64 , 3 63 , 517.

Lovegrove, 517.

Lovell, 3 03 , 3 85, 517.

Lovelock, 517.

Loveridge, 14 2 , 200, 517.

Levering, 158, 517.

Loverock,517.

LevettLevitt

Loveybond

Lovibond

Low,44 , 591 .

Low e, 44 , 96, 517.

Lewes, 4 4, 13 5, 517.

Low ish,

Lowndes, 3 58, 517.

Lowry517

LowreyLowther, 121 .

Loxton,3 53

,518 .

Lu cas, 86, 518 .

Luck , 2 3 1, 518 .

Lu ckett, 518 .

Lucking, 188, 518 .

Lu cksford,518 .

Ludlam,13 5, 518 .

Luff,3 85, 518 .

Lu gg, 110, 518 .

Lumb,4 2 3

,518 .

Luml ey, 416, 518 .

Lumsden, 3 15, 518, 591, 600 .

264 , 3 63 , 517.

INDEX . x li

LundLuntLunnLu scombe, 158 , 518 .

Lu sh, 174 , 518 .

Lu sty, 518.

Lutley, 3 53 , 518 .

Luxford,3 85, 518 .

Luxton, 14 4 , 518 .

Lybby, 158 .

Lyford, 75, 518 .

Lyle, 110, 518 .

Lym er, 3 63 , 518 .

Lynam ,518 .

Lyne, 110, 518 .

Lynn, 518 .

Lyon, 518 , 591.

Lythgoe, 518 .

Mably,-103 , 518 .

McAdam,591 , 600.

McArthur,591 .

Macaulay, 2 64 , 518 .

McC allum , 591, 600.

McC u lloch,591 .

McDonald,591, 600.

McDougall, 591 .

Mace, 3 3 2 , 518 .

McEwan

McEwan591°

McFarlane, 591 .

McGregor, 591, 600 .

Machin, 201 , 3 2 5, 518 .

McIntosh

MackintoshMack, 2 85, 518 .

Mackaness, 299 , 518 .

McIntyre, 591 .

Mackinder, 518 , 580.

McKay

Mackay591 ‘

McKenz ie

MackenzieMcKie

Mackie } 591'

Mackley, 264 , 518 .

Xlii INDEX.

MeLaren

MaclarenMcLean

MacleanMcLeod

Macleod

McMill an

Macm illanMcNab

Macnab 592 ‘

McNau gh ton,592 .

McNeill, 592 , 600.

McPherson

Macpherson IiMcRae

MacraeMaddaford

Maddaver 111 518 .

Maddiver

Maddison, 181, 519 .

MaddockMaddocks 88

, 2 12 , 444 , 519 .

MaddoxMaddy, 2 12 , 519 .

Madeley, 519 .

Maden, 519 .

Madge, 144 , 519 .

Magor, 111, 519 .

Maidens, 270, 519 .

Maidm ent, 519 .

Mails,2 2 3 .

Mailes, 519 .

Main, 519 .

Mainwaring, 2 13 , 2 3 1, 519 .

Mair,592 .

Maitland, 592 , 600.

Major, 519 .

Makens, 519 .

Makins, 2 93 , 519 .

Makepeace, 519 .

Malbon, 96.

Malcolm ,592 , 600.

Malden ,70, 519 .

Malin, 3 3 2 , 519 .

Malkin, 519 .

Mallam ,179, 519 .

Mallett, 2 93 , 519 .

518,592 .

Mallinder, 126, 519 .

Mall inson, 519 .

Maltby, 3 24 , 519 .

Manisty, 2 18 .

Manley, 519 .

Mann,82 , 14 2 , 158, 2 93 , 3 90, 519 .

Manners,3 99

,519 .

Mann ing, 142 , 188 , 519 .

Mannington, 519 .

Manssll,3 42

,519 .

Mansfield,3 3 2

,519 .

Manwaring, 2 13 , 2 3 1, 510.

Mapstone, 519 .

Marchant,3 85

,519 .

Marchington, 13 6, 519 .

Mardell, 2 18 , 519 .

Marfell,2 10

,519.

Marflsst, 2 76, 519 .

MargerisonMargisonMarginson

Marks,519 .

Markham ,276, 519 .

Marks, 158, 519 .

Marples, 13 5, 519 .

Marriage, 188, 519 .

Marriott,125, 519 .

Marsden,125, 13 6, 2 50, 4 3 0, 520.

Marsh, 4 4 , 520.

Marshall,44

,520

,592 .

Marsland,96

,520.

Marson, 520.

Marston, 4 3 0, 520.

Martin,44

,520, 592 .

Martindale, 122 , 520.

Martland, 2 3 8, 520.

Mash, 2 2 3 , 520.

Mashiter, 520.

Masksll , 188, 520.

MaskeryMaskrsy

Maslsn , 520.

Mason, 4 5, 520.

Massey, 96, 52 1.

Masters, 3 53 , 52 1 .

Mastin,52 1.

Matcham ,2 3 1, 521 .

INDEX . x liii

Mather,251

,52 1, 592 .

MathiesonMathison 4 5: 52 1,

Mattham s, 52 1 .

Matthew, 45, 52 1 .

Matthew s,4 5

, 71, 3 92 , 52 1. 417, 52 2 .

Matthias,52 1 .

Mattison1 52 1 .Matterson 4 6

,

159, 522Mat sonMatts

,45

,52 1 .

Mau dsley, 2 51, 52 1 .

Maugham,52 1 .

Maughan, 52 1 .

Maule, 3 03 .

Maunder, 158, 52 1 .

Maundrell,3 99 , 52 1 .

Maw,270, 275, 521.

Mawdsley, 251, 52 1 .

Mawer, 276, 52 1 .

Mawle,3 03

,5 21.

Maw son,52 1 .

Maxted, 52 1.

Maxwell,52 1

,592

, 600.

May, 4 5, 52 1.

Maye , 521.

Mayer, 52 1.

Mayes, 52 1 .

Mayhew ,371, 522 .

Maylam ,52 2 .

Maynard, 110, 158, 52 2 .

Mayne,110, 52 2 .

Mayo, . 174 , 522 .

Mayor, 2 51, 522 .

Mead

Meade52 2 '

Meaden, 522 .

Meadmore,522 .

Meadows,522 .

Meaker,3 46, 52 2 .

Meakin,52 2 .

Mealor,52 2 .

Measures,522 .

Meatyard, 174 , 52 2 .

Medforth,52 2 .

Medland, 52 2 .

Medlicott,3 4 2

,52 2 .

159, 52 3 .

Meech, 174 , 52 2 .

Meek,52 2 .

Meen,522 .

Meeson , 189 , 52 2 .

MegginsonMeggisonMegson

Meikle, 592 .

Melhu ish

Melluish

Mellings, 522 .

Mellor,13 6, 52 2 .

Mellors, 52 2 .

Melsom e,3 99

,522 .

Menzies, 592 , 600.

Mercer,2 3 1

,522 .

Meredith,2 12

,4 37, 522 .

Merrell , 522 .

Merrett,200, 522 .

Merrick, 2 13 , 52 2 .

Merrikin,270, 522 .

Merrills,52 2 .

Merriman, 3 99 .

Message, 522 .

Messenger, 52 2 .

Messinger, 298 , 52 2 .

MetcalfMetcalfeMetherall

MetherellMetson , 52 3 .

Mew , 52 3 .

Meynell, 13 6.

Meyrick, 2 13 , 52 3 .

M ichell, 101, 52 3 .

Middlemas

Middlemiss 52 3 °

Middleton,4 5

,52 3

, 592 .

M idgley, 43 0, 52 3 .

Midw inter, 3 3 2 , 52 3 .

Milbank,188

,52 3 .

M ilburn, 3 09, 3 15, 523 .

Mildmay, 188 .

Mildon, 144 , 52 3 .

M iles, 45, 194 , 52 3 .

M ilk , 2 85, 52 3 .

Mill, 523 .

416, 522 .

Xliv INDEX .

Millar, 46, 592 .

M ill ard,52 3 .

Millbank, 52 3 .

M illedge, 523 .

Millen,52 3 .

Miller, 46, 52 3 , 592 .

Mill ican, 52 3 .

M illichamp, 3 42 , 52 3 .

Milligan, 52 3 , 592 .

Millikin, 52 3 .

Millington, 3 2 5, 52 3 .

MillmanMilmanMills

,46, 52 3 .

Millward,13 6, 524 .

Milne, 524 , 592 .

Milner, 12 5, 408 , 524 .

Milnes,13 6 .

Milsham,3 99 .

Milsom ,3 99

,52 2 .

M ilton,

M ilward,13 6

,3 86

,524 .

Minchin,2 00

,524 .

Minett,200

,524 .

Minns,2 93

,524 .

MinshallMinshu ll 96’ 524 “

Minta,270, 524 .

Minter,22 5

, 52 4 .

M inteyMinty

3 99, 524 .

Minton,3 37 3 42

,52 4 .

Miskin,2 2 5

,524 .

Missing, 524 .

M itchell,46

,101, 524 , 592 .

M itford, 3 15 .

Mody, 276, 3 53 .

Moffatt, 122 , 52 4 , 592 , 600.

Mogford, 144 , 524 .

Moggeridge, 3 53 .

Mohun,16

,3 53 .

Moir, 592 .

Molyneux, 524 .

Monk,52 4 .

Monkman,52 4 .

Monnington, 2 13 , 52 4 .

Montgomery, 3 03 , 524 .

Moody, 276, 3 53 , 524 .

Moon,16

,2 3 6

,3 53

,52 4 .

Moore,4 6

,82

,524 .

Moorhou se,4 3 0

,52 5 .

Morcom,52 5 .

Mordecai,525 .

Moreton,88

,525 .

Morgan, 4 6, 444 , 4 37—4 3 9,Morgans, 525 .

Morkam ,52 5.

Morley, 13 6, 525 .

Morphett, 2 3 1, 525Morrell

,4 30

,525 .

Morris, 47, 204 , 525 .

Morrison, 47, 525, 592 .

Morse,3 99, 525 .

Mort,2 51

,525 .

Mortimer, 52 5 .

Mortimore,144

,525 .

Mortin,13 6

,52 5 .

Morton,82

,96

,525, 592 .

Mosely, 52 5 .

Moses,47, 52 5.

Mosley, 12 5, 525 .

Moss,47 402 , 526.

Mossman, 526 .

Mossop, 118 , 526 .

Mott,188

,526.

Mottershead, 96, 526.

Mottram ,3 63 , 526 .

Moul d, 264 .

Mou le, 405, 526 .

Mounfield

Mountfield89

,526°

Mounsey, 122 , 526.

Mountain, 526.

Mountford, 3 63 , 526.

Mowbray, 276, 526.

Moyle, 111, 526.

Mox on, 526.

Mudd, 276, 3 71, 409, 526 .

Mudge, 159 , 526.

Mudy, 276 .

Mugford, 144 , 524 .

Muggeridge, 3 53 , 526 .

Muggleston,189

,526.

Mu ir,593 , 600.

INDEX .

Mu irhead, 593 .

Mu llenger

Mu llinger526 ‘

Mullins, 174 , 3 53 , 526 .

Mullock, 97, 526 .

Mumford, 80, 102 , 526 .

Munckton,174 , 52 6.

Munday r

Mundy I207, 0 2 6 .

Munn,406, 526.

Munro,593 .

Munslow ,3 42 , 526.

Murcott, 3 90, 526.

Murdoch, 581, 593 .

Murfin ,126, 526.

Murfitt, 526 .

Murgatroyd, 4 3 1 , 526 .

Murray, 52 6, 581, 593 .

Murton, 526.

Mu sgrave, 12 2 , 276, 3 09, 52 6.

Musson , 264 , 526 .

Mu still , 86, 526.

Mu tim er, 526.

Mutton,111

,406, 526.

Myatt, 526 .

Mycock, 12 5 , 3 58, 526.

4 3 1’ 528 °

Myers, 52 6 .

Myhill, 526.

Mytton ,406, 526.

142 , 527.

Nadin, 13 7, 526.

Nance, 111 , 526.

Nancekeville

Nankivell159 , 526°

Napper, 75 , 526.

Nash,80, 201 , 212 , 526 .

Naylor, 13 7, 526.

N 1ea’

47 527.

48,Neale

Neam e, 2 3 2 , 527.

Neave, 2 3 2 , 293 , 527.

Needham ,13 7 527.

Neeve, 527

Negu s, 70, 527.

Neighbour, 3 2 8 , 527Neil , 593 .

x lv

Neild, 527Neilson, 593 .

Nelm es

5Nelm s

27.

Nelson,12 2 , 2 51, 527

Nesling, 527.

Neth erway, 527.

Neve , 2 3 2 , 293 , 527

Nevell , 3 3 2 , 527.

Nevin527.

NevinsNew , 527

Newall, 97, 527

New berryNewberyNewboldNewbouldNewb y, 2 51 , 527

New combe, 159 , 527.

Newey, 527

New ington ,3 85, 527.

Newitt, 527Newman

,47 527

Newport, 528 .

New sholme

Newsom e

Newson, 528 .

New th , 528 .

Newton, 47 408 , 52 8 .

Nib lett , 201 , 528 .

Nichol, 48 , 52 8 .

N icholas, 4 8 , 52 8 .

NichollsNichols

4 8’528 °

Nicholson, 4 8, 528, 593 .

Nickels, 528 .

Nickolls, 52 8 .

Nickless, 528 .

NicolNicoll

Nicols, 528 .

Nicolson, 4 8, 52 8 , 593 .

Nield, 528 .

N ightingale, 528 .

Nishet, 593 , 600 .

Nix ,86, 3 77, 52 8 .

Nix on, 48, 3 57, 528 .

x lvi

Noakes,2 3 2 , 52 8 .

Noble, 528 .

Nock , 3 42 , 528 .

Noden, 97, 52 8 .

Norbury, 97 528 .

Norgrove, 2 13 , 528 .

Norman,48

,528 .

Nornab ell,

Norris,160

,2 51

,529 .

Norrish,160, 52 9 .

North,265, 52 9 .

Northam,160, 529 .

Northcott, 160, 529 .

Northey, 529 .

Northmore,529 .

Norton, 529 .

Norw ood,529 .

Nosvvorthy, 160, 529 .

Nott, 160, 529 .

Nottage, 189, 529 .

Nottingham ,52 9 .

Nourse,294 .

Nunn,372 , 529 .

Nurse,293

,529 .

Nuttall,2 51

,529 .

Nutter,2 51

,529 .

Oakden, 126, 529 .

O akes, 97, 529 .

O akey, 529 .

Oakl ey, 3 63 , 529 .

O ates

O bb inson,276.

O ckey, 52 9 .

O ddie, 2 51 , 43 1, 529.

Odell, 70, 529 .

Odger

Odgers529 °

Odl ing, 276, 529 .

Ody, 400, 4 3 1, 529 .

Offen,529 .

Ogilvy, 593 .

Ogle, 529 .

Okell,529 .

O ld,529 .

INDEX.

111, 53 0.

Packer,201 .

O ldacres, 529 .

O ldfield,13 7

,294 , 529 .

O ldham,529

O ldreave

O ldreive

O liphantO livant

529 °

O liver, 48 , 529, 593 .

O llerenshaw , 89, 137, 530.

O llerton, 53 0.

O lney, 70, 53 0.

O lver,49 , 53 0 .

Onions,3 4 2

,53 0.

OpieOppy

Oram,53 0.

O rchard,2 18

,530.

Ord,3 15

,530 .

Orford,2 84

,53 0 .

Organ, 200, 53 0.

Orgar, 2 18 .

Orgee , 53 0.

Ormerod,2 51

,53 0.

Ormond,530.

Orm ston,3 16

,53 0.

Orpe, 53 0.

OrpinOrr, 593 , 600 .

Orson, 2 59, 53 0.

Orton,265, 53 0.

O sbornO sborneO smond

,53 0.

O u lton,97, 53 0.

O uthwaite,4 17, 53 0.

O utram,137, 3 2 5, 53 0.

O verell,2 19

,530 .

O verton,276, 53 0.

OwenO wens 53 0‘

O x enham,160.

Oyler, 53 0 .


INDEX .

Peel, 4 23 , 53 4 .

189,53 4 .

Pegler, 200, 53 4 .Pegrum ,

53 4 .

Peirson,53 3 .

Pell, 53 4 .

Pemberton, 2 52 , 53 4 .

PendellPendle 53 4 “

Pender,112

,53 4 .

Pendl ebury, 2 52 , 53 4 .

Penfold,3 85

,53 4

PengellyPengmy

112,53 4 .

Penna,534 .

Pennifold, 3 85, 53 4 .

Pennington, 2 52 , 53 4 .

Penny, 3 53 , 53 4 .

Penrice,406

,53 4 .

Penrose,112

, 53 4 .

Penson, 53 4 .

Pentelovv,53 4 .

Penwarden, 14 4 , 53 4 .

Pepper, 265, 277, 372 , 53 4Percival

,53 4 .

Perham ,3 53

,53 4 .

Periam,3 53 .

Perkin51

, 53 4 .PerkinsPerks

,51

,53 4 .

PerrettPerrottPerriam ,

3 53 .

Perrin, 53 4 .

Perry, 51, 3 44 , 53 4 .

Pescud,53 4 .

Petch, 53 4 .

Peter, 53 4 .

Peters,53 4 .

Pether,53 4 .

Petherbridge, 144 , 53 4 .

PetherickPethick

53 4 .

Petit,189 , 53 4 .

Pettipher, 81, 220, 3 3 3 , 53 4 .

PettitPettittPetty, 53 5.

Phelps, 51, 3 54 , 53 5 .

Phillimore,201 .

Philippo, 2 94 , 53 5.

Philips, 51, 593 .

Phillips, 51, 53 5.

Phillipson, 51, 308, 53 5.Philp, 51, 53 5 .

PhilpotPhilpottPhilpotsPhilpotts

gigs; 53 5.

Phipps, 51, 194 , 53 5.

Pib us, 418 .

Pick,86

,2 19

,277, 53 5 .

Pickard,14 2

,3 99, 53 5.

Pickering, 417,Pickersgill, 4 17, 53 5 .

Pickett,3 99, 53 5.

Pickford, 53 5.

Pickin,53 5 .

Pickles,53 5.

Pickup, 2 52 , 53 5.

Pickwell, 53 5.

Piddu ck,2 3 2

, 53 5 .

Pierce, 50, 53 3 , 53 5.

Pierson,53 3 .

Pigg, 86, 2 19, 3 16, 535.

PiggottPigott

86,2 19

,2 20, 53 5.

Pike,207, 53 5.

Pilcher,2 3 2

, 53 6.

Pile,161

,53 6.

Pilgrim ,190

,53 6.

Pilkington, 2 52 , 53 6.

Pilling, 2 52 , 53 6.

Pimb lett,252

,53 6.

Pimlott,97, 53 6.

Pinch,53 6 .

Pinchbeck,278 .

Pinches,53 6 .

Pinchin,3 99

,53 6.

INDEX.x lix

Pindar Popplewick, 278 .

Pinder 277’ 3 25’ 53 6° Porrett

Pinhay

Pinhey

Pinniger

Pinnegar53 6'

Piper, 277 3 86, 53 6.

Pitcher, 53 6.

Pitchford, 3 37, 53 6 .

Pither, 53 6 .

Pitman, 174 , 3 54 , 53 6.

Pitt, 53 6.

Pittock , 2 3 2 , 53 5.

Pitts, 53 6.

Plackett,126

,

Plaistovve,53 6 .

Plant, 3 63 , 53 6 .

Platt, 75, 89 , 53 6

Platts,12 5, 53 6 .

Pledger, 190, 53 6.

Plew s, 53 6.

Plowright, 3 20, 53 6.

Plumb ly, 53 6.

Plummer,53 6.

Plumptre5

Plumtree 3 2 536 '

Pochin, 265, 53 6.

Pocklington, 2 78 , 53 6 .

Pocock , 3 99 , 4 17, 53 6 .

Podm ore, 53 6.

Po inter, 162 .

Polkinghorn ,112

,53 6.

P011, 294 , 53 6.

Pollard, 87, 53 6.

Pollitt, 2 52 , 53 6.

Pollock, 593 , 600.

Pom eroy, 174 , 53 6.

Pomfret, 53 6.

Ponder, 3 03 .

Ponting, 201 , 400, 53 6.

Poole, 200, 53 6.

Pooley, 53 6 .

Poore, 207, 53 7.

Pope, 201 , 53 7Popham ,

2 07.

POple, 3 46, 53 7

Popplewell, 4 3 1, 53 7

4 13 , 537.

Porter, 52 , 183 , 53 7.

Portsmouth,Poskitt, 53 7.

Postle , 53 7Postlethvvaite, 252 , 537.

Pottenger, 53 7.

Potter, 52 , 53 7Potticary, 207, 53 7.

Potts, 3 16, 53 7Pounde, 207.

Povey, 53 7.

Pow ,3 46, 537.

Pow ell, 53 , 292 , 53 7.

Pow lesland, 144 , 537

Pownall , 97, 53 7Poynter, 162 .

Poyntz, 190 .

Poyser, 12 5, 3 58, 537.

Pratt, 53 , 53 7.

Prebble, 53 7Preciou s, 537Preece, 53 , 4 3 9, 537Prentice, 53 7Prescott, 2 53 , 537Preston, 53 7Pretty, 537Prettyjohn ,

144 , 53 8 .

Price, 53 , 4 3 7, 4 3 9, 4 45, 53 8 .

Priday, 201, 53 8 .

Pride,3 42 .

Pridmore, 265, 53 8 .

Priest, 53 8 .

Prior, 102 , 53 8 .

Prisk , 103 , 53 8 .

Pritchard =x=

Prichard4 39 ’ 53 8°

Probert, 56, 4 3 9 , 53 8 .

INDEX .

Procter Quenby, 53 9 .

Proctor 53 ’ 53 8 ’ Qu ested, 2 3 2 , 53 9 .

Prodger, 43 9 . Qu ibell,3 25

, 53 9 .

Prodham,4 17 53 8 . Qu ick, 102 , 162 , 53 9 .

Prole, 53 8 . Quilter, 53 9 .

Prosser,4 3 9, 53 8 . Qu inney, 53 9 .

Prothero , 53 8 .

Proud, 182 , 53 8 .

Proudham , 4 17, 53 8 .

Prout,195, 53 8 .

Prou seProw sePrudam es

PrudomPryce , 53 8 .

Pryde, 3 42 .

PryerP

102, s3e.

ryor

Puckeridge, 53 9 .

Puddephatt, 80, 2 20, 3 3 3 , 53 9 .

Puddifoot, 2 20, 53 9 .

Puddy, 3 46 , 53 9 .

Pugh, 4 3 9, 53 9 .

Pugsley, 162 , 53 9 .

Pu llanPullen 194

,53 9 .

PullinPurcell, 80.

Purdy, 294 , 53 9 .

Purkis,87, 53 9 .

Purser, 53 9 .

PursglovePurslove

Purslow,2 00.

Purssell,80, 53 9 .

Purvis, 53 9, 593 .

Puttock, 3 77 53 9 .

Pyatt, 3 63 , 53 9 .

Pybu s, 418 , 53 9 .

Pye, 113 , 2 25, 253 , 53 9 .

Pyke, 207Pyle, 161, 53 9 .

Pym,161. 53 9 .

102 , 162 , 53 8 .

417, 53 3 .

Quance, 144 , 53 9 .

Quelch, 182 , 53 9 .

Babbette,53 9 .

Rabjohns,14 4 , 53 9 .

Raby, 102 , 253 , 53 9 .

Rackham,53 9 .

Radcliffe,540.

Raddall

Raddle53 9°

Radford, 125, 53 9 .

Radley, 53 9 .

Radway, 202 , 53 9 .

Rae, 3 16, 593 .

Ragg, 140 .

Raikes,4 18 .

Rain,53 9 .

Rainbow,53 9 .

Raine,182 , 4 18, 53 9 .

Rainford, 2 53 , 53 9 .

Rains,126, 53 9 .

Ram say, 593 .

Ramsbottom ,2 53 , 53 9 .

Ram sden, 4 3 1 , 540.

Ranby, 278, 540.

Rand, 81, 3 16, 540.

RandallRandell 540‘

Rankin,593

, 601 .

Ransom540.

RansonRapley, 3 86, 540.

Rapson, 540 .

Rashleigh , 540.

Ratcliffe, 540.

Rathbone, 97, 540.

Raven, 190, 540.

Ravenscroft, 97, 540.

Ravenshaw,540.

Raw,4 10

, 540.

Raw clifi'

e,2 53 , 543 .

Rawdon, 43 1.

Rawle,540 .

RawlingsRawh s

401, 540.

Rawlinson,2 53 , 540.

Ray, 3 16, 540 .

Raymont

Baymount 144” 540°

RaynerRaynor

190, 540.

Rea

Rw y3 16

,540.

Read,53

,540.

Reading, 3 91, 540 .

Beadman,12 2

,43 1

,540.

Reakes, 540 .

Reddaway, 144 , 540.

Reddicliife, 162 , 540.

RedfearnRedfernRedgate , 3 2 5, 540 .

Redman,122

,43 1

,54 1 .

Redmayne, 12 2 , 4 3 1, 54 1 .

Reece,53 , 54 1 .

Reed,53

,541 .

Rees, 53 , 54 1.

Beeson, 270, 541.

Reeve,55

,541 .

Reeves, 55, 54 1 .

Reid,53

,541, 593 .

RendallRendellRendleRennie

,593 .

Bennison, 541 .

Renshaw ,137, 13 8, 54 1 .

Renton, 3 16, 54 1 .

Renw ick, 3 16, 54 1 .

RetallackRetallick

Retter,144

,541 .

Revel]

Rev“,13 8

,541.

Rew,144

,541 .

Reynolds, 55, 82 , 283 , 541 .

Rhoades,278 , 54 1.

Rhodes,2 3 6

,278 , 4 3 2 , 541 .

Rice,445

,54 1 .

INDEX.

3 16, 542 .

li

R ich,3 54

,3 93

,541 .

Richards, 55, 141, 541 .

Richardson,55

,117 542 , 593 .

Richens,542 .

Riches, 2 84 , 542 .

Richmond,42 1

, 542 , 593 .

Rickard,542 .

Rickett,190

, 542 .

Ricketts,201

,542 .

Ridd,144

,542 .

RiddellRiddleRider

,542 .

RidgewayRidgwayRiding, 542 .

Ridler,3 45, 542 .

Ridley, 3 07, 3 16, 54 2 .

Ridout,175, 542 .

Rigby, 2 53 , 542 .

Rigden, 2 3 3 , 542 .

Riggall, 278, 542 .

Righton, 202 , 542 .

Riley, 13 8, 542 .

Rimell

Rimm en 201, 542 .

Rimmer, 2 3 8, 542 .

Ringer, 542 .

Ripley, 4 3 2 .

Rippon, 542 .

Risdon, 162 , 542 .

Rishworth,43 2 , 542 .

Rising, 2 94 , 542 .

Ritchie, 59 3 .

Ritson,5 43 .

Rivett, 2 94 , 543 .

Rix,2 95

,543 .

Roach,543 .

Roadley, 54 3 .

Roads, 77, 4 3 2 , 54 3 .

Boako,54 3 .

Robb , 593 .

Robbins, 543 .

Roberts, 56, 101, 543 .

Robertshaw ,543 .

Robertson,3 16, 54 3 , 593 , 601 .

Robins, 54 3 .

Iii INDEX .

Robinson, 13 , 56, 543 .

Robson, 56, 3 09 , 3 16, 543 , 594 .

Rodda, 103 , 54 3 .

Roddam ,3 17, 543 .

Roddis, 54 3 .

Rodenhurst , 3 42 , 543 .

Rodes, 4 3 2 .

Rodm ell,543 .

Roe, 3 45 , 543 .

Roebu ck , 544 .

Bofe

Roffe54 4 .

Rogers, 56, 101, 54 4 .

Rogerson, 544 .

Rolfe, 17, 544 .

Rolph, 17, 3 65, 544 .

Rood, 3 54 , 544 .

Roofe, 2 85, 544 .

Rook544 .

Roose, 113 , 544 .

Root, 190, 544 .

Roper, 544 .

Rosb otham

Rosbottom

Ro se, 56, 544 .

Roseveare, 103 , 544 .

Rosewarne, 103 , 112 ,

Roskelly

Roskilly } 112’

Ross, 175, 544 , 585, 594 , 601 .

Bossall

Rosseu} 253 , 544 .

Rosser, 544 .

Rossiter, 544 .

Rothw ell , 253 , 544 .

Rounthwaite

Rou thvvaite418’ 544 ‘

Rou se, 113 .

Routledge, 544 .

Rou tley, 544 .Sabin, 3 3 3 , 545.

Row ,544 .

Sadler, 375, 545.

Rowarth , 126, 544 .Sagar, 2 54 , 545 .

Rowbotham Sage, 163 , 3 54 ,545 .

Rowbottom13 8 » 544 ' Saint, 545 .

Row e, 102 , 163 , 544 .

Row ell, 142 , 544 .

Rowland, 163 , 545 .

Rowlands, 54 5 .

Row latt

Row lett } 2 66, 3 04 , 545 .

Rowles, 3 28, 545 .

Row ley, 2 20, 3 63 , 545 .

Rowlingson ,545 .

Rowntree, 545 .

Row se,113 , 545 .

Royce , 545 .

Royle, 97, 2 53 , 545 .

Rudd, 3 4 3 , 3 54 , 545 .

Ruddle, 3 99 , 400, 54 5.

Rudge, 202 , 2 13 , 406, 545 .

Ru egg, 3 54 .

Ruffle, 190, 545 .

Rugg, 3 54 , 545 .

Ru gman,545 .

Rumbold, 208 , 545.

Rumm ing, 54 5 .

RundellBundle

113 , 545 .

Runnalls, 103 , 545.

Ru scoe, 545 .

Ru sh,372 , 545.

Rushden, 2 20 .

Ru shton, 3 63 , 54 5.

Ru shworth, 4 3 2 , 54 5 .

Ru ss,175, 400, 545, 585 .

Ru ssell, 57, 82 , 545, 594 .

Ru ston, 87 545.

Rutherford, 3 09, 3 17, 545, 594 , 601.

Rutter, 97 545.

Ryder, 54 5 .

Byding, 542 .

Ryle, 97.

Rymer, 201, 545;

Sale, 2 20, 545.

Salisbury, 2 53 , 546.

Sallis, 83 , 546.

Salmon, 546 .

Salt, 3 63 , 546.

Salter,163

, 546.

Saltern,163 .

Salthou se, 2 53 , 546.

Sampson, 546 .

Samways, 175, 546.

Sandbach, 98,Sandercock , 103 , 546.

Sanders, 57, 546.

Sanderson, 57 3 07 546 .

Sandry, 103 , 546 .

Sands, 546 .

Sankey, 3 4 3 , 546.

Sansome,3 2 6.

Sardeson, 546.

Sare,81

,546.

SargeantS argent

102,546 .

Sargisson, 546 .

Saunders, 57 546 .

Saunderson, 57, 546.

Saundry, 103 , 546.

Savage, 202 , 546.

Savary, 295 .

S avery, 2 95.

Sav ile,191 .

Savill, 190, 546.

Savin,3 3 3

, 546.

Savory, 2 95 , 546.

Sawyer, 3 66, 546.

Say, 3 54 , 4 45, 547.

Sayce, 4 45 , 547

Sayer, 191, 2 95, 4 18 , 547.

Sayers, 2 2 1, 3 86, 547Scales

,2 95 , 547.

Scantlebury, 103 , 547.

Scarborough, 547Scarlett, 2 13 .

Scarth, 547Schofield

,2 54

,43 2

,547.

Scholes,547.

Scholey, 547Scholfield, 2 54, 547

INDEX.

278, 547

liii

Scoble, 113 .

S coley, 547.

S ecou es, 547.

Sc ott, 57, 547, 583 , 594 .

Scotton, 2 66, 547.

S cragg, 98 , 547.

S crimshawS crimshire

S criven, 3 04, 547S crivener

, 70, 547.

S croggs, 547S crub y, 191, 547.

Scrymgeo ur, 278.

S cudamore, 2 13 , 547.

S cune , 2 79.

Scutt, 57, 175, 547, 584.S eabrook, 191, 22 0, 547S eacome

,2 55.

S eal, 13 8, 547.

3 46,547.

S eaman, 58, 3 72 , 547.

S ear, 8 1, 547.

S earie, 87, 102 , 547.

Sears, 2 2 1, 3 86, 54 7Searson, 547.

Scath, 547.

S eaward,S eccom be, 547.

S ecum ,2 55 .

S eddon, 547

S edgw ick, 547ised 547

Seed, 2 37 547

S efton, 2 54, 547.

S egar, 2 54 .

S elby, 3 2 5, 547.

S eldom, 163 , 547.

S elf

S elfe

SellarsS ellers 4 18

’

S ellek, 163 , 54 8.

Se lwyn ,2 01

,54s.

Semm ens, 101, 550.

S en ior, 175, 43 2, 548 .

Sephton, 2 54, 547.

2 96, 401, 547.

liv

Sercomb e,548.

Sergeant, 278 , 548 .

Severn, 548 .

Severs,418 , 548 .

Seward,17, 163 , 548 .

Sewell, 295, 548 .

S eym our, 81, 548 .

S eys, 44 5, 548 .

Shackel , 548 .

S hacklady

zShakelady254 ’ 548 '

Shackleton, 548 .

Shacklock, 13 8 , 548 .

Shackshaft, 548 .

Shakerley, 2 54 .

Shakeshaft, 548 .

Shanks,3 17 548 , 594 , 601 .

Shapland, 144 , 548.

Sharland,163

,548 .

Shannan,548 .

SharpSharpe

57, 548 , 594 .

Sharples, 23 8 , 254 , 548 .

Sharpley, 548 .

Sharratt,3 59, 3 63 , 548 .

Sharrock, 254 , 548 .

Sharrod,548 .

Shave,548 .

Shaw,58

,124

,3 19, 3 57,

Sheale, 3 17.

Sheard,549 .

Shears, 549 .

Sheb b eare, 163 .

Sheen, 549 .

Sheffield, 549 .

Sheild, 3 17Sheldon

,13 8

,549 .

SheldrakeSheldrick 549 °

Shelley, 3 64 , 549 .

Shelton,2 66, 3 19, 549 .

Shemilt,549 .

Shenton,3 64

,549 .

ShepherdSheppard, etc.

Shepperson, 549 .

Sheringham ,

INDEX .

58,177, 549, 594 .

3 53 , 550.

Sherman,163 .

Sherratt,3 59

,3 63 , 549 .

Sherrill, 163 , 549.

SherrinSherring

Sherwill, 163 , 549 .

Sherw in ,13 8 , 549 .

Sherwood, 549 .

Shield, 3 17 549 .

Shields, 549 .

Shillitoe, 43 2 , 549 .

Shipley, 549 .

Shipman,2 59 , 549 .

Shipp, 549 .

Shipton, 549 .

Shipvvay, 202 , 549 .

Shirley, 3 64 , 549 .

Shirt, 12 6, 549 .

Shoeb otham

Shoeb ottom

Shone, 98 , 550.

Shopland, 550.

Shore, 98, 550 .

Shorland, 548 .

Shorrock , 2 54 .

Short, 163 , 550.

Shorter, 2 3 3 , 550 .

Shotton, 182 , 550.

Shreeve,2 85, 550 .

Shrimpton, 3 3 4 , 550.

Shufileb otham

Shufileb ottom

Shuker, 3 37 550.

Shute,175, 550.

Shuttleworth, 2 54 , 42 2 , 550.

SiddallS iddellS iddleS iddons, 550.

Siddorn,550.

S idebottom , 550 .

Sidford, 3 94 , 550 .

S idgw ick, 547.

Bilcock,550 .

S illitoe, 4 3 2 , 550.

Silverlock, 191 .

Silvester,550 .


lvi

Speed, 3 55, 552 .

Spence, 552 .

S l

S

pe

nce ey

} 553 .

pensley

Spencer, 16, 59, 124 , 2 98,Spendlove, 13 9 , 553 .

Sperring, 3 55 , 553 .

Spicer, 175 , 553 .

Spiers, 553 .

Spiller, 14 2 , 3 55, 553 .

SpinkSpinks

2 96, 553 .

Spofi‘

orth,4 3 3 .

Spokes, 3 04 , 553 .

Spotterswood, 122 , 553 .

Sprake, 553 .

Spratt, 553 .

Spriggs, 553 .

Springall, 3 3 3 .

Sproston , 98 , 553 .

Spry, 113 , 164 , 553 .

Spurgeon, 191, 553 .

Spurle

Spum n164 , 5 5 3 .

Spurrett, 553 .

Spurrier, 175 .

Squance, 553 .

SquireSquires 164

,553 .

Squirrell, 553 .

Stace,2 3 3

,553 .

Stacey, 164 , 553 .

Stafford,13 9

,553 .

Staines, 191, 553 .

S tafi e , 202 , 553 .

Stainthorpe, 553 .

Staley, 553 .

Stallard, 553 .

Stamp, 278 , 553 .

Stanbra, 3 3 4 , 553 .

Stanbridge, 70, 553 .

Stanbury, 164 , 553 .

StandenStanding 3 86’ 553 ’

Stanford, 3 72 , 3 86, 553 .

Staniforth, 553 .

Stanley, 553 .

INDEX .

60, 177,

Stannard, 3 72 , 553 .

Stansfield, 4 3 2 , 553 .

Stanton, 554 .

Stanworth ,2 3 8, 554 .

Staples, 3 25 , 554 .

Stares, 554 .

Starkie,2 54 , 554 .

Starling, 2 96, 554 .

Starre,278 .

Stavely, 4 19 , 554 .

Stay, 3 86, 554 .

Stead, 43 2 , 4 4 5, 554 .

StebbingStebbings

554 “

Stedman, 2 3 3 , 554 .

Steeds,3 46

,554 .

Steel 1

Steele i554 , 594 .

Steer,142

,377, 554 .

Steggall, 3 72 , 554 .

Steight , 202 .

Stelfox , 554 .

S tendall,554 .

StephensStevensStephensonStevensonSteward, 555 .

Stewart,555, 594 .

Stickles,555 .

Stidston ,144 , 555.

Stiles, 555 .

Stimpson, 296, 555 .

Stinchcombe , 202 , 555 .

Stinton, 406, 555 .

Stirling, 594 .

Stob art

Stob ert

Stobbs, 555Stock, 191,Stockdale, 83 , 555 .

Stocker,2 2 3 .

S tockh illF

Stockill550 °

Stockton, 98, 555 .

Stoddard, 555 .

Stoddart, 594 .

S tokell,555.

S tokes, 2 66, 555.

Stone, 60, 71, 555 .

Stonehouse, 555 .

Stoneman, 555 .

S tones, 4 3 3 , 555 .

Stoppard ,555 .

S tops, 555.

S torer, 13 9, 555.

StoreyStoryStorr

,279, 555 .

Storry, 3 4 3 , 555 .

Stotherd

S to thert50 5 °

Stott, 2 55, 3 45 , 555 .

Stovin,279 .

Stowe, 279, 555 .

Strachan,594

, 601 .

Strange, 175, 556.

Stratford,556.

Stratton, 400, 556.

Straughan, 3 08 , 556 .

Straw, 3 2 5, 556.

Straw son, 556.

Street,3 93 , 556.

S trelley, 137.

Stretton, 13 9, 2 66, 556.

Strickland, 556 .

Stride, 208, 556.

Strode, 3 55 .

Strong, 142 , 556.

Struthers,594 .

Strutt,192

,556 .

Stuart, 556, 594 .

S tubbins,3 25 , 556.

S tubbs, 88, 3 64 , 556.

S tub ley, 279, 556.

Stuckey, 3 55, 556.

Studley, 175 , 556.

Stunt,2 3 3

,556 .

Stupples, 556.

Sturdy, 4 19, 556 .

Sturgeon, 372 , 556.

S turryStury

3 43 .

Sturt,3 86

,556.

3 43, 555 .

INDEX .

255, 557.

lvii

Stuttard,555 .

S tursacre

Sturzacre

0Styles, 556.

Sadall, 2 55 .

S uddaby, 4 19 , 556.

Sugden, 43 2, 556.

SuggettS uggitt

3 72 , 556.

S ul ly, 3 55 , 556 .

S ummerfield,15

,556.

S umm erhayes, 556 .

Summ ers,14 2

, 556 .

S umner, 556.

S underland, 556.

S unter,4 10

,556.

S urman,202

,3 78 , 556.

Surtees, 182 , 556 .

S u tclifi e,422

, 556.

Suter,556.

S utherland, 594 .

Suttaby, 4 19 .

Sutton, 60, 556.

Swaffer,2 25

, 556.

Swafiield,175, 556.

Swain, 17, 142 , 279, 556 .

Swales,4 19 , 557.

S wan557, 594 .

SwannS wanton, 557.

Swarbrick

Swarbrook

Swayne, 556.

S weet, 3 55, 557.

Sweeting, 192 , 557.

S wetenham

Swem m

Swift, 13 9, 2 55, 557.

Sw inburneSwinb ourne

Sw indellSwindells

98’557°

S w inton, 99, 557Sworder

,557.

Swyft,

Sykes, 4 3 3 , 557.

Symes, 176, 557.

12 3,3 17, 557.

lviii

58, 557

81,557.

Tab b erer, 13 9 .

TaberTab or 192

,557.

Tabley, 99 .

Tagg, 13 9 , 557

Tailby, 2 66, 557

Tait,557, 594 .

Talbot,

3 55,557.

Tamblyn, 114 , 557Tam e, 75, 557.

Tancock, 557

Tandy, 406, 557Tanner

,26

,401

,558

Tanton,14 2

,558

Tapley, 99, 558 .

Tapp, 558 .

Tapping, 558 .

Tarn,558 .

Tarr, 558 .

Tassell , 2 3 3 , 558 .

Tatch ell, 558 .

Tate,178, 558 .

Tatham,4 3 3

,558 .

Tattam , 81, 558 .

Tattersall, 2 55, 558.Taunton, 3 94 , 558 .

Taverner,144 , 558 .

Taylor, 60, 558, 594 .Tazew ell

,3 46, 558.

Teague, 558 .

Teal

Teale

Tealby, 266.

Teasdale, 118 558 .

Teb b itt

Teb bu tt

Teek,558

TelferTelfordTemperley, 558.

INDEX .

Temple, 558 .

Templeman, 3 26, 558 .

Templeton, 594 .

Tennant,559

,594 .

Tennison ,4 10

,559 .

Terrell, 75 .

Terry, 2 3 3 , 559 .

Tester,3 80

,559 .

Tew,3 04 , 559 .

ThackeryThackrayThackwray

Thatcher, 71, 559 .

They er,559 .

Thirgood, 192 , 560.

Thirkell,2 3 4

,3 73 , 559 .

Thirkettle,2 3 4 , 2 96, 3 73 , 559 .

Thirtle, 296, 3 73 , 559 .

Thoday, 559 .

Thom ,594 .

Thomas, 60 , 101, 559 .

ThomasonThomasson 89 ’ 559 ’

Thomlinson ,118 , 559 .

Thompson, 61, 559 .

Thom son,61, 559 .

Thompstone , 90, 559 .

Thorington, 192 , 559 .

Thorley, 559 .

ThornThom a

142 , 559 .

Thornber, 43 3 , 560.

Thornhill, 90, 560.

Thornley, 560.

Thornton, 178, 3 17, 560.

Thorowgood, 192 .

ThorpThorpe

125, 560.

Threlfall, 2 55, 560.

Throppe, 99 .

Thrower, 2 96, 560.

Thurgood, 192 , 560 .

Thurkettle, 2 3 4 , 2 96, 373 , 560.

Thurlby, 2 80, 560.

Thurlow , 3 73 , 560.

Thurman, 560.

Thurston, 3 73 , 560,

INDEX .lix

Thurtell

ThurtleThw aiteThwaitesTibbettTibbitTibbettsTibbittsTice, 560.

T ickle, 99 , 560.

Tickner, 560.

Tidy, 560 .

Tilbrook , 192 , 560 .

T ill,195, 560 .

296, 560 .

TilleyTiny

3 55, 3 56, 560.

Timberlake, 70, 560.

Timmis, 560.

T imm s

Tim e

3 3 4 , 560.

T imperley, 99 , 560.

TindaleTindallTindell

182 , 309 , 3 17, 560 .

T indleTingey, 560.

Tinker, 560 .

Tinkler, 560.

Tinney, 560.

T insley, 256, 560.

13 9, 561 .

Tippett, 114 , 560 .

Tipping,560.

Tipton, 3 43 , 560.

T irrell , 75 .

Titcom b e, 401, 561 .

T itley, 3 4 3 , 561 .

Titmas

70 22 1Tittmuss

561 °

Titterton ,3 58 , 561 .

Tob itt , 561 .

Todd, 178 , 561, 595 .

Tofield, 561.

Tofts, 192 , 561 .

Toll , 561 .

Toller, 165 .

Tolley, 406, 561 .

Tom ,561 .

Tomblin, 561 .

Tombs, 561 .

Tom es,561 .

Tomkin, 81 , 561 .

Tomkinson ,561 .

Tom lin, 561 .

Tom linson, 125, 561 .

Tompkins, 81 , 561 .

Tompsett, 561 .

Tom s,561 .

Tongue, 407, 561 .

Tonkin, 114 , 561.

Toogood, 561.

Tooley, 2 96, 561 .

TOO“267, 561 .

TooneToovey

Tovey

Tope, 561 .

Topham ,4 19

,561 .

Toplady, 3 26.

Topp, 176, 561 .

Topping, 12 3 , 2 56, 561 .

Torr, 3 64 , 561 .

Tothill, 165.

Tow es

Towse

Towndrow

Townrow

Townroe

Townend, 561 .

Townsend, 561 .

Townson ,2 56, 561 .

Tozer, 165, 561.

Trafi ord, 561 .

Travis, 2 79, 562 .

TreadwellTredwell

3 28’3 3 4 ’

Treasu re, 3 56, 562 .

Trebilcock, 114 , 562 .

Tregear, 114 , 562 .

Tregellas, 114 , 562 .

Tregian ,110, 115 .

Tregoning, 562 .

Treleaven,562 .

Treloar, 103 , 562 .

1X

TremainTremayneTrembath

,104

,562 .

Trem lett, 165, 562 .

Trerise, 104 , 562 .

Tresidder,562 .

Trethew ey, 114 , 562 .

Trevail, 562 .

Treweeke, 562 .

Trewhella,114

,562 .

Trewicke, 3 09, 3 17

Trew in,562 .

Tribe,3 86

,562 .

Trice, 2 2 3 .

Trick, 562 .

Tricker,562 .

Trickett,99

,562 .

Trickey, 142 , 3 56, 562 .

Trigg, 203 , 3 26.

Tripcony, 562 .

Tripp, 3 56.

Trippas, 3 88 , 562 .

Trotman,202

,562 .

Trott, 165, 562Trotter

,419

,562 .

Trounson , 562 .

Trowbridge, 176, 562 .

Trude,562 .

TrudgenTrudgian

Truelove, 562 .

TruemanTruman

Truscott, 115 , 562 .

Trussell,3 05 .

Tru sw ell, 3 26, 562 .

Tryce, 22 3 .

Tubb , 208, 562 .

T uck , 2 97, 401, 562 .

Tucker, 19 , 20, 562 .

Tuckett, 562 .

Tudge, 562 .

Tudor, 562 .

Tuff'

, 562 .

Tufiin,169

, 562 .

Tufiley, 203 , 562 .

INDEX .

114, 562 .

115, 562 .

90, 562 .

Truew icke,3 09, 3 11, 3 17.

126, 563 .

Tu lly, 562 .

Tunniclifi'

,562 .

Turnbu ll, 3 09, 3 17, 562 , 595 .

TurnellTa mil, 562 .

Turner, 61, 562 , 595 .

Turnock, 563 .

Turpin, 165, 193 , 563 .

Turrill, 3 3 4 , 563 .

Turton,13 9

,563 .

Turvill, 208 , 563 .

T u stain,3 3 4

,563 .

Tuthill, 165 .

Tweddell

Tweddle 182,3 17, 563 .

Tweedle,3 17 563 .

Tw eedy, 4 20, 563 .

Tw een, 563 .

Twentyman,3 26 .

Tw idale,3 18

,563 .

Twigg, 13 9, 563 .

Twitchin,208

,563 .

TyackTyacke

115 , 563 .

Tyerman,4 19, 563 .

Tyler, 563 .

Tyley, 563 .

Tym

Tymm

Tyndal, 560.

Tyreman , 4 19, 563 .

Tyrer, 563 .

Tyrrell, 75 , 563 .

Tysoe, 563 .

Tyson, 563 .

Udall, 13 9, 5 63 .

Uglow ,142

,563 .

Ullyatt, 279, 563 .

Umpleby,

Underhay, 563 .

Underhill,563 .

Underwood, 3 05, 563 .

Unicum e, 563 .

Unsworth, 2 56,Unw in, 193 , 3 42 , 563 .

Upton, 564 .

Uren,Urmston, 99, 564 .

Urquhart, 595, 601.

Urry, 208 .

Urw in,564 .

Usher, 3 18 , 564 .

Usherw ood, 564 .

Usticke , 115 .

Utting, 297 564 .

Uttley, 564 .

Vachell, 75.

Vale , 2 13 , 564 .

Vallance, 564 .

Vanner, 564 .

Vanstone, 14 4 , 564 .

Varcoe,102

,564 .

Vardon,100.

Varley, 564 .

Varney, 564 .

Vaughan, 3 43 ,4 3 8, 43 9, 4 45 ,

Vaudrey} 3 3 4 .Vaudry

Vaw ser, 87, 564 .

VealVealeVellenow eth , 564 .

Venables, 99 , 3 43 , 564 .

Venn, 165, 564 .

Venner, 165, 564 .

Vennimore, 3 3 1 .

Venning, 115, 564 .

Ventress564 .

Ventrl s

Vercoe, 564 .

Vergette, 3 05, 564 .

Verity, 564 .

Vernon, 89 , 3 58 , 564 .

Verrall , 3 86, 564 .

VerranVerrin } 104 , 564 .

Vicary, 564 .

Viccars, 564 .

Vick , 203 , 564 .

Vickers, 126,

INDEX .

3 56, 564 .

1Xi

Vickery, 564 .

Vidler, 564 .

Vigar

Vigars

VigorsVimpany , 564 .

Vince, 3 73 , 564 .

Vincent, 284 , 564 .

Vine, 564 .

Viner,564 .

Vines,564 .

Vinson, 564 .

Vinter, 2 80, 564 .

Vivian, 115,564 .

Voaden

Vodden

Voice, 564 .

Vooght , 144 , 564 .

Vosper, 115 , 564 .

Vow les, 3 46, 564 .

Vyse, 2 2 1, 564 .

Wacher, 565 .

Waddell , 595 .

Waddingham ,2 80, 565 .

W addington, 2 56, 4 3 4 , 565 .

Wade, 565 .

Wadland, 165 , 565 .

Wadley, 565 .

Wadsley, 279, 565 .

Wadsworth , 4 3 4 , 565 .

Wager, 565 .

Wagstaif, 3 26, 565 .

Wain,3 58

,565 .

Wainwright, 565 .

Waite, 565 .

Wakefield, 565 .

Wakeford, 565 .

Wakeham ,166, 565 .

Wakelin,193 , 565 .

Wakely, 169, 565 .

Walburn, 565 .

Walby, 2 21 , 565 .

Walden,565 .

Walder, 565 .

Waldron, 75, 565 .

lx ii

Walford, 565 .

Walker,19, 20, 61, 124 , 565,

Wall,565 .

Wallace,3 18 , 566, 584 , 595 .

Wallbank,256, 566.

Waller,566.

Walley, 100, 566.

Wallis, 87, 566, 584 .

Wallvvin, 126, 566.

Walpole, 2 97 566 .

Walrond,17 3 56, 566.

Walsh,566.

Walmsley, 2 56, 566.

Walter,142

, 566.

Walters, 566.

Walton,62

,117, 182 , 566.

Wanlace

Wanless 3 18,566.

Warburton, 99, 2 56, 566.

Ward,62 , 82 , 566.

Wardell, 566.

Warden, 3 88 , 566.

Warder, 3 37 566.

Wardle, 3 58, 566 .

Ware, 566.

Wareham , 176, 567.

WareingWaring

567°

Warne, 567.

Warner,567

Warnes,2 85, 567

Warr,77 567

Warren, 62 , 141, 567Warrilow ,

567

Warrington, 3 64 , 567Warry, 3 56 .

Warwick, 567Wass

,2 80

,567

Waterfall,

Waterhou se, 13 9 , 567Waterman, 2 3 4 , 567.

Waters, 3 93 , 567Watkins, 445 , 567Watkinson, 4 3 4 , 567.

Watson, 63 , 117, 124 , 567, 595.

Watt, 595.

Watts, 63 , 141, 567

INDEX.

419, 568 .

193 , 569 .

166, 3 46, 569 .

Waugh, 3 18, 567 595.

Way, 5673"

Waycott, 567Wayman, 567.

W ayne, 567Wearmouth , 182 , 567

Wearne, 567

Weatherall,3 2 6

,568 .

W eatherhead, 4 3 4 , 568 .

W eaver, 20, 568 .

Webb , 19 , 568 .

W ebber,

14 2,568 .

W ebster, 19, 20, 63 , 568, 595.

W eddell

W edone3 17, 3 18 , 568 .

Weeks,3 45, 401, 568 .

Weetman, 568 .

Weighell

W eighm419, 568 .

Weightman,568 .

Weir, 595, 601 .

WelburnW ellburn

Welch, 568 .

Welford,267, 410, 568 .

Weller, 3 77 568 .

Wellings, 568 .

W ell ington, 568 .

Wells, 64 , 568.

W elsh, 595.

W elson,568 .

W endenW endonW ent

,569 .

Were , 144 , 569 .

W errett , 203 , 569 .

Wescott, 166, 3 46, 569 .

West, 64 , 569 .

Westacott

W estcottWestaway, 569 .

Western, 145, 569.

W estgate , 569 .

W estlake , 166, 569 .

Westley, 3 05, 569 .

WesterbyWestoby


lx iv INDEX.

W ilmer,81, 572 .

W ilmotW ilm ot, 140

,22 1

, 572 .

W ilsdon, 572 .

Wilshaw,572 .

W ilshere,2 21 .

Wilson, 65, 572 , 595 .

Wiltshire,2 21

,3 93 , 572 .

W ilton,126

,573 .

W inder,2 57, 573 .

W indsor,573 .

W infield,573 .

Wingfield, 140, 573 .

W inn,280, 573 .

W innall, 407, 573 .

W inslade, 3 46, 573 .

Winson,573 .

W instanley, 257, 573 .

W instone, 573 .

W int,3 64 , 573 .

W inter, 573 .

W interton,2 67.

W intle,2 03

,573 .

W intour, 203 , 573 .

W inwood, 573 .

W isdom,3 3 4 .

W ise,116

,573 .

W iseman,193

,297, 573 .

Witchell,203

,573 .

Withecomb eW itheycom b e

166’ O73 '

Witherden,2 3 4

,573 .

W itheridge, 573 .

W ithers,2 08 , 573 .

W itheyW ith},

573 .

W itney, 573 .

W itt, 208, 573 .

W itter, 573 .

W itty, 573 .

W offenden,573 .

W olfenden, 257 42 2 , 573 .

Wolley, 574 .

Wolton,573 .

WombwellWoomb ill

3 26’573 ‘

Wonham,3 78, 573 .

Wonnacott,145

,573 .

Wood,65

,124

,573 , 595 .

Woodall,573 .

Woodcock,102

,3 3 6, 573 .

Wooddisse, 573 .

Woodhams,3 86, 573 .

W oodhead,4 2 3

,573 .

Woodhou se,140

,2 13

,574 .

Woodings, 574 .

W oodland,574 .

Woodley, 574 .

W oodman, 574 .

Woods, 66, 574 .

Woodward, 66, 124 , 402 , 574 .

Wookey, 574 .

W oolcock,116, 574 .

Woolfenden, 2 57, 42 2 , 573 .

Woolgrove, 574 .

Woolhouse,3 05

,574 .

Woollam r

Woollam s574 “

Woolland,574 .

Woollard,3 74 , 574 .

W oollatt,22 1

,574 .

Woolley, 140, 574 .

Woolston,285

,574 .

Wooster, 574 .

Wootton, 70, 574 .

Workman,574 .

Worm ington, 407 574 .

Wormleighton, 267 574 .

Worsley, 2 57, 574 .

Worth, 100, 574 .

W orthington, 100, 2 57, 574 .

Wortley, 574 .

Wotton, 167, 574 .

Wragg, 140, 574 .

Wrathall, 574 .

Wray, 3 16, 4 20, 574 .

Wrayford

WrefordWrenWrennWright, 66, 574 , 595 .

Wrighton, 575 .

Wrightson, 575 .

Wrixon, 575 .

INDEX. lx v

Wroot, 190, 2 80, 575 .

Wroth,167, 575 .

Wyatt, 3 45 , 575 .

Wych, 100, 575 .

Wyer, 575 .

Wyles, 571 .

Wylie, 595 .

Wylshere , 2 21 .

Wyman,3 05

,575 .

Wynne, 446, 575 .

Yapp, 575 .

Yarde,167.

Yardley, 3 64 , 575 .

Yarnold,407 575 .

Yarrow ,575 .

Yarwood, 575 .

Yates,12 5

,575 .

Yeandle,575 .

Yeardley, 575 .

Yeend,575 .

Yelland,104

,575.

Yeo,167, 575 .

Yeom an,575 .

Yeomans,575 .

York,575 .

Young, 66, 177, 575,Younger, 575 .

Youngman, 575 .

Youngs, 575.

C HRONOLOGIC AL TABLE.

1042—1066 . Edward the C onfessor.1066 .

1066—1087

1087— 1100

1100— 113 5

113 5— 1154

1154—1189

1189—1199

1199— 1216

12 16- 1272

1272— 13 07.

13 07- 13 27.

13 27- 13 77.

13 77— 13 99 .

13 99—1413 .

1413 — 14 22 .

14 22— 1461 .

1461—1483 .

14 83 .

Harold.

W illiam I .

W illiam II .Henry I .Stephen.

IIenry II .

Richard I .John.

IIenry III .

Edward I .Edward II .Edward III .

Richard II .

Henry IV .

Henry V .

Henry VI .

Edward IV.

Edward V.

1483 - 1485 .

1485- 1509 .

1509- 1547.

1547—1553 .

1553 — 1558 .

1558— 1603 .

1603 - 1625 .

1625 - 1649 .

1649—1660.

1660- 1685.

1685 - 1688 .

1689- 1702 .

1702—1714 .

1714 - 1727.

1727- 1760.

1760- 1820.

182 0—183 0.

1830- 183 7.

1837.

Richard I II .

Henry VII .

Henry VIII .Edward VI .Mary 1.

Elizabeth.

James I .

C harles I .

The C ommonwealth .

C harles II .Jam es II .

W illiam III . andMary II .Anne .

George I .George I I .George III .George IV.

W illiam IV.

Victoria.

HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES .

CHAPTER I .

INTRODUC TORY REMARKS .

S INC E this book is concerned chiefly w ith the lineage of the

m asses of the English people , it w ill be profitable to occupy a

page or tw o w ith a consideration of the position and m ode of l ife

of our yeom en ancestors betw een tw o and three centu ries ago ;

and I shou ld first observe that my rem arks w ill relate m ainly tothe yeom en proper of those tim es rather than to the hum bler

order ofpeasantry su bservient to them ,or

,in other words

,to that

w ell- to - do class ofwhich plain John Ridd,the Som erset yeom an of

“ Lorna Doone,

”m ay be taken as a type , rather than to the

sim pler peasantry, of w hom Fielding’

s characters of Gaffer and

Cramm erAndrew s m ay be considered as in som e degree typical .

I allude,in fact

,to the great body of freeholders

,the yeomanry

of the Middle Ages, a body which , in antiqu ity of possession and

purity of extraction,w as probably superior to the classes that

looked down upon it as In the tim e ofwhich I w rite ,the yeom en class had been strengthened by the addition of thebody of tenant farm ers

,w hose interests w ere very m uch the sam e

as those of the sm aller freeholders,and who shared with them the

comm on nam e of yeom en .

”

1‘

The English yeom en in the past were a stay - at - hom e people ,passing u neventfu l lives on their own acres

,w hich frequ ently

rem ained in the hands of the sam e fam ily for five or six

generations, and were handed on from father to son w ith a

regu larity that betokened long life and b u t natu ral decay. Eachdied

,as a ru le

, w ell stricken in years, piously bequeathing in hislast will and testam ent his soul to God, his body to the earth fromw hence it cam e

,and his lands to h is descendants . In nearly every

Stubbs’ “C onstitutional History of England 1884 : iii, 569 .

1" I bid.

2 HOMES or FAMILY NAMES .

county there are yet to be found several fam ilies of yeom en livingin the sam e qu iet and rem ote parishes in which their ancestorsresided tw o centu ries or m ore ago . Each fam ily is represented in thechurch register by an uninterrupted su ccession ofentries ofbirths

,

m arriages , and deaths, in w hich the sam e Christian nam es occu r

over and over again in a m anner very confu sing to the genealogist .These registers, how ever, do not usu ally comm ence at an earlierdate than the sixteenth centu ry, and, as a ru le, therefore , are notofm u ch service in throw ing light on the origin ofa fam ily .

From the w ills of the yeom en of 2 50 or 3 00 years ago w e can

extract m u ch that throw s an interesting light on their w ays of life ,and a little

,too

,that in the m u sty parchm ent still preserves its

pathos . They supply u s often w ith the only inform ation w e

possess ofm any an u nhistoric line,and their som ewhat m onotonou s

character is em inently suggestive of peaceful and contented lives .

The u sual bequ ests to the chu rch and to the poor , and the prom ise

of tw elve or twenty pence to the ringers for the ringing of theirknells indicate the simple faith and re ligiou s practice of our

yeom en ancestors . The w ell - to - do yeom an bequ eathed to hiseldest son his principal belongings , h is hou se, his acres

,his

“w aynes and plough geare, his live stock , and a few hundredpou nds ; to his w ife a hom e

,a feather - b ed furnished

,and

10 pounds a year, 50 shillings to be paidqu arterly ; to his othersons tw o kine apiece ; to h is daughters, a silver Spoon and a cow

apiece , to be delivered into their ow n hands and not into their

hu sbands’ ; to his grandchildren , a sheep apiece ; to a favouriteniece , a black h eifer or a w hite ew e ; 2 0 shillings to the poor, and20 shillings to the church

,and

“ 20 pence to the ringers for theringing ofmy knell .

”

Usually ,these ancient yeom en w ere b u t little affected by the

w ars and political factions of theirtim es . They w ere not troubledw ith am bition

,and few cared to w ander far from the v icinity of

their birthplace . It w as the boast of a w ealthy old Devonshire

yeom an , 150 years ago , that he had never crossed the borders of

h is native county, and I cannot believe that in this respect h ediffered greatly from his fellow s . From the stationary conditionso f their lives, and from the nature of their pu rsuits and sur

roundings, they acqu ired a solid m ediocrity of character, to whichthe long persistence of fam ilies in the sam e locality and in thesam e station is m ainly du e . England, in tru th , ow es m uch to

their lack of aspiration and to their hom e - loving ways . It is,

INTRODUC TORY REMARKS . 3

how ever, rem arkable that the rise of a fam ily into a conditionof

opulence is,as a ru le , shortly follow ed b y its dispersal, until ,

w i thin a generation or two , the hom e of the nam e for centuries

know s it no m ore .

The agricu ltu ral population , as indicated by the permanent

location of the su rnam es, has experienced b u t little effect from theimm igration offoreigners, which du ring the last three centuries has

so largely influenced the popu lation of the Metropolis. Ouryeom en ,as w e know now

,are tru ly sons ofEnglish soil

,if an u ninterrupted

abode of at least five or six centu ries can entitle them to the nam e .

They have not received any accessions of note since the period

comprised in the tw elfth, thirteenth , and fourteenth centu ries,during w hich numbers of Flem ings w ere introdu ced into the

west of England and into Sou th'

Wales,partly for establishing the

w oollen m anufactu re in England and partly to assist in the colonization ofWales . Since the tim e ofthe early Flem ings the English

yeom an population has, on the w hole,m aintained its stability .

Although in the last tw o or three centu ries the Jews , the Walloons ,and the Hugu enots have found a hom e in the land, their numbers

have alm ost entirely gone to increase the popu lations ofour tow ns

and cities . Trade and com m erce have absorbed them in theirranks

,and it is only in rare instances that the foreign imm igrants

have assum ed the statu s of an English farm er . I w ill not, however

, content myselfw ith these general statem ents, b u t w ill refer

briefly to the evidence on which they are based.

In the first place , w ith reference to the Jew s, it should herem arked that after the persecu tions of the Middle Ages they w erereadm itted into England b y Cromw ell . They labou red, how ever ,under m any seriou s disabilities until the present centu ry . In

Germ any, where the Jew s are nine tim es as num erous as in GreatBritain

,they have been tru e to the bu siness instincts oftheir race ,

and only a few of them have becom e farm ers and sailors . And,

in fact, we m ay say the sam e of those w ho have been for several

generations in o ur own land. It is true that several nam essuggestive to som e people of Jew ish descent occur in thealphabetical list of nam es

,a list m ain ly referring to the yeom an

population ; but in m ost of these instances it w ill be found, onreferring to the notes on the characteristic nam es of the cou nties,that they have been the nam es of English yeom en , English clergym en

,and English squ ires, for at least six centuries, and in not a

few cases w e find them in the Dom esday Book .


The Walloon and Hugu enot imm igrants of the sixteenth and

seventeenth centu ries requ ire b ut little consideration,since their

w ell - know n indu strial ha b its and their com parativ ely recent arrivalam ongst u s are circum stances that wou ld render any extensive

interm ixtu re w ith the agricu ltu ral classes improbable,a pre

sum ption strongly confirm ed b y the absence (w ith b u t few

exceptions) of Hugu enot and Walloon nam es from my l istfi'e

In Kent,Sussex

,Norfolk

,and other counties

,w here these settle

m ents w ere m ade , the energies of the refu gees w ere in the m aindirected tow ards industrial pursuits . Thus

,to take the Kentish

town of S andw icht as an exam ple,w e learn that after the advent

of the Walloon refugees in 1561 the trade and popu lation greatlyincreased. As c loth - m akers

,sm iths

,potters

,&c .

,the foreign

imm igrants gave new life to the town ; b u t only a few of them

becam e engaged in agricu ltural pu rsu its, not , how ever , as general

cu ltivators of the soil bu t as vegetable gardeners . Their nam esstill linger in and around Sandw ich , though the prosperity of theplace has to a large extent disappeared ; b u t they are lost am ongst

the m ass of Kentish nam es, and are destined to finally disappear

either through extinction or b y being Anglicised .

It is estimated that after the Revocation of the Edict ofNantes,in 1685

,betw een and French Protestants, or

Hugu enots, settled in Great Britain . A large number of themfou nd their hom e in the Metropo lis

,and m any new industries w ere

established in this city and in other parts of the country by therefu gees . O ur yeom an popu lation , how ever, w as but little affectedb y the imm igration .

In tru th,w e may conclu de that our farm ers m ay confidently lay

claim to be considered as English am ongst the English . For fiv eor six centuries at least they hav e been thorough Englishm en , andit is to this class that w e naturally look ifw e w ish to ascertain the

general characters of the popu lation of a county or of a district .

Concerning this subject,Dr . Beddoe

,in his w ork on the “ Races of

Britain,

”

speaks in no dou btfu l tone w hen he says that“ the sm all

farm ers are still the m ost Saxon or Anglian part of the popu la

tion in the sou th - east and east ofEngland, and the m ost British

or Celtic in the sou th - w est . ” Generally speaking, how ever , in

There are in my list several good old English orold Norman nam es wh ichhave been considered as of Hugu enot origin. Those interested in the subjectmay easily satisfy them selves on th is point.

1“ See Boys

’ History ofSandw ich.

”


6 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES .

nom enclature of Englishmen w as for the most part in a confu sedjumble , and that on account of the rapid m eans of inter - comm uanication

, which we enjoy in the present century, m ost of the diS a

t inctions that existed in the past w ou ld have been lost in the whirland bu stle of the indu strial era in which w e live . It m ight haveseem ed to them that chance had p layed such a part in the interm ingling of the inhabitants of different counties and districts,that it w ould be a hopeless task to endeavour to unravel theentangled skein . In such lights as these did these m atters appearto m e

,until

,by pursuing a particular line of research, I fou nd that

it w as yet possible to pick up the threads . By this m eans I havefound order where often I expected disorder

,and m ethod w here I

only looked for chance . Yet 8 0 extensive is the subj ect that I canonly honestly claim to have perform ed the functions of a pioneer

,

and must leave to others, m ore capab le than myself, the fu rther

w orking ou t and elucidation of the distribu tion of fam ily nam es .

NOW , w hat has been my m ode of attacking this problem ? Iat once put aside the idea of investigating the distribu tion of thenam es of 26 m illions of people

,being staggered by the greatness

of the task, and scarcely thinking that my lifetim e w ou ld be longenough to obtain satisfactory results from su ch a com plicatedproblem . Since, how ever, my object w as to ascertain the hom esof fam iliar surnames and to ascertain the’ characteristic surnam es

of each county,I selected after m ature deliberation those of the

m ost stay- at - hom e class of the country, nam ely the farm ers, and

checked my resu lts by m eans of the lists of gentry,so that the

resu lts m ay be regarded as u su ally of general application . Aprelim inary exam ination , also , soon assured m e that the farm ers ,w ho vary in number in each county betw een and

form ed a class sufficiently num erou s for my pu rpose .

I then set to w ork to run through the lists of farm ers given inKelly

’s Post Oflice Directories for all the English counties, only

noting dow n under each county the nam es that exceeded, in their

relative frequency ,a rate ofabou t seven per ten thou sand am ongst

the farm ers of that cou nty. Thus, I attacked the problem by asystem ofproportional numbers, and my readers w ill soon perceiv e

my reasons for so doing . Let u s suppose, for instance , that I

w anted to ascertain the frequ ency of the Sm iths in any tw o

cou nties, and that , as w as actu ally the case, I counted 200 in the

West Riding of Yorkshire , and 100 in Staffordshire . View ed

absolutely, these num bers have very little valu e , but considered


relatively they m ay be m ade to tell their tale ; and in fact we findthat the Sm iths are better represented in Staffordshire than theyare in the West Riding of Yorkshire , the proportion in Staffordshire being 100 Sm iths to farm ers, and in the West Riding200 Sm iths to farm ers , from which we obtain for Staffordshire a proportional nu mber of 200 Sm iths for everyfarm ers

,and for the West Riding only 160 Sm iths for the sam e

num ber of farm ers . If w e now look under Sm ith in the alphab etical list in the latter part of this book , w e Shall find 200 for

Staffordshire and 160 for the West Riding. 1 w ill take anothercase . There are

,or w ere recently, 2 3 farm ers nam ed Boo th in

Derbyshi re and 26 In Lancashire . Bu t since Derbyshire possessesscarcely halfas many farm ers as Lancashire, the Booths in Derbyshire are

,relatively speaking, far m ore frequ ent . In Lancashire

w e find a proport ion of 24 in and in Derbyshire 44 perand by referring to

“ Booth ” in the alphabetical list w e

shall find the num ber 24 under Lancashire and 4 4 under Derbyshire . This

,therefore

,is the tru e m ean lng of the num bers

em ployed in the alphabetical list . They are proportionalnumbers per of the farm ers in any particu lar county.

I was occupied about three w eeks in m aking this list . Thenfollow ed the much m ore laborious process of arranging the nam es

(betw een and in all,and perhaps halfas m any again if

w e include the variations) so that I cou ld see at a glance the distrib u tion of a nam e over the length and width of England and

Wales. This took u p som e m onths and was accomplished by the

graphic plan, fam iliar to m ost of my readers in the case of aw eather - chart

,the counties be ing placed at the heads of the

colum ns and the nam es at the side . In those instances, how ever,w here a nam e occu rred in ten or m ore counties, it was a littlediflicu lt to carry in the m ind

’

s eye the relative position of all thec ou nties

,and the respectiv e proportional numbers belonging to

them . I therefore devised what I called the “ bu tton system ,

”

w hich is another instance of the graphic m ethod. Take the caseof the Chapm ans

,w ho are to be found established in m ore than

tw enty counties . By grou ping the cou nties into three classes, thefirst , including those containing m ore than 3 5 Chapm ans (per

the second,those w ith nu mbers betw een 20 and 3 5, and

the third,those w i th num bers less than 20, and by then taking

bu ttons of three different sizes to indicate the different groups ,w e can at once perceive

,by placing these buttons,

on, a m ap of


England, the peculiar distribu tion of this nam e . This is an

am u sem ent which I recomm end to my readers .

But as yet I had only entered a little beyond the threshold of

my task . I had in fact to prove my m ethod, or, in other w ords, toShow that my conclu sions w ere in accordance w ith the u neventful

records of the country village , w ith the comm ercial and m u nicipal

history of the tow n,w ith the parochial history of the district ,

w ith the laborious chronicles of the antiquities of the cou nty,

w ith the story ofthe rebellion of the province,w ith w hat is know n

of the interm ingling of tw o kindred and adjacent peoples, and

lastly with the habits and pecu liarities of the nation . This w as

the task that lay before m e,and I have accom plished it in m uch

the sam e w ay that a tea - taster samples his cargo of tea, or am icroscopist reckons his billions . Thu s

,myreader m ay contrast

in this w ork the fam ily nam es of the three nationalities united in

Great Britain . He can here follow the m igration eastw ard of the

Welsh , an d the interm ingling of the Scottish and English peoples .

He w ill be pleased to learn that we still have the descendants of

the m artyrs of Monm outh ’s rebellion,in 1685 , am ongst the stout

Som ersetshire yeom en . He w ill find alm ost every county illu strated by the comparative perm anence of its nam es

,w hether

am ongst its gentry or its yeom anry ; and finally, such otherm atters will be here presented to him as m ay gu ide him in

follow ing the history of a nam e in those uncertain tim es w hensurnam es w ere scarcely know n .

Taken at its best,how ever

,this w ork cannot be regarded as

Other than a prelim inary exploration, or as the ex emplification of

a m ethod. There are m any obj ections that could be urged inadvance against the plan , b u t t he proof of the pudding is in theeating ; and, in fact

,if the m ethod had been false , I cou ld not

have obtained my notes on the characteristic nam es of each

c ounty, the prom inent featu re of this book , and I shou ld havebeen beset on all sides with contradictions and absurdities .

Throughou t I have kept fair and squ are w ith the original plan ,

and the results have been far m ore satisfactory than I at firstexpected. Seriou s difficu lties have not baffled m e

,.ex cept , perhaps ,

in the case of tw o or three of the sm aller counties possessing onlya few hundred farm ers

,and there it is

_

obviou s that the m eth od

required som e m odification . It w ou ld be absu rd, for instance , to

consider,for the pu rposes of this w ork , that three Barnards in

Bedfordshire,w ith its farm ers

,represented the sam e rate per


as fifteen Barnards in another county possessingfarm ers . Three farm ers of a nam e m ay spring upwithin a single

generation at any place, whilst the occurrence of fifteen in a

district represents the w ork of centu ries . Hence,in a few of the

smaller cou nties I have had to frequ ently redu ce the proportional

numbers,and often to exclude them w hen not able to find corrob o

ration in the county and parochial histories .

My readers Shou ld be carefu l not to draw too largely on their

ow n experience in respect of the distribution of nam es in theirneighbourhood ; a nam e w hich is num erou sly represented in atown m ay be almost lost in a county, and its hom e m ay exist in

som e distant par t ofthe land.

It m ay be objected that the farm ers are too exclu sive a class to

afford a clu e for w orking out the distribu tion of nam es,and that

their nam es are rather characteristic of a class than of a people .

A little reflection w ill soon convince the reader that such a viewhas no foundation . The yeom anry in the past w ere the backb oneof the nation . Men rose from their ranks and assum ed the arm s

of the gentry,and from thence passed upward into the order of the

nobility ,or

,as w as natu rally far m ore frequ ently the case , they

descended in the scale and becam e the hinds and the m enials of

the country and the tow n,w hilst an interm ediate num ber preserved

their position and m aintained the prou d boast of the Britishv eoman that they w ere the tru e sons of the soil . In those earlytim es

,town - life formed in fact but a secondary feature in the w ays

of the English people .

The ascending scale,or the rise from the state of the ignoble

to the condition of the noble,h as been a frequ ent them e for the

historian and biographer, b ut w e are v ery apt to forget that thisascent involves a descent in the social ladder . The rise of som e

fam ilies into honou r and fam e im p lies the fall and gradu aldegradation of others . The existence of this ascending and

descending current throughou t society prev ents the exclusiveness

or caste , seeing that plebeian blood flow s in the vein of every noble,and that a royal strain is to be found in the blood of m any anEnglish yeom an . Greatness

,even though it attains a throne, has

alw ays com m enced in the field ; and the w heel of tim e w ill bear afam ily nam e pitilessly . along u ntil it com pletes the cycle of its

existence in the gu tter . When Cow ley remarked in h is esssay onAgricu ltu re that

“ a plough in a field arable,

”w ou ld be the m ost

noble and ancient of arms he stated b u t one side of the m atter,

10 HOMES OF . FAMILY NAMES .

and we m ay say th e sam e Of the vaunt of the Lords Of Douglas“ You m ay see u s in the stream , you cannot , trace u s to thefountain .

” We are very apt to overlook th e descent of a greatnam e . Where are those num erou s pow erful fam ilies that centuriesago held the sway in m any an English cou nty, but w hose nam esare now not to be found in the peerage Too frequ ently will th e

answ er be found in the pages of this work . In the vicinity of

m any a ru ined castle stil l linger, in cottages , the descendants of

the baronial fam ily that once possessed it .Take the case Of a noble w ho w as the parent of a num erou s

progeny three centuries ago . At a very m oderate com pu tation hisdescendants w ould now be not less than 300 in number. Bu t

where are they to be foundA single representative in the Hou se of Lords retains the

ancestral honou rs Of the senior branch Of the fam ily . Where ,however, are all the other 299 descendants who bear this nam e ?

A few are directly related to the reigning peer, w hilst the rest ,com bining in their persons a thou sand other fam ily strains ,are to found am ongst the rank and file of the nation

,in the pro

fessions,in the trades

,and am ongst ouryeom en and our labouring

classes .

I have alm ost said enough to show the changing fortunes of a

fam ily nam e , but my remarks w ou ld scarcely be com plete w ithou t

a reference to Gibbon ’

s well - known sketch of the noble Frenchhou se ofCou rtenay . After noting its rise from a p lebeian root and

its subsequ ent connection w ith the royal line Of France, the

historian describes in m easu red language its gradual decay The

Splendou r of the princely lords of Cou rtenay,” thu s he writ es ,

“w as clou ded by poverty and tim e they descended

from princes to barons ; the next gen erations w ere confounded

w ith the simple gentry the m ore adventu rou s em

braced witho ut dishonou r the profession of a soldier : the least

active and opu lent m ight sink,like their cou sins of the branch

of Dreu x, into the condition ofpeasants . Their royal descent in a

dark period of fou r hundred years becam e each day m ore Obsolete

and ambiguou s ; and their pedigree , instead ofbeing enrolled in the

annals ofthe kingdom ,must be painfully searched by the m inu te

diligence of heralds and genealogists Thus we can

perceive how , w hen an ancient hou se becom es extinct , it is onlythe honou rs that have passed aw ay,

the fam ily rem ains, though

its ram ifications are lost am ongst the m asses Of the people .

INTRODUC TORY REMARKS. 11

I com e now to consider the classification Of English fam ilynam es adopted in this work . It has necessari ly been arranged

on a geographical basis, and includes the six following classes

General nam es,occurring in from 3 0 to 40 counties .

C ommon nam es, 20 to 2 9

Regional names,

10 to 19District names

,4 to 9

C ounty nam es,w hich are established in 2 or 3 counties, and

have u su ally their principal hom e in one ofthem .

6. Pecu liar nam es,w hich are m ostly confined to one county,

and generally to a particu lar parish or division in that

county .

The list Of the nam es in the first three classes will be found inChapter II .

, w here their distribu tion w ill also be found . Notes onthe other classes of nam es w ill be found under those counties they

particularly characterise ; bu t my readers should bear in m ind

that these notes are intended m erely to illu strate the relativepermanence of nam es in a county,

and that they are in no sense

whatever of an exhau stive natu re . In som e cases I have had greatdifficu lty in collecting inform ation, since so m any county histories

are nothing m ore than m anorial records or chronicles Of the landed

fam ilies . In other instances,1 have been overwhelm ed w ith

m aterials,

as in those of Lancashire, Devonshire , Kent , and

Norfolk , b u t this has only happened w hen the num erou s cou ntyand parochial historians have condescended to record the existenceof other classes than those of the landed nobility and gentry .

Many of the characteristic nam es of a county are not referred toin the accom panying notes, b u t by follow ing up the references

there given som e information w ill in all probability be found, and

even in the case of those nam es specially m entioned in the notesm uch m ore m ay still be found by follow ing u p the au thorities

given . There are a few general w orks w hich m ay provide a clu ein case of a failu re

,su ch as Sim s

’ “ Manu al for the Genealogist,”

Anderson ’s “ British Topography ,Hotten

’

s Topography and

Fam ily History ofEngland and Wales,

”

and the works OfMarshall,Nichols , and others . A British Gazetteer, such as Bartholom ew ’

s,

or, better still , a cou nty gazette er, if there is one , m ay Often afforda valuable hint

,since a large proportion of County and Peculiar

nam es are derived from places . Failing everyw here, the reader


had better try and obtain a clu e b y looking through the alphab etical lists of gentry and farm ers given in Kelly

’

s CountyDirectories .

It w ill be noticed in my notes on the characteristic nam es Of

each cou nty, that I have m ade free u se of the Hu ndred Rolls,w hich contain lists of the tenants and landholders of severalcounties in the reigns ofHenry III . and Edward I.

,the counties of

Lincoln, Norfolk , Cambridge , Huntingdon, and Oxford beingdealt w ith at considerable length , w hilst those in the sou th - w estand those in the north of England are , as a ru le , very imperfectlyreferred to . The circum stance

,that the Hu ndred Rolls deal

largely w ith the eastern counties,m u st alw ays be rem em bered b y

the reader,and that is w hy so m any of the East Anglian su rnam es

m ay appear to be m ore ancient than those of m any other counties .

Very often, in fact , the reference to a west country nam e as

occu rring in the Hu ndred Rolls in connection w ith an eas terncounty ,

m ainly signifies that the nam e has been som e 600 years atleast in England. The great valu e of the Hundred Rolls can onlybe appreciated when w e are dealing with the counties m ost fu l lydealt w ith in their pages .

And now,a w ord w ith regard to the so - called pecu liar

nam es . When w e com e to consider the distribu tion Of “ pecu liarnames, that is to say, of nam es w hich are confined m ostly orentirely to one county ,

w e at once Observe that cou nties varygreatly from each other in this respect . Cornw all and Devon

,in

the sou th - w est of England, com prise a region that stands pre

em inently before other parts of the country as a factory of fam ilynam es

,the pecu liar nam es there form ing at least forty per cent . of

the total . Next com e Lincolnshire and th e North and EastRidings of Yorkshire w ith abou t thirty per cent . , and after them

the West Riding, Lancashire , Kent , Dorset, and Som erset, w ithnot less than tw enty- five per cent . The other counties varyu su ally w ith reference to their pecu liar nam es betw een seventeen

and tw enty per cent ,and the m inim u m is reached in Wales and

Monm ou thshire,w here we find from seven to ten per cent . The

last - nam ed little county— English in predilection , and English in

its later history— is , in the m atter of its fam ily nam es, alm ost

m ore Welsh than Wales itself and,in tru th , it w ou ld appear that

the m ain track of the imm igrants from the Principality has lainthrou gh the county of Monm outh . The other border cou nties of

Herefordshire and Shropshire h ave been much less affected by


14 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES.

and “ district nam es will probably be found the b est’

suite'

d toexemplify the attractive effects of the large provincial towns and

cities on the popu lations of the su rrounding counties ; b u t , as Iindicated above , the great attraction of the m etropolis can only be

w ell illustrated by selecting nam es having a very w ide distribu tion ,su ch as those classed as general and comm on .

”

Few of the Shires have experien ced the efi ect of proxim ity to

the m etropolis in su ch a m arked degree as Berkshire . Whilst

m aking my notes on the antecedents of the present characteristic

nam es ofthis county, I fou nd considerable difficu lty in my task,

since m ost of the o ld Berks fam ily nam es of the 15th,l 6th

,and

17th centu ries , su ch as Ashm ole records in h is history o f the

c ounty, are , for the pu rposes of my w ork,practically extinct .

The result is that my notes on the Berkshire nam es largely consistof references to nam es that characterised the county in the past .This process of change , how ever, is by no m eans one of recentorigin . Situ ated as it is on the m ain line of m igration London

wards from the w est ofEngland, Berkshire has been for centu riesan area in w hich property has been ever changing hands, and in

w hich ancient fam ilies have been su ccessively dispersed. F uller ,in his “Worthies

,

”

m ore than 200 years ago , lam ented over the

fact that the Berkshire gentry, sow n thick in form er ages, cam e

up so thinly in later tim es . Writing of the fam ilies that residedin the cou nty during th e first qu arter of the present centu ry,

Mr . Clarke,in his account of the Hundred of Wanting,

speaks of

the m u tations of property as so frequ ent that b u t few of the

landed gentry had possessed their estates for m any generations .

My investigations, how ever, show that the yeom anry ,comprising

in early tim es the smaller freeholders, and in later tim es inclu dingalso the tenant farm ers , experienced the sam e successive changesbo th as regards their lands and their surnam es . The old fam ilies

of the Berkshire gentry and yeom anry have , in fact , to a largeextent disappeared from their native county . The change , as w e

Observe it in operation at the present day, proceeds very rapidly .

Thirty years ago , as pointed ou t by Lord Wantage before a SelectCom m ittee of the Hou se of C omm onsfi“ the yeom an farm ers of

Berkshire w ere prosperous and w ell - to - do ,m any of them cultivating

their ow n land ; b u t at the present tim e“w e can hardly point to a

S ingle case ofa yeom an farm er holding his ow n land .

” Berksh ire ,

Select C omm ittee on Small Holdings, May l oth , 1889 .

INTRODUOTORY REMARKS . 15

as I have show n , has been forcen tu ries an area possessing a shiftingyeoman population . It w ou ld n ow

,how ever

,appear

,as observed

by Lord Wantage , that foreign competition is bringing abou t th eextinction of the class .

A w ork of this kind w ill not be com plete w ithou t som e reference to the origin and natu re of fam ily nam es . Unfortunately,how ever, these are subjects w hich have afforded su ch a S cope forthefree play of the imagination that a peru sal of the w orks ofdifferentm odern w riters tends rather to bew ilder one . And

,in fact , no safer

cou rse can we follow than to go back som e 3 00 years to the tim ew hen William Camden

,the celebrated ant-iqu ary,

w rote u pon thisCam den lived in tim es m u ch nearer to that age w hen

surnam es w ere first adopted,a circum stance w hich

,independently

ofhis fam e,w ou ld lead u s to prefer him as ourgu ide .

Su rnam es w ere not in u se in England and Scotland before the

Norman Conqu est , and they w ere first to be fou nd in the Dom es

lifi'

ord, Arundel, etc . ,etc .

,w hich are accounted nam es of reat

M w ere first assum ed at the tim e of the Conqu est . Theemploym ent of a second nam e

,

‘ a cu stom introdu ced b y the

Normans,w ho them selves had not long before adopted it , becam e

in course of tim e a m ark of gentle blood,and it w as deem ed “ a

disgrace for a gentleman to have b u t on e single nam e, as the

m eaner

Com ing to the origin ofsu rnam es, w e learn from Camden that

those m ost ancient and of best account w ere derived from placesin Norm andy, or in the neighbouring parts of France , and that , infact

,there w as no village in Norm andy that gave not its nam e to

som e fam ily in England. Su ch nam es w ere usu ally preceded by

De,Du

, Des,or De la, and began or ended w ith Beau

,S ainct

,Mont

,

Aux,E ur

, Vall, C ourt, C hamp, Vil l, etc . The last nam ed is one ofthe comm onest terminations of nam es of Norm an origin ; b u t ithas often been corrupted into

‘

Felcl or Field, as Baskeyfield forBaskerv il, Som erfield for Som erv il

,Greenfeld or Greenfield for

Greenvil, and others, w hich are still nineteenth centu ry su rnam es:How ever , a far greater number of fam ily nam es originated fromp laces

,there being,

as Camden observes , scarcely a t ow n , village ,

This essay is contained in Romaines concerning Britain.


ham let,or place in England w hich has not afforded nam es to

fam ilies . The ancient m anors gave their nam es to their lords, and

the numberless sm all estates sim ilarly gave their nam es to theirpossessors . Natu rally, how ever , in the great m ajority of cases , a

m an took the nam e of the village or ham let w here he h ad beenborn . These place - nam es w ere often preceded b y De ; b u t su ch

great changes have m any su rnam es u ndergone , at the h ands often

of their illiterate possessors, that it is frequ ently very difficult and

n ot u ncomm only impossible to trace their origin . Thu s, it w ou ld

at first sight seem very absu rd to regard the Som ersetshire nam e

ofM oon as a corruption ofDe Mohun or De Moium,the nam e of a

great landed fam ily in Som erset and adjacent cou nties in the

thirteenth centu ry . Yet this cu riou s change can be proved to

have occu rred. Then , again , m en often took the nam es of th e

m ost conspicu ou s natu ral featu re near them residence,su ch as a

hill,or a w ood

,or a m oor, and thence arose Hill

,Atte -Wood

(Atwood) , Atte -Moor (Atm ore) , and m any others . Also,

strangers from other countries took the nam e of their native land,as Picard, Scot Flem ing, French , etc . In fact

,it becomes very

evident that only in a very few cases,as in those of Melton

Mowbray, Minster - Lovell,etc .

,have the su rnam es offam ilies been

attached or adjoined to places . III the great m ajority ofinstances,

as Cam den w el l rem arks, the place bore its nam e before the fam ilydid its su rnam e , and the old antiqu ary becom es a li ttle w rathfu l

w ith those m en w ho“ think that their ancestors gave nam es to

places .

’ In tru th,my readers w ill frequently learn from these

pages that a good county gazetteer is of prim ary im portance inascertaining the origin ofnam es

,and he w ill pay little heed to the

suggestion that m en have be en w ont to give their nam es to theirproperties or to their native villages . He w ill receive yet furtherhelp in peru sing the index of place - nam es of the thirteenth cen

tu ry given in the Hundred Rolls,and also the indices of places

contained in the county histories ofthe seventeenth and eighteenth

centuries .

After these local nam es,w rites Camden, “ the m ost nam es in

number have been derived from occupations or professions, as

Taylor , Sm ith , Walker , i . e . ,Fuller

,Sadler, Spicer, Wright ,

Baker,Baxter

,Webster

,Chapm an

,Wheeler

,etc . , etc . ,

and m c-sn

w hich end in er.

” Som e of such nam es have been assum ed from

offices , as Chamberlain , Spenser , i . e,Stew ard, Latim er , i .e .

, Inter

preter,Reeve

,Parker

,Clark

,Proctor, Woodward, Bishop , Dean ,


Deacon,etc . ,etc . Men also took their nam es from their m ental or

physical characteristics , as Sharp , Good, Strong, Little, etc . ,or

from their complexion , as White, Brown , etc .,or from the anim a l

and vegetable kingdom s, as Lamb , Bear, Fox , Beech , Ash,Rose

,

etc . , etc . Christian nam es have given rise to a great numb er'of

su rnam es,especially those Christian nam es in u se at the tim e of

the Norman Conqu est , as Alan ,Corbet , Done, Godw in , Harding,

Herw ard,Kettell

, O sborne , Rolph , Siw ard, Sw ain , Tal bot , Vivian,Walarand

, etc .

,etc .

,besides those of other origin , as Lew is, O w en ,

Jam es,Thom as

,etc . Many su ch nam es have an s affixed to them

,

and then w e get Peters , Rogers , etc .,or they have the fu ll termi

nation o fson,as William son

,Richardson, etc .

Nicknam es,or nursenam es , have given rise to many su rnam es,

as Will,from William

,which form s Wills and its diminu tive

Wilkins Bat,from Bartholom ew ,

w hich gives rise to Bates , Batts,Batson , and the dim inu tive Batkin ; Gib , from Gilbert , w hichform s Gibbs

, Gibson , and Gib b ings ; and m any other sim ilar

examples,su ch as Daw

,from David

,from which com es Daw es ,

Daw son , and Dawkins (little David) .

Cam den then refers to the several cau ses of the changes of

nam es in the early centuries after the Conquest, before su rnam esbecam e stable . It w as a comm on practice in the case of the landedfam ilies for only the heir to take the father

’

s surnam e,w hilst the

younger sons took their nam es from the estates allotted to them orfrom som e personal characteristic . It w as not until the thirteenthcentu ry, in fact, that su ch nam es as Thom son, Richardson ,Wilson ,etc .

, began to be permanent ; previou sly they had varied accordingto the Christian nam e of the father . The su rnam es of the m assesof the people du ring those early tim es w ere frequently changed.

Many dropped their father’

s surnam e for the nam e of the occupation they had chosen

,and becam e Taylors, Bakers, etc . Many

again took their m asters’ nam es . There can ,

how ever,be no

doubt that in later centuries,when surnam es w ere sO - to - speak

perm anently appropriated by a fam ily, and neither changed w ithoccupation nor at each new generation , they w ere still subjected to

great variations at the hands ofour il literate forefathers .

The principle of spelling with a Vadvocated by the imm ortalMr . Weller for the orthography of his nam e has

,in truth

,been

largely practised since Cam den’

s tim e . Thus w e have three orfou r w ays of spelling su ch a simple name as Gardener; w e hav eGarratt and Garrett, Procter and Proctor, Rogers and Rodgers.

C


Edm onds and Edm unds,and scores of other similar instances

m ight be c ited. Su ch nam es as Willcocks and Shepherd havevari ous form s

,and there are certain privileged nam es

,

su ch as

Cou sens or C ussins,w here the “

spell it as you like ” m ethod

seem s to hav e been generally adopted . Then there is that cu riou s

term ination of an e,b y w hich Brown becom es Brow ne and Cook

becom es Cooke,an affix u su ally significant of a rise in the social

S cale , or,as it perhaps m ight be m ore correctly expressed, of a

transference from the Trade to the Court Directory . To m any of

these changes it is not alw ays easy to assign a difference inlocality ; b u t there are som e

,su ch as the triple form s of Read,

Reed, and Reid

,where the variation is characteristic of large

regions and even ofa particu lar nationality . These m atters , how

ever,are m ore fu lly treated in Chapter II .The cau ses of the lesser variations are principally to be found

in the circum stance that su ch an u nimportant m atter as the ortho

graphy of a nam e w as often decided by the clerk or the attorneyof a cou ntry parish . The clerk

,w hen m aking his entries in the

parish registers , exercised his own ju dgm ent w ith b u t little regard

to the practice of his predecessors, and thus it is that in these o ld

records the principle of variation in a nam e is v ery particu larlyexem plified . Then

,again , when the sm all cou ntry gentlem an and

the w ell- to - do -

yeom an cam e to m ake their w ills w e can easilyunderstand their air of indifi erence in the matter w hen they

affixed their m ark,and the readiness of the attorney to write their

nam es w rongly . Th e spread of edu cation has done m u ch to fixthe spelling of fam i ly nam es ; b u t few of u s reflect that the sm all

differences to which w e attach so m u ch distinctive importance w ereeither fram ed in the brain - pan of a parish clerk or originated from

the phonetic orthography of a cou ntry attorney or w ere du e to theW ellerian perverseness of our ancestors .

It w i ll soon becom e obviou s to my readers that the facts in thisw ork m igh t have been m u ch further elaborated, but I prefer to

rem ain tru e to my m ethod,if only to avoid getting beyond my

depth . As a suggestive example let u s take the NAMES OF THE

CLOTH TRAD E. N0 industry has left a m ore perm anent m ark on

our fam ily nom enclatu re than that connected w ith the cloth trade .

l l ntil near the m iddle of the fourteenth century almost all the

English w ool w as exported into Flanders to be w rought into cloth°

b u t by the Statutes of Edward III. its further exportation w as

forbidden , the foreign staples or m arkets were abolished and the


cloth manufacture w as encou raged in England. How ever, it wassoon found that the English w eavers cou ld not m ake suflicient

cloth for the nation,and foreign cloth - w orkers w ere invited over,

m any Flem ings acceding to the King’

s invitation . Hence sprangthe w oollen m anufactu re of England, and staple or markets w ere

established at variou s towns to take the place of the foreign staples ,of w hich only that of Calais w as at tim es revived. The tw oancient Corporations, that of the Merchants of the Staple and

that oft he Merchant Adventu rers, the one trading in the rawm aterial

,the o ther in the cloth , began to decay as the hom e

m anufactu re increased. The Merchants of the Staple w ere thecapitalists of the wool trade ; they accumulated large fortunes ,built churches

,established aim s - houses

,and often form ed nob le

connections. By the m iddle of the sixteenth century they gaveplace to or w ere rather m erged into the Clothiers , a comm unity,perhaps

,less distingu ished, b u t non e the less important in our

comm ercial annals .

*

W ith this short notice of the history of the cloth trade , I passon to consider the general dist ribu tion of the principal su rnam esconnected with it . In my description of the distribution of theWalkers (Chapter II) , I refer to the circum stance that Tu cker

,

Fuller,and Walker have the sam e signification, all representing

the fu llers of the cloth m anufacture . Each has its own area,but

co llectively they represent the fu lling trade all over our land .

The Tuckers are the fu llers of the sou th-west ofEngland,and, in

fact,of all the sou thern cou nties as far east as Hants andWilts ,

being especially num erou s in Devon and Som erset . The Fu llers ,

proper, are confined m ostly to the eastern and sou th - eastern coastcounties, being at present best represented in Su ssex , Kent, and

Norfolk , but also occurring in Bucks and Oxfordshire , and

encroaching in the last three counties on the area of the Walkers .

The rest of England is occu pied by the Walkers, who are w ellrepresented in the m idlands

,especially in Derbyshire and Notts,

and are also very num erous in Yorkshire and Du rham .

The nam es of the w eavers,like those of the fu llers, are spread

in one form or another over the w hole Of England. They are

represented by the Webbs, the Webbers, the Websters , and the

In Volume IX . of the “ Wilts Archaeological and Natural HistoryMagazine there is an interesting paper on this subject, by the Rev .W . H .

Jones, which I have chiefly consulted.

~20 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES .

Weavers . The We bbs, who bear the comm onest nam e , are con

fined south of a line drawn from the Wash to the Dee ; they arem ost num erous in the sou th and west of England, especially inSom erset, Wilts, and Hants, b u t are also w ell established inSuffolk

,in the eastern count ies , and in Northam ptonsh ire ,

Worcestershire, etc .

,in the m idlands ; in Devonshire their place

is taken by the Webbers, and in Som erset they are su pplem ented

b y both Webbers and Weavers , whilst in Worcestershire and

Glou cestershire their number is greatly increased b y the Weavers .

The w eavers north of the Wash and the Dee have their repre

sentatives in the Websters, the original fem ale weavers , who ,when the cloth m anufacture w as established on a large scale inthis country, surrendered both their occupation and their nam es

to the m en . The Websters have their principal hom e in Derbyshire

,but are also num erous in Lancashire and Yorkshire . They

supplem ent the Webbs in m ost of the eastern counties betw eenthe Wash and the Tham es.

The dyers are represented by the su rnames ofDyer and Lister.

The Dyers are m ostly confined to the three sou th - w estern countiesof Som erset , Devon, and Cornwall

, b u t they have also an independent hom e in Suffolk . The Listers are m ost num erous in

Cam bridgeshire and in the West Riding, and afterwards in

Lincolnshire and Norfolk .

When w e com e to consider the individu al counties, w e find thatthe fo llowing are par ticularly noted for their representatives ofthecloth - trade : Cambridge for its Listers ; Devon for its Tuckers,Webbers

,and Dyers ; Derby for its Walkers and Websters ;

Du rham , Notts, Stafford, etc .

,for their Walkers ; Lancashire for

its Websters ; Norfolk and Sussex for their Fullers ; Som erset for

its Tu ckers, Webbs, Webbers, Weavers, and Dyers ; S ufi olk forits Webbs and Dyers ; Wilts for its Tu ckers and Webb s ; Wor

oester for its Weavers ; and Yorkshire for its Walkers, Websters ,and Listers .

If w e turn to the histories of the counties j u st nam ed, w e

obtain in nearly all the cases an easy explanation of the prevalenceof these surnam es . Many of the cou nties nam ed above w ere for

centuries noted for their cloth manufactures . This is, how ever, am atter which lies beyond the lim its I have prescribed for thisw ork .



REGIONAL NAMES (IO—19 counties) .

ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES . 2 3

THE D ISTRIBUTION OF GENERAL, COMMON,AND REGIONAL

FAMILY NAMES .

*

ADAMS — Rare in the eastern and northern counties . In the

north, however, its place is som etim es taken b y Adam son and

Addison,as in the county of Durham . It is at present best

represented in Bu cks,Devon

,Hants

,and Staffordshire , and in

the counties on the Welsh border,Shropshire and Monm ou th

shire . This nam e,according to Low er, w as m ore frequent in the

Middle Ages . Adam son is found in the north of England and in

the sou th of Scotland .

ALLEN — From Alan , a comm on personal nam e at the tim eof the Norm an Conqu est . Widely distributed , b u t, exceptingNorthumb erland

,rare in the northern cou nties beyond the

Hu mber and the Mersey, and infrequent also in the fou r sou thw estern counties of England. The principal centres of this nam eseem at present to be in Derbyshire , Hants , Leicestershire ,Rutlandshire

,Lincolnshire

,and Suffolk . Allan is a frequ ent

form across the Scottish border, and is especially characteristicof the sou th of Scotland ; it extends into Northum berland,

w hereAllen also occurs .

ANDREW— ANDREws.

— In England these tw o nam es have theirprincipal hom es in the sou th- w estern counties, nam ely,

Cornw all,

Devon ,‘

Dorset,Hants

,andWilts . They are rare in the northern

cou nties beyond the Dee and the Hum ber,where their place is

taken b y Anderson , at present best represented in Northum ber

land. Anderson,how ever

,is a common nam e across the border,

and,in fact

,is frequ ent over the greater part of Scotland

,north

w ard to Aberdeenshire Andrew is the rarest form ofthe simplenam e

,being m ost num erou s in Cornw all, w here it usurps the place

ofAndrews .

We have here a good example of those erroneou s beliefs con

cerning the distribu tion of nam es which have been founded on

general impressions rather than on exact evidence . Mr . Bardsley,

I have‘

made extensive u se of Lower’s Patronym ica Britannica, for the

meaning of names,b ut Bardsley

’

s“ English Surnames and C amden

’

s

Remam es concerning Brita in have been also employed for this purpose .


in his “ English Su rnam es (second edit . , p . observes thatAndrew

,Andrew s , and Anderson nearly all belong north of the

Tweed ; and it would seem that the Patron Saint of Scotland is

held m ainly responsible for this resu lt . I have Show n , however,that

,though Anderson is a com mon Scotch nam e , it has m ade a

very su ccessfu l invasion sou thw ards across the English border .

Andrew and Andrew s, how ever, can scarcely be term ed Scotchin any sense of the w ord. In the directories for Glasgow and

Edinbu rgh , as well as in the county directories for Scotland, w e

find that w hilst Anderson has a relative frequ ency of abou t100 per Andrew is represented only by about 8 , and

Andrew s b y 2 . In tru th,if I had treated Scotch nam es in the

m anner I hav e done in the case of English nam es, Andrewand

Andrew s w ou ld hav e been probably excluded from my list ; and,

in fact, they are absent from the list of characteristic Scottishnam es given in this w ork .

ARNOLD — Introdu ced b y the Norm ans . Though w idely scattered, it is confined south of a line from the Wash to the Mersey .

It is at present m ost frequ ent in W'

arw ickshire and Leicestershire .In the tim e of Edward I . it w as num erously represented in C amb ridgeshire (Hundred Rolls) .

ATKINS— ADKINS .

—A characteristic surnam e ofthe m idland and

eastern cou nties, being at present m ost relatively num erous inNortham ptonshire , Oxfordshire , Staffordshire , Warw ickshire , and

Lincolnshire . Its place is taken in the north of England by

Atkinson . These nam es are regarded as dim inu tives ofAdam .

ATKINSON — Essentially a north country nam e,prevailing in

the counties north of the Wash and the Mersey, and having its

principal hom e in the counties ofDu rham ,Cum berland

,and West

m oreland. It is scantily represented across the border .AU STIN— AUSTEN.

— An O ld English and French abbreviation of

Augu stine . It is confined for the m ost part to the central and

eastern counties of the sou th of England ; and does not extend inany frequency north ofDerbyshire or w est ofDorset . The countiesof Kent and Oxford contain the greatest num bers ofAu stins . In

the thirteenth century it w as a comm on nam e in Cam b ridgeshire

(Hundred Rolls) .BAILEY .

—Although several explanations of the origin of thissurnam e are usually given , its w ide distrib ution renders it probable that in the great maj ority of cases it is a form of bailiff.

”

W ith the exceptions ofthe northern counties ofEngland and of the

ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 2 5

four south - w estern counties, its distribution is pretty general .

The principal centres or hom es are now found in Hants, Glou cestersh ire , and Staffordshire . Baillie is the Scottish form of thenam e . I should have m entioned that the bailiffs of the old days

w ere often m unicipal officers,and perform ed the duties of the

m ore modern m ayors .

BAKER.

— Speaking generally,this su rnam e is m ost num erou s

in the south of England, and dim inishes rapidly in frequency as

w e proceed northw ard, until w e reach the counties borderingScotland, w here it m eets its extinction within sight ofthe CheviotHills . Baker is a nam e which prefers the coast ; and the m annerin which it abou nds in alm ost all the coast counties of sou thern

England (excluding Cornw all and Dorset) , from Monmouth round

to S ufi’olk

,is very remarkable, and not at first sight intelligible .

The counties of Monm ou th , Som erset , Sussex , and Su rrey stand

forem ost amongst those containing the greatest number of

Bakers .

BALL — C onfined to the w est side of England,being at present

m ost num erou s in Lancashire , Staffordshire , Warw ickshire, and

Gloucestersh iro . This surnam e m ust be distinguished in its dis

trib u tion from Balls,which is restricted to the opposite or east

side of England, in the counties of Norfolk,Suffolk

,and Essex .

The idea that these nam es originated from bald- headed ancestors

is,I think

,absurd . Cam den

,in his rem arks on su rnam es, w ritten

som e 3 00 years ago , inform s u s that Bau l and Bald w ere thennicknam es or nursenam es for Baldw in , and it was evidently from

this source that Mr . Lower borrow ed the suggestion that Ball wasa nicknam e of Baldw in (a Norm an personal nam e occurring inDom esday, and frequ ent as a fam ily nam e in the thirteenth cen

tu ry) . This explanation is supported in a singu lar m anner by the

distribution of Baldw in at the present day . This Norm an nam eincludes in its distribu tion the areas w here Ball and Balls are now

m ost frequent . (S ee the Alphabetical List of Nam es . ) We learn

from the Hundred Rolls that even in the thirteenth and fourteenth

centu ries , Ball , Balls, and Baldw in were for the m ost part charac

teristic of the eastern part ofEngland ; Balle in Hu nts,Cam bridge

shire , and Norfolk ; Balls in Lincolnshire,Norfolk , S ufi olk,

Su ssex, and Kent ; Baldw in in Cam bridgesh ire , Hunts, and

O xfordshire . It is rem arkable that after the lapse of six centuriesBalls rem ains doggedly in the sam e part of England, w hilst Ball

and Baldwin seem to have extended their areas westward. In


Norfolk three centuries ago Balls was som etim es spelt Balles or

Ballis (Blom efield’

s

BARKER — The old nam e for a tanner . It is confined to thenorthern half of England and to the eastern counties north oftheTham es . It is very frequ ent in Yorkshire, and is also w ell represented in the counties Of Derby, Lincoln , and Norfolk . Tanner ,its substitute in th e south of England, has its hom e in Wilts,O xfordshire , Gloucestershire , and Hants .

BARNES .

— An ancient nam e of pre- Dom esday tim es . Its w ide

area ofdistribution inclu des two principal hom es ; one in the sou thofEngland in the contigu ous counties ofDorset

,Hants

,andWilts,

the other in the north of England in Cumberland, Westm oreland,and Lancashire .

BARRATT— BARRETT.—Baret w as a personal nam e of Teutonic

origin , occu rring in England in pre - Dom esday tim es . This su r

nam e is scattered irregu larly over the country, and is at presentb est represented in Cam bridgeshire , Cheshire, Dorset , Essex,Norfolk

,and Northam ptonshire .

BATES .

— A derivative ofBartholom ew . This su rnam e has tw o

principal centres,one in the counties of Leicester

,Ru tland

,and

Warw ick , and the other in Kent . From these centres it hasextended to the adjoining counties ; b ut it is essentially a m idlandand eastern county nam e . In other parts of England its place issupplied b y other form s of the nam e

,or by other derivatives of

Bartholom ew . Thu s, in Cornw all w e find Bate,in Dorset and

adj acent cou nties w e have numbers of Bartletts, in YorkshireBatty, in Northumb erland Batey ,

in Oxon Batts, in NottsBartle , etc . The original nam e of Bartholom ew is now m ostlyfound in the counties of Kent and Lincoln ; b u t in its num erousderivative form s it is scattered over the land.

BELL — This su rnam e probably,in m ost cases, has been derived

from the Norm an nam e Le Bel (the handsom e man) , w hich is tobe found in the Hundred Rolls of the thirteenth century, m ostlyin Oxfordshire

,and is at the present time well represented in the

neighbou ring counties ofNorthampton and Bu cks . Its habitationin the Midlands is, how ever, of sm all im portance , in comparison

w ith the great hom e of the Bells in the English and Scottishcounties on and near the border , nam ely, in Northumberland,Durham

,Cumberland, Dumfriesshire , and the neighbouring

S cottish counties, w here they have herded for more than three

centuries,as we are inform ed by Lower .


-BENNETT.— Difi erently derived from the early personal nam e of

Benedict,and from “ benet ,

” a m inor order of priests . In th e

Hundred Rolls for Cam bridgeshire and Oxfordshire , in the reign

of Edw ard I , it occurs frequ ently in the form of Beneyt . At

present it is rare or absent north of Lincolnshire and Lancashire ,but is w ell dispersed over the rest of England, being best repre

sented in Cornw all,Derbyshire , Dorset, Gloucestershire , Hereford

shire,Notts, etc . It is singular that Bennetts is for the m ost part

confined to Cornwall,the combination of the tw o varieties of the

nam e placing this county at the head of the list .

BERRY .— Scattered disconnectedly over England . It is m ost

num erou s in Lancashire , and afterwards in the counties ofNortham pton

,Warw ick

,and Devon . Probably it is usu ally derived

from places, Berry being the nam e of a Devonshire parish,whilst

Bury is the nam e of towns and localities in Lancashire , S uffo lk, &c .

B IRD — Its principal hom e is in the east of England, south of

the Wash, especially in Norfolk . It is scattered abou t the m idland

count ies, and is also represented in Som erset and Dorset . In other

parts of England it is absent or rare, b u t in the county of

Worcester its absence is supplied b y Byrd.

B ISHOP .

— C onfined sou th of a line drawn from the Wash to the

Dee . It is at present m ost num erous in the w estern half of thisarea

,the county ofDorset containing the greatest number .BROOK— BROOKS .

— Brooks,or Brookes , is the m ost num erous of

the tw o nam es ; bu t the fact that Brook , or Brooke, is frequ entlyfound in those counties w here Brooks

,or Brookes

,is absent or

uncomm on, renders it necessary to consider the distribution of the

two nam es together . They are w ell distributed over England,except in the counties north of Lancashire and Yorkshire . Theirprincipal centres are in the West Riding and in Som erset .BROWN — This nam e m ay be said to be universally distributed

over England,b u t in very varying degrees in difi erent counties .

The north ofEngland is especially remarkable for the num ber of

Browns , and the nam e extends w ith equal frequency across theb order, being found over a large part of Scotland, though m ost

characteristic of the counties sou th of the Forth and the Clyde .

In the rest of England it is m ore num erous in the eastern half

than in the w estern half; but in the m idland and inland countiesits distribution is often capricious

,and w e may find it in very

different proportions in adjacent counties,as in those of Stafford

andWarwick,or in those of Oxford andWilts . However, in the


“

south - west of England and in the counties bordering SouthWaleswe find as a general ru le a dim inished number of Browns . Walesis the death -

ground of the nam e .

BURTON — C onfined m ostly to the m idland counties and to theeastern halfof England . Singularly rare or absent in the w est of

England. Burton is the nam e of not less than forty parishes and

places .

BUTLER — This nam e is widely scattered, but its principal hom e

is in the south of England in the adj acent counties of Wilts,Hants

,and Berks .

CARTER .

— Well distribu ted over England. It is best representedin Cheshire and Essex

,and afterw ards in Cambridgeshire , Devon ,

and Sussex .

CHAMBERLAIN— CHAMBERS .

—AS these nam es have much thesam e signification , I w ill consider them together . They are scarce

or absent in the north and in the south - w est Of England but arescattered over the rest of the country, and evidently the onesupp lies the place of the other

,since they rarely occur in any

frequency in the sam e county. Chamberlain occurs m ost com

m only in Leicestershire and Ru tlandshire ; whilst Cham bers is

best represented in Suffolk , W orcestershire, and Notts .

CHAPMAN — This common su rnam e,if w e except its curiou s

resuscitation in Cornw all,is essentially an east of England nam e .

From Kent to the North Riding the descendants of the ancient

travelling m erchants,or “

cheap-m en (Anglo - Sax on C e’

apmcm )occu r in singularly constant numbers. Their preference for thecoast counties w ould seem to show that their travels were som e

tim es on the seas yet it w ou ld also appear that the attractions ofthe great m etropolis brought them together in num bers in the

sou th - eastern counties . Kent stands foremost as their presentabode .

C LARKm C LARKE .

—Universally distribu ted over England, butm ost num erous in its centre . Absent inWales, and scarce in m ost

ofthei

counties on the Welsh border . Not frequent in m ost of the

south - w est great counties . Best represented in Bucks, Essex ,Leicestershire , Ru tlandshire , and Notts . As in the counties of

Notts and Shropshire,it w ou ld som etim es appear that the term inal

6 signifies a transference from the Trade to the Court Directory .

C lark is found over a large part of Scotland, but is rare in the

northern part .COLE— COLES .

— Essentially south of England nam es, especially



Worcestershire . At present m ost num erou s in Sou th Wales, andin the counties ofGloucestershire, Beds, and Norfolk . A comm on

su rnam e in the reign ofEdward I . in the sou thern halfofEngland

(Hu ndred Rolls) .

DAVIES— DAVIS .

— Treating these tw o varieties together, w e

find that this su rnam e is exceedingly num erou s inWales, and after

“Tales in the English counties on the Welsh border. Follow ing itinto England, w e perceive that it dim inishes rapidly in frequ ency,dying out in the north ofEngland and in the eastern coast counties,and being comparatively infrequ ent - in the sou thern and sou th

w estern counties . The m igration into England has been m ore tothe south and south - east than to the north

,ow ing evidently in part

to the attraction of the m etropolis. It is interesting to notice thatthe place of this nam e in the north of England, and over a largepart of Scotland, is taken by Davidson or Davison ; w hilst its

dim inished frequ ency in the sou th - w est ofEngland and its absence

in the eastern coast counties are to som e extent compensated for

by Davey and Davy .

* When w e com e to compare the dis

trib u tions of the tw o varieties,w e find that Davies is essentially

the Welsh form ,and Davis the English form . Whilst in the

cou nties imm ediately bordering Wales, the Welsh form is m u chthe m ost num erou s , w e find that in the next line of English

counties, especially in those ofWorcester, Gloucester, and Som er

set , Davis is far in excess . Taking England andWales together,we find that Davies is m u ch the m ost frequ ent . Calcu lating fromthe resu lts given b y the Registrar - General in his report for1856, I

find that every ten tho usand of the popu lation contained 62

persons of the nam e of Davies,and 23 persons of the nam e of

Davis .

DAWSON — A north of England nam e, m ostly fou nd in C um

berland andWestm oreland, Du rham,West Riding of Yorkshire ,

Lincolnshire , and Cheshire , and extending into central Scotland ;Daw or Daw e is confined to the west of England .

DAY.—Excepting a few representatives in Lincolnshire , this

nam e is confined to the southern part of England, south of a line

drawn west from the Wash . It is crowded together in the eastern

O ther derivatives of the nam e are Daw orDawe of the west ofEngland,and Daw son of the north of England. David

, the original form of all thesenames, is mostly confined to South Wales.


counties , especially in the contiguou s counties ofBeds,Cambridge ,

and Hu n ts . It is also numerou s in Kent, Berks, and particularlyin Som erset . Cam den regards it as a derivative of David. More

probably, however, as Bardsley points ou t, it is the “dey

”

or

deye, or “ daye ,” the dairym an in the reign of Edw ard III .

and in Chau cer’

s tim e . (Hence also Daym an .) The prevalence

of the nam e in the agricu ltural counties above enumerated sup

ports Bardsley’

s view .

DEAN— DEANE .

- This nam e has tw o principal areas ofdistrib ution

,one in Cheshire , Staffordshire , and in their v icinity,

the other

in the sou th of England, especial ly in Wilts and in the cou nties

adjacent . There are num erous parishes of th e nam e in the sou th

of England, a circum stance that explains the prevalence of the

nam e in that region .

D1XON . Very frequ ent in the English counties on the Scottish

b order .It is fairly represented in the m idland cou nties and in

the south - east of England, but is rare in the sou th - w est counties .

Dickenson is also a north - country nam e . Dickson,the Scottish

form of the nam e , characterises central and sou thern Scotland.

DUNN — This ancient nam e has three separate hom es, the prin

cipalone in Northum berland and in the North and East Ridings

in the north of England, whence it extends into sou thern Scotland,

another in the m idland counties ofWarw ick and Worcester, and

a third in the south of England in Dorset and Devon . In thereigns of Edw ard I . and Henry III . the su rnam e Of Dun w as

particularly frequ ent in the east of England, especially in Essex ,

There are three or fou r different explanations of the nam e,all of

which m ay be in som e regions correct . Thus it m ay refer to the

dark complexion of the person in one locality , or it m ay be derivedfrom Du n or Dunne , an Anglo - Saxon personal nam e in another

,

or it m ay have a local signification from the Saxon dfin,

” a hillin a third locality,

since De Dun occurs in the Hu ndred Rolls .It

is , how ever, possible that it may also be a contraction ofDunning ,

seeing that in the fou r counties in which Du nning occu rs it isalways associated w ith several Dunns . Dunning has, like Dunn

,

the sam e three centres of distrib u tion— in the north,in the North

and East Ridings, in the Midlands, in Warwickshire , and in the

south of England in Dorset and Devon .

EDWARDS .

— A. nam e exceedingly num erou s in North and SouthWales and in the adj acent English cou nties of Shropshire

,Here

ford,and Monmouth . O u tside thi s area, its frequency dim inishes

3 2 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES .

very suddenly ; it m ay be said, how ever, to be fairly distributedthrough England south of a line drawn from the Wash to theMersey , not one of the counti es north of this line occu rring inm y list . Strangely enou gh , how ever, it reappears in Scotlandnorth of the Forth and the C lyde . Low er says that this su rnam e ,though now so num erou s in Wales, was probably not generallyassum ed by Welshm en u ntil w ithin the last tw o or three centuries,after the prejudices against the early Edw ards had passed away .

ELLIOTT— ELLIOT .

— This nam e has three principal centresone in the north of England, in the counties of Du rham and

Northum berland, and over the border in Roxburghshire and the

neighbouring Scottish counties,another in Derbyshire , and the

third in Bu cks,Berks

,and Su ssex

,w hence it has extended into

the other south - coast cou nties,exclu ding Kent . The scanty

representation,or the absence of this nam e in the eastern coast

counties from Kent northward to the borders of Du rham,is

rem arkable .

ELLIS — Fairly well distributed over England and Wales,

excep ting in the fou r northern cou nties , w here its place m ay betaken b y Elliott . It is represented in Wilts and Lancashire b yEllison . It is at present m ost num erous in Devon , Cam bridgeshire

,Essex, Kent , and the West Riding .

EVANS .

— Exceedingly num erou s in North and Sou th Wales

and in the adj acent English counties of S hropshire and Mon

m ou th . Thence it has spread,b u t in rapidly dim inishing num b ers

to the m idland cou nties and to the sou th - w est of England. It is

absent or singu larly rare in the northern counties, a line from the

Humber to the Mersey sharply defining its northw ard extension .

Not one of the coast counties, from Norfolk round to the borders

of Devon , is represented in my list . It w ould, therefore , appearthat the invasion of England by the Evanses is by no m eans a

com plete one , though their advance on the m etropolis is indicated

b y their scanty ou tposts in Beds , Bucks, and Berks .

FI SHER .

— This nam e is irregu larly distribu ted over England,

being how ever absent or infrequ ent in that part lying south of a

line joining the m ouths Of the Thames and the Severn . It is at

present m ost num erou s in Cumberland and Westm oreland, Lanca~

shire , Notts, and Norfolk . It is also established in Scotland.

FLETC HER .

—~This nam e has its principal hom e in the adj acent

counties ofDerby andNotts . It is, how ever, also fairly distr ibuted

over England, except in the southern counties sou th of a line



num erous in Suffolk and in Worcester ; and likely enou gh the

Freem ans of the w est and of the east m ay ow e their su rnam e todifferent events in the history of our cou ntry . Not im prob ablyFreem an ” early appeared as an appellation in the counties

bordering Wales, since w e learn that in the l 0th century theWelsh captives

,redu ced to slavery, w ere so num erou s in the

English shires on the border that the proportion of slaves tofre em en w ou ld seem to have been u nu su ally It is singu larthat the su rnam e of Fry (O ld English forFree) is confined to thesouth of England, occu rring chiefly in W ilts .

FRENC H.

— Excluding the cou nty of Du rham,this nam e is con

fined to the sou thern half of England. It is at present best

represented in Devonshire,Essex , and Oxfordshire .

GARDINER— GARDNEa.

— Most characteristic of the m idland

counties, and of the eastern cou nties sou th , of the Wash . Sin

gu larly rare in the sou th - w est, and in the north of England,

excepting Lancashire . At present best represented in Essex ,Lancashire

,and Warw ickshire . Both form s occu r in sou thern

and central Scotland,especially in Perthshire .

GEORGE — A nam e at present m ost num erou s in Monm ou thshire ,and after that in South Wales . Rare in the south coast counties ,excepting Cornw all, and in the north of England, north of the

Wash and the Dee .

GIBBS — C onfined to the southern half of England . In thenorthern counties its place is taken b y Gibson . Its principalhom es are in Glou cestershire and Warwickshire . (S ee under

GIB SON and

G IBSON — A north of England nam e , best represented in the

counties of C um berland,Westm oreland

,Du rham

,andNorthumber

land. The Gibsons are also very frequ ent across the Scotchborder in the cou n ties ofBerw ick and Dumfries

,and they are w ell

established in the counties south of th e Forth and the Clyde . Its

area also ex tends to and includes Notts and Staffordshire , w hereit abu ts on the area of Gibbs . The distribu tion of these tw o

nam es in England affords a rem arkable exam ple of the separateoccu pation by two sim ilar nam es, or m ore correctly speaking,

by

two form s of the sam e nam e,of tw o contiguou s b u t distinct

regions . Derbyshire , w hich is on the n eutral ground betw een the

northern area of the Gibsons and the so uthern area ofthe Gib b ses,

Freeman’s “ Norman C onqu est, vol . 1, p. 3 65 (1867)


possesses both nam es,but in no great num bers . (S ee under

GILBERT.

-This nam e has its principal hom e in the m idland

counties of Leicester and Ru tland, Northam pton, Warw ick , and

Worcester . It is for the m ost part a nam e of the m idlands, beingabsent in the north beyond S tafi

’ordshire and Lincolnshire . It

has,how ever

,a secondary and independent hom e in Cornwall and

Devon .

Ifwe regard Gibbs and Gibson as derivatives of Gilbert, thenwe find that Gil b ert in its original shape , or in the form of either

ofits two comm onest derivatives, is generally speaking absent or

rare in the sou th - east quarter of England. Thu s it is to beobserved that the counties

,of Beds

,Berks

,Cam bridge , Essex .

Hants,Herts

,Hunts , Middlesex , Suffolk , and Su ssex are not m en

tioned in my lists ; w hi lst in Kent and Norfolk the nam es are notv ery num erous . It w ill also appear from the lists that the nam e isnot very frequ ent in Wales , and is absent or rare in all the Englishcounties On the Welsh border (Cheshire , Shropshire , Herefordshire,and Monm ou thshire) . Warw ickshire ranks far above all other

counties as the hom e of Gilbert,or its derivative , Gibbs . Next

com e Glou cestershire and Worcestershire ; and the counties onboth sides of the Scotch border

,w hich form the m ain stronghold

Of the Gibsons . It wou ld therefore seem that the two greatcentres of this nam e and its principal derivati ves are in the northof England and adjacent part of Scotland and in the w esternm idlands .

GOODWIN .

— The principal hom e of this nam e is in Staffordshire,and in the adj acent counties of Derby and Cheshire . Besides its

hom e in the m idlands,it has a less im port-ant centre in Kent .

GRAY— GREY .

— Gray is, general ly speaking, confined to thew hole length of the eastern coast of England from Northum b er

land to Kent and to the inland counties imm ediately adjacent ;and it advances in force across the border into sou thern Scotland.

It also extends along the sou th coast of. England, excepting Su ssex ,to Hants and Dorset . The m anner in w hich this nam e is restric ted

England to the coast and its vicinity is particu larly.

remarkable .

It is m ingled in the counties ofNorthum berland and Durham w ithGrey, of which the form er county may be considered the hom e .

The peculiarities in the distribu tion of these nam es are bu t littleexplained when w e refer to the Hu ndred Rol ls of the reign of

Edward I . At that tim e both nam es w ere num erou s, b u t GreyD 2


had the pre - em inence . Strange to say, at that tim e Grey w as

num erous in Kent , whilst Gray w as particu larly frequ ent in

Lincolnshire,where it was also associated w ith Grey. The tw o

nam es w ere also w ell represented in Oxfordshire,Bucks, Cani

b ridgeshire , and adjacent counties, and probably also in som e otherparts of England that are scantily referred to in the HundredRolls Coming b ack to the present distribu tion of the nam es,I notice the circum stance that the Graysons are confined to Yorkshire .

GREEN — Pretty w ell distribu ted all over England, but particularly num erou s in the east of England in the adjacent counties

of Cambridge, Lincoln, Norfolk, Suffolk, and Essex ; also in

Worcestershire,Som erset , Wilts , and the West Riding. Very

rare or absent in Devon and Cornw all .GRIFFIN — Most num erou s in the contigu ous counties of Bu cks

andWarwick , and afterw ards in the cou nties imm ediately around,also extending w estw ard to Devon and Som erset . Not found in

the northern half ofEngland. In Domesday this nam e occu rs inCheshire

,Hereford

,and Cornw all . In the reign of Edw ard I . it

occurred in Shropshire, Oxfordshire, and Hunts

,etc . (Hu ndred

Rolls . )GRIFF ITH— GRIFF ITHS .

— These nam es are very num erous inWales

,which

,in fact may be regarded as their hom e . In the

English counties on the Welsh border (Shropshire , Hereford, andMonm outh) , though only half as frequent

,they are , how ever, to

be found in considerable num bers . In the next line of counties,represented by those ofGlou cester and Worcester, their frequ encyhas rapidly decreased . Northam ptonshire represents the lim it oftheir m igration eastward, no substantial advance having beenm ade into other parts of England. The circum stance that thesetw o nam es possess only half the relative frequ ency of Evans and

Davies in their comm on hom e in Wales explains in a greatm easure w hy they have not obtained such a hold in England as

has been obtained in the instances of the m ore comm on Welshsurnam es .

HALL — Distributed all over England. Tw o principal areas of

greatest frequ ency : one in the north of England in the countiesof Northum berland and Du rham

,Where it attains the greatest

relative frequ ency, extending ,how ever

,in m oderate num bers

across the border into central Scotland ; the other in the m idlandcou nties

,especially in Derbyshire . Rarest in the sou th - east and



Lincolnshire sou th to Kent Harrison is m ost num erou s in

Westm oreland, Lancashire , Yorkshire, and Lincolnshire . Fu rther

south w e find it invading in num bers the area of the Harrises

and fighting for the suprem acy in the m idland shires, victorious

in som e,as in those of Derby and S tafi ord, w aging an equ al

contest in others,as in the county of Notts

,and completely ou t

numbered in the advance southw ard into the cou nties of

Warw ick and Worcester. Pushing on , how ever , in greatlydim inished num bers, the Harrisons have estab lished outposts on

the borders of the English Channel .In this struggle betw een the Harri ses and the Harrisons, it is

evident that the form er have been w orsted. The Harrises, infact

,have been entirely on the defence . Not only have they

been unable to m ake any successfu l inroads into the northern

territory of th e Harrisons, b u t they have not prevented their

foes from forcing a w ay through their ranks and reaching thesouth coast .HART .

—This nam e is found in the centre and east of England,as

,for instance

,in Leicestershire

,Cam bridgeshire , and Suffolk .

It is isolated in the north of England in the county of Durham,

and in the North and East Ridings ; also frequ ent in Glou cestershire, and to a less extent in Wilts . The nam e has eviden tly had

d ifferent origins . Probably the num erou s Harts who are said to

hav e com e over into England from Germ any m ay explain the

origin of the Harts in the counties on the east coast of England.

Many Jew ish fam ilies bear the nam e .

HARVEY .

—Well distribu ted over England sou th of a line drawnfrom Hu ll to Chester . North of that line its frequ ency abruptlyceases . It is best represented in Essex , Hants , and Kent, and

then in C orw all, Devon , Staffordshire , Notts , Norfolk, and Suffolk .

Its preference for the coast counties,especially those in the sou th

east of England from Kent to Norfolk, is to be remarked. This

nam e in the reign of Edw ard I . took the form of Hervey and

Hervi, and w as found in London and Cam bridgeshire . (Hundred

Rolls . ) Hervew as an ancient Norm an personal nam e . Harv eyis also found in m any parts of Scotland.

HAWKINS — Characteristic of the west of England, being bestrepresented in Som erset

, Gloucestershire, Wilts, and adj acentcounties, but not extending north of S tafi

’

ordshire .

HILL — Pretty generally distribu ted over England, except in

the counties north of Yorkshire and Lancashire . Relativelv


scarce in the sou th - eastern counties, w here its place is taken b y

Hills . At present it is densest in the m idlands and in the sou th

west Of England, being m ost num erous in Derbyshire , Leicestershire

,Rutland

,Staffordshire, Worcestershire , and Lincolnshire ,

and in th e cou nties of Dev on, Som erset , Glou cester, and Oxford.

It reappears in Scotland,especial ly in the sou thern half.

HOLMES — Widely distribu ted over England, but rare in thesouth

,especially in the sou th - w est. The northern halfofEngland

evidently possesses its hom e, or rather its hom es ; in th e counties

ofDu rham and Derby,in the West Riding, and in Lincolnshire ,

occu r the greates t numbers of the nam e .

HOWARD .

— Tl1is nam e has its principal hom e in the easterncounties sou th Of the Hum ber

,being best represented in Norfolk,

S ufi olk,Cam bridgeshire , Lincolnshire, and Notts . It has another

hom e in Lancashire,Cheshire , and adj acent counties . There is

c onsiderable difference of opinion concerning its origin . Low er

and Ferguson consider it as of Norw egian origin , Havard orHaavard having been a common personal nam e am ongst theNorthm en . Bardsley sim ilarly thinks that it is a corruption of

Harvard or Hereward . Laing, as quoted by Low er , also regards

the nam e as left by the Northm en in East Anglia and Northum

berland . The explanation given by Taylor in his “ Words and

Places,

”

is less rom antic . He regards How ard as,like Hayw ard,

a corruption ofHogwarden ,the title of the officer in charge of the

swine in the comm on forest pastures or “ dens .

”

The Howards,according to Taylor, first cam e to notice in the Weald (Kent andSu ssex) , though we a lso know that they existed in Norfolk beforethe thirteenth centu ry, when they first rose to em inence . Cam den ,

the m ost important w itness of all,places How ard am ongst the

nam es in u se in England at the tim e of the Conquest . In all

probability this nam e has had m ore than one origin . Its

derivation from Hogwarden appears a little far- fetched ; but itseem s very likely that in a few localities it is a corruption of

Hayward, a so uth country nam e , though W hether Hayw ard is

derived from Hogw arden is quite another qu estion , concerningw hich I express my doubts, there being a m ore probable ex planaa

tion in the very sound of the w ord. How ard and Hayw ard arenot often associated

,b ut it is especially noticeable that in S uffolk,

w here both nam es are frequ ent,the interm ediate form ofHaw ard

occu rs . The establishm ent of the Howards in the east coastcounties and in their vicinity makes it probable that, as suggested


b y Fergu son , Low er, Bardsley, and Laing,they m ay be in m ost

cases,in that part of England, the representatives of the ancien t

Havards,Harvards

,andHaavards

,ofthe Northm en . The How ards

ofLancashire and Cheshire have had probably a different origin ,it being singular that Haw orth , How arth , and How orth, are also

Lancashire nam es, being, in fact, alm ost confined to that county,

where they are very num erou s . The explanation of the origin of

the Lancashire Howards w ill have to include that of the Lancashire Haw orths

, Howarths, and How orths . (S ee underLANCASHIRE ,

” in the case ofHaw orth,etc . )

HUDSON — The principal centres of this nam e are in Norfolk ,Derbyshire , and Yorkshire, w hence it has spread to adjacentco unties . It is absent , or conspicu ou sly rare , in the sou th of

England, so uth of a line draw n through the cities Of London and

Worcester .

HUGHES . Very frequ ent in North Wales and fairly num erousin Sou th Wales, Herefordshire , and Shropshire . Advancing into

England in a sou th - east direction tow ards the m etropolis,it has

Obtained a firm hold in Wilts,whilst Hants and Oxfordshire con

tain its ou tposts .

HUMPHREY— HUMPHREYS .

— Rarely fou nd northi

of a line drawnfrom the Wash to the Dee . Humphrey is confined to the easternhalf of the area

,in Berks

,Norfo lk

,Su rrey,

Su ssex,etc . Hum

phreys characterises the w estern half,being m ost num erous in

North Wales , and after that in Shropshire , Glou cestershire , Wilt

shire , etc . Both are rare or absent in the fou r sou th - w esterncounties .

HUNT .

— Well distributed through England, except in thenorth , w here its place is supplied b y Hunter

,w hich has the sam e

signification . It is best represented in the sou th of England,especially in the county of Dorset

,and after that in those of

Wilts and Som erset . It has also m ore than one stronghold in them idlands, as in the counties Of Worcester, Derby, Notts, and

Leicester .HUTOHINGs— HUTCHINSON .

— Hu tchings is found m ostly in the

south - w est of England, especially in Som erset . Hu tchinson is

confined to the north , being m ost num erous in the county of

Durham, and also frequent in Northumberland, Cu mberland, and

in th e North and East Ridings . Hutchison occurs over a large

part ofScotland,b u t is rare in the north .

JAC KSON — Although found nearly all over England, it is best


4 2 . HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES .

all over England, b u t in much less numbers in the sou th than inthe m idlands and in the north . The counties m ost conspicu ou sfor the num ber of Johnsons are Cambridge , Cheshire , Derby,Du rham

,Lancashire , Leicester and Ru tland

,Lincoln

,Norfolk

,

Northum berland, Notts , Stafford, Warw ick , and York . It issuggested b y Lower that this nam e has often been confoundedw ith the Scottish nam e of John ston or Johnstone

,w hich is very

comm on sou th of the Forth and the Clyde, especially in the

border counties of Dumfries and Berw ick . This suggestion isprobably correct ; for, bearing in m ind the very extensive interchange Of nam es that has occu rred betw een the tw o cou ntries, itw ou ld otherw ise be difficu lt to explain why the Scottish Johnstonsand the English Johnsons shou ld m eet abru ptly at the border insu ch num bers . It is ev ident

,therefore

,that in the m ajority of

cases Johnston is the Scottish form of Johnson,though a few m ay

have taken th e nam e from parishes in Dum friesshire,etc .

JONES .

— ] t is needless to rem ark that Jones is the m ostcharacteristic of Welsh surnam es, being especial ly frequ ent In

North Wales, w here on e ou t ofevery sev en persons is thu s nam ed.

Having occupied the English counties on the Welsh border in

great force , the Joneses have advanced on the m etropolis from

their hom e in North Wales,and after founding colonies en rou te,

In Northamptonshire and Bu cks,they have p ushed on to

the shores of Essex and Kent . In the counties north of

Lincolnshire and Lancashire Jones has not been able to obtain afooting .

KING.

— Mostly confined sou th of a line draw n from the Washto the sou thern border of Shropshire . North of this line the nam erapidly dim inishes in frequ ency, being absent from my list innearly all the cou nties thu s m arked off. It is rare also in theextrem e sou th - w est, in Devon and Cornw all . It is best represented

in Beds , Bu cks , Suffo lk, and Wilts . The nam e is sparinglyrepresented in Scotland.

KNIGHT .

—Well distribu ted over England sou th of a line drawnfrom the Hum ber to the Dee . In the northern part of Englandit is singu larly rare . Sussex stands forem ost for the number of

its Knights, and after it com e,in their order, Hants, Leicester

shire and Ru tland,and Glou cestershire . In Norfolk and Suffolk

w e hav e the form of Knights .

LAMB .

—Pretty w ell dispersed over England, except in theSouth coast counties from Devon to Kent

,in which it is u n


represented in my list . At present it is m ost num erou s in the

north of England, in the cou nties of Northum berland and

Du rham .

LANE — Absent orrare in the north and south - east ofEngland .

Most num erou s in the adj acent counties of Gloucester, Hereford,and Worcester

, and to a less extent in Dorset .LAWRENC E — Characteristic of the sou thern half of England,

especially num erou s in the sou th - w est , where it is best represented

in Som erset,and then in the neighbou ring counties of Dorset and

Glou cester . Law renson is a Lancashire nam e . Am ongst thederivatives of Law rence are inclu ded Law , Law es, Lawson ,

Law rie,Larkin

,etc . In one form or another this ancient nam e is

scattered over England.

LEA— LEE .

— Taking the two names collectively w e observethat they are distribu ted over the greater part ofEngland, thoughthey are infrequ ent in the sou th - eastern counties sou th of the

Wash , and are rare or absent in the counties on the south coast,excluding Devon . They are m ost num erou s in the contigu ou scounties of Shropshire and Cheshire . When w e com e to considertheir separate distribu tion w e find that Lee is the m ost widelydispersed and by far the m ost . comm on of the two nam es . Lea isconfined to a lim ited and w ell - defined area, having its hom e in

Cheshire,Shropshire

,and Warw ickshire

,and Spreading only to

the cou nties imm ediately adjacent . O n the other hand, Lee isfou nd over the larger part of England, possessing independentcentres in the cou nties of Northumberland and Du rham in thenorth , in Notts and the adj acent counties in the m idlands, in

Shropshire on the We lsh b order, and in Devonshire in the southw est ofEngland. Probably in counties such as Cheshire, w here

Leigh is a frequ ent place - nam e , as w ell as a surnam e , it has oftenbeen confou nded with Lea. and Lee . Lees is a m idland nam e ,especially num erou s in S tafi ordshire .

LEW IS .

- This nam e has its chief centre in Sou th Wales and inthe adj acent county of Monm ou th . It is next m ost frequ ent inNorth Wales

,Shropshire

,and Herefordshire . Its m ain line of

m igration from its Welsh hom e h as been to the sou th - east, and

Berks and Hants represent the lim its of its advance in thatdirection . Its sporadic occu rrence in Norfolk is to be rem arked ;here likely enough it

,

has had an independent origin .

LLOYD .

— Its hom e is in North and Sou th Wales ; but it is alsofrequ ent in the adj acent English coun ties of Shropshire , Here


ford, and Monm ou th . Its further advance into England has been

sm all .

LONG.

— This nam e is confined sou th of a line drawn w estsou th - w est from the Wash . It has evidently m ore than one hom e ,the principal one being in Wilts and the neighbou ring county of

Glou cester ; there is a second in Kent,and a third in Norfolk

and Sufi olk and their vicinity. According to Cam den , the Wiltshire Longs are descended from a very tall attendant of Lord“

Treasurer Hungerford . How ever, w e know that the Longs havebeen established in this part of England form any centuries sincew e learn from the Hundred Rolls that the nam e w as num erou sin Oxfordshire , as w ell as in Cambridgeshire , in the reign of

Edw ard I .

LOW E— LowEs.

—E ssentially a nam e of the m idlands and

adj acent north - w est cou nties,being m ost num erou s in Derbyshire ,

Warw ickshire, and Cheshire . Low es is the north of Englandform

,occu rring in Northum berland and Durham

,and in the

North and East Ridings in the form of Low ish . In Scotland

Low has an independent hom e in Aberdeenshire .

MARSH.

—Distributed over the greater part of England, b u trare or absent north of Notts and Lancashire . It has severalcentres, nam ely, in Cam bridgeshire and Kent in the east

,in

Lancashire in th e north , in Shropshire in the w est , and in Wilts,Dorset

,and Som erset in the sou th . Marsh is the nam e of a

parish both in Shropshire and Kent . Low er says that thesurnam e has existed in Kent since the 14 th centu ry .

MARSHALL — Distribu ted over England, its great hom e being inNo tts and Lincolnshire , w hilst there are less im portant hom es inNorthum berland in the north and in Som erset in the sou th . Thenam e is of

“

foreign'

origin . It w as originally“ Marechal , (pr

Mare - schalks,” the old nam e for a horse -

groom or farrier,in

which sense it is S till u sed in France . The post becam e dignified,and w ith it the nam e ; b u t , as Low er rem arks, it is probable thatthe great m ajority of Marshalls derived their nam e from thehumbler occu pation . The nam e has extended from the north of

England into central and sou thern Scotland.

MARTIN — Distributed over the w hole of England and possess

ing several hom es, the tw o principal being in the south - w est,in

Cornw all,and in the sou th - east

,in Su ssex and Kent . Less im -s

portan t centres are in Worcestershire and S tafi’

ordshire , w here theMartins of the m idlands m ainly reside , and in Northum b erland,


4 6 HOMES or FAMILY NAMES .

personal nam e in Dom esday . Low er thinks that it m ay be alsooften a corruption of Michael . Ju dging,

how ever,from th e dis

trib u tion in both cases, I shou ld say that it has had little or no

connection w ith Mitchell as representing Michael . Rather Iw ou ld hold that it is connected with Mills

,which has a sim ilar

distribu tion ; and it is rem arkable that in the three south - w est

cou nties w here Mills is absent or infrequ ent,being represented in

two of them b y Mill , Miles is also absent or rare .

M ILLER — There are three groups of Mill ers in England, theMillers of the sou th , who have their principal hom e in Dorset ,where they are very num erou s ; the Millers of the north

,w h o

are fou nd m ostly in Lancashire , Du rham,and Northumberland,

and the Mi llers of the east, w ho frequ ent Essex and the adjacent

counties . This nam e,Often in the form of Millar

,is distribu ted

over a large part of Scotland, b u t is rare north ofAberdeenshire .M ILLS .

— Tll is nam e is m ostly confined to the sou thern half of

England. Its chiefhom es are in Essex,Kent

,Su ssex

,Hants

,and

Warw ickshire . It is rare or infrequ ent in the sou th - w est Of

England, w here , in Cornw al l and Devon , its place is to som e extent

su pplied by Mill .MITC HELL .

—Distributed over England, b ut far m ore frequ ent

in the sou th . Its hom e ,parex cellence, is in the cou nty of Cornw all ,w here in nearly half the instances it is written Michell , thoughthe pronunciation is the sam e . Its other hom es are in Sussex ,Wilts

,and in the West Riding . Its prevalence in Cornw all is

due to the fact that several parishes and places in the county bearthe nam e of S t . Michael in one form or another . Mitchell is also

a nam e num erou s in m ost parts of Scotland, b u t is rare north Of

Ab erdeenshire .

MOORE.

— This nam e is distributed all over England excludingthe sou th coast , w here , w ith the exception of Devon and Kent, it

is absent or singularly u ncomm on . Its principal hom es are inEast Anglia, in Norfolk , Suffolk , and Cam bridgeshire ; in thenorth

,in Cheshire and Yorkshire ; in the w estern m idlands , in

Worces ter and adj acent counties and in the south - w est ofEng land,in Devonshire .

MORGAN — Sou th Wales and Monm ou thshire are the great

hom es of this nam e . North Wales and Herefordshire stand nextin the order of its frequency . This ancient Welsh name , in com

parison w ith som e other nam es of the Principality,has advanced

but little into England. It has Obtained no footing in the north ,


w hilst the counties of Worcester and Glou cester representthe lim it of its advance into the m idlands . It has

,how ever ,

firm ly established itself in Ham pshire , and to a less extent in

Som ersetMORRIS .

— This nam e has evidently had m ore than one centre

of origin . Its principal hom e is in the counties bordering Wales

(excluding Cheshire) , nam ely, Shropshire, Herefordshire , and

Monm ou thshire , and afterw ards in the Welsh count ies them selves .

Thence it has spread over m ost of the m idland cou nties, tho ugh it

m ay be dou bted w hether it has not had a partially independentorigin in Bu cks, Leicestershire and Ru tland

,and Notts . How

ever,an im portant and evidently an independent hom e has been

founded in Hampshire, w here it is very nu m erous . According toLow er

,Morris , w hen fo und in Wales and in the adjoining

English cou nties, is deriv ed from Mars , the God ofWar (Welsh

form Maw r - rwyce) . In England it is undoubtedly Often a cor

ruption Of Mau rice, a nam e partly of Norm an introdu ction .

Probably Moss , w hich , ju dging from its distribu tion,is m ore

often in England a corruption ofMorris than a Jew ish contraction

of Moses,shou ld be inclu ded here . It is principally found in

Staffordshire , Worcestershire , and Essex . Morrison is a nam ealm ost peculiar to Scotland, being only scantily represented in

England in Northum b erland.

NEAL— NEALE .

— This nam e is not fou nd in the north of

England, b u t is scattered abou t the rest of the country . Its

chiefhom es are in Sussex andWarw ickshire ; b u t probably alsothe adjacent counties ofNorfolk and Lincolnsh ire are m ore w or thyof being considered as hom es than their numbers w ou ld im ply .

In the reign ofEdw ard I. , the su rnam e of Neel occu rred in Beds,

Bucks, and Hunts . (Hundred Rolls .)NEWMAN .

— C onfined to the sou thern half ofEngland and not

occu rring in any nu mbers north of a line drawn w est from theWash . It has evidently several hom es

,and is at present m ost fro

qu ently found in Essex ,Wilts, Glou cestershire , andWorcestershire.

This nam e signifies a stranger.

” According to Low er, it is w ritten

Nieuw em an in Sussex docum ents of the 13 th century.

11 In

the sam e century it was of frequ en t occurrence , as New em an,

in Cam bridgesh ire and Oxfordshire,and as Neum an it w as also

then comm on in Norfolk and Essex (Hundred Rolls) , in which

tw o counties it has been ever since established.

NEWTON — This su rnam e has a disconnected distribu tion in


different parts of England, being nearly always derived fromthe nam es of parishes

,townships

,and other localities in the

sam e coun ty . It is best represented in the northern half Of

England.

NIOHOLLS— N ICHOLS .

-Distributed over the greater part of

England except in the north , where its place is supplied b y

Nicholson and Nichol . The great hom e is in Cornw all . It isafterw ards frequent in Essex, Northamptonsh ire , Wilts , Devon ,Gloucestershire , and Norfolk . If we include Nicholas

,in m ost '

cases the original form of the nam e,Monm outhshire is especially

distingu ished b y its frequency . Although in the m aj ority of

instances this nam e is, as just stated, evidently derived fromNicholas

,the nam e of th e patron saint of boys , sailors, and parish

clerks in the early tim es (Bardsley) , still it w ou ld seem probab le

that in the eastern part of England, as in Norfolk and Essex,it

takes its rise from Nin cole or Nicole , the Norm an pronu nciation

of Lincoln . Lower , qu oting S ir F . Palgrave , gives this explana

tion . This view is to som e extent supported by the circum stancethat

,in the 13 th centu ry, Nicoll in variou s form s occu rred com

m on ly in this part of England— in Norfolk , S uffolk , Cam bridge

shire, and Lincolnshire (Hu ndred Rolls) . Nicol and Nicol l are

nam es found over a large part of Scotland, though rare or absent

in the north .

NIOHOLSON .

— With few exceptions confined to the northern half

of England, being m ost frequent in Cumberland and Northumb eFland

,and afterw ards in Durham and in the adj acent parts of

Yorkshire . It is noticeab le that Nixon , a contraction of this nam e,is also restricted to the northern half of England, being m ost

num erous in Cheshire and Northum berland. From the north of

England the Nicholsons and Nicolsons have extended into theScottish border cou nties, especially into Dumfriesshire .NORMAN — This nam e has a disconnected distribution in dif

ferent parts of England . It has evidently three or four indepen

dent hom es, the tw o principal being in Cambridgeshire in the east

and in Som erset in the w est . It is rem arkable that in the 13 th

century this surnam e w as very num erous in Cambridgeshire,ju st as it is now ; then , also , it w as sim ilarly established in theneighbou ring cou nty of Norfolk

,and in the not far distant one of

B ucks (Hundred Rolls) .

O LIVER — Distribu ted over the greater part of England. Its

principal homes are as fol low s — In the north,in Northumb erland



east coast,in Monm outhshire and Gloucestershire in the west , and

in Ham pshire on the south coast .PARSONS .

—A. striking example of a purely sou th of England

nam e, not to be found in my list north of a line drawn w est from

the Wash . It is represented in m ost of the sou thern counties, b u t

its great hom e is in Wilts, w hilst it is also num erou s in m ost of

the counties around this centre,nam ely, in Som erset, Dorset ,

Hants, Oxfordshire , and Monm ou thshire .PAYNE— PAINE— PAIN .

— Excepting Lincolnshire , w here it is but

scantily represented, the different form s of this nam e do not occu r

in England north of a line drawn w est from the Wash .

"6 They arerare or absent in th e sou th - wes tern counties and in the westernm idlands

,exclu ding Herefordshire and are m ostly crow ded

together in the sou th - eastern quarter of England, especially in

Essex,Kent, Su ssex , Hants, Cam bridgeshire , and Bu cks . Lower,

fol low ing other au thorities , derives this nam e from Paganu s or

Paganel, a comm on Norm an personal nam e, w h ich du ring the

Norm an dynasty assum ed the form s of Pagan,Paynel , Payen , and

Pain,and w as then one Of the comm onest nam es in England. In

the 13 th centu ry it w as well represented as Pain and Payn inCambridgesh ire , Oxfordshire , and Sufi olk, and as Payn alone in

Norfolk (Hu ndred Rolls) , so that it would seem that L‘ow er'

s

statem ent that the Norfolk Paynes have kept together - in t hat

county since the 15th century does not go far enough . Welearn also from the sam e sou rce that one of the greatest colonies of

the Paynes is at East Grinstead In Su ssex,where for several

centuries they have been very abundant . The perm anence of this

nam e in the sou th - east qu arter Of England is especially note

w orthy. It w as num erous six centuries ago in counties whereit is still established

,nam ely,

Cambridgeshire , Suffolk, Norfolk,and probably also Sussex . For an ingeniou s explanation of theO rigin of this nam e through Paynel , Paganel , and Pagan I . m ustrefer the reader to an extensive footnote in Chapter XXI. Of

Gibbon’s Rom an Empire .”

PEARC E— PEARSE — PIERC E— PEARSON.

— Considering these nam es

together as different form s of the sam e su rnam e w e observethat , although they are pretty num erous all over England, theyare decidedly less frequent in the eastern counties betw een the

It is, how ever, remarkable that a colony of Paynes has been establishedacross the Scottish border in Dumfriesshire.

ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 51

Wash and the Tham es . The great hom e of this surnam e is in

the south- w estern counties of Cornw all,Devon

,Som erset, and

Glou cestershire . The principal centre in the north is in theNorth and East Ridings whilst in the sou th - east of England,in Ken t

,there is an important and independent hom e . . . .When

w e consider separately the distribu tion of the Pearses,Pearces,

and Pierces, and the distribu tion of the Pearsons,w e find that the

u su al geographical distinction prevails betw een the form s of thenam e that have and have not the Scandinavian term ination of

“son . Excluding the singu lar exception of Kent

,Pearson is,

generally speaking,characteristic of the north of England and

of the m idlands,being m ost frequ ent in the North and East

Ridings Of Yorkshire , and afterw ards in Warw ickshire , Northum b erland

,Cum berland

,and Westmoreland. On the other hand,

the Pearces,Pearses, and Pierces are confined to the part of

England sou th of a line joining the Humber and the Dee .

Although w ell scattered abou t, they are b y far the m ost frequ ent

in the sou th - west,Cornw all possessing the greatest number, w hilst

Devon,Som erset

,and Glou cestersh ire are next distingu ished . Of

the different varieties,Pearce

,w hich m uch is the m ost comm on , is

generally distribu ted. Then com es Pearse,Which is generally

characteristic of Devon and Som erset,whilst Pierce, which is

comparatively rare , is found m ostly in North Wales and Su ssex ,Pearcey being pecu liar to Devon .

PERKINS— PERK IN— PERx s.

— C onfined m ostly to the sou thern

halfofEngland,being m ost num erou s in Warw ickshire , Worcester

shire,and South Wales .

PERRY — Restricted to the sou thern half of England. It hastw o principal hom es, one in the sou th - w est

,especially in Som erset ,

Cornw all,and Glou cestershire , the other in the south - east

,in

Essex.

PHILLIPS PHIPPS PHELPS — PHILP— PHILLIPSON.

— Lim itingo ur attention in the first place to the distribu tion of Phillips, thecomm onest form ofPhilip

,w e observe that it is confined to Wales

and to the part ofEngland sou th ofa line draw n from the Hum berto the Mersey, being by far the m ost num erous in the w estern halfof this area

,inclu ding Wales, and being much less frequ ent in the

eastern part . Its great hom e is in South Wales and Monm outhshire, b u t it is also frequ ent in Herefordshire , Staffordshire ,Cornwal l

,and Devonshire If w e inclu de the several other

form s ofthe nam e , we find that Ph ilip in its various shapes is still

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52'


m ainly confined Sou th of the line above given , the'

Phillipson s of

Northumberland being the only representatives of the nam e in thenorth of England.

”6 It w ill also be rem arked t hat the m ainfeatures ofthe distribution are the sam e

,its com parative scantiness

in the eastern halfof its area and its frequ ency in the w estern half,including Wales . In som e counties the contractions and corruptions ofPhilip often take the place ofPhillips , the comm onest andleast altered form

,and are associated w ith it in others . Thu s , the

frequ ency of the nam e of Phelps gives Som erset a pre - em inencethat it w ou ld not have obtained from Phillips alone . Phelps and

Phipps sim ilarly rai se the counties of Glou cester and Worcesterconsiderab ly in the scale . The absence or rarity of Phillips inWarw ickshire and Northam ptonshire is supplied, or compen

sated for, b y Phipps ; and Cornw all receives from Philp a

fu rther lift in position . Taking all the form s of the name of

Philip together,‘

w e find that they distingu ish different regionsand counties in the follow ing o rder fi rst com es Sou th Wales and

Monm ou thshire,then Cornw all and Gloucestershire , then Here

fordshire and Worcestershire, then Stafi ordshire , and after itDevon and There are a few distant derivatives of

the nam es ofPhilip,w hich I think shou ld be separately

' treat/ed,to

wit,Philpot and Philpots, w hich are chiefly sou th of

'

England

nam es . Phippen or Phippin is a Som erset form . How ever, I am

now entering into debatable grou nd, and can only here rem arkthat th e

'

m ore distant derivatives of Philip do not affect th e m ain

features of its distribu tion already discu ssed. The Philippos of

Norfolk and S ufi olk I have not included,

- there being som ethingsuspiciou s, indicating an independent origin , in the term inal 0 .

PORTER .

- Not found in my list north of Lancashire and

Lincolnshire,b u t scattered irregu larly over the rest of England,

being best represented in Som erset, Oxfordshire , Leicestershire ,Rutlandshire

,Essex

,Norfolk , and Lancash ire . This nam e w as

num erous in Cam bridgeshire , Hunts, and Norfolk in the reign of

Edw ard I (Hundred Rolls) .

POTTER .

—Mostly confined,in the first place , to the m idlands,

where it is especially characteristic of Derbyshire and Northamptonshire ; and, in the second place, to - the east coast counties

betw een the'

Wash and the Tham es, particularly in Essex and

Norfolk . Not found in my list in the north ofEngland, exclu ding

Philips is not an uncommon name in different parts of Scotland.



Dorset . compensates for the absence or rarity of Read indifferent counties in a rem arkable m anner. Thu s, its principal

hom e‘

is in Cornw all and Devon,Where Read is scantily repre

sented. In the sam e way it takes the place of Read in the north

of England, being especially w ell represented in the counties of

Northumberland and Durham . It is rare or absent in EastAnglia , where Read has one of its m ost im port ant hom es, and

for a sim ilar reason it is uncomm on or absent in Wilts and

Dorset . In counties where it is not very num erous, it‘

is often

associated w ith its rival Reid is associated w ith Reed in the

north ofEngland in the counties ofDurham and North umb erland,

but is m u ch less num erou s . It finds its principal hom e across

the border, and is very comm on over a large part of Scotland, b u t

not north of Aberdeen . It is rem arkable that , whilst in the

“ Northumberland Court Directory for 1879” there are m ore

Reids than Reeds, in the list Of farm ers there given the Reeds

are tw ice as frequent as the Reids . Perhaps the difference in the

s pelling may som etim es signify a rise in the social scale . Moreprobably, how ever, it m ay be explained b y the supposition thatm ost of the Scottish Reids that cross the English border w ou ldbelong to the gentry and not to the m ore stay- at - hom e Scottish

yeom en We thu s see that Read is m ost characteristic of the

East Anglian group of Norfolk,Suffolk

, and Cambridgeshire, andalso of Wilts and Dorset . Reed has its principal hom es in

Cornw all and Devon,and in the counties of Northum berland and

Du rham ; w hilst Reid is a Scottish;imm igrant in the tw o lastnam ed northern counties .

Taking the three varieties of the nam e together, w e Observenot only that they are farm ore characteristic Ofthe sou thern halfof England than of the northern half

, b u t that those of the north

are separated from those of the sou th by a neutral region , wherethe nam e is absent or rare

,a region com prising a large area of

the m idlands . Taking Derbyshire as its centre , this neutral regionincludes the su rrounding counties ofLancashire , the West Riding,

Notts, Leicester and Ru tland,Oxford, Warw ick, Worcester, and

Shropshire , none of w hich occu r in my list, w hilst S tafi'

ordshire

can scarcely be excepted, since its representatives of the nam e arecom paratively few . Assum ing that in . the vast m aj ority of casesthis nam e is the old English form of

“ Red,”w e canhere com e

u pon an interesting ethnological point, the elu cidation of which

I prefer to leave to those w ho have specially studied this question

ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES . 55

of the races of Britain . Dr. Beddoe,in his w ork On the subject ,

su pplies an explanation of this pecu liar prevalence of the Red

Men in the sou thern half of England :“ the natives of South

Britain,

as he inform s u s,at the tim e of the Rom an Conqu est

partook m ore of the tall blond sto ck of Northern E u rope than of

the thickset,broad- headed

,dark stock

,

” established in other partsofGreat Britain . (S ee u nder RUS SELL ”

)REEVE— REEVES .

— C onfined to the sou thern half of England,and not extending north of a line draw n from the Wash to theMersey. Best represented in Wilts

,Kent

,Su ssex, Suffolk, Nor

folk, and Northam ptonshire ; but infrequent in the sou th -westerncounties .

REYNOLDS .

— Its area Of distribu tion is confined,for the m ost

part,to the central part of England extending to the eastern

counties betw een the Wash and the Tham es . It is rare or absentin the south coast counties

,excluding Cornwall , and excepting a

scanty representation in Lancashire it does not occur north of aline drawn from th e Hum ber to the Mersey . Shropshire, Norfolk ,Wilts , and Cornw all are its principal hom es . This nam e takes its

origin from Rainhold,a Teutonic personal nam e ofgreat antiquity.

AsReynald it w as w ell represented in the reign of Edward I . in

Oxfordshire, Norfolk, and Suffolk (Hundred Rolls), in which lasttwo counties the nam e is still established.

R IC HARDS — Not fou nd in the north of England beyond Notts,and also rare or absent in the east coast counties, in both of w hichregions its place is supplied b y Richardson . Thu s restricted, it is

m ostly-

crow ded into the w estern half of England, and is verycomm on also in Wales . Its great centres are in Cornwall , Wales ,and Monm ou thshire .

RIC HARDSON — Essentially a north of England nam e , extendingacross the border into Dumfriesshire

,and also

,b ut to a less extent ,

characteristic of m ost of the east coast counties as far sou th as

Kent and Sussex . The counties of Cumberland,Westm oreland,

Durham ,Northum b erland

,and the North and East Ridings of

Yorkshire contain the greatest number of the nam e ; and the

frequent occu rrence of the contracted form of Ritson in the three

first - nam ed counties gives greater accentuation to its nor thern

hom o . Next distingu ished for the nam e ofRichardson are Notts,Lincolnshire , and Essex . This nam e takes the p lace Of Richards

in the north of England, and compensates for its absence or its

rarity in nearly all the counties on the eastern coast . Excepting ,


‘

Notts, w hich m ay be regarded as lying betw een the two areas,the nam es are never associated in any numbers in the sam e county .

Their combination in Notts gives that county fu rther pre - em inence

in respect of the different varieties of Richard as aThe distribu tions of the variou s form s of Dick

,the nicknam e of

Richard, su ch as Dicks,Dixon

,Dickens , Dickenson , etc .

,etc .

,

requ ire a separate treatm ent .

ROBERTS .

— A nam e

‘

rare or absent in the northern counties,where it is partially represented b y that of Robertson

,of North

um b erland,a nam e very num erou s over the m ost part of Scotland .

The great hom e Of Roberts is in North Wales , and next in order

com e Sou th Wales,Shropshire , Monm ou thshire , and Cornw all .

It is scattered over the rest of England, b u t is least comm on in

the eastern counties . The Prob erts (Ap-Robert) increase'

its

frequ ency in Monm outhshire and Herefordshire,and

,to a less

extent,in Sou th Wales .

ROB INSON — Distributed all over England, except in the sou th

w est, w here it is either absen t or extrem ely rare . It s great hom e

is in the northern half of the country,the numbers

[

rapidlydim inishing as w e approach the sou th Of England. Northamp

tonsh ire m ay be characterised as the m ost advanced strongholdof the Robinson s on their w ay to the m etropolis . Robson

,which

is,I su ppose , a contraction of this nam e

,is essentially a north of

England nam e , being very num erous in Northumberland and

county Du rham, and ex tending in dim inished num bers across the

border into the shires ofRoxbu rgh and Dumfries .

ROGERS — Rare or ab sen t‘

in England north of a line draw nfrom the Humber to the Mersey . Scattered over the rest of

England and also Wales , b u t generally infrequ ent in the eastern

counties, being b y far the most num erou s in the w estern half of

its area . It is m ost comm on in Herefordshire and Shropshire ,and also in Cornwall . The counties n ext distingu ished are Bu cksand Su ssex . Its only representatives in the north Of England are

the Rogersons ofLancashire .

* Low er says that there is an ancientfam ily of Rogers in Shropsh ire dating back to the tim e of

Edward II .ROSE .

- This nam e has at least tw o centres : one in the sou th

4 ” Rodger is the Scotch form ,it has no definite distribution . In England w e

‘

only find it occasionally, as in the case of Rodgers in Derbyshire .



SHAW .

- The great hom e of this nam e is in the West Riding,Cheshire, and Lancashire , and in the neighbouring northernm idland counties of Derby, Stafford, and Notts . It is rare orabsent in the sou th ofEngland, excepting Sussex , and is sim ilarlyinfrequ ent in the eastern coast cou nties sou th ofthe Wash . Shaw

in Anglo - Saxon signified a sm all w ood . In cou nties where thesu rnam e is num erou s, as in Lancashire and Yorkshire , the nam e isattached to places . The Shaw s are fair ly represented in Scotland,bu t not in the northern part .SHEPHERD— SHEPPARD

,ETO .

—This nam e is distribu ted over the

greater part of England ; b u t is absent or infrequ ent in theeastern counties south of the Hum ber . Its chief centres in thenorth are in Westm oreland

,Lancashire, and the North and East

Ridings ; in the m idlands, in the counties of Warwick, North

am pton, and Notts ; and in the sou th - west of England in thecontiguou s cou nties of Som erset and Glou cester . It is rem arkablethat its deficiency in the eastern counties is to som e extentsupplied by the S heppersons of Cam bridgeshire . Shepherd alsois established in Scotland

,but has no definite distribution , and is

by no m ean s num erou s .

S IMMONDs —S iMMONs— S iMONDs— S IMONS — SYMONDS SYMONS .

This nam e in its variou s form s has evidently two origins .

Generally,it w ou ld seem to be derived from Sim on , a nam e of

Norm an introdu ction and represented by S im und in Dom esday ;b u t there is m u ch to support the opinion ofMr . Low er that it is

in not a few cases a corruption of Seam an w hich,as S em an , is very

comm on in the records of the Cinqu e Ports,and other places on

the coasts ofKent and Su ssex . The instance is addu ced by h im

of a Sussex fam ily of Simm ons resident at Seaford forthree - and - a

half centuries, in which w e can trace all the changes of the nam e

from Seam an and Sem an , its earliest form s in the sixteenth

centu ry, to Simm ons, as it is n ow spelt : they are as followsSeam an , S em an, Seam ans, Sem ons , S im ons, Sim onds, Sym onds ,Simmonds

,Symm onds, Simm ons . It is also rem arkable that

at the present day Seam an is a nam e m ostly restricted to

Norfo lk and Suffolk,in which two counties Sym onds is also w ell

represented.

The several varieties of the nam e arrange them selves readilyinto two groups , Simm onds and Simm ons being m ost num erou sin Cornwall and Su ssex , and afterw ards in Bu cks , Oxfordshire ,Berks

,and som e of the adjacent counties ; whilst Sim ons, Sym ons,


Symonds, etc . ,have their great hom e in Cornw all , b u t are also

fairly num erous in Devon, Dorset , Cam bridgeshire , Suffolk , and

in som e of the neighbou ring counties . The localities of the variousform s of the tw o groups are noticed in the alphabetical list .When w e com e to consider the combined distribu tion ofall the

form s , we find that this nam e is essentially characteristic Of thesou thern halfofEngland and especially Of the coast counties . Ithas three centres, the principal being in the south - w est in Cornw all , the second being in Sussex , the third in Suffolk and C am

bridgeshire, from which centres it has spread to the countiesadjacent .

S IMPSON — Characteristic of the north ern half of England.

Yorkshire is its great hom e, it being very num erou s in th e Northand East Ridings . In the su rrounding counties of Durham

,

Lancashire , Cheshire, Stafford, and Derby, it is also well represented. Though it has established itself in som e m easu re inSuffolk and Essex

,it is w ith these exceptions em inently a nam e of

the northern counties and northern m idlands . It is representedover a large part of Scotland, b ut is rare in the north .

SMITH.

— This fam iliar nam e is universally distributed, b u t itsrelative frequ ency varies greatly in different parts of England .

It is least frequ ent in the three sou th - w est cou nties of Cornw all,Devon , and Som erset, w here , it may be tru ly said, the Sm iths donot flou rish . It is also sim ilarly infrequent in Wales. Its greathom e is in Worcestershire and in the adjacent counties of

Gloucester,Warwick , and Stafford. It is also very num erou s in

Essex, in the east of England. In the extrem e north it is ratherless frequ ent ; but it extends in num bers across the border, and isestablished over the greater part of Scotland, b eing m ost num erousin the counties south of the Forth and the Clyde . Ifwe divide

England into three parts b y tw o lines, joining the Tham es w ith

the Severn, and the Wash w ith the Dee,w e shall observe that the

Sm iths are m ost num erou s in the m iddle division,less frequent in

the northern division,and l east num erou s in the sou th .

SPENC ER .

—Absent or rare in the north and south of England.

Most num erou s in the m idlands,especially Warw ickshire , and

afterw ards in Northamptonshire , Derbyshire , and Notts .

STEPHENs — STEVENs.—Mostly confined sou th of a line draw n

w est from the Wash , being represented in the counties north Of

that line b y Stephenson and Stevenson . Its great hom e is inCornwall, and there are secondary centres in Sussex, and in South

60 . HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES .

Wales and in the adjoining English county of Hereford. Thenam e is said to have been in trodu ced after the Conquest . InCornw all it is ofvery ancient date , as is evidenced by the fam ily of

Stephens ofTregeuna, w ho , according to Low er, are the descendants of the S tephyns ofSt . Ives in the

,reign of Edward IV .

,their

nam e being w ritten then in the singu lar .STEPHENSON— STEVENSON.

— C onfined for the m ost part to thenorthern half. of England,

being especially frequ ent in cou ntyDu rham

,and afterw ards in the North and East Ridings and North ,

um b erland. It is also w ell established in Lincolnshire, and has m adea su bstantial advance into the m idlands as far as Warw ickshire .Strangely enough it has an independent hom e in Sussex and Berks ,where Stevens is also comm on . Generally speaking,

how ever,it

is absent or rare in the sou thern part of England, where its placeis su pplied b y Stephens and Stevens . The Stevensons extend inforce across the S cottish border

,b u t do not usu allyreach beyond

the Forth and the C lyde .STONE.

-Excepting its establishm ent in Derbyshire , this nam eis m ostly restricted to the sou th of England and is especially at

hom e in Berks and Bu cks,and in the sou th - w estern counties of

Som erset , Dorset , and Devon . It has probably in m ost cases alocal origin, as in Som erset , Bucks, Kent , etc .

,where there are

parishes and villages thu s called.

SUTTON .

—S cattered abou t in different parts of England, and

best represented in Cheshire , Lancashire , Staffordshire , Norfolk ,Kent

,Wilts, etc . Su tton is a very comm on nam e of parishes ,

villages , etc ., and probably the surnam e has been in nearly every

case in the first place thu s derived . We learn from the Hu ndredRolls that six centu ries ago the su rnam e w as num erou s in Notts,Shropshire

,Som erset

,and also in Lincolnshire and Kent .

TAYLOR .

— Distribu ted .all over England, b u t comparativelyscarce in al l the south coast counties, exclu ding Kent. In theEnglish counties , near and on the Scottish border , it is also rela

tively infrequ ent , yet it extends in fair numbers across the border,and is fou nd over m ost of Scotland. In Wales it is rare or absent .

Its principal hom es in England are to be found in the greatindu strial cou nties ofLancash ire

,Derbyshire , Notts, and

'Warw ick

shire,and in the West Riding . It is also num erou s in Lincolnshire .Six centuries ago this su rnam e occurred in various form s

,as

Taylir, Taylur, Tayllour, etc . (Hu ndred Rolls) .

THOMAS .

—The great hom e of this nam e is in Wales,

. m ore



rare in the southern part of England south of a line joining them ouths of the Tham es and the Severn . Its great hom e in them idlands is in the cou nties of Derby and Notts . In the north itis m ost frequent in Durham and Yorkshire . It crosses the Scottish

border,not by w ay of Northumberland

,w here it is infrequ ent b u t

through Cumberland into the cou nty of Dumfries,and it is fairly

represented over Scotland, except in the extrem e north . In

Chapter I . I have referred to the general distribu tion of nam esconnected w ith the cloth trade . Walker, which is derived fromthe Anglo - Saxon w ord “

w ealcere ,” a fu ller

,is synonym ou s w ith

Tu cker . In a statu te of E lizabeth , a person of this occu pation isreferred to as Clothe - Fuller , otherw ise called Tu cker or Walker

(Bardsley) . The early fashion w as to tread ou t the cloth ; andeven now in the north of England fu ller ’s earth is ca lledw alker ’s clay . It is remarkable that theabsence or rarity of

Walker in the south of England is supplied b y Tu cker and

Fu l ler . Tucker takes its place in the sou th - w est, and,in fact,

in alm ost al l the sou thern counties as far east as Hants andWilts.

Fu l ler takes its place in the south - eastern counties of Kent andSussex .

WALTON — Usually a north ofEngland nam e, especially charac

teristic of Cum berland andWestm oreland,Du rham

, and Northumberland. It is in m ost cases derived from the nam es of places inthe county.

WARD .

— This nam e, though scattered over a large part of

England, is gathered together in greatest numbers in Yorkshire,Lincolnshire

,and in the m idland counties , especially those Of

Leicester and Ru tland, Notts, Derby, Stafford, Warw ick , Northampton , Cam bridge, etc . It is infrequ ent in the four northernm ost

counties ofEngland, and is sim ilarly absent or relatively uncommonin the sou thern cou nties to the sou th of a line joining Bristol andLondon . The nam e signifies a w ard or keeper, and w e find it withthis m eaning in such compound nam es as Woodw ard

,the old title

of a forest - keeper .WARREN — This nam e is m ostly confined to the sou thern half

of England, m ore especially to Dorset and the south -westerncounties - and to Cambridgeshire and the adj acent eastern counties .

It thus possesses tw o principal hom es, one in the w est of Englandand the other in the east . It also occu rs sporadically in Cheshire

and Staffordshire . Six centu ries ago the nam e , in one form or

another . w as frequent in the east of England. We learn from the


Hundred Rolls that in those ancient times Warin was charac

teristic of Cambridgeshire , and that Warenne w as very comm on inNorfolk

,in both of which cou nties the nam e is still w ell repre

sented . Warenne was then also very frequ ent in Lincolnshire ,and w as also represented in Sussex . The present east countryWarrens possess the nam e , if not the blood, of the Norm an fam ilyof de Warene

,the m embers of which in the tim e of William the

Conqu eror received great possessions in the east of England inSussex

,Su rrey, Suffolk , Norfolk , etc . Probab ly also the w est

country nam e ofWarren has a sim ilar origin , though it has been

su ggested that it m ay som etim es be a contraction of warrener,

”

a keeper of a rabbit - w arren , an improbable suggestion , sinceoccupative nam es ending in

“ er,”

as Tanner,Skinner

,Barber

,

Tayler, etc .,etc .

,are not su bject to su ch abbreviations .

WATSON — The principal hom e of this nam e is in the north of

England, especially in the cou nty of Durham and in the North

and East Ridings . It is also fairly num erous in the northern

m idlands, as in Derbyshire and Notts . Further sou th it rapidlydim inishes, though it has several representatives in Cambridg e

shire ; and in the sou thern counties it is absent or rare,excepting

Sussex , where it has Obtained a hold. In the sou th and w est ofEngland its place is supplied b y Watts . It extends in force acrossthe Scottish border, and is found over a large part of Scotland,but is m ore especially characteristic of the region south of the

Forth and the C lyde .WATTS .

— A. nam e confined south of a line drawn west fromthe Wash , but especially ch aracteristic of the three sou th - western

counties of Som erset , Glou cester , and Wilts, and of th e countiesadjacent to them . It is represented b y Watson in the northern

half of England . Singularly enough , it reappears in the north of

Scotland in Aberdeenshire and its vicinity.

WEBB .

—This nam e is confined sou th of a line draw n from theWash to the Dee . It is m ost num erou s in Som erset and Wilts

,

in the west of England ; b ut is also w ell represented in Suffolkin the east of England and in Northamptonshire in the m idlands .

(S ee Chapter I . for the general distribu tion of the nam es connectedw ith the cloth trade . )WEBSTER .

— The Websters have theirprincipal hom e in Derbyshire and afterw ards in Yorkshire and Lancashire . They are also

fairly represented in the eastern counties betw een the Hum berand the Tham es . (S ee Chapter I . for the general distrib ution

’

o f

64 ' HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES .

the nam es connected w ith the cloth trade .) Webster is also a

scattered b u t not a very frequ ent Scottish nam e .

“TELLS — This is an ancient English nam e w hich w as repre

sented comm only b y Welles in th e counties of Oxford and C am

bridge in the reign of Edw ard I . (Hundred Rolls . ) It is atpresent m ost num erou s in the sou th of England, in Oxfordshire

(as Of o ld) W ilts , Berks, Sussex , and Kent . It has, how ever, anindependent hom e in Lincolnshire , and extends northwards intoYorkshire and Lancashire .

WEST .

— This nam e is scattered about in different parts of

England, both in the w est and in the east, and its distribution

gives only a slight support to the suggestion that it w as original lygiven to persons who cam e from the w est . At all events, suchan explanation can scarcely apply to the Wests of Cornw all . Itis

,how ever

,noticeable that the counties in which the nam e is

perhap s best represented, nam ely,Lincolnshire

,Norfolk

,North

amptonshire, and Sussex , occu r in the eastern halfofEngland.

WHITE — Distribu ted over the greater part of England, but

relatively infrequ ent in the extrem e north and in m ost of the

eastern counties,and m ostly crowded together in the sou th - west

and in the m idlands . The sou th - w est of England is, how ever, theprincipal hom e of the nam e , the counties of Devonshire

,Som erset

,

Dorset,Wilts

,and Hants being especially rem arkab le for the

num ber ofWhites . Derbyshire and Worcestershire are the chiefcentres of the m idland Whites, b u t the nam e is also w ell represented in Warw ickshire , Glou cestershire, Oxfordshire , and Bu cks .

There w ould appear to b e also secondary centres in the Northand East Ridings and in Kent . Although com paratively infrequent in the extreme north of England, it has established i tselfin fair num bers in Scotland sou th of the Forth and the Clyde ;and there the Whytes have their hom e , being half as num erousas the Whites . It is probable that in the great majority of casesthis nam e is derived from the Anglo - Saxon “ hw it

,

” referring tothe fairness of the com plexion ; and

, in fact, w e find it Latinizedas Albu s in the Hundred Rolls Of six centu ries ago . It shouldnot

,how ever, be forgotten ,

as Low er also points out, that it m ay ,

in som e instances, have taken its origin from the Anglo - Saxon

hw ita,

” an arm ourer Or sw ordsm ith , of C anute’

s tim e .

WILD— WILDE — ThiS ancient English nam e is m ostly confinedto the northern m idlands, its principal hom es being in Derbyshire ,Notts

,and the West Riding, w hence it has spread to the counties


fifi .HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES .

in the south - east Of England in Kent and Su ssex . Excep t inDevonshire

,it cannot be said to be at all frequ ent in the south

w estern counties . In the extrem e north of England it is fairlyrepresented ; but it has crossed the border in scanty numbers ,and though scattered abou t Scotland it has obtained no greath old. It is su pplem ented by Woods in Lancashire , Norfolk ,Suffolk

,etc .

WOODWARD .

— This ancient nam e is m ostly confined to the

m idlands,being best represented in Worcestershire , Derbyshire,

and also,but to a less extent, in m ost of the counties adjacent

to them . It is absent or rare in sou thern England, sou th of a linej oining the m ou ths of the Tham es and the Severn ; and it is

sim ilarly infrequent or not perm anently established in northernEngland, north of Yorkshire . The W oodw ards

,or “ forest

keepers,

” the Wodew ards of th e Hundred Ro lls , were , in thereign ofEdw ard I.

,num erou s in Essex and Oxfordshire, w here the

su rnam e still remains , and they were also at that tim e representedin Bu cks .

WRIGHT .

— This nam e is‘

distributed over England, b u t is com

paratively infrequ ent in the counties on the south coast, and in

the northern counties north of Yorkshire . It exists in densest

numbers in the cou nties lying betw een the Wash and the Tham es,being especially num erou s in Norfolk , Suffolk, and Essex

,and

also , b u t to a less ex tent, in Cam bridgeshire and Hertfordsh ire ;In the m idlands it is nearly as crowded, and has its chief centresin Warw ickshire , Derbyshire , and Leicestershire

,etc . ' It is also

very frequent in Lincolnshire and Cheshire , and is som ew hat less

num erou s in Lancashire and Yorkshire . The Wrights haveestablished them selves in Scotland, though in no great numbers,and not u sually north ofPerthshire .YOUNG.

— Distributed over the English counties, b ut m ostnum erou s in the south of England, especially in Gloucestershire ,Som erset, Dorset , Han ts, and Kent . Its centre in the north isin Northumberland and Du rham . In the m idlands it is scattered

abou t in no great numbers ; and in Norfolk and Suffolk it is

supplem ented or represented by Youngs . Over a large part of

Scotland, but especially south of the Forth and the Clyde, Youngis num erously to be found.


NOTES ON SOME OF THE C HARAC TERISTIC'

NAMES

OF THE ENGLISH AND WELSH C OUNTIES .

BEDFORDSHIRE .

NOTE.

—T .he asterisk before a nam e indicates that though it is

characteristic of the county the nam e is more num erous elsewhere .

GENERAL NAMES (3 0- 40 counties) .

*Brown *C ook *Sm ith

C OMMON NAMES (20—2 9 counties) .

King


*George

=x=O sbor nO sborne

DISTRI C T NAMES (4 - 9 counties) .


C OUNTY NAMES (2 - 3 counties) .

PE C ULIAR NAMES (confined mostly to this county) .

NOTES ON SOME OF THE C HARAC TERISTIC BEDFORDSHIRENAMES .

(The names are arranged in alphabetical groups, b u t not necessarily in alphab etical order in each group.)

Authorities indicated by thefollmbing abbreviations

H . R . indicates Hundred Rolls.

C oll . C ollect . Topogr. et Gen .

”

(Nichols)H. Harvey

’

s Hundred ofW il ley.

”

L . Lower’s Patronym ica Britannica.

Matth iason’s Bedford.

C ontributors to the Defence of the C ountry at the

of the Spanish Invasion in 1588 (B . M. B

A —D

At the end of last century Mr, Thom as BATTAMS owned S tays.m ore , in the parish of Carlton

,w here the fam ily still rem ain

Mr. T . Battam s was a churchwarden of Turvey in 1815



country nam e going back to the 14th century : m ore than oneline of baronets bore the nam e (L .) INSKIP is the nam e of atow nship in Lancashire JOYC E, a nam e also established in

Essex and Somerset, has long been found ' in Beds . In the17th century the nam e of Joyce or Joyes occurred in Felm ersham

and B enhall Thomas Joyce w as . .vicar of Hawnes in thereign of Charles II . (Coll . ) The MALbENS evidently derivetheir nam e from Maulden

,a Bedfordshire parish ODELL is the

nam e of a Bedfordshire parish,the seat of the ancient barony of

Wodhu ll or Wahu ll , and,in fact ,

"

the parish is also called

Woodhill . As a surnam e it has long been known in the county.

There w as a fam ily of the nam e in Stagsden in the 17thcentury, and W . Oddell w as a parishioner of Tu rvey in

'

the reignofAnne Stephen Odell was a Bedford gentlem an who , in1788 , gave his estate in Goldington , with his hou se and prem isesin Mill Lane

,Bedford

,for. the benefit of the m inister of the O ld

Meeting and the poor of the congregation (M. ) BARADINE w as

the nam e of a gentle fam ily of Bedford in the 17th century ;the nam e is now rare

,but its m emory is perpetuated in the

charitable bequests of that borough is ascarce Bedfordshire nam e O LNEY is the nam e of a tow n in

Bucks . It is an ancient Bucks surnam e, occurring in that countyas well as in Oxfordshire, as O lnei and O lneye in the 13 th

century (H . The personal nam e ofQlnei is found in Dom esdayfor Bucks (LU) There are representatives of the nam e in Hertfordshire Several of the bailiffs ofGodm anchester, Hunts

,last

century, bore the nam e ofNEGUS (Fox’

s Godmanchester

R— Z .

A gentle fam ily of SC RIVENER resided last century at Potterspury, Northamptonshire (Baker

’

s Northam ptonshire

STANBRIDGE is the nam e of a Bedfordshire village . Hugo Stanbridge w as rector of Campton in the reign of Elizabeth

TITMAS is an ancient nam e in this part ofEngland. It occursas Tittmu s in the adjacent county of Hertfordshire . Tytem ers

,

a nam e found in the adj oining county of Cam bridgeshire in thel3 th century (H . is evidently the early form “

of Titmas

or w as the name of a fam ily of King’

s

Langley, Herts, in the seventeenth century (C u ssan’

s“ Hertford

shire WOOTTON is the name ofa Bedfordshire parish .

BERKSHIRE . 71

BERKSHIRE .

NOTE — The asterisk before a nam e indicates that though characteristic of this county the nam e is m ore relatively num erouse lsewhere .

GENERAL NAMES (30—40 counties) .

"Sm ith

C OMMON NAMES (20— 29 counties) .

*Bennett (Wantage) ”“Matthew s (Newb ury)i‘C hapman

*$tevens

REGIONAL NAMES (10- 19 counties) .

"S tone (Abingdon)*Wells

DIST EIOT NAM ES (4—9 counties) .

*Blake *Heath *PlattBowyer (Bracknell)

’ll‘Hedges*Pullen

*C hurch *Hobbs ‘l ‘Thatcher (Newbury)Dew e Humfrey "WVh itfield (Faringdon)

*Dodda“:Piggott W illis

Goddard Pigoc

C OUNTY NAMES (2 — 3 counties) .

Ayres’"C lack Lovelock

Baverstock *C ornish R ichensBeesley F idler ’x‘Tub b

Betteridge (Steventon) Vidler WaldronC audwell

’x‘Gunter (Ne'

wb ury)*Wiggins

C auldwell *Hickm an


PEOULIAE NAMES (confined mostly to this county) .

FrogleyFroome

HalfacreHeadingtonIzzardKeepKimberLanfearLay

NOTES ON SOME OF THE C HARAC TERISTIC BERKSHIRENAMES .

(The names are arranged in alphabetical groups, b ut not necessarily in alphab etical order in each group.)

Autb orities indicated by tb efollow iny abbreviations

A. indicates Ashmole’

s“ Berksh ire.

C l. C larke’ s “ Hundred ofWanting.

C O . C oate’s Reading.

”

H . R . Hundred Rolls .

L . Low er’s “ Patronymica Britannica.

Sp.

“

L ist of C ontributors to the Spanish Armada DefenceFund in 1588 ”

(Brit. Mus. B

BLAKE is a south of England nam e , found m ost frequentlyin Wiltshire , Cornwall , Berkshire , and Ox fordshire . It w as longknown and is still found in Reading ; the m ayors of that townin 1683 , 1710, and 1720 bore the nam e nam e of

BOWYER, which is also established in Other counties,

finds its

present hom e In this county in the district of Bracknell . Robert

Bowyer, who was m ayor of Reading in 1558, also represented that



is the nam e of another old fam ily now rarely represented in'

the county . There w as a fam ily of gentry of this nam e at

Denchw orth in the 17th and 18th centuries ancientnam e of GODDARD

,which w as represented by Godard in Dom esday

is, w ith the exception of its representatives in Derbyshire , now m ostly confined to t he sou thern half of England. It is

m ost num erou s in Berks,Suffolk

,Hants

,and Dorset

,and is also

established in Norfolk,Middlesex , and Wilts . In the 13 th

centu ry it occu rred as Godard in Bucks, Middlesex , Cam bridge

shire, and other counties (H . Probably som e of the BerkshireGoddards are ofWiltshire origin . The father ofa gent le fam i ly of

this nam e,who w as buried in Hungerford Chu rch in the m iddle of

the 17th centu ry,cam e from Standen Hussey, Wilts Suffolk

has been for centuries the principal hom e of the nam e in EastAnglia (see under “ SUFFOLK

,

” “ DORSET,” “W ILTS

,

”

and “ HAMP

SHIRE .

”

GUNTER is a nam e that w as represented in Oxfordshirein the 13 th centu ry (H . and tw o centuries earlier there w ere

tenants nam ed Gu nter and Gonter m entioned in Dom esday . In

Berkshire the nam e has long been know n . It is now found atNew b ury. Nicholas Gunter w as m ayor of Reading in 1618 , 1626,1627

,and 1628 ( C o . ) and in 1624: a gentlem an of this nam e w as

bu ried in Kentbury Chu rch Farther back still, in the reign

of Henry VI . , the Gu nters w ere Berkshire gentlem en ( C L) .

Colonel Gunter,who w as a zealous adherent of Charles II . ,

belonged to a fam ily living at Racton , Sussex , in the 16th and

17th centuries,and hailing from Gilleston in Wales before that tim e

(Low er’

s Su ssex) . (S ee under The nam e also occurs

in Gloucestershire,and a reference w ill be found to it under that

county The anci ent fam ilies of HOBYE of Bisham and HOLC OTT

of Buck land seem to have left bu t few descendants at thepresent day John KIMBER

, senior alderm an of New bury,died

in 1793 at the age of 85 ; pu rsu ant to his w ill tw elv e alm shou ses

were bu ilt in Newb ury at an expense of nearly Historyof New b ury Kimber is still a New bury nam e . Nicholas

Kim ber w as m ayor of Marlborough , Wilts, in 1711 (Waylen’

s'

“ Marlborough In 1818 died Mr . John Kimber, an o ld farm erof Chailey, S ussex, w ho w as noted for his expensive tastes in thepu rchase of costly books and scientific instrum ents (Low er

’

s

Su ssex KE’

NDRIC K is‘

the nam e of an o ld Berkshire family

ofinfluence,nOW rscantily represented in the county . The Kendrick

'

s »

p layed an , important part in Reading history in the 16th and 17th

BERKSHIRE. 75

centuries, and in 1682 Sir William Kendrick w as high sherifffor the county (A . and

L— Z.

LANFEAR is a nam e that w as represented by De Lanfar, orDe Lanfare

,in London in the reign of Edw ard I. (H .

LYFORD is the nam e of a Berkshire ham let . Thom as Lyford w as aBerkshire gentleman living in the reign ofHenry VI .

nam e of NAPPER m ay find its explanation in sim ilar nam es that

occur in the Hundred Rolls ; in the 13 th century John le

Naper lived in Essex,and Jordan le Nappere in Oxfordshire

(H . nam e of PLA'I‘T w as represented in the county2 50 years ago is a nam e that w as represented

b y De Tam e in Bucks and Oxfordshire in the 13 th centu ry(H . As De Tham e

,it occu rs in Dom esday The nam e of

TYRRELL in one form and another w as in early tim es m uch m ore

comm on than it is at present . As Tyrel and Tirel it occurred in

Norfolk,Cambridgeshire , Oxfordshire , and Devonshire in the

reign of Edw ard I , (H . In the 15th and 16th centu ries thedistingu ished fam ilies of the Tyrrels of Bu cks and the Tyrellso fSuffolk seem to have been the tw o principal stocks . Those of

Suffolk, who resided at G ipping,were descended from Sir John

Tyrell ofHeron, Essex , inthe reign ofHenryVI . , and they claim ed

also to be the descendants of Sir Walter Tyrrell or Tiril, w ho

accidentally shot William Rufus . The Tirrells or Terrells w ere aReading fam ily in the 17th and 18th centu ries , and filled theoffice of '

m ayor in 1668, 1680, 11699, and 1712 . The nam e is

still in the tow n (Lipscomb’

s Bu cks ,” Hol lingsw orth

’

s Stowm arket Coate ’s Reading WALDRON,

a nam e also estab lished

in Wiltshire and Worcestershire,w as a w ell- known nam e in W in

chester last centu ry }

; ten m ayors of that city between 172 7 and

1754: bore the nam e (Milner’

s“Winchester The ancient

fam ily of the VAC HELLS,of Col ley and Warfield,

'

is'

now b u t

scantily represented ; du ring the 17th centu ry the Vachells w ereimportant citizens of Reading , (A . and anold Reading nam e ; William Wilder w as m ayor in 1651, and asecondWilliam Wilder held this office in 1714: (C O ) . The nam e isstill in the town .


BUCKINGHAMSHIRE .

NOTE — The asterisk indicates that a nam e , though characteristicof the county, is m ore relatively num erous elsew here .

GENERAL NAMES (3 04 110 counties) .

"Sm ith


’ll‘JonesKing*MorrisRogers

REGIONAL NAMES (IO- 19 counties) .

C urtis (Aylesbury)ElliottGriffin (Aylesbury)

D'

ISTRIOT NAMES (ff—9 counties)

*Anderson Keen Henley- ou

*Baldw in Keene (Thames,O x on

”“Bennett ’“Kirby’“C o

‘

ates Mead

C rook (Thame) MumfordC rouchDickensDickins

*East*Fau lkner


78 HOMES ()F FAMILY NAMES .

A— F .

BELC HER is a nam e also found in Oxfordshire and Berks . Them ayor of Cambridge in 173 2 w as thus n am ed (Carter

’

s C am

bridgeshire BLISS also occurs in the counties of Oxford and

Northampton , imm ediately adj acent . There w as a John Bliss nBucks as far back as the time of Edw ard I . (H .

is a comm on nam e ofplaces , especially in the eastern counties .

The DANC ERS ofWinslow and its vicinity are probably connectedin their descent with the m ayors of Buckingham in 1669 , 1687,and 1693 , all of w hom bore the nam e of George Dancer

The nam e of D’

ARVELL or DARVILL w as to be found in the

county in the 17th century. There w as a Thom as Darvall,of

Wendover, in 1656 (Lips ) , and a William Darvell in Langley in1699 (Gyll’s

“Wraysbury”

) The DEVERELLS,who are also

represented in Oxfordshire,possess an ancient Bucks nam e .

There w as a William de Deverell in the hundred of Segelawe ,”

in the reign of Henry 111. (H . and the Deverells were

landed gentry in Sw anbourne in the 17th and 18th centu ries

(Lips ) FOUNTAIN or FOUNTAINE is another old B u cks nam e .

John Fountaine, gent, of this county, contributed £ 25 to the

fund collected for his country’

s defence at th e tim e of,the

expected invasion of the Spanish Arm ada in 1588 The

rector of Little Woolston in 1649 was also called John Fountaine .An old fam ilv of the nam e long resided in Stoke Hammond,several of the m embers being buried in the church betw een 1650

and 1709 (Lips ) the nam e is still represented in that parish .

G— H.

The old fam ily of the GINGERS , of Ham pden Parva, werenum erou sly represented there tw o centu ries ago , and. probably had

been established there long before , the registers previous to 1672

having been lost GADSDENS evidently cam eoriginally from the neighbou ring county of Hertford, w here thereare places of the nam e . The su rnam e also occu rs in Beds

GOMM is an ancient nam e in this part of England, and, as Gom ,

occurred in Cambridgeshire six centuries ago (H . There was

a Jam es Gomm e in Rowsham ,Bucks

,in 1724 ; and another Jam es

Gomm e , an em inent antiquarian , of High Wycombe , in'

this

county, died in 1825 . The w ife of Sir William Maynard Gomm e ,w ho w as him self probably of this stock , was buried at

Stoke Poges in 183 7 (Lips ) The nam e of GOSS is new best

BUC KINGHAMSHIRE . 79

represented in the ~Ayl esbu ry district. In the 13 th centuryGosse was a comm on Bu cks nam e , occurring in Stoke Goldington ,Ravenstone and in other parts of the county (H .

GURNEYS are also established in the neighbouring coun ties of

Beds and Herts but Bucks. has long been the principal hom e ofthe nam e . De Gurney, or De Gou rnay, or De Gorney, w as thenam e of a pow erfu l titled Bucks fam ily that flou rished duringthe 12th and 13 th centuries . S tone - w ith - Bishopstone has

been for m any generations a residence of the nam e . In 14 70 a

Gurney w as buried in the church , and in 1620 a Gorney was alsoburied there ; w hilst the nam e was still well represented in

the locality at the end of last centu ry . Tw o centu ries ago

som e gentlemen of th e nam e of Gurney owned property in

Stewkley (Lips ) . In the 13 th centu ry Norfolk was a lso notedfor the num ber of Gurneys or Gurnays there resident ; and.

the nam e at that tim e w as also well established in Som erset , inthe w est of England (H GOUGHS , of Steeple Barton ,Oxfordshire , were one of the oldest landed fam ilies in that county(Wing

’

s“ Steeple Barton ”

) HEDGES is a name that has atpresent its principal hom e in Bucks, though it also occurs in the

surrounding cou nties of Berks, Hertford, and Oxford. Lastcentury a fam ily of gentry bearing this nam e resided at C ublingto u , in Bu cks, and there w ere then others of the nam e in

Stewkley and Wh itchurch (Lips ) . The nam e still occurs inStew kley HORWOOD , which is a very old Bucks surnam e , beingoriginally derived from parishes thu s called in the county, is foundthere as . far back as the 14 th centu ry. Du ring the last 200

years there have been sev eral of .the nam e in Buckland (Lips ) .

The Horwoods are at present m ost num erou s in the vicinity of

Tring HEALY is a nam e that w as represented last centu ry in

Leicestershire , particu larly in Melton Mowbray and in the neighb ouring part of the county (Nich ols

’ Leicestershire In ourown day it is m ostly found in Bu cks, and also in Lincolnshire .

There is a place thu s called in Yorkshire HOLDOMis an ancientnam e that occu rred in Norfolk in the reign of Edw ard I . (H . R . )Holtom now occu rs in Worcestershire The HOLTS

,of Bucks,

are,for the m ost part, gathered together in and arou nd Aylesbury.

The nam e occu rred as Le Holt in the cou nty six centuries ago ,

and also in the eastern counties of Norfolk,Essex , and Kent

(H . Lancashire is also another great hom e of the nam e ofHolt, w hich also extends into Cheshire .

80 HOMES OF FAMI LY NAMES .

I— P .

ING is an ancient clerical nam e in the county. Roger Inge

was rector of Maid’

s Moreton in 1291 ; and John Inge w as vicar

of Stanton Barry in 14 25 . . The KINGHAMS of Aylesburyand its vicinity possess the nam e of a parish in the neighbou rm gcounty of Oxford ; and the LAMBOURNS , or LAMBURNS , sim ilarlyderive their nam e from a town in the adjacent county of Berks,where representatives of the nam e still occur ; we find Lam b ournsalso in Oxfordshire The nam e ofMUMFORD , which is also to be

found in E ssex and Warwickshire , and in the distant county.of Cornwall, o ccurred as De Mumford in Bucks in the 13 th

century. Sim on de Mumford, or Munfort,then l ived in Twyford

(H . old Bucks county fam ily of PLAISTOWE du ring the

17th century owned m uch property in ' Wendover,Lee

,and

.other p laces . Many of the fam ily w ere buried at Wendover andLee

,from 1672 until the present centu ry (Lips) . There are

places of the nam e in Essex, Kent , and Sussex Aylesli ury, or

its vicinity, is the present hom e in B ucks of the nam e ofPARRO'

I‘

T .

Joseph Parot, w ho w as for fifty years principal land- stew ard of

the Grenville fam ily,died in 1810 (Lips ) (see under

“ OXFORD

SHIRE PURSSELL is one of the oldest of Bu cks nam es . From

13 50 to 13 73 , Robert de Pursele owned property in Warm ston

and Haddenham ; and in the early part of the follow ing centu rya fam ily of Pursel or Purcel held property in Bierton . In 1606

there w as a John Pu rsell in Oving, and in 163 4 there w as a RogerPu rsell in Padbury (Lips ) . Edw ard Purc ell w as m ayor of

Bu ckingham in 1687 and 1697 (W ) During the early part of

last century several of the nam e of Pu rsell or Pu rcell w ere bu riedin Bu rnham Chu rch , including the fam ily of Richard Pursell

,

gent (Lips ) NASH is another ancient Bu cks nam e , probablyderived originally from the township of that nam e in the county .

Hugh atte (at or of) Nash w as the rector ofWexham in 13 97 ;

R. Nasshe owned land in Haddenham in 1487 ; and Thomas

Nasshe possessed land in Kingsey in 1445 (Lips ) . The nam e is

now also found in Surrey and Herts , .as well as in Gloucestershire .

(S ee under The origin of the nam e of

PUDDEPHATT is also referred to under “ HERTFORDSHIRE .

” Ches

ham ,in Bu cks

,is the great hom e of the Puddephatts in our own

tim e .Walter Podefat lived at “ Tomb

’

ge , Bucks, in the

13 th centu ry (H . The nam e is probably a corruption of



CAMBRIDGESHIRE .

NOTE — The asterisk before a nam e denotes that,though charac

teristic of this county, it is m ore relatively num erouselsewhere .


Green (March) Sm ith*Hall (W isbech)Johnson "Wright


(St . Ives) Mason Saunders*C hapman (C ambridge) (C ambridge) *Ward (W isbech)Ellis Palm er (Ely, Soham) "Watson*King Read


*Barrett (C ambridge)"*C ross (C ambridge) Russell (W isbech)*Day*Howard

DISTRIC T NAMES (4—9 counties) .

*Blanda.Hopkin

Bu ll HopkinsC hristmas Kent

"C oe *Lister*Fitch Lucas

"l‘Gee7"‘Mann (Soham)

*Giiford Morton (March)Godfrey (W isbech)

PeckPigott (C ambridge)PollardPriorTeb b it

TibbettTibbitWall‘E (C ambridge)

CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 83

C OUNTY NAMES (2— 3 counties) .

Ambrose (C ambridge) Flanders (Ely)Askew Golden

Benton Graves (C ambridge)Blunt Hawes (Soham )

*C ollet Hopper (Whittlesey)C risp KidmanDriver (Ely) KishyFew Leonard (Soham )

PEC ULIAR NAMES (confined m ostly to

Bays Fyson

C hivers (C ambridge) GroundC lear (Royston) GroundsC ollen (Soham) HaggarC ox all HaggerDimm ock HurryDimock Ivatt (C ambridge)Doggett (C ambridge) Jonas

Elb ourn (Royston) Maxw ellFrohock Murfitt

Fullard Mu still (St . Ives)

NOTES ON SOME OF THE C HARAC TERISTIC CAMBRIDGESHIRENAMES .

(The names are arranged in alphabetical groups, b u t not necessarily inalphabetical order in each group.)

Authorities indica ted by thefollowing a bbrevia tions

Blom . indicates Blomefield’

s C ollectanea C antabrigiensia.

C arter C arter’ s C am bridgeshire.

”

C ooper C ooper’

s C am bridge .

”

H . R . Hundred Rolls.

Watson Watson’ s W isbech.

this county) .

Purkis

Ru ston (C hatteris)Sallis (Ely)SheppersonSkeelsStockdale (Wisbech)ThodayVaw ser (March)W aym anYarrow


A— C .

BLUNT is an ancient English nam e that in the form s ofLe Blunt

and Le Blu nd w as represented in this county, as well as in Norfolk ,LincolnShire ,Oxfordshire , andWiltshire , in the 13 th century (H .

It is now also established in Northamptonsh ire , Leicestershire ,and Ru tlandshire C OE is a characteristic East Anglian nam e ,and reference w ill be found to it u nder “ NORFOLK ,

” SUFFOLK ,”

and “ E SSEX.

” It may,how ever

,interest the Cambridgeshire Goes

to learn that in'

1766, the w ife of Henry Coe , Shoem aker, of

St . Sepulchre ’s, Cambridge , w as safely delivered of tw o sons and

two daughters ; the father, m idw ife , nurses, and sixteen gossips ,went to the chu rch in procession to attend the baptism ,

and w ere

accompanied by“ an incredible num ber ofpeople three of the

children died w ithin twenty m onths, b u t the fourth w as aliv e in

1808 (Cooper) COLLEN is a nam e established in the Sohamdistrict . The nam e of De Collen

'

occu rred in Hunts in the 13 thcentury (H . R . ) CHRISTMAS is

'

a nam e also found in Hunts,

Surrey, and Hants . It is an ancient nam e in the eastern cou nties,

and in the 13 th centu ry it w as still established in the form

of C ristemasse in Cam bridgeshire and‘

Hun ts , and there w ere afew of the nam e in Essex (H . In 143 3 John C rystmasse w as

a gent lem an of Morden - S teeple in this county (Carter) CRISPis an ancient East Anglian nam e . It occurred comm only in

Cambridgeshire and Hu nts in the 13 th centu ry, C rysp beingthen a rare form of the nam e (H . In Norfolk

,w here it is

still established, it w as represented as far back as the 14 thcentury, and further reference w ill be found to it under thatcounty . There w as a gentlem an of Connington , Cambridgeshire ,bearing the n am e of Thom as Crispe in 14 3 3 (Carter) . How ever

,

in later tim es,an im portant fam ily of Crispe e stab lished itself in

Kent . The Crispes,ofQu ekes, in Birchington , Kent, who possessed

the m anor of Qu ekes in the 16th and 17th centuries, filled theOffice of h igh sherifi of Kent in the reigns of Henry VIII . and

Elizabeth , and Nicholas Crispe of this fam ily about those tim es

received the honou r of knighthood ; there w ere several branchesof this fam ily,

of which'

that ofWest Ham,Essex , in the 17th

century , was said to be one ; the Crispes of Quekes are said to

have descended from an ancient fam ily of S tanlake , Oxfordshire

(Hasted’

s“ Kent In the 17th century a gentle fam ily of Crisp

resided at Marshfield, Gloucestershire (Bigland

’

s Gloucestershire


HOMES or FAMILY NAE

MES .

and 17th centuries, m em bers of w hich on three occasions filledthe office of sheriff of the ~ city (Stark

’

s There Wasa Sim on Urri in Oxfordshire in the 13 th centu ry (H . (S eeHampshire, under The IvATTs are now establishedin the Cambridge district . William Ivatt was churchw arden of

Hardw ick in the reign of Charles 1. (Carter) . The nam e of'

Ivette occu rred in the adjoining county of Hunts in the 13 th

centu ry (H . is a nam e established in variou s partsof England. It w as represented in this county as well as inNorfolk in the reign of Edw ard I . (H . nam e of

MUS'I‘ILL has its present hom e in the St . Ives district on the

borders of Cam bridgeshire . The nam e of Mu stel occu rred in thehundred of Stow e in this county in the 13 th century (H .

The m ayors of Nottingham in 1617, 1630, and 1636, here thenam e ofNIX (Thoroton

’

s“Notts and Nix w as one of the early

bishops ofNorw ich . This nam e occurred in Oxfordshire in the

reign of Edward I . (S ee u nder “ SURREY

P— R .

PAPWORTH is the nam e of parishes in Cambridgeshire and

Hunts , and these are the two counties to which the su rnam e ism ostly confined The nam e of PEC K is not only established inCam bridgeshire, b u t in the surrounding counties of Norfolk

,

Suffolk , and Beds, and also in Notts . Pick is the Lincolnshire

form of the nam e,and Pigg is its form in Hertsfi“ In the

13 th century Peck occu rred in Lincolnshire , Hunts, and Bu ck s,and Pick , Picke, and Pik in Cam bridgesh ire , Oxfordshire, W ilts,and Shropshire (H . Peck was the nam e of the chu rch:

warden of Long- Stow , Cam bridgeshire, in 1643 (Carter) PEEK

is evidently in m ost cases another form ofPeck or Pick . It occu rsas such also in Devonshire

, and as Peake in Norfolk and Stafford

shire . T he Peckes were a Cambridge fam ily 200 years ago

Peke was a Cambridgeshire and a Wiltshire nam ein the 13 th centu ry (H . is a nam e also repre

sented b y Piggott in Herts , Beds, and Berks, in which last countyPigot also occurs . In the 13 th century Pikot w as a comm onnam e in Cam bridgeshire, and Pigot and

“

Picot were frequent in

’

See remarks under Pigg in“Hertfordshire .

C AMBRIDGESHIRE . 87

Lincolnshire,w h ilst Pigot also occurred in Shropshire . Low er

says that the Pigotts of Edgmond, Salop , cam e from Prestbury,Cheshire

,in the 14 th centu ry . According to the sam e au tho

rity Picot occu rred as a personal nam e in Dom esday tim es inCambridgeshire and Hants. There w as a John Pigot, gent ,

of

Aviton,Cam bridgeshire , in 1443 (Carter) . At present the Pigotts

of this county have their hom e in and around Cam bridge .

POLLARD is a nam e estab lished in different parts of England. Ithas been in Cam bridgeshire for several centu ries

,and w as num e

rou s in the county in the reign of Edward I.,w hen there were

also a few of the nam e in Lincolnshire,Kent

,and Essex (H .

There is a m em orial to Mary PURKIS in Wisbech chu rch ,bearing the date of 173 41 (Watson) . Purkace w as a Lincolnsh irenam e in the 13 th century (H . R . ) The RUSTONS are m ostlyfound arou nd Chatteris . They bear the nam e ofa Norfolk parish .

There w as a De Ruston residing in Cam b ridgeshire 600 yearsago (H .

S— Z .

The SEARLES have long been a Cambridge fam ily. Edw ard

S earle w as a comm on councillor in 1749 (Carter) , and HenrySerle w as m ayor in 1562 Serle was a Cam bridgeshirenam e as far b ack as the 13 th century, when it w as also re

presented in Oxfordshire and Wiltshire (H . The Searles

hav e also an independent hom e in Cornw all and Devon

VAWSERis a nam e w ell represented in and around March , whereit has probably been estab lished for a. considerable tim e . Earlythis centu ry RobertVaw serw as one of the tru stees of the March

p ublic charities a nam e established invarious parts of England, has its hom e in this county in . and

around Cambridge , where it has long been known . The m ayor

in 1596 and an alderm an in 1611 bore this nam e (Cooper) .

88 HOMES or FAMILY NAMES.

CHESHIRE .

NGTE — The asterisk indicates that, though characteristic of thiscounty, the nam e is m ore relatively num erou s elsewhere . Theplaces in brackets are the districts in w hich a nam e is m ostfrequ ent

, and in som e cases the district extends into the nextcounty .

GENERAL NAMES (30- 40 counties) .

Johnson *Taylor"Robinson Wright


Bailey JacksonBayley Lea (Middlew ich,C arter Nantw ich)C ooper (Macclesfield) Lee ( C hester)

REGIONAL NAMES (10—19 counties)Barratt (Sandbach) *HowardDaw son NewtonFord


Barber NixonBarlow Hew itt*Beard Holland (Northw ich) Rutter (Tarporley)Booth Horton (Northwich) Slack (Macclesfield)Buckley (Manchester) Latham ’X‘Slater

(Macclesfield, Leach SteelStockport) Leech (Knutsford) Steele

Burgess Lightfoot (C hester) *Stubbs (Knutsford)C layton (Stockport) Lomas

"Wade

Dale Lowe Wainwright*Dodd Maddock (C hester) *WhittakerEaton Massey

Faulkner (Whitchurch) Moreton (Northw ich)"Woolley

*Fryer Morton Worthington



O u ltonPim lott

PownallPriestner (Altrincham)RathboneRavenscroftRow lingson

Ru scoe

SandbachScraggSheenShone (Whitchurch)Shore

NOTES ON SOME OF THE C HARAC TERI STIC C HESHIRE

NAMES .

(The names are arranged in alphabetical groups, b u t not necessarily in alphab etical order in each group. )

Au thorities indicated by thefollow ing abbreviations

E . indicates Earwaker’ s East C heshire.

H . Hem ingway’

s C hester. ”

Hundred Rolls.

Mortimer’ s “ Hundred of Wirral .Ormerod

’

s C heshire.

”

Yates’ C ongleton.

”

C ontributors to the Defence of this C ountry at th e time of

the Spanish Invasion in 1588 (Brit . Mus. , B .

A— B

The AC TONS w ho are comm on in east Cheshire , take their

nam e from a town ship in the county The ADSHEADS or

Adsh eds w ere established in Prestbury parish du ring the 16th

and 17th centuries nam e. of ANKERS w as repro

Siddorn TrickettSnelson Truem an (Macclesfield)Sproston (Nantw ich) UrmstonStelfox Wheelton (Macelos

Stockton field)Summ erfield WhiteleggSw inton WhitlowTapley W itterThompstone (Maccles Woodall

field) Woollam

Thornhill (C rewe) Woollam s

Tickle WychTimperley (Manchester) Yarwood

C HESHIRE . 91

sented b y‘

Anker in Titherington in the reign ofEdw ard III . (E N)There is a river called Anker in north - east Warw ickshireALDERSEY

,an old Chester m u nicipal 'nam e , is now rare in the

county . Several of the m ayors and sheriffs of this city dur

ing the l 6th and 17th centu ries bore the nam eARDERNES "

are a very old and distingu ished Cheshire fam ilydating back to the 13 th centu ry : there are several branches, theArdern es ofAldford

,Alvanley, and Harden , being the m ain stock

The nam e of De Ardern or De Arderne w as in the 13 thcentu ry dispersed over m any parts of England, occu rring in

Yorkshire,Derbyshire , Warw ickshire , Leicestershire , Oxfordshire ,

Essex , and Som erset (H . Cheshire ASTONS and

ASTBURYS derived their nam es from parishes in the county : tw o

ancient fam ilies,thus nam ed, carried their descent back to the

12 th and 14th centu ries respectively (0 ) The Ch eshire

BANC ROFTS have their principal hom es in Cheadle , Stockport , and

Marple , in which last place they have held land since the tim e of

Elizabeth ; in Cheadle , Bancroft is an ancient nam e , the rector of

the parish in 14 49 being thu s called ; there w ere yeom en of

the nam e there in the 17th centu ry The Bancrofts arealso established in Derbyshire and the West Riding . (S ee u nderDERBYSHIRE The BASFORDS take the nam e of a township inthe county A branch of the very ancient and distinguishedfam ily - o f BASKERV ILLE

, w hich claim s royal descent, possessed

the m anor of O ld Withrington from the 13 th to the 18th

centu ry (O ) . The Herefordshire stock,m em bers of which were

high sheriffs -

oi that county in the 15th and l 6th centu ries,carries its pedigree back to the reign of Edw ard I . (Dun

cum b’

s Herefordshire The Baskervilles w ere repre

sented in Shropshire in the 13 th centu ry (H . In

S tafi ordshire the nam e has been corrupted to Baskeyfield. InCheshire the Baskervilles are now m ostly found in the Chelforddistrict William Birch BASNETT

,Esq. , resided at Llanw arne ,

Herefordshire,about 1770 (Du ncum b

’

s Herefordshire Will .

Basnet,the faithfu l servant of President Bradshaw e w ho con

demned Charles I.,and presum ably a Stockport , or at least a

Cheshire m an ,received £ 3 0 according to his m aster

’

s w ill (E .)The BEBBINGTONS derived their nam e from a Cheshire parish .

The ancient fam ily of De Bebington held the m anor of that nam e

for several generations up to the tim e of Richard II . a you ngerbranch settled at Nantw ich

,and one of its m embers lost six sons


on the field ofFlodden in 1513 (M ) . The Bob b ingtons have stilltheir principal hom e in the Nantw ich district

,. where they are

num erously represented BEC KETT is an old nam e in the county.

Captain George Becket , ofNantw ich , w as born in 1644 . The Rev .

George Becket w as vicar of ~

,Eastham in the reign of Charles II .

There are also Becketts in Norfolk and Notts B IRTLESis th e nam e of a Cheshire township , w ith which an ancient fam ilyof the nam e w as connected as far back as the reign of Edw ard I .

BOOTHS,ofw hom there are m any distinct and ancient

fam ilies, those of Du nham,Mollington , Mottram ,

Tw em low ,etc .

,

have played a great part in the history of the county Thenam e is also num erou s in Derbyshire , Staffordshire , and the West

Riding The BOSTOC KS,who are best represented in the Gongle

ton district, derive their nam e from a Cheshire tow nship. .The

ancient fam ily ofBostock,that held the m anor of th e sam e name

during the 15th centu ry,branched Offinto different lines w hich

w ere scattered over the county in the ranks of the m inor gentryand substant ial yeom en There w as a gentle fam ily of

the nam e in Farndon du ring the 17th century (Coll . Top . . et

BRAC EGIRDLES w ere an old Cheadle fam ily, one of

the m embers being rector of Billing,Northamptonshire , in the

reign of E lizabeth ; in 1749 , Thom as Bracegirdle was a Cheadle

churchw arden (E ) . The nam e is at present m ost at hom e in theKnu tsford district, b u t is S till to be found in Cheadle Thevery ancient and distinguished fam ily of BRERETON held theBrereton estates in the place of that nam e from the 13 th to the

18th century (S ee under The BROAD

HURSTS have long been inhabitants of Prestbury and Gaw sworth

BROSTERS w ere long connected w ith Macclesfield and

the neighbou ring township of Bosley . The m ayors of Maccles

field in 1543 , 1587, and 1608, bore this nam e . John Broster w as

a Bosley yeom an in 16 l5 The Brosters w ere m ayors d

of

Chester in and 1791, the m ayor in 1791 being Peter

Broster BUC KLEYS of Cheshire h ave been forprobably200 years in the parish ofMottram - in The nam e

is at present best represented on and near the Lancashire borderin the vicinity of Manchester

, b u t it is also established in the

counties of Derby, Lancashire , Stafford, Worcester, and in the

West Riding .



Cheshire nam es w hich are now rare in the county. Several of the

mayors of Congleton in the 17th century bore this nam e

G— K .

Mart en has long been the hom e of the GALLIMORES (E )T he GERRARDS were an ancient and titled Cheshire fam ily. The

Lords Gerard of Gerards Brom ley from the 16th to the 18thcentu ry w ere descended from the Gerards of Ince in Lancashire ;the Gerards of Kingsley and C rew ood cam e from Haw arden inFlintshire in the tim e ofEdw ard I . (O .) (S ee under LANC ASHIRE

The ancient fam ily of GLEAVE or Gleyve held a freehold inHigh Legh from the 13 th to the 17th centu ry one of the fam ily,William Gleave

,a London alderm an , bequeathed £ 500 in 1665

t‘o ' the parish ofWoodchu rch for the bu ilding and endowm ent

of a school (O . and The Gleaves are at present at hom ein the Northw ich district The nam e of GODDIER or GOODIER

has long been in the county . In 1525,Jam es Goodier of Barnston

'

gave a sum of m oney for the pu rchase of 20 yoke of oxen for the

u se of. the poor ofWoodchurch The nam e w as representedin Northenden early in the l 6th century,

and Wilmslow and

Etchells have also been am ong its principal hom es (E . ) The

nam e of HANKEY was represented in Churton in the beginning of

the 16th centu ry ancient fam ily of HASSALL or

HASSELL possessed the lordship of the m anor of the nam e as far

back as the reign of Edw ard II. ; in later tim es a branch hasestablished itself in Nantw ich w as the nam e of

a tenant at Bram hall in the reign of Charles I . (E ) . Hensall isa tow nship in the West Riding The HOC KENHULLS or HOC KEN

HALLS , an ancient knight ly family, w ere lords of the m anor of

Hockenhu ll from'

the reign of Henry III . to the beginning of

last centu ry, when they rem oved to Shotw ick Richard

Hockenel w as sheriff ofChester in 1491 The nam e, w h ich

is som etim es contracted to Hocknell,is now best represented in

the Nantw ich district Cheshire is the great home of the

HOLLANDS , w ho are especially num erous in the Northw ich district .

The nam e occu rs in several parts of England, as in Staffordshire ,Worcestershire , Oxfordshire, Notts , etc .

,and in all the east coast

cou nties from Lincolnshire to Kent ; in the last - nam ed countyit takes the form of Hollands . A gentle

'

fam ily ofHolland that

C HESHIRE.

'

95

resided at Denton, Lancashire , in the l 6th and 17th centuries ,owned property in Cheshire , and som e of them in the reign of

Charles II . w ere buried at Nether Peover (S ee underKENT . Holland is the nam e of parishes and districts inLincolnshire and Essex, and Hoyland of parishes and townships

in the West Riding . De Hoyland and De Hoylau nd were

comm on Lincolnshire surnam es in the 13 th centu ry (H .

The HOLLINSHEDS , w ho were in possession ofHollinshed,an estate

in Sutton, from the 13 th to the 16th century,are ev idently the

principal fam ily stock The present Hollinsheads are m ostnum erous in the Middlew ich district Randle

, son of Mr . JohnHOPLEY of Farndon, was b aptized in the parish church in 1790

( C ell . Top . et Samu el Hopley, poet, of Duckington and

Malpas,“ left this life in hope of a better ” in 1769 and

the nam e is still in the district The HOOLEYS w ere a Maccles

field fam i ly last centu ry, John Hooley being m ayor of that town

in 1748 (E n) The nam e is still, or w as very recently,in the tow n .

Hoole is the nam e of places in Cheshire, Lancashire , and York

shire . Hooley Hill is a village in sou th - east Lancashire

Cheshire HORTON8 take their nam e from a tow nship in the county.

They are best represented in the Northwich district TheCheshire HULMES take their nam e from a parish in the county

(See under“ LANCASHIRE ”

) The ancient fam ily of HUXLEYowned the m anor of Huxley during the 13 th and 14 th centuries

KELSALLS of Cheshire take their nam e from villagesin the county. A fam ily of Kelsall resided at Bradshaw Hall

,

Cheadle , from 1550 to 1817 (S ee u nder “ LANCASHIRE ”

)The K INSEYS possessed part of the m anor ofBlackden from

the 16th to the present centu ry old Cheshirenam es n ow rare in the county are those of GAMUL

,GLEGG, and

INC E . The Gam u ls w ere m ayors of Chester du ring the 16th and

17th centuries The Gleggs of Gayton w ere an ancient and

distinguished fam ily, now m ostly represented am ongst the gentryThe In ces, who derived their nam e from the Cheshire

parish,were m ayors of Chester in the 17th century (H M)

L— M .

The LATHAMS are a very old and distinguished Cheshire

and Lancashire fam ily, that took its nam e from Lathom inLancashire . Their Cheshire hom e was at Astbury from the


14 th to the 16th century ; afterwards they resided at Con

gleton For Six centuries they presided w ith l ittle interruption over the civil gov ernm ent of Lancashire (Low er)LAWTON is a Cheshire parish w hich gave its nam e to an ancientfam ily in the co unty (E . or LEAH w as an alderm anofMacclesfield in 1688 (E . ) The LEIGHS or LEGHS are old and

often distingu ished Cheshire fam ilies that carry their pedigreesseveral centu ries back ; am ongst the principal stocks are those of

Lym e , Adlington , and High Leigh The Leghs of Lym e are

connected w ith those of Haydock in Lancashire , an ancientknightly fam ily . (S ee under High Leigh and

Little Leigh are Cheshire VIllages The LITTLERS po ssessedWallerscote Manor in the 16th cen tu ry ; John f

'

Littler was

m ayor of Chester in 1603 , and the nam e is still in the city ; thenam e ofLitler w as represented .in Tarv en at the beginning of the

17th century (O . ) A fam ily of LOWE has been settled inUpton for several hundred years (M. ) MALBON

,a nam e now

rare in the cou nty, w as the nam e of several m ayors of Congletonbetw een 1685 and 1720 and there hav e been Malbons in thetow n in the present generation Cheadle has long been thehom e o f the MARSLANDS ; there w as

'

a Stockport fam ily of thisnam e last centu ry (E ). At present the nam e is established on and

near the Lancashire border in the neighbourhood ofManchester .MASSEYS hav e their principal hom e in Cheshire

,w hence

they have Spread to the neighbouring cou nties . There are m anyfam ilies

,often distinct, as, for instance , the Masseys of Grafton ,

Poole,Backford, Pu ddington , Sale, etc .

,w ho carry their pedigrees

back three centu ries and m ore The nam e of Massey is

frequent in the list ofthe m ayors and sheriffs of Chester from the

15th to the 19th centu ryThe Cheshire MORTONS take their nam es from tow nsh ips in

the county . An ancient fam ily of the nam e lived in the county .

M INSHULL is the nam e of parishes and tow nships in Cheshire .

The Minshu lls ofMinshull w ere an influ ential family as far backas the tim e of Edw ard IV . (M . and Gefi rie Minshull of thiscounty contribu ted £ 25 to the Spanish Arm ada fund in 1588

(Sp, ) John Minshu ll w as the nam e of the m ayor of Chester in

1657 and 1711 and the nam e is still in that city . Minshallis also a comm on form of the nam e The parent stock of

the MOTTERSHEADS took its nam e from the fam ily estate in Mot

tram St . Andrew in the 13 th century : branches subsequ ently



of the feudal pow er of their ancestors . The nam e is alsoestablished in the cou nties of Northumberland

, Du rham,and

Lincoln , and in the North and East Ridings of Yorkshire . As

Rotar, Botu r, and Ru ter,Often preceded b y Le

,

” it occu rred inShropshire , Oxfordshire, Hertfordshire , and in other cou nties inthe 13 th century (H . Rutter is the old Germ an w ord for

a soldier (Ln)

S— T .

The township of SANDBAC H gave its nam e to an ancient Cheshirefam ily w hich flourished u p to the 13 th centu ry Richard

Sandbach w as curate of Congleton in 1772 (Y) John S C RAGG

w as m ayor of Congleton in 1579 In 1624 there w as a Thom as

S cragge ofWilm slow and Withington nam e of SHONE

has its present hom e in the Whitchu rch district . Robert Shon ew as sheriff of Chester in 1676 SHORE w as one of

the’

Royalist delinqu ents of Maeclesfield who w ere fined or had

their properties sequ estrated in the tim e ofCromwellpresent SLAC KS of this county have their principal hom e in theMacclesfield district . In 1662 Nicholas Slack held an estate

called Dunge in Kettleshu lm e ; Mr . Hew itt Slack w as a Stockport

su rgeon in the first half of last cen tury The Slacks are alsoestab lished in Derbyshire , Cum berland, Staffordsh ire , and Notts,and fu rth er reference will be found to them under one or m ore of

those counties . This is an ancient nam e it designates the site of

a Saxon royal residence in the north division of the W est Riding ,

and as a su rnam e it w as represented b yAdam S lach in Cambridgeshire in the tim e of Edw ard I . (H a Cheshiretow nship , gave its nam e to an ancient fam ily which held land

there in the 14 th centu ry S PROSTONS deriv ed their

nam e from a tow nship in th e county . Their present hom e is

in the Nantw ich district . Robert Sproston w as m ayor of Chesterin 163 8 STOC KTONS take their nam e from a Cheshiretow nship The nam e of SWINDELLS in this county has m ostlybeen confined to Stockport parish

,and especially to the townships

ofMarple and Disley ,from th e reign ofHenryVIII . to the present

day ; Sw indells w as the nam e of a sergeant in Colonel Bradshaw e’

s

regim ent (raised in the Maeclesfield Hundred) at the battle of

W orcester in 1651 (E N) The nam e ofSw indell is characteristic of

Derbyshire , and both varieties occur in the interm ediate county of

C HESHIRE . 99

S tafford SWINTON is the nam e of a tow n both in Lancashireand Yorkshire Am ongst the o ld nam es new rare in thecounty is that of SNEAD or SNEYD . Du ring the 15th and 16th

centu ries there w as a Chester fam ily of this nam e,m embers of

w h ich frequently filled the office ofm ayor and also represented thecity in Parliam ent is another form of Tabley, thenam e of Cheshire tow nships . There w as an ancient fam ily of the

nam e ofTabley T I C KLES probably derived their nam efrom Tickhill

,a tow n in the West Riding . Richard de Tickhill

w as bailifl’of York in 13 2 5

,and William Tiekill filled the sam e

office in 13 79 (Drake’

s Eboracum In the 13 th centu rythere w ere persons of the nam e of De Tikil or De Tich il in Notts

(H. TIMPERLEYS,w ho are now established on and near

the Lancashire border in the vicinity of Manchester , derive theirnam e from the neighbou ring tow nship of Timperley. They w erelong resident in Cheadle is an ancient nam e . As

Triket it w as represented in the 13 th century in Bedfordshire

and Norfolk (H . R ) . is one of those old Chesh ire nam es

that are now rare in the county . Som e of the m ayors of Chester

bore the nam e in the 17th century

U— Z .

The URMS'

I‘

ONS,who derived their name from a Lancashire

tow nship,owned a sm all estate in Wilm slow during the 16th

and 17th centu ries ; Geoffrey Urmeston, gent , possessed Winkle

Grange in Winkle in the reign of E lizabeth (E. ) The ancient

and notable fam ily ofVENABLES is now established, as it has been

for ages, in Cheshire and Shrop shire, and it also occurs in North

Wales . The parent stock seem s to be that of Kinderton inCheshire

,ofwhich the fam ily possessed the lordship from the tim e

ofWil liam the Conqu eror to the end of the 17th centu ry ; Gilb ert

de Venables was the Norm an founder of this family TheShropshire representatives were probably derived original ly from

the Cheshire stock . Thomas Venables w as a Cheshire gentlem anwho contribu ted £ 25 to the Spanish Arm ada Fund in 1588 (Sp) .

(S ee under “ SHROPSHIRE The WARBURI ONS derived theirnam e from the Cheshire parish . Warburton is one of the m ostfrequ ent of characteristic Cheshire nam es . On e of the fam ilies

carries its pedigree back to the tim es ofEdw ard VI . (O . In the listof Cheshire contributors to the Spanish Armada Fund In 1 )88 w e

H 2


find the nam e of Peter Warburton for £ 21, and that of the Ladie.

Warburton for £ 25 Probably the Lancashire Warb urton s

hailed originally from Cheshire . John Warbu rton,the antiqu ary

and Som erset Herald, w ho died in 1759, w as born at Bury inLancashire (

“ Baines ’ “ Lancashire ”

) The WHALLEYS and theWALLEYS evidently derive their nam e from the Lancashire parish

ofWhalley, and the Cheshire township of Whaley The nam e

ofWHITELEGG has been represented in Northenden ever since thereign ofHenry VIII . ; it is also an old Cheadle nam eThe ancient fam ily of WORTH

,which derived its nam e from the

village ofWorth , ow ned estates in Titherington from the 14 th to

the 17th centu ry Worths of this county are new bestrepresented in the Crew e district . The nam e is also established in

Lincolnshire . There are villages thu s called in Kent and Su ssex .

The WORTHINGTONS,w ho possess the nam e of a Lancashire

tow nship , belong to an old and w ide - spread Cheshire fam ily . Theyhave b een represented in Northenden for nearly three centuries

(E ) The Lancashire Worthingtons have long been associated

w ith Manchester and its vicinity . Dr. Worthington , a noteddivine of the 17th centu ry ,

w as born in Manchester in 1617 ;Sam u el Worthington , Esq. , w as a Salford b oroughreeve in 1750

(Baines’ Lancashire WYC H is a very old and a som etim es

distingu ish ed Cheshire nam e . The original fam ily of Wycheow ned property in Davenham from the 14 th to the 16th centu ry,when it cam e into possession of estates in Alderley, where thefam ily fou nd a hom e until the m iddle of last centu ry ,

and their

descendants continu e t o reside in the neighbourhood as sm allfarm ers and farm labou rers (E ) . Wyche is the nam e of parishesin Worcestershire VARDON is an old Congleton nam e w hich isnow rare in the county . Several of the m ayors of Congleton

du ring last century here this nam e



JefferyJeffreyJohns

’“KentKey (Wadebridge)Mumford (Scilly)ParkinParkyn


Bassett"BattenBestBlew ettBlightBox

BrayBroad (Liskeard)

”‘C annC oryC reberDowning

*Ede

Glanvi11e (Grampound

Road)Grills

*Haslam

Hendy (Helston)

PEC ULIAR NAMES (mostly confined to this county) .

Benny Borlase C arveth

Berriman Brendon C awrse (Liskeard)Berryman (Hale) Brenton C henowethBice Budge C lemow

Biddick Bul lm ore C lyma

Blarney (Grampound Bunt C lym o

Road) Burnard * C oad

Bosden (Helston) C ardell (St . C olumb) C ob b ledick

Boase C arlyon (Helston) C ob eldick

Bolitho C am e C ongdon

PollardPryor (Helston)Row (Penryn)Row e (Helston and

West C ornwall)SampsonSargent (Liskeard)

HitchinsHockenHockin

Hocking (Helston)HoneyHosken

HoskinHosking (Penzance)Jew ell

Kelly"Langdon

Lyne"Maynard

*NorthcottNorthey

ParnellPau ll

"Prout

*Vincent*WallisWarneW ilcockW ilcocks

Willcocks,etc.

Woodcock (Scilly)

*Prowse (Penzance)Qu ick (Penzance)Raby (Liskeard)RoachRobinsSearle (Grampou ndRoad)

SleemanSnell (Liskeard)SpearSpryUglow

Varcoe (S t . Au stell)VealVealeW illoughby

"W illsW ise

C undyC urnew (Penzance)Dingle (C allington)Dunstan (Truro)Dunstone (Penryn)Eddy

Eva

Freethy

Galtey

GeachGeake

GerryGill bard

Glasson (Helston)Goldsw orthy

Grigg (St . Au stell)GroseGynn (Launceston)HamblyHawkeHawkenHawkeyHayne (C amelford)Hearle ( l

’

ruro )HenwoodHigmanHodge (Helston)Hol low (Penzance)Hotten (GrampoundRoad)

IveyJane

JasperJelbart (Penzance)JelbertJenkin

Jose

JulianJu lyan

KeastKerkin (S t. Austell)

C ORNWALL. 103

KestleKevern (Helston)Kitto (Launceston)Kittow

KneeboneLaity (Marazion)LanderLanyonLawryLeanLid‘

dicoatL ittlejohnLittleton (Bodmin)LobbLoryLugg (Helston)Lyle

Mably (Wadebridge)Maddaford

Maddiver

MagorMayneMorcom

Morkam

Moyle (Helston)Mutton (Liskeard)Nance (Scilly)Oates (Helston)OatsOdger

OdgersO ld

O lver

Opie (Redruth)Oppy (Perranarwor

thal)Pascoe (Truro and

towns near)PaynterPearn

PedlarPedlerPender (Scil ly)Pengelly (Penzance)Pengilly (Helston)PennaPenrose

PeterPethick

PhilpPinchPolkinghorne (Red

ruth)Prisk (Redruth)Raddall

Raddle

Rapson

RetallackRetallick

RickardRodda (W est C ornw all)

Roose (C am elford)Roseveare (Deven

port)Rosewarne (Hayle)Roskelly

Roskilly

Rou se

Row se

Rundle (St . C olumb)Runnal ls (Bodm in)Sandercock (Stratton)Sandry (S t . Issey)

Scantlebury (Lostw ithiel)

SeccombeSkew es

SpargoTamblyn (Liskeard)TinneyTippettToll

Tom

Tonkin (Penzance)TrebilcockTregear

Tregellas

Tregelles

TregoningTreleaven

Treloar (Helston)TremainTremayne

104 HOMES OF FAMILY,NAMES .

Trembath (Penzance) TrudTreriee (Helston)Tresidder

Trethew ey (Grampou nd Road)

Trevail

Treweeke

Trewhella (Hayle'

)Trew inTripcony (St. Kevern)Trounson

NOTES ON SOME OF THE C HARAC TERISTIC '

C ORNISH NAMES .

(The nam es are arranged in alphabetical groups, b u t not necessarily in'

alphabetical order in each group. )

Authorities indicated by the following abbreviations

A. indicates Allen’ s Liskeard .

G . Davies Gilbert ’s C ornwall .L . Low er’ s Patronymica Britannica .

M . Maclean’s Deanery of TriggMinor.P Polwhele

’

s C ornwall .Sp. C ontributors to the fund collected forthe national defence

in 1588 (Brit. Mu s.,B .

A— B .

The ancient and distinguished fam ily of BASSETT w as repreo

sented in the county as far b ack as the reign ofEdward w henSir William Bassett, a gallant officer in the French w ars , owned

the estate ofTehidy and the tow n ofRedruth,the m en ofRedru th

being his vassals . The ancient Bassetts of Cornwall, Devonshire ,and Staffordshire were of the sam e stock

,and w ere connected on

the female side with the Plantagenets ; in fact, in the reign of

Verran (Gwennap)Vivian

Trud Vesper (Lau ncestonTru scott (Grampound W earne

Road) W ellingtonTyack IVhetter

Tyac'

ke W ickettUren '

(Lelant and Woodley

Redruth) WoolcockVellenow eth Yelland (GrampoundVenning (Launceston) Road)



of the nam e in Blisland O ld Cornish fam ilies of

BEWES are now scantily represented in the coun ty . For m orethan 200 years they possessed considerable estates in St. Neot,Du lce

,and other localities

,and from this stock are derived the

Plym ou th fam ilies Of the nam e (A. ) the ancient anddistingu ished Cornish nam es new scant-ilyfound in the county arethose ofARUNDEL and BELLOT .

C — D .

CARNE is an O ld Cornish nam e . In the 17th century there was

a gentle fam ily of the nam e in St. Au stell , and at the sam e tim ethere w as a yeom an family in St . Kew It is also an old

Bodm in nam e and it w as represented in St . Bu ryan lastcentu ry There w as an old fam ily of Carne at Cam borne inthe 16th centu ry,

said to be a branch of the Carnes of Glamorganshire ; they cam e into possession of Tresilian , in New lyn , bym arriage is the nam e Of an o ld Cornish fam ilyOf distinction . There -w as a gentle fam ily of Carlyon at Mena

gu ins in the 17th century, and the nam e has been established inthe parish Of Bodm in since the reign of Henry VI . At

present the nam e is best represented in the neighbou rhood of

Helston The nam e of C AWRSE is established in Liskeard and

its neighbou rhood . John C aw se w as m ayor Of Plym ou th in 163 7

(Worth’

s“ Plym outh The old fam ily ofC ARVETH Of the l 6th

and 17th centu ries resided on its estate Of C arveth or C arverth inMabe parish and C LEMOW are Old Cornish nam es .

There was a Richard C lemow e in Redru th in 1500 and aNicholas Clim o , cordw ainer

,at Bodm in

,in 1748 (M .) the nam e

still occu rs in both these towns COAD is another O ld Cornish

nam e . The Codes of Morval in the 16th century belonged to anancient fam ily In 1588

,John C oade , a gentlem an of Corn

w all,contribu ted £ 25 to the Spanish Arm ada Fund

w ere two of the m embers of the Helston corporation in 1640 Of the

nam e of CO C K The nam e was represented in Penryn last

centu ry (P . ) is an old Bodm in nam e during the l 6th and

17th centu ries there w ere m ayors Of the nam e

of which the early form s are Conlin and C oulyng ,is a very ancient

nam e in the parish of Bodm in, going back as far as the reigns

of Edward I . and Edw ard II w hen m em bers Of the fam ily sat in

parliam ent as burgesses for the borough (M ) . As C ow lyng ,

C ORNWALL . 107

w e find the nam e in Egloshayle (w here it is still represented)in the reigns of Henry VIII . and E lizabeth w as

the nam e of an old fam ily of gentry ofLawhitton in the 16th and

17th centu ries ; they also owned the m anor Of Pendavy in Egloshayle parish is another O ld Bodm in nam e .

C undye and Condy w ere the nam es of m ayors of that tow n in thel 6th centu ry (M. ) In the 17th century there w as a gentle fam ilyof the nam e at St . Goran , a m em ber ofwhich , Richard Cundy,

leftan annu al Christmas gift for the poor ofBodm in (M . ) In the 17th

and 18th centu ries the C ondys were Tavistock m erchants (Worth’

s

“ Tavistock Records ”

) DAGOR and DEEBLE are O ld Cornishnam es new scantily represented in the county . The Dagges w ere

w ell known in Bodm in in the 17th cen tu ry, w hen fou r of them ayors bore the nam e (M ) . In the 17th centu ry the Deeb les of

Qu ethiock and the Deb ells of Longco , near Looe , tw o num erou sfam ilies, j oined the Society Of Friends (A. ) The O ld Liskeardfam ily of DENNIS , hailing originally from Devonshire

, suppliedtwelve m ayors to the town betw een 1680 and 173 2 , and its repre

sentative in parliam ent in 173 3 (S ee under DENNIS ’ inDevonshire . )

E— G.

The EDGEOUMBES , of Cotele in Calsto ck, and of Mount Edge

cum be in Maker, have a very distingu ished history,and w ere

sixteen tim es sheriff of Cornwall and Devon from 1487 to 1640

(G. ) In the 16th , 17th , and 18th centuries, the Edgecom b eswere

Tavistock m erchants (Worth’

s Tav istock Records Freathy,

a farm in S t . John ’

s parish in the hundred of East,was probably

the original hom e of the fam ily of FREETHY (G. ) Thom as Frethy,of Perranu thoe

, em igrated to St . Christophers in the West Indiesin 163 3 (Hotten

’

s American Em igrants Jam es Freethy w as am ember Of the corporation of Marazion in 1768 GIDDY, an old

Truro nam e , is now rare in the county GENN is a rare Cornish

nam e Genefer Genn held part of the Barton ofHelland inBlisland parish in 1758 (S ee under “WEST RIDING OF YORK

There is a nam e of GYNN w el l represented aroundLaunceston . (See under

“ HERTFORD SHIRE GLANVILLE is anam e that has now its Cornish hom e around Grampound Road.

The Glanv ils w ere a very ancient and distinguished Tavistockfamily . Sir John Glanvi lle

, of Tavistock, w as one of the first


lawyers in the reign of Charles I . John Glanvill , of C atchfrench ,

w as on the Comm ission of the Peace for the county ofCornw al l atthe death of George I.

,and Francis Glanvil le held the sam e office

in 1803 (P M) (See under DEVONSHIRE GROSE w as a nam ew ell known in the county in the 16th and 17th centuries . Thefam ily of Grose or Grosse hailed originally from Liskeard, butresided afterw ards at Cam borne and Budock, where they flou rishedfor five generations Ezekiel Grosse , gent . , of Trelodevus,Cam borne , bought the m anor of Rosem odres in the reign of

E liz abeth for £ 700 (PM) Ezekiel Grosse , attorneyat - law,of

Golden , Camborne, and ofRosewarne , in the reign of Charles I ,

w as a comm issioner for the county in Cromw e ll’

s tim e (P . and

Edw ard Grose w as m ayor ofTru ro in 1674 Grose is also anold Bodm in nam e , the earliest form being Le Gros , w hich w as the

nam e of one of the bu rgesses for the borough in parliam ent in the

reign of Edward I . (M. ) GERRY is a nam e now found in theborder districts of Callington and Lau nceston . In the 17th

centu ry a gentle fam ily of Gerry resided across the border inTavistock (Worth

’

s Tavistock Records There w as an old

and distingu ished fam ily of GRYLLS of Tavistock (Devon) and

Lanreath (Cornw all) in the 17th centu ry ; tw o high sheriffs of

the county then bore the nam e (PM) A branch of this fam ilysettled at Helston last centu ry (G ) . Benallack, in Constantineparish

,cam e into the possession of a fam ily ofGrylls in 1671.

H— J.

HAMBLY is an old nam e of the 17th century in the parishes

of St . Breward,Egloshayle , and Bodm in ; in the last two

local ities it is still represented (M ) . Giles Ham bley, Esq. , w as

one of the comm issioners for th e county in the tim e of Cromw ell

(P ) Joseph HAWKEY w as an attorneyat- law of St . Columbin the reign of Charles 11. Ju st two centuries ago there w as aReginald Haw key, of Trevego , attorneyat - law TheHawkeys w ere also old fam ilies of Lostw ithiel and Liskeard

Richard HAWKE w as one of the Cornish comm issioners in the time

of Cromw ell is a nam e that has long been con

nected w ith Truro and Penryn , and is now especially w el l

represented in Tru ro and its vicinity . Henry Herle w as the

nam e of the m ayor ofTru ro in 1690, and in 1704 ; Thomas Hearle

w as mayor in 1747 and in 1763 (PM) The Hearles ofPenryn w ere



The Lanyon s of Lanyon , in the parish of Gw inear,a seat w hich

they held as late as last centu ry, are probab ly one of the oldestfam ilies of the nam e . Their ancestors are said to have com eover from Lannion, in Brittany, and to have settled in Cornw allin the reign of Edw ard 11. It is S trange , how ever , thatthe Lanyons shou ld have given their nam e to their estate

,w hen

so m any Cornish fam ily nam es can be proved to have been

derived from the fam ily estate or from the locality of the fam ilyresidence . Lanihorne is another old p lace - nam e in the countyLAWRY is a nam e found in different parts of the county . A

Liskeard fam ily of the nam e du ring last centu ry supplied three

m ayors to that town (A. ) St . Columb has been the home of the

LIDDIC OATS du ring the last 3 00 years . John Liddicott, of

St . Colum b, em igrated to St . Christophers, in the West Indies ,in 163 3 (Hotten

’

s“ Am erican Em igrants The nam e ofLOBB

w as represented in St . Kevern parish a centu ry ago ,and a gentle

fam ily of Lobb resided in Kenwyn 200 years ago w here thenam e still rem ains . In 1584

,William Lobb

,of Cardinham

,

Bodm in , leased for 999 years West Downe , part of the m anor of

Lancarfe, to the Crossman fam ily (M . ) John LYLE w as one of

the sam e six m en who rang the bells in Launcells tow er both atthe coronation and at the jubilee of George 111. (G. ) TheLYNES have been connected form ore that 200 years w ith Liskeard.

O ne of the fam ily w as rector of Liskeard last centu ry, and the

Lynes, father and son , w ere at that tim e m asters of the school inthe town . Philip Lyne , LL .D . , w as in the Comm ission of thePeace for the county in 1803 (A. and LANGDONS w ererepresented in Keverell in the 17th centu ry The Langdons

of Langdon, in the parish of Jacob stow , Cornwall, are referred to

by Gilbert as an ancient fam ily LUGGS are now establishedin the Helston district. There w as a Barnstaple fam ily of thisnam e in the 17th centu ry,

to w hich the m ayors of that town in

1614 and 1661 belonged (Gribble’

s“ Barnstaple

M— O .

MAYNARD was original ly a Devonshire nam e , and it is still

established in that county . (S ee under “ DEVONSHIRE ”

)C u thbert MAYNE ,

a Cornishm an , w ho w as chaplain to - Francis

Tregian , Esq. , was execu ted as a papist at Lau nceston in 1577.

Tregian escaped w ith h is life, b u t not with his freedom ,

and h is

C ORNWALL .

estates w ere sequestrated, and his fam ily ruined Their

descendants can only blu sh for the bigot’

s act of three centu riesago . Zachary Mayne, a noted Cornish divine , died at Exeter, the

place of his birth , in 1694 (P . ) During the latter part of lastcentu ry there w as a Captain MAGOR, of Chacewater (P .)MOYLE w as the nam e of a distingu ished fam ily of gentry residingat Bake

,near St . Germans, du ring the 16th , 17th , and 18th

centuries . John Moyle, of Bake, w as high sh erifi for the countyin 173 7, and Sir Walter Moyle held the sam e office in 1671

(G. and The nam e is at present num erou s in the neighbou rhood of Helston More than one fam ily of NANC E has taken thenam e of the place of its residence . Nans of Nans w as a Cornish

gentlem an in the reign of Jam es I . Nance is the nam e ofan estate in Illogan parish , the seat last century of an O ld fam ilyof the nam e The nam e w as also represented in St . Kew

du ring last century John Nance, of Grampound, was a

j u stice of the peace in 1703 (P ) . The nam e is now w el l represented in the Scilly Islands, and it also occu rred there in the 17th

centu ry , w hen Mr . Nance introduced in 1684 the m aking of kelp,

for glass m anufactu re O PIE , or O PPY, is an old Corn ish nam e,

the first having its present hom e in the neighbou rhood ofRedru th,

and the latter in Perranarw orthal . John O pie, the great historicpainter , w as a St . Agnes m an ; he w as born there in 1761

,and

his m other died there in 1805 at the age of 94 Opye w as

the form of the nam e in the 15 th century, and Oppie at a later

date . Opy w as a nam e w ell known in Bodm in during the 16th

and 17th centuries,w hen several m ayors bore the nam e (M ) .

Richard Opie w as m ayor of Plym outh in 1699 (Worth’

s

“ Plym outh The nam e of MUTTON has its present hom e inthe district of Liskeard. In the latter part of last centu ryMr . Richard Mu tton resided at Falmouth is an old

nam e in Perranzabu loe ; there w ere w eal thy farm ers of the nam ethere in the 17th and 18th centu ries was acommon nam e am ongst the yeom en of Tavistock in the 17th and

18th centuries (Worth’

s Tavistock Records It is now

established as Maddav er across the Cornish border in Launcestonand Callington , and in their neighbourhoods .

P— R .

PASC OE is an old and distingu ished Penzance nam e . Erasmu s

Pascoe, of Trevassick, Phillack, was sheriff of the cou nty


in 1720 (G. and Wi lliam Pascoe w as m ayor of Truro in1758

,and Thom as Pascoe w as on the Comm ission Of the Peace for

the county in 1803 . William Pascow , ofthis county ,contribu ted

£ 2 5 to the National Defence Fu nd at the tim e of the expected invasion of the Spanish Arm ada in 1588 The nam e is at present

established around Truro and in the neighbou ring towns One

of the m ost anc ient families of the nam e of PENROSE resided atPenrose

,Sithney, in the 15th , 16th , and 17th centu ries ; m embers

ofthis fam ily w ere Sheriffs of the county in the 16th centu ry (G ) .

There was a gentlem an of the nam e at Lefeock in the reign of

Charles 11. (G. ) There are other places and other distinct

fam ilies of the nam e in the county There were several old

Cornish fam ilies of the nam e of PAYN'

I‘

ER ; one of them h eldTrelissick 200 years ago , and there is a m ore recent fam ily of

Boskenna John Paynter w as m ayor of Plym ou th in 1498 ,1508 , and 1516 (Worth

’

s“ Plym ou th PENDER AS an old

Cornish nam e . Pendre is an estate in St . Buryan , w here the

fam ily of Pender or Pendre resided u ntil the reign Of Henry VI .

(G .) The Pendars w ere seated at Trev idar,in the sam e parish ,

for upw ards of five centuries,and w ere traditionally of the sam e

stock as the Penders or Pendres (GU) Benjam in and FrancisPender w ere on the Comm ission of the Peace for the cou nty in

1803 (P ) . One of the presen t hom es of the nam es is in the

Scilly Islands The nam e ofPETHIC K,or

,as it w as occasionally

w ritten , Pethek ,w as established in the 16th centu ry and in later

tim es in the parishes of St . Tudy ,Trevalgar, and Tintagel (M ) .

There is a village called Little Petherick,near Padstow

PENGELLY is the nam e of an estate in the parish of St . Neot,anciently the property ofthe fam ily of Pengelly (L U) There is aham let of the nam e in St . Teath . The Pengellys are now m ostlyfound around Penzance , and the Pengillys around Helston . In

1797, Honor Pengelly, aged 90, was bu ried at S t . Hilaryand the nam e of Pengelly

‘

w as represent ed in Penzance last

centu ry is the nam e of an estate in the parish

ofGw inear, w here the old gentle fam ily of Polkinghorne resided

from the 13 th to the 17th centuries (G ) . Redruth is still thepost - town of their descendants ROSKILLY is the nam e of anestate in the parish of St . Kevern

,the ancient residence of the

Roskillys The nam e w as represented in this parish a

centu ry ago and still rem ains The ROSEWARNES were aTruro family last century, Henry Rosewarne being m ayor of the



TAMBLYN is a nam e at hom e in the Liskeard district . The nam e ofTam lyn occu rred in Widecombe near Ashbu rton, Devon ,

in the16th and 17th centu ries (Dym ond

’

s“Widecombe ”

) TheT IPPETTS w ere represented in St . Wen during the 17th century bythe family ofTippet or Teb b ot (GU) There was a Truro fam ilyof Tippet du ring last centu ry, Stephen Tippet being m ayor in1749 The nam e is still in the tow n TONKIN is an O ld

Cornish nam e new best represented in the district of Penzance .The Tonkins of Trevaunance , w ho carried their pedigree back to

the 14th century ,possessed a distingu ished m ember of their fam i ly

in Thomas Tonkin,at one tim e m em ber of parliam ent forHelston ,

w hose extensive m anu script collections concerning the parochialhistory of the cou nty have been largely used b y Polw hele and

Davies Gilbert in their histories of Cornw all : he died in 1742

(G. and Tonkin w as a comm on nam e in St . Kevern parish ahundred years ago (P ) . A branch of the Trevaunance fam ilyw as long connected w ith Mu llion

,where the nam e yet rem ains

(Harvey’

s Mu llion Tregeare , in the parish of Crow an,w as

the seat of the ancient fam ily ofTREGEARE Richard Tregeare w as a

sheriffof the cou nty in the reign ofAnne The nam e is stillfound around TREC ELLAS or TREC ELLES was a nam e

well represented in St . Agnes a century ago It has obtainedsom e note in later tim es One ofthe oldest and m ost distingu ishedfam ilies of TREMAYNE is that of Heligan This nam e recallsm ore than one deed of daring in w hich the Cornish Tremayneshave taken part . During the siege of Pendennis, in Cromw ell

’

s

tim e , Lieu tenant - Colonel Trem ayne of Heligan escaped by sw imm ing through th e enemy

’

s fire from one of the blockhouses toTrefu sis Point (P ) . A branch of the Trem aynes of Cornw allhas been seated in Lam erton , Devon, form any centu ries (Worthy

’

s

Devonshire Parishes ”

) There is a slab in Bodm in church toNicholas TREB ILC OC K , w ho died in 1724 (M . ) The ancient nam e

of TREWHELLA is new best represented in the district of Hayle .For seven generations before 1620 the fam ily of Trew olla resided

at Trew olla,in Gorran parish ; and in 1688 , Christopher and John

Trewhella and Jam es Trewhelow resided in Tow ednack parish

Trew olla w as the nam e of the m ayor of Tru ro in 1683 (P . )TRETHEWEY is a nam e now found in the neighbourhood of Gram

pound Road. In the reign of Charles II ., John Trethew ey, Esq. ,

together w ith the Earl of St . Albans , Lord Berkeley, and others ,received a grant of territory in Am erica (Hotten

’

s“ Am erican

C ORNWALL. 115

Emigrants TRUSC OTT is a num erous nam e in the district ofGram pound Road. A fam ily of Truscott resided in Tavistock In

the reign of Elizabeth (Worth’

s“ Tavistock Records” ) The

nam e of TRIPC ONY was w ell represented at Polspriden and Porthallow in St . Kevern parish a century ago and it is sti llestablished in the parish . In the 16th century a fam ily of gentryof this nam e had possession of the m anor ofLaneseley in Gulval

w ealthy and flourishing C ornish fam ily ofTREGIAN,

orTRUGEON,or TRUDGEN,

as it w as variously spelt,owned extensive

estates in Cornwall,Devon

,and Som erset, in the l 6th centu ry .

Their estates, including those at Golden, Probus, and at otherplaces in this county, were confiscated in the reign of E lizabeth ,and the fam ily ruined (S ee under It wou ldseem that persecution did not banish their nam e from the countryand let u s trust that their kindred is also preserved in theTrudgians, Trudgeons, and Trudgens of the neighbourhood of

Penzance TYAC KE is the nam e of a Cornish fam ily of considerab le antiquity : their nam e is to be found am ongst the

gentry in 1573 (L u) William Tyack was escheator of the

Leew ard Islands in the reign of Jam es II . (B otten’

s“ Am erican

Em igrants

U— Z .

USTIC KE is now a rare nam e in the county. Botallack w as thehom e of the fam ily for centuries ; b u t the m ineral w ealth of the

estate seem s to have been for the m ost part developed by theBoscaw en fam ily, the subsequent possessors of the prOperty : inthe117th century there w as a fam ily of the nam e at Lea, in St .

Buryan (G. ) VEALE was m ayor of Truro in 1679 ; andin 1797 Richard Veal], aged 88 , w as buried in St . HilaryA fam ily of Veale resided at St . Stephens, in this county,

in the

tim e of Cromwell (Worth’

s Tavistock Records ”

) The ancientand distingu ished fam ily of VIVIAN has m any branches : that ofTrelowarren has been established in the county forseven centu ries .

The VENNINGS are best represented in the district of Launceston . Richard Venn ing w as one of the sam e six men w ho rangthe bells in Launcells tow er, both at the coronation and at theju bilee of George III . nam e of VOSPER is now

established in the neighbou rhood of Launceston . Mr . Vospar, or

Vospur, owned Trewoofe in Buryan in the reign of Charles I

I 2


J ohn Vosperw as the nam e of the m ayorofLiskeard,

in‘

1601,1611 ,

and 1625 The nam e w as also to be found across theborder inTavistock in the 17th and 18th centu ries : HenryVosperw as a Tavistock churchw arden in the tim e of Cromw ell

,and

Henry Vosper w as a gentlem an of the sam e town in the reignof Anne (Worth

’

s“ Tavistock Records ”

) WOOLC OC K is an

old Cornish nam e that was represented in St . Hilary and Redru th

in the l 6th centu ry (GM) One ofthe underleaders ofthe C ornishrebellion in 1549 bore the nam e In 1805 there w as yet livingat Nantab lan

,nearBodm in

,an old lady of the nam e of E lizabeth

Woolcock , who, at the age of105,“ rode singl e to Bodm in Church ,

a distance of three m iles, and back again to dinner”

(P ) .

The ancient knightly fam ily of WISE of Mount Wise in StokeDam erel (Devonport) was one of the oldest fam ilies in the w est

ofEngland : one of this fam ily w as h igh sherifi of Devonshire in1612 (Worthy

’

s“ Devonshire The nam e is now

comm on on the Cornish border in the Launceston district.


118 HOMES OR FAMILY NAMES .


*Archer Graham (C arlisle) ,Arm strong (C arlisle) , B . S . F . , C . S .

*Bainbridge (Burton- in *HodgsonKendal) *Hu tchison

Benson (Hutchison,S .)

"Braithwaite=xcKitchen

*C arr (C arlisle) Kitch inDavidson (C arlisle) , S . Lancaster

*Fawcett Lightfoot

C OUNTY NAMES (2—3 counties) .

AireyBackhouseBowmanBownass (C arnforth)

"Bramwell (C arlisle)C ou lthard (C arlisle)(C oulthart inWigtown

shire)DodgsonEllwood

PEC ULIAR NAMES (confined mostly to this county) .

Faul der (C arlisle)FearonFlem ing, S . F .

, C . S .

Johnston , S . F ., B .

’

MartindaleMossop (C arnforth)Mounsey

Little,B .

NelsonReay

"Slack (C arlisle)SowerbySteel, S . F .

S teele

(C arlisle)Todd, S . F .

Fell

Ferguson, G. S .

*GarnettHetherington (C arlisle)*Hi1ton

Hogarth (Kendal)Irving (C arlisle) , B .

Jefi erson (Wigton)

! Milligan , B .

Pattinson (C arlisle)RoutledgeSim

SimmSpotterswood

Thom linson (C arlisle)Topping

C UMBERLAND AND WESTMORELAND. 119

NOTES ON SOME OF THE C HARAC TERISTIC NAMES OF

C UMBERLAND AND WESTMORELAND.

(The names are arranged in alphabetical groups, b ut not necessarily in alphabotical order in each group.)

Au thorities ind icated by’

thefollowing ab breviations

F . indicates Ferguson’s Estates and Fam il ies of C umberland.

H . Hutchinson’s C um berland.

”


J . Jefi erson’

s C arlisle .

L . Low er’s Patronym ica Britannica.

Nicholson’s Kendal . ”

Nicholson’s and Burn’ s Westm oreland and C umberland.

AIREY is an old Cum berland nam e ARM

STRONGS are referred to under Northum b erland BAC KHOUSE

w as the nam e of the m ayors of Carlisle in 173 8,174 4 , 1748,

and 1758 (S ee under The BAINBRIDGES

of Westm oreland have their present hom e in the districtof Bu rton- in - Kendal . In the reign of Henry VIII , Arthu rBainb rigge had a grant of land in Westm oreland of the valu eof per annum (Glover

’

s (S ee under“ DURHAM”

and “ YORKSHIRE,North and East Ridings.

B ENSON was the nam e of the Mayor ofKendal in 164 4

BRAITHWAITE is a characteristic north of England nam e , occu rringin Wes tm oreland

,Cumberland

,Yorkshire

,and Lancashire . A

Cumberland parish and West Riding ham lets are thus called. An

ancient Westm oreland fam ily of Brathw aite or Braithw aiteresided at Am bleside

,near Kendal

,in the 16th and 17th cen

turies, and afterwards at Warcop and -B urneside ; to this fam i ly

belonged Richard Brathw aite, the poet, who w as born in 1588

(N . and N . The m ayors of Kendal in 1746, 1791 , 1820, and1825

, here the nam e which is still represented in the tow n .

Christopher Braithw aite w as m ayor of Ripon in 1711 (Gent’

s

De Bratwayt was a Yorkshire surnam e in the


13 th century (H . nam e Of BOWNASS has It s presenthom e in the Carnforth district . Bowness is a Cumberland parish

,

and a Westmoreland town The Scottish- nam e ofCARRUTHERS

w as originally derived from a ham let in DumfriesshireCARDEW

,a fam ily nam e now rare in these

(

counties, w as the nam e

of an ancient m anor in Dalston, Cumberland, of which the De

Cardew s,or Cardew s

, w ere the lords as far back as the 12 th cen

tu ry is one of the most ancient of nam es inthese parts, b u t is not now sufficiently num erous to be insertedin my list . The Brougham s have ow ned for ages in the Westm oreland parish of Brougham the m anor and seat of that nam e .

De Bu rgham w as the usual form ofthe fam ily nam e u ntil the 16thcentury ; after that we find it m ore often w ritten Browham and

Brougham ; the nam e occu rs frequ ently in the list of the sheriffsofWestm oreland and Cum berland from the 14th to the present

centu ry ,but there w ere Brougham s in Brougham before the Con

qu est The lineage and distinction of the race are stillpreserv ed in th is region in the noble hou se ofBrougham andVaux,founded by Henry Brougham ,

the fam ous Lord ChancellorThe C OULTHARDS of Carlisle

, and those of the cou nty ofDu rham ,

probably hail from the anci ent Scottish fam ily of C ou lthart, of

C ou lth art,in

,

Wigtow nsh ire ,the hom e of the fam ily for m any

centu ries (LN) Du ring last centu ry several of the m ayors of

Carlisle here this nam e (J ) . DALZELL or DALZIEL iS the nam e of.

an ancient Scottish fam ily, of w hich the Earl of Carnw ath is

chief; the nam e occurs in the sou th of Scotland, and w as originallytaken from the barony of Dalziel , on the Clyde

O ld Carlisle nam es new rare in this region is that of BLENNERHASSETT . Betw een 13 75 and 162 3 several of the representatives

and m ayors ofCarlisle bore this nam e (J . and B lennerhassettis a Cumberland township .

E— J.

ELWOOD or ELLWOOD was the nam e of a border clan in thereign ofElizabeth w as the nam e ofa well - knownKendal fam ily in the reigns of Elizabeth and Jam es I. ; they left

bequests for the town,and filled the office of m ayor in 1588 and

1607 The Flem ings held Beckerm et and Rotington in the

l 6th c entury Scotland is the present hom e ofthe nam e .

GARNET'

I‘ is an old Kendal name ; the recorder .in 1610 and the



abode in the Hu ll district ofY orkshire , and are referred to underthat county The MOFFATS or MOFFATTS, who are best represented on the Scottish side of the border

,derive their nam e from

a parish on the borders of Dumfriesshire and Lanarkshire

MARTINDALE is the nam e ofan old Cumberland fam ily dating backto the 14 th century, and holding m u ch property in that shire up

to the 17th century and later An eccl esiastical district inWestmoreland is thus called MOUNSEY w as the name of a wellknow n ancient fam ily of Patterdale

,Westm oreland, owning con

siderab le possessions there ; the representative of the fam ily in

the m iddle of last'

century was know n as the“ King of Patter

dale ” (H . ) The MUSGRAVES,of Mu sgrave , in Westm oreland,

w ere a fine old border race,dating back to the tim e of John

,and

frequ ently supplying sheriffs of Cum berland and Westm orelandfrom the 14 th to the l 6th century (H . and The Musgraves

of Lincolnshire , who are referred to under that shire , m ay bederived from this ancient fam ily The PATTINSONS , who have still

their hom e in Carlisle and its neighbou rhood, on several occasions

du ring the first half of last century held the office ofm ayor of

that city (J ) NELSON is a nam e fou nd in Cumberland and

Westm oreland,Lancash ire

,Yorkshire , Lincoln , andNorfolk . The

naval hero of the nam e was son of a Norfolk rector . Nelson is aLancashire town REDMAN

,an ancient nam e in Westm oreland

and Cum berland, originated from Redm ain ,part of a township in

West Cumberland. From the 14th to the l 6th century m embersof the fam ily w ere frequently sheriffs of these counti es . De

Redman , De Redem an, and De Redmain were usu ally the early

form s of the nam e ; Redm an, of Redman , w as sheriff of Cumberland in the reign of Richard 11. betw een 1649 and 1760 six

m ayors of Kendal bore the nam e of Redman (N. ,N . B . , and H .)

The nam e is now infrequ ent in these counties . The Redmans and

Redmaynes of the West Riding, and the Beadmans of the North

and East Ridings, who are . referred to .under those regions,

eviden t ly hailed originally from the ancient Cumberlandfam ilyThe nam e of SOWERBY is m entioned under

“

th'

e

'

North and EastRidings of Yorkshire The S POTTERSWOODS derived their nam e

original ly from the barony of Spottiswoode , in Berw ickshire ,w here th e ancient fam ily of the nam e had its seatm oreland has been for ages and is yet the hom e ofthe STRI C KLANDS ,an im portant knightly Catholic

‘

fam ily resident at S iz ergh , near

Kendal, since the 13 th century. The Stricklands of S izergh Hall

C UMBERLAND AND WESTMORELAND. 12 3

were zealous Catholics in the l 6th , 17th , and 18th centuries . The

mayors of Kendal, in 1764 and 1773 , belonged to this fam ilyGreat Strickland, a Westm oreland parish , in very early t im es gavea hom e and a nam e to this race ; b u t the ancient spelling w as

S tirkland or S tyrkland, and we read of a Sir Walter de Stirkland in Morland parish in this county in the reign ofHenry 111.

(L . N . Whitaker ’s The nam e is now wel l

represented in the Preston distri ct ofLancashire, and in the North

and East Ridings SWINBURNE w as the nam e of an old gentlefam ily of Huthwaite

,Cumberland

,in the 16th cen tury, and long

before (F ) . The C umberland Swinburnes were perhaps derived

from the Northumberland Sw inbu rnes,an anci ent knightly fam ily

ow ning the township of Sw inburne, in that county, as far back as

the 13 th century A few of the n am e of Sw inb ourne now

occur in Essex TOPPINGwas a Norfolk nam e in the 13 th century(H .


DERBYSHIRE .

NOTE .

— The asterisk indicates that,though the nam e is character

istic of the county, it is m ore relatively num erous elsew here .

The district in w hich the nam e is m ost frequ ent is som etim es

stated ; but w here the district is on the border it m ay take

the nam e of a town in the next county .

GENERAL NAMES (3 0—40 counties) .

Allen (Derby) Sm ith (Derby) *WhiteHall (Derby, Sheffield) Taylor ”“W i1son (Sheffield)

’X‘Johnson Turner (C hesterfield) "Wright (Derby)*Robinson (Sheffield)

C OMMON NAMES (20 - 29 counties) .

’x‘Bailey (Derby) Hill *Ward (Sheffi eld)Bennett (Stockport) *Jackson (Derby)C ooper Walker (Derby) "Wood (Derby)

"Harrison

REGIONAL NAMES (IO— 19 counties) .

*Barker "“Hudson (Stockport) *Spencer (Derby)*Ell iott (Sheffield)

’ll‘Stone

Fletcher (C hapel - en *O sborne (Derby) Websterle - Frith) Potter W ild

FOX Shaw (C hesterfield, Woodward (Derby)Goodwin Derby)Holmes



Stretton (Derby) *Vickers (Shefi eld) W ilton (Ashborne)Sw indell Wheeldon (Derby) W infieldTw igg W iddowson (C hester WingfieldTw iggs field) Woodhouse (Derby)Unw in (Sheffield) Wilmot Yeomans


Alton (Belper)BarkBarnsleyBeardsleyBiggin (Sheffi eld)Beam (Derby)Bowmer (Derby)Briddon

Brocksopp

BroomheadBurdikinByard (Derby)C hadfield (Ashb orne)C lew es

(Derby)C lew s

C opestake

C rookes (C hesterfield)C upitC utts (C hesterfield)Drabble (C hesterfield)Dronfield

Eley

Else

Fearn (Derby)F itchettFou lkeFowke

Fretwell (C hesterfield)Gent (South Norm anton)

Gratton (Derby)

Handford

Hartle SaintHaw ley Seal (Derby)Heu stock Shacklock (C hesterHensley field)Hulland Sherw inJerram (Derby) Shirt (Bu x ton)Jou le S idebottomKnifton (Derby) SkidmoreKnott (Manchester) Sm edley

Limb (Alfreton) Spalton

Litch field StaleyLongden StaniforthLudlam StoppardLynam StorerMallinder (C hesterfield) TaggMarchington Towndrow

Marples (C hesterfield) Townrow

Maskery Tow nroe

Maskrey TurtonMortin

!Tym (Sheffield)

Murfin (Derby) Tymm

Nadin Udall (Ashb orne)O akden (Derby) WagerO utram (Sheffield)PeatPlackett (Derby)PursglovePurslove

Rains (Derby)RenshawRevell

Rev illRowarth (Sheffield)

Wallw in (Bakewell)WaterfallWaterhouseWetton

WheatcroftWhittinghamW ibberleyW igley (Ashb orne)W insonWragg

DERBYSHIRE . 127

NOTES ON SOME OF THE C HARAC TERISTIC DERBYSHIRENAMES .

(The names are arranged in alphabetical groups, b ut not necessarily in



G . indicates Glover’s Derbyshire .

H . Hall’

s C hesterfield.

”


L . Low er’ s Patronym ics Britannica.

P . Pilkington’

s Derbyshire .

”

Sp. List of C ontributors to the Spanish Armada Fundin 1588 ”

(Brit. Mu s. ,B

Wood’

s Eyam .

”

A— C .

The ancient and distingu ished fam ily ofALSOP were seated atAlsop - in - the - Dale

,in the parish of Ashb ourn

,at the tim e of the

Norm an Conquest, and there they continu ed for 19 or 20 generations Of this fam ily there are num erous branches, of

w hich the Allsopps of Burton form one (G ) . There w as aR ichard de Alsop of Shropshire in the 13 th centu ry (H .

The name is also found in the su rrounding counties, b u t Derbyshire is its great hom e The APPLEBYS of Derbyshire , who havetheir home in the Ashb ourn district , take their nam e from aparish on the Leicestershire border The ASHTONS of thiscounty, w ho are num erous on the Yorkshire border

, sim ilarlyderive their nam e from places in Derbyshire The ALTONS

,who

are now represented in the Belper district , possess the nam e of

a S tafi ordshire parish Am ongst the o ld Derbyshire nam es newrare is that of ABNEY , w hich is taken from a place in the county .

Willesley, or Wilsley, w as for som e centuries the seat of thisfam ily,

and there they resided as far back as the reign of

Henry VI . ; one of the fam ily was high sheriff of the countyin 1656 (P ) . The Ab neys of Leicester in the 17th centu ry,who on fou r occasions filled the Office of m ayor (Throsb y

’

s

probably hailed originally from the Derbyshire


stock Derbyshire is the great hom e of the BAGSHAW S, who

have preserved a distingu ished nam e since the 15th century. w henthey resided at Abney and Worm hill John Bagshaw of

Hu cklow w as high sherifi in 1696,and Richard Bagshaw of

Castleton held the sam e office in 1721 Du ring last centu rythe hom e of the principal fam ily was in Chapel - en - le - Frith

,b u t

the nam e w as also then established in Bakewell The

Bagshaw s are now m ost num erous near the Yorkshire border in thevicinity of Sheffield. In the 13 th centu ry the nam e of De Baggesou re occu rred in Shropshire (H . w ell - to- do fam ily of

the BANC ROF'

I‘

S of Chellaston resided in that village for m ore than

3 00years , and from this stock cam e Bancroft the poet, w ho flou rishedin the reign of Charles I . (G) In the early part of the present

centu ry the descendants of the Chellaston Bancrofts w ere con sider

able freeholders at S infin and Barrow and the nam e stilloccurs in those localities . (S ee under CHESHIRE

”

) BARGH and

BARK are tw o allied Derbyshire nam es . The form er is found inthe vicinity of Chesterfield The Derbysh ire BEARD S possess thenam e of a ham let in the parish of New BERESFORDSof Derbyshire are a branch of a very ancient and distingu ishedS tafi

’

ordshire fam ily, to w hich reference w ill be fou nd u nder that

cou nty . Am ongst the principal Derbyshire branches are those ofAshb ourn and Broadlow Ash (G. ) The B IGGINS take their nam efrom a parish in the county The B INGHAMS

,wh o derive their

nam e from a tow n in Notts, are characteristic m ainly of theadjacent counties of Derbyshire and Notts . In Derby,

theBingham s have long been m embers of the Corporation

,and their

nam e is fam iliar in the comm ercial history of that tow n ; themayors of Derby in 1750, 1757, and 1760 bore this nam e (GM)Derbyshire is the principal hom e of the BOWERS , and Chester

field is the particular locality in which they have long resided .

Going back to the , .17th century, we find that the Bow ers w erethen num erous and w ell know n in Chesterfield ; abou t 200 years

ago one of the alderm en bore the nam e The nam e is also

represented in the neighbou ring counties of Cheshire and Notts

. The BOWNS have independent hom es in the counties of Derbyand Som erset . In the 13 th centu ry they were represented in Sussex

and Edge is a tow nship in the parish of Chapel

en - le - Frith, and this seem s to have been one of the principal hom es

of the BRADSHAWS in th is county ; but the nam e has been associated,and often in a distinguished m anner ,with the county ever since the



gentle fam ily in the 13 th centu ry, of Bu xton or Bawkestone, andafterw ards of Brassington, and then of Bradbou rne

,where they

have resided for 200 years (GU) A fam i ly of the nam e lived inEyam in the tim es of Charles II . (W u) Jedediah Bu xton

,the

renowned calcu lator,w as born at Elm ton

,near Chesterfield, in

the reign of Anne . The Buxtons are now m ostly fou nd in theDerby district . The nam e is also to be found established in theneighbouring cou nty of S tafi

'

ordshire . A Norfolk parish is alsothu s called The Derbyshire CAMPS are now established in theDerby di strict . (S ee under

The DAK INS of Buxton and the DAYKINS ofAlfreton possess anancient Derbyshire nam e . The fam ily of Dakeny or De Akenyfollow ed William the Conqueror into England, and in the 13 th

century theywere settled in Cambridgeshire , Norfolk , and Bedford

shire, w here they held possessions ; in the 15th century they w ereestablished in Herts

,Derbyshire, and Yorkshire ; and in Derby

shire the Dakins ow ned lands in Chelm orton, Fairfield, and

W ollow in the reign of Edw ard IV . The ancient m otto

of this w idely - spread race w as S tryke Dakeyne , the D evil’

s inthe Hem pe

,

” an allu sion to an incident in a sea- fight prior tothe reign of Edw ard VI . In the 17th centu ry a fam ily of

Dakeyne resided in Stubbing - Edge , and another fam ily of Dakinthen lived in Castleton ; the nam e w as also established in Chesterfield last century Daking is a Suffolk form of the nam e . I

am inclined to think that the nam e of Le Deksne (The Deacon

w hich occurred in Lincolnshire , Norfolk, and Suffolk in the 13 th

century (H . m ay have som etim es given rise to the nam e inEast Anglia and elsewhere . At all events, it is rem arkable thatDeakin

,a nam e now pecu liar to S tafi ordshire , shou ld be associated

in that county w ith Dakin , and that the (apparently Latinised)form of Daykenus occu rred in Hu nts in the 13 th century (H . R . )

DRABBLE is a nam e now found around Chesterfield. Last

century it w as represented in Eyam In the form s ofDrabe],

Drabil,and Drapol it occu rred in Warw ickshire and Cam bridge

shire in the 13 th centu ry (H . R . ) nam e ofEATON,which in

Derbyshire is taken from vil lages in the county,has long been

represented in Derby . For several generations the Eatons of thattown were engaged in the wool - combing and dyeing trade , and

DERBYSHIRE . 13 1

lived in the Bridgegate ; du ring last century they fi lled the officesof m ayor and alderm an of Derby, and held the post of keeperof the county jail ELSE - w as a C opyholder of

Bonsall in the reign of Jam es 1. (GM) John Elu s lived in thew apentake ofWirksw orth in the tim e of Edward I . (H .

The EYRES,w ho are now m ost num erou s on and n ear the Yorkshire

border of the county in the vicinity of Sheffield,bear an ancient

Derbyshire nam e . The w ide - spreading and often distingu ish edfam ily of Le Eyre were settled at Hope in the reign ofEdw ard I .

Padley w as afterwards their hom e , and in the 17th centu ry one ofthe principal branches w as seated at Holm e Hall

,from w hich the

Eyres ofNotts took their origin . Newbold w as afterw ards a hom eof the fam ily In the list of high sheriffs of Derbyshireoccur the nam es ofRobert Eyre ofHighlow in 1658 ,William Eyreof Holm e in 1691, and Henry Eyre of Row ter in 172 3 (P ) . Inthe 13 th centu ry the nam e of Le Eyre w as also represented inCambridgeshire and Essex (H . nam e of EDGE is w ellrepresented in the Derby district . Several of the b oroughreevesofManchester bore this nam e last centu ry (Baines

’ Lancashire ” )The FEARNS are m ost num erou s 111 the Derby district . Henry

Ferne was the nam e of a Bonsa ll copyholder in the tim e of

Jam es I.,of a gentlem an of Kniveton in the 17th centu ry, and of

a gentlem an of Snitterton who w as Receiver - General of theCu stom s in the reign of George I . (G) The nam e is still to befound in Bonsall The FiNNEYS have their principal hom e onthe Staffordshire border in the Ashb ourn district . Edw ard FineyofCoates Park w as high sheriffofDerbyshire in 1690 Lastcentu ry a gentle fam ily of this nam e resided at Fu lshaw ,

Cheshire ;Samu el Finney of Fu lshaw

,wh o died in 1798, w as enam el - painter

to th e Qu een (Orm erod’

s (S ee under “ STAFFORDSHIRE .

” The nam e of FITC HETT w as represented by Fichet inSuffolk , Cambridgeshire, and Devon in the 13 th centu ry (H . R .)Am ongst the ancient knightly fam ilies now scantily repre

sented in the county is that of FOLJAMBE . The Foljamb es of

Walton, i n the parish of Chesterfield,frequ ently served as high

sheriffs ofDerbyshire in the 15th , 16th ,and 17th centu ries ; in 163 3

Walton Hall and its estate passed out of the fam ily (H ) . Earlythis cen tu ry the Foljam bes cam e into the possession of the Broadlow Ash estate noted fam ily of Fox of Derby cam eoriginally from Grete in Warw ickshire

,w here the parent fam ily

resided during the 15th and 16th centuries ; they settled in Derby


about 200 years ago (G. ) The FRETWELLS are now representedin the Chesterfield district . Mrs . Fretchv ile of Stanley w as on e

of the Derbyshire contribu tors to the fund collected for thedefence of the country at the tim e of the Spanish invasion

1588,her donation being £ 25 Fritw ell is the nam e

of an Oxfordshire parish,and a fam ily Of De Fretew elle or De

Fretew ell resided in that cou nty in the 13 th centu ry (H .

Am ongst the Eyam fam ilies who suffered heavily during the

plagu e in 1666 w as that of FRITH (W u) Sam u el Frith,Of Bank

Hall , w as high sheriff of Derbyshire in 1781 The nam e isalso established in the Northw ich district of Cheshire , and in thecounty of Som erset The FROGGATTS , who derive their nam efrom a ham let in the village ofCu rbar, are principally represented

in the Chesterfield district . Eyam possessed a fam ily Of the nam e

in the last centu ry and in the early part Of the present centu ry(W u) Thom as Froggatt , of Calver, yeoman, died in 1710The nam e is also established in Herefordshire FURNESS is anam e w hich has been established in Eyam since the reign of

Charles II .

,and probably from an earlier date : in the . presen t

centu ry it has attained som e note Richard Fu rness,the poet

, w as

born at Eyam in 1791,and the distingu ished engineer of the

Tham es Em bankm ent hails from the Eyam stock (W ) . Thenam e occu rred as De Fu rnes

,De Furneys, and De Furneu s

, inLincolnshire

,Norfolk

,and Cam b ridgeshire in the 13 th centu ry

(H. In Derbyshire it is m ore u sually w ritten Fu rniss than

Furness,and w e find it m ost num erou s on and near the Yorkshire

border in the vicinity Of Sheffield.

G— H .

The GADSBYS take their nam e from a parish in the adjoiningcounty Of Leicester The GELLS

,a distingu ished Derbyshire

fam ily of Hopton , honoured w ith a baronetcy by Charles I.,and

frequ ently serving as high sheriff of the county, have resided at

Hopton from the tim e Of E lizabeth to the present centu ryThe nam e has long been known in Derby b u t it is not now

com m on in the county The nam e ofGENT is now represented in

Sou th Norm anton . The Gents of Moyn s Park , Essex , have been

in that county since the 14 th centu ry The nam e occu rred

in Hunts in the 13 th centu ry (H . nam e of GILMAN or

GILLMAN is also established in the adj acent county of S tafford.



Cheshire in the reign of Henry VI . [11 Derbyshire it is m ostnum erous in the Chesterfield district , and w as established in Eyamin the reign of Charles 11. We find the nam e in Glou ces

tershire in the 17th centu ry (Atkyn’

s“Gloucestershire and I

have not found it in Wiltshire before the 16th century . Hancock

w as the nam e of th e m ayors of Salisbu ry in 1606, 163 9 , and 1644

(Easton’

s“ Mayors of The nam e w as in Westbu ry ,

Wilts,in the 17th centu ry,

and in Warm inster in the sam e countydu ring last centu ry (Hoare

’

s Wiltshire Hancock w as a

Glastonbu ry nam e in the 17th century, b u t it has probablycharacterised the county of Som erset for several centu ries it w as

represented in Tau nton a hu ndred years ago , and is still fou nd inthat neighbou rhood . North

,Devon has long been a hom e of the

nam e a gentle fam ily ofHandcock resided at C om bm artin in the

l 6th and 17th centu ries (W estcote’

s Devonshire Edw ard

Hancocke represented Barnstaple in parliam ent in 1602 (Gribble’

s

Barnstaple In 1573 John Hancocke w as m ayor of Poole,

Dorset (Sydenham’

s Poole ”

) The ancient and distingu ishedChesterfield fam ily of the HEATHC OTES , w ho have received m orethan one baronetcy, have held proper ty in that locality Since thereign of Edw ard IV . they resided in Chesterfield from th e 16th

to the 18th century , and frequ ently served as m ayor of the townone of the fam ily w as lord m ayor Of London last centu ry Afam ily ofHeath cott or Heathcote resided in Bakew ell last centu ry ;to this fam ily belonged Michael Heathcott ofPetersbu rg ,

Virginia ,w ho w as bu ried at Bakew ell in 1792 ; Mr . Heathcote

,w ho died in

1828 , had been a Bakew ell chu rchw arden for forty years A

fam ily Of the nam e resided in Blackw ell last centu ry The

nam e still su rvives in Chesterfield and Bakew ell . Heathcote is aham let in the parish of Biggin . The nam e is also established inCheshire The nam e ofHOLLINGSWORTH or HOLLINGWORTH,

w hich

now has its hom e in the Derby district, is deri ved from a m anor inCheshire The Derbyshire nam e Of HOUSLEY w ou ld seem to be

a form of O useley, the nam e of a fam ily Of considerable antiqu ityin this part Of England, the original hom e of the principal stockbeing in Shropshire , w hilst the line of baronets of this nam e hail

from Northam ptonshire HULLANDS take their nam efrom places in the county HUNLOKE w as the nam e of anancient and distingu ished line of baronets resident at Winger

w orth Hall form ore than 300 years The nam e is not nowfrequ ent in the county .

DERBYSHIRE. 13 5

J— L .

JERRAM is a nam e found in Derby and its vicinity. Charles

Jerram gav e £ 100 in 1715 for the u se of the poor of Breaston

Derbyshire nam e of JOULE m ay perhaps be a form

of You le,a nam e w ell known in conn ection w ith the Chesterfield

corporation 200 years ago De Ju le w as a Cambridgeshire

nam e in the 13 th centu ry (H . a nam e now repre

sented in the Derby district , is a form of Kniveton,the nam e of a

Derbyshire parish . The Knivetons w ere a distingu ished knightlyfam ily in the county for many centu ries. The Kniveton s Of

Bradley ,the senior branch of the fam ily, owned the m anor of

Bradley for centu ries,and as far back as the reign ofEdward I .

in the reign Of Jam es I . this m anor w as in the possession of thej unior branch

,the Kniveton s of Mercaston

,w ho served as high

sheriffs of the county in 1490 and 1614 , and w ere rewarded w itha baronetcy is a nam e which w as represented inthe 13 th century, as Hu otte and Knot

,in Shropshire

,Hunts

,and

Norfolk (H . is a nam e very num erou s on theCheshire border and in the vicinity of Stockport in that county .

It w as represented in Bonsall last centu ry The principal hom e

of the LOWES is in Derbyshire and Cheshire , whence they have

e xtended to the adjacent cou nties of Lancashire and Shropshire,

and they are also established in m any of the m idland counties, as

in Warw ickshire , Staffordshire , Notts , etc . In Derbyshire , theyare num erou s in the Chesterfield district . An O ld Denby fam ilyof the nam e, to whom has be longed a considerable estate in Denbys ince the 15th centu ry , are said to have com e in the reign Of

Henry VI . from Macclesfield, in Cheshire, w here the nam e is still

num erous LUDLAM w as a Rom an Catholic priest

of this county, who suffered m artyrdom for his religion at Derbyin 1588 Ludlam w as the nam e of a Barlborough fam ily in

the 17th centu ry Thom as Ludlam,of Whirlow

,w as a

Rom an Catholic priest in the reign of Elizabeth

M— O .

The nam e of MAnew s, w hich may be taken from the East

Cheshire town or tow nship of Marple,is new best represented in

the Chesterfield district . In 1784 , John Marples rented a farm at

S tavely Hague of the Chesterfie ld Corporation and his nam e


is still represented there . Thom as Marple w as a copyholder of

Bonsall in 1620 The nam e of Marples occurs in the l ist of

Notts freeholders in 1698 Harl . 684 6) The DerbyshireMARSDENS are num erou s in the Chesterfield district . There are

tow nships of the nam e in Yo rkshire and Lancashire , where the

surnam e is a lso established T he MARCHINGTONS take their nam e

from a Staffordshire tow nship The MELLORS of Derbyshiretake their nam e from a tow nship in the county . The Mellors

of Ideridgehay , w here the fam ily w ere represen ted from the 15th

to the 18th centu ry, have been for cen tu ries connec ted w ith th e

borough of Derby ; and on the occasion of the election , in 163 7,ofHenry Mellor as the first m ayor of Derby,

Bancroft, the Derbyshire poet, com plim ented him in an epigram ,

w hich thus con

eludes As Mel or manna Shall yo ur name be sweete”

There are still Mellors in Derby . The nam e is very num erou s inthe adj acent county of S tafi ord Amongst the ancient and

distingu ished Derbyshire fam ilies now scantily represented inthe county is that of MEYNELL . The De Meignell

’

s Of Langley,in the 13 th and 14 th centuries, w ere descended from De Mesnil ,a Norm an of the 1l th centu ry The Meynells ofBradley ,

w ho claim to b ail original ly from Yorkshire , are descended from a

London alderm an,w ho bought Bradley in 1655 (

“ Histo ry of

Ashbourne MILNES is another Derbyshire nam e , once m orefrequ ent than it is at present . It has been an Ashover nam e for

nearly 200 years ; and it was the nam e Of w ellknow n gentlem en

and m erchants Of Chesterfield in the 17th and 18th centu ries

(G. ) It still occu rs in the Chesterfield district The nam e

ofMILLWARD is best represented in the Ashb ourn district . The

Milw ards of Snitterton filled the Office of high sherifi Of the

county in 163 5 and 1680 (P ) . Henry Milw ard of S infin , gent . ,w ho died in 16 15, and left a large fam ily, had a tablet erected

to him in St . Werb urgh’

s chu rch , Derby ; John Milw ard w as

bu ried in the sam e chu rch in 1689 . Robert Milw ard died atAlsop - in - the -Dale in 1711, at the age of 60 (G ) . The nam e ofMillw ard also occu rs in Staffordshire . Like Woodward it is aname of occu pation . Le Millew ard w as a Hunts nam e in the

[3 th centu ry (H . MORLEYS of Derbyshire , who take

their nam e from a parish in the county, are established . in ' theDerby district MORTIN is a very ancient Eyam nam e . A

fam ily Of Mortin suffered heavy losses during the prevalence of

the plague in Eyam in the reign Of Charles II . ; as far back



there his descendants lived du ring last centu ry The Beggss

of Beau chiffe served as high sheriffs of the county in 1667 and

173 9 The Rev . Sam u el Pegge , of Whittington , w as aDerbyshire antiqu arian a centu ry ago Pegg and Peggi w ereOxfordshire nam es in the 13 th centu ry (H . Pegg is also aNorfolk nam e The RENSHAWS take the nam e of a Derbyshiretownship John REVELL w as a Chesterfield alderman in the

early part of last centu ry (H M) George Revill, of Norm anton ,w as a gentlem an who contribu ted £ 25 to the Arm ada fund in 1588

Robert Revel], of C arnfield, w as high sheriffofDerbyshire

in 1700 (P ) . The nam e is still to be fou nd in Chesterfield

Revel was a nam e found in Cambridgeshire, Som erset , and Wilts

in the 13 th centu ry (H . RILEYS Of Derbyshire are

num erous in the Derby district . It is an old Eyam nam e , and w as

represented there in the reign Of Charles II .

w as an Eyam nam e in the reign of Charles II . SEALSof the Derby district m ay hail originally from Seal , a Leicestershire parish close to the Derbyshire border The SHAC KLOOKS

have their present hom e in the Chesterfield district . Ham oShakeloc lived in Cam bridgeshire in the 13 th century (H . R . )The SHELDONS of this county, wh o are num erou s in the Derby

district, take their nam e from a v illage in the shire . TheSheldons of Eyam w ere a fam ily of som e substance in the reign of

Charles 11. Sheldon Hall is a seat in the Warw ickshireparish of Sheldon

,w h ere an ancient fam ily of Sheldon once

resided (L . ) SHERW IN w as a w ell - know n nam e in Nottingham

tw o centuries ago . Betw een 162 3 and 1716,five m ayors of that

town bore this nam e (Deering’

s Sherew ind w as

a Cam bridgeshire n am e in the 13 th centu ry (H .

S IDDALLS of thisi

cou nty w ere represented in Eyam in the 17th

and 18th centu ries m ay or may not be‘a form

of ~ S cu dam ore , an ancient Herefordshire nam e . The Skidm oresw ere established in Eyam in the 17th and 18th centuries, where

several Of them w ere killed b y the plagu e in 1666 (W u) De

Skidem ore and Skidem ore w ere Wiltshire nam es in the 13 th

centu ry (H . SLAC KS of Derbyshire are num erou s

'

in

the Derby district . In 1674 , Arthur S lack gave £ 40 to the town

ofBuxton (G. ) and abou t the same tim e Robert S lack resided atHayfield in this neighbou rhood (Earwaker

’

s“ East

The nam e is still represented in the Buxton district on the

S tafi ordshire border. S lack is the nam e Of a place in the parish

DERBYSHIRE . 13 9

of Ashover . Thom as S lack was rector of Bolton , Yorkshire , in1680 (Whitaker

’

s (S ee SPENDLOVE has been a Derbyshire nam e for six centuries and m ore .

There w as a William Spendelove of Esseb ourn (Ashb ourn ) in thiscounty in the reign ofEdw ard I . (H . The nam e is Still m ostlyfound in the Derby district . Suckling Spendlove, attorney,

was

m ayor of Beverley ,in the East Riding in 1745 and 1760 (Pou l

son ’s In the tim e of Edw ard I .

'

Spendelo ve w as anam e also fou nd in Cambridgeshire, Hunts

,and Oxfordshire

(H. and the nam e still occurs in Northamptonshire

STAFFORD w as the nam e of an ancient and w ealthy Eyam fam i lyresident at the Hall from the tim e of John to the reign of E liz a

beth STORER was churchw arden ofS t . Alkm u nd’

S

church , Derby, in 1624 and the nam e is still in the townThe STRETTONS

, Of Derbyshire , take their nam e from a parish inthe county, and the S trettons of Leicestershire sim ilarly derive

their nam e from a place in that county The SWIFTS of thisShire are best represented in the Chesterfield district . WilliamSwyft lived in Derby town 600 years ago (H . The Rev . J .

Swift, m inister ofBaslow,died in 1766 (G ) . (S ee u nder LANCA

SHI RE .

”

T— Z .

TABBERER is an old Derby nam e now rare in the cou ntyTAGG w as an Oxfordshire nam e in the 13 th centu ry (H .

Samu el TOWNDROW, of Chesterfield, died in 1779 The nam e

is still in the tow n . Thom as Townrow w as m ayor of Lincoln in1671 and 1693 (Stark

’

s“ Lincoln The TURTONS take their

nam e from a tow n in the south - east part of Lancashire The

TWIGGES , of Holm e , w ere a distingu ished family last century .

John Tw igge , of Holm e , near Bakew ell , w as h igh sheriff of the

county in 1767 Nicholas Tw igge , of Holm e or Holm e Hal l,who died in 1760, pu rchased in 1754 the estate of Broadlow Ash

,

where his descendants resided till early in this centu ry,when it

passed into the hands of the Foljam be fam ily, their kinsm en

IIDALL is a nam e now found in the Ashb ourn district . Afam ily of Udall

,or W edalle

,owned the m anor of Chingford

C om itis, Essex , in the reign of Elizabeth (Morant’

s“ Essex

The WATERFALLS are nam ed after a S taffordshire parishThe sou rce of the nam e of WATERHOUSE is a l ittle dou btfu l .

Water-houses is the name Of a place in the neighbouring county of

140 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. .

Stafford,and of a village in the cou nty ofD urham . DeWatenhou

w as a Notts fam ily nam e in the 13 th century (H . An ancientLincolnshire fam ily of Waterhouse traced their descent from Sir

Gilb ert Waterhou se,of Kirton , in the reign of Henry III . (L ) .

Another ancient fam ily ofWaterhou se l ived at Halifax in the

West Ridin o a branch,to which belonged the vicar of Bradford

( 1 )

in the m iddle of the 17th centu ry ,w as located at Tooting ,

Su rrey,

in the tim e of Jam es 1 . (Jam es’ “ Bradford The WETTONS

possess the nam e of a S taffordshire parish , the WHITTINGHAMS that

ofa Lancashire township , and the WHEATC ROFTS that of a ham letin the Derbyshire parish of Crich . Wheatcroft w as a nam erepresented in Ashover in the reign ofGeorge I . The nam e

is still in the W IDDOWSONS are n ow found in the

Ch esterfield district . In Dom esday tim es, William W ido s - son

(Wido being probably a personal nam e) w as a tenant - in - chief in

Wilts, Som erset , and Glou cestershire W IGLEYS are

now found in theAshb ourn district . Richard Wiglie w as a copyholder Of Bonsall in the reign ofJam es I . and his nam e stilloccu rs in the district For 3 50 years , the Derbyshire WILMOTS ,w ho have been honou red w ith three baronetcies

,have been settled

at Derby or at Chaddesden in its neighbou rhood RobertWilm ot

,ofO sm aston

, w as high sheriff ofDerbyshire in 1689 (P ) .

There w ere Wilm ots in Cambridgeshire in the 13 th century(H. (S ee u nder “ HERTFORDSHIRE The WINFIELDS

,or

W INGFIELDS , take their nam e from Derbyshire parishes . The

Wingfields , Of W ingfield in Suffolk, w ere a very distingu ished

fam ily in the 14 th and 15th centu ries (L ) . The su rnam e also

occu rs in Herts The Derbysh ire WOODHOUSES are nam ed after

ham lets in the county . A gentle fam ily of the nam e resided inCrich last centu ry (G ) . The Woodhouses are now at hom e in the

Derby district . The su rnam e also occurs in Herefordshire and

Shropshire, and there are villages and ham lets of the nam e in

Shropshire, S tafi

’

ordshire , and th e West Riding TheW OOLLEYS

take the nam e of a Derbyshire township . William and Edw ardWoolley w ere copyholders ofBonsall in the reign ofJam es I .

George WRAGG repaired the bell - fram e of St . Alkmund’

s

chu rch , Derby, in 1627 Wragge and Bagge w ere the nam esOfEyam fam ilies in 1666 (W U) Jonathan Wragg was a tanner OfChesterfield in the m iddle of last centu ry and his nam eoccu rs still in the tow n . Raggs w as a surnam e found in theneighbouring county of York in the reign OfEdward I . (H .


142

a"Jeffery (Bideford)LakeLeach (MorchardBishop)

*Mann (Ashburton)Manning (C hulm leigh,Sou th Molten)

*NottPartridge (MorchardBishop)


*Pike Tucker (Barnstaple)*Row e "WallerShort a"‘Walter (Bideford)Skinn er (Barnstaple) W ebber (C hum leigh ,

*Stacey (Holdsworthy) South Molten)S ummers (Honiton) *WeeksSw ain (Axm inster) W illcock

Thornag

W Illcocks

Thorne Wyatt


*AveryAyre (South Melton)Badcock

BanburyBatten (Honiton)Batting (E x eter)13eare

BereBlackm ore (Honiton)BrockBuckingham (SouthMolten)

C ann*C happle

C leave’"C ornish (NewtonAbbott)

*C oryC reber (Horrabridge)C rockerDow n

”“Drew (Okeham ziton)Farrant (Wellington)

(Totnes)Fu lfordG lanvilleGibbingsGlass (Ex bourne)Goodridge (Totnes)Goss

Greenslade (Tiverton,

South Molten)Grills*l l allett

Haydon (Ex eter) Rowell (NewtonHeal Abbott)Heale Row land

Hearn Sage (Ottery S t . Mary)Hern Salter (Exeter)

*Hodder (Kingsbridge) *Searle(Newton Shears

Ab bott) *Sleem an (Holsworthy)Hurford Sloman (North Taw

Isaac ton)’*Jew ell (Bideford) Snell’x‘Kelly Snow

”“Langdon SparksLoveridge (Axm inster) *SpearMarks (Honiton) Spiller (Axminster)Maynard SpryMedland Squ ire (Barnstaple)Mortim er S teer (Ivybridge,Newberry (Honiton) Kingsbridge)Newbery Strong (Ex eter)Northcott ’ll‘Tanton (Great Torring

*Parnell (Totnes) ton)Passmore (South *Tapp

Molten) Trickey (Exeter)Peek “‘TurpinPeeke (Launceston)Pickard (Bideford) VennPi le VicaryPyle (E x eter) VickeryPitts WestlakeProu se ’x‘W ickett

Prowse W ills (Newton”“Qu ick Abbott)*Risdon Yeo

DEVONSHIRE . 143


Addems (Exeter)AlfordAmeryAnning (Starcross)Arscott

Babbage (C hulmleigh)Balkw ill (Kingsbridge) C ockramBalmanBalsdon (High Hamp

ton)BastinBater (C hu lm leigh)Beedell (Tiverton)Beer (Barnstaple)Besley (Tiverton)BickleBlatchfordBlow ey

BloyeBolt (Ottery St . Mary)BoundyBoveyBradridge (Ivybridge)BraggBraund (BrandisC orner)

BrayleyBreayley

Bridgman (HighHampton)

BrimacombeBroom (Honiton)Bu cknellBurgoin

B urgoyneBurro ugh (Honiton)BurrowC aw sey

C haffe (Plympton)C hamings

C hamm ings

Sizes} emC have (Tiverton)C heriton

C how en EveleighC hown Evely

C hubb Fairchild

C hugg (Ilfracombe) Few ings

C leverdon (Bideford) FoalsC oaker (Horrabridge) Foss (Kingsbridge)

Friend (Ex bourne)C ockeram FurneauxC olwill FurseC oneybeareC onyb ear Gamm on (Ilfracombe,C onnib eer Barnstaple)C oombe (C rediton) GermanC opp(Great Torrington) GidleyC ourtice GillardC rang (Barnstaple) Gloyn

C rimp Gorwyn (Exeter)C rocombe (Barnstaple) GrendonGum ing (Exeter) Halse

Ham lyn (Ashburton)Hannaford (Kingsbridge, Ashburton)

Dallyn (Barnstaple)DamerellDarch (Barnstaple)Dare (Axm inster) HartnellDart Hartnoll

Daym ent HaymanDensem Headon

Densham HealthDicker Heaman (Dolton)Dimond (Honiton) HeardDymond Heddon (Stratton)Doble (C u llompton)Doidge (Tavistock)Domm ett (Ax m inster)

Heggadon (Lew Down)Helmer (Kingsbridge)Hex t (Ashburton)

Dufty HeywardEarl Heyw ood (Bideford)Earle Hillson (Ivybridge)Easterbrook Hl lson

Estabrook Hockridge (Bideford)Eggins Honniball (Honiton)Ellacott Hookway

E llicott Hurrell (Ivybridge,Elston Kingsb ridge)

E lworthy (South Hu xhamMolten) Hux table (Barnstaple,

Endacott (Exeter) Ilfracombe)

141. HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES .

Irish Nosworthy (Exeter) Slader (North Melton)I saacs O ldreave S lee

Jackman O ldreive S luggett (BrandisKerslake Paddon C orner)Kingwell (Ivybridge) Palfrey Smale (E x bourne)Knapm an (E x eter) Palk Sm allbridge

Lamb shead Parkhou se Smallridge (BarnLang Pavey staple)Langman (Roborough) Pearcey (Honiton) Smaridge

Langworthy Penwarden (Holsworthy) Sm erdon (Ashburton)Lear Perkin SmythLerw ill (Barnstaple) Perrin SobyLethbridge Peth erb ridge (Barn Soper (KingsbridgeLetheren staple) Newton Abbott )Ley (Sou th Molten) Petherick (Holsworthy) SpurrellLidstone (Kingsbridge) Pinhay Spurle

Littlejohns (Bideford) Pinh ey Squ anceLoosem oor

}(South Powlesland (Okehamp S tanbury

Loosmoor Molten) ton) S tidston (Kingsbridge)Lovering (Barnstaple) Prettejohn StonemanLu scombe (Ivybridge, Prettyjohn (Kingsbridge) TancockKingsbridge ) Pring (Honiton) Taverner (Exeter)

Lu x ton (Wem bworthy, Pugsley (Barnstaple) Tom s

W inkleigh) Pym (Honiton ) Tope

Madge (Ex bourne) Quance (Great Torring TozerManley ton , Barnstaple) Tremlett (C rediton)Maunder Rabjohns (C u llompton) TrickMelhuish Raymont (Winkleigh ) Trott (Honiton ,

Mellu ish Raym ount C u llompton)Meth erall Reddaway (Okeham p TrudeMetherell ton) TuckettM ildon (Tiverton) Reddicliffe Tully

Mill Retter (Ottery St . Mary) UnderhayfMillman Rew (Exeter) UnderhillMilman Ridd (Barnstaple) VallanceMogford (SouthMo lten) Rou tley Vanstone (Bideford,Mugford Seldon (Barnstaple) High Hampton)Mortimore (Exeter) Sellek (Ottery S t . Mary) VennerMudge S ercom b e Voaden

Nancekivell Seward (Ex et er) Vodden

Nancekeville Shapland (South MOl Vooght (NewtonNankevil ton) Abbott)Netherw ay Sharland W adland

New combe Sh orland Wakeham (Ivybridge)Norrish (C rediton) Sherrill (Ivybridge) W areNortham Sherw ill (Ivybridge) WaycottNorthm ore Shopland Were (Tiverton)


’


A— B .

The ALFORDS take their name from a Som erset parish, and the

ANS 'I'

EYS are nam ed afterparishes in the north division of Devon

shire ARSC OT or ARSC OTT w as the nam e of several gentle

fam ilies in the county in the l 6th and 17th centuries . There

were the Arscots ofHolsworthy,Annery, Tidw ell , and Tetcot

Arthur Arscott , a Devonshire gentleman, contributed £ 25 to theArm ada .fund in 1588 Arscot w as the nam e of a chu rchw arden Of Ashburton in 1500 AVERY, of Devon,

gave £ 25 for the defence Of his country against the SpanishArm ada in 1588 nam e of BABBAGE is new bestrepresented in the Chulm leigh district . Charles Babbage , the

celebrated m athem atician,w as born near Teignm outh in 1792

The Rev . Samuel HADC OC K , the em inent divine , was born at SouthMolton in 1747, the son of a butcher

,and the nam e still belongs

to that trade in the town . There w as a William Badecok inCam bridgeshire in the 13 th centu ry (H . DevonshireBALLS now occur m ostly in the Bridestow district . The Balles Of

Higher Harcom b e, Chu dleigh , where they resided up to the 17th

century, w ere am ongst the m ost ancient and influ ential fam ilies of

the district : from them sprang the Balles of Mamhead and Ash

combe,several of w hom w ere buried in Ashcombe churchyard in

the 17th and 18th centu ries (Jones’ Chu dleigh Am ongst

the old Devonshire fam ilies now scantily represented are those ofBAMPFIELD or BAMPFYLDE . Those at Poltim ore and Hestercom b e

in Devon and Som erset w ere am ongst the m ost distinguished, andthe knightly fam ily of Poltim ore

,Devon

,in the 17th century,

held that estate as far back as the reign of Edward I . (W . ) (C ol

linson ’s Som erset Richard Bamfield, a Devonsh ire gentlem an

, contributed £ 25 to the Arm ada fund in 1588 Thom asBam field w as C hamberlain of Exeter in 1654 and Bamfield

was an Exm ou th nam e in the tim e of Charles I . (Webb) . WestonBampfylde is a Som ersetshire parish The BATTENS are now

established in the Honiton district , and the BATTINGS in the Exeter

district . There w as a Joel Batin in the hundred Of Wonford as

far back as the 13 th century (H . The nam e also occu rs inCornwall

,and is referred to under that county. Som ersetshire

,

however, w ould appear to be the ancient hom e of the nam e, and

for six centu ries the nam e has been established there , though

now scantily represented : the Original De Beteyns or Batyns of

DEVONSHIRE . 147

Som erset,deem ed to be of Flem ish origin , were am ongst the

leading m erchants of the county in the reign Of Edward I . (L . )BELLEW is an old

,though now a rare

,Devonshire nam e .

When Polwhele w rote h is history of the county nearly a centu ryago , the Bellew s had been lords of the m anor Of StockleighEnglish form ore than 150 years, John Bellew being then in posses

sion . William Bellew was stew ard of the city of Exeter in 1720

Henry Bellew was m ayor of: Barnstaple in 1805 and

the nam e is still in that neighbou rhood The BESLEYS w ere awell - known Tiverton fam ily during last century,

and the nam estill has its hom e in that town and its neighbourhood . JohnBesley was mayor in 1783 , and the nam e occu rs several tim es in

the list of Tiverton chur chw ardens Of the 18th centuryThe nam e ofDe Bickel was established in the Teignb ridge hu ndred

600 years ago (H . and the BIOKLES are yet found in theneighbouring Tavistock hundred. Bykehille w as in the 13 th

centu ry a place in the hundred Of Ab dick and Bu lstone , Som erset

(H . R . ) BLATC HFORD, or rather BLAOHFORD,was a comm on nam e

in Littleham,Exm outh

,in the 17th century (Webb) The

B LAC KMORES are now num erou s in Honiton and its neighbourhood.

There is (or w as) an epitaph in the Middle Temp le church to

Mark Blackm ore, son of Mark Blackm ore , Of Harpford, in the

county of Devon , gent . (Dugdale’

s“ O rig . J w hich cannot

bear a later date than the early part Of the 17th centu ry . A

fam ily of the nam e lived in Exm outh last century : in 1746

Mr . Blackm ore “ leaded ye tow er ;”

and in 1771 and 1811W illiam

and John Blackm ore w ere clerks of Exm ou th Chapel (Webb) .

Blackm ore and Blackm oor are places in Essex, Wilts, and other

counties .3 B lakemore is new a Shropshire su rnam e . Blakema and

De Blakem or w ere surnam es in Bucks, Oxon , and Essex six

centuries ago (H . w as the nam e of an important

O ld Tiverton fam ily of the 17th and 18th centu ries, n ew scantilyrepresented : the m ayors of that town in 1683 , 1701, and 1740, bore

this nam e Blagdon is a place in Somersetshire BOUNDY

is an Old Ashbu rton nam e . Bounde w as the nam e of tw o Ash

bu rton chu rchwardens in the reigns ofHenry VIII . and Elizabeth

John Bounde,of Plym ou th , left in 1642 a bequ est for the

poor of Ashburton (W . BOVEYS originally took their

nam e from parishes in the county. Nicholas Bovey w as m ayor

Of Barnstaple in 14 51 The m ayors of Plymou th in 1466

and 152 3 bore this nam e (W . Edward Bovey, of London ,L 2

148 HOMES OF FAMILY,NAMES .

m erchant,left a bequ est in 1709 for the poor of

. The BRADRIDGES are found in the district of Ivybridge .

Thom as Bradridge, of Kingston Hou se, left a bequ est for the poorof Staverton in 1805 (W . the close Of last centu ry,

John BRAGG,or BRAGGE ,

Esq, held the m anor Of

which , w ith the dem esne of Sadb orow ,the fam ily ofB ragge had

held as a barton since the reign Of Eli zabeth (P ) . The Bragges

are still seated at Sadb orow John BRAYLEY,or BRAILEY

,w as a

Tiverton churchw arden in 1756 BRIDGEMAN,bishop

of Chester in the 17th century , w as born at Exeter : his fatherw as high Sheriff of Exeter in 1578 (Pru) . The Bridgmans arenow estab lished in the High Hampton district The BROOKINGS ,a fam ily now scantily represented in the cou nty,

Were established

in Plym ou th in the 16th centu ry : the m ayors in 1511, 1573 , and

1584 bore this nam e (W . P . ) The BROOMS are num erou s in

the Honiton district . . . The BUC K INGHAMS are w ell represented in

the Sou th Molton distri ct . There w as an old Exeter fam ily Of

Buckenham,m embers of w hich three tim es filled the office of

m ayor in the reign of Henry VIII . The nam e is still w ell

established in this city The nam e OfBURGOYNE,or BURGOIN,

has

been represented for centuries in the county . William Burgoyn

w as C ham berlain Of the city Of Exeter in 1496, and W il liam

Burgoyn w as sheriff Of that city in 153 7 In the l 6th and

17th centu ries a gentle fam ily Of Burgoin resided at Bideford

and in the reign of George I .,Thomas Bu rgoyne w as a

Bideford gentlem an (Wat ) . In fact,as far back as the tim e of

Henry VIII .

,Jeofferie Bu rgin w as a Bideford tow nsm an (Wat)

Du ring the 16th and 17th centu ries a gentle fam ily Of Burgoin

flourished in the ham let of Zeal near Sou th Taw ton (P . and W . )Robert Burgoin e, Esq. , w as a Tiverton chu rchw arden in 1654

In the 13 th centu ry this nam e,in the form s of Burgoyn

and Bu rgoyne , occasionally preceded by“ De

,

” occurred in Bedfordshire

,Cambridgeshire , Gloucestershire, and Som erset (H .

The Bu rgoyne in the east of England w ere at that distant period

Im portant fam ilies,and it is stated by m ost of the Devonshire

antiqu arians and historians that the Devonshire stock hailed

originally from Bedfordshire . If this is tru e,the m igration must

have occurred at a very early date, since not only,

as I have

Thorncombe was originally a Devonshire parish, b ut new it is included iDorset .



are still represented in Barnstaple and Exeter CHAVE is an old

Tiverton nam e,and the Chaves still have their hom e in that tow n

and its neighbou rhood. In the list of Tiverton chu rchw ardens,the nam e of Chave occurs for the years 173 3 and 1747

The CHERITONS take their nam e from parishes and ham lets in

Devonshire and Som erset Robert CHUBB w as m ayor of Exeter

in the reign ofHenry VII . William Chubb w as a Tavistock

vitteler in thetim e of Crom w ell (W . T .) and the nam e is stillin the Tavistock district The C OAKERS are new num erous inthe Horrabridge district. There are Som erset parishes called

Coker, w ith one of w hich a fam ily Of the nam e w as associated as

early as the 13 th centu ry COC KRAM w as m ayor of

Barnstaple in 1520 and the nam e is still wel l established inNorth Devon in the Sou th Molton district Am ongst the Old

and distingu ished knightly fam ilies now scantily represented in

the county is that of COFF IN . The principal stock , of which there

were m any branches, Ow ned the m anor ofAlvington from the 12 thto the 17th century C ONEYBEARS w ere an Ashbu rt onfam ily last centu ry ; Samuel C oneyb ear was a clockm aker therein 1790 (W . and

’

the nam e is still in the district The

C OPLESTONS or C OPLESTONES , am ongst the O ldest of notable Devonshire fam ilies , new , how ever, scantily to be found, possessed theirprincipal stock in the C opleston s of Copleston and Warleigh ; inthe 17th cen tu ry there w ere several branches, nam ely, those of

Bow , Bicton , O tterham ,Bideford

,etc . (W U) Whena national

fund w as being col lected at the tim e of the expected invasion of

the Spanish Arm ada in 1588, three Devonshire gentlem en of thisnam e contribu ted £ 100 betw een them Devonshire

fam ilies ofCORNISH are new best represented in New ton Abbot andits neighbou rhood. George Cornish w as comm ander of one of theBideford ships engaged in the New foundland trade in the reign of

William III . (Wat ) . Richard Cornish w as m ayor Of Barnstaplein the reign of Anne Wil liam Cornish ,

a Welshm an,w ho

settled at S t. Issey, Cornw all , in the reign OfMary,is said to have

been the ancestor of the St . l ssey fam ily of the nam e (Gilbert’

s

Cornw all ” ) The COPPS have now their hom e in the Great

Torrington district . Coppe was a comm on nam e in Littleham ,

Exm outh , in the 17th centu ry (Webb) , and even nowthe nam e isno t uncomm on in the town By tradition, CRO C KER is one of

the m ost ancient of Devonshire nam es. An Old Devonshire saw

runs thus

DEVONSHIRE. 151

Crocker, Cruwys. and C eplestone,

When the Conqueror cam e,were at hom e .

During the 15th , l 6th ,and 17th centuries, the Crockers ofLynham

in Yealmpt on were a. knightly fam ily, and filled the Office Of highsherifi of the county (W . and The nam e was established inTavistock and Ashb u rton in the 15th and 16th centuries (W . T .

and S ir Hugh C re ckerwas m ayor of Exeter in 1641The nam e is also established in Dorset and Som erset The

C ROC OMBES,who are new represented ih ' the Barnstaple district,

po ssess the nam e of a Som ersetshire parish CRUSE or CRUWYS

(som etim es m odernised as Crew s) was the nam e of a very ancientand distingu ished Devonshire fam ily of Netherex

,now scantily

surviving in the county, as at Ashbu rton (W . The nam e is

associated w ith those of Crocker and C eplestone in the old saw

before m entioned C UDLIPP is another O ld Devonshire nam e that

is not so num erous in the county as it once w as . From the 15th

t o the 17th centu ry the nam e w as very comm on am ongst the

gentry, m erchants , and ye om en of Tavistock and its vicin ity(W . CUMINGS have their hom e in Exeter and its neigh

b ourhood. Comyn is the early form of the nam e , and as such it

w as represented in Tiverton in the 16th centu ry Comyns

w as th e nam e of an O ld gentle fam ily of Huish C hampflow er,Som erset

,in the 17th and 18th centuries. Com yn was a nam e found

in Wiltshire and Gloucestershire in the 13 th century (H .

DAMERELL is said to be a corruption ofD’

Alb em arle,the nam e

of an ancient fam ily owning the m anor of Milton, in Marytavy,from the 11th to the 13 th century, from whom the parishes of

Milton Dam erel and Stoke Dam erel,in part derived their nam es

(W. D .) In the 13 th century the nam e of DANIEL or DANYELoccu rred in Kent, London , Hunts, Oxfordshire , Devonshire, andDerbyshire (H . In our own tim e it is established, eitheras Daniel or Daniels

,in Cornw all

,Devonshire, Gloucestershire ,

Worces tershire, Sou th Wales, Kent , Norfolk , and Bedfordshire .In Devonshire the nam e ofDaniel is new best represented in theHolsworthy district . There w as a John Daneyll, of “ Brighebroke ,

” in the hu ndred ofWonford,Devon , in the 13 th century

is an O ld nam e in the west of England.


Edw ard Deeble was mayor ofPlymou th in 1727 and 173 9

(S ee under DENSHAM is an old Tiverton nam e

and it still occu rs in that neighbou rhood . Tw o Tiverton churchw ardens, in 1686 and 1725

,bore the nam e of Richard Densham ,

and in 173 4 Richard Densham was m ayor Of the tow n Tothis fam ily belonged Thom as Densham , an O ld and mu ch respectedBampton lawyer, lately is an ancient nam e inDevonshire . In the reign of Henry 11. an influ ential fam ily of

Le Deneis resided at Pancrasw eek, in the hundred of BlackTorrington, and from them sprang the knightly fam ily of Dennis,ofBlagdon and Manaton , and the fam ilies of Dennis ofHolcom b

Bu rnell, C olliscom b e , etc . ,

in the 16th and 17th centu ries (W A .

and W ” ) Dennis w as a Bideford nam e in the l 6th and 17th

centu ries,Anthony Dennis, Of Orleigh ,

being m ayor in the reign

of Jam es I.,whilst Rob ert Dennis w as a Bideford alderm an

som ewhere about this period (Wat ) . Thomas Dennys w as m ayor

of Barnstale in the tim e of Cromw ell,and Nicholas Dennys w as

depu ty- recorder of that town in the reign of Charles II . (G ) .

The principal hom e of the nam e in this county is still to be found

in Barnstaple and its n eighbourhood DERRY is a rare nam e in

the w est ofEngland. John Derry w as m ayor ofPlym outh in 1557and 1563 (W . and the nam e is still prom inently connectedw ith that town The nam e of DOBLE now has its hom e in theCu llompto n district . Dob il and Dobel w ere Norfolk nam es in thereign Of Edw ard I . (H . In the sam e

,reign De Dobel w as a

Su ssex nam e,and in the 16th century the fam ily ranked with the

gentry of the cou nty nam e ofDOIDGE , which still hasits principal hom e in Tavistock and its neighbou rhood, has longbeen connected w ith that town . Tw o churchwardens of Tavistock, in 1670 and 1671, bo re this nam e . In 1705

,Richard :

Doidge , gent . , resided at Whitchu rch , near this town ; and Thom asDoidge w as a gentlem an of Tavistock in 173 3 (W . Doidgeis the nam e of an O ld gentle fam ily Of Milton Abbot

,dating back

to tim es before the 16th centu ry, and still represented (W . D . )The nam e ofDRAKE has long b een associated w ith this county .

S ir Francis Drake, the E lizabethan here , w as born at C rowndale,

Tavistock,in 1541 . He w as the first of the line of baron ets of

Buckland-Monachorum,but the baronetcy becam e extinct abou t

173 6 Westcote refers to the ancient gentle fam ily ofDrakeof Ash - in -Mu sbury, in the 16th and 17th centuries . In the 17thcentury a gentle family Of Drake resided at Spratshayes,



ofFERRIS is new best represented in the Totnes district . Therew as an O ld Barnstaple fam ily of this nam e in th e 17th centu ry ,

m em bers of which served as m ayor of the town in 163 2 , 163 8 ,and 1646 Richard Ferris . (the m ayor in 163 2 ) and his

descendants owned th e Middleton estate in Parracom be (G. )FOSS is now a Kingsbridge nam e . Robert Foss ow ned lands inBarnstaple in 1674 Dev onsh ire hom e of the nam eof FRENC H is in the Ashbu rton district The FULFORDS of

Fulford, in the parish of Dunsford, are a very ancient and dis

tinguished Devonshire knightly fam ily ,dating back to the 12 th

century (W . and P . ) FURNEAUX w as originally a S om ersetshire

nam e . The knightly fam ily of De Fu rneaux, of Norman extrac

tion, were lords of Ashington, Som erset , in the 13 th and 14 th

centuries,

and served . as sheriffs of that cou nty ( C ollinson’

s

Thom as Fu rneau x w as vicar of Ashburt on in1501 (W . and Thom as Furneaux wa s an Ashb u rton churchw arden 153 2 nam e of FURSE' or FURZE is taken from

ham l ets in the county . In the reign of Richard I . a fam ily of

this nam e owned the Furse estate in the parish of SpreytonA gentle fam ily of Furse, new extinct, resided in Dean Priorin the 16th and 17th centu ries (W . the namesnew rare in the county is that of FOWNES . The mayors of

Plym outh in 1596 and 1610 here this nam e (W.

is new a comm on nam e in North Devon ,in the districts of

Ilfracom be and Barnstaple . T‘

w o Tiverton churc hwardens , in1720 and 1751, b ore

’

this nam e GIDLEYS of Gidleigh ,an ancient and an honourable fam ily,

cam e into the possession Of

the m anor of Holcombe,Winkleigh, in the 17th century,

and

th ere they have since resided or h e ld property. Bartholom ewGidley w as a prom inent support er of Charles 11. before th eRestoration (Worthy

’

s W inkleigh The GLANVILLES werean ancient and distinguished knightly fam ily ofHalw el House , in

Whitchurch , near Tavistock, where they resided for 300 years .

They have been fam iliarly connected w ith Tavistock form ore thanfour centu ries (W T . and Pr” ) The nam e still occurs in thetown and neighbourhood. A branch of the fam ily has longestablished itself in Cornw all

,and .further reference to the nam e

will be found under that county The present hom e of thenam e of GLASS in this county is in the Exbou rne district .

Nicholas Glass w as the nam e of the m ayor Of Barnstaple in 1787.

and 1804 Glass w as the nam e oftwo Tiverton churchwardens

DEVONSHIRE . 155

in 1723 and 1724 The nam e is also established in Wiltshire The GOODRIDGES are new represented in the Totnesdistrict . In 1588, Nicholas Goodridge , Of this county, su b

scribed £ 50 tow ards the fund collected for the defence of his

country against the Spanish Armada m ayors of

Exeter in 13 95 and 1407 here the nam e ofGRENDON Thom as

Grendyn was one of the Ashburton chu rchw ardens in 1482There are places of this nam e in Bucks, and De Grendon w as aBucks su rnam e in the 13 th centu ry (H . GREEN

SLADE w as mayor of Barnstaple in 1695, and Philip Greensladew as m ayor in 1703 The nam e is now m ost num erou s inTiverton and Sou th Molten

,b u t is still scantily to be found in

the Barnstaple district ; there are also Greenslades in Som erset .the l 6th , 17th , and 18th centuries

,GRILLS or GRYLLS

was a notable nam e am ongst the gentry and m erchants of

Tavistock and its neighbourhood (W . The Cornish branchis referred to under that county Sam pson JERMAN left abequest for the poor ofWidecom be - ih - the -Moor in 1669 (W .

The nam e ofGERMAN is new to be found am ongst the farm ers of

South Molton,and that of GERMON am ongst the gentry of New ton

Abbott .

H— K

HALSE was the nam e Of an em inent fam ily of Kenedou inSherford parish

,near Kingsbridge , du ring the

H

15th , l 6th , and

17th centuries ; to this fam ily belonged a Ju stice of the Comm onPleas and a Bishop of Lichfield

,both of w hom lived in the reign

of Henry VI . Matthew Halse was a chu rchw arden of

Littleham ,Exm ou th

,in 1730 (Webb) , and the nam e still occu rs

in the tow n . Halse is a Som erset parish,and an O ld Tau nton

fam ily here the nam e in the l 6th centu ry (Tou lm in’

s

The HAMLYNS are num erous in the Ashburton distri ct , where

they have long been located,especially in the parish OfWidecombe .

In the 16th and 17th centu ries Ham lyn w as a comm on nam e inWidecombe ; in the 17th and 18th centuries a fam ily of Ham lynow ned the m anor of Dunstone and the farm of Blackslade ; and

C hittleford, also in W idecombe parish , w as the hom e of a fam ilyof the nam e in the reign of Charles I . (W . A . and Ham lynw as the nam e of the m ayors of Exeter in 14 68 and 1499

HAM is a w est - country nam e,m ost n um erou s in Som erse t, but

also found in Devon and Cornwall. William Ham, gent . , was


bu ried in the sou th aisle of Tiverton Church in 153 4 (D .)HANNAFORD is a common nam e in the neighbou ring districts of

Kingsbridge and Ashbu rton . It w as a frequ ent nam e in Widecombe in the 16th and 17th centu ries Henry Hanniford

w as bailiff of Exeter in 1485 (L ) HARTNELL or HARTNOLL isan o ld Tiv erton nam e . George Hartnell, gent . , left a bequ estfor the poor of Tiverton in 1662 For the years 1621 , 162 7,1665

,and 174 6 w e find the nam e of Hartne ll in the list of

Tiverton chu rchw ardens Mr . Nicholas Hartnell,bu tcher

,

w as bu rnt to death in Tiverton in the fire of 1591is an Old Bideford nam e of th e 16th and 17th centuries

, stillrepresented in that tow n and its neighbou rhood. William Heardw as a Bideford alderm an in 1610

,John Heard w as m ayor in

1619,and Walter Heard w as m ayor in 162 7

HEDDONS,w ho are to be fou nd in the Stratton distri ct , have taken

the nam e ofa Devonshire ham let The ancient gentle fam ily of

HELE, or HEALE

, of Sou th Hele, in the parish Of Cornw ood,'

gaverise to m ost of the num erous fam ilies of Hele that flourishedin the 16th and 17th centu ries at Wem bu ry, New ton Ferrers ,Holbe ton

,Fleet , Exeter , som e Of them possessed knightly

honou rs, and supplied high sheriffs to the cou nty The

nam e u sually occu rs now in the form s of Heal and Heals Thenam e of HEXT is n ow established in the Ashbu rton district . A

gentle fam ily of this nam e resided at Kingston early in the 17thcentu ry w as a frequ ent nam e

'

in Exm ou th inthe 17th centu ry (Webb ) The nam e is now represent ed in the

Kingsbridge district INC LEDON ,a nam e now scantily represented

inthe cou nty, w as aBarnstaple nam e in the reigns Of Anne andGeorge I . Robert In cledon w as m ayor of that tow n in 1712 and

172 1 (G. ) Thom as IRISH,w ho died in 1627, w as

“ Vicariu sPresbyter C h oralis

”of Exeter Cathedral (P . ) ISAAC is also

an O ld Exeter name still represented in that city . Isacke

or Isack was the nam e Of the m ayor of Exeter in 1665,and

Of tw o cham berlains of the city in 1653 and 1693 (I. ) In thereign of Edw ard I . John Isaak lived in Wiltshire and Walter

Isaac in Oxfordshire (H . and th e nam e occurs in Dom esday .

Devonshire is now the great hom e of the nam e, Isaacs being a rareform found in this county, b u t the nam e is also represented in

Glou cestershire JEWELL w as the nam e of a gentle fam ily of

Bowden in the parish of Berry-Narb or or Berryn -Arbor , near

Ilfracom b e , in the l 6th and 17th centuries ; to this fam ily belonged



churchw arden in 1563 and the nam e w as represented inWidecombe in the 16th and 17th centuriesLETHBRIDGE

,m ayor of Exeter in 1660, w as a wealthy m erchant of

that city ; he w as born at Walston,in the parish Of C lan sb urgh ,

near Okehampton Lethbridge is still an Exeter

The LEYS are at hom e in the Sou th Molton district . An O ld gentlefam ily ofLey resided at Treb ill in Dunchideock in the reign of

George I. ; but in 173 5 m ost of the Leys w ere carri ed elf b y

an epidem ic , and but one son ,who w as at Exeter S chool

,escaped

to perpetu ate the nam e (P . ) LOVERINGS are new representedin the Barnstaple district

,and 3 00 years ago they w ere still to be

found in this part ofNorth Devon . Th ere w as a John Lovering of

Bideford in the reign of Elizabeth, and in the reign ofWilliam111. John Lovering comm anded one of the Bideford shipsengaged in the Newfoundland trade Lov eringe w as

a comm on nam e in Exm outh in the 17th centu ry (Webb)The LUSOOMBES , w ho are new num erous in the neighbouringdistricts of Ivybridge and Kingsbridge , probably in m ost casesin the first place derived th eir nam e from a ham let in Harberton

parish , near Totnes . Luscombe is also an estate near Dawlish ,that belonged to an ancient fam ily of the sam e nam e

,and there

they resided in the reign of Henry V .,and probably mu ch earlier,

since there w as a Hugh de Lu scombe in the county in the reign

of Edward I . Henry Lu scom b e of this county contributed

£ 25 to the Spanish Arm ada fund in 1588 Ashbu rton

possessed a fam ily of Lu scombe in the reign of Henry VIII . ;

the nam e occurs tw ice in the list of Ashbu rton churchw ardens

of that reign (A ) . Chudleigh also ow ned a fam ily of the nam ein the tim e Of George I . (P . ) LYREE is a nam e that w as

represented in Tavistock in the 15 th and 16th centuries (W .

Libby is a rare Cornish nam e MANN w as an old and num erou s

Widecom be nam e in the 16th and 17th centuries, and it still hasits principal hom e in the county in that neighbourhood

. .MARKS w as the nam e'

of a fam ily of Bideford m erchants inthe 17th and 18th centuries ; John Marks w as a noted Bideford

surgeon in the reign of Anne At present,how ever

,

Honiton is the principal Devonshire home of the name There

w as a Thom as MAUNDER of Calv erleigh in 1684 (H . ) MAYNARDis an ancient and distinguished Devonshire nam e . In the reign

of Edw ard 111. John Maynard of Axm inster w as appointed

governor of Brest Castle, in Brittany : Sir John Maynard, born

DEVONSHIRE. 159

at Tavistock in 1602 , w as one Of the greatest lawyers of his tim e ;the nam e was represented in Lam erton , near Tavistock, in the

reign of Edw ard IV . (W . The Maynards had considerableproperty in Devonshire , and interm arried w ith several important

fam ilies in the West of England (Polw hele’

s Thenam e is also established in Cornwall MELHUISH or MELLUISH

is a very ancient Devonshire nam e . In the Hundred Rolls w e

read ofElenora de Melhywys, of Melhywys, a seat in the baronyof Okeham pton . Thom as Melhinch e of this county (evidentlya m isprint forMelhu ishe) contributed £ 25 for the defence of h is

cou ntry at the tim e of the invasion Of the Spanish Armada in

1588 A gentle fam ily of Melhu ish resided at Witheridge

in the 16th and 17th centuries Richard Melhu ish w as

a Tiverton churchw arden in 1656 Richard Melhu ish w as

m ayor of Barnstaple in 1708 The nam e still occu rs inWitheridge and Tiverton METHERELL is an old m anor inStaverton (W . Richard Metherell w as m ayor of Barnstaplein 1797 and the nam e is still in the district Mr . ZacharyMUDGE w as m aster of the Bideford grammar. school in the reign

ofAn ne

N— P.

NANOEKIVELL , or NANC EKEVILLE ,or NANKEVIL is at present an

established Devonshire nam e ; b u t last centu ry there w as a

Cornish fam ily of the nam e . Tw o of the Cornish Nankivellsfilled the office of m ayor of Tru ro in 1785 and 1787 ; the incumbent of Piran zab u lo in 1783 w as the Rev . Edw ard Nankiv ell ;

Dr. John Nankivell Of this Cornish fam ily practised in London

abou t a century ago : w riting of the fam ily som e 85 or 90 yearssince , Polwhele rem arked that qu iet good sense and so cial

good hum ou r seem to characterise the Nankivells”

(Polwhele’

s

Cornw all ”

) NEW C OMBE is an O ld Devonshire nam e . RichardNewcomb w as tw ice m ayor of Barnstaple in the reign of HenryVI . In the 16th and 17th centu ries

,a gentle fam ily of

New combe resided at Great Worthy ,in Teignton

-DrewThe nam e w as well know n in Exeter from the 16th to the 18thcentu ry, and New com b w as the nam e of the Exeter m ayors of

1612,1703 , and 1713 Ashbu rton also possessed a fam ily

of the nam e in the 16th centu ry,New com he being the nam e of

the Ashburton churchwardens of 1550 and 1569 The nam e


still survives in Exeter and Barnstaple NORRISH is a nam e

w ell represented in the Crediton district . Richard Norris w as

m ayor ofBarnstaple in 1442 (G. ) The NORTHAMS take theirnam e

from a parish in the cou nty The NORTHOOTTS of Devonshireoriginally took their nam e from several ham lets in the county .

The principal fam ily is that of the very ancient and distinguishedhou se of Northcote of Pynes w hich received its baron etcyin 1620, and w as lately ennobled in the person of Sir S taflordNorthcote . The nam e is also established in Cornw all The

NO SWORTHYS are now at hom e in the Exeter district . John

Nosworthy w as m ayor of that city in 152 1 Nosworthy isalso an O ld nam e in the Ashbu rton district

,Notsw orthy being

a m anor in Widecom be John Nosew orthy w as an Ash

bu rton chu rchw arden in 1503 and John Nosw orthy was

rector of Manaton 200 years ago (W . This w as also an O ld

Cornish nam e in the 16th and 17th centuries : it w as borne b ya ju stice of the peace of the county in the reign of Elizabeth

,

by a m ayor of Tru ro in the reign of Charles I. , and b y a high

Sheriff in the tim e of Crom w ell (Polw hele’

s“ Cornw all

The NOTTS have been established as gentry and su bstantial

yeom en in Sw im bridge for m ore than 300 years (Kelly’

s Devon

shire D irectory”

) The OXENHAMS were an Old Sou th Taw ton

fam ily Here belonged John O x enham ,one of the Eliza

bethan navigators and the companion of Drake . The nam e isnow scantily represented PALFREY w as a comm on Exm ou th

name in the 17th centu ry (Webb ) PALK or PALKE w as for

centu ries a com m on nam e am ongst the yeom en of Ashbu rton,

Little Hempston Staverton , and that neighbou rhood, and fromthe Ashbu rton Palkes sprang the line of Devonshire baronets of

the nam e (W . Palke w as an old Widecombe nam e in the16th and 17th centu ries (Dy . ) (Widecombe being near Ash

bu rton) . The nam e still occu rs in Staverton and Ashbu rton .

In the 13 th centu ry, Palke was also a Cam bridgeshire nam e

(H . O ld Devonshire names new scantily repre

sented in the cou nty is th at OfPARMINTER . It was long connectedw ith Barnstaple . Richard Parminter w as m ayor in 1498

,and

Richard Parm interwas deputy recorder of the said town in 1755 .

J . Parmin ter w as a substantial Barnstaple townsm an in 172 7The nam e is still to be found in Barnstaple and its neigh

b ourhood. According to Low er , Parm entier is the old French

word for a taylor; and in the Hundred Rolls it takes the form s



Som erset,in the reign of Edw ard IV . PETHERIC KS ,

ofHolsw orthy, have taken the nam e of a Cornish village . In

Cornw all the su rnam e is usu ally contracted to Pethick

Am ongst the Old Tavistock fam ilies now scantily represented isthat of POINTER , or POYNTER . From the 16th to the 18th centu rythis nam e occu rred frequ ently am ongst the gentry and m erchantsof that tow n (W . T . ) PROUSE or PROWSE is a v ery ancientDevonshire nam e . In the reign of Edw ard I. ,

Le Prou z was the

nam e of a resident in the barony of Plympton (H . The

ancient knightly fam ily of Prou z,of Chagford, w as still su rviving

in the 17th cent u ry (W u) In the 16th and 17th centu ries a

gentle fam ily of Prou se,or Prow se

,resided at Exeter

, and

supplied m ore than one m ayor to that city (W . and Prow sew as a nam e well established in Tiverton in the l 6th and 17thcentu ries : in 1598 , Edw ard Prow se

,of Pilyw ell

,in the parish

of Tiverton, gave £ 20 to the poor (H ) . Prow se is a frequ ent

nam e in the list of bu rgesses and chu rchw ardens of Tiverton

du ring the 17th centu ry (D . and H ) . During the 17th and

18th centu ries a distingu ished fam ily of Prow se resided atAxbridge, Som erset ; one of the fam ily last centu ry w as five

tim es elected knight of the shire for the county of Som erset

(C ollinson’

s“ Som erset Prow se is also a nam e established

in Cornw all,in the Penzance district PUGSLEY is a very

ancient Barnstaple nam e : John Pugsley w as the nam e of threeof the early m ayors— nam ely, in 13 55, 1468 , and 1474 , and the

nam e occu rs in the annals of the town for the 17th century (G ) .

Barnstaple is still the hom e of the nam e,although som e fifteen

generations have passed aw ay since the stirring days of Cressyand Poictiers

,w hen John Pugsley w as m ayor .

Q— S .

QUI C K is a nam e better represented in Cornw all than in this

county. In the 17th century this nam e occu rred am ongst thebu rgesses and churchw ardens of Tiverton and it is still

established in the town . John Quick was a comm ander of one of

the Bideford ships engaged in the Newfou ndland trade 200 years

ago REDDIC LIFFE , yeom an, held the manor of

C u dlipptow n in the parish of Petertavy for a few years abou t a

century ago (W . The nam e is S till in that part of the parish .

R ISDON w as the nam e of an Old gentle fam ily Of Bab leigh ,

DEVONSHIRE. 163

Parkham,in the 16th and 17th centuries it still occu rs in

this part of North Devon Though ROWE is a num erou s Devon

shire nam e,it is far m ore num erou s in Cornwall . It shou ld,

how ever, be noted that the Row es of Lam erton are repu ted to beone of the m ost ancient stocks of Row e in the w est of England

(W . ROWLAND was an Exeter m erchant in the

reign of George I . The nam e is still in the city SAGE is

a nam e found in the district of O ttery St . Mary in this county .

It is also found in Som erset . Le Sage w as an Oxfordshire nam e

in the 13 th centu ry (H . R . ) SALTER is a comm on nam e in theExeter district The SALTERNS

,now scantily represented in the

coun ty, w ere an old Bideford fam ily in the 16th and 17th centu ries

(Wat. ) The SELDONS are still at hom e in the Barnstaple district .

The m ayors of that town in 1664 and 1692 bore this nam e (G. )The nam e of SELLEK is now represented in O ttery St. Mary

and its neighbourhood. In the early part of the 17th centu rythere w as a Tiverton fam ily of S ellake

,and w e find this nam e in

the list of Tiverton chu rchw ardens for 1612 and 163 4 (D . )SEWARD is a num erous nam e in the Exeter district . In the 17th

century there w as an old Exeter fam ily of Seaward : to thisfam ily belonged Sir Edw ard Seaward, form erly m ayor of Exeter,w ho died in 1703 at the age of 70 (P ) . A knightly fam ily of

Seaw ard, perhaps the sam e , resided at C lyst S . George Cou rt in

the 17th centu ry (Ellacom b e’

s“ Clyst S . George SHARLAND

w as a w el l- know n Tiverton nam e in the 17th and 18th centu ries ,and occurs frequently in the list of Tiverton chu rchw ardens for

those tim es (D . and H ” ) It is still represented in the tow n .

SHEBBEARE w as an old Bideford nam e in the 16th and 17thcenturies It is now scan tily represented SHERMAN is

another old North Devon nam e,now som ew hat rare . John and

Richard Sherm an w ere Bideford alderm en in the reign of Charles I .

Gabriel Sherman held lands in Barnstaple in the reignof Charles 11. (G. ) A fam ily of the nam e lived at Neiston

,in

O ttery St . Mary, in the 17th centu ry SHERW l LLS and

SHERRILLS , w ho are in both cases established in the distric t of

Ivybridge, take the nam e of a Devonshire parish . Nicholas

Sherwill was m ayor of Plym outh in 163 7 (W . P . ) SHORT is anold Bideford nam e . John Short w as a Bideford chu rchw arden in1575, and John Short w as a Bideford alderm an in 1610The nam e is still in the tow n The S LADERS are now establishedin the North Molton district . In the reign of Jam es I . there was

M 2


a gentle fam ily of this nam e in Bath in North Taw ton parish ,

hailing recently, according to Westcote , from Barondow n in Kent .

The SMERDONS are still m ainly to be found in Ashbu rton and

the neighbou rhood, a district they have frequ ented for m any

generations . A fam ily of this nam e resided in Widecombe in the

16th and 17th centu ries The Rev . Thom as Sm erdon w as

m aster of the Ashburton gramm ar school in the m iddle of last

century (W . There w ere Smerdons in Tavistock in the

15th centu ry (W . T . ) SNELL is a characteristic w est of England nam e

,having its hom e in Devon and Cornw all . John

Snell,vicar of Heav itree , and form erly resident canon of Exeter

Cathedral , died in 1679 , at the age of 70 ; his son , John Snell,w ho died at an advanced age in 1717, w as three tim es m ayor of

Exeter,and represented that city in Parliam ent There are

Snells still in this city. O liver Snell w as sheriff of Bristol in

162 3 (Barrett’

s“ Bristol The Cornish Snells are represented

in the district of Liskeard . Snel w as a nam e found in Oxfordshire

,Derbyshire , and Shropshire in the 13 th centu ry (H .

There are a few Snells in Suffolk The SNOW S are new fou nd

in Devon,Essex

,and S taffordshire . In the 13 th centu ry the nam e

w as represented in the form of Snou in W ilts, B ucks, Oxford

shire,Suffolk

,and Cambridgeshire (H . R . ) The SOPERS are

n ow found in the districts of Kingsbridge and Newton Abbott.

John Soper w as an Ashbu rton chu rchw arden in the reign of

Henry VII . Peter le S epere lived in Cambridgeshire in the

13 th centu ry (H . R . ) SPARKE w as the nam e of a gentle fam ilyof Plym ou th in the 16th and 17th centuries : John Sparke w as

m ayor of Plym outh in 1583 (P . and W . Sparke was then am e of two Ashbu rton churchw ardens in the reign of Elizabeth

Sparks is now the u su al form of the nam e in Devon and

Som erset The SPEYS w ere established in Tavistock in the 17th

and 18th centu ries (W . and they still occu r in the district .

(S ee under The SPURRELLS , or S PURLES , m ay

have originally taken their nam e from Spurwell in the parish of

Wembu ry SQUIRE is a num erou s nam e in Barnstaple and its

n eighbou rhood. The m ayors of that town in 13 53 and 1471 here

this nam e STAC EYS are represented in the Holds

w orthy district . The nam e occu rred in Tavistock in the 13 th and

in the 14 th centu ry (H . R . and W .STANBURY gav e

£ 20 to the poor of Barnstaple in 1772 The S tanb urys are

still established in this neighbourhood.



Bideford in the reigns of Jam es I . and Charles I . Richard

Wadland comm anded one of the Bideford ships engaged in theNewfoundland trade in the reign OfWilliam 111. Thisbranch of the fam ily ,

according to Watkins, becam e extinct a

centu ry ago . The nam e , how ev er, still surv iv es in Barnstaple and

other places around The WAKEHAMS, who are num erous in the

district Of Ivybridge , possess the nam e of a v illage in the neigh

heu ring cou n ty of Dorset The WESTC OTTS are now established

in the North Mol ton district . Westcote w as the nam e of an

old gentle fam ily of Shobrook that dated back to the reign of

Henry VIII . The W estacotts are at hom e in Barnstaple

and its vicinity . Martin W'

estacot w as a Barnstaple m an in thereign of Anne (G. ) W estacott is the nam e of ham lets in NorthDevon . There are also ham lets nam ed Westcott in the cou nty .

In fact,Westcott and Westcote are comm on place - nam es in the

sou th of England. Wescott is the Som erset form ofthe su rnam e .

WESTLAKE is an old Barnstaple nam e . Thomas Westlake w as

m ayor in 1618 ; and in 163 6 Katherine Westlake of Barnstaple ,w idow ,

left a yearly bequ est for the poor artifi cers of the tow nThere is a place thu s called in Erm ington parish

WHEATON w as a frequ ent Exm ou th nam e in the 17th centu ry

(Webb) , and it still occu rs in the tow n Am ongst the o ld

Devonshire knightly fam ilies now scantily represented in the

county is that of WHYDDON of Chagford in the 16th and in the

17th centu ry (P . ) The WHITEWAYS or WHITEAWAYS hear anancient Devonshire nam e . John de Wytew eye , of the Teignb ridgehundred in the reign of Edw ard I.

,is referred to in the Hu ndred

Rolls . An ancient estate in Kingsteignton , near Chudleigh ,is

calledWhitew ay,and a fam ily ofWhitew ay resided in Chu dleigh

in the 16th and 17th centu ries (Jones’ Chudleigh

”

and West

cote ’s “ Devon The nam e w as established in Ashbu rton in the

16th centu ry,Whytewaye being the nam e of Ashburton church

wardens in 153 9 and 1578 (W . A . and The nam e is stillrepresented in Chu dleigh and Ashbu rton The WI LLINGS arerepresented in the Kingsbridge district . Willing w as a Bu cksnam e in the reign of Edw ard I . (H . R . ) The W IDDIC OMBES and

W ITHEC OMES or WITHEYC OMBES have taken the nam es of parishes

and villages in the county . Law rence Wethecom b e was an Ash

burton chu rchw arden in 153 8 there w as a John Wideycom b e inAshbu rton in 1729 (W . The nam es still occu r in this neigh

b ourhood and in the Totnes district TheWREFORDS possessed an

DEVONSHIRE. 167

estate in th e parish of Hennock in the 16th centu ry Wreyford w as the nam e of Ashbu rton chu rchw ardens in 1507, 154 4 ,

and 1575. The nam e is now w ell represented in the adj acentdistrict of New ton Abbott The WOTTONS w ere a landed fam ilyof Ingleb o urne , in the parish of Harberton , in the l 6th and 17thcentu ries (Dy . ) WROTE is at present a Kingsbridge nam e .Wroth was the nam e of a line of baronets of Petherton ParkSom erset

,in the 17th centu ry (C ollin son

’

s Som ersetAm ongst the ancient Devonshire gentle fam ilies that stil l lingerin the county are those of YARDE . The Yards of Bradley in HighWeek w ere considered an ancient fam ily 250 years ago The

Yardes of the Whitew ay estate in Kingsteignton, and of Cu lverHouse

,Chu dleigh , belong to one of the m ost ancient of Devon

fam ilies (Jones’ Chudleigh The YEO fam ily have lived on

the estate of the Duke of Bedford in Sw im bridge for the last 3 00

years (Kelly’

s“‘Devonshire Directory


DORSETSHIRE .

NOTE.

— The asterisk indicates that a nam e , though characteristic

of the cou nty, is m ore num erou s elsewhere .

GENERAL NAMES (3 0—4 0 counties) .

*Smith White


Andrews (Blandford) asC ole

Bennett C oles

Hunt


Miller*Parsons (Sherborne)Iiose

Stone*Symonds

Warren

DI STRI C T NAMES (4—9 counties) .

*Gale

*G0ddard

*Gould

GrovesHiscock (Shaftesbury)

*Hodges

Jeffery



A— C .

The fam ily of BOWDITC H anciently held in part a m anor and

farm in Chardstock,which bore their nam e . John Bow ditch

,of

Chardstock , gent . , had property there in the tim e of E lizabeth

BRINES of the neighbou rhood of Shaftesbu ry had arepresentative of their nam e in Marnhu ll 3 00 years ago The

BUDDENS owned property in Holw ell, Cranbou rne parish , in thereign of Elizabeth and in the m iddle of last centu ry there w as afam ily of the nam e in the neighbouring village of Ashm ore (HAt present the hom e of the nam e is in and around Wim borne

,so

that it w ou ld seem that it has only shifted som e seven or eightm iles in three centu ries The fam ily of BUGG, of. the vicinity of

Sherborne,have probably an ancestor in John Bu gge, w ho owned

land in West Tyneham som e tim e in the 16th centu ry Both

Bugg and Bugge w ere not u ncomm on nam es in Oxfordshire in the

re ign of Edw ard I . (H . and Low er suggests, w ith the great

prob ability ofh is surm ise being correct,that this nam e is a form

of the Saxon nam es Bu ege and Bogu e . This explanation is alsoadvanced b y Fergu son in his Su rnam es as a Science .

” He refers

to Anglo - Saxon landholders n am ed Buga and Bugga , and tells u s

that these nam es, together w ith Bu cge , are also ancient Germ an

nam es . In fact,at the present day w e find Bugge as a surnam e

both in Germ any and Scandinavia . To return,how ever, to the

English representatives of the nam e, w e learn from Deering’

s

Nottingham ,

” that in the reign Of Mary I.,the Bugges , as

Merchants of the S taple , w ere persons of considerable note in the

town of Nottingham . The Rev . H . Bugg w as incu mbent of

B leasby, Notts , in 1751 The BURTS owned the estate ofWorths

in C atstock from the tim e of Charles II . to the end oflast centu ry,w hen they sold it . T here w as a gentle fam ily of Burt in Poor

stock last centu ry the troublou s year of 1645 , there

w ere sequ estrated in this cou nty an estate in Whitchu rch Canon i

corum belonging to Mr . William C HILC OT, and the im propriation

called St . Luke ’s,in the parish of Bu r ton Bradstock , belonging to

Lieu tenant - Colonel Chilcott ; this last fell into the hands of a Mr.

Chilcott in 1650, w ho afterw ards sold it Chilcott is the

nam e of a tithing in Som erset, and there are places nam ed Chilcotein Derbyshire and Staffordshire The distinguished Dorset

fam ily of CHURC HILL, w hence sprang the Duke of Marlborough ,resided at Mintern in the 16th and 17th centuries For CAINES

see u nder KEYNES .

”

DORSETSHIRE. 171

D— G.

The DIBBENS , of Manston,

flourished in the 17th and 18thcentu ries . They w ere patrons of the living of Fontm el betw een1700 and 1812

,and the rectors w ere m embers of the fam ily . Early

last centu ry they also held a farm in Beam insterout the 18th century the fam ily ofDore

,the ancestors , I conclude ,

of the present fam ily ofDOREY,held the Bovington estate in West

Tyneham ; in 172 2 there w as a Robert Dore ofLim ington, Som erset is an o ld Dorset nam e

,though not now

sufficiently frequ ent to be placed in my list . A gentle fam ily of

Devenish resided at Gillingham in the 17th centu ry Devenish w as the nam e of a Weym ou th chief m agistrate in 1828 (E )

DRAKE is a characteristic Dorset nam e . A gentle fam ily of

Drake owned C hildhay m anor,Broad Windsor

,in the reign of

Charles I . and John Drake w as a West Chelborough gentlem anin the reign of Charles II . (H . ) The ENSORS , of Dorset , m ay

be descended,like the Ensors of Rollesby Hall, Norfolk , from the

Edensors of Staffordshire,w ho derived their nam e from a Derby

shire parish the reigns of E lizabeth and Jam es I., a

Dorset fam ily of DUNNING held land in Brockham pton , Buckland ;the Dunnings of Beam inster in the last century owned ChapleMarsh farm ; Henry Dunning ,

M .D . , of Beam inster , died in 1762

The Dunnings are also established in Devon ,Warw ickshire,and Yorkshire The FIFETTS

,of Dorset , are evidently descended

from the ancient fam ily of Fit - hide,that held land in the present

parish ofFifehead Neville in the reign ofEdw ard III .,and ow ned

the patronage of the living . A centu ry ago this parish w as m ore

correctly spelt Fifehide Nevil,as indicating the number of hides

it contained . In 1781 died John Fifed,ofWest O rchard, in Great

Fontm el In m ediaeval tim es w e find the su rnam e ofFifh ide

or Fifhyde in O xfordshire and Wilts , as at the close of the 13 th

centu ry (H . fam ily of FOOKS probably descend from

the fam ily ofFoukes,to wh om was leased du ring the 17th centu ry

a part of the m anor of S im ondsb ury,which passed ou t of their

hands in 1694 . This old Dorset fam ily, says Hu tchins, derived

their descent from “

gentlem en of good esteem in Staffordshire .

The nam e of FOOT w as represented b y a fam ily in Mapou der

parish in the latter half of last centu ry ; and at the sam e tim ethere lived Joseph Foot , M .D .

,in Castleton , near Sherborne

There were GALPINS in Marnhull, O b b erton,and B landford,


during last centu ry ; and a vicar of Port isham in the tim e of

Charles II. bore this nam e (H . ) the nam e is still in Marnhu llThe GILLINGHAMS evidently derive their nam e from the Dorset

town thu s called. In 1695 Roger Gillingham ,Esq. , of the Middle

Tem ple,founded a school and almhou se in Wimborne Minster ; .

and the nam e w as represen ted last century in Holw ell (H )GODDARD w as the nam e of a Gillingham fam ily in the 17th centu ry

Richard Goddard w as m ayor of Poole in 1559 The

nam e is still in Gillingham . (S ee under WILTS,

etc . ) Fornearly fou r centu ries, in fact as far back as the parish registers

enable u s to trace the nam e,the principal hom e of the GUPPYS has

been in Dorset,close to the Som erset and Devon borders

,as show n

b y the wills in Som erset Hou se ; several fam i li es of Well - to -do

yeom en hearing this nam e resided in Halstock , Sou th Perrott ,Cheddington , and Frampton , du ring the 16th and 17th c enturies .

Pickyeate, Pykeyeate , or Picket , in Sou th Perrott, w as th e

residence of a fam ily of Guppy or Guppie as farback as the reignof E lizabe th , and the nam e has since been frequ ent in the South

Perrott registers until w ithin the last tw enty years . From Dorsetthe nam e extended into the su rrounding counties of Som erset ,Devon

, andWilts , in the last tw o of w hich it is now very rare or

extinct . A fam ily of Guppy resided at Farway, Devon, from the

beginning of the 17th centu ry (perhaps earlier) u ntil a generationago ; to this stock belonged the Guppys of Sidbu ry Castle in the

early part of this centu ry . Som erset has long know n the nam e .

Am ongst the m artyrs of the Monm ou th rebellion in 1685 w ere

William and Ju stinian Guppy ,of Taunton , who w ere transported

t o Barbadoes,and died both of them on the voyage w hilst Roger

Guppey w as execu ted at Bridgw ater (Ho tten'

s“ Am erican Em i

grants ;” “ Western Martyrology A gentle fam ily of Guppy

resided at Chard last centu ry,and to the Som ersetshire Guppys

belonged the founder of the present engineering firm at Naples .

It is rem arkable that after nearly 400 years the nam e yet lingers

around its old Dorset hom es in Halstock and Sou th Perrott ; a fewof the nam e are still to be fou nd in Som erset . The extinct Wilt

shire fam ily is referred to under that cou nty .

H— K .

The HANNS of Dorset m ay find an ancestor in Robert Hann ,

gent . , of Corfe , Som erset, who owned a farm in Worth Maltravers



probably derive their nam e from a place in the county HAVY

LAND w as the nam e of fift een m ayors of Poole from 1494 to 1569The nam e is now rare in the county .

L— Q.

The nam e ofLEGG w as represented in S tourm inster last centu ry ;and a gentlem an nam ed Henry Bilson Legge owned propertyat the sam e tim e in Chilfrom e (H . ) The fam ily of LODDER

or LODER probably takes its nam e from Loders, a Dorset parish .

Abou t the m iddle of the 17th centu ry, Andrew Loder , of Der

chester, gent . , cam e into possession of the O sehill estate in

Wotton Glanv ile , and it remained in the fam ily u ntil 1728 . There

w as a fam ily of Loder in Stou rton Candel abou t the m iddle of

last century w ell - know n m erchants of Shaftesbu ryin the last century bore the nam e of LUSH ; and in 1796 one ofthem w as m ayor of that tow n (H . ) The nam e of MAYO w as

represented in Great Fon tm el in the latter half of last century .

Abou t the sam e tim e , Mr . George May o , of Low er Com pton,

ow ned the West Holw ay estate in C atstock (H . ) The nam e ofMEATYARD,

in the form ofMeatyeard,occu rred in Gillingham in the

beginning of last centu ry According to Low er , Mete -

yardw as the m ediaeval nam e fora m easuring stick In 173 0, Thom asMEEC H ,

M .D .,cam e into possession of the m anor of Little Bridy

du ring last century the sam e fam ily held estates in Charm inster

and Stratton , and w ere patrons of the living of Long BridyIn 1645 a fam ily ofMULLINS or MULLENS

,still represented in

the locality, ow ned land in Wimborne Minster ; and du ring the

latter half of the 16th centu ry the fam i ly of Mu llens or Mo lyns

possessed the m anor ofWest Hall in Folke Dorset

MUNOKTONS m ay find a kinship with the Rev . C . Monckton , m asterof a school at Liskeard, in Cornw all , in the early part of last

century (Polwhele’

s Cornw all ” ) John P ITTMAN w as a pro

m inent Poole townsm an in the reign of Charles II. and thenam e is still in the tow n Last centu ry Mr . William GaisfordPEAC H owned Hide farm in Bere Regis nam e of

PAUL,in the form ofPau l]

, w as represented in the 17th century in

Drempton and Neth erway in Broad Windsor

is an ancient Devonshire surname , and the nam e ofa parish (BerryPom eroy) in that county . From the Conqu est to the reign of

Edward VI . the powerful and ennobled fam ily of De Pom eroy

DORSETSHIRE . 175

owned the m anor of Berry Pom eroy and m uch other property in

that county (Worthy’

s Ashburton There are still a few of

the nam e in Devonshire .

R— Z .

The present fam ily of RIDOUT, of the vicinity of Blandford,

possess nam esakes or kinsm en in the Rideou ts ofS hrow ton of lastcentury . Abou t a hundred years ago the Rev . P . Rideou t

,of

Hooks Wood, Farnham ,ow ned a farm in Ew ern Minster

The Dorset nam e of ROSS is probably a variation of Ru ss,a

nam e that has characterised the adjacent county of Wilts form any centu ries SAMWAYS is an old Dorset nam e . There seemto have been tw o or three principal stocks . In the first p lace

,

there w as a gentle fam ily of the nam e in Beam inster 200 yearsago ; and there w as a fam ily of S am ways ofBroadw ay in the 17thcentu ry that attained som e note , and sprang from Henry Samw ays

of Bincom be , w ho lived abou t the beginning of the 16th century( .H The fam ily of Sam ways , of Te ller Fratrum andWinterbou rne St . Martin , in the 17th centu ry , claim ed descent fromJohn Samw ays , of Dorchester, w ho lived in the m iddle of thepreviou s centu ry (H ) . Robert Sam w ise w as chief m agistrate ofWeym ou th and Melcombe Regis in 1517 (E ) . Sam w ays is stilla Weym ou th and a Dorchester nam e The Dorsetshire S C UTTSm ay represent the Som ersetshire Scotts, b u t the n am e as su ch haslong characterised Dorsetshire . Skutt was the nam e of eleven

m ayors of Poole from 1621 to 1742 and as Scu tt it stilloccu rs in the town The SHUTES of Gillingham bear the nam e

of an old Devonshire fam ily and of a D evonshire parish A

family of SENIOR lived in Marnhull last century and stillreside there The S PIOERS lived in Bishop ’s Candle or CaundleBishop last centu ry and still reside there . Several of the

m ayors of Exeter bore this nam e from the 16th to the 18th

centu ry (Iz aeke’

s“ Exeter”

) Several of the m ayors of Bide

ford,Devon

,in the 17th centu ry ,

bore the nam e of STRANGE

(Watkins’ “ Bideford SPURRIER w as the nam e of seven

m ayors of Poole du ring last centu ry (S H) It is now rare in the

county Joseph SWAFFIELD w as the nam e of the chiefm agistrate

ofWeym ou th in 1745, 1752 , and 1764 (E . ) In 1588

,John

STUDLEY of Petersham , gent . , gave £ 25 to the fund col lected forthe national defence against the Spanish Arm ada . A fam ily of


this nam e ownedWantsley farm in BroadWindsor tw o centu ries

ago and the nam e is still in the district . Studley is the

nam e of places in the counti es ofWilts, Oxford,etc SYMES ,

w hich is at present w ell represented around Dorchester, is an old

Dorset nam e . In the 17th century a fam ily of Sym es resided at

and ow ned property in East Melplash in Netherbu ry ; b ut last

centu ry the fam ily lived also in Beam inster , one of them ,Richard

Sym es , barrister - at - law,w ho died in 1783 , being a great lover of

antiqu ities The n am e is still in Netherbu ry and Beam inster .

The Dorset fam ily of TOPP probably belong to the ancientWiltshire fam ily of Topp

,now extinct

,that held the m anor of

Stockton in Wilts from before the Reformation until the close of

last centu ry,w hen it passed by m arriage into the possession of

Robert Balch,Esq. , of St . Au dries , Som erset (Hoare ’ s “Wilts

The T ROWBRIDGES evidently took their nam e from the w ell

known Wiltshire tow n ; w hilst the WAREHAMS sim ilarly derived

their nam e from a town in Dorsetshire . H utchins gives the

pedigree of an ancient fam ily ofWarham of O sm ington A

fam ily nam ed WHITTLE liv ed in Stou rton Cande l last centu ry :

John Whit tle was a chu rchw arden there in 1786 (H ) .



DISTRIC T NAMES (4 - 9 counties) .

=J"Anderson , G. S . S . F ., C . S .

Bainbridge (Darling Hodgson

ton) Hu ll

"C ou lson Hunter, G. S .

C row HutchinsonC rewe (Hutchison in SectDavison land, S . )

(Dav idson in Scot Law son, S .

land,S .) Parkin

Dobson *Peacock”“Dodds

,S . F .

="PickeringEmmerson (Darlington) *Robson, B .

Emerson Rutter


Adamson, S . F .

Allinson

Allison’x‘Angu s, S .

Blackett”“Blair, S . F .

Blenkinsop

C ollingw oodC ollinsonC urry(C urrie in Scotland, a,

Dent (Darlington)Dowson"DrydenErrington

"Featherstone”X‘Fothergill

PE C ULIAR NAMES (confined m ostly to this county) .

Burden

C allenderC oatsworth (Darlington)

Eggleston

SandersonSnowdon

*Sow erby (Darlington)

(Darlington) , S . F.

Tw eddell

"Wade

Whitfield

*PottsRaine

*Ridley"RitsonSnowball*Stobbs*Sw inburneTate (Sunderland)(Tait in Scotland, B .)TindaleTyndal

B .

Vickers (Darlington)S . F .

, C . S .

”“Waugh, B .

Wheatley”“W inter

DURHAM. 179

Jameson Mallam (Sunderland)Jam ieson S . Pall isterKirkup PeaseKirton ProudMacLaren

,C . S . Qu elch

Makepeace Shotton

NOTES ON SOME OF THE C HARAC TERISTIC DURHAMNAMES .


Aatb orities indicated by thefollowing ab breviations

B . indicates Brew ster’s Stockton- ou - Tees .


L . Lower’s Patronym ica Britannica.

Long. Longstaffe’

s Darlington.

”

S . S urtees’ C ounty of Durham .

NOTE — Hutchinson’ s C ounty of Durham w ould be a most u seful workif it possessed an index.

APPLEGARTH,a w ord signifying orchard

,w as probably at

one tim e a m ore generally di stribu ted su rnam e than it is atpresent . As Appelgar and Le Appelgart it occu rred in Bu cks and

Essex in the 13 th centu ry (H . R . ) BAINBRIDGE is a nam e thatis also w e ll represented in one form or another in the neighbou r

ing counties of Yorkshire and Westm oreland. (S ee under those

counties . ) The old fam ily of Bainbrigg of the county ofDu rhamdates back to the 15th centu ry ; and last century several m ayors

of the city ofDu rham bore the nam e of Bainbridge which is

yet represented there . At present the nam e is m ostly establishedin the Darlington district . In fact Bainbridge has been aDarlington nam e since the tim e ofE lizabeth (Long ) . It has also

N 2


been established in Stockton - ou - Tees since the m iddle of the 16th

century, when John Baynbridge w as m ayor There is a seatcalled Bainbridge in the county The nam e of BAC KHOUSE hasbeen n otably connected w ith Darlington both in the past and inthe present century (Long ) . (S ee u nder CUMBERLAND ”

) Inthe reign of Henry VIII .

,the nam e ofBULMAN occurred in Black

w ell, Darlington , and in Ripon (Long ) BLAC KETT is a nam e

that w as represented in the county as far back as the reign of

Edw ard III .

,w hen Richard de Black - heved or B lackhead w as

forester of S tanhope , near Darlington The nam e is also tobe fou nd am ongst the existing Northum berland gentry BLENKINSOP is the nam e of an ancient border fam i ly,

and there is atownship thus called in Northum berland. At present

,how ever,

the principal hom e of the nam e is in the county ofDu rham, where

a fam ily ofBlenkinsop held the m anorof Birtley du ring the 15thand l 6th centu ries Blenkinsop was a Darlington nam e last

centu ry (Long) , and is still represented there BURDON is the

nam e Of tw o townsh ips in the county . From the end of the 15th

to the close of the 18th centu ry eighteen m ayors of S tockton - ou

Tees here this nam e w hich is still represented in the tow n .

Darlington also has possessed the n am e ever“

since the 14 th

century, w hen it w as w ritten De Burden (Long ) The old

gentle fam ily of BRAC KENBURY , of Gainford, in the l 6th and 17th

centu ries (Walb ran’

s Gainford”

) is now scantily represented inthe county. (S ee u nder L INC OLNSHIRE The COLLINGWOODSbelong to an ancient Northum b erland fam ily that flou rished at

Eslington for centu ries (L . and D uring the last 3 00 years ,how ever

,the Collingw oods have form ed an important fam ily in the

cou nty ofDurham , which m ay now be considered the hom e of the

nam e is a nam e that w as represented by Corry inthe adj acent county of Cumberland in the 13 th centu ry (H .

.There w as a Ralph COATSWORTH in 1613 in Darlington

(Long ) , and Darlington is still the hom e ofthe nam e .

D— H.

The DENTS have been established in Darlington since the reign

OfJam es I . (Long ) . The nam e is also represented in Yorkshireand in Herefordshire ; and there are p laces thus called in theWest Riding and is a nam e w hich

was represented by Eggliston or Egleston in Northumberland in



nected w ith Darlington since the last centu ry, hailed originallyfrom the vicinity ofWakefield in the West Riding (Long ) In

1780, a patent w as granted to Thom as“PROUD, of Darlington , for a

drill for sow ing tu rnips (Long ) . The nam e is still in the tow n .

RAINE,a nam e known all u p and down Tee sdale, has long

been connected with Darlington in this county and w ith New

castle in Northum b erland ; it has been established in Darlingtonsince the 16th centu ry (Long ) Thom as SNOWDON w as mayor of

Hartlepool in 1699 (Sharp’

s“ Hartlepool nam e of

QUELOH occu rs only in m y list for the county of Du rham . Therector ofHackford

,Norfolk

,in the reign of Jam es I. , bore this

nam e (Blomefield’

s“ Norfolk SURTEES is the nam e of an

ancient fam i ly in the county that reckons am ongst its ancestors

Barons of the Palatinate as far back as the 12 th century,the nam e

signifying on .the Tees The nam e ofTWEDDF. LL is also established in Northum berland

,C umberland

,Westm oreland

,and the

northern part of Yorkshire ; b u t its form v aries considerably .

(S ee under N The Tw eddells of Thorpthew les

in the cou nty ofD urham,and of Threepwood in Northum b erland,

carry their descent three c enturies back (S . ) Northum berlandis the original hom e of the T INDALES or T INDALLS , and referencew ill be found to them under that county SHOTTON and WEAR

MOUTH are th e nam es of places in the cou nty WALTON,a nam e

now num erous in the Darlington district, has characterised Weardale forages (Denham

’

s Slogans of the North

ESSEX . 183

ESSEX .

NOTE . An asterisk before a nam e denotes that , though characteristic

'

of the cou nty, the nam e is m ore relatively num erouselsewhere .


Wrigh t

C OMMON NAMES (20- 29 counties) .

*C hapman*Oole

REGIONAL NAMES (10—19 countiw ).

*PaynePerry

"Porter (C olchester)Potter

*Richardson

DISTRIC T NAMES (4 —9 counties) .

*PartridgePettittRayner (Halstead)Salmon

"Welch

Wil lis



Bass Eagle

=x< Blomfield *Goodchild (Halstead)Bloomfield HearnBlyth (C olchester) JoslinBrand Josling

C haplin Joy

C layden*Nunn

C ow ell Seabrook (Kelvedon)*Deeks


BashamBeddall

Beleham

Bentall (C helmsford)ByfordC ant (C olchester)C atonC hallisC hristy (C helmsford)DowsettEve

FairheadFelgate (C olchester)FennerFolkard (C olchester)Gow lett

Halls

HaslerHockleyHou sden

Hutley

Kemsley

Ketley RavenKettley R ickettLagden (Brentwood) RootLittlechild Ruffle

Lu cking SavillMarriage Scru by

Maskell ShaveMattham s SorrellMesson SpurgeonMetson StainesMilbank StockMillbank StruttMott Sw eetingMuggleston TaberNottage TaborPannell ThoringtonParish TilbrookParrish Tofts (Bishop

’

s StortPatm ore ford)Pegrum TweenPilgrim WendenPledger W endonQu ilter Whitlock (Halstead)



Sufl’olk The Rev . Thom as BRAND, rector of Leaden Roding,

w ho died in 1654 , w as the ancestor ofTim othy Brand, Esq. , oftheHide

,Ingatestone , who w as h igh sherifi of the county in 1721

(M . and W ” ) A gentle fam ily of this nam e,of Polstead Hall ,

S ufi olk, in the 17th and 18th centuries

,also owned in Essex the

estates ofNetherhall in West Bergholt and Mevarom es in Frating(M ) . The nam e w as represented in Lincolnshire and Oxfordshirein the 13 th cen tury (H . There is a Lincolnshire parish

thu s called. The su rnam e also now occurs in Herts TheC A'

I‘

ONS of Essex are probably a branch of the ancient fam ilyof Caton or Catton of Norfolk

,where they w ere located from

tim e imm em orial u ntil the m iddle of last century (L . : Blom efield

’

s“

,Norfolk Catton is a Norfolk parish,in which lies

Catton Hall Thom as CHALLIS occu pied the Saw ns estate in

Great Totham a hundred years ago (J ) . De Challes and De

C hallers w ere Cam bridgeshire nam es in the 13 th centu ry (H . R .). . In the l 6th centu ry th e fam ily of CHURC H or C hurch e held

the m anor ofWoodham -Mortim er ; and in the 17th centu ry, Mr .

William Church owned part of the Arnolds estate in Lambornparish (M. ) The C LAYDENS possess the nam es of parishes in

Suffolk and Bu cks In 1728 , Charles C OE occu pied the estates

ofO scy Island and C higb orou gh s in Great Totham (J ) Fu rtherreferences to this ancient East Anglian nam e w ill be found under“ NORFOLK ,

” “ SUFFOLK, and CAMBRIDGESHIRE Corneliu s

DEEKS or Deekes held the S tockhall estate in Ulting in the reignofGeorge I . (M ) . Suffolk is also a hom e of the nam e HughDennys, Esq. , held estates in Ma-ldon In the 16th centu ryThe nam e ofDENNIS occurs s till in Maldon .

The nam e of EVE has long been know n in Roding. John Eveheld the m anor of Keeres or Caros in that parish in the tim e of

Charles I. ; Richard Eve held land in Roding in the m iddleof last centu ry (M) . Richard Eve w as buried at Bu lphan in1785 Six centu ries ago there w ere Eves in Suffolk, and thenam e w as also then found in Norfolk, Beds, Cam bridgeshire , andHunts (H . FAIRHEADS w ere represented in Hunts inthe 13 th centu ry ,

when W illiam Fairheird lived in that county .

The FELGATES are now represented in the Colchester district .In the tim e of Edw ard the Confessor, Felaga was the nam e of

ESSEX . 187

a holder ofhalf a hide of land in Ashw ell in Finchingfield parish

(M . ) The FENNERS in past tim e seem to have been m orenum erou s on the south side of the Tham es . The owners of FennPlace , Worth , Su ssex , w ere called Atte Fenne for several generations before the tim e of Henry VI .

, when they took the nam eofFenner ; a Kentish branch took the nam e of Fenou

'

r (L ) . For

a Short tim e,either in the reign of Elizabeth or in that of

Jam es I. , S ir George Fenner ow ned Virles and New ick - h ou se

in Thursta-b le hundred (M. ) The nam e of FITCH has long beenestab lished in Essex . In the 16th cen tu ry, the Fytch e or Fitchefam ily, originally ofWiddington , resided at Little C anfi eld and at

Brasen - head in Lindsell they ow ned th e m an or of C anfield, and

a m ember of the fam ily w as afterw ards knighted JohnFitch occ upied the Rock Hall estate in Great Toth am in 173 8

Thom as Fytch of Danbu ry w as high S heriff of Essexin 1767 Fitche w as a Norfolk nam e in the 13 th centu ry

(H. FOLKARDS are now established in the Colchesterdistrict . Folcard,

an em inent Flem ish scholar, w as abbot of

Thorney, Cambridgeshire , in the 11th century There w as a

John Folkard in Bu cks in the 13 th centu ry (H .

HOC KLEYS take their nam e from an Essex parish Am ongst theold Essex nam es new rarely represented in the cou nty is thatofHONYWOOD . The ancient and distingu ished Kentish fam ily of

Honyw ood took its nam e fl OIIl Henew ood or Hun ew ood in theparish of Postling in Ke nt, w here they lived in the reign of

Henry II . ; the Essex branch dates from early in the 16th

century,and w as located at Marks ’ Hall, near Coggeshall , in the

17th century ; the w ife of the fou nder of th is branch died in 1620

at the age of 93 , having lived to see 3 67 descendants (J. )JOSLIN or JOSLING is a corruption ofJocelyn, Josceline , or Josselyn ,

the nam e ofan ancient knightly Essex fam ily ofHyde Hall thatheld the m anor ofHigh Roding and other extensive estates in this

and the su rrounding counties as far back as the 16th centu ryThe nam e is also establish ed in the adj oining county of Suffolk .

The Essex nam e of JOY w as represented b y Joye in the13 th centu ry in Cambridgeshire , Norfolk , Hu nts

,Bucks, and

Oxfordshire (H .

K— M .

KINGSMAN is the nam e of an old Essex gentle fam ily, now

scantily represented in the county, as at Rochford For


three cen turies the Kingsm ans resided at Bu rnham ,and at Ardern

Hall in Horndon, and in the reigns of George I . and George II .

they served as high sheriffs of the county (P . ) The LATHUMS

of S tifford,in the 16th and 17th centuries, were an old gent le

fam ily,now rarely represented in the county (P . ) LU C KING

is another form of the ancient Essex nam e of Lu ekyn . Am ongstthe Essex gentlem en w ho contribu ted to the fund collected for

the defence of the country at th e tim e of the expected invasionof the Spanish Arm ada in 1588 w ere Henry Lu ckyn ,

a donor of

£ 25, and William Lu ckyn ,

a donor of £ 50 (Sp ) Mashbu rym anor w as in the possession of this fam ily in the 16th centu ry,and Lukyn w as then an Occasional form of the nam e (M .) TheLu ekyns of Messing Hall , and of Little Waltham and C hicknall

Sm eley, in the 17th centu ry, possessed a baronetcy and served

as high sheriffs of Essex ; from them sprang the ennobled hou seof Grim ston (M . ) The MANNINGS w ere , in the 13 th centu ry,represented by the Manings in Norfolk , Cambridgeshire , Hunts ,Lincolnshire

,etc . (H . Now they have their principal hom es

in Essex and Devon,and are also established in Cheshire, North

amptonsh ire , and MARRIAGE of Bromfi eld

, w h ere the nam e is still represented, owned the m anor of

Fu lb ornes,in the parish of Great Lees, in the early part of last

centu ry (M . ) is probably a contraction ofMascherel,

the nam e of an ancient fam ily that possessed mu ch property in

the county in the 11th centu ry : from the Essex Mascherels

sprang the noble fam ily ofDe Hastings (M ) . We find the nam e

as Maskerel in the adjoining county of Suffolk in the 13 th.

centu ry (H . It has been suggested that Mascall , a com

paratively rare nam e in Kent and Su ssex, w as originally MarSeal,

since,in a fam ily deed of the 16th centu ry,

it occu rs as Marseal

l n the 13 th centu ry,Le Marseal w as a comm on nam e in

Norfolk and Cambridgeshire (H . and not improbably Marseal

is an interm ediate form betw een the m odern Marshall and them ediaeval Mareschal

,b u t as to its being the original form of

Maskell in Essex,I m u st express a decided doubt MILBANK

w as the nam e of the m ayor of Colchester in 1661

Am ongst the oldest and m ost distingu ished ofEssex fam ilies is thatof MILDMAY

,now scantily represented in th e county, where it has

been establish ed since the 15th century : during the 16th , 17th ,and 18th centuries the ‘ Mildmays w ere frequently high sheriffs of

Essex MOTTS have found a home in this county for



established. Petyt w as a comm on clerical nam e in the county in

the 15 th centu ry, and at that tim e a fam ily of Petyte owned

property in Stockbu ry ; in the 16th and 17th centuries the

Pettits owned the Dandelion estate in Thanet (Hasted’

s KentIn the 15th century Petit w as a clerical nam e in Norfolk : aNorw ich fam ily bore this nam e in Qu een Mary

’

s reign , and a

fam ily of Petit lived in Diss in that county last century (Blom e

field’

s“ Norfolk ”

) PILGRIM is an ancient East Anglian'nam e,

w hich w as represented in Norfolk and Suffolk in the 13 th century

(H .R

. ) The PLEDGERS m ay, perhaps , derive their nam e from

Pledgen ,an Essex ham let Am ongst the old and distinguished

knightly fam i lies of Essex now rarely represented in the county

is that of POYNTZ, of North O ckendon , in the l 6th and 17th

centuries

R— S .

Six centu ries ago , the RAVENS w ere represented in the neigh

b ouring counties of Cambridge , Bedford, and Huntingdon (H .

RAYNERS have characterised the East Anglian and

adj acent cou nties for 600 years and m ore . At present they are to

be found in Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, and Notts . In the 13 th

centu ry the nam e occurred in the form ofReyner, and occasionallyof Rayner, in E ssex , Norfolk, Hu nts, L incolnshire, and also

Oxfordshire (H . The Halstead district is their present hom e

in Essex . John Rayner held 50 acres of land in Stanw ay in the

m iddle of last centu ry John Rayner w as mayor ofColchester

in 1678 Several of the Norfolk clerics bore this nam e inthe 14 th and 15th centu ries ; Walter Rayner was a m em ber of

th e Comm on Cou ncil of Norw ich in 1687 Richard Rayner livedin Hevingham in the sam e cou nty in the reign of Elizabeth

(Blom efleld’

s“ Norfolk RI C KETT is probably a corru ption

ofDe Ricote , a nam e that occurred in Hu nts and Oxfordshire in

the 13 th centu ry (H . is evidently another form of

Wroot,a Lincolnshire su rnam e

,and the nam e of a Lincolnshire

parish Gefirey RUFFLE w as tenant of Wickham Hall in the

m iddle of last century and the Ruffles are still in the parish .

The nam e of SAVILL has been for a long tim e established in

Essex . S av il or Savel w as the nam e of an Essex gentlem an inthe reign of Charles I . (Farm er

’

s The Savillesowned Stisted Hall du ring last centu ry, Sam u el Saville residing .

ESSEX . 191

there in 1762 (M . andW ” ) The E ssex fam ily m ay perhaps have

been a branch in the past of the Yorkshire Sav iles, one of them ost illustriou s of the East Riding fam ilies, where they have

ex isted since the 12 th centu ry w as the nam e of

an old Colchester fam ily of w ealth and m unicipal consequ ence

in the l 6th century (C ) . During the 14 th century t he Sayer

fam ily of C oppeford held of the King 82 acres of land in thevillage ofLachingdon The nam e is now scantily representedin the county. (S ee u nder SAYERS ofSu ssex . ) The S C RUBYSperhaps hail originally from Scrooby, a parish in Notts The

SEABROOKS of Essex are at present num erou s in the Kelvedondistrict

,and the nam e w as represented in that part of the cou nty

200 years ago , when there w as a Colchester fam ily of the nam e,

one of its m embers being m ayor of the town in 1691 A

fam ily of Seabrooke lived in Aveley in the reign of Jam es I .The Uphall estate , Barking, was in the possession of a fam ily of

Seabrooke in the 17th and 18th centu ries,b u t before the present

centu ry the estate passed into other hands (W ) . (S ee u nder

HERTFORDSHIRE ”

) S ILVERLOC K w as the nam e of a gentlefam ily of Stifford in the 16th and 17th centuries The nam e

is now rare The SORRELLS belong to an old Essex fam ily . A

family of Sorrel or Sorell possessed Hide Hall,Great Waltham

,

and other properties in that parish from 1650 to 173 8, w hen the

estates passed ou t of the direct m ale line ; to this fam ily belongedthe living of Stebbing (W ) . W illiam Sorrell w as an Essex

gentlem an who contributed £ 2 5 for the defence of h is countryat the tim e ofthe Spanish invasion of 1588 The nam e stilloccu rs in Great Waltham . In the 13 th centu ry the nam e of

Sorel occu rred in Norfolk, Cambridgeshire , B ucks, Oxfordshire,and Devon (H . nam e of SPURGEON may be a corruptionof Spigurnel, the nam e of an ancient fam ily owning the m anor

of Stondon,Essex , in the 13 th and 14 th centu ries (W ) .

Spygurnel and Spigurnel were Norfolk nam es in the 13 th century,and Spugin occurred in Cambridgeshire at the sam e period

(H . According to Camden , a“Spigurnel w as a sealer of

w rits,an office hereditary for a tim e to the Bohuns ofMidhu rst

,

Sussex . John Spu rgeon w as m ayor of Yarm outh in 1698 , and in1762 Mr . Spurgion lived at Anmere in the sam e county of

Norfolk (Blom efield’

s“ Norfolk ”

) STAINES is the nam e of atown in Middlesex The STOC KS take the nam e of an Essexparish . Mr . Stock

, gent . , owned Philpots farm in Roding -Morell


in the m iddle oflast century is an old and oftendistinguished Essex nam e . The S tru tts held lands in WickhamSt . Pau ls in the 15th ,

l 6th and 17th centu ries (M ) . Sir DennerStru tt

,baronet, ofLittle .Warley Hall , in 164 1 ow ned the m anor

ofLittle Warley Mr . John Stru tt, of Biley Mills, in 174 3

cam e into the possession of an estate in Snoreham parishw hich h is descendants have held up to recent tim es (W U)Maldon w as represented in Parliam ent in the m iddle of last

centu ry by Jo hn Strutt of Terling and b y his son early in the

present centu ry, a fam ily since ennobled (W . ) John Strut of

Hadley, Suffolk, held the m anor of Picotts in Ardley parish ,Essex

,in the 17th centu ry Strutt w as a comm on nam e in

D erbyshire last centu ry, especially in Blackw ell ; the S tru tts of

Derby then obtained em inence for their inventions in connection

with the w eaving trade (Glover’

s In the 13 thcentu ry the nam e of Stru t or Stru tt w as represented in Cam bridge

shire , Norfolk , and Wilts (H . SWEETINGS were

represented in Norfolk in the 13 th century by the Swetynes

(H .

T— Z .

William TABOR , Doctor of Civil Law , who died in 1611, held

considerable property in Alresford parish THORING

TONS possess the nam e of parishes In E ssex and SuffolkA fam ily of THURGOOD held the S aw cem eres estate in Manuden

parish du ring Elizabeth’

s reign , b u t shortly afterwards the estatepassed out of the fam ily (W ) . Edward Thorowgood held them anor of Maylerds , Havering, in the reign of Charles 11. and in

the sam e reign Sir Benjam in Thorowgood, lord mayor of London,owned the m anor ofWoodford C atlyn Thorogood of Daw eshall,

Lam bou rn, w as high sheriff of Essex in 1729 : Selby Thorowgood,Esq. , had an estate in Alresford in the m iddle of last centu ry

A Herts fam ily of Thorowgood obtained a grant of arm s

last century and the nam e of Thirgood or Thu rgood

is still found in that county . Alice Thurgod lived in Bedford

shire in the 13 th century (H . R . ) T ILBROOK is the nam e of aBedfordshire parish . There w as a William de Tilbroc in Lincoln

shire in the reign ofEdward I . (H . nam e of TOFTS is

new best represented in the district of Bishop ’s Stortford. Tofts

is a Norfolk parish , and De Toftes was a Norfolk surnam e in the



GLOUCESTERSHIRE .

NC TR — The asterisk indicates that a nam e , though characteristicof the county, is m ore num erous elsewhere . In the case of

border - nam es the hom e m ay extend into the next county .


C ook *WhiteSm ith*Taylor

C OMMON NAMES (20—29 counties) .

*Jam es ShepherdMatthews Sheppard

Young

REGIONAL NAMES (10 -19 counties) .”“C ox Hawkins (Glou cester)Ford *Knight PearceFow ler Lane a"‘Perry

Gibbs (C hipping Sod "Lawrence *Stephensbury) *Long Watts

Hart (Newnham ) (C oleford) *Woodward


AnsteyBaldw inBarton*Bu llock (Glou cester)BurroughsBurrow sButtC handler

Hale *Pope*Handcock Pul len (C hippenham )"Hobbs PHolloway

*Hooper Savage

*Tanner*Keen Weekes

Weeks*Nash "WilcoxPhipps (Stroud)

GLOUC ESTERSHIRE.


PEC ULIAR NAMES (confined m ostly to this county) .

ArkellBallingerBiddleBlandfordBrowningBubbC ad]e

C lutterbuckC om ely

C ornock

C room e

C ullimore

DobbsDowdeswell (Stroud)FawkesFlock

FluckFluxGam e

GazardGouldingGoul ter

195

HerbertHew lettHiattHiettHyattHyettHolb orow

Loveridge"Mace

Meadows

Merrett (Stonehouse)

HanksHatherell

Hewer (Fairford)Hignell

HolderIles

Kilminster

KilmisterLimbrickLu styMinchinMinett

New

Nible ttOrganParslowPeg]er

PensonPriday

RadwayRickettsBighton

Nelmes

Nelm s

"Pont mg

Prout (Stonehouse)Rimell

Rudge

SparrowStanleySurm anTeagu e

Warner

Engm anRymer (C hepstow)SelwynShieldsShippShipwayS taite

S tinchcom beTheyer

Till (Thornbury)Trotm an

Tuflley

Vick (Stonehous e)Vimpany

Wadley

Werrett

W intle (Gloucester)W into urW itchellYeend


NOTES ON SOME OF THE C HARAC TERISTIC GLOUC ESTERSHIRENAMES .


Authorities indicated by

’

thefollowing abbreviations :

A. indicates Atkyns’ “Glou cestersh ire .

Bar. Barrett’s Bristol .Bigl . Bigland

’

s Glou cestershire .

F . Fosbrooke’

s Glou cester. ”


L . Low er’s Patronym ica Britannica .

R . Rudder’ s Glou cestershire .

”

Sp. C ontributors to the Spanish Armada Fund inMus.

,B .

A— B .

ALWAY and ARKELL are Gloucestershire nam es. Alway was

the nam e of a fam ily of gentry in Hawkesbu ry in the 17th and

18th centuries (Bigl . ) whilst Arkell, a su rnam e num erou s in thecounty, w as the nam e of the patron of the living of Bodington acentu ry ago (R .) The BUBBS have for centu ries frequ ented

this part of the country . Bubbe w as a Wiltshire nam e in the

reign of Henry III . (H . A Bubb w as sherifi of the city of

Glou cester in 1653 and the mayor of Bristol in 1697 borethis nam e (Bar) . A fam ily of gentry thu s called lived inStapleton 200 years ago Bubb is still a Glou cester nam eA fam ily of BRAIN held lands in the parish of Little Dean from

the tim e of E lizabeth up to last century and the nam e still

occu rs there . The Brains also owned the m anor of Stanton3 00 '

years ago (R H) This is an ancient English nam e : it w as

represented in Hunts in the reign of Edward I . (H . R .) TheBALLINGERS have lived in Charlton King

’

s for tw o centuries

the last century the B IDDLES were num erous

in Caudle Green Two Staflordshire gentlem en , nam edBiddall or Biddull

, gave £ 25 apiece to the Spanish Armada fund



and Stroud. (S ee under“ HERTFORDSHIRE . The C ORNOC KS

(anciently C urnocks) belong to fam ilies that w ere resident atGoldwick , Berkeley ,

and Nibley during the 17th and 18th cen

turies The nam e is still in Berkeley The C ADLESmay find an ancestor in Christopher Cadle

,who m ade a bene

faction to the poor ofAbston in 1662 (R M) Cadel w as a surnam ein Oxfordshire and Su ssex at the close of the 13 th centu ry(H . R .) The C OLDIC OTTS bear a nam e that in different form s

belongs to several parishes in this part of the country C AM,

or CAMM, a surnam e in Acton last centu ry, and in Newport in

the previous century is evidently derived from the parishof that nam e in the county Two hundred years since

,a

Bristol alderm an,who w as also m ember of Parliam ent for that

city, bore the nam e of CRUMP The Crum ps w ere m ayorsof Glou cester du ring the first half of last century and

ab ou t the sam e tim e the nam e w as represented in Chedw orth

and O ldbu ry Crump is still a Bristol and a Gloucesternam e The nam e of CROOME w as comm on in Crom hall and

Horsley du ring last century, and there w as at the sam e tim e afam ily of gentry of that nam e in Cirencester In theform of C roum e w e find it in the adjacent county of Oxford, atthe end of the 13 th centu ry (H . was the nam eof a sheriff of Bristol in 1690 DOWDESWELLS of the

vicinity of Stroud bear the nam e of a Glou cestershire parish ortownship DOBBS w as the nam e of a Glou cester citizen in 1642 ,whose corn w as seized by the Am ongst thenam es new extinct or rare in the cou nty I should refer to COLLET,wh ich was num erou s last century ; bu t the neighbouring cou ntyofOxford has evidently long been one of the principal hom es of

the nam e . The follow ing gentle fam ilies have also becom e rareor extinct

,the C HINNS of Newnham ,

the CHESTERS of Alm onds

bu ry,both of whom flou rished du ring the 17th and 18th centu ries,

together w ith the DONINGS of Pyrton and Nursehill

Most of the CREEDS seem to have retu rned to their original hom ein Som erset : at all events

,they are not so comm on as they w ere

in the cou nty of Gloucester . DRIVER was also a comm on nam eam ongst the gentry of Avening du ring the last and the previou s

century (Bigl . and C ULLIMORE w as a Tetbu rychu rchwarden in 1679 (Lee

’

s Tetbu ry

Washbourne’s“Bibliotheca Gloucestrensis.

GLOUC ESTERSHIRE . 199

E— K.

The PLOOKS , or FLUC KS , are probably descended from a fam ilyof Fluck that lived at the Oak,

Deerhu rst,200 years ago

in which locality the Flu cks yet rem ain GUNTER was a nam erepresented in Al m ondsbu ry last centu ry. It has been foundfor m any centu ries in this part of England. We find it in theadj acent county of Oxford at the close of the 13 th centu ry(H . and early in the 18th century a fam ily of this nam eowned the Priory, Abergavenny , in the neighbouring county of

Monm ou th (Duncum b’

s“ Herefordshire (S ee under “ BERK

SHIRE and WALES”

) The HARTLANDS possess a nam e suggestive of their origin in North Devon . The surnam e , how ever,h as be en long in Gloucestershire . It w as borne by a bailiff of

Glouce ster in 14 74 , and by a m ayor of the city in 1517

It has also crossed the bo rder,and established itself in Hereford

shire The H IATTS , HYETTS,etc .

,w ho seem to revel in the

various spellings of their nam e,descend from forefathers w ell

known in the coun ty du ring the last centu ry . Hyett w as thenam e of a mayor of Glou cester in the reign of Anne and

the nam e is still in that city HANKS w as the nam e of a fam ilypossessing an estate in the parish of Chu rch Down in the reign of

Elizabeth is a nam e that w as w ell represented

in Boxw ell la st century : there w ere two su rgeons of the nam e of

Holbrow ,one at New ington Bagpath , and the other at Minchin

Ham pton, early in the sam e century is an o ld

Gloucestershire su rnam e . Thom as . Iles,a clothier of Minchin

Hampton, _

died in 1686 ; and a fam ily of gentry of this nam elived at Chalford, in the sam e parish , du ring the early part of

last century The incum bent of S alperton in the m iddleof last centu ry was thu s nam ed (A. ) The nam e of KILMISTERw as represented in Alderley last century (Bigl . ) theo ld fam ilies of gentry now scantily represented, I should referto the GLADWINS of Nau nton the GUNNINGS of ColdAshton, du ring last centu ry and the HUNTLEYS of Boxw ell

(Bigl. ) IS C AR is an old Gloucestershire nam e (BigL)GODSELL

,a nam e now rare in the county, but represented by the

Godsalls and Godse lls of the neighbou rhood of the city of

Hereford, w as an established nam e in Kingsw ood (co . Gloucester)during the 17th and 18th centu ries, w here a fam ily of C lothiers

thus called resided, (Bigl .) FRANKC OMB is an old Gloucestershire

200 HOMES OF FAMILY NA MES .

nam e,now m ostly confined to the adj acent county of W ilts .

(S ee under The m ayors of Glou cester in 1461and 1574 here this name which, however, is now rare inthe county.

S ir Richard L IMERIC K w as taken prisoner at the battle of

Wakefield in 1460 and beheaded at Pontefract (Tickell’

s Hu ll

a nam e rare in the county, has been established in

Gloucester ever since the reign of Charles I. ,when Luke Nurse

w as mayor of the city (F . ) The nam e of LOVERIDGE w as repre

sented by Loverich in the adjacent county of Oxford in the reign

of Edw ard I . (H . R . ) The MERRETTS,now num erou s in Stone

hou se and its v icinity,w ere represented in Haresfield early

'

last

centu ry A Glou cestershire gentlem an of the nam e of

Merritt contribu ted £ 2 5 tow ards the defence of h is country at

the tim e of the expected invasion of the Spanish Arm ada in1588 (Sp. ) M INC HIN w as a nam e w ell represented in Barrington

‘Magna du ring last centu ry it w as probablyderived ' in the first place from the parish of Minch in Ham pton inthe county MINETT is at present m ostly a Gloucestershire nam e

b u t in 1698 there w ere freeholders n am ed Minitt in Notts (Harl .

NELMES andNELME w e re common nam es in Berkeleyduring the 17th and 18th centuries (Bigl . ) an o ld fam ily ofgentrybearing th e first nam e then resided in that parish Nelm e

w as the nam e of a Sheriff of the city of Glou cester in 163 5 (R )and of a Bristol distiller early last centu ry (Ban ) : during th elast century it w as represented in New ent and in Ab b enhall

w as a fam ily nam ed O RGAN in Horfield earlylast centu ry Waylen , in his

“ History ofMarlborough ,Wilts

,

”m entions Katharine O rgan of that tow n in 153 2 . John

Organ w as a Berkshire gentlem an who contribu ted £ 2 5 for thedefence of h is country at th e tim e of the expected invasion of

the Spanish Armada in 1588 (Sp. ) PARSLOWS are probablyconnected w ith the Purslow s in Uley parish during last century(A.) present PEGLERS w ere represented by a fam ily called

Peglour in the pari sh of Uley 200 years ago Pegler was anam e in Stroud parish in the m iddle of last century and

the nam e is still there POOLE w as the nam e of a prom inent

Glou cester citizen in the 15th century 1372 and



represented in Cam bridgeshire in the reign of Edw ard I . (H .

. . The SURMANS w ere the ow ners of an estate in Tredington inthe m iddle oflast century (A. ) and abou t the sam e tim e a fam ilyof gentry of the nam e resided in Cheltenham William

Packer Surm an,Esq. , w as bailiff of Tewkesbury in 1759 (Dyde

’

s

The nam e is still in Tredington and Cheltenham . (S ee under The STAITHS w ere establ ished

in Tewkesbu ry in the 17th century ,and the nam e is still in the

town . William Steight w as b ailifi Of Tew kesbury in 1699 and

1707 (Byde’

s Thom as S taite of Aston Som erv ille died in 1720 Du ring last century the nam e of

S teight occurred in Ashton - under -Hill,and at the sam e tim e a

fam ily of gentry thus called lived at Pannington ,Ashchurch

is an ancient Glou cestershire nam e , which w as

represented as Savage or Sauvage in this countv as w ell as inVViltS

,in the reign of Edw ard I . In that reign it was also num e

rous in one form or the other in Cam bridgeshire and Norfolk,w here it is still established (H . is a nam e thatoccurred in the 17th centu ry in Beverstone , and in the 18thcentury in C harfi eld Shipw eye w as a Kentish nam e inthe 13 th centu ry (H . R . ) STINCHC OMBE is an ancient Gloucestershire surn am e evidently derived in the first place from the parishof that nam e in the county . There w as a yeom an thu s called in

Haw kesbu ry 200 years ago ; and last century the nam e occurredin Acton and Cromhall There are still Stinchcom b es in

Crom hall and Hawkesbu ry The RUDGES of Micheldean haveresided in that locality since the 17th centu ry The nam eis n ow m ore numerous in Herefordshire and Worcestershire

The RADWAYS m ay derive their nam e from a parish of that nam ein the adjacent county ofWarwick ; and the RIGHTONS perhapsfrom a Yorkshire parish so called.

T— Z .

TROTMAN is the nam e ofan ancient fam ily of gentry establishedin the parish of C am during the 16th , 17th , and 18th centuries

and still represented there . Three Gloucestershire gentlem en of this nam e contribu ted £ 25 apiece towards the nationalfund collected at the tim e of the expected invasion of the SpanishArm ada in 1588 Mr . Throgm orton Trotm an , a London

m erchant 200 years ago , belonged to the C am fam ily ; Samuel

GLOUC ESTERSHIRE . 203

Trotm an w as patron of the living of Siston last centuryThe nam e w as represented in Nibley last centu ry (Rigl . ) TheTUFFLEYS m ay derive their nam e from a place of that nam e near

Glou cester The WINTLES of Glou cester and its neighbourhoodprobably possess an ancestor in Christopher Windle , w ho w as

incumbent of the parish of Side in 1592 TheW intles w ereinflu ential Gloucester citizen s last century (R . ) at the sam e tim ethere was a fam ily of the nam e in Long Hope (Bigi Thissurnam e m ay hail originally from the north

,Windle being the

nam e of a Lancashire tow nship and Windb ill of a district inthe West Riding The WINTOURS belong to a distingu ishedGlou cestershire fam ily . Sir Wi lliam Wintou r, who w as a fam ou sadm iral in the reign of Elizab eth , owned the m anor of Lidney

or Lydney w here the nam e still rem ains W ERRETT and

W ITC HELL are ancient surnam es ; the first occu rred in Cam bridge

shire in the reign of Edw ard I. , and at the sam e tim e there w as

a Roger de Witchele in Oxfordsh ire (H . R . ) The V I C KS of

Stonehouse w ere represented in Minchin Ham pton and Berkeleyearly last centu ry the nam es once comm on

in the county but now rare I should m ention that of TRIGG.


HAMPSHIRE .

NGTE — The asterisk indicates that a nam e,though characteristic

of the county, is m ore relatively num erous elsewhere .


Allen (Basingstoke) White*Brown *Sm ith


Morris (Newport)*Parker*Webb*Young


*Arnold Harvey 4, Pain (Micheldever)Barnes Knight PayneButler (Winchfield)

’x‘Mill s Russell*Fprd "Parsons

DIS TRIC T NAMES (4—9 counties) .

Judd *NorthKent *Philpot (Southampton)

*Lock (Newport) Way

MundayMundy



A— H.

BARFOO'

I is an old Hampshire nam e . Five m ayors of Win

chester betw een 1691 and 174 3 bore the nam e of Barfoote or

Barefoote or Barefotte (M ) . Barfot or Barefot was 3 Cambridge

nam e in th e 13 th cen tury (H . BUDDS w ere a w ellknow n Winchester fam ily in the early part of the 17th centu ry ;they filled the Office Of mayor and m ade bequests for the poor (M .

and Winchester still has the nam e . In the form s of Bud,

Budd,and Budde , the nam e occurred in Oxfordshire and Som erset

shire in the reign Of Edward I . (H . BROOMF IELDSpossess the nam e ofparishes in Som erset and Kent The CLIFTSare now established in the Basingstoke district . Mr . Clift owned

Netley early last centu ry m ayor ofWinchester in

1464 w as nam ed William CHASE A gentle fam ily of

Chase resided at Yart ee,near Chard,

in Som erset,in th e 17th

centu ry (Peirce’

s“ Bath Richard EDNEY w as elected m ayor

of Marlborough , Wiltshire , in the reign of Anne (Waylen’

s

“ Marlb orough Am ongst the m artyrs of the Monm ou threbellion in 1685 was Henry Edny, who w as executed at Porlock

(“Western Martyrology FITT is a nam e that w as represented

b y Fitte in S ufi olk and Cam bridgeshire in the 13 th century

(H . FOLLETTS of the Basingstoke district possess the

nam e of the notable fam ily Of Foliot , or ‘Fu llet, or Foillet, thatflou rished in Hants , Devon , and Herefordshire, from the 12th

to the 14 th centu ries was the nam e of tworepresentatives of Sou tham pton in Parliam ent in the reign of

Elizabeth . Henry Goddard, gent . , resided at Battram sley in thereign Of Charles II .

, and at the sam e tim e a gentle fam ily of thenam e lived in Winchester ; there w as a Goddard in S trathfieldsaye

in the reign ofEdward III . Edw ard Goddard, gent . , resided

at Eastwood Hay, Hants, in the beginning of the 17th century

(Ashm ole’

s“ Berkshire Further particulars concerning the

Goddards of other counties will be found under “ BERKS ,”

SUFFOLK ,” W ILTS , etc Denz ill HOLLI S , Esq. , ofDorsetshire ,

was a prom inent supporter of Cromwell ; Daniel Hollis lived in

Cowes in the reign ofAnne and the nam e is still in that town .

J - P .

The w ell - known Petersfield fam ily of JOLIFFE were lords of

that m anor from 173 7 until the present century (W U)

HAMPSHIRE. 207

The Isle ofWight is now the hom e of the nam e . John Jolifi eof Petersfield w as in the m iddle of last century the m ortgagee

of “ the Hom e Farm and the disparked park in the m anorofHarting,

Havant (Long) Hampshire is at present the hom e

of the JUDDS , b u t there are a few of the nam e in the adjacentcoun ty ofWiltshire . In the 13 th century Jud w as a nam e w ellrepresented in Oxfordshire and Lincolnshire (H . (S ee under

Richard KENT was bailiff of Lym ington in1508 . The Kents were a w ell - know n Rom sey fam ily 200 yearsago , ofwhich tow n they w ere considerable benefactors ; the nam ew as also established in Winchester last centu ry, and in the earlypart of the sam e century a cu stom ary tenant of Cranbury bore th enam e original LAVINGTONS probably took their nam efrom parishes in the adjoining counties of Sussex and Wilts.

Lavington was the nam e of one of the cu stom ary tenants of

Cranbury early last centu ry ; George Lavington, B ishop of

Exeter in the m iddle of last century , w as educated at Win

chester College (W . ) In the beginning of the 17th centu ryAndrew MUNDY or MUNDAY owned the m anor of Nursling, w hich

Shortly passed ou t of the fam ily b y m arriage (W .) George

POTTICARY, gent lived at Southam pton in the reign of Charles II .

(W u) Jeffry Poticary, gent . , w as m arried to Mistress Mary Pyke,at Bedwyn Magna, Wilts, in the reign of Charles I . (Coll . Top . et

Gen .) POUNDE is the nam e of an O ld fam ily of Drayton possessing m uch property in the cou nty in the 15th and l 6th centu ries

(Long ) . The nam e is now rare in'the county Henry PORTS

MOUTH,a Hampshire gentlem an , w as in 173 7 one of the tru stees

u nder the Roads Act for the county record of the

sterling'

qu alities of Robert POORE, gent . , w ho died in 1640,is

preserved in an epitaph in the church of St . Barth olom ew Hyde

Winchester,which thus runs

Let m en detraete,Say what they can

,

Hee livd and dyed

An honest man .

”

John Poor held land in Andover in 1702 ; about 3 00 years ago

Philip Poore lived at Devington ,Wilts (W ) . Poore is still an

Andover nam e The POPHAMS of Popham in this county w erean ancient knightly fam ily, going back to the tim e of Edw ard I .

( C ollinson’

s They are now scantily represented.


R — Z .

RUMBOLD is an ancient nam e . As Rumbold and Rumb ald

it occu rred in Bucks and Cambridgeshire in the 13 th centu ry(H . Rum b olds -Wyke is a Su ssex parish The nam e of

TUBB is also represen ted in Berkshire . Tu bb e w as a Som erset

nam e in the 13 th centu ry (H . is another ancientHants name . In 13 98 the Turvyles held land in ,

Botley, Hants,from the Earl of March (W ). There w as a De Turvill in

Wiltshire in the reign of Henry III . (H . In the l 6th

and 17th centu ries a gentle fam ily of Turv ile resided at Aston

Flam v ile , Leicestershire (Bib lioth . Topogr. Brit .) Turvile orTurville is a parish and a seat in Bu cks The STRIDES are n owestablished in the Sou thampton district . John Stride lived at

Fawley in 13 40,and the Strides were num erou s in Nu rsling

parish last centu ry w here the nam e is still

The TWITC HINS w ere represented by Andrew Tw ichin ,who owned

Sou th Barnard Field, Southam pton, in . the reign of George I .

Tw itchen is a Devonshire parish WHITOHER was acomm on nam e in Nu rsling last centu ry . The Whitchers, origi

nally the Wheatears or Whityers, cam e into the county early inthe 17th centu ry ; for 200 years and m ore they m aintained theposition ofw ealthy Ham pshire yeom en , and their descendants are

now landow ners around Winchester ; now and then some of the

nam e entered the professions (W .) Jam es WITHERS,a trades

m an of Alresford, gave £ 20 to the poor in 1680 ; in 1648 the

m anors of Bentley and Alverstock w ere sold to George Witherfor L . B . Wither w as

\'

a Newnham ju stice a centuryago WITTS are at present w ell represented in thedistrict of Fordingbridge . De W itt w as an O xfordshire nam ein the 13 th centu ry (H . is an old Isle ofWight

nam e not so comm on there now as it was in the 17th century,w hen several of the gentry and farm ers bore the nam e (Worsley

’

s

“ Isle of The'

nam e of Hu rry is now found in C ambridgeshire . There w as a Sim on Urri in Oxfordshire in the13 th century (H .




In the case of a few of the above nam es I am able to give the neighbourhoods in which they are m ost frequ ent . Thu s : Apperley, Berrow ,

Dale ,

Godsall or Godsell, Paniers or Panniers , Pearce , and Skyrm e are found mostlyaround Hereford. Marfell and Scudamore occur in the district of Ross ,

Farr in that of Pontrilas , Froggatt in that of T enb ury, and Griffiths in and

around Leom inster. The Beavans are num erous around Hereford, and th e

Bevans around Leom inster.

NOTES ON SOME OF THE C HARAC TERISTIC HEREFORDSHIRI;

NAMES .

(The names are arranged in alphabetical groups, b u t not necessarily inalphabetical order in each group. )

Au thorities indicated by the following ab brevia tions

D . indicates Duncumb e’

s Herefordshire .

H .R . Hundred Rolls .

L . Low er’ s Patronymica Britannica .

P . Price’ s Hereford.

”

T. Townsend’ s Leom inster.

HEREFORDSHIRE. 2 11

APPERLEY is an Old Herefordshire surnam e,probably derived

from the ham let of that nam e in the neighbouring county of

Glou cester . There w ere Apperleys in Linton 200 years ago , and

du ring the reign of Charles II . Thom as Apperley, gent . , l ived atEaton Tregose . In the last centu ry,

a gentle fam ily of Apperleyresided in Withington (D ) . At present the Apperleys are m ostlygathered together in the vicinity of Hereford

,bu t there are still

representatives of the nam e in Withington From the reign of

Henry VI . to that of Charles II .

,th e BODENHAMS

,wh o take their

nam e from the parish of that nam e,w ere county squ ires and filled

on m ore than one occasion the Office of sheriff (D . ) ALLC OTT is

an ancient su rnam e on the Welsh border . Du ring the reign of

Edward I.

,the nam e of Alecot or Allecot w as represented in

the hundred of C on ede in Shropshire (H . w as a

comm on Herefordshire nam e . A fam ily of gentry of this nam e

resided during the last century at W oodends and Ecclesw all Cou rt ,and early in this centu ry at Hereford w here the nam e yet

remains . Tw o centuries ago , there w as a fam ily of gentry nam ed

Bonner in Com be St . Nicholas , in the cou nty of Som erset (Collinson ’s Bonner

,the noted Bishop of Qu een Mary

’

s

reign , was born of humble parentage , at Hanley, Worcestershire .

(S ee under The BARBELLS ofHerefordshire w ere in

the 13 th century represented in the adj oining cou nty ofShropshire

b y the Barels or Barells (H . (S ee u nder SUFFOLK . Thenam e of CASWELL only occu rs in m y list for Lincolnshire in the

form of Cassw ell . Du ring the 17th and 18th centu ries , how ever ,Casw ell or C aswall w as a very notable nam e in Leom inster in this

cou nty : this Leom inster fam ily supplied several bailiffs or m ayors

to the town as w el l as representatives in Parliam ent Sir George

C asw all,who represented this tow n in 1720, lost h is estates through

the Sou th Sea Schem e (T H) Casw ell is the nam e Of a Som ersettithing and of a Dorset ham let Thom as CRUMP w as m ayor of

Hereford in 1610 and the nam e is still in the city . The

Crum ps are also established in Gloucestershire, Worcestershire ,and Monm ou thsh ire

, and further reference to them w ill be found

under one or m ore of those counties E C KLEY w as the nam e of

the sh erifi of the county in 1740 the m anynam es of note du ring the 14th , 15th ,

and 16th centu ries , w hichh ave since becom e rare or extinct in the county, m ention shou ld


be m ade of C AC HEPOLL and HAKLUIT . The Hakluits w ere prom inently connected w ith Leom inster du ring the 16th centu ry,filling the office of m ayor. and representing that tow n in Parliam ent : they lived for 200 years at Eaton Hall near the towntheir ancestors w ere sheriffs of Herefordshire in the reign of

Edw ard I .,and Richard Hakluyt, prebendary ofWestm inster, b u t

better known as the chronicler of the early v oyages , w as of this

stock In the reign of Edw ard I .,Walter Hakelu tel w as

connect ed w ith the adj oining cou nty of Shropshire (H . R . ) and

in the tim e of Edw ard II .,John Hekelu t w as connected w ith

Ru tland (Wright’

s“ Ru tland In the 14 th and 15th centu ries,

a fam ily ofHakluyt held the Du chy or Hakluyt m anor in Hallaton ,Leicestershire (Cu rtis

’ The nam e w as also

in those early times connected w ith Ham pshire (Woodw ard’

s

Ham p shire HOBBY or HOB IE w as the nam e of a dis

t inguish ed Leom inster fam ily in the reign of Henry VIII .

,itself

a branch of the Hob ys of Badland,Radnorshire : from the

Leom inster fam ily Sprang a line of baronets that becam e extinct

in 1766 w as the nam e of the bailiff or m ayor of

Leom inster in 1602 and 1674 The nam e is still in the tow n .

The GODSALLS or GODSELLS ofHereford and its vicinity m ay be

connected in their descent w ith a Glou cestershire fam ily of

Godse ll engaged in the cloth trade at Kingsw ood du ring the 17th

and 18th centuries (Bigland’

s Glou cestershire

MADDOX and MADDY are at present Hereford nam es,associated

in the past w ith the history of the corporation of that city ;Maddox w as the nam e of fou r m ayors during the first halfof last

centu ry, whilst Benjam in Maddy w as m ayor of the city in 1790

(See u nder Herefordshire is the principalhom e of the MEREDITHS

,w ho are also to be fou nd in North and

Sou th Wales,Shropshire

,Monm ou thshire , and Glou cestershire .

Several of the m ayors of Hereford in the 16th and 17th centu ries

bore this nam e w as the nam e of the bailiff or

m ayor of Leom inster in 1652 and 1721 (S ee u nder

is now an u ncomm on nam e in the

county . In 1651,1676, 1716, and 1722

,the bailiff or m ayor of

Leom inster bore this nam e and the nam e is still in the town .

(S ee under PHILPOTT and PHILPOTTS w ere

the nam es offive mayors ofHereford betw een 1587 and 1673


2 14 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES.

HERTFORDSHIRE .

NOTE — The asterisk denotes that, though characteristic of the

county, the nam e is m ore relatively num erou s elsewhere .


C lark Sm ith Wright

C OMMON NAME S (20— 29 counties) .

*Saunders

REGIONAL NAMES (10—19 counties.

*Atkins

DI STRIC T NAMES (4—9 counties) .


HERTFORDSHIRE . 2 15


NOTES ON SOME O F THE C HARAC TERISTIC HERTFORDSHIRENAMES.


Au thorities indica ted by thefo llowing a bbreviatio ns

C h . indicates C hauncy’

s Hertfordsh ire.

C l . C lu tterb u ck’

s Hertfordshire .

C us . C u ssans’

Hertfordshire .


L . Lower’ s Patronym ica Britannica .

T . Turnor’

s Hertford.

”

li e —D .

AC RES is an old nam e in Ayot St . Law renceASHWELLS , w ho derived their nam e originally from the Herts

parish thus called, have been for m any centu ries represented inthis county . William Ashw ell ow ned land in S tapleford in thereign of Richard II . (C L) and a m onk of St. Albans in the tim eof Henry VI . bore also the nam e of William Ashw ellCharles Ashw ell, Esq. , of Grenada, and form erly of Ayot St .

Law rence , died in 1798 (Gas ) . The nam e of George Ashwell ,Esq. , occu rs on the slab of a fam ily vau lt in the chu rch of St.Michael ’s

,b u t w ith ou t a date is now a rare

name in the county . The Appu lyards or Apleyards were an old


knightly fam ily of Bigrave in the 15th and 16th centuries , w herethey owned both the m anor and the living App legarth is

at present the north of England form of this nam e BONFIELDis an old nam e in St . Paul ’s, Walden ( C u s . ) CAMP is a nam ethat has been for six centu ries characteristic of this part of

England . It was represented in the adj oining counties ofBedford

and Cam bridge in the 13 th centu ry (H . In the cou nty of

Herts,Cam p is an old Sandon nam e John Camp w as

thrice Mayor of Hertford in the m iddle of last centu ryThere are also Cam ps in Derbyshire . C AMPKIN is an O ld Clothall

nam e ; there have been also C am pkins at Datchw orth du ring th elast and the present centu ry ( C u s .) CANNON is an o ld nam e in

this cou nty, both at Nast Hyde in St . Peter’

s and at Clothall ;there w as a John Canon ofWare or Shenley in the tim e ofHenryVI . In the 13 th century the nam e occu rred, u su ally inthe form of Canon

,in O xfordshire

,Hunts, Cambridgeshire , etc .

(H . There are a few representatives of the nam e in Som erset .

. In the 14 th and 15th centuries the Earls of Huntingdon , who

bore the fam ily nam e of CLINTON,ow ned the m anor of Linsey ,

Herts . In the reign of Henry VIII . John C lynton of Yardleyheld som e land in that pari sh and there w as 9. Robert Clinton of

C l uttered,in the reign of Jam es I . C LUTTERBUC KS of

this cou nty du ring last centu ry hailed from Hin ton , Glou cestershire

,in the prev ious century To th e C lu tterb u cks of

Herts belonged the antiquary who w rote the history of the countyqu oted in this book . (S ee under Th e

nam e of COGGIN w as represented by Coggin and Cogan in the

adjacent county of Cam bridge in the 13 th centu ry (H .

Cogan or Coggan is now a Som erset nam e The CORNWELLS of

this county m ay be connected in their descent w ith John Cornwall ,Esq. , of Yardley, Herts, and Stebbing ,

Essex,in the 16th centu ry

( C L) . Early in the 15th cen tu ry, John Cornw all w as a gentlem anof Willesden

,Middlesex The nam e of Cornw ell also

occurs in Cam bridgeshire and Su ssex . (S ee under

The DORRINGTONS w ere an old gentle fam ily ofKelshall in the 17thcentury There is a parish of the nam e in Lincolnshire

,

and a townsh ip inShropshire is thu s called DIMSDALE,a nam e

now rare in the county, is an old Hertford nam e ; the Dim sdales

frequently filled ' the office of m ayor from the reign of Charles II .to that of Anne ; a m ember of this fam ily, distingu ished as a

physician and as an advocate of inocu lation ,‘w as m ade a Baron



Robert Iv ory w as owner of the m anor ofBrooks,Stevenage , for a

short tim e in the reign of E lizab eth ; he m ay have been theRobert Iv ery who w as an Offiey freeholder in that reign

Probably this nam e is a m odern form of Ivri or De Ivery, thenam e of a Norman fam ily that held th e m anor of Ambrosden

,

Oxfordshire , in the 1l th centu ry (L. ) and concern ing this earlyfam ily w e also learn from Warton ’

s History ofKiddington that

ample possessions in Oxfordshire w ere granted by William the

Conqu eror to Robert De Iveri,a Norm an adventurer.

J— O .

The KINGSLEYS have been long established in this county . Afam ily of this nam e held the patronage of the liv ing of Wi llian

in the reign ofAnne , and a person of the nam e filled the livingin 172 5 (C L) . There w ere Kingsleys in Hitchin in the 17th

centu ry ; and the Kingsleys held the estate of Rose Hall in theparish of Sarratt in th e 16th and 17th centu ries The

nam e is still represented in Hitchin . There are places of thisnam e in Cheshire

,Hampshire

,and Staffordshire There w as a

fam ily of KITC HENER at C hells in Stevenage parish last centuryand the nam e is still in the parish LINES w as the nam e

of an old fam i ly ofHarpenden in the 17th centu ry,and the nam e

sti ll occu rs in that locality . Joseph Lines held land of the Dean

of Westm inster inWheathampstead in the reign of AnneMANISTY or MANESTY

,a nam e now rare in the cou nty, w as the

nam e of a Hertford fam ily w hich supplied two m ayors to thattow n in the reign of Jam es I . (T . ) MARDELL or MARDALL is an

old Wheatham pstead nam e Mardele is a Hertfordshirem anor O RC HARD is an ancient nam e in this cou nty. Will iam

Ordgor held land in Hatfield in the reign of Edw ard I.

,andAdam

O rgar held land in S tevenage in the tim e of Charles I . ( C 1) .

The arm s of O rchard are qu artered on a m em orial in Aldenham

church that bears the date of 1650 in 1811 Thom as O rchard

m ade a sm all annual bequest for the oldest w idow of Saw b ridge

w orth not being a dissenter In the reign ofEdw ard I.,

O rchard and Oregare w ere Oxfordshire nam es, O rgar w as found in

Cambridgeshire , and De la Orcharde occu rred in Som erset (H .

If it w ere not that Appleyard w as an old Herts nam e and thatApplegarth , its synonym ,

w as represented in the 13 th centu ry in

the surrounding counties of Essex and Bucks (H . I should

HERTFORDSHIRE . 2 19

be inclined to think that the nam e of O rchard m ight hav e hadm ore than one origin . It is

,how ever

,rem arkable that Prince

,in

h is“Worthies Of Devon , speaks of O rgar as Duke of Devon

shire in the 9th centu ry OVERALL or OVERELL is an o ld Ardeleynam e John Overell or O verhall w ho w as rector of CleyHull in 1603

,was afterw ards Bishop of Litchfield and then of

Norw ich

P— R .

In 1778 William PARK INS, son of Richard Parkins of New ington Bu tts

,Su rrey, cam e into the possession of the m anor of Chis

field ; Sir William Parkins, of Bu shey, Herts, w as noted for h is

Opposition to William of O range . Parkyns is an o ld nam e inGreat Berkham pstead (C us . ) A fam ily of PATTEN or PATINE

resided near Chelm sford,Essex, in the 12th centu ry, and the

Pattens of Bank Hall , Lancashire , claim to be from this origin

Jam es Patten held the Woodw icks estate in Rickm answ orth , Herts, apparently som e tim e du ring last centu ryWaynfiete , Bishop ofWinchester in the reign of Henry VI ,

is

said to have changed his nam e from Patten to W aynfiete, after h isbirthplace in Lincolnshire

,a comm on practice in those days,

according to Holinshed, amongst learned and spiritual m en

PEARMAN is an old Weston nam e ; there are m em orials to a fam ilyof Pearm an in Sandridge churchyard ( C u s . ) P IGGOTT is a nam ethat has been represented am ongst all classes in this cou nty form any centu ries

,its early form in the 14th centu ry being som e

tim es Picot or Picote . Fu rther particulars concerning the pastand present distribu tion of this ancient nam e are given under thePigotts of Cam bridgeshire The singular Herts nam e of P IGGis evidently of the sam e origin as Peck

,an ancient east country

nam e, w hich is represented b y Pick in Lincolnshire and Pigg inHerts . In the 13 th century, Peck , Pick or Picke , Pik , Peke ,Peeke , Pig or Pigge , w ere frequent nam es, especially in theeast of England. Under the Pecks and the Peeks of Cam bridgeshire , I have referred to all these varieties, excepting the last . Inthe 13 th centu ry, Pig w as a Berkshire and a Norfolk nam e , andPigge occu rred in Northamptonshire (H . I regard all the

varieties enu m erated above,from Peck to Pigg,

as east - countryabbrev iations of Piggott or Pigott , itself a form of Picot or

Pikot, an ancient personal nam e , which ,

according to Low er, w as


repre sented in Cambridgeshire and Hants in Dom esday tim es, andwhich existed as a surnam e in later tim es . With regard to Pigg,

i t is very noticeable that it is established in a county like Herts,w hich has been a hom e of the Piggotts form any centu ries . It isalso rem arkable that in the 13 th and 14 th centu ries the nam es of

Pik,Pick

,and Pigot , w ere associated in Shropshire (H . R . and

Pigg is also a Northum b erland nam e, especially characteristic ,I believe

, ofthe vale of the North Tyne PUDDEPHATT is an ancient

Herts and Bu cks nam e,that at present is m ost num erou s across

the Bucks border in the neighbou rhood of Chesham . It w as afrequ ent nam e in Abbots Langley and in Sarratt

,both in Hert

fordsh ire,du ring the 16th and 17th centu ries and it still

occu rs in Sarratt . In Puddifoo t,also a Herts nam e , it possesses a

m odern corruption,w hilst it is itself probably an altered form of

Pedefer (as suggested b y C u ssans) , an Ippolitts nam e in the reign

of Edw ard III . The sim ilar nam e of Pettipher is still

found in O xfordshire,and fu rther reference to this su bject w ill

there be fou nd The fam ily of ROWLEY ow ned the m anor of

Ru shden in the beginning of the 17th century ; Francis Row ley,

a gentlem an of Brent Pelham,died in 1686, at the age of 89

S— Z .

SALE is a nam e that has been represented for ages in this

co unty . Abou t the tim e of Edw ard I.

,Thom as

,son of William

De la Sale,held tw elve acres of land in Ickleford There

w as a Rob ert De la Sale of S t . Albans,in the reign ofEdw ard III .

( C L) . George Sale , the translator of the Koran , w as son of aLondon m erchant ; he died at Great Marlow ,

Bu cks, in 173 7

( C L) . According to C u ssans, the Hertfordshire Sales hailed from

Scotland nearly two centuries ago , and he m entions Francis Sale ,a gentlem an w ho w as m arried at Ashw ell in 1694 . Their earlyorigin, how ever, m ay m ore probably be found w ithin the lim its of

this county . The present S ales hold extensive estates in OdseyHu ndred Sale is also a Derbyshire and a Staffordshirenam e in the form er county it has probably often been confounded

w ith Seal . Sale is a Cheshire township SEABROOK is also an

Essex nam e, b u t it has been long establish ed in Herts . Edw ard

S ebrok w as a freeholder of Hitchin in the reign of ElizabethThe name of Edw ard Seabrook figures in the list of the



HUNTINGDONSHIRE .

NOTE .

~ The asterisk indicates that a nam e, though characteristic

of the county, is better represented elsewhere.


*Sm ith

REGIONAL NAMES (10—19 counties).

Newt-on

C OUNTY NAMES (2 —3 counties) .

PEOULIAR NAMES (mostly confined to this county) .

Humb ley

JellisLadds

LentonLooker

NOTES ON SOME OF THE C HARAC TERISTIC HUNTINGDON

SHIRE NAMES .

(The letters H. R . indicate the Hundred Rolls .)

HUNTINGDONSHIRE . 2 23

A— Z

The nam e of ABRAHAM has been representedin this county

since the reign of Edw ard I . (H . R . ) (S ee under“ LINC OLN

SHIRE .

” CHENEY or CHEYNEY is an ancient nam e in the east of

England, b u t it is not of frequ ent occu rrence now . In the 13 th

centu ry it w as established in m ost of the eastern counties in the

form s of De Cheney ,De Chenee

,Le Cheny, etc .

,in S ufi olk,

Cam bridgeshire, Hunts, Norfolk , Beds , etc . (H . The Cheyneys

of Boston,Lincolnshire , w ere w ell - know n m erchants of last

century, and frequ ently filled the office of m ayor of the tow n

(Thompson’

s“ Boston Cheney w as an old Herts nam e in the

16th centu ry, w hen Sir Thom as Cheney owned the m anor of

Willian ( C u ssan s’ “ Herts ”

) EKINS w as the nam e of a gentle

fam ily ow ning ,in the 17th and 18th centu ries

,Fav ell m anor and

other properties in Northamptonsh ire , w hich were sold in 1814

for (Cole’

s“Weston Favell ” ) The nam e of ENGLAND

w as represented in this county six centu ries ago b y Engelond

(H . (S ee u nder “ YORKSHIRE , West Riding”

) Du ringthe last halfof the 17th centu ry several of the bailiffs ofGodm anchester bore the nam e of LADDS (Fox

’

s Godm anchester ” )LENTON is the nam e of parishes in Lincolnshire and Notts . As a

su rnam e it occu rred in Hunts and Notts 600 years ago (H .

MASH is a nam e that w as represented six centu ries ago in the

form of Masse , in the hundred of Norm an Cross, in this county(H . of the bailiffs of Godm anchester , in the 17th

and 18th centu ries , bore the nam es of MAILE ,SKEGGS

,STOOKER,

and TRI C E or TRYOE (Fox’

s Godm anchester


KENT .

NOTE — The asterisk indicates that a nam e , though characteristic

of this county, is m ore num erou s elsew here .


="Cl’

aylor

C OMMON NAMES (20- 2 9 counties) .

Wood

*Young

REGIONAL NAMES (10—19 coimties) .

Au sten"BatesC oll insDay (Maidstone)Goodw inHammonHammond




WhitebreadW ilesWyles

Witherden (Staplehurst)

NOTES ON SOME OF THE C HARAC TERISTIC NAMES OF KENT .

Authorities indicated by thefollowing abbreviations

H. indicates Hasted’e “Kent,

a work sufficiently exhau stive for the pur

pose of th is work .

H. R . Hundred Rolls.

A— B

The present family of AMOS, established in the Favershamdistrict

,probably can claim an ancestor in Thomas Am os, a

w ell - to - do yeom an Of Ospringe , w ho in 1769 bequeathed £ 100 for

the poor ofMolash ALEXANDERS of Kent were represented a hundred years ago by John Alexander, who ow ned UpperGolsdon Farm

,in Ash is an old Kent nam e .

The vicar ofReculver in 1594 was thus called, and the nam e wasrepresented in Aylesford at the end of the 17th century . Du ringthe last century there were m em orials to the Baldock fam ily in

Lenham Chu rch,and a hundred years since there were Baldocks

in Canterbury the nam e is also represented in No tts.

Baldock is a parish in Herts The BARLINGS belong to a veryold fam ily in this county, who, when Hasted w rote in 1790, had

been in possession of Barlings, a manor in Egerton parish , from

the year 1500, and even before . There w as a Mr . Barling who in1670 left legacies to Cogan

’

s Hospital , Canterbu ry . The namew as in Faversham a century ago Perhaps this old fam ilycam e centuries ago from the Essex parish which bears the sam enam e The BASSETTS were an ennobled fam ily in m ediaeval

KENT. 2 27

tim e ; they held the posts of constable of Dover and lieutenant ofDover Castle in the reigns of John and Edward III . The rectorof Tunstall in 13 68

,and the rector of Luddenham in 1580, bore

this nam e ; and in Elizabeth ’s tim e a Bassett held a m essuage inthe village of C ow dh am ,

in Dartford deanery The Kentish

Bassetts are now m ostly gathered around Sevenoaks . (S ee under

CORNWALL ”for an accou nt of the Cornish Bassetts. ) BALLARD

is another old Kent nam e . The Ballards ow ned Sapinton m anorfrom the tim e of Henry IV. until that of Philip and Mary .

Robert Ballard,bu tler ofRichard II .

,received from his Sovereign

the m anor of West Combe . In th e reign of Henry VI .,Thomas

Ballard, of Horton Parva, w as one of the sheriffs of KentBARTHOLOMEW was the nam e of tw o county fam ilies of

Addington and Ox enhoath last century B INGS held

property in Wrotham in the tim e of Elizabeth,and one of this

fam ily w as sh erifi of Kent in the sam e reign . In the tim e of

Jam es I . the Bings also owned property in Tunbridge, where the

nam e still rem ains ; and in this reign George Bing w as m ayor of

Dover,and also the representative of the city in Parliam ent .

There are several m em orials of Bings in the church of St . John,Margate, erected in the latter half of last centu ry ; and in 1782Mr . H . Bing ow ned Yokes Court , in Frinsted (H.) fam ilyof BELSEY cam e into possession of Boswell Banks in 1777

BENSTEADS or BENSTEDS of Sittingbou rne bear an ancientKent nam e ; and w e learn from Hasted that Merston in the reignof Henry III . belonged to John de Banstede, Benstede being aparish in Hunton parish . In 1486

,Andrew Bensted w as rector

of Stonar,Thanet ; and in 1511, Andrew Benstede w as vicar of

Herne (H) . Binsted is also the nam e of places in Su ssex and

Hants BRIOE was a Kent nam e in the reign of Edw ard I .

(H . The nam e is at present best represented around

Canterbury . In 1677 a Mr. Brice presented a small am ount of land

to the corporation ofDover for the relief of the plague - afi ected ;

and early last century John Brice pu rchased property in Eleham

(H .) BROADLEY w as a Dover nam e du ring last century . JohnBroadley , a su rgeon there, died in 1784

,aged 79 ; his heirs

possessed the estate of Upper Hales,at the close of the centu ry

The fam ily still have their principal hom e in the sam elocality, nam ely, in and around Dover and Hythe TheBRENOHLEYS belong to an old and distinguished Kentish fam ily,possessing property in Brenchley in the tim e of Henry VI. In

Q 2


the sam e reign Sir William Brenchley, chief justice of the King’

s

Bench,ow ned the m anor ofBenenden . The vicar of Ash in 1660

w as thus nam ed (H ) .

C —D .

The CLIFFORDS ofBobbing w ere an ancient Kentish fam ily who

held the m anor of Shorne during the.

15th century ; they w ere

descended from the Herefordshire C liffords ofClifford Castle,wh o

are still represented in the cou nty of Glou cester (H . ) The

fam ily of CLINCH ,now best represented in and around Sitting

bourne,resided in Hernehill in this cou nty during the 17th

centu ry w here the nam e still remains The CURLINGS of

Faversham bear an old Thanet nam e ; we find a William C urlyng

in that locality in 1513 A century ago there w as a Mr .John Cu rling of Ham ,

w ho bought the Betshanger estateThe COLLARDS of Kent m ay find an ancestor in Sim on C olard,

who represented Dover in Parliam ent in the reign of Edw ard 111.

Christopher Collard w as rector of Blackm anstone in the tim e of

Charles I . the reign OfHenry VIII . ,Richard COVENEY

owned property in Maidstone parish ; and in the tim e of Mary,

Nicholas Coveney possessed property in Boxley (H . ) The

C RADDUC KS may claim connection w ith a gen tle fam ily of Cradockin Luddesdow ne in the m iddle of the 17th centu ry ; Cradock w as

the nam e of the vicar of Tong in 1672 Kentish

C HEESMANS date back to the 16th century . In the reign of HenryVIII . , John C h esem an held for a tim e the m anor and parsonage of

Lew isham and C hiesm an is still a Lewisham nam e . InElizabeth ’s tim e he represented New Rom ney in Parliam ent andfilled the office of m ayor (H . ) The C ROWHURSTS derive theirnam e from parishes of that nam e in the adj acent counties of

Surrey and Sussex William d’Arques, lord of Folkestone , who

cam e to England w ith the Conqueror, m ay, according to Low er,have given rise to the Kentish nam e of DARK DILNOT w as aSandwich nam e in the m iddle Of last century ; and the name isstill in the district . John Dilnot of Sandwich a hu ndred yearsago owned Brook - house in Ash (H .) nam e ofDANIELS w as

represented 600 years ago by Daniel in the hundreds ofMaidstoneand

'

Worth (H .


2 3 0 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES .

H— J.

The HARTRIDGES of Hartridge , Cranbrook, were an ancient

fam ily, one of the nam e occu rring am ongst the Conservators of

the Peace in the reigns of Edw ard 111. and Richard 11.

During last century the HOOKERS held properties in the parishes ofBiddenden and Great Chart . John Hooker of Little Peckham ,

who was sheriffofKent in 1712 , belonged to the Hookers of Tun

bridge , w ho cam e originally from Hants . In 1595 Hooker,the

ecclesiastical writer, held the living of Kingston Mr .

HOGBEN,who owned the C opthall estate 1n Aldington parish abou t

tw o centuries ago , m ay be an ancestor of the present Hogb ens and

Hogb ins . In 1712 , Thom as Hogb en of Aldington left bequ ests tothe poor; and in 173 7 Mr . John Hogb en of Ash (where the

surnam e still rem ains ) ow ned property in Wim lingswold parish

(H . ) The noble house of HOLLAND w as connected with . Kent

during the last two cen tu ries . Long before this , however , in the

reign of Richard II .,the Holands w ere the lords of Kent

In 1554 , Andrew HOLNESS , of Seton in Ickham parish , left

sm all bequests to the poor ; and in 1667 Edw ard Holness was

lessee of Bram ling m anor in the sam e parish is anancient Kentish nam e . In the reign of Edw ard II .

,William de

Inge , a justice of the Comm on Pleas, held Ightham (Ickham )m anor ; and John Inge w as a ju stice in the sam e court in the tim e

of Edw ard III . The vicar of Petham in 162 7 w as thusnam ed ; and in 1790 Mr . Peter Inge lived in the vil lage of Littleborne (H ) . In the reign of Edward I . this surnam e occurred inHunts and Oxfordshire (H . R . ) and we learn from Lipscom b thatInge w as a clerical nam e in Bu cks in the 14th and 15th centuries .

The Kentish fam ily of JESSUP , a nam e also represented in

Essex, m ay possess a nam esake, if not an ancestor , in Jessuppe,the vicar of Preston church in 1579 (H ) . There were two freeholders of the nam e of Jesopp living at Mattersey

'

, Notts, in 1698

(Harl . MS .

K— L .

The KELSEYS bear an old Kent nam e . The anci ent Kelseyspossessed Ke lsey, Beckenham ,

in the 13 th and 14 th centuries . In

1659 Colonel Kelsey represented Dover in Parliam ent, and w as

lieutenant of Dover Castle A hundred years since , there

KENT. 2 3 1

were Kelseys in Hawking parish KINGSNORTHS of

Ashford and its vicinity bear the nam e of a Kentish parish ;whilst the fam ily ofKENNARD m ay have a nam esake or an ancestorin the rector ofFordwich in 1619 (H .) LANGRIDGE is the nam eof an ancient manor in Halling . However, Lower rem arks that

the Langridges of Su ssex appear to be indigenous to that county,the nam e of De Landrigg occurring there in the 14 th century .

A hu ndred years since, the principal fam ily of LARKIN livedat Grove in Wickham parish , and there were then severalm em orials to the fam ily in the chu rch ; the nam e was also represented last century in the parish of BredhurstLEVETTS were the patrons of the living of Brenset in the tim eof E lizabeth , and they also held it as incumbents In them iddle of last century, Francis Levett, Turkey m erchant , di ed atNethersole in the parish of Wim lingsw old This is also aSussex nam e . ( S ee under that is an ancientKentish su rnam e . Reginald Love held property around Chathamand Rochester in the reign of Henry V. ; and in the tim e of

Henry VIII., Giles Love was a gen tlem an of Dover ; John Love

w as rector ofWoodchurch in 1685 (H ) . The Loves have longbeen an old Staplehurst fam ily of gentry ; a hundred years since

there were several inscriptions to this fam ily, som e of th emobliterated

,in the church and churchyard LUC K w as the

nam e of the rector of Sevington in 1727 and in the reign of

Elizabeth,Richard Luck owned Newhall m anor, Sheppey

M— N .

The IMANWARINGS of the vicinity of Staplehurst m ay be con

nected w ith the fam ily that owned the manor of Waltham in thetim e of Elizabeth : in the sam e reign one of this fam ily was

v icar of Petham (H ) . (S ee under TheMERGERS w ere another old S taplehurst fam ily. In 173 0 theMercers ofHawkhu rst bought the Newsted estate in S taplehurst ,which they still possessed when Hasted wrote in 1790. Mercer

w as the nam e of one of the representatives for Canterbury in thereign of Edward III . MATOHAMS may possess anancestor in Mrs . Catherine Matcham

,to w hom a m em orial w as

erected in Wye Church , dated 1713 MORPHETTS may

be connected w ith Thom as Morphett, who was rector of New enden

and Rolvenden in 1790, and w ith William Morphet , the rector of


St . Andrew ’

s,Canterbury, in the tim e of Elizabeth

NEAMES are still established in Faversham . A centu ry ago there

w as a vau lt in Birchington church containing the rem ains of

several m embers of the fami of Neam e of Gore - end

NEVE is a very ancient nam e in this county, as w ell as in other

counties . Robert le Neve held Woldham Hall in the reign of

Edw ard I . (H. ) In the first half of last centu ry, Gabri el Neve,attorneyat - law

,lived at Hayes, near Brom ley (H ) . It is rem ark

able that this surnam e , which is now usu ally spelt Neave inNorfolk and S ufi olk

,has been for S i x centuries confined to the

sam e area . The Hundred Rolls inform u s that du ring the reign

of Edward I . it occurred in the form of Le Neve in Norfolk,Suffolk

,and Cambridgeshire ; and, as show n ab ove , Hasted alludes

to its being in Kent during the sam e reign . Even towards the

close of the 19th century its hom e is s till in Norfolk , Suffolk ,and Kent The nam e ofNOAKES a centu ry since w as represented

in the parishes ofGoudhurst and Faversham

O -R .

PHILPOTT, a nam e occurring 1n several other counties,has long

been found in Kent . Philipotts is the nam e of an estate in Tun

bridge, which , in the reign of Edw ard I. , gave its nam e to thefam ily possessing it . Sir John Philipott, who was lord m ayor

in the reign of Richard II . ,owned The Grange in Gillingham .

Henry Philpot represented Hythe in the tim e of Henry IV.

John Ph ilipott, the Som erset Herald, and the author of KentIllustrated and Surveyed,

” lived in the tim e of Charles I.,and

w as born at Folkestone . Robert Philpott w as vicar of Bobbingin 1690 ; and there were several Philpots in the parish of C rundal

earlv last century Kentish P IDDO C KS and PITTOC KS

m ay hail originally from Norfolk . Blom efield, in his history of

that county, m entions a gentlem an nam ed Piddock , ofBrisingham ,

200 years ago v ingfield church , a century ago, contained

several m em orials to m em bers of the fam ily of PILCHER,who were

tenants of St . John ’s (H ) . Last century there flourished a New

Romney fam ily of this nam e,a m ember ofwhich , Stephen Pilcher ,

gent . , w ho died in 1768, was four tim es bailifi of the MarshThe nam es of Pilcher and Pilchere occurred in Cam bridgeshiren the reign of Edward I . (H . R .) the past century, the

QUESTEDS held Elverden m anor and Battle Hall, in Leeds parish



Shoreham . Much property w as held b y the Terrys in the earlypart of last century, wh en there were Terrys or Terreys of

Faversham,Brookland, Ospringe, Staplehurst, Trapham ,

etc .

It was also an old clerical nam e in the county . Theincumbents of Petham in 1664 , of St . Mary chu rch

,Sandwich ,

in 1622, and of Goodneston in 173 6, were thus nam ed

Terry is a nam e now also represented in Bu cks and the West

Riding ; and it is rem arkable that, as far back as the reign of

Edw ard I. ,it occurred still in Yorkshire , and also in the cou nties

adj acent to Bu cks, nam ely those of Oxford,Northam pton

,and

Hunts (H . is a contraction of Thirkettle , anancient Scandinavian nam e , now found in Norfolk and Suffolk .

(S ee under “ SUFFOLK . Thurkil and Thurkill w ere Norfolk and

Cambridgeshire nam es in the 13 th century (H . R .) The fam ilyOf WATERMAN owned property during last centu ry in Rucking,Halden

,and O tham In 1696, Edw ardWat erm an w as vicar

of Hollingb orne WHITEBREADS possess the nam e,if

not the blood,of Samuel Whitbread, who purchased an estate in

Woodnesborough in’

1783 (H . ) The WITHERDENS w ere an

ancient fam ily of gentry, holding the m anor of Eytchden , in

Bethersden,from the tim e of Henry VIII . until the close of last

century, w hen Hasted wrote . The present representatives of thenam e are m ostly confined to S taplehurst and its neighbourhood.

Withernden is the nam e of a Sussex m anor .

LANCASHIRE . 2 3 5

LANCASHIRE .

NOTE — The asterisk indicates that a nam e , though characteristicofthe county,

is more num erous elsewhere .

GENERAL NAMES (3 0 - 40 counties) .

’X‘Turner’X‘Wilson"Wright

C OMMON NAMES (20- 2 9 counties).

REGIONAL NAMES (IO—19


counties).

ProcterProctor

*Shawa"Spencer

Wilkinson

’l‘C larkson (Preston)C rookDickinsonDobson (Preston)F ieldenFieldingGlover


’t Greenwood

Grundy (Manchester)fHayes

*HodgkinsonI‘Hodgson

HoldenHoughton

“

t“Hunter*Kirkham’X‘KitchenKnow les

YLancaster


Ainsworth (Blackburn) C othamC ottam

Arm istead C oupeArmitstead ”"C owe11

Ashcroft C rabtreeAshworth *C rossleyBamford (Preston)fBanister *DodgsonLBannister DraperBargh Dugdale

Baron EdmondsonBarron Edm imdson

atBarrow (Ambleside) EllisonBeesley Fitton (Bury)Billington (Preston) GarnettBirchall GaskellBirkett GaskillBlundell *GerrardBoardman *GraceBolton a Gratrix

Bownass Greatrix

Bowness(Hardacre

Bridge Hardaker*Burrow Hardiker

C hadwick Hardicker

C legg Hargreaves*C liff *Hartley (Burnley)

(Blackburn) Harwood (OverDarwen)C ookson (Preston) Haslam (Bolton)

fLatham

Law (Manchester)“‘LeachLundLuntMoon (C horley)NelsonNorrisParkinson

’fPollard

Prestont odes (Preston)itRiley

*Sanderson (Preston)SlaterStott (Manchester)SuttonSwift

*Tom linson*WhiteheadWhitakerWhittaker

*Whittle*W ilcockW oods

Yates

Heap

HeatonHighamHilton (Oldham)HitchenHitchinHitchonfHodge

*Holcroft (Ormskirk)*HolgateHolt

Hornby (Preston)*HoughHowarth*Hoyle

a"‘Hu lme

HurstIrelandJenkinson



Martland (Ormskirk)Mashiter

Maudsley

Mawdsley

MayorMolyneuxNewb y

NutterO llertonPembertonPendlebury (Bolton)PickupPilkingtonPillingPimb lett

PollittPomfretPostlethwaiteRainfordRam sbottomRaw clifi e

Raw linson

NOTES ON SOME OF THE C HARAC TERISTIC LANCASHIRENAMES .


Au tb orities indicated by thefol low ing abbreviations

A. indicatesB .

B . L .

Abram ’

s Blackburn .

”

Baines’ Lancashire .

Baines’ “ Liverpool .”

Fishw ick’

s Rochdale Parish Registers.

Fishwick’

s Garstang C hetham Society’

s

Fishwick’

s“ Kirkham “ Remains.

”

Hardw ick’ s Preston.

”

Harland’s Manchester C ourtLeet Records. C hetham

Society’

s Remains.

”

History ofLancaster.Hundred Rolls.

Lower’ s Patronymica Britannica.

Whitaker’s Whalley.

“ C ontribu tors to the Defence of this C ountry at the

t ime of the Spanish Invasion in 1588 (Brit. Mus .,

B .

RidingBydingRimm er (Orm skirk)RogersonRosb otham

Rosb ottom

Roseb otham

Bossall

Rossell

RothwellSager} (Burnley)SegarSalthouse

ScholesSeddonSeftonSephton (Orm skirk)Shacklady

Shakelady

Sharples (Blackburn)SharrockShorrock

Silcock

S ingleton (Preston)Stanworth (Burnley)Starkie (Burnley)Stu artSwarbrick

Tattersall (Burnl ey)ThrelfallToppingTownsonTyrerUnworthWallbankWalm sley (Preston)WalshWareingWaringWhippWhitesideW inderW instanleyWorsley

LANCASHIRE. 2 39

The AINSWORTHS, who derive their nam e from a Lancashire

township,are at present m ost num erous in the Blackburn district .

The Ainsworths of Plessington , an ancient fam ily, cam e into thepossession of the m anor of Plessington in the reign of Henry VI .Another ancient fam ily of the nam e lived in the vicinity ofBolton .

Henry Ainsw orth , the em inent biblical scholar of the 16th and

17th centuries, belonged to the Plessington fam ily : whilst Ro b ertAinsworth the celebrated l exicographer of the 17th and 18th

centuries hailed from the Bolton stock a nam eevidently derived from the Lancashire parish of Altcar

,is now

best represented in the district ofWigan ANDERTON is an old

Lancashire nam e now scantily represented in the county. The

Andertons took their nam e from a Lancashire township and

estate , which last t hey possessed in the 16th century TheAndertons of Anderton in the tim e of Jam es I . branched off into

tw o gentle fam ilies, those of Eu xton and Lostock RichardAnderton

,a York surgeon , died in 1666, aged 59 (Drake

’

s

“ Eboracum A Cheshire township also bears this nam e

The APPLETONS of Lancashire have taken the nam e of a village inthe county. The su rnam e is better represented in the North and

East Ridings of Yorkshire The ASHWORTHS are nam ed aftera township in the county ASPINALL or ASPINWALL occu rs in

various form s as an old Clitheroe and Standen nam e Of the 16thand 17th centuries . Aspenhalgh ,

Aspinhaugh , Aspinall , Aspinwall

, su ch are the principal form s and gradations of a nam e

originally signifying an aspen m ead.

” Standen Hall has been inthe possession of a fam ily of the nam e since last centu ry (W . W. )There were Aspinalls ofRoyshaw ,

Blackburn , in the 17th century .

A gent le fam ily ofAspinw all that once resided at Aspinwall, a hou se in Aughton parish, lived at Hale during last centu ry

The nam e is still in Aughton and Blackbu rn ASHTON isalso a Lancashire place- nam e . The Asshetons belonged to anotable fam ily that for m any centu ries played a conspicu ous partin the cou nty ; the Asshetons of Downham and Midleton, goingback to the 15th and 16th centuries, were am ongst the oldestbranches (W . is still the nam e of a P restonfam ily, m embers of which several tim es

‘

filled'

the office of m ayorduring last centu ry (H ) . There is a Lancashire township of this


The BAMBERS have their present hom e in the Preston district .Bam ber - bridge is the nam e of a Lancashire village In the 17th

century there w as an old fam ily of BAMFORD of Bamford House ;there w as also another fam ily of Bamford Hall (H .) Jerom eBamford held land in the Mealegate in the m anor of Manchester

during the reign of Elizabeth (Han ) . The nam e was well estab

lished in Rochdale parish in the 16th centu ry and still occursthere . There is a Lancashire village thus cal led The BANIS

TERS or BANNISTERS , who have beenfor ages in the Burnleydistrict , possess a very ancient Lancashire nam e . Bank Hall was

for centuries the m anorial residence of the Banastres or Banisters,an ancient and distingu ished fam ily possessing the lordship of the

m anor ofBretherton as far back as the reign ofEdw ard 111.

They are said to have com e from Prestatyn in North Wales in the

reign of Henry II . (Hill’

s Langton The Banisters of Bank

retained their em inence in the 16th and 17th centuries,and served

at tim es as high sheriffof the county (B ) . Henry Bannester and

Nicholas Banester of Lancashire contributed £ 25 apiece to thenational fund collected at the tim e of the expected invasion of the

Spanish Armada in 1588 Banastre w as the nam e of twobailiffs and a m ayor of Liverpool in the reigns of E lizabeth and

Jam es I . (B . Ch ristopherBanisterw as one of the Lancashire

m en who were included by Charles II . in his list of“ intended

Knigh ts of the Royal Oak, an O rder , however, never instituted

his estate was valu ed at per ann um (S ee u nderThere w as an influential fam ily of Banastre at

Hadnall and Sm ethcott, Shropshire, from the 12 th to the 14thcentury (Eyton

’

s Shropshire The Lancashire BARLOWSincluded an ancient knightly fam ily of Barlow Hall

,near Man

chester, in the 16th and 17th centuries,and carried their pedigree

back to the reign ofEdw ard I . the Bishop of Lincoln in the year

1610 belonged to this fam ily Lancashire BARROWS ,who are nam ed after a borough in the county, are best represented

in the Ambleside district The BA'

ITERSBYS derive their nam e

either from an estate or from a township in the county of York,

the form er ofw h ich w as long in the possession of the fam ily (L ) .

Thom as Battersb ee w as one of the Manchester b oroughreeves in

1760 was the nam e of a tenant in Over Darw en

before the reign of Henry VIII . (W . BILLINGTONS of



Liverpool nam e . From the 15th to the 17th centu ry the nam e of

Bykersteth or Bicksteth or Bix teth occurs several tim es in thelist of the m ayors and bailiffs of the town (B . Thou gh rare

in the county, Bickersteth is still a Liverpool nam e .

C .

CARTMELL w as the nam e of fou r tenants in Garstang in thereign of Jam es I . (F . There is a Lancashire parish thu s

called CATLOW is the nam e of an old m anor, w hich gave its

nam e to the ancient fam ily of De C atlow e or De C attelow e in

Whalley parish during the 13 th and 14 th centuries (W . W .)The C ATTERALLS

,w ho are now represented in Preston , derive their

nam e from a Lancashire township . Henry Catterall w as gu ild

mayor ofPreston in 1602 In the list of Lancashire Roman

Catholics registered after the rebellion of 1715 occu rs the nam e

of Catterall,a small estate - holder (B . ) The CHADWI C KS of

Chadwick in Rochdale parish are a very old and distinguished

family dating back from the present to the 14 th century ; the

ham let ofChadw ick has been in their possession S ince the fam ilyw as founded : Healey Hall has been for m any centuries a seat of

the fam ily (B .,

and The nam e is comm on in the Rochdale

parish registers of the 16th century and still occu rs in thetow n . There are also Chadw icks of S tafi ordshire and Derbyshire

and there are places of the nam e in Worcestershire and Warw ick

shire The CHARNOC KS , w ho have their present hom e in th e

O rm skirk district,take their name from Lancashire townships .

Roger de Chernook w as m ayor of Liverpool in 14 3 7 (B .

Robert C harnocke was a Lancashire gentlem an who contrib u ted

£ 25 to the Spanish Armada Fund in 1588 A fam ily of

C harn ocke held land in Garstang in 1604 (F . In the list of

the Roman Catholics of Lancashire registered after the rebellionof1715 occurs the nam e ofCharnock in the case of a sm all land

owner (B ) . The knightly fam ily of Charnock of Sharnbrook,Beds , in the 16th and 17th centu ries (Harvey

’

s

probably sprang from the Lancashire stock ; Richard CharnockofBedfordshire

,arm iger, contributed £ 40 to the Spanish Arm ada

Fund in 1588 w as the nam e of a very ancientfam ily of C legg Hall near Rochdale ; but the estate passed out of

the fam ily b y m arriage in the reign of Edward VI . Thenam e is comm on in the Rochdale registers of the 16th century

and it is still in the town . Richard Clegg w as vicar of

LANC ASHIRE. 4 3

Kirkham,1666— 1720 (F . Joshua Clegg was m ayor of Liver

pool in 1748 (B . John Clegg was elected a Manch ester

constable in 1781 Clegg is a Lancashire ham let . The

surnam e is also established in the West Riding ofYorkshireThe C OTTAMS take their nam e from a Lancashire tow nship . JohnCottam w as a Lancashire Catholic who gave up his life for hisreligion in 1582 Cot tam w as the nam e ofa sm all estate - holder in

the county w ho was then included in the register of Papists after

the rebellion of 1715 (S ee under COUPE isthe nam e of a Lancashire tow nship . C owhope or C ouhope or

C uhope .w as the nam e of an enclosure in Rossendale forest, and

was also adopted as a surnam e in that district in the 15th centu ry(W . Coupe w as an Oxfordshire surnam e in the 13 th century(H . and it also now occurs in Notts The COWELLS of

Lancashire probably take their nam e from C owhill, a district andseat in Lancashire The C ROMPTONS are best represented in theBolton district . They derive their nam e from m ore than onetownship in the county . They were well established in the parishof Rochdale during the 16th century and still occur there .Peter Crompton w as one of the constables of Manchester in 1767,and Nathan Crompton filled the office ofb oroughreeve ofthat town

in 1791 Sam u el Crompton,a w eaver of Hall - in - the -Wood

near Bolton,m ade his fam ily and his fortu ne by his invention

Of the m u le spinning- fram e In 1775 The DerbyshireC rompton s, a distinguished fam ily of last centu ry, w ere descendedfrom Abraham Crompton ofBrightm et

,Lancashire

,in the reign of

Jam es I . (Glover’

s Derbyshire CROPPER was a comm on

Rochdale nam e in the 16th century and it yet rem ains in the

town CROSSLEY is the nam e of an ancient gentle fam ily of

Todm orden during the 14 th and 15th centu ries and of S caitcliffe

since the reign ofElizabeth The nam e w as w ell established inthe parish of Rochdale during the 16th centu ryC UNLIFFES belong to an ancient and a notable fam ily originally of

Cunliffe Hill, but for the last 250 years ofWycoller Hall, in theparish ofWhalley Foster Cu nliffe w as m ayor ofLiverpool in1716

,1729

,and 173 5 and Robert Cu nliffe held the sam e oflice in

1758 (B . Besides the seat,there is a Lancash ire village of this

nam e Am ongst the nam es n ow rare in the county is that of

CROSB IE which w as well known in connection with the Liverpoo lm ayoralty during the latter halfof last century (B. and is stillrepresented in that city .


D— E .

The DAGGERS are best represented in the Preston district .Daggard w as a Cam bridgeshire nam e in the 13 th century (H .

in one form or another,is an old nam e in the parish

of Rochdale , where it w as well established during the 16thcentury (F . ) and where it still rem ains . In 1823 Rochdale m anorcam e into the possession of Jam es Dearden

,a Rochdale m an

, w ho

w as descended from Elias de Du erden‘

in the reign of Henry VI .

(W . W . and Abel Deurden was a Rochdale lawyer in thetim e of Charles II . and Robert Deardend was churchwarden of

Holm e in 1793 (W . In the 13 th century Duredent or

Durdent w as a Derbyshire nam e , and there were a few of thenam e in Bu cks (H . Dearden is a place near Edenfield

,Bury,

in Lancashire DEWHURSTS were copyholders of

Beardw ood Green and BillingeCarr, Blackburn , in the 16th and

17th centuries : William Dew hurst was the first governor of the

Blackbu rn gramm ar - school , in 1567 the nam e is still inBlackburn . John Dewhurst w as a Lancashire gentlem an who

contributed £ 25 to the Spanish Arm ada Fund,in 1588

Robert Dew hu rst w as a divine of New church,in Rossendale

,in

1650 (W. is the nam e of a seat in Whalleyparish . John Duckw orth was m inister of Haslingden in 1681

(W . W ) . A fam ily of Duckw orth resided at Empingham ,

Rutlandshire , in the 16th and 17th centuries : the v icar in thereign of E lizabeth bore this nam e (Blore

’

s“ Rutland ”

)DUGDALE w as the nam e of a Clitheroe fam ily in the reign of

Elizabeth,to which belonged S irWilliam Dugdale, the celebrated

antiqu ary of the 17th century,w hose father settled w ith his fam ily

at Shu stoke,Warwickshire (B ) . There were Dugdales of Great

IIarwood,Blackburn , last century The nam e is still in

C litheroe and Blackburn . Dugdal e is a North Staffordshire

ham let . (S ee under the “WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE ”

)DUNDERDALE has been a Garstang nam e for the last three centuries.

John and Richard Dunderdale were Garstang tenants in 1604 ;and in 173 4 , John Dunderdale w as gentlem an sidesm an for the

Barnaker Quarter of Garstang parish (F . Dunnerdale is aLancashire township The DUXBURYS take their nam e from atownship in the county EOOLES is the nam e of a Lancashireparish . The su rn am e is m ost num erous in the Preston district .

The ENTWIS 'TLES or ENTWISLES originally derived their nam e



£ 25 to the Spanish Armada Fu nd in 1588 Sir George

Gerard represented Preston in Parliam ent in 1628 (H . ) TheCheshire Gerrards are referred to under that cou nty . In the 13 thcentury, Gerard w as a nam e m u ch m ore w idely distribu ted than

it is at present (H . R . ) The GREENHALGHS,who are best

represented in the Middleton district , derive their nam e from aLancashire township . Du ring the 15th centu ry, the Grenehalgh sof Brandlesom e were hereditary bailiffs of Tottington , and duringthe two su cceeding centu ries they gained and retained the positionofgentry (W . W ) . The nam e ofThom as Greenhalgh occurs in thelist of intended Knights Of the Royal Oak, am ongst those Of otherLancashire gentlem en , the annu al valu e of his estate being thereplaced at this Order

,how ever

,which Charles II . intended

as a reward for his follow ers , w as never founded (B ) .

w as a Preston nam e from the l 6th to the 18th centu ry : Josiah

Gregson w as gu ild- m ayor of that town in 1702

GR IMSHAWS take their nam e from a Lancashire township . The

fam ily w as once w idely spread in Pendle Forest, one branch of i tdates back to Nicholas Grim shaw of Heyhouses in the tim e of

Elizabeth,and his descendants resided at Oakenshaw

,Clayton - les

Moores (W . W ” ) Som e of the m ayors of Preston du ring the

latter half of last century, and the early part of the present

century , also bore the nam e of Nicholas Grim shawGRUNDY is a common nam e in the Manchester district . The nam eis also fou nd in Herefordshire , Lincolnshire , and Notts . There

were Grundys in Leicestershire last century (Nichols’ “ Leicester

Shire Grindy and Grindey are Derbyshire and Staffordshirenam es

HAOKING is the nam e of a seat in Whalley parish which w as inthe possession of the ancient fam ily of Del Hacking in the 13 th

and 14 th centuries (W . W ” ) The su rnam e is som etim es now

corrupted to Hakiu An old fam ily of HALLIWELL once lived atPike House

,Spotland ; W . Halliwell w as m inister of Holm e in

1793 (W . W ”) There is a Lancashire township of theThe HALSALLS , who are m ost num erous in the O rm skirk district ,take their nam e from the parish of Halsall , w here th ey onceresided and where they still reside . The Halsalls of Halsall wereconnected with Liverpool in the reigns of Elizabeth and Jam es I.

,

LANCASHIRE . 2 47

Edw ard Halsall being m ayor in 1579 , w hilst Sir C uthb ert .Halsall,

previously sheriff of Lancashire , was m ayor in 1615 (B . L . and

W . W . ) HARDMAN w as a Rochdale nam e in the 16th centuryand it still rem ains there . Joseph Hardm an w as a

Manchester b oroughreev e in 1796 is an old

Lancashire nam e (W . W . ) It is also comm on in the WestRiding,

particu larly in the Leeds district . There are two Cheshire

ham lets called Hargrave HASLAM is an old Rochdale nam e ofthe 16th centu ry (E ) It also occurs in Derbyshire . Severalm ayors and aldermen ofNewark , Notts , in the l 6th ,

17th , and 18thcenturies bore this nam e (Shilton

’

s Newark The HARWOODShave their hom e in the Over Darw en district

, and derive theirnam e from tow nships in the cou nty . The nam e has probablyan independent hom e in Oxfordshire and Warw ickshireThe HAWORTHS or HOWARTHS are very characteristic of Lancashire

,HOWORTH being of less frequ ent occurrence . The Haw orths

of Great Haw orth,a very old gentle fam ily,

have resided in that

place form any centuries the Haw orths ofHigher Croft branchedofffrom them in the m iddle of the 17th century ; w hilst those of

Sale in Cheshire belong to a still later branch (W. W ) . Haw orthwas a comm on Rochdale nam e in the 16th century (F M) AbrahamHawarth w as a Manch ester b oroughreeve in 1746 Haworthis a place or a seat in the county, but I scarcely think that this isa sufficient explanation of the frequency of a nam e which ,

in oneform or another

,is borne b y nearly one in every hundred ofLanca

shire m en . It is rem arkable that Howard is a nam e nearly as

frequent in the cou nty . The significance of this fact is referred

to in Chapter II .

,under “ HOWARD ” The HAYDOC KS , who are

m ost num erou s in the Blackbu rn district,take their nam e from

the township of Haydock . An old gentle fam ily of this nam e

held the m anor of Hesandford or Pheasantford in the l 6th , 17th ,and 18th centuries ; there were four generations of Simon Hay

docks (W . W . ) Jam es Haydock was a Liverpool bailiff in 1507

(B . L . ) and there was a Sir Gilbert de Haydock of this countyin the tim e ofHenry V. (B . ) HEAP and HEATON are Lancashire

t ownships . The Heatons of Heaton gave rise in early tim es to

the North Welsh fam ily of the nam e (L .) The distinguished

fam ily of the HESKETHS of Rufford Hall carry their pedigree backto the 13 th centu ry Probably to this fam ily belonged

Robert Heskeith,a Lancashire gentleman who contribu ted £ 50 to

the Spanish Arm ada Fund in 1588 Hesketh is a Lancashire


parish The H IGHAMS take their nam e from a ham let in the

county The Lancashire HILTONS are best represented in the

O ldham district (S ee under“ WESTMORELAND For centuries,

Holcroft Hall,near Leigh , was the abode of the HOLC ROFTS , a dis

tingu ished fam ily, of which the Holcrofts of Hurst Hall in the

sam e neighbou rhood in 1692 were a branch ; the old residenceswere

,fifty years since

,occu pied as farm houses ; in the reign of

Henry VIII the Holcrofts w ere noted traffickers in m onasticproperty Thurstan de Holcroft w as m ayor of Liverpool in

14 25,and John Holcroft filled the sam e Oflice in 1644 (B.

This nam e,however

,in different form s is m ore characteristic of

S taflordshire . In Lancashire it is now best represented in theO rm skirk district Lancashire is the great hom e of the HOLDENS .

The ancient gentle fam ily of the Holdens, Of Holden , Haslingden ,dates back to the 13 th century ; from it there branched off in the16th centu ry the Holdens of Todd Hall in the sam e parish (W .

W ) . The Holdens of Ewood, Liv esey , date back to the reign of

Henry VIII . (A ) . The Holdens of Aston , Derbyshire , who goback to the beginning ofthe 17th centu ry (Glover

’

s

m ay hail from the Lancashire stock The nam e of HOLGATE

probably has its hom e in the West Riding, where it is now alsoestablish ed

,and where the township of Holgate occurs . There is

also a Shropshire parish of the nam e The nam e of HOLT hasbeen for centuries associated with dignity and opulence in theparish ofRochdale . S tu b ley Hou se w as an early residence of thefam ily, b u t from 1640 to 1713 , w hen they were warm adherents of

the Stuarts,the Holts lived at Castleton Hall ; the Holts of Holt

Farm,S tandish , in the 17th century, m ay have been a branch

Thom as Holt and Robert Holte , whose respective estates werevalued at per annum

,w ere am ongst the Lancashire gentle

m en selected for the Knighthood of the Royal Oak by Charles II .,

an O rder,however

,that w as never fou nded (B ) . The Holts of

Bucks are referred to under that county. Holt is a comm on place

nam e in England, especially in the m idland counties The

HORNBYS , who take the nam e of a Lancashire township , are bestrepresented in the Preston district . The surnam e is also well

established in the North and East Ridings John HORROC KS

from Horrocks Hall,m inister of Colne, died in 1667, at the age of

77 (W. W . ) Jerem iah Horrox ,the em inent astronom er of the

17th century, was born in 1619 at Toxteth near Liverpool ; JohnHorrocks founded the muslin m anufacture in Preston in 1791, and



Cheshire,w here there are villages of the nam e and w here th e

su rnam e is also established. Thom as Kelsall w as mayor of Liverpool in 1717 (B . KENYONS of Kenyon , a Lancashire

township , were lords of Kenyon in the 13 th and 14 th centu ries

(B . ) The nam e now has its hom e in the Blackburn districtKERSHAW w as a Manchester nam e in the reign of E lizabeth ;Richard Kyrshaw was elected tow n w ayte (m usician) in 1562

Kirshaw w as a Rochdale nam e in the 16th centu ry (E. )and it still survives there . Jam es Kershaw w as

‘

m inister of New

Church,Rossendale

,in 1598 (W . John Kershaw bequ eathed,

in 1701, two estates forfounding a free school atNew Church

The nam e is still in New Church . Kirkshaw w as an old form of

the nam e in the 15th century (W . W . ) The nam e is also estab

lished in the West Riding The LATHAMS are referred to u nder

CHESHIRE ” The LEAVERS or LEVERS derive their nam e from

Lancashire tow nships . The Levers of Alkrington have been

seated at Alkrington Hall since the m iddle of the 17th centu ry ;Sir Ashton Lever of this fam ily attained note as a natu ralist

last century (B ) . The Leavers were established in Rochdale

parish in the l 6th centu ry (F . The LEIGHS take theirnam efrom the Lancashire town . The ancient and knightly fam ily of

Legh , of Haydock , Lancashire, and of Lym e , Cheshire , carries

its pedigree back to the 15th century (B ) . The nam e is frequentin Ch eshire The LIVESEYS of Livesey Hall held the m anor of

Livesey for 500 years and their nam e is still in the parish .

There w as a Thom as de Livesey of Fenescholes in the 15th

century (W . W ) . Robert Liveseyw as aMan ch ester b oroughreeve

in 1750 LONGWORTH,and LONSDALE are the

nam es of tow nships and parishes in the county Lancashire is

the northern hom e of the LORDS . The nam e w as num erous in

Rochdale parish in the l 6th centu ry (F M) The Lords of the east

of England have their hom e in Suffolk The LUNDS or' LUNTs

have th eir principal hom e in the W est Riding, but they also occu r

in Cheshire as well as in this county . John de Lunt and

Nicholas Lunt were bailiffs ofLiverpool in 1402 and 143 3 (B .

M —O .

The MARSDENS take their nam e from Lancashire townships .

William Marsden w as m ayor of Liverpool in 1725 (B . Thenam e is equally frequent in Derbyshire and in the West Riding

LANCASHIRE . 251

Richard and Samuel MATHER , father and son ,natives of

Lowton,were tw o noted Lancashire Nonconform ist divines of

the 17th centu ry ,MAWDESLEYS ofMawdesleypossessed

the dem esnes of Mawdesley from the 12 th to the 17th centuryand the nam e still occurs there William MAYOR w as

elected a Manchester constable in 1791 (B. ) Mayer is a Stafford

shire nam e The noble and very ancient hou se of MOLYNEUX,

Of Sefton , has been for several centu ries one Of the m ost pow erfu l

and m ost distingu ished of Lancashire fam ilies is

also a Shropshire nam e . Adam Morte,the intrepid Royalist

m ayor of Preston , was killed at the storm ing of that tow n in

1642 (B . ) The Fairhu rst NELSONS , who owned Fairhurst Hall,Eccleston , during the last and in the present centu ry, belong toan ancient fam ily, a branch of which held lands in Mawdesleyas far back as the reign of Richard 11. Nelson is a Lancashiretown . Richard Nelson w as m ayor of Lancaster in 1512 (H .

(S ee under CUMBERLAND and NEWRY is

the nam e of a Lancashire v illage NORRIS is a nam e that hasnow its principal hom es in Lancashire and Som erset . In the13 th century it was frequent in the form s of Noreys , Norreys,

Norries,and Norrays , Often preceded by Le

,

” in Notts,Oxford

shire,Norfolk

,Yorkshire

,Cam bridgeshire, Hunts , B ucks, etc .

(H . R . ) NUTTALL was a comm on nam e in Rochdale parish in

the l 6th century and it still occurs there . There w as a

gentle fam ily of the nam e at Newhall - hay, in Rossendale , in the17th century : Robert Nu ttall w as the nam e of a Bury gentlemanlast centu ry ( it is still a Bu ry nam e) , and of the owner of Hollinsin Accrington in 173 4 : Nuttall is a place in the cou nty, originallyw ritten Nuthalgh (nu t - field) , and often corrupted to Nu tto and

Nuthow in old charters (W. W . ) NUTTER has the sam e

origin, from Nu thalgh ,through Nu thow and Nutto . The Nu tters

w ere m aster foresters and keepers of the Chace of Traw den in

the 15th century : in the tim e of E lizabeth one of the fam ily w as

steward of Pendle : E llis Nutter w as for 3 3 years m aster of

Bu rnley School during last centu ry (W . m asterof the Blackbu rn gramm ar - school in 1670 bore the nam eODDIE The nam e is also established in the West Riding .

The ancient gentle fam ily of O RMEROD resided at O rm erodHouse , Whalley parish , from 13 11 to 1793 : am ongst the branchesof this fam ily are the Orm erods of B ury during last c entury, andthe Orm erods of Gamb leside : O liver O rm erod, of the parent


stock , w as a noted polem ical writer in the reign ofJam es I .

(S ee under CHESHIRE .

”

PARR is the nam e of a Lancashire township andm anorwhereth e Parrs have been settled since the 13 th century (L . ) Theyare also represented in Notts and Lincolnshire The PARTINGTONS are best represented in the Manchester district. Thereis a Cheshire township thus called. There are also Partingtonsin Worcestershire PEMBERTON is the nam e of a Lancashire

township The PENDLEBURYS , w ho possess the nam e of a township in the cou nty, are now m ostly found in the Bolton district .In 1588 William Pendleb urie of Wichford

,Warwickshire, con

tribu ted £ 12 to the Arm ada Fund ancient and

influ ential knightly fam ily of the PENNINGTONS w ere lords of

Pennington from the 1l th century to the reign of Henry VI . ,a

m onarch w ho numbered Sir John de Pennington amongst hism ost trusted adherents In the first quarter of the 17thcentu ry there w as a gentle fam ily of the nam e at Mitton Magna

(W . W ) . The nam e is also established in Cheshire The

P IC KUPS derive their nam e from Picku p Bank , or Piccopb anke, a

village in Whalley parish . In the 16th century the PiOOOppslived at Lower Darw en , a fam ily with which the Piccops of

Eccleshill .in the su cceeding century were connected : from earlyin the 17th century the PickOps have held their own estate on

the borders of Livesey and Tockholes PILKINGTONS

originally took their nam e from the Lancashire township . The

Pilkingtons of Pilkington , from whom the Yorkshire Pilkingtonsare derived

, w ere a distinguished Lancashire fam ily during the15th centu ry : the Pilkingtons of Rivington , a pow erfu l knightlyfam ily of considerable antiquity, traced their pedigree back tothe reign of Henry I. ; they lost m uch of their possessions after

the battle of Bosw orth (B ) . There w as a gentle fam ily of thisnam e in Manchester in the reign of Elizabeth (Har . ) P ILLINGis the nam e Of a Lancashire tow nship It w ould seem that the

Lancashire nam e of PIMBLETT is a corruption of the old Chesh irenam e of Pim lot

,w hich is referred to under “ CHESHIRE

POLLITTS m ay possess an ancestor in John Pollett, m inister of

Bu tterw orth in 1660 (W . is still an old

Lancaster nam e : four of the m ayors during last century bore



(Blom efield’

s“ Norfolk Salthou se is a Norfolk parish The

O ld fam ily of S OHOFIELD, of S chofield Hall, Spotland, is now extinct

in the direct line (W . S colfeld w as a comm on nam e inRochdale parish in the 16th century (F M) Ab die S cholfield was

chu rchw arden Of Prestwich in 1645 or SEPHTONis the nam e of a Lancashire parish ; the S ephtons are m ostlyfou nd in the O rm skirk district SAGAR

,or SEGAR as it is

infrequ ently spelt, is a nam e characteristic of the Burnley district .The Rev. Charles Sagar w as m aster of B lackburn School in1655 In the 13 th century Segar or Sigar w as a nam efound in B ucks

,Cambridgeshire , Suffolk , Wilts, etc . (H .

SHAC KLADY or SHAKELADY is know n in Lancashire as a cor

ruption of Shackerley, a township in the county (L ) . TheShakerleys w ere a gentle fam ily of Standish parish in the reignofHenry VIII . Robert Shakerley held the Clitheroe m ills fromthe Crown in the reign of Edw ard IV. (W . ancientfam ily of SHARPLES once lived at Sharples in Bolton parish

There w as a Freckleton fam ily of the nam e in the 17th century(F . and SHORROC K are O ld Lancashire nam es .

Thom as Shorrocks,Esq. , w as a Salford b oroughreeve in 1771 (B ) .

John Shorrock w as m inister of New church in Rossendale in1767 De . Shorrok and De Schorrock were nam es characteristicOf the original parish ofWhalley in the 13 th and 14 th centuries

(W . is the nam e of a Lancashire village .Shuttlew orth Hall

,in the parish Of Whalley, w as the original

seat of the fam ily of the nam e before their rem oval , in the reignOf Richard II .

,to Gaw thorpe, w here they still resided in the

17th centu ry ; fifty years ago the early seat of the fam ily w as

occu pied as a farmhou se ; the Shu ttlew orths of Hacking , w h o

flou rished from the 13 th to the 16th century, . w ere a branch of

this fam ily (B . and W . W . ) In 1588 S erjant Shu ttleworthcontribu ted £ 25 to the Arm ada Fund The Shu ttleworthsrepresented Preston in Parliam ent at different tim es during the17th and 18th centuries (H ) . The nam e is also established inthe Leeds district of the West Riding . There is also a Derbyshirevillage thu s called The S INGLETONS are num erous in thePreston district . An ancient fam ily of the nam e owned them anor of Brockholes in the 16th century There are town

ships thu s called in the county The STARKIES, who are prin

cipally represented in the Burnley district, have not wandered

far from the ancient hom e of their nam e . The S tarkies of

LANCASHIRE . 2 55l

Huntroyde , in the parish ofWhalley, have a distinguished fam i lyhistory, going several centu ries back ; the Tw iston branch dates

from the 17th century (W . W .) During last century there w as

a w ell- to - do Manchester fam ily of the nam e STOTTS

w ere established in the parish of Rochdale in the l 6th centuryand still occur there ; but they are now m ostly fou nd in

the Manchester district . Thom as Stott w as elected a Manchester

constable in 1768, and John Stott w as a Manchester b oroughreeve

in 1741 The nam e is also represented in Northumberland ,

the West Riding, and Som erset The SWARBRIC KS m ay possesskinship with Mr . Swabrick, an em inent organ m aker ofWarwickin the m iddle of last centu ry. (Deering

’

s

Sw arbrick or Swarbrook has been a Chester nam e du ring the

last and the present century . (Hem ingway’

s

The nam e of SWIFT is also established in Derbyshire, the WestRiding, and Notts . In the 13 th century there were Sw ifts and

Swyfts in Derbyshire, Bucks, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, and

Suffolk (H . or SEOUM, STURZAKER or STURSAORE ,and SUDALL or SUDELL, are old Lancashire nam es now rarelyrepresented in the county . S eacom e and Secum w ere the nam esof m ayors and bailiffs of Liverpool in the 16th and 17th centuries

(B . The S turzakers or S tursacres were a num erou s and

welLto - do Garstang fam ily, from the l 6th to the 18th cen tu ry ;they lived at Kirkland in the reign of Elizabeth (F . and

still reside there . D uring the 17th and 18th centu ries the

S udalls or Su dells were at different tim es m ayors and alderm enofPreston ; they m ay have sprung originally from the sam e stockas the present S iddalls or S iddells of Derbyshire and the North

and East Ridings .

T— Z .

The TATTERSALLS,who are now num erous in the B urnley district ,

owned the Holm e estate in the ancient parish ofWhalley in the14 th century in the reign of. Henry VIII . there was a fam ily of

this nam e at Rigge in the sam e parish (W . W ) . In the 13 th

centu ry Tatsalle andTatsal were characteristic Lincolnshire nam es .

and were evidently derived from Tattershall, a town in that cou nty .

In Norfolk and Suffolk they w ere then - represented m ostly by De

Tatishale and De Tateshal (H . R . ) The fam ily of THRELFALLresided at Threlfall in the Fylde from th e reign of Edward VI . to


that of Jam es I . (B ) . John de Threfalle held C rumb ilholm e,

Bowland,in the tim e of HenryVI . (W .W .) Cuthbert Threlfall

,

a Rom an Catholic, was a sm all estate - holder in the county in the

early part of . last centu ry (B . ) Probably both the Lancashire

and the Lincolnshire T INSLEYS derive their n am e from a township

in the West Riding The TOPPINGS may be connected in their

descent with William Toppyng, who held six acres of land inCliviger during the reign of Edw ard II . (W . W . ) John and

Augu stine TOWNSON,

'

two Lancashire m en of em inent learning,w ere associated in the 17th century with the Westphalian m onas

tery ofLam spring (W . The Tou lnsons w ere an old Lancaster

fam ily ,m em bers of which filled the offi ce of m ayor in 163 0, 1650,

and 1676 (H . Townson is still a Lancaster nam e . Clem entTow lson held land in Bowland in the early part of the 17th

centu ry (W . is the nam e of a Lancashire

district . It w as a comm on Rochdale surnam e in the l 6th centuryWADDINGTONS have their principal hom e in the West

Riding, where there are a seat and a village Of the nam eWALLBANK is an ancient Lancashire nam e . Walb onk w as the

nam e of an hereditary tenant of Billington in the 14 th centu ryAdam de Walleb oncke w as vicar ofBlackburn from 13 17 to 13 20Richard del Walleb onck held land in Church

,also in the 14th

century the Walb ank s were a gentle fam ily in Whalley parish in

1618 William Walb ancke w as headm aster of the Clitheroe school

in 1608 (W . W ) . William Wallbank ofPleasington, w as governor

of the Blackburn gramm ar - school in 1716 The occu rrence

of this nam e in the sam e neighbou rhood for centuries is rem arkable The WALMSLEYS , w h o derived their nam e originally from

a Lancashire tow nship , are now very num erous in the Preston

district . There w as an old and distinguished fam ily of this nam eat Dunken Haigh or Dunkenhalgh ,

Blackburn,du ring the 16th

and 17th centu ries : Sir Thomas Walm sley, of Dunkenhalgh ,w as

a judge ofthe Comm on Pleas in the reign ofElizabeth . Walm esley,

of Dunkenhalgh , was one of the intended Knights of the Royal

Oak,an Order , however, the institution of w hich b y Charles II .

was never accom plished The Walm esleys of C oldcotes

branched off from the Dunkenhalgh stock in the 17th centu ry(W . WARBURTONS are referred to under CHESHIRE,the hom e of the nam e The WHALLEYS take their nam e from

the Lancashire parish : they are also established in Cheshire .

Thomas Whalley w as elected a Manchester constable in 1745 (B



LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLANDSHIRE .

NOTE .

—The asterisk before a nam e denotes that,thou gh

characteristic of these cou nties,the nam e is m ore relatively

num erou s elsewhere .

GENERAL NAME S (3 0—40 counties) .

"Allen (Leicester) ’iSm ith

Brown Wright


LeicesterWard Melton Mow

bray"“Wood


*Arnold (Atherstone) "Freem an ’*KnightBates Gilbert PorterBurton *Hardy (Leicester) 4.

SharpC ross Hart Sharpe

‘h’

ox


*Bacon Fryer (O akham ) NorthBryan Goodman *StokesC hamberlain (Oak Hatton Swainham ) i‘Hayw ood

"Whittle (MeltonFarmer *Kendall bray) .


LEIC ESTERSHIRE AND RUTLANDSHIRE. 259

Doubleday (MeltonMowbray

FreerGoodson

*HubbardHerrick (Leicester)

PEC ULIAR NAMES (confined mostly to these counties) .

Beeby Freestone MattsBerridge (Lu tter Geary Mu ssonw orth) Gim son O ldacres

Branson Hack O rson (Melton Mow

Burnaby Henson brayC obley Hollier Paget

Dalby Jarrom PochinDarnell Jesson “ PrettyDawkins Keetley (Lou gh Royce

Dex ter Ke ightley borough) ScottonDow ell Kirkman (Leicester) SheffieldDrackley (Leicester) Lacey Shipman (MeltonMow

Draycott Leadbeater bray)a rs Leadbetter Toon

a res Loseby TooneForryan (Leiceste r) Macau lay W ilfordFrearson Mackley W ormleighton

NOTES'

ON SOME OF THE C HARAC TERISTIC NAMES OF THE

C OUNTIES OF LE IC ESTER AND RUTLAND .

(The nam es are arranged in alphabetical groups, b u t not necessarily in


Authorities indicated by the following abbreviat ions

indicates Bibliotheca Topographi ca Britannica.

Blore’ s Rutland ”

C u rtis’ Leicestershire.

Hill’s Langton.

”

Hundred Rolls.

Low er’s Patronymica Britannica.

Macau lay’

s C laybrook (Leicestershire) .N ichols’ Leicestershire.

Throsby’

s Town and C ounty of Leicester


A— B .

ABELL has long been a Leicestershire nam e . John Abel residedat Staunton Harold in the reign ofEdw ard III John Abell wasrector of New b o ld Verdun in the tim e of Elizabeth ; John Abell

of Desford,ow ned 3 0 acres of Leicester forest in the reign Of

Charles I . ; Matthew Abell held part of the manor of Manceter in

the reign of George I . (N ) Ann Abell, aged 21, w as bu ried at

Su tton C haynell in 1784 (B ) . This nam e is also established int he neighbouring county of Derby. In the 13 th century it

occurred as Abel in Beds, Bu cks , Wilts, and Cambridgeshire

(H . The Abells Of Fordham and West Bergholt , Essex ,from the 14 th to the 16th centu ry,

Obtained their wealth in thec loth trade (Morant

’

s Essex The’

O ld Leicestershire fam ilyof BAC ON Of Hinckley w ent back to the tim e Of Elizabeth (N ) .

S ee under The BEEBYS originally took their nam efrom a Leicestershire parish . In the reign ofHenry III .

,Hugh de

Beb y w as rector of VVilloughb y Waterless , andWilliam de Beb y

was rector ofC laybrook Betw een the reigns ofEdward III .

and Henry V .,fou r m ayors OfLeicester bore the nam e ofBebye , or

Beebye , or De Beb y William Beeby w as a Gaddesby free

holder in the tim e of Charles I. ; Richard Beeby and Elizabeth

Hubbert were m arried in Belgrave chu rch in the reign Of CharlesII. in the m iddle oflast century Francis Beeby w as a proprietor

of land in Fleckney and a fam ily of the nam e then lived at

Shenton (N ) The nam e is still in the city of Leicester The

BERRIDGES are now best i epresented in th e Lutterw orth district .

111 the reign of E lizabeth , Dr. Berridge held the m anor and the

ad w son of the living of Kibw orth Beau cham p he

BOSWORTHS derive their nam e from Leicestershire parishes.T

The son of C lem ent BRANSON w as baptised in Woodhouse chu rch,

Leicestershire,in 162 3 ; John Branson w as m aster Of the

O sgathorpe Free School at the beginning of this centu ry (N )There w as a fam ily of

'BRYAN in Hu sband’

s Bosw orth,Leicester

shire,last centu ry Bryon w as the u sual form Of the nam e

in the 13 th centu ry ; it then Occu rred in Cam bridgeshire , Hunts ,Bu cks, and Norfolk (H . In addition to Leicestershire

,the

Bryans now characterise Derbyshire , Shropshire , Glou cestershire ,and Oxfordshire Am ongst the old Leicestershire nam es now rarein the county is that of BRUDENELL . The Brudenells w ere a very



Thedingworth in the reign of Elizabeth . William Dexter lived at

Worthington in the reign of Charles I. ; there w ere fam ilies of

the Dexters in Wartnaby and Ab kettleby in the 17th and 18th

centu ries (N ) The DALBYS , w ho o riginally derived their nam es

from Leicestershire parishes, have long been know n in the counties

ofLeicesterand Ru tland. In the 14 th centu ry,w hen sev eral of the

clerics ofthese counties bore this nam e,William Dalby fou nded Oak

ham Hospital ; Dalby w as the nam e of the prior ofUlvescroft in thereign ofHenry VIII . (N ) . There w as a Loughb orou gh fam ily of

this nam e in the reign of Charles II . (Fletcher’

s Loughboroughand there are Dalbys still in that place . John Dalby w as m ayorof Leicester in 1789 DOUBLEDAYS hav e now theirhom e in the Me lton Mowbray district . Dou b leday and Du b b leday

w ere the nam es of Notts freeholders 200 years ago (Harl . MS,

The nam e is also established in Norfolk,and Dou b leday

w as the nam e of the bailiff of Yarm ou th in 1507 and 152 1

(Blom efield’

s“ Norfolk DOWELL w as the nam e of the vicar of

Melton Mowbray in 1690 ; John Dow ell , a Leicestershire m an,w as

a scholar of Cambridge Un iversity in the tim e of Cromw ell (N )Henry Dow ell had property in Ullesthorpe in the parish of

C laybrook a centu ry ago DRAC KLEYs a re now bestrepresented in Le icester and its neighbou rhood. William Drakely

w as a freeholder in Su tton C heyn ell in the reign of Charles I

(N ) The DRAYC OTTS w ere represented in the county of

Leicestershire in the tim e of Cromw ell,w hen John Draycot w as

m in ister of Behy (N ) In the 13 th century this nam e occu rredas De Draycote in Leicestershire, Oxfordshire , Som ersetshire , and

Wiltshire . There are parishes,tow ns, and villages of the nam e in

Berks, Bu cks , Som erset, Staffordshire , Wilts, and W’

arw ickshire

E— H .

The nam e of EAYRS or EAYRES is probably a form of Ayre ,also an o ld Leicestershire nam e . Thom as a re

,of Kettering ,

Northamptonshire, a centu ry ago w as one of the founders'

of the

church bells ofNorton Thomas Ayre w as the nam e of them ayor of Leicester in 172 3 and 17414: Ayres is now a. Berksnam e

,and Ayre is found in Devon The FORRYANS have their

hom e in the Leicester district . Du ring the 17th and 18thcentu ries a fam ily of Foryan resided at Sketchley,

Bu rbach or

Burbage . Richard Forryan w as chu rchw arden of Bu rb ach in'

LEIC ESTERSHIRE AND RUTLANDSHIRE . 2 63

1774 It m ay be that this nam e is an altered form of

FREWEN,the nam e of an old and distingu ished fam ily ofLeicester

shire and Su ssex,b u t originally hailing from Worcestershire

(Whitley’

s“ Sapcote ”

) Wi lliam FREARSON lived in Worthington abou t a centu ry ago (N nam e of FREESTONE w as

represented in .Tugby in the reign of E lizabeth Freistonis a parish in Sou th Lincolnshire Thomas FREER was

incum bent ofWhitw ell , Ru tlandshire , in the reign of Charles 1 .

There w ere gentle fam ilies of the nam e in Great Wigstonand Blaby, Leicestershire , during last centu ry . John Freer w as

rector of Knossington in the reign of Anne (N ) One of thenam e w as m ayor of Leicester about a centu ry ago (T ) . The

nam e also occu rs in Yorkshire . Since Leicestershire,Ru tland

shi re , and Yorkshire are all of them hom es of both the Freers

and the Fryers , the tw o nam es are probably different form s of the

sam e nam e The FRYERS of these parts are n ow best represented

in the O akham district ; the nam e is also established in Cheshire ,Yorkshire

,and Notts GEARY was the nam e of the rector of

Sw epston in the m iddle of the 17th centu ry . Thomas Geary,

prebendary, w as patron of the chapelry of Knighton in 173 4 .

There w as a Lindley fam ily of this nam e last centu ry . William

Geary ,an opu lent farm er of O ld Hays, died in 1795

William GIMSON ow ned land in Sharnford at the comm encem ent

of this centu ry is an O ld Leicester nam e .

Tw o m ayors of that tow n last century bore the nam e The

nam e is now rare in these cou nties The nam e of HERRl C K or

HEYRIC K is,in one form and another, one of the m ost ancient of

Leicestershire nam es . The Heyricks have been represented inLeicester and its vicinity for several centu ries ; there are m anybranches of the fam ily . Som e of the m ayors of Leicester in the15th and l 6th centu ries bore the nam e ofHeyrick . Mrs . Heyrick,

w hose son becam e m ayor of Leicester,died in 1611 at the

advanced age of 97,

“ having liv ed to see 142 children , children’

s

children , and their children .

” This Leicestershire fam ilydescended from the Ericks

,w ho w ere lords of Stretton after the

Conqu est, and as far back as the reign of King John ow ned m u chland near Leicester In Notts the nam e u su ally takes theform of Herrick The HENSONS w ere a Stamford fam ily duringlast century, Gregory Henson being the rector, and RobertHenson , gent the returning officer Robert Henson of

this town w as m arried in 1708 (BL) Jam es HOLLIER was a


landowner in Hinckley at the comm encem ent of this century

JARROM is a nam e that w as represented in the form s of

De Jarom,De Jarum

,and De Jarun , in the adjoining county of

Lincoln during the reign of Edward I . (H . w as

the nam e of a m inister of Prestw old in the reign of Elizabeth .

Tw o centu ries ago Sir William Jesson resided at Bu rleigh Park ,Loughborough . Last centu ry there w as a Frisby fam ily of th e

nam e KIRKMANS have n ow their hom e in the

Leicester district . Richard Kirkman w as rector of Little Ashbyin the reign of Henry VI . (N LAC EYS bear a very old

Leicestershire nam e . Lacy w as the nam e of an ancient and

pow erful ennobled fam ily in the county ; there w as an old gentlefam ily of Lacy at Melton Mowbray (N ) The De Lacys w erenum erous in Lincolnshire in the 13 th centu ry, and the nam e also

occurred then in the form of De Laci in Cambridgeshire ,O xfordshire

, and Shropshire (H . R . ) The LEADBEATERS orLEADBETTERS w ere represented in Leicestershire in the tim e of

Charles II. b y Thomas Leadb eter, the vicar of Hinckley . Thenam e ofLeadbetter was represented in Knossington and Barkston

a century ago Gonnilda le Ledb ete lived in Bucks in the13 th centu ry (H . LOVETTS or LOVITTS ofLeicestershire

are probably offshoots of the distingu ished Bucks fam ily of then am e

,to w hom Liscombe has belonged since the 14th centu ry .

The Norman ancestor of the Liscombe Lovetts had grants of

lands in Berks , Beds, Leicestershire , and other countiesThe nam e w as represented in Lincolnshire , Northam ptonshire ,Bucks

,Devon

,and other cou nties in the 13 th centu ry (H .

. .MAC KLEY and MAC AULAY are peculiar Leicestershire nam es .

De Makkeley w as the nam e of a priest in the county in the 14 thcentu ry (N ) In the latter part of last century Au lay Macaulayw as rector of Rothley,

and Angu s Macau lay w as the incumbentof Claybrook Dr. Macaulay owned an estate in Gretw orth ,

Northamptonshire,in 1750 (Baker) MOULD w as the nam e of

an old and num erou s gentle fam ily of Appleby from the l 6th tothe 18th centu ry, in whose patronage lay the living of that place

is an old Leicestershire nam e . In the reign of

Charles I . Hugh Musson w as a freeholder in Great Ashby,and


266 HOMES OF FAMILY NAME S .

fam ily of this nam e at Desford last centu ry WilliamPridm ore held property in Sharnford in 1811 Thomas Pridm orew as a Bil lesdon freeholder in 1775 ; John Pridm ore was a freeholder in Horninghold in 163 0 John Pridmore of

Stockerston w as m arried at Glooston in 1703 (H .

R —Z .

Sir Ralph ROWLETT or ROWLATT ow ned property in Leicestershire in the tim e of Henry VIII . and in the sam e reignRalph Row let. perhaps the sam e person , held Whetstone Manor

In 1775 , John Row latt w as a Drayton freeholder, and

Thom as Row latt w as a Welham freeholder The nam e isalso established in the adjacent cou nty of Northampton John

S C OTTON owned property in Sharnford parish in the first decade ofthis century (N and John Scotten , perhaps the sam e person

,

had property in Ullesthorpe , in the parish of Claybrook , abou t ahundred years ago The nam e is still in the parish of

Claybrook . The S cottons probab ly derive their nam e from aLincolnshire parish

,b u t there are Yorkshire townships thu s

called. De Scotton w as the nam e of a Lincolnshire resident inthe reign of Edward I . (H. R . ) The SHELTONS evidently derive

their nam e from a parish in the adjoining county of Notts , in

w hich county the Sheltons are also established. Row land Shelton

held land in S cale in the reign of Jam es I . is a

nam e which has been for m any centuries connected w ith this

county It is rem arkable that in all the cou nties m entioned

in the alphabetical list as containing this nam e there are parishes ,tow nships, or ham lets cal led S toke . (S ee

“ NThe nam e of STRETTON w as established in the parish of

C laybrook tw o centuries ago , w hen Thomas Stretton held land inWibtoft, and William Stretton

, yeom an, held property in GreatC laybrook De Stretton w as the nam e of a very ancientLeicestershire fam ily, dating back to the 12 th centu ry (N ) .

There are places thu s called in Leicestershire . The nam e isalso represented around Derby, and in Derbyshire there arealso places of the nam e In the 17th and 18th centu ries TAILBY

,

som etim es w ritten TEALBY,w as a comm on nam e am ongst the

yeom en and gentry of Slaw ston (N ) . The gentle fam ily of

Tailb y,of Skeffington Hall , Leicestershire , are descended from

George Tailbye of Slaw ston in the m iddle of the 17th centu ry

LEIC ESTERSHIRE AND RUTLANDSHIRE. 267

(H . Tealby is a Lincoln Shire parish TOONE w as the nam eof an ancient Leicestershire fam ily of Belton and O sgathorpe thatbranched off at the end of the 16th centu ry from the Toones of

B urton - ou - Trent,in the neighbou ring cou nty of Stafi ord

Six of the heirs of th e Osgathorpe and Belton Toones in the 17thand 18th centu ries bore the Christian nam e of Ham let (N ) Atthe beginning of this centu ry William Toone owned a farm inMerill Grange (N ) The nam e is still in Belton TheW ILEQRDS take their nam e from a parish in the adj oiningcounty of Notts The WORMLEIGHTONS take their nam e from

a Warw ickshire parish . In 1675 Humphrey W orm eleighton w as

granted by the master and poor brethren ofWigston’

s Hospital a

tenem ent in Walton the ancient Leicestershirenam es now rare in the county Is that of W INTERTON, w hich isderived from a Lincolnshire tow n . The W interton s ofWibtoftw ere an o ld gentle fam ily holding property in Wibtoft, in the

parish of Claybrook , for 200 years , nam ely,during the 17th and

18th centu ries nam e no w rarely represented in

the county is that of SKIPWITH . The Skipw iths w ere for several

centuries a very distinguished“

Leicestershire fam ily (N


LINCOLNSHIRE .

NGTE — The asterisk denotes that a nam e,though characteristic

of the county, is m ore relatively num erous elsewhere .

GENERAL NAMES (SO—40 counties) .

TaylorWright



*Holm es=x=

StephensonMarshall StevensonSharp W ells

Sharpe ’tW ilkinson




Maidens (Boston)Marfleet

MarkhamMastinMaw (Rotherham )Maw erMerrikin (Great

Grimsby)M inta (Grantham )Mow brayO dllng

O vertonPalethorpe

PatchettPickPickwellPocklingtonRanby

NOTES ON SOME OF THE C HARAC TERISTIC LINC OLNSHIRE

NAMES .


Authorities indicated by thefollow ing abbreviations

A. indicates Allen’ s “ Lincolnshire.


0 . O ldfield’

s Wainfleet.L . Low er’ s Patronym ica Britannica .

P Peck ’s Annals of Stamford.

”

Sp. Nam es of the Nobility, Gentry, and others who contributedto the Defence of this C ountry in 1588

”

(Brit. Mu s.,

B .

S tark’s Lincoln.

Stonehou se’

s Isle of Ax holme .

”

Pish ey Thompson’

s Boston.

”

Beeson (Boston) Straw son

Rhoades StubleRiggall Temple

Rippon ThurlbySardeson TraffordSargisson Ullyatt

Scarborough VinterScholey WaddinghamScoley Wadsley

Scrim shaw Wass

Scrim sh ire WesterbySearson Westoby

S ergeant W hitsedSharpley W illey (GreatSneath Grim sby )Stamp W illowsStorr “’ innStowe Wroot

LINC OLNSHIRE . 2 71

The nam e of ABRAHAM,w hich now occurs m ostly in Lincoln

shire and Hu nts,w as fou nd in these counties and in the counties

imm ediately adj acent to them in one form or another six centu riesago . AS Abraham it then existed in Lincolnshire

,Hu nts

,and

Cambridgeshire ; as Ab b raham , Abraha, Ab rahe, and Abrah ee

in S uffolk ; and as Ab raam in Beds and Wilts (H . Its

occu rrence in Wilts is suggestive of its existence then in o ther

counties not so w ell illu strated in the Hundred Rolls . Steph enAbraham possessed land in Skirbeck, Lincolnshire , in 152 3

is evidently a corruption of Enion or Enyon ,the nam e

of a distingu ished fam ily ofFlore,Northamptonshire , who cam e in

1623 from Honingham , in Warwickshire (Baker’

s Northam ptonshire ”

) BELLAMY is a nam e that has long been established in

Notts. It occu rred in the adj acent county of Cambridge in thereign of Edw ard I . (H . and is at present to be foundin Hunts . (S ee under The nam e of

BLANC HARD or BLANSHARD , w hich also occu rs in the North and

East Ridings of Yorkshire,has long been in the county of

Lincoln . John Blau ncherde of Low the gave £ 25 for the defence

of his country at the tim e of the expected invasion of the Spanish

Arm ada in 1588 Long before this, in the reign ofEdw ard I.

,

w e find the nam e ofBlau nchard in the county (H . R . ) in the reign

of Henry III . the nam e also occu rred in Wilts (H . and,in

fact,Blanchard or Blaun chard is also an old Wiltshire nam e

,

occurring in the hundred of Warm inst er in the 16th century(Hoare

’

s“ Wiltshire ”

) BRAC EBRIDGE , a nam e now rare orextinct in the county, was a Lincoln name in the 17th century,w hen there w ere m ayors and sheriffs of the city thus calledBracebridge is a Lincolnshire distinguished nob lefam ily of BROWNLOW of Belton cam e first into the possession of

that estate in 1620 Tw o centuries ago there w ere freeholders of the nam e in Thu rgarton hundred in the adj acent

county of Notts (Harleian MS ,6846) The BRAC KENBURYS

evidently take their nam e from the Lincolnshire parish of

Brackenborough . John Brackenbury w as m ayor of Boston in1719 (T . ) and the nam e is still in the tow n . (S ee underDURHAM . Thom as BOWSER resided at Fishtoft in the

reign of Charles II . (T . ) John BROUGHTON was m ayor ‘o f

Boston . in 1796 and 1808 the nam e is still in Boston .


There w as a fam ily of BAGLEY in Friskney last

BURRELL has long been a Lincolnshire nam e . In Cromw el l’

s tim e ,Sir John Burrell ofDunsby and Redm an Burrell

,Esq. , ofFu lbeck ,

com pounded their estates for £ 687 and £ 770 respectively (0 )The nam e is also now found in Norfolk . Burrel l w as th e nam e of

a noted fam ily ofKent and Su ssex du ring the 15th , 16th ,and 17th

centu ries,and one of the Bu rrells of Beckenham

,Kent

,w as high

sherifi ofKent in 172 2 ; Northum b erland is stated to have been thehom e of the fam ily in the reign ofEdw ard I . (Hasted

’

e Kent

In 1748 Peter Bu rrell , Esq. , of St . John ’s College , Cambridge , presented a statu e ofGlory to the University (Cooper

’

s

There w ere CADES in Freiston in the reign of Richard II .

b ut the nam e of Cade occu rred in this county at a still earlierdate , nam ely , in the reign of Edw ard I.

, w hen it was also

represented in the adj acent counties of Cam bridge and Norfolkas w ell as in Bu cks (H . Though at present it has stillits hom e in Lincolnshire

,it has been

,as Low er inform s u s in

his“ English Su rnam es ,

”

for several centuries a comm on nam eabou t Mayfield and Heathfield, S u ssex ; and this author su pplies

good reasons forhis belief that the notable Jack Cade , the rebel ofthe reign ofHenry VI.

, was a Su ssex m an The C AMMAC KS havelong been in the county . Four m ayors ofBoston bo re the nam e ofCamm ock in the reign ofJam es I . We find it also representedin Stamford in the 17th century ,

C amm ocke being the nam e of

Stam ford alderm en in 163 3 , 164 2 , 164 3 , and 1649 Robert

Gammok of S leeford contribu ted £ 25 to the Spanish Arm adafund in 1588 w as a comm on nam e in the

adjacent county of Cambridge in the reign of Edw ard I . (H .

CAPES w as an Epw orth nam e in the 16th century and it

still occurs there . There w as a Thom as de Capes in Northampton

shire in the reign of Edw ard I . (H . R . ) Two centu ries ago

there w ere freeholders of the nam e of COLLISHAW at Hicklingin the adj acent cou nty of Notts (Harleian MS , 6846) JohnCOOLING of New ark , Notts, w as a freeholder in 1698 (HarleianMS

,There is a Kentish parish of the nam e In the

l 6th centu ry Richard and Thom as CONEY,father and son

, whow ere Merchants of the Staple of Calais , owned the manor - house

,

Basingthorpe (A. ) the sam e Thomas Coney ,who accum ulated a



(H . There w as a fam ily ofDring in Marlborough , Wilts , in

the 17th centu ry (Waylen’

s Marlborough”

) DRURY,DREWRY ,

or DREWERY,is an ancient Lincolnshire nam e . As Drury, and

occasionally as Drew ery and Dru ery, it w as established in this

county and in the adjacent counties ofYork and Cambridge in the

13 th cent ury (H . Drew ry w as the nam e of the m ayors of

Lincoln in 154 3,1754 , and 1761

.

There were Drew rys inLeake in the reign of Charles I. The nam e is still establish ed in Lincoln and Leake . Thom as Drewree w as rector of

Wroot in 1504 (Sto . ) Du ring the 17th century fou r or fi ve of them ayors of Nottingham bore the nam e of Dru ry (Deering

’

s

“ Nottingham There w as an old and distingu ished fam ily of

Dru ry, ofRougham and Haw sted,Suffolk

,in w hose possession the

fam ily estate had continued for 600 years this Suffolkfam ily apparently gave rise to the Drurys of Besthorp, Norfolk ,fou r centuries ago ( C u llum

’

s Haw sted The nam e ofELMITT

w as represented by E lm et in Yorkshire in the 13 th centu ry (H .

The EMPSONS w ere a Boston fam ily in the 17th centu ry ; them ayor in 1646 bore the nam e (T . ) The nam e of FORMAN was

represented in Skirbeck in the reign of Richard II . (T ) . TheForm ans of Lincolnshire may possess an ancestor in William

Forem an, of Gainsborough in this ,

county, whose son William was

lord m ayor of London in 153 9 FRISBYS , whosem arket town is Peterborou gh , probably hail originally from

Leicestershire, where there is a parish of the nam e FYDELL w as

the nam e of several Boston m ayors in the 17th and 18th centuries

It is now rare in the county.

G— L .

GAUNT is an ancient Lincolnshire nam e, which had its principal

hom e in the county six centu ries ago , when it w as very frequent

at the sam e tim e there w ere also a few of the nam e in Cam bridge

shire , Som erset, and other counties (H . R ) . The Lincolnshire

Gaunts w ere a powerful fam ily from the 11th to the 13 th centu rynam e ofGILLIART

, GILLIATT, or GILLYATT is at present

m ostly to be found in the neighbourhood of Boston . Thom as

Gil liat w as one of those who m ade an inventory in 1671 of the

goods of Sir John Anderson , ofBroughton , in this county (Stark’

S

“ Gainsborough and Gylliot or Gilliot w as the nam e of

the lore m avors of York in 1464 , 1474 , and 1503 (Drake’

s

LINC OLNSHIRE. 2 75

Eboracum In the 13 th century, Gillot, Gillote, and Gilotw ere nam es found in Cambridgeshire and Hunts (H . Gi llettis now found in Oxfordshire and Ken t GOODKNAP

,a nam e now

rare in the county, was a w ell - know n Lincoln nam e in the 17thcentury, w hen there w ere m ayors and sheriffs of the city that borethe nam e w hich is now a Lincolnshire nam e

,

w as represented 600 years ago by Godyer in the adjacent county of

Hunts (H . R . ) The GRUMMITTS are now established in Bou rnand its neighbou rhood. John Grimm itt was m ayor of Boston in1705 There w as a Vincent Grum et in Wiltshire in the reignof Edw ard I . (H . R . ) HEWISON was a Freiston nam e in 13 77

and it still occu rs there HERRING w as a comm on Norfolknam e in the tim e of Edw ard I.

,when it w as w ritten Hering

(H . (S ee under“ HERN in Norfolk . ) The Rev . Richard

Herring, w ho died in 1712 , w as vicar of the parish ofHaxey in

this county for nearly forty years Lincolnshirenam e ofHOYES w as represented by that ofDe la Hoyse in Norfo lkin the 13 th century (H . is the nam e of 26 parishesand townships in England, several of which occu r in Yorkshire .

The ancient nam e of INGALL or INGLE w as represented by

Ingel and Ingal in the neighbou ring county of Huntingdon in thereign ofEdw ard I . (H . is a nam e for the m ost partconfined to the eastern coast cou nties of England, especially thoseof Lincoln , Norfolk , Suffolk, Essex , Kent, and Su ssex . It w as

w ell represented as Kempe in the sam e part of England, partienlarly in Norfolk and Suffolk

,in the 13 th centu ry (H . It has

secondary and less important hom es in the sou th - w estern countiesand in Cheshire L ILLEY and L ILL are ancient Lincolnshirenam es . There w as a Hugh Lilly in the w apentake of“ Asward

hurn ,” Sou th Lincolnshire

,in the reign of Edw ard I. ; at the

sam e tim e the nam es of Lille and Lilie occurred in Oxfordshire

(H .

M —O .

The num erous and ancient fam ilies of MAW have been established for the last 3 50 years , as substantial freeholders, in all the

principal p laces in the Isle of Ax holm e (the part of Lincolnshirew est of the Trent) , and Epworth has long known the nam eA fam ily of gen try bearing the nam e resided in Epw orth lastcentury,

and as far back as 14 78 a Robert Maw held one of thechantries of Epw orth church Three yeom en of the name

T 2


took part in a riot of the comm oners of Epw orth in the tim e of

Cromw ell against the comm issioner appointed to collect the new

land - taxes Richard Maw ,farm er

,lost bu ilding

'

s valu ed at

£ 126 in a destru ctive fire at the village of Haxey in 174 4 ; and

another Richard Maw,who w as bu ried in Haxey in 1816, w as an

alderm an of the neighbou ring town of Doncaster Maw ,

Bishop of Bath and Wells,w ho died in 1629 , w as a Lincolnshire

m an In the 13 th centu ry the nam e of Maw e w as confined

to m u ch the sam e part ofEngland, m ore especially to Norfolk and

Suffolk (H . R . ) MAWER w as the nam e of a fam ily that heldm uch property in Winthorpe and in other places In the county3 00 years ago (O ) . There w ere Maw ers in Freiston ,

in the reignof E lizabeth MARKHAMS belong to an anc ient fam ilyof Markham , Notts Sir Robert Markham ' represented

Grantham in 1677 is an ancient nam e that w as

represented in the reign of Edward I . by Mody and Mudy inNorfolk, and by Mody and Modi in Oxfordshire and Wilts (H .

Probably the S uffolk and Yorkshire nam e of Mudd or Mudde is

another form of this nam e . (S ee u nder “ MUDD in Suffolk . )Moody is a nam e that has also a hom e in the sou th and west of

England in Ham pshire and Som erset . William Moody possessed

2 9 acres in Partney, Lincolnshire , in 1616 and there w as a John

Moody ,Esq. , of Scremby, in this county, about 1750

very distinguished hou se of MOWBRAY , to w hich the dukedom of

Norfo lk b elonged in the reign of Henry VI .

,dates back in this

county to the 12th century We find the nam e in thecou nty in the Hu ndred Rolls . Mark Mowbray was Sheriff of thec ity of Lincoln in 1744 (S t ) , and Henry Mow bray w as m ayor of

Boston in 1656 fam ily of MUSGRAVE originated at

Mu sgrave in Westmoreland where the nam e occurs as early as

King John ; the Mu sgraves form ed a fine old border race fromwhich sprang a barony and three lines of baronets Less

than a centu ry after the tim e of John,in the reign of Edw ard I.

,

w e find this nam e in the form s of Mu segrave , Musegave , and

Mosegave, in the county of Oxford (H . nam e of

ODLING was represented b y Odeline in Shropshire in the 13 th

century (H . R . ) MARFLEET and OVERTON are th e nam es of

Yorkshire parishes . Colonel Overton w as governor of Hull inCromw el l’s tim e (Tickell

’

s“Hull ” ) OBBINSON is an old Lincoln

nam e , b u t is now rare or extinct ; several m ayors and Sheriffs of

the city bore the name in the 17th and 18th centuries



and 18th centuries (residing at Brum by Wood Hall last centu ry) ,one of the ancestors being John Pindar, attorney ,

who lived in

the tim e of. Charles II . (S ee u nderThe POC KLINGTONS derive their nam e from a town in York

shire POPPLEWIC K is an old Lincoln nam e , now rare or extinct

during the 15th and 16th centuries som e of the m ayors and sheriffs

of the citybore the nam e (St) P INC HBEC K w as a Boston nam ein the 17th century,

the m ayor in 1661 bearing the nam e

It is now rare in the county, though still fou nd in Boston . A

Lincolnshire village is thu s called.

RANBY was a Benington nam e in Elizabeth ’s reign (T . )The R IGGALLS derive their nam e from Riccall , a Yorkshire villageon the left bank of the O u se The nam e of S C RIMSHAW or

S C RIMSHIRE is probab ly a corruption either of “skirm isher ” or

of its O ld English form of “scrym geour.

” In the reign of

Edw ard I: there was a Henry le Eskyrm essur in Yorkshire, and

at the sam e tim e there w as a W illiam Eschirm isur in Bedford

shire (H . Skrymsher w as the nam e of an old S tafi ordsh ire

family that ow ned the m anor of Norbu ry in that county fromthe 16th to the 18th centu ry (Nichols

’ “ Leicestershire tw o

Staffordshire gentlem en of this fam ily contribu ted £ 25 apiece forthe defence of the cou ntry at the tim e of the expected invasion

of the Spanish Arm ada in 1588 Tw o centu ries ago there

w ere freeholders of the nam e of S crim shire at North Mu scom b e

and New ark in the county of Notts (Harleian MS ,There

is a m em orial in Wisbech chu rch,Cambridgeshire , to William

Skrim shire , w h o died in 1814 (Watson’

s WisbechSERJEANT w as a Mou lton gentlem an in E lizabeth

’

s reign (T . )SKELTON is an old Lincoln nam e, and still occurs there : the m ayor

of the city in 1697 and the sheriffs of 14 17 and 1691 bore thisnam e One of the first m inisters of Salem

,Massachu setts

,

w as Samu el Skelton,a nonconform ing m inister of Lincolnsh ire

,

w ho w ent to Am erica in 1629 There are Yorkshire parishesand townships thu s called More than one mayor of Boston inthe 17th century

'bore the nam e of RHODES (S ee under the“ WEST STAMP is at present chiefly a Lincolnshirenam e ; but a fam ily of the nam e has resided at Box grove, Su ssex ,for three centuries Starre

,a Boston m an in the

LINC OLNSHIRE . 2 79

reign ofMary I . (A. ) may be an ancestor of. those who at presentbear the nam e of STORR William STOWE ofHolb iche (Holbeach)contributed £ 25 to the Spanish Arm ada defence fund in 1588

Stow is a parish in Lincolnshire The nam e of De

S tub legh occu rred in Essex in the 13 th centu ry (H . At

present the su rnam e ofS TUBLEY is m ostly confined to Lincolnshire .

The ancient nam e of SWAIN, w hich is n ow best represented

in Lincolnshire,Leicestershire

,Derbyshire , and Devonshire , w as

established in the form of Sw eyn , rarely of Sw ayn ,during the

13 th centu ry in Lincolnshire, Norfolk , Cam b ridgeshire , and Oxfordshire

,being m ost num erou s in the last two counties (H . In

t he east ofEngland it is probable that Swain is b ut the o ld Danishnam e of Sw eyn . In the tim e of the English Harold, his elderbrother bore the nam e of his m aternal u ncle, Sw eyn, King of

Denmark S C UNE and S TOVIN are two old Lincolnshire nam es

that are now rare or extinct . The S cunes w ere a Lou th fami lyof master - m asons at the beginning of the 16th century.

* The

S tovins were an old Tetley fam ily, attaining great position and

note during last centu ry, and hailing originally from’

the neighb ourhood of Sheffield SNEATH w as a Boston

gentlem an w ho w as on the side of the Parliam ent in Cromwell’

s

tim e Snaith is still a comm on nam e in Boston .

T— Z .

TRAVES or TRAVIS is an old Lincolnshire nam e,wh ich

,as

Travers,w as represented in this county,

as w ell as in Bucks,in

the 13 th centu ry (H . Travis is also found in Derbyshireand Lancashire The nam e of ULLYAT I

‘

was represented in

Derbyshire last centu ry : Ann Dean Uleyate left a large estatein 1802 for the su pport of Su nday schools in Chesterfield in that

county (Glover’

s There w as a gentle fam ilynam ed Ulyat, of Parson Drove

,Cambridgeshire, early in this

century (Watson’

s“ Wisbech ”

) The WADSLEYS m ay possess

an ancestor in John Waddesley,a Boston hou seholder in the

reign of Mary I . (A . ) Wadsley is the nam e of a district in theWest Riding of Yorkshire Thom as and Henry WASS w erefreeholders of WarSOpp and North Mu scom b e , Notts, in 1698

Ex tracts from an old book referring to Lo uth Steeple (Brit. Mus. ,B 47410


(Harleian MS , JosephWasse was rectorofAynho , Northampton shire , in 1711 (Baker

’

s Northamptonshire ChristopherWase w as m ayor of Her tford in 1680 (Turn or

’

s HertfordWass w as a comm on nam e in Northallerton

,Yorkshire , in the 17th

and 18th centu ries (Ingledew’

s In the 13 thcentury this nam e in one form and another w as m uch m ore w idelydistribu ted than it is at present : asWas andWaz it then occu rredin Oxfordshire and Wiltshire as Wase and Waze , in Norfolk as

Le Wase,in Bu cks ; and as De Was , in Northum berland (H .

The present nam e of VVILLOWS w as represented in the countyin the reign of Mary I. : Walter W il lowe then held seven - acres

of land in Wrangle , near Boston has long been

a Lincoln nam e : a sheriff of the city bore the nam e in the

reign of Charles II. , and there w as anothersheriff called Winn in

1807 The nam e w as represented in Wrangle as far back as

the reign of Edw ard 111 . There are sti ll Winns in Lincoln .

The nam es of THURLEY,WADDINGHAM, and WROOT are taken

from parishes in the county Several ofthe bailiffs of Godm an

chester, Hunts,in the 17th and 18th centu ries , bore the name of

VINTER (Fox’

s Godmanchester



suburbs , a large proportion of the cou nty. In the next place ,it m u st be rem em bered that the popu lation of this great city and

its suburbs has had a very m otley origin , and that though , as

show n by Mr . Bardsley in his interesting“ Rom ance of th e

London Directory,” it possesses a peculiar elem ent of old London

su rnam es , it m u st be largely com posed of m aterials drawn from

the provinces and,to a not inappreciable extent

,from abroad .

Then,the number of farm ers

,400 in all

,is so sm all that w e have

b u t an u ncertain basis on w hich to fou nd any conclu sions as to

the fam ily nam es that h ave been attached to the soil of Middlesexin past centu ries

.

Still,how ever, I do not think it w ise to

exclude m y list of surnam es for the agricu ltural part of this

county, and principally becau se I w ish to avoid the appearance

of exclu ding anything seem ingly inconsistent w ith the general

character ofthis w ork .

MONMOUTHSHIRE .

('See under “WALES .

NORFOLK . 283

NORFOLK .

NOTE .

— The asterisk indicates that a nam e,though characteristic

of the county, is m ore num erous elsew here .

GENERAL NAMES (30— 40 counties) .

C OMMON NAMES (20—29 counties).

*Read


*Barker *Hammond *NIch ols

Barrett (Norwich) *Harvey (Norwich) *PageBird Howard (Norwich)

*Burton (Norw ich) Hudson Reynolds (NOI‘WiC h)"C ross *Long Sutton*Fisher *Middleton 3“West


Betts Durrant Hewett*Bond (Yarmou th) Everett Hew ittC oe Everitt ’l‘How ell

Frost *HumphreyDaniels *Fuller Lake (Dereham)

‘Drake (Attleborough) "Goddard Mann


Skinner*Vincent (Dereham )*Waters


*BallsBeckettBlomfield

"BlythBreeseBreezeBuck (Norw ich)BuntingBush (Dereham)C annC haplinC olmanC rispDenny

Emery (Dereham )Farrow (Norw ich)

*Gir1ing"GoldingGow ingHernHerne

PE C ULIAR

Abbs (Norw ich)Am ies (Norw ich)Am isArthurtonAt thow

Attoe

BanhamBatterham

BealesBeanesBeck (Norw ich)Bettinson (Wisbech)

Horn (W isbech)*Pegg

"How lett PhilippoHubbard PorrettIves (Norw ich) PorrittJacob RackhamJacobs RiceJolley Riches (Norw ich)Jolly Rudd

Knights SayerLe Grice Seam anLe Grys StewardLemmon "Thirkettle

Lem on Thirtle

Lincoln Thurtle

Ling "TingeyMakins TuckMayes W alpole

Myhill WhartonNeave W isem anO ldfield Youngman

Orford (Diss) Youngs

NAMES (confined m ostly to this county) .

Boddy Dyb all

Brasnett Dye

Bunn Eglinton (Norw ich)C annell Failes (Lynn)C ase FlattC lax ton GambleC opeman Gapp

C ossey GayfordC ubitt (Norw ich) Gaze (Norw ich)C ulley Gedge (Norwich)C urson (Dereham ) GoochDufiield Gou lder



w as rector of Castor in 1601 ; and there w as a Thom as Amys of

Barton Tu rf,w ho died in 1511 . Edm und Amys w as prior of

Mountjoy,Hev erland, in 1401, and in the 14 th centu ry Walter

Am yas w as a S ufi olk parson (BL) . The nam e of Amys occu rredin the adj oining county of Cambridge at the close of the 13 thcentu ry (H . R . ) BALLS is an ancient Norfolk nam e

,being of

comm on occu rrence in the cou nty in the reign of Edw ard I. ; it

w as also then comm on in Lincolnshire,and less so in Suffolk

,

Su ssex,and Kent (H . (S ee under

“ SUFFOLK,

”

w here thenam e is also now is the nam e of a Norfolk

parish The BEC KS,who live now in numbers in the neigh

b ourhood of Norw ich , possess a v ery ancient nam e . The earliest

m ention,as far as I know ,

is that of a Flem ish fam ily of Bec thath eld the m anor ofEresb y in Lincolnshire in the tim e ofDom esday

We find the nam e as Bec in Linco lnshire in the 13 thcentu ry (H . when the knightly fam ily of Bec held propertyalso in Friskney and Scremby (O ldfield

’

s and

the bishops of Lincoln and Norw ich in the early part of the

14 th centu ry, w h o were tw o brothers of the nam e of De Beck

or Bek or Beke,are said to have descended from the Becks of

Eresb y (BL) . The original hom e of the Norfolk Becks w as

probably at Beck or Beck Hall , a village in Bellingford parish,w here the fam ily ofDe Bek or De Beck were lords of the m anor

from the 12th to the 14th centu ry (BL) . It shou ld,how ever

,be

m entioned that the parishes of East and West Beckham in this

county m ay have been also hom es of the name . We find

reference in the Hundred Rolls to the nam e of Bec in this

county in the 13 th century . In 13 49 the rector of Thorpe - by

Haddiscoe w as a De Bek (BL) . Com ing dow n to much latertim es, w e find that the Norfolk Becks or Beckes owned propertyin C astleacre , Mintling, Geyton ,

and Flitcham at the beginningof the 17th centu ry ; w hilst Benjam in Beck w as rector and

prebend of Norw ich in 1708 (BL) One of the principal stocks

ofthe old and characteristic Norfolk nam e of BETTS included the

fam ily that possessed, in the 15th and 16th centu ries,the m anors

ofHastings Hall and Whitefoot in Irm ingland (BL) . This nam e

is also w ell represented in Lincolnshire , w here it usually takes

the form of Bett ; it is also present , though less num erous, inthe other east coast counties of Suffolk and Kent B ETTINSON

is at present a Norfolk su rnam e occurrIng m ostly in and around

Wisbech . There w ere freeholders nam ed Bettison in Notts in

NORFOLK . 287

1698 (Harleian MS ,has long been a Norfolk

nam e . A fam ily ofgentry w ho resided in the parish of Fersfield

from the l 6th to the 18th centu ry ,and who placed their origin

another century back in their pedigree , seem to have been one of

the principal stocks ; the learned au thor of the “ History of

Norfolk,

” a work to w hich I am so greatly indebted, w as rector

of Fersfield in 173 6 (BL) BODDY is a Norfolk surnam e, said

to be derived from “ boda,the Anglo - Saxon w ord for “

m es

S enger”

Two incum ben ts of Bu ckenham Parva and

Hem lington , in the beginning of the 15th century, w ere nam edBody (BL) . The nam e of Body occu rred in Cambridgeshire ,Hunts

,and Oxfordshire in the 13 th centu ry (H . R ) . In its

early form of Body it is also now represented inThe BONDS are now represented in the Yarm ou th district . Thisis also an o ld Norw ich andWalsingham nam e (BL) . In the 13 thcentu ry it occu rred as Bond and Le Bonde in Norfolk

,Suffolk

,

Lincolnshire,etc . (H . Besides Norfolk and Suffolk

,w here

the nam e has been established for som e 600 years at l east, Devon ,Som erset

,and Lancashire are now im portant hom es of the nam e .

(S ee under BUNTlNG or BUNTYNG w as a comm on

nam e am ong the Norfolk clergy in the 15th century ; at that tim e ,also

,a fam ily of the nam e lived at Fram ingham , near Norw ich

(BL) . In the 13 th centu ry it w as still represented in Norfolk

(H . The Buntings, according to Kem ble , were an AngloSaxon clan . Fu rther particu lars concerning the past and presentdistribution of the nam e w ill be fou nd u nder DERBYSHIRE

The nam e of BREESE or BREEZE w as represented in this county in

the reign of Henry VIII . by a parishioner of Hackford calledBreze (BL) . The Norfolk nam e has probably not a comm onorigin w ith the North Wales nam e of Breese

,w hich is a con

traction like Preece, ofAp Rees The incumbent of Hedenham

in 1501 bore the nam e of BUNN ; and the rector of Bereford in163 7 w as called Bun nam e of BUC K is now m ostnum erous around Norw ich ; but it w as represented in the countyas far back as the 13 th centu ry (H . It also occurs now in

Suffolk and Notts.

CANN w as the nam e of a gentle fam ily of Diss in the 17thcentu ry (BL) . The CANNELLS m ay possess an ancestor in S ir


John Cane],w ho w as rector ofWram plingh am and patron of the

living in the reign of Henry V . (BL) There w as a fam ily of

CASE in Sw affham 200 years ago , and the nam e is still in the

tow n ; the rector of Erpingham in 1628 bore this nam e . Philip

Case w as m ayor of Lynn in 1764 ; and early last centu ry, Mr .Case, attorney, ofMildenhale, S uffolk , held property in Holm - by

the - Sea (BL) . This nam e occu rred in Suffolk in the tim e of

Edw ard I . (H . CLAXTONS bear the nam e of a Norfolk

parish C OE is an ancient Norfolk nam e . There w as a Beatrix

le Coe in the county in the reign ofEdw ard I . (H . A fam i lyofCoe owned property in Ashill and Saham at the beginning of

the l 6th centu ry (BL) . The nam e is also now represented inCam bridgeshire, Suffolk , and Essex . (S ee under SUFFOLK ”

)CO SSEY is an old Norw ich nam e . In 14 72 , Henry Cossey, w ho

w as afterwards rector ofWilby, w as a noted friar of the Dom inican

convent in Norw ich ; and there w ere then others of the nam e inthat city. Abou t the sam e tim e John Cossey w as rector of

Congham (BL) CRISP is an ancient Norfolk nam e . In 13 88 ,Richard Crispe w as patron of the living of C ockthorp,

to w hich he

presented one of the fam ily ; another Richard Crispe w as bu riedin Frenz e chu rch in 1517 (BL) In 1648

,the daughter of the

“ Worsh ipfu ll Mr . Nic . Crispe,Marchant Adventu rer of London

,

”

w as bu ried at Norw ich (BL) . Nicholas Crisp , Esq. , w as one of

the cou nty comm issioners for Cornw all in the tim e of Cromw ell

(Polw hele’

s S ee under CAMBRIDGESHIRE,

”

w herethe nam e has been for Six centu ries The C UBITTS of Norw ich

and its neighbou rhood hear an ancient nam e which has beenrepresented in that city since the 17th century. At the end of

the 15th century,Robert Cubit w as abbot ofHorning ; and abou t

the sam e tim e the nam e of Cubet occu rred in the adjacent parish

of Neatishead. In 1405, John Cubet w as rector of Thorp- by

Norw ich ; and the nam e of Cu b it occu rs in the list of the ringleaders of the rebellion of the Norfolk levellers in 13 82 . Thisnam e has long been a fam iliar clerical nam e in the county ,

several

b en efices being held by Cubits in the early part of last centu ry

(BL) In the reign of E lizabeth,Thom as CULLEY w as

- m ayor

and Joshu a Cu lley w as sheriff of the city of Norw ich ,where the

nam e yet rem ains ; in 1630, James Cu lley w as cu rate of Surlingham

(BL) The CURSONS of‘

Dereham bear one of the oldest of

Norfolk nam es . The ancient fam ily of this nam e held largeestates in the county from the 13 th to the 15th cent ury (BL) .



is still in Lynn . A Norw ich fam ily of Durrant was buried in St .Bennet’ s chu rch in that city betw een 1684 and 1706 ; and therew ere m arb les in S cothow e chu rch to another fam ily of Durrantbearing dates betw een 1697 and 1723 (BL) . This is an ancient

pre - Dom esday nam e though according to Ferguson it cam ew ith the Norm ans . It w as represented by Durant and Duraun t

in this county, as w ell as in Lincolnshire,Cam bridgeshire, Bucks,

Kent,and Oxfordshire

,in the tim e of Edw ard I . (H . It also

occu rs now in S ufi olk,Su ssex , Bucks, and Dorset The DYBALLS

w ere a Norw ich fam ily 200 years ago , and the nam e has evidentlylong been know n in that city (BL) , where it still remains . In1611

, Margaret Dyb ald w as crushed to death w ith thirty- tw o otherpersons in a panic occurring du ring a display of firew orks atNorw ich in celebration of the election of a new m ayorThe Norfolk fam ily ofDYE m ay find an explanation of its nam e in

the existence du ring the reign of Charles I . of Mr . D ’

Eye of Eye

in Suffolk . The ancient fam ily of D’eye of Scoulton

,Norfolk

,

claimed a descent of 300 years . Deye w as once a comm on old

Norfolk nam e,b ut it is n ow scarce . We find the nam e of Dye in

B ucks in the tim e of Edw ard I . (H . EGLINTONS of

Norw ich and its vicinity bear the nam e of the rector ofBaldesw ell

in 1644,and of the rector of Sharington in 1758 (BL) and in the

sam e m anner the EMERYS of the neighbou rhood of Dereham have

a nam esake or an ancestor in the vicar ofRu shall , Norfolk , in 1581

(BL) . Em ery is a form of the ancient personal nam e ofAm ory .

nam e ofFROST has been estab lished in Norfolk ever sincethe 13 th centu ry, w hen the Frosts resided here in num bers . In

the 15th and l 6th centuries Frost w as a comm on nam e am ongst theNorfolk clerics (BL) . The nam e also occurs now in other parts of

England, p articu larly in Derbyshire and Som erset . In the 13 th

century it not only characterised Norfolk b u t also Cam bridgeshireand in a less degree Suffolk (H .

G— H .

Thom as GAMBLE w as vicar ofWroxham in 1719 ; and John

GAYFORD w as bailiff ofYarm ou th in 1689 (B1 GAP? is a nam ethat has been represented in Norfolk as far back as the 13 th

centu ry (H . During the 14 th and 15th centu ries the Gappes

of Yarmou th frequently filled the offices of bailiff and m ayor

has been a Norwich nam e for centuries ; and at

NORFOLK . 2 91

the present day it still finds its hom e in this city and its vicinity.

There was a fu ller of this nam e bu ried in one of the Norw ich

churches in 1467 ; William Gedge w as a philanthropic Norw ich

citizen in 1693 ; and Am brose Gedge w as a comm on cou ncillor ofthe city in 1742 (BL) . Three centu ries ago there w as a fam ily of

Gedge in Denton (BL) The fam ily of GOWING m ay possess akinsm an in Jerem iah Gowen , the rector of Shim pling in 164 2

(BL) HERN or HERNE has long been a Norfolk nam e . For

centuries the HERNES or H IRNES w ere a Norw ich fam ily ; one ofthe nam e w as m ayorearly in the 17th century,

and about the sam e

tim e a m ember of the fam ily w as knighted (BL) . The nam e isprobably a contraction of Herring, an Anglo - Saxon clan - nam e

(according to Kemble) , w hich, though found in Norfolk in thepast

,is now m ostly confined to Lincolnshire . Hu rren is the

present Suffolk form of the nam e . It is also probable that theNorfolk and Kentish nam e of Horn or Hom e has had in som e

cases a sim ilar origin . In Norfolk,Suffolk

,Dorset, Du rham ,

e tc .,

there are place - nam es beginning w ith Herring,and Herne is the

name of places in Kent,Hants , Hunts, etc The nam e of HORN

or HORNE,at present w ell represented around Wisbech, is also

found in Kent . It w as also represented in these tw o cou ntiesin the 13 th centu ry,

as w ell as in London, Suffolk , Sussex , C xfordshire , Cam bridgeshire , Hunts, Northam ptonshire , and Wilts

(H . R) . (S ee under HUBBARD is a characteristicNorfolk nam e . The early form of the nam e in this and the neighb o uring counties , bo th in Dom esday tim es and in the centu riesimm ediate ly following,

w as Hubert, occasionally w ritten Hu b erd

(H . R . ) and w e find that Robert Hubert or Hob erd w as rector

of Scarning at the close of the 14 th centu ry (BL) Thence , thetransition to Hu b b erd, and on to Hubbard is an easy one . In the16th centu ry the living ofWitton w as in the gift of the fam ilyofHubb ard or Hub b erd (BL) and two Norfolk gentlem en of the

nam e (Hubbard and Hu b b erd) contribu ted £ 25 apiece tow ardsth e Spanish Armada fund in 1588 . The old distingu ishedNorfolkfam ily ofHobart

, going back to the tim e ofHenryVIII .,sim ilarly

derived their nam e from Hubert or Hu b erd but their nam e is at

present b u t little represented in Norfolk,w here Hubbard

,as above

remarked, occu rs in num bers The nam e of HUGGINS w as repre

sented in the reign ofElizabeth b y Robert Huggins , gent ofEast

Bradenham is an ancient nam e in this county .

By the prefix of Ap it has in Wales given rise to Pow ell : b u t


bo th Howell and Pow ell are ancient East Anglian nam es. WilliamHowell held land in Wifton

,Norfolk

,in the reign ofEdw ard 111 .

and in the follow ing reign of Richard 11. Margary How el wasprioress of Flixton nunnery (Suffolk) (BL) . In the tim e of

Henry VI . John How el w as vicar of Newton ; and in the reignof Henry VII . John Ap Howel w as prebend of Norwich (BL) .

After this date the nam e of Pow ell, som etim es corrupted to

Fow le, occurs in the county (BL) Pow el , however , is an ancien tEast Anglian nam e ; it occu rred in Cambridgeshire and Suffolk in

the 13 th century ,whilst How el w as a Bedfordshire surnam e at

the sam e tim e (H . How ell is a parish in the neighbouringpart ofLincolnshire

,and very probably the East Anglian How ells

in m any cases thence derived their nam e . Nor do I think that

the East Anglian Pow els of the 13 th century hailed from Wales ,though it is singu lar that John ApHow el was prebend ofNorwich

in the reign of Henry VII. Pow ell has only been a Welsh nam esom e three centuries . (S ee

I— L .

INGRAM was the nam e of a vicar of Narb urgh tw o centuries

ago and m uch further back, in 14 3 3 , John Ingram w as patron of

the living of Hem pstead,where he ow ned property

ISABELL, occurring also in the difi erent form s of Isab elles , .Isb ells

,

etc .

, w as a Norw ich nam e in the 16th century (BL) . Isbell isnow found in East Dereham and Attleborough . The nam e w as

represented as Isabell and Ysab ell in the sam e county in the 13 thcentu ry, as well as in Kent

,Cambridgeshire , and Lincolnshire .

It is now rare or extinc t in its early JAC OBwas rector of Bu rgh in 14 l 9 and William Jacob w as a cavalierof Mendham in 164 2 the nam e w as also represented in Creetingin Suffolk in 1648 (BL) . Sir John Jacob w as a Cam bridgeshirebaronet in 173 9 (Carter

’

s In the reign of

Edward I . w e find this name in Norfolk,Cambridgeshire , and

Oxfordshire (H . w as the nam e of a Brisingham

gentlem an in 1580 (B . w as the nam e of the rectorof Honing in 163 0 ; and in the form s of Land, Lande , and Landa ,we find it in Essex and Lincolnshire in the 13 th centu ry (H .

The LARWOODS were Norwich m erchants from about 1650 to1750 ; and Abraham Larwood, one of the family, was sheriff of

t he city in 173 9 w as the nam e of the rector of



century ; and Clem ent Nurse w as v icar of Tottington in 1616

(BL) . Nu rse is still a Thetford nam e . Now ers or De Now ers

w as the ancient form of the nam e,and as such it occurred in the

13 th centu ry in Lincolnshire and Bedfordshire (H . How ever,it is probab l e

,as Lipscomb points ou t, that the principal early

hom e of the nam e w as in Bu cks,w here the fam i ly of De Now ers

possessed great influ ence in the 12 th and 13 th centuries, beingnow represented in that county by the later nam es of Nourse and

Nu rse The nam e of O LDFIELD is now established in Norfolk

and Derbyshire , and there are places thu s called in Cheshire ,Herefordshire

,and Worcestershire . Jam es O ldfield w as rector of

S tratton,Norfolk

,in the reign of Jam es II .

,and there was a Sir

John O ldfield of Spalding ,Lincolnshire

,in the reign ofAnne (BL)

(S ee u nder

P— R .

The nam e of POWELL w ill be found referred to under How ell .. . There resided at Norw ich a distingu ished fam ily of PHILIPPO

tw o centu ries ago , w hich is still represented in the city. A certainE ly Philippo had tw o sons

,Elisha and Onias

,ofwhom E lisha w as

high Sheriff of the county in 1675 centuries since,

the Norfolk fam ily ofPOLL had representatives nam ed Polle in thecounty as w ell as in Cam bridgeshire and Kent (H . R ) .

is an ancient Norfolk nam e,w hich w as also represented in C am

b ridgeshire b y Purde as far back as the 13 th centu ry . In 1610,

Edmund Purdye ow ned part of the m anor of Stoke ; in 14 79 ,John Pu rdy w as rector of C atfield ; and in 1471, the w idow of

Rob ert Pu rdy w as buried beside her husband in Aylesham chu rch

(BL) . A fam ily of Purdey, holding property in Rockland St.Andrew in the beginn ing of the 16th centu ry,

cam e from Bu ry in

Hertfordshire at the end of the previous centu ry (BL) . ThePu rdys are still represented in Rockland St . Andrew and Aylesham RIS INGwas originally the nam e ofWood Rising,

a parishn ear Hingham , where the fam ily ofDe Rising exercised the rightsof lordship in the 13 th and 14 th centu ries (BL) The sam e fam ilyheld property in Greatm elton in the 13 th centu ry (BL) Risingis also the nam e of a parish near Lynn RIVETT is a very o ld

Norfolk nam e , belonging to an ancient fam ily that held in the 14thcentu ry the property know n as Rivett

’

s Manor in West New ton .

In 1570 John Rivet of Brandeston was patron of the livings of

NORFOLK.

Mou lton Magna and Wacton and owned property th ere : and S ir

Thom as Rivet, of Norfolk, w as a London m erchant abou t thesam e tim e (BL) Thom as Revet w as m ayor of Lynn in 1649 (BL)Henry RIX w as rector of Depham in 1713 Nic . Rix

,master

of St . Giles ’ Hospital,Norw ich

,who died in 1675 , w as preceded

as stew ard or keeper of the sam e hospital by Nic . Rix,evidently

his father , w ho died in 1643 Rixe w as the nam e of the rector of

Bodney in 1554 (BL) . The nam e is still in Norwich .

S CALES is an a ncient Norfolk nam e,being comm on in the

county as far back as the 13 th century ,in the form ofDe Scales

or Le Scales (H . In fac t,from the 13 th to the 15th centu ry

the titled fam ily of De Scales owned great possessions and helda high position in the county is now a Norfolknam e . In the 13 th century, Philip Savery lived in Leicestershire,and John Savary in Wiltshire (H . A fam ily of Savery held

property in Raw reth parish , Essex , in the 14 th centu ry (Morant’

s

E ssex Another fam ily of Savery has long been establishedin Devonshire

,hav ing settled at Totnes early in the 16th centu ry ;

in the 17th and 18 th centu ries this fam ily resided at S hilston in

Modbury,and took an active part in the troubled tim es of the

Comm onw ealth and of the Revolu tion of1688 one of the fam ilyw as high Sheriff of Devon in 1619 , and another m ember, CaptainThom as Savery, w ho flou rished at the end of the 17th

centu ry,w as the inventor of the first w orking steam - engine ; the

Devonshire Saverys are said to have com e from Norm andy(Cotton

’

s Savary w as also the nam e of a Huguenot

fam ily established at Greenw ich at the end of the 17th century,

hailing originally from Perigord, in the sou th of France , and still

represented by the Tau zia S avarys (Sm iles’ “ Hugu enots

SAYER is a very ancient n am e in this county. AS Sayer and Sayere

it occu rred in Norfolk,~ Beds

,and Hants in the 13 th century

(H . R . ) The Sayers of Pu lham,Norfolk

,an ancient fam ily,

from

w hich the Sayers of Eye , Suffolk, are derived, w ere lords of the

m anor of Pu lham in the 17th and 18th centu ries (BL) . Sayeris also an ancient Essex nam e . (S ee under “ E SSEX,

” YORKSHIRE ,N . and SEWELL is a very old Norfolk nam e ,

going back to the 14 th century SHERINGHAM is the nam e of

a Norfolk'

parish The SLIPPER-S,of Norwich and its v icinity .


bear the nam e of the old “sw ord slypers, the designation

employed in the Acts of Jam es VI . for those wh ose occupation

was to w het sw ords Samu el Slipper w as rector of Reydonand Rising , and chaplain to the Duke of Norfolk

,in the reign

of Charles II . (BL) SOAME w as a fam iliar nam e in Lynn duringthe 16th and 17th centu ries ; and six m ayors of the town borethe nam e betw een 1514 and 1629 . S oam e w as a distinguishedNorfolk nam e in the 17th centu ry, in the early part of whichSir Stephen S oam e

,lord m ayor of London

,owned Depedale and

Polsted Hall m anor, in Burnham . Tw o hundred years since,

Colonel Edmu nd S oam e ow ned Derham Grange, in West Derham .

About the sam e tim e lived Sir William S oam e,of Thirlow Hall,

Suffolk and S PINKS are still Norw ich nam es .

Thom as Spink or Spynk w as a notable Norw ich citizen in the14 th centu ry, and sat as one of its bu rgesses in Parliam ent .Richard Spynk w as another Norw ich citizen in 13 42 . Spink

w as the nam e of the vicars of Attlebridge and Wroxham in 1445and 14 72 (BL) . The nam e of Spink occu rred in Bedfordshireand Northamptonshire in the 13 th century (H . the

chu rch of St . Peter,Mancroft , Norw ich , there w as a m onum ent

to four persons , nam ed Richard STARLING, w ho died betw een1690 and 1729 ; tw o of them w ere carpenters and one an attorneyat- law (BL) . Starling is stil l a Norw ich nam e . S tarlinc, according to Low er, w as a pre -Dom esday personal nam e The presentfam ily of STIMPSON m ay possess an ancestor in John Stimpson ,

who lived at Bu rston,in Diss, in 1742 qu oting

Fergu son , states that the nam e of S ew lf (sea- w olf) occu rs in acharter of Canu te . It is probably the original form of the nam eofSELF . ( See under

THIRTLE,THURTLE

,and THURTELL , also

'

fonnd in Suffolk, arecontractions ofThirkettle or Thurkettle, an ancient Scandinaviannam e

, still represented in Norfolk and Suffolk . (S ee underSUFFOLK . The nam e of THROWER is said to be the m ascu lineform of “ throw ster,

” a wom an wh o winds or throw s S ilk (L. )A person of this nam e w as buried in St . Edm und

’

s church ,Norwich

,in 1681, and the n am e is still in that city ; the m ayor o f

Yarm ou th in 1650, and the bailiff of the sam e tow n in 1582 , w erethus nam ed (BL) w as a fam iliar nam e in Norwich in the



NORTHAMPTONSHIRE .

NOTE.

— The asterisk before a nam e indicates that,though char

acteristic of the cou nty ,the nam e is m ore num erous elsewhere .


C ook RobinsonC ooke Sm ith (Northampton)

*Harris


C hapman 4, Shepherd *WebbSheppard

REGIONAL NAMES (10— 19 counties) .

Adkins (Banbury) *Bird *NicholsBarratt at Gardener *PotterBarrett Gardner ’X‘Spencer (Northampton)

*Berry Gilbert (Rugby) West

DISTRI C T NAMES (4—9 counties) .

*Gregory (Banbury) StokesSargeant Tebb itt (Rugby )Sargent Tebb u t t (Northampton)

*Savage Weston


Bonser (O undle) Hadland *Row latt

"l‘Brawn *Hawkes Sm art* C ockerill Lew in Tew

Druce Lovell ThomasonMessinger (Towcester) Underwood

Fortescue

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE . 2 99


Aris Goff

Barford (Towcester) GolbyBazeley Goode

Bazley Gu lliverBellaire Hales

Bellars Heygate

Borton HoltonBrafield HornsbyBritten (Northampton) Judkins

Bromwich KingstonBuswell LinnellB utlin hi ackaness (NorthC hew (Oundle) ampton)Dainty MainDrage (Northampton) Maw le

Dunkley (Northampton MeasuresGibbard Montgomery

NOTES ON SOME OF THE C HARAC TERISTIC NORTHAMPTONSHIRE NAMES .

(The nam es are arranged in alphabetical groups, b u t not necessarily in alphab etical order in each group. )

Authorities indicated by thefollow ing abbreviations

B . indicates Baker’ s Northamptonshire .

C y . C ypher’

s Rothwell ” or Rowell .


L . Low er’ s Patronymica Britannica.

Wh . W halley’

s Northamptonshire ofBridges.

ARIS is the m odern form of an old Northamptonsh ire namew hich has suffered by the change . In the reign of King John ,William of Arras, Advocate of Bethune

,held the m anor of

NewittPantherRoddis

ScrivenS iddonsSpokesStopsTurnellVergette (Deeping)W arw ickW estleyWhittonWhitneyWoolhou seWrightonWyman

York


Rothersthorp John Arras w as incumbent ofWhiston in1506 (Wh Joseph Aris w as a gentlem an of Adson or Adstone ,w ho owned property in B lakesley about 200 years ago (B . and

The nam e is S t ill in the parish . In the 13 th centu ryDe Araz w as a London nam e (H . ASHBYS and theBARFORDS derive their nam es from parishes in the county . The

form er nam e has its present hom e on the Warwickshire b order inthe Rugby district ; whilst the Barfords are found in the vicinityofTow cester The nam e ofBAZELEY or BAZLEY w as w ell represented in the county in the 17th and 18th centu ries . In Upton

church there is a

i

m em orial slab to Richard Baslee who died

in 172 9 ; and at the comm encem ent of last centu ry there was

a family of Baz lee in Daventry w here the nam e still

occu rs . Members of the fam ily of Basely of Syw ell w ere bu riedin one of the Northam pton churches early last centu ryThe ancient fam ily ofBelers or Bel lers held property in Brampton

and Cranford in the 14 th and 15th centu ries This fam ilycam e originally from Kirkby Bellers , Leicestershire, and som e ofthe m em bers w ere Sheriffs of Derbyshire and Notts, in the tim e of

Edw ard III . Bib . Topog . The m odern form of the nam e

is BELLAIRS or BELLARS The BORTONS possess an ancient sur

nam e which in the form of De Borton occurred in Lincolnshire,Norfolk

, and Dorsetshire during the 13 th century (H .

The nam e ofBRADSHAW has been established in Northamptonshiresince the 15th centu ry The rector of Cosgrave in 1600

bore the nam e Fu rther reference to this nam e w ill be

fou nd u nder DERBYSHIRE and LANC ASHIRE . The BRAFIELDS

are nam ed after a parish in the county. On a tomb in Blisworth

churchyard occu rred the follow ing inscription concerning MaryBrafield, w ho died in childbirth in 1662 , leaving a fam ily of six

children behind her (Wh . )

Thu s I who strove to give my babe a birth,Enter agayne my mother’ s womb , the earth .

”

BRAWN is a nam e also fou nd in the adj acen t counties ofHunts

and Beds, as w ell as in S tafi ordshire ; it has long been known inthis county. John Brawne and his wife w ere buried in Tow cester

chu rch in 1740 ; John Braw ne w as also the nam e ofan incum bent

ofBrafield in the 15th century is the nam e

of an old Daventry fam ily. Mrs . Bromwich ofthat town held the



nam e has its present hom e in this cou nty on the Warw ickshire

border in the Rugby district,and still rem ains in Kilsby

DAINTY is evidently a form of Daintree , w hich represents thepopular ‘ pronunciation of Daventry, a Northam ptonshire town .

The nam e w as in Harleston at the end of the 17th centu ry(B ) , and a fam ily of Dainty resided at O rton , near Row ell ,from the 17th to the presen t centu ry is a

corruption of Dru eys‘ or Le Dru eys, a nam e occu rring in the

adj acent cou nty of Bu cks , as w ell as in Wilts, in the 13 th centu ryDUNKLEYS have their present hom e in North

ampton and its vicinity . A fam ily of the nam e held property in

Brington in the 15th centu ry ; and a fam ily of Dunckley residedat Dodford last cen tu ry w as the nam e of the

incum bent ofTifiield du ring the reign ofEliz abethnam e ofFORTES C UE

,which is also found in the adj acent county of

Hunts,had its origin w ith the distingu ished Devonshire fam ily of

the nam e that resided at Winston in that cou nty as far back as

the reign ofJohn The Northampton shire Fortescu’

es owned

part of th e living of Pateshu ll in the tim e of Elizabeth,and last

century they owned the living ofRothw el l

G— K .

In the reign of Elizabeth , Christopher GOFF w as part - owner

w ith the Earl of Lincoln of Rodeston rectory There w as

a Roger Gofi e in Cam bridgesh ire in the 13 th centu ry (H .

Henry GOODE’

w as rector of Weldon in 1684 ; William Good

claim ed part of the m anor of Kettering in 1652 (Wh . )GULLIVER w as apparently a nam e ofm ore frequ ent occu rrence inthe past than it is in the present . In the 13 th centu ry it w as

established in the form of Golafr’ in the neighbou ring counties

ofO xford,Bu ckingham ,

and Cam bridge ; as Golaffre and Gu lafre

in Norfolk ; and as Gu lafr’

in Glou cestershire (H . There

w as a knightly fam ily nam ed Golafre in Oxfordshire du ring the

14 th and 15th centuries (Kennett’

s Am brosden ,”

is a very ancient nam e in this coun ty , going back to the 13 th

centu ry. Ha le is the nam e of a m anor on w hich the fam ilyof De Hale resided in the 13 th and 14 th centuriesHOLTON w as the nam e of the owner of the m anor of Flore inthe 15th century and of the incum bent of Potterspu ry in

1568 There are parishes of the name in Oxfordshire ,

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE . 3 03

Lincolnshire , etc William JUDKINS w as bailiff of Daventry in

1778 A fam ily of Judkin resided at Upper Heyford in the17th and 18th centuries

,and held land there as far back as the

reign of Jam es I . (B . and Wh . ) KINGSTON is an ancient andoften a distinguished nam e in this cou nty .

L— P .

LEWIN is a nam e also fou nd in the adj acent county of Hu nts .

It has been established in Northamptonshire since the reign of

Edw ard the Confessor John de Leune w as incumbent

of Brington in the 14 th centu ry, and tw o incum bents of S ib ertoft

and Maidw ell in the follow ing century bore the nam e of Lew inIn the form s of Lew in

,Lew ine

,and Lewyn it occu rred

in Cam bridgeshire , S ufi olk, and Lincolnshire in the reign of

Edward I . (H . nam e of L INNELL has long been

established in this county . Nathaniel and Richard Lynnell heldland in Wh ilton in the reign of Jam es I. ; and John Lynnell w as

rector of Tiffield in the reign of Edw ard VI .

is a nam e scattered about the sou thern half of England, bu tNorthamptonshire seem s to have been one of its principal hom es .

The Lord Lovells of Titchm arsh and Snoscom b e w ere distinguishedNorthamptonshire noblem en from the 13 th to the 16th century ;there are

,howe ver, several branches of the fam ily, which include

the Lovells of Preston Capes, going back to the 16th centu ry,

and

the Lovells of Harleston,to which branch belonged Sir Salathiel

Lovell,baron of the Exchequer in the reign ofAnne (B ) . In the

form of Lo vel this nam e w as frequ ent in the 13 th century in

Oxfordshire and Wiltshire, and it also occurred then in Kent

,

Essex,Yorkshire

,etc . (H . gentle fam ily ofMONTGOMERY

resided in Daventry last centu ry ; the ancient distingu ished fam ilyof De Montgom ery held extensive estates in Ecton betw een the13 th and the l 6th centuries (B . ) present representatives of

the nam e of MAWLE are probably connected in their descent withMr . Mau le, who had a farm in Ecton in the early part of lastcentury (Wh . ) PANTHER is a form of pantler

,the o ld title

of m aster - baker,in old tim es a position of importance (L . )

PONDER,now rare in the county, was a Rowell nam e during last

century (C v.)


R— T .

ROWLETT (see under “ LEI C ESTERSHIRE was the nam e of theincumbent of Sudborough in 1648 (Wh . ) S C RIVEN is an o ld

clerical nam e in the county . Two rectors of Harpole bore thenam e in the first half of last century and at the close of the

previou s century and one of the rectors of Twywell duringthe past century w as sim ilarly nam ed There is a m em orialin Row ell church to Sam u el Scriven , w ho died in 1713 at the

age of 23 is an ancient name in this part of

England. It w as w ell represented in Oxfordshire in the 13 th

century (H . and w as a comm on nam e in Leicestershire in the

17th and 18th centu ries . The Sm arts ofAshby de la Zou che,

Leicestershire , are descended from Ithiel Sm art,vicar of that

place in the reign of Charles II . , whose father resided at Preston

in Northamptonshire (Nichols’ Leicestershire The nam e w as

represent-ed in Great C laybrook, Leicestershire , 200 years ago ,

and there w ere Smarts of Huncote in the sam e county during the

reign ofCharles I.

,and Sm arts of Thurleston

,also in that cou nty,

in the past century Smarte w as the nam e of a rector of

Wardon in Northamptonshire in the 15th century (B ) . Thereare also representatives of the nam e in Wiltshire Edm undSPOKES w as incum bent ofBrackley in 1543 is anancient nam e in this county. An O ld fam ily of position bore thenam e as farback as the 13 th century, when there w as a Peter deStokes of Dallington . Thom as Stokes

,

“ arm iger,”

and some , ifnot all, of the m em bers of his fam ily, which included four sons

and tw elve daughters , w ere buried in the church ofAshby Ledgers

during the 15th century. Adrian Stokes b y right of his w ifeow ned the living ofTiffield in 1575 (B ) . The nam e is also estab

lish ed in Leicestershire , Notts, Shropshire , Staffordshire, and

W orcest ershire, and there are also a few of the nam e in Essex,b u t

it is for the most part now confined to the m idlands . In the 13 th

century it occu rred in the form of De Stokes in Oxfordshire ,Bucks, Hu nts, S uffolk , Yorkshire , and Lincolnshire (H . R . )TEBBITT or TEBBUTT is a nam e also found in the su rroundingcounties . In Northam ptonshire the nam e is best represented on

th e ‘Warw ickShire border in the vicinity of Rugby and in theNorthampton district . Sam u el Tebb u tt left in 1730 an annualbequ est of six Bibles for the poor children of Row ell

TEW is a nam e that has probably been confounded w ith Chew , also



NORTHUMBERLAND .

NOTE — The asterisk before a nam e indicates that though the

nam e is well established in this cou nty, it is m ore num erouselsew here in England.

S . after a name implies that it is‘

found over a large part of Scotland, b u tm ore particu larly in the southern half.

S. F. implies that it occurs south of the Forth and the C lyde.

SC in central Scotland.

B . in the Scottish border counties.

G . S . generally throughout Scotland.

N . S . in northern Scotland.

The places in brackets after the nam es are their homes in Northumberland,except in one or two cases where the home lies between two counties.

GENERAL NAMES (3 0—40 counties) .fMartin

, S . F . (Langley

-Mills)’"Robinson


Foster Reed Thompson, S .

Forster (Allendale)*Reid

, S . (Thom son is the Scottish"Lee *Richardson, B . form )*Parker *Watson, S .

*Young, S .

REGIONAL NAMES (10—19 counties).*Atkinson *Gibson, S . F . Oliver. BBell, S . F . , B . Gray, S . F .

”“PearsonDixon Grey Scott, S . F . , B .

(Dickson in Scotland, ”“Harrison *Steph ensonC . S . , S . F .) Lamb *Stevenson, S . F .

S . F .

’x‘Marshall , S . F . , C . S .

*Walton

Elliot, B .

*Nicholson, B *WilkinsonEll iott

NORTHUMBERLAND. 3 07

DISTRIC T“

NAMES (4 - 9 counties) .

Anderson,G. S . Dodds, S . F . Short

(Newcastle) *Emm erson StoreyAppleby English Swan, S . F .

Armstrong, B . S . F . , C . S . Swannwhistle) G . S . Teasdale

Arthur,S . F .

*Hutchinson (Hutchi ThorntonC arr son in Scotland

,S .) Todd, S . F .

C harlton *Little,B . Tweddell

C oulson Nix on Tw eddle

C ox on Pickering Tw eedle

Davidson, S . Robson, B . WardellDavison fRu tter WardleDickinson (Berw ick ’x‘WhitfieldDodd on -Tweed)


Angu s, S .

*JobsonBatey Laurie

, S . F .

Baty Lowry’"Birkett Law s

Black, G. S . LiddellB lair

, S . F . LiddleBlenkinsop

*Low es

Burn *Mather, B .

C rawford, S . F . Maughan

Douglas, B . M ilburnDryden B .

*Errington Murray, S .

Fenw ick Nichol,S .

G . S . 0 rd

Hedley (Otterburn) Patterson,S .

Henderson (Allen Pattisondale) , S . Pigg

Heslop (Hyslop in PottsDumfriesshire) Purvis

,B .

*Hetherington Rand

PE C ULIAR NAMES (confined mostly in England to this county) .

Arkle (Morpeth)Aynsley (Ainslie inScotland, S . F .)

Rea

ReayRiddellRiddleRidley (C arlisle)Robertson, G . S .

Rowell

Rutherford,B .

Snaith (O tterburn)StobbsS totherd

Stothert (Stoddart inScotland, S . F .)

Tait,B .

TateTurnb ull

,B .

Urw in (form of the

Scottish Irvine)Wallace

,S . F .

,C . S .

Waugh, B .


Borthw ick , B .

Bothwick

Brew isBrodie

, S . F .

Bu shby (Haltwhistle)C airns

, S . F .

C arm ichael, S .

C ockburnC omm onC owan ,

S . F .

C ow enC ow ingC raig, S . F .

Dand

DinningEmbletonFairbairn

,B .

GallonGilhespy (Newcastle)(Gillespie in SouthScotland)

NOTES ON SOME OF THE C HARAC TERISTIC NORTHUMBERLANDNAMES .


Au thorities indicated by thefollowing abbreviations

B . indicates Brand’s Newcastle .

C . C harlton’s North Tynedale and its Four Surnames.

D . Denham ’

s Slogans of the North of England.

”

H . Hodgson’

s Northum berland.


L . Lower’s Patronymica Britannica.

R . Raine’s North Durham .

”

Glendinning, B . Pringle, S . F.

Harle RentonHerdman Renw ickHindmarsh Roddam

Hogg, B . Shanks,S . F .

How ey ShieldHow ie, S . F . Stew art, G. S .

Jobling Stob art

Laidler (Laidlaw on Stob ert

Scottish border, Straughan (Alnw ick)especially in Rox (Strachan in Northb urgh shire) Sco tland)

Lum sden, N . S . Telfer,'

B . (Falstone)Middlemas TelfordMiddlem iss UsherMorrison

,G . S . Wanlace

Nevin WanlessNevins Weddell

Orm ston Weddle

Phil lipson (Allendale) Younger



trem endous raid w as m ade into Scotland from all parts of them arches . The Earl of Northum berland

,w riting to the King

at that tim e,prom ises “ to lett slippe secretlie them of Tindaill

and Riddisdaill for th’ annoyance of Scotland — God sende them

all good Spede !” How ever

,they soon found that they had set

loose forces which they could not restrain , and du ring the reignof Elizabeth the m en of Tynedale, Redesdale, and Liddisdale ,

m ade the Border a constant scene of rapine and confusion . Wecannot wonder

,therefore , that the Borderers were regarded as a

law less race prone to robbery and sacrilege and reverencing neitherchurch nor king ; yet it is som ewhat remarkable that am ongstm en so akin in their race - history, in their dialect, and in theirm anners

,there should be su ch bitt er feuds . What we m ight

reasonably have expected in the Welsh Marches seem s a littleinexplicable on the Scottish Border, since tru e Scotland term inated at the Forth and the C lyde , w hilst southern Scotland (asw e now know it) and northern England constitu ted for ages thetw o kingdom s Of Northum bria and Cumbria or rather Of Strathclyde . Even after the 12 th century, when the political boundaryreceived the lim its which it has since in the m ain retained, southernScotland in great part preserved its English character in its law s,language , and m anners .

This su bject,however

,will be found fu rther exam ined in the

rem arks on Scottish nam es form ing the Appendix to this w ork .

Here , how ever , I m ay briefly point ou t that it w ou ld seem thatt he o ld border w arfare arose rather from political than from racial

antipathies ; and that it w as too often fostered by the intrigues of

m onarchs and the jealou sies of the great northern C hieftains ,

Yet it cannot be doubted that circum stances greatly favoured the

independent Spirit of the Borderers . Rem oved far from any

centre of governm ent and b ut little affected by the civilisation of

large tow ns, living in amiddle region often th e scene of w arfarebetw een two kindred nations

,they may w ell have doubted as to

the side on which their allegiance lay. Their surroundings, also,their bleak m oorlands

,their w ild un cultivated dales , their broad

and often fenceless pastu re lands, their glens, their burns, theirheather- covered fells , preserved an independence of character ina peop le b u t little given to regu lar agricultural pursu its . In theirtraditions and in their m instrelsies they w ere scarcely likely to

forget the deeds of their fathers ; deeds Often associated w ith

particu lar localities , so that even now in these regions, which have


not altered much in their appearance in the lapse of centuries,m any a glen still preserves a legend, and alm ost every burn yet

babbles forth, to a Borderer’

s ear, its startling story .

GATHERING ODE OF THE FENWICK .

By WILLIAM R I C HARDSON Published in Denham ’

s

S logans of the North .

”

Pipe of Northumbria, soundWarpipe of Al nwiekeWake the wild hills around,Summon the Fenwicke

Percy at Panim* war;

Fenw icks stands foremostScots in array from far

,

Swell wide their warhost.

See, fierce from the border,

Wolf- like he rushesDrives southward the WarderGore- stream forth gu shes

C om e Spearman, come Bowman,C om e bold-hearted Truewicke

Repel the proud foe-man ;

Join lion- like Bewicked'

From Fenwicke and Denw icke,

Harlow and Hallington : 12

Sound bugle at Alnwicke,Bag

-

pipe at Wall ingtonOn Elfhill s th ’

alarm W ispSmoulders in pale ray

Maids, babes that can scarce lisp,Point trembling the bale -way.

Referring to the C rusades.

'

I' The Spearmans, the Bowmans, the Tru ewickes or Trew ickes, and the

Bewickes w ere clans adherent to the interests of the Percys, and they are all,or

w ere recently, still represented.

I Four ham lets in Northumberland.

A,w isp of burning straw on the point of a spear.


Leave the plough, leave themow ;Leave loom and smithie

C ome w ith your trusty yew,

Strong arm and pithyLeave the herd on th e hill

,

Low ing and flyingLeave the vill

,cot , and m ill ,

The dead and the dying.

C ome clad in your steel jack ,Your wargear in order,

And down hew ordrive backThe Scot o ’

er the borderAnd yield you to no man.

Stand firm in the van -

guard,Brave death in each foe -man

,

Ordie on the green- sward.

A— D .

ALDER w as the nam e of proprietors in Prendwick , Ailnham ,

and South Weetslade in 1663 ; early last centu ry, George Alder,Esq. , resided at Prendwick (H . ) is a very ancient nam e

in Northumb erland. Arkil w as the nam e of a great Northum

brian baron in the 1l th century Robert Arkle w as aproprietor in Earsdon in the reign ofCharles II . The nam e

is now established in Morpeth and its neighbou rhood. There areham lets thu s called in the North Riding The ARMSTRONGS , a

w ell - know n border clan,had tw o hom es

,one on each side of the

border,nam ely, at Eskdale , in Cum berland, and at Liddisdale , in

Roxburghshire (L ) . Their great hom e in the north ofEngland

is in the Haltwhistle district , in Northumb erland, b u t they are

also well represented in Cum berland,and occu r in fair numbers in

the county ofDu rham . New castle has known the nam e for som e

300 years The nam e is established still in the Scottishborder counties, especially in Dumfriesshire . The sm all colonyof Arm strongs in the south of England, especially in Kent , m ay

require a different origin BELLINGHAM w as the nam e of apow erfu l North Tyn e fam ily that took its nam e from the place

thus called in that district ; the nam e is now rare or extinctThe BEWIC KS

,an old border clan

,flou rished for ages at O ld

and New Bew ick , in North Northumberland The . nam e is

still in those districts. Robert Bewick, who died in 164 1, w as a


3 14 HOMES OF FAMlLY NAMES .

and in fact the nam e still. has its principal hom e in the Haw ickdistrict of Roxbu rghshire EMBLEDON is the nam e of a Northum b erland township . An ancient fam ily bore this nam e

ERRINGTON was the nam e of a very old Northumberland fam ilythat took its nam e from the ham let of. Errington ,

the hom e of

the fam ily as far back as the 13 th centu ry (S ee under

The FAIRBAIRNS are also established in theScottish border counties The FENWI C KS or FENWYKES

,an old

border clan , took their nam e from their ancient fastness nearNorthumberland. This powerfu l clan w as the

constant ally of the Percies (D . and For four centuriesthe Fenw icks were frequ ently , represented am ongst the highsheriffs ofNorthumberland The FETHERSTONHAUGHS of Fotherstomb augh Castle , an ancient fam ily dating back to the 13 thcentu ry,

and now scantily represented in the county, held them anor ofFetherstonhaugh for tw elve successive generations, w hen

their nam e and interest in it disappeared is an

old nam e in this cou nty . The fam ily of Galon or Galoun heldm u ch property in Trew hitt and Pespole in the 14th , 15th , and

16th centuries ; Hugo Galon resided at Trewhitt or Tirw h ite

Castle in the reign ofHenry VI . and a hundred years before , inthe reign of Edward III . , w e hear of a Hugo Gallon of Pespole ;

Giles Gallon,Esq. , l ived at Trewhitt in the reign of Elizabeth

the Northumberland form of the Scottish

Gillespie which has its hom e south of the Forth of the C lyde , is

a nam e now found in the New castle district The GLENDINNINGS,

w ho have their hom e in the Scottish border counties, derive theirnam e from an ancient estate in Dumfriesshire The GREYS of

Northum b erland m ostly belong to two ancient stocks, the distin

guished fam ily ofGrey ofHeaton and Chillingham , and the Greys

of Kyloe , both dating back to the 13 th century a nd connected

w ith each other ofKirkharle w as the nam e of anancient and influ ential fam ily In the 13 th and 14th centu ries

the, fam ily ofDe Herle,as the nam e w as then written , owned much

property in the county ; Thom as Harle w as a proprietor in East

Matfen in the reign of Charles II . Kirkharle is a parish inNorthum berland, and Harle is the nam e of tw o townships in the

county HEDLEY is a township in Northumberland HESLOPw as the nam e of several proprietors in the Hexham division in the17th century (H) ; the nam e is still num erous in the Hexham

district . Hyslop is the form of the nam e in Dumfriesshire


-H INDMARSH is an ancient nam e in this county. There w as aWalter Hindm ers of Mitford in the 13 th century ; Hindm ers w as

the nam e,

in the 17th centu ry of proprietors in Little Benton,

Wallsend, and Bu rradon ; John Hindmarsh w as a New castle

gentlem an two hundred years since ; ” Edward Hindmarsh held

a farm at Nafferton, on the Derw entw ater estate , in 172 3 ;

Joshua Hindm arsh , constable of Com b Hill,obtained notoriety in

opposing the m ilitia law s in the riotou s year of 1761 ; the nam e

w as in Elsden last century w as the nam e of pro

prietors in Greenhead and Acomb in the reign of Charles II .

In the 13 th century the nam es of Hog and Le Hog

o ccurred in Sufi olk ,Cam bridgeshire, and Oxfordshire (H .

The Northumberland Hoggs, how ever, are evidently connected in

their origin with the Hoggs of the Scottish border counties .

Hocg, according to Ferguson, is an Anglo - Saxon m an ’

s nam e ,and from it have been derived the tw o kindred nam es of Hoggand Hodge In the reign of Charles II . , Andrew JOBLING or

JOPLING held property in Shotley and Newlands

LAIDLER is'

the Northumberland form of Laidlaw ,a comm on

su rnam e in the Scottish border counties, especially in the Haw ickdistrict of Roxbu rghshire . Laidlaw is a p lace - nam e in Selkirk

shire L IDDELL is a w ell - known Northumbrian nam e . For thelast tw o centuries the Liddells have frequ ently filled the offices of

high sheriff of the county and of m ayor of New castle (B ) .

LUMSDEN w as the nam e of an ancient Berwickshire fam ily thattook its nam e from an old m anor in Coldingham parish , w here theylived u ntil the 14 th century, w hen they rem oved to Blanerne in thesam e county (L . ) MILBURNw as the nam e of an ancient fam ilythat took its nam e from a township in the county and give rise tothe clan of the Milbu rns

,one of the four principal clans that ruled

in North Tynedale in the l 6th centu ry Milburn is still a

North Tynedale nam e M ITFORD w as the nam e of an old

Northumbrian fam ily that took its nam e from a place in thecounty . The Mitfords are now scantily represented The O RDShave been connected with Northumb erland for ages . The O rdesof O rde were lords of the township of O rde as far back as the

Ic centu ry ; from this m ain stock there branched off the Ords

ofNewbiggin in the 15th century, the O rds of Longridge in the


l 6th century, the O rds of Grindon in the 17th century, and theO rds of Holy Island in the 17th and 18th centuries TheO rds ofGrindon are still represented in that locality ORMSTON

or O rm iston is the nam e of a parish in Haddingtonshire , and of aseat in Roxbu rghshire Richard PIGG w as proprietor in HaydonBridge in 1663 where the nam e still rem ains POTTS w as

the nam e of an old Northumbrian clan (L. ) The PRINGLEShave their principal hom e in the sou th ofScotland.

R— S .

The RANDS possess the nam e of a Lincolnshire parish REAYand REA are the Northumberland form s ofa nam e confined m ostlyt o the north of England and the Scottish borders . W

'

ray is itsform in York and its vicinity . In Cumberland w e find Reay and

Ray ; in the Scottish border counties Rae is the characteristicform ; and in the distant county ofWorcester there '

are a few of

the nam e of Rea . The Reays or Rays, who have held the Gill

estates in the parish of Bromfield,C umberland,

from the 13 th to

the present century, are believed by Low er to be the ancient stockof all the English Rays, Wrays, and Wreys The RENTONS

possess the nam e of a tow n in Dum bartonsh ire and of seats in

Berw ickshire and Haddingtonshire The RENWI C KS are nam ed

after a parish in C um berland The RIDDELLS or RIDDLES havelong been established in Northumberland. During the

“l 6t h and

17th centuries several of the m ayors and sheriffs of New castle borethe nam e of Riddell. The Riddells of Tillm ou th w ere an

im portant fam ily in the 13 th and 14th centu ries . An ancientfam ily ofRiddell once lived at the seat of that nam e in Roxburgh

shire Riddells - Qu arter is a township in Northumberland .

The Cornish nam e of Riddle has evidently h ad an independentorigin RIDLEY is an anci ent and an em inent Northumbriannam e . The line ofbaronets thu s called belong to a Northumberland fam ily that can trace its pedigree fou r centuries back . The

nam e is of frequ ent occu rrence in the '

lists of the parliam entaryrepresentatives and m ayors of New castle Ridley is a

tow nsh ip in- South Tyne The ROBERTSONS of Northum berland

are probably derived from the Robertsons of Scotland w ho

are especially num erous in the Scottish border counties

Northumberland is the great hom e of the ROBSONS , particu larlythe district of North’ Tyne, where they have been established Since



and Tweedle ; in Durham,Tw eddell ; in Yorkshire , Tweddle and

Tw idale ; and in Lincolnshire and Notts,Tw idale . (S ee under

DURHAM ”

) Samuel WEDDELL held property in Sw inhoe in

the reign of Charles II .,and John Weddle resided at Morpeth in

the reign of Henry VIII . and WANLESS arenam es pecu liar to Northumberland. There w as a John Wanles of

the Byrkheds in 1523 Thomas Wanless w as a tanner ofMorpethin 1578 ; and a fam ily of Wan lesse had property in Birkensideand Makedon in 1663 (H ) . These nam es are still established inMorpeth USSHER or US C HER was the nam e of a fam ily ow ningproperty in Morpeth parish in the 14th and 15th centuries (H ) .

WALLAC E is a nam e comm on in the south of

WAUGHS,w ho are now established in England in the counties of

Northumberland and Du rham,probably hail originally. .from the

Waughs of the Scottish border cou nties, where the nam e still hasits hom e

,especially in Roxbu rghshire and Dumfriessh ire . The

Waughs of Heip , in Roxbu rghshire, held' those lands .from the

13 th to the 17th century

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE . 3 19

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE .

NOTE — The asterisk indicates that a nam e,though characteristic

of the county, is m ore num erous elsewhere .


*Brown *Johnson W ilsonC lark Sm ith "WrightC larke Taylor

*Hall (Nottingham) *Turner


*Bailey "Hunt (Newark)*Bennett (Newark) *Jackson*C ooper Lee (Newark)Foster *Richardson

REGIONAL NAMES


AttenboroughBaines

*Barlow*Brad1eyBriggs (Newark)

*Burrow s"Gill

counties) .

"Shaw (Nottingham )Shelton (Nottingham )

*Spencer4, W ildW ilde (Nottlngham)

7"Wilkinson

*Greaves *Marriott"Houghton *NaylorKirk "Stokes (Nottingham)Kitchen *TomlinsonKitching WelshMachin (Nottingham) Wesh

Meakin



AdlingtonAllcockAlcockBaguley (Nottingham)Bartle

*Bellamy

Bingham]3rettC audwell

C happell*C heethamC lay


Annable Farnsworth NorwoodBarrowcl iff Fenton Ogle

Bartram Footitt O liphantBeardall (Nottingham ) Footit C livantBeecroft (Nottingham ) Gagg PalingBillyard Gelsthorpe Payling

Binge Gunn PaulsonBingley (Retford) Hardstaff Peatfield

Blatherw ick Harpham PellBroadb erry Hempsall (Newark) PickinButtery Herrick Plum tree(Nottingham )Byron Herrod (Newark) Qu ibellC arver Hickton (Mansfield) RadleyC halland Holbrook RedgateC heshire Howett Roadley

C hettle How itt SelbyC ollingham Hurt Staples (Nottingham)C orringham Huskinson Stendall

C umberland Keyworth StrawDarw in Leavers Stu bbinsDerry TemplemanDoncaster (Newark) Lindley TruswellDuckmanton Merrills WeightmanEddison Millington (Notting WombwellEsam (Newark) ham) Woomb ill

HindHinde

*HopkinsonKirklandMaltbyParr

”“Pinder (Newark)'Plowright ( Notting

ham )Wagstafi

*Weatherall



is an old Notts surnam e,is

‘

the nam e of a town in the county .

(S ee under B INGLEY is the nam e ofa Yorkshireparish : Retford, or its vicinity, is now the chief hom e of theBingleys BARTRAM is an ancient English nam e , occu rring inBu cks and Norfolk in the reign of Edw ard I . (H .

BRETTS of Notts probably possess theirprincipal stock in a gentlefam ily seated at Broughton tw o hundred years ago (Harl . ) and

still represented in that parish . Brett is also a Su ssex su rnam eThe BYRONS belong to a v ery ancient and distingu ished fam ily

of Nottingham ,ennobled by Jam esI . and

,as w e also learn from

Deering, S ir John Byron w as constable of Nottingham castle inthe reign of Henry VIII . Byron i s still a Nottingham nam e . In1698 there w ere several freeholders of the nam e of Byron in theSou th C lay div ision of the county As far back as the

reign of Edward I . there w as a Hugh de Byron in Not ts ; b ut atthat tim e the nam e was also to be found

,as Byrun and Birun , in

the neighbou ring cou nties of York , Lincoln , and Norfolk , and as

Biron in Oxfordshire (H . R . ) Amongst the ancient nam es of

the tow n of Nottingham ,still represented there

,though now rare

in the county,are those OfAMYAS and ALVEY . In the 14 th centu ry

there w ere Merchants of the Staple of the nam e of Amyas, one of

whom w as m ayor in 13 3 4 (the nam e now takes the form ofAm ies) ;and m ore than one m ayor of Nottingham in the 16th century borethe nam e of Alvey (D . ) BRUMJTT and B ILLIAT'

I‘ or B ILLIOTT are

also old Notts nam es,now rare in the county. In the 17th

centu ry there w ere several freeholders bearing these nam es in the

cou nty,the Bru mitts being m ostly resident at Tresw ell or Tru sw ell

It is probable that the existing No tts nam e of BILLYARD

is an altered form ofBilliatt or Billiott .0c: is“if

"

C — D .

CHETTLE was a Bingham nam e a hundred years ago

There is a Dorset parish thu s called ; and an ancient fam i ly of

Chettle held property in Blandford St . Mary, Dorset du ring the

l 6th and 17th centuries (Hutchins’

Dorsetshire C HALLAND

is an old Notts nam e . John C hal land w as a freeholder ofRufford

in 1698 Mrs . Chalands or C hallands, who du ring theearly part of last century w as noted in the town of Nottingham

for her skill in b one - setting,died at Edwalton near that tow n in

1744 , having lived to see the S ixth generation The nam e is

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE . 3 2 3

still in Nottingham CLAY has ‘ long been a Notts su rn ame . It

w as represented in the parish ofHayton in the tim e ofHenry VII .

(Th ) . Hercu les Clay w as a m ayor of New ark in the reign of

Charles I . and C lay is still a New ark nam e . The Clays of

Southw ell du ring last centu ry carried their pedigree back 200

years (Rastall’

s Southw ell and their nam e is yet in the tow n .

Six centuries ago Clay w as a comm on nam e in the east of

England, especially in Essex, Lincolnshire , Hunts Cam bridgeshire ,and Beds (H . It is still w ell established in Lincolnshire , as

well as in Notts and Derbyshire In the 17th centu ry therew ere several freeholders in the county bearing the nam e of COTTAM

Lancashire is also the hom e of this nam e . There aretownships and ham lets of the nam e in Notts

,Lancashire , Lincoln

shire,and the East Riding CHAPPELL w as a comm on and

appropriate clerical nam e in the coun ty during last century . Therector of St . Peter ’ s , Nottingham ,

in 1725,and the incumbents of

Barnby, Elston , and Thorp, in 1751, w ere thu s nam ed (D . )COLLINGHAM is the nam e of a parish in this county, w hilstC AUDWELL is derived from the nam e of a Derbyshire township.

CROMWELL,though n ow rare in the county,

w as a nam e borneby several of the gentry and freeholders of Notts du ring the 17th

c entu ry De Crumw ell w as a Notts su rnam e in the 13 thcentu ry (H . R . ) The DERRYS lived in Nottingham and New arkdu ring last century (D . and and sti ll reside there Thefam ily hom e of the DARWINS in the 17th centu ry w as at C leatonin Lin colnshire

,and at E lston in Notts . From this stock Sprang,

last centu ry, the noted Derbyshire Darw ins, to w hich branch

Charles Darw in,the great natu ralist, belonged (Glover

’

s DerbyDarwen is the nam e of som e Lancashire parishes and

townships .

E— H .

The nam e of ESAM is at p resent at hom e in and aroundNew ark . John Esam was a freeholder ofNorwell in 1698

FENTON w as a Notts su rnam e six centuries ago (H .

There is a ham let of the name in the cou nty Thom as GAGGwas - a freeholder at Misterton in 1698 w here the nam e

yet remains . Gag and Gagge are ancient English nam es,occurring in Hunts

,Cambridgeshire , and Wilts , in the reign of

Edward I . (H . which is also a Derbyshire nam e,Y 2


is evidently a contraction of Godb eh ere,of which there is an

instance in the Notts Cou rt Directory . Tw o centuries since therewere tw o Notts freeholders

,nam ed Godb ear and Godb ar

,in

Warsopp and Arnold Godb ehere w as a Sussex surnam ein the reign of Henry III HALLAM, w hich is a comm on place

nam e in the West Riding of Yorkshire and in Derbyshire, is asu rnam e also w ell represented on the Derbyshire border in thevicinity of Sheffield. Hum phrey Hallam w as a freeholder of

Blyth , Notts, in 1698 is the nam e of aYorkshire parish ; w hilst HARDSTAFF is a Sherwood Forest

surnam e Tw o centuries ago there w ere several freeholdersbearing the nam e of HEMSLEY resident at Misterton , Willoughby,East Leake

,and at other places in the cou nty

HERRI C K is an o ld Leicestershire nam e, and reference m ust bem ade to that cou nty HOLBROOK is an ancient su rnam e in theeast of England. AS Holebrok w e find it six centuries ago inNotts

,Lincolnshire

,Suffolk

,and also in Northam ptonshire

(H . and as Hou lbrook it now occurs in Cheshire . There

are parishes, etc .,nam ed Holbrook in the counties of Derby,

Warwick, Gloucester, Dorset , and Su ssex HURT is an ancientNottingham nam e . Richard Hu rt w as m ayor in 1595 , 1602 , and1609 ; and John Hu rt w as v icar of St . Mary

’

s church in 1461

Hurt is still a Nottingham nam e . An ancient and

distingu ished Opulent fam ily of this nam e resided at Ashbourne,

Derbyshire, from the 15th to the 17th century . The Hu rts of

Kniveton, C astern e

,and Alderwashley, in that county,

were

younger branches of the sam e (“ History of Ashbou rne

,and

Glover’s Derbyshire In the reign of Edward I . Hurt was acomm on nam e in Oxfordshire , and it w as also represented thenin Lincolnshire and Devonshire (H . HUSKINSONS werefreeholders in the county tw o centu ries ago , and resided at

Cropwell Bishop and other places

I— P.

KEYWORTH is the nam e of a Notts parish , but the su rnam e has

long been know n in the county, and tw o centu ries ago there were

freeholders thu s called in Cottam and South Leverton (Harl . )The L INDLEYS and the NORWOOD S possess the nam es of p laces in

Yorkshire There w as a MALTBY,a freeholder of New ton , in

1698 in Derbyshire and Lincolnshire the surnam e also



nam e , now but little represented in the cou nty, is that of SANSOMEor SANSUM there were Notts freeholders of the nam e in the 17thce ntury

T -Z .

Jam es TEMPLEMAN w as a freeholder of Worksopp in 1698

This w as a comm on Cambridgeshire surnam e in the reignof Edw ard I . (H . TRUSWELLS derive their nam e from aparish in the county.

“ There w as a freeholder of the nam e inLittleborough in 1612 m ayors of Newark borethe nam e ofTWENTYMAN in the 17th and 18 th centuries (S ) . The

nam e is now rare in the county WAGSTAFF is an old Englishnam e that six hu ndred years ago occurred as Wagestaf and

W aggestaf in Norfolk and Oxfordshire (H . R. ) Since those earlytim es one of the principal hom es of the nam e has been in

Warw ickshire , the Wagstaffes of Tach ebrooke being a distin

gu ished fam ily in the l 6th and 17th centuries but probably theyh ad been m uch longer in the county ofWarw ick

,since an epitaph

relating to one of this fam ily, w ho died in 1681, inform s u s thathe w as descended from the ancient fam ily of the Wagstaffes of

Harbu ry, a place also in Warw ickshire (Dugdale’

s“Warw ick

There w as a fam ily of the nam e in Boddington , North

iamptonshire , in the 17th centu ry (Baker’

s Northamptonshire

At present the nam e is also established in Derbyshire and Essex .

. .WOMBWELL is the nam e of an estate in the West Riding . In

1698,three Notts freeholders

,bearing the nam e of Womb ell or

Woom b ell,lived at O llerton

,WarSOpp, and We lhagh or Wellow ,

respectively The present bearers of the nam e in No tts

spell it as Wombw ell or Woom b ill . As Womb ell, it occu rs in

the old registers of,Hau ghley, Suffolk (Hollingsw orth

’

s Stow

m arket)” TheWEATHERALLS ofNotts are probably derived from

the old Lincoln fam ily of the nam e,m embers ofw hich w ere m ayors

and sheriffs of that city in the 17th and 18th centuries (S tark’

s

“ Lin coln T. . OPLADY and TEIGGE are tw o old Nottingham

nam es that are now b ut little represented in the county . The

m ayors of 1653 and 1682 bore the nam e of Toplady whilst eightm ayors bore the nam e of Trigge during the half century interv en ing betw een 1693 and 1747 is another Notts

nam e now rare in the county . There w ere freeholders ofthe nam eat Misterton and at other places in the county in

OXFORDSHIRE .

- 3 2 7

OXFORDSHIRE.

NOTE.

— The asterisk indicates that , though characteristic of the

cou nty, the nam e is m ore relative ly num erou s elsew here .


*Turner*White

C OMMON NAMES (20- 29 counties) .


’"May an: S immondsPage (Banb ury) S immons

*ParsonsPorter WattsPratt Wells

*Rose ’X‘W est


”“Bartlett*Blake (Oxford)C arpenter

*C oates (O x ford)*C oles


(2 - 3 counties)*Badger

*Belcher

BusbyC astleC heckleyC herryC lackC ollett (O x ford)FenemoreFortnum

PE C ULIAR NAMES (confined mostly to this county) .Florey Pax tonHatt PetherHutt Pettiph er

Hobley Row les (Bicester)Hone SabinHonour Sav inLoosley ShrimptonLouch Spurrett

Lovegrove Stanbra (Banbury)Lu ckett TurrillMidw inter Tu stainNeighbour (Tetsw orth) W iddow sNevell W ilsdon

Padbury W itneyPaxman Woolgrove

NOTES ON SOME OF THE C HARAC TERISTIC OXFORDSHIRENAMES .


Au thorities indicated by the fo llowing abbreviations

B . indicates Beesley s“ Banbury .

”

Bu . Burn’

s Henley- ou - Thames.

Dunkin’s O xfordshire .

”

Giles’ Bampton.

”

R . Hundred Rolls .

Jordan’sI

“ Enstone .

Kennett’s Ambrosden, Burcester, &c .

Lower’ s Patronymica Britannica .

”

i . W ing’

s Steeple Barton and W estcot Barton .

o . Wood’

s and Peshall’

s Oxford.

”€€P

P1

9

131

9

F5

Ma-lin

MansfieldMountainParrottSlatterTimm s

Tims

Tredw ell (O x ford)W iggins



C —E .

CALC UTT is evidently a contraction of Caldecott,w hich in one

form and another is comm on as a place - nam e.in this part of

England and is represented as a su rnam e in Worcestershire ,Glou cestershire

,etc . William C allcott ofW illiam scot left bequests

for the poor of Banbury in the 16th century The nam e w as

represented in Enstone in the reign of Charles II . (J ) AnneGaloot

,a Qu aker

,w as bu ried at Steeple Barton in 1706 (Win)

CHEC KLEY is the nam e of places in Staffordshire and Cheshire .

The su rnam e of Checkley or C heekley w as represented in the

hundred of Wardon,Northamptonshire , in the 17th centu ry

(Baker’

s“ Northamptonshire ” ) CHERRY is also a Northampton

shire nam e . In the early part of the 17th century there w as afam ily of the nam e in Maidenhead, Berks (Ashm ole

’

s“ Berk

shire Benjam in Cherry, wh o died in 1785, w as fou r tim esm ayor of Hertford

,and left bequ ests for the poor ; Benjam in

Cherry,his son (as I infer) , w ho was tow n clerk of Hertford for

tw enty years , .died in 1817 (Turnor’

s“ Hertford ”

) CLAC K is

a ham let in North Wiltshire CLAPTON is a comm on place - nam ein the sou th ofEngland CLARE is an ancient Oxfordshire nam e .

In feu dal tim es the De Clares w ere a very pow erfu l fam i ly in

sou th ern England In the 13 th centu ry the nam e of

De Clare or De C lar’

w as established in Oxfordshire , Norfolk,S uffolk , Som erset, etc . (H . A liberty in Pyrton parish ,Oxfordshire

,a m arket tow n in West Suffolk

,and a Devonshire

district bear the nam e of C lare The C OLLETTS of this countyare m os tly fou nd in th e O xford district . The nam e of Col letw as represented in Oddington in the reign of E lizabeth (D ) .

Collet w as a comm on nam e in Glou cestershire during last centu ry(Bigland

’

s There are now also C o lletts in

Wiltshire and Collets in Cambridgeshire . In th e 13 th centu ryColet w as an Oxfordshire

,Shropshire

,and a

'

London nam e . The

colet ” w as the old English form of “ acolyte ,” a chu rch servant,

and it is rem arkable that,as a ru le, the hom es of the C olletts

are,or have been

,in the vicinity of ecclesiastical centres

The DRINKWATERS hav e resided,as w ell- to - do Enstone yeom en ,

at Gagingwell and Neat Enstone for abou t 3 00 years, nam ely ,during the 16th, 17th , and 18th centuries (J ) . (S ee underCHESHIRE .

OXFORDSHIRE. 3 3 1

F— H .

The FENEMORES have characterised Oxfordshire and Bucks forat least Six centuries . Thom as Fynnam ore w as a bu rgess of

Henley- on - Tham es in the reign of Henry VIII . Therewere sev eral Fennim ores or Vennim ores in Wendeb ury in the

reigns of Jam es I . and Charles I . In the tim e ofWilliamIII . there w as a Ffennim ore in the parish of Enstone (J )Fynnem ore or Fynm ore or Finnem ore w as a Reading nam e in the16th and 17th centuries tw o m ayors of Reading bore th is nam e ,nam ely in 1577 and 1586 (Coates

’ “ Reading and Ashm ole ’sBerkshire In the 13 th centu ry w e find it as De Finem or in

Wilts , as De Finem ere in B ucks,as De Finem e in Oxfordshire , as

Fynam ur in Norfolk, and as Vinem er andW inem er in Cam bridge

shire (H . Fennem ere is a Shropshire ham let,andDe Fenne

m ere or De Fennemare w as a Shropshire su rnam e in the 13 thc entu ry (Eyton

’

s Finnim ore w as the nam e of anancient township in or near Wetw ang parish in the East Ridingof Yorkshire . Sim on Fynim er w as vicar of Hooton Paynel,

Yorkshire,in 13 49 (Hunter ’s Sou th This nam e

w ell - i llustrates the variation of su rnam es ; I have m entioned i t

eighteen tim es and it has been spelt in seventeen different w ays.

the 16th , 17th, and 18th centu ries the nam e of

FORTNUM,or Ffortnam as it used to be spelt

,w as established in

Enstone parish,both at Lydston and Neat Enstone (J ) . The

Ffortnam s,in fact, have been w ell - to - do

. yeom en since the tim eof E lizabeth (J ) . Fortnam is also a Worcestershire nam eOxfordshire has been for ages one of the principal hom es of the

FRANKLINS . The nam e,w hich in early tim es , as w ell as in those of

Shakespeare,often signified a freeholder 18 also established in

Bu cks,Berks

,Beds

,Herts, Essex ,

and Northampton shire , so that

it may be said to occupy a som ewhat circum scribed and continu ou s

area . In the 13 th centu ry its u sual form s w ere Frankelayn ,

Frankeleyn , Fraunkelayn ,Fraunkeleyn , som etim es preceded by

Le ” and “ De,

”Frankelin being rare (H . it w as then

especially num erous in Oxfordshire, and also in fair num bers inBu cks and Wilts (H . so that it w ould appear that in thoseearly tim es , as in our own day, Oxfordshire and Bucks stood forem ost am ongst the English cou nties for their proportion of theFranklins (see Alphabetical List) The nam e of GILE S is now

rather m ore num erous in Warwickshire , and reference is m ade to

3 3 2 HOMES OF‘

FAMILY NAMES.

it u nder that county Oxfordshire is now the principal hom e of

the GILLETTS , b u t the nam e is also found in Kent . In Lincolnshire the nam e is represented b y Gilliart

, Gilliatt, and Gillyatt .

In the 13 th centu ry the nam e took the form s in Cambridgeshireand Hunts of and Gilot (H. and

HUTT m ay be in m ost'

cases a contraction ofHiatt,also an Oxford

shire nam e . ' In the 13 th centu ry w e'

find Hat in Oxfordshire and

Wilts, and Hu t in Oxfordsh ire,where it is associatedwith Le Hu rt

(H . R . ) HAYNES is an o ld Oxfordshire su rnam e The nam eof HIORNS or HIRONS w as represented by Hyarne in Enstoneparish du ring the re ign of Elizabeth the early partof last centu ry the nam e of Iron s occu rred in the parish of

Kidlington , and at that tim e Master Irons was a noted character

in Merton The nam e of HONE occurred in Oxfordshire , in the reign of Edw ard I.

,and also at that tim e John

Hone lived at Wallingford, Berks (H .

K — P .

K ILBY is the nam e of a Leicestershire parish LOOSLEY is the

nam e of a village in Bu cks LOUC H is an ancient Oxfordshirenam e . It w as represented du ring the 13 th and 14 th centu ries inRadford

,Iffley, and other places in the county b y De Lou ch , De

Lou ches,De Lou chis, De Leu ches, and De Lu sches (H . R . ,

J K .)

(Marshall’

s MAC E,now represented in Chipping

Norton, was an O xfordshire nam e in the reign of Edward I .

(H . Robert Mace of Bampton died in 1682 The nam eis also established in Glou cestershire MANSFIELD is the nam eof a town in Notts MIDW INTER has long been an Oxfordshire

nam e . In the 13 th century, Gonnild Midewynter and RogerMidewyn t lived at Aston and Bu rton in this county (H . Thenam e of Midenter occu rred in Enstone about a hundred years ago

(J ) William Midw inter resided at Marlborough , Wilts, in thereign of Henry VIII . (Waylen

’

s“ Marlborough The nam e

[existed in North Leach,Glou cestershire, tw o centu ries ago

(Bigland’

s Glou cestershire ”

) The O xfo rdshire MALINS m ay

perhaps derive their nam e from Malling, a Kentish as w ell as aSussex parish The NEVELES of Oxfordshire may perhaps beconnected in their descent w ith the De Neviles or De Nevills, w ho ,

‘

in the reign of Edward I.

,were very num erous in

' the adjoining



17th centu ry there w as a fam ily of this nam e at Henley- on

Tham es, m em bers ofw hich filled the office of m ayor of that tow n

in 1611, 1690— 94 , and 1697 nam e of STANERA,

w hich is probably derived from a ham let in Herts,is best

represented in the Banbu ry district SHRIMPTON was a w el l

know n nam e in Wycombe , Bu cks . From the reign of Jam es I .

to that of George III . sixteen m ayors of Wycombe bore thisnam e ; S ix of these du ring the early portion of last century w ere

called Ferdinando (Langley’

s“ Desborough Hundred ”

)T IMMS or T IMS is an old Banbu ry n am e

,w hich has long been

connected w ith the corporation of that town . Sarah Timm s , aQu akeress of Banbu ry, lay in prison for six m onths in 1655 for“ exhorting the priest to fear the Lord

” a circum stance

charac teristic of the fanaticism of those good old days .

” The

nam e w as represented in the parish of Enstone 150 years ago (J )The TURRILLS w ere represented in this county, as w ell as in

Cambridgeshire , six centu ries ago by the Torels (H .

TUSTAINS , w ho are now represented in the Banbury district,

evidently derive their nam e from Taston or Tastan,a ham let in

Spelsbu ry parish De Torstan w as the nam e of an Enstone fam i lyin the 14 th centu ry The Tu stians

,a fam ily of Pu ritans

residing in Banbu ry du ring the 17th centu ry, refu sed, on religious

grou nds, in 1629 t o pay taxes for His Majesty’

s Hou sehold (B ) .

The TREDWELLS or TREADWELLS are also represented in Kent .The nam e of Treadw e ll occu rred in Enstone parish 200 years

ago T . Treadw ell w as m ayor of Oxford in 1758RichardWydhose , of Essex , in the reign of‘ Edw ard I . (H .

m ay be an ancester of the Oxfordshire fam ilies nam ed WIDDOWS .

W iddow es w as an Enstone nam e as far back as the reign of

Jam es I . (J. ) W IGGINS is an old Bampton nam e : WilliamWiggins was bu ried there in 1758 ; Mr . and Mrs . W igings, both

w e ll advanced in years, w ere bu ried at Shifford in 1727 and 1729

(G. ) Am ongst the o ld O xfordshire n am es that are now com

paratively rare in the county are those of VAUDRY and WISDOM.

The Vau drys, or Vau dries, or Vadries,or Faw dreys, w ere w ell

to - do Enstone yeom en of Radford and C lev ely, w ith a record of

3 00 years , sinc e the l 5th centu ry, in those localities ; the Wisdom s

w ere old fam ilies of Enstone and Bu rford,dating back to th e

15th‘

century (J ) . Both these nam es are rare in these localities

now . Speaking of the origin of the nam e of Vawdrey , Low er

says, that the Cheshire Vawdreys are sprung from Sir C laud de

RUTLANDSHIRE . 3 3 5 ;

Vaudrai,who had lands in that county in the latter part of th e

12 th century (Vau drai or Vaudrey is a place in France) . The

nam e is not now frequent enough in Cheshire to be placed inmy list .

RUTLANDSHIRE .

(See under LEI C ESTERSHI RE .


SHROPSHIRE .

NOTE .

— The asterisk before a nam e denotes that,though

characteristic of the county, the nam e is m ore relativelynum erous elsewhere .


Brown ”X‘C ook

C OMMON NAMES (20— 2 9 counties) .

REGIONAL NAMES (10—19 counties) .

DISTRIC T NAMES (4 - 9

BourneBowen

BrightC artwrightC orbettDownes

Farm erGough

"Groves (Shrew sb urv)HaywardHigginson

counties) .

asPhilpottPhilpots

"Preece*Pugh"StokesVaughan (Shrewsbury)

’X‘Wainwrigh t

Wall

Whitfield (Whitchurch)Woodcock (Shrewsbury)*Yates


3 38 HOMES .

'

OF FAMILY NAMES .

NOTES ON SOME OF THE C HARAC TERISTIC SHROPSHIRENAMES .

The names are arranged in alphabetical groups, b u t not necessarily in alpha

b etical order in each group.)


E . indicates Eyton’

s Shropshire .

Low er’s Patronymica Britannica.

Ow en’s and Blakeway’

s Shrew sbury .

Phill ips’Shrew sbury.

”

Wright’

s Ludlow .

”

Hundred Rolls.

C ontributors ‘to 'the SpanishArmada Fund in 1588 .

(Brit. Mus .,B .

A— B.

The ASHLEYS possess the nam e ofa‘Staffordshire parish

The nam e of BATHO or BATHER , which n ow has its hom e in theWhitchu rch district , m ay be a form of the 13 th century nam e ofDe Bathon ,

which at that period w as comm on in Som ersetshire ,and also occurred then in Glou cestershire and Devonshire (H . R . )the early form w as, as I infer , originally derived from the city of

Bath Several ofthe bailiffs or m ayors ofLeom inster,Hereford

shire , in the 17th and 18th centuries,bore the nam e of Bach .

BAC K is the u sual Shropshire form (Townsend’

s

BEDDOES,which is a comm on Shropsh ire nam e , is evidently a

form of Ab - Eddoes or Ap- Eddoes , which in the shape ofEddowes,

w ithou t the“prefix , is also a Shropshire nam e . Eddose w as the

nam e of a Shrew sbu ry bu rgess in the reign of Henry III . (O .)Ellis Beddoe w as tw ice bailiffof Lu dlow in the reigns of Jam es I .

and Charles I . (W ) . is the nam e of an ancient ShrOpshire fam ily,

to which belonged Colonel Benbow , a zealous Royalist,who m et his death at Shrew sbury in 1651 for corresponding w iththe King ; from this stock also cam e Adm iral Benbow ,

who w as

born at Cotton Hill,Shrew sbury, in 1650 (P . ) BENNION is an

ancient Shrew sbury nam e, and is the contracted form ofAb - Ennion

OrAp-Ennion ,Enion being an old Welsh personal nam e . Robert

SHROPSHIRE. 3 3 9

ap Egnion w as one of the bailiffs of Shrew sbury in 1475During the 17th century the Benyons were we ll- to - do Shrew sburytownsm en

,Charles Benyon being the nam e of the bailiff or the

m ayor in 1625 , 163 4 , 1644 , and 1651 ; in the beginning of lastcentury, Dr. Benion w as one of the leading m inisters of the

Shrewsbury dissenters (O . and The nam e is still in thetow n The Shropshire BLAKEMORES probably derive their nam efrom Blakem ere

,a parish in the adjoining county ofHerefordshire .

B lakem ore w as the nam e of a Shrew sbury painter, to w hom thetow n paid one Shilling in 1502 for a view of Shrew sbury intended

to be presented to Henry VII . Reference to the sim ilarnam e of Blackm ore w ill b e found under “ DEVONSHIRE .

” The

BOWDLERS , w ho are now best represented in Shrew sbu ry and its

district,possess a very ancient Shropshire nam e . Ashford Bow dler

is the nam e of a parish and a seat near Ludlow ,the seat being

held in the 12 th and 13 th centuries by the influential fam ily of

De Budler or De Bow dler or De Bollers , lords ofMontgom ery and

ofm any places in Shropshire (W . and E ) . In m ore recent tim es

the Bow dlers have been long connected with the corporation of

Ludlow,and persons of the nam e filled the office of bailiff of that

town in 1468 , 1665, 1684 , 1694 , and 1712 Thom as Bowdler

w as m ayor of Shrew sbu ry in 1705 (P . ) ShropshireBRERETONS , who were represented in O swestry in the reign of

E lizabeth include an old fam ily of position in the countythey are probably a branch of the Breretons of Cheshire

,w hich

is the hom e of the nam e . (S ee under CHESHIRE ”

) The nam e

of BROMLEY, w hich is comm on am ongst all classes in Shropshire,

is probably in m ost cases derived from the place thu s called in the

cou nty, b u t there is also a Staffordshire township of Brom ley .

De Brom leye held estates in Leaton in the 14 th century,and the

nam e of Brom eley w as represented in Broughton in the l 6th

century The Brom leys are now m ost num erou s in the

Shrew sbury district The Shropshire BEESTONS possess thenam e of m ore than one Cheshire parish : they are also repre

sented in Derbyshire and Stafford. It is,how ever, noticeable

that Beetlestone is also a Shropshire su rnam e, though of infrequ eu toccurrence The BROUGHALLS take the nam e of a parish in the

county . Am ongst the old Shropshire nam es which are now rare

in the county is that of BAUGH . During last century there w as a

gentle fam ily of this nam e in Ludlow

3 40 HOMES'

OF FAMILY NAMES .

C — D .

Le Childe,or Le C hyld, w as the nam e of an old Shropshire

fam ily of position : the nam e w as represented in Penw ardine in

1256, and there w as a Richard le Childe in Diddlebu ry in 13 18Nicholas le Child w as a bailiff of Shrew sbu ry in 13 14

William Childe w as a bailiff of Ludlow in 1758

CHILDE is the present Shropshire form of the nam e : in Su ssex ,Child and Childs are found. This w as a comm on nam e in the

13 th centu ry in different parts of England. It w as not only at

that tim e established in Shropshire, as I have above rem arked, b u t

as C hild and Le Child it w as then frequent in Norfolk,Cambridge

shire,and Oxfordshire , and in other counties (H . R . ) There

w as an old gentle fam ily of Ch ilde at Enstone, Oxfordshire, in

the 16th century (Jordan’

s“ Enstone ” ) CLEETON is the nam e

of a Shropshire district Shropshire has been for centuries theprincipal hom e of the CORBETTS . Corbet w as a comm on nam ethere in the 13 th centu ry, and, in fact, in the Hundred Rolls of

that date this county includes almost all of the nam e . Theancient and pow erfu l Shropshire fam ily of Corbett dated back to

t he tim e ofEdw ard I . In the .list of Shropshire contributorsto the fund collected at the tim e of the expected Spanish invasion

in 1588,occur the nam es ofJerom Corbett Edward Corbett

of Longm ore and Alice Corbett of Stoke, w idow

Since the reign ofHenry V ., the Corbetts or Corbets have

at variou s times filled the office ofbailiff or m ayor of Shrew sbury,one of the m ayors of last century being Sir Richard Corbett,baronet (P ) . After the lapse of m any centuries the nam e isstill confined to counties adjacent to that of its early hom e,n am ely, to Herefordshire , Worcestershire , Glou cestershire , and

Warw ickshire The Shropshire nam e of DUC E is probably a

corruption of Dew s, a nam e which, as Dew (deprived of the

final S ) , occu rs now in the neighbou ring. counties of Hereford

and Monm ou th , and elsewhere . It is,how ever, notew orthy that

the nam e ofDuce occurred in Hunts in the 13 th century (H .

In su ch a w ork as Eyton’

s“ Antiqu ities of Shropshire , which

contains m inute details of the powerfu l Shropshire . fam ilies of

the 12 th and 13 th centuries,we find several nam es, such as

CARBONELL and C ANTILUPE,scarcely represented now as fam ily

nam es in the county Am ongst Shropshire nam es at present

rare in the county are those of the Ludlow families of C OLEBATC H


3 42; HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES .

m ayor of Shrewsbu ry The gentle fam ily of this nam e that

resided at Farndon ,. C heshire, 200 years ago , w as probably an

offshoot of the Shropshire stock (Coll . Top . et Gen .)

L— P .

LAWLEY is the nam e of a Shropsh ire district MANSELL is thenam e of tw o Herefordshire parishes . Edm und Mansel l w as a

m ember of the Common Council of Shrewsbu ry in the reign of

Charles 11. and the nam e is still comm on in the town .

Mansel or Maun sel w as a m u ch m ore comm on surnam e in the13 th century than it is at present . It w as then established inShropshire , Yorkshire, Norfolk , Oxfordshire , Wilts , Bucks, Hunts,Cambridgeshire , etc . (H . R . ) The ancient Shropshire fam ilyof MEDLIC OTT, which took its nam e from a m anor , flourished inthe 13 th century (E ) . The Medlycott fam ily of Ven

" Hou se

Milborn e Port,Som erset, orig inally cam e from Shropshire (Phelps

Th e MILLIGHAMPS have transform ed their

nam e from Millichope , the nam e both of a seat (Millich 0pe Hall)in Munslow parish , and of an ancient Shropshire fam ily of the

12 th and 13 th centuries ; there w as a Thomas de Millich0pe in' the

county in the reign of Henry II .,and in the tim e of Edw ard I

'

.

there was a Roger de Milligehop,also in Shropshire (E . andH .

MINTONS and theMUNSLOWS take their nam es from parishes

in the county NOC K is an ancient Shropshire nam e . There w as a

Richard Noc in this county in the 13 th centu ry ,and at the sam e

tim e there w as a William Noc in O xfordshire ('H . Noke is

an Oxfordshire parish ONIONS is probably another form of

Inions,also a Shropshire name and above referred to . It is,

how ever, probable that aw ay from the Welsh border this nam e ,as Low er suggests, m ay be a corruption of Unw in or Onw en , an

old personal nam e,w hich w as represented in Cam bridgeshire and

elsew here in the 13 th century b y the surnam es of Onw inne and

Onoiun (H . R . ) Am ongst the old Shropshire nam es now

scantily represented is that of PRIDE or PRYDE . Bailiffs and

wealthy bu rgesses of Shrewsbury in the 13 th and 14 th centuriesbore this nam e (E . and

R— Z .

John RODENHURST lived at Aston Rogers in the reign ofHenryVI . There w as a Peter de Rodehurst in

’

Wiltshire in the

SHROPSHIRE . 3 43 .

tim e ofEdward I . (H . The Roden is a Shropshire riverRUDD is an ancient English nam e which is now represented as such

in Shropshire and Norfolk , and b y Rood in Som erset. In the13 th century Rud was a Derbyshire nam e ; Ru dde occurred in

Lincolnshire,Cambridgeshire , and Leicestershire, Rude in S hrOp

shire,and De Rude in Wiltshire. (H . Shropshire

SANKEYS m ay be descended from the ancient Lancashire fam ily of.

this nam e that dated back to the tim e of John There arevillages in Lancashire thu s called T IPTON is the nam e of a

Staflordshire town T ITLEY is the nam e of parishes in Cheshire

and Herefordshire Am ongst old Shropshire nam es now rare inthe cou nty is that of STURY, or occasionally STURRY, a frequ ent

nam e am ongst the Shrew sbu ry bailiffs from the 13 th to thel 6th century ancient and influ ential fam ily of DE

VENABLES or VENABLES w as represented in th e cou nty in the 13 th

and 14 th centuries (E . and H . (S ee u nder “ CHESHIRE ”

)The VAUGHANS , w ho are now wel l represented in Shrewsbury and

its neighbourhood, are referred to under WALES .

3 44: HOMES FAMILY NAMES .

SOMERSETSHIRE .

NOTE — The asterisk indicates that a nam e,though characteristic

of the county, is m ore num ero us elsewhere .

GENERAL NAMES (3 0—40 counties),

Baker *Green White

C OMMON NAMES —29 c ounties) .

’ Palmer

W ebbYoung


Jefi ery*Pearce

Day Lawrence (C rewkerne) Perry (W incanton)*Griffin (Bristol) *Marsh ‘PorterHarding SheppardHawkings (Burnham ) Norman StoneHawkins O sborne (C rewkerne) "Watts*Jefferies Parsons


*BartlettBond (Taunton)Brew erBryant

"ButtC arpenterC hampion

Dyer*FrancisFrost (Bridgewater)"Fry*Gibbons Bath

(Taunton) GiffordGodfrey (Bridgewater


3 46‘



Am esbury (Bridgewater) Dicks (Taunton)Aplin (C hard)AshmanArney (Bridgewater)Baber (Bristol)BadmanBagg (Bridgewater)BanwellBarnstable (Bridgewater)

Barrington (Taunton)BattBicknellBinning (Yatton)Bisdee

BoardBoweringBrim b le (Bristol)B urchBu rston (Bridgewater)

C hurches (Wells)C lapp

C lothierC oate

C oganC ogganC ornerC orp (Glastonbury)C oshC ounsellC room

Dim ent

Dym entDurston (Bridgewater)EveredFarthingFear (Bristol)FloydGareGib lett (Glastonbury) ,GreedHaggett (SheptonMallet)

Hatch (Weston- superMare)

Heb ditch (Ilm inster)Hembrow

HockeyHorseyHurdHurleyIsgar (Bridgewater)Keedwell

KeelKeirl (Bridgewater)KidnerLookLoveyb ond

Lovib ond

LoxtonLutleyMapstoneMeaker (Bridgewater)Oram

C rossman (Bridgew ater) Padfield (Bath)DampierDenm anDenningDerrickDibble (Bridgewater)

PerhamPh ippenP0p1e (Weston- super

Mare)Pottenger

Pow (Bath)Puddy (Bridgewater)Raw le

Reakes

Rood

Rugs

Say

Sealey (Wells and

Sealy Bridgewater)Singer (Frome)Speed

SperringSprattS tallardSteeds (Bath) ,StuckeySully

Summerhayes

S w antonSweetTarrTatchellx

Tazewell (Bridgewater)TeekTilley (Bridgewater)Toogood

Treasure (Bath)Tylcy

Vigar

VigorsVow les (Bristol and

Bridgewater)WalrondWescott (Dulverton)W inslade (Bridgewater)VVinstone

W itheyW ithyW ookeyYeandle

SOMERSETSHIRE. 3 47

NOTES ON SOME OF THE C HARAC TERISTIC SOMERSETSHIRE

NAMES .



B . indicates Barrett’ s “ Bristol .C ollinson

’

s“ Somerset.

Hotten’

s American Emigrants.

Hundred Rolls.

Lower’s Patronym ica Britannica.

Phelps’

Somersetshire .

”

C ontribu tors to National Defence Fund inB .

Toulm in’

s Taunton.

The Western Martyrology .

The AMESBURYS,who are m ostly represented in the Bridgew ater

district, have taken the nam e of a town in the neighbou ringcou nty ofWilts The APLINS

,w ho are now w ell estab lished in

the Chard district,w ere represented in Glastonbury and other

parts of the county 200 years ago . John Aplin w as m ayor of

Glastonbu ry in 1706 and William Aplin w as high sh eriff

of Som erset in 172 1 A gentle fam ily of the nam e resided

in Tau nton last centu ry There were also Aplins in Su ttonWalrond and Ew ern Minster

,in Dorset

,du ring the 18th centu ry

(Hu tchins ’ Dorset ”

) The BABERS,who have now their hom e

in the Bristol district,have long been represented in that part

of the county . Benjam in Baber w as m ayor ofBath in 1677, 1687,and 1700 (C ) . Francis Baber w as an em inent physician ofChew

Magna , Som erset, abou t 200 years ago (Hoare’

s

In Gloucester Cathedral there is an epitaph referring to Francis

Baber, arm iger, of the ancient fam ily of Baber , in the county of

Som erset, who died in 1669 (Bigland’

s

There w as a Baber m arried in 1628 in -Oddington Church , Oxfordshire (Dunkin

’

s Francis Baber, chandler,

evidently of this Som erset fam ily, embarked at Weym outh , in


163 5,forNew England (H ) . Since the Babers were considered

an ancient fam ily in the county in 1669 , they must rank am ongstthe oldest of Som ersetshire fam ilies The BAGGS are now

established in the Bridgew ater district . John Bagg, of Thorn

comb, on the Devonshire border , w as transported to Barbadoes,

for participating in the Monm ou th rebellion in 1685 Hesuffered in a cau se w h ich has since prevailed The nam e of

BALC H is now established in the Bath district . Probably theWiltshire branch of this family dates from Robert Everard Balch ,Esq. , of St . Audries , Som erset , who , about a centu ry S ince , cam e ,by m arriage , into possession of the ancient estate of the Toppfam ily of Stockton , Wilts (Hoare

’

s“‘Wiltshire The

BANWELLS take their nam e from a parish in the cou nty, and the

B I C KNELLS from either Bickenhall or Bicknoller,

.tw o Som ersetshire parishes BERE is not a very comm on Som erset nam e .

It is also found in Devon , together w ith Beere . Beer is aSom erset tithing . In the 14 th and 15th centuries the De Beres,or De la Beres , w ere im portant fam i lies in the west of England,the De Beres of Som erset serving as knigh ts of th e shireThe De la Beres of Dorset held large properties in that countyin the reign of Edw ard III . (Hutchins

’

and in the

reign ofHenry VI . the De la Beres were knights ofHerefordshire

(Duncumb’

s- Richard Beere w as abbot of

Glastonbu ry in the reigns of .Henry VII . and Henry VIII .

In the 13 th century this nam e, in the form of Le Bere and

occasionally of De Bere , was comm only represented in C am

b ridgeshire , Norfolk, Hunts, Oxfordsh ire, etc . (H . R . ) TheBARRINGTONS take the nam e of a parish in the county. Theyare best represented in the Tau nton district BODY has beena w est ofEngland nam e for six centu ries or m ore . In the 13 th

centu ry it w as represented in Devonshire by William Body of

Aspton (H . and now it is still established in the neighbouringcou nties of Cornw all and Som erset . Amongst the m artyrs of the

Monm ou th rebellion none behaved m ore courageou sly on the

scaffold than Henry Body, a native of Lym e Reg is, Dorset, whohad fought as a seam an in the naval battles of the tim e of

Charles II . (W ) . In Cornw all the nam e has long been know n .

Last century there w as a Mr . Michael Body at St . Agnes : Bodyw as the nam e of the comm issioner for the destru ction of im ages

in the Cornish chu rches w ho w as m urdered, whilst thu s em ployed,at Helston , in 1549 (Polwhele

'

s The BONDS



rebellion of 1685 a punishm ent pronounced by history to beno disgrace . Mr. John Counsel

,of Mark

, gave, in 173 0, a sum

of £ 10, the interest to be distribu ted am ongst the“second poor

on Christm as Day for ever (C ) . A fam ily of Cou nsel lived atStoughton , in Wedm ore parish , last centu ry The nam e isstill represented in the parish of Mark The CREEDS now have

their hom e in the Glastonbury district . A fam ily of this nam e

resided at Castle Cary last century : John Creed,w ho died in

1740, w as vicar of that parish for fifty years ; Cary Creed, gent . ,died there in 1751

,at the age of 88 The nam e is still in

Castle Cary. The Creeds are also established inDorsetshire,and

they w ere num erou s in Gloucestershire . Creed is a parish inCornw all The nam e of CREES is w ell represented in the district

ofFrom e . .AS Crees and Creese it is also num erou s in Wiltshire ,and Creese sim ilarly

’occu rs in Worcestershire . In the 1 7thcentu ry there w as a gentle fam ily of Crees in the town of Derby(Glover

’

s Derbyshire The'

C ROOMES take their nam e fromparish es in Worcestershire A fam ily of CROSSMAN resided inLympsham last century (S ee under Lobb in CORNWALL ”

)The nam e of CURRY occurred as Cu rri in Oxfordshire in ‘

the

reign of Edw ard I . (H . DAMPIERS are said to have

h ailed originally from Dam pierre in Norm andy . Dam pier,the

fam ou s navigator, w as born in 1652 ,' the son of a tenant - farm er

ofEast Coker , near Yeovil , Som erset ; and the nam e is still to be

found in the district of Chard. Henry Dam pier w as m ayor of

Bristol in 1755 (B ) . At the end of last century Mr. JohnDam pier

,ofWareham ,

Dorset,owned the greater part of the prin

cipal m anor of Swanw ich in that county (Hu tchins’ “ Dorset

There w as a Richard de Dam per in Lincolnshire in the 13 thcen tury (H . R . ) The nam e of DERRI C K w as represented in

the 13 th century by Derk,in Cam b ridgeshire (H . R . ) The

nam e of DIBBLE is now represented in the Bridgew ater district .Thomas Dible , husbandm an , embarked at Weym outh in 163 5 for

New England There w as a William Dibel in London six

centu ries ago (H . R .) The Som ersetshire DUC KETTS have theirhom e in Weston - super -Mare . William Du ckett, Esq. , lived atHartham

,Wilts

,in the reign of Charles II . The nam e of

Duket occu rred in Oxfordshire and in London in the 13 th century(H . The nam e of Duckett or Du ckitt is also establishedaround Doncaster, in the West -Riding The DURSTONS , whotake their nam e from a parish in the county, are num erous in the

SOMERSETSHIRE. 3 51

Bridgew ater district . Am ongst the m artyrs of the Monmouth

rebellion in 1685 w ere Thomas and William Durston, who were

executed at Wells (W ) .

E— J.

Jonathan ENGLAND , one of the m artyrs of the Monmouth

rebellion in 1685, w as executed at Taunton (S ee underthe “WEST RIDING .

” In 1808, Mrs . Jane FARTHING died atTaunton

,aged 62 FROSTS are now num erous in ' the

Bridgew ater district . (S ee under Although theFRYS have their great hom e in Wiltshire , they are num erou s inSom ersetshire FLOWER was the nam e of a gentl e fam ily atNunney early last centu ry the old Som ersetnam es is that of GAPPER ofWincanton

,now scantily represented

in the county The GIBLETTS are still established in the 'Glas

tonb ury district . In the first half of last century a gentle fam ilyof Giblet resided in the parish of Mark in the sam e neighbou rhood Gib elot w as a Cambridgeshire nam e in the 13 th

century (H . nam e of GIFFORD is now established inCambridgeshire , Hu nts

,Dorset

,and Som erset . In the form of

Giffard it w as comm on .in the 13 th century in Cambridgeshire ,Norfolk, Suffolk , and Oxfordshire (H . The early Giffardswere descended from the Gifi ards ofNorm andy, their first ancestorin this country having received from William the Conqu eror overa hundred m anors in different parts of England : there w ere fou rprincipal fam ilies last centu ry, those

'

of Devon , Hants, Bucks, andStaffordshire, the last nam ed only now existing In the 17th

centu ry'

there were old established gentle fam ilies of the nam e in

Devonshire , residing at Brightlegh , Weare , and Tiverton (Westcote ’s “ D evonshire . One of the oldest fam ilies of GOODEN in

this part of England is that of the Gooddens of Compton ,j ust

over the Dorset border of Som erset,w ho are descended from John

Goodwyn of the tim e of Edw ard VI . (L ) . Mr . John Goodden of

Bow erheaton , in the beginning of last century,belonged to the

sam e stock Edward HALLETT w as high sheriff of thecounty in 174 1 HANNAM,

Esq. , h eld the m anor of

Goathill in the tim e of E lizabeth Hanham is a ham let inthe adj oining cou nty of Gloucester The HARDWIC KS areestablished in variou s parts of England, and in m ost cases theyhave taken the nam e of a place in the county The su rnam eof De Hemb ury occurred in the adj oining county of Gloucester


in the 13 th century (H . Broad-Hem b ury is a Devonshireparish , and perhaps the Som erset nam e of HEMBROW is thu sderived Am ongst the characteristic w est of England nam es isthat of HODDINOTT, w hich has its principal hom e in Som erset , butis also found in Worcestershire , Wilts, Dorset , Hants, etc .

, and

in the form of Hodnett in Shropshire . In Som erset it is an old

Nunney nam e : last centu ry, there w ere graves belonging to thefam i ly in the churchyard and the nam e is still in the parish

HOUSE is a very comm on nam e in the Bridgew ater district .Howse is the Wiltshire form of the nam e

, and reference to itsorigin

“ will be found undero that county HUSSEY‘l S an ancientnam e in Som erset and Wilts, and further part icu lars concerningits origin w ill be found un der WILTSHIRE . Laurance Hussey of

Wellington w as one of the suflerers in the Mdnm ou th rebellion of

1685 : he w as t ransported for ten years to aBarb adoes and

let u s hope that he returned to w itness the t riumph of the Pro

testant cause Thom as HURFORD,one of the m artyrs of the

Monm outh rebellion in 1685,w as execu ted at Yeovil

The Rev . Jam es HURLY , m aster of'

Taunton : gramm ar school, andincumbent - curate of Tau nton St . Jam es

,died in 1783 , at the age

of 70, leaving six su rviving children : he w as born at Crow com be

(T . ) HOSEGOOD is an ancien t w est of England nam e . Atpresent it occu rs in S om erset and Devon . Six centuries ago it

w as represented by Hosgod, Hosegod, and Osegod, in Gloucestershire , Wilts, and Oxfordshire, and in the eastern counties of

Norfolk and Essex (H . is a west of Englandnam e

,best represented in Som erset and Devon . A Wiveliscombe

gentlem an bore this nam e three centu ries ago It is now at

hom e in the Bridgewater district JAC OB and JAC OB S are nowSom ersetshire nam es ; b u t these nam es have long been known inthe w est of England. John Jacob , gent . , w as chu rchwarden of

Tavistock in 1662 (Worth’

s“ Tavistock Tw o v icars of

Collingbou rne -Kingston, Wilts, betw een 1675 and 1703,bore the

nam e of Jacobs (Coll . Top . et and as Jacob it w as

represented in Oxfordshire in the 13 th century (H . (See

under N

K— P .

KEEL and KEIRL are Som ersetshire nam es, the Keirls being at

hom e in the Bridgewater district . Amongst those who took up

the cause of their religion in the Monm outh rebellion of 1685



betw een Som erset and Dorset . Robert Perrot, one of the m artyrs

of the Monm outh rebellion in 1685, lost his life on the scaffold atTau nton (W ) . The nam e is now num erou s in the Bridgewaterdistrict . An ancient Pem brokeshire fam ily of Perrot, to w hom

belonged a lord- depu ty of Ireland in the reign of E lizabeth ,derived their nam e from a place in Norm andy, w hence theirancestor

,as they believe, originally hailed (Fenton

’

s Pembrokeshire How ever

,I feel doubtfu l abou t this descent, as I have

already pointed out the hom e of this nam e in the w est ofEngland.

The Parrotts ofOxfordshire and Bucks, w ho are referred to underthosecounties

,probably also hail , in the first place , from the sam e

hom e on th e borders of Som erset and Dorset The name of

PHELPS is now num erous in the Wells district . It is also an old

Porlock nam e (Savage’

s The PHIPPENS w ererepresented in Wedm ore last centu ry William Phippen of

High Chu rch , w as transported to Barbadoes for participating inthe Monm ou th rebellion of 1685 is a Som erset and

a Dorset nam e . Am ongst the Som erset and Dorset m en w ho w eretransported to Barbadoes for espousing the cau se of Monm ou thand the Protestant religion in 1685 were Henry and William

Pitm an

R— S .

RI C H is a characteristic w est of England name being most

frequ ent in Som erset and Wilts . Those of Som erset are m ostnum erous in the Bridgew ater district , w hilst those ofWilts are

m ost frequ ent in the Malm esbury district . Le Rich w as the nam e

of a Hampshire fam ily of the 14 th centu ry (L . ) The nam e of

ROOD was represented by De Rude in the adj acent county ofWilts

in the 13 th centu ry and b y Rude at the sam e tim e in Shropshire

(H . nam e of RUGG was represented six centu ries ago

b y Le Rug and Le Rugge in Oxfordshire and Kent (H .

Ru egg is an occasional form of the nam e The SAGES w ereestab lished in Pensford last centu ry SAYS bear a

very ancient name . There flou rished in Shropshire from the 11th

t o the 14 th centu ry a pow erful and ennobled fam ily of De Say

(Eyton’

s Le S ay and De Say were commonnam es in Cambridge , Suffolk , Kent, and London in the 13 th

centu ry (H . old fam ily of SKRINE of Bath - Ford is

now rarely represented in the county The SLADES of Som erset

SOMERSETSHIRE. 3 55

take the nam e of a ham let in the cou nty In “ The Western

Martyrology w e learn that Mr . Joseph SPEED of,

Cu lliton

(Colyton in East Devon) , one of the m artyrs of the Monm ou threbellion of 1685

,m et his death on the scaffold w ith Christian

fortitude The SPERRINGS hav e probably an ancestor in WilliamSpearing, w ho own ed land in Sou th Brent 200 years ago

SPILLER w as the nam e of a Tau nton fam ily last centu ry and

the nam e is still represented in the tow n and district Am ongst

the old Som erset nam es n ow scantily represented in the cou nty isthat of STRODE . The Strodes w ere num erou s in the parishes of

Shepton Mallet and Pilton in the 17th and 18th centu ries (C ) .

Jam es II . granted the rectory and church of Dunkesw ell ,Devon , to William STUC KY : a gentle fam ily of Stuckey residedat Abbot ’s Kerswell in East Devon early in the 17th centu ry(Polwhele

’

s is an anci ent w est ofEnglandnam e . In the 13 th century it occu rred as De S u lly in Devonshire and as De S u lleye in Wilts, Glou cestershire, and Worcestershire (H . Sir Raym ond de Su lly had lands in Huntspill ,Som erset, in the 14 th century (C ) . William Su lly, one of them artyrs of the Monm ou th rebellion of 1685 , m et h is death on thescaffold at Dunster SWEET

,another m artyr of

the Monm outh rebellion of 1685, w as execu ted at Minehead (W ) .

Sw ete was the nam e of an ancient gentle fam ily of Trayne,Modb ury (De von) , from the l 6th to the 18th century (Polwhele

’

s

In the 16th and 17th centu ries there w as anExeter fam ily of Sw eet

,m em bers of w hich frequ ently served as

m ayors and b ailifi s of the city (Iz aeke’

s Exeter

T— Z .

The TALBOTS are now chiefly established in Som erset , Dorset ,Lancashire

, and Notts . The ancient and illu striou s fam ily of theTalbots

,dating back to Dom esday tim es, w ere originally settled

in the Welsh Marches,and afterw ards in Shropshire and Stafford

shire, and then in Yorkshire T ILLEYS or T ILLYS have

been established in the county ever since the reign of Richard I .

From the 12 th to the 15th century the Tyilys or Tillys ofHarptreeowned the m anor ofWest Harptree

,and in the reign ofHenry VI .

they owned also the m anor of Salty or Salthay In 1588,George Tilly ofPointingdon , gent . , contribu ted £ 25 to the national

fund for the defence of the country at the tim e of the expected

2 A 2


invasion of the Spanish Arm ada Tilly was the nam e of afam ily of Bristol m erchants at the close of the 17th centu ryAt present the Tilleys are m ost num erou s in the Bridgew aterdistrict. Since Tylly w as an ancient form of the nam e , it is

probable that the Tyleys of Som erset hail from the sam e stock .

Harptree Tilly is an ancient Som erset tithing : Tilly is also thenam e of a town in Norm andy . The nam e has also long beenrepresented in Cornw all

,where it m ay have had an independent

origin . Jam es Tilly or Tillie of Pentilly or Pentillie w as high

sheriff of Cornwall in 173 4 (Polw hele’

s and thenam e still occu rs in Falmou th and its vicinity The nam e of

TREASURE has its present hom e in the Bath district . In the 13 th

century Tresor w as a Wi ltshire nam e TRIPP is an o ld Som ersetnam e now rarely represented in the county . Isaac Trippw as oneof the m artyrs of the Monm ou th rebellion of 1685 Therew as a fam ily of Tripp at Dilton last century (Hoare

’

s Wilts

John TRI C KEY,another m artyr of the Monm ou th rebellion in

1685,m et his death on th e scaffold at Taunton

Som erset nam es of VIGAR and VIGARS or VIGORS w ere represented

in O xfordshire in the 13 th century by that ofWilliam Vigeru s

(H . R . ) WALROND is an ancient and notable nam e in the sou th

and w est Of England. In the 13 th century it w as comm on , in the

form s ofWalrand, Walraund, Walerond

,etc .

,in Wilts, and w as

also represented in Som erset,Oxfordshire

,Dorset

,Devon

,and

other counties (H . Henry W alrond w as high sheriff of

Som erset in 1594 Wil liam Walrond,Esq. , w as bu ried in

Wells Cathedral in 1662 (P ) . Jam es Walrand, one of the m artyrsof the Monm ou th rebellion in 1685 , w as execu ted at Ilchester

An ancient gentle family ofWalrond resided at Childrey,

Berks,from the 14 th to the 16th centu ry (Ashm ole

’

s“ Berk

The Walronds of Bradfield in Ufl'

cu lm ,Devon , from

the 13 th to the 17th century,and probably later, w ere a pow erfu l

baronial fam ily in the reign of Henry III . from them Sprang theWalronds of Bovey (Westcote

’

s WARRY is anam e scantily to be found in the county . Thom as Warry w as

vicar of Littleham,Exm ou th

,in the county of Devon, du ring the

reign of Anne (Webb’

s Exm ou th


AlcockBarksBassettBeachBeechBelfield (Stoke - ou

Trent)

Beresford


Stubbs*Tomlinson

*Wain (Ashbourne)


Berrisford (Stoke - Om

Trent)Bestw ick (Ashbourne)BloorBlooreBonsall (Ashb ourne)BradburyBrassington (Stoke - ou

Trent)"Brough‘Bu s

‘

by‘Bu x ton"C hadw ick‘C halliner

C ope (Stoke - ou -Trent)C orden

Wardle (Stoke- ou

Trent)*Woolley


Ash

AverillTrent)

Bagnall (Stoke - ou

Trent)Bakew ellBaskeyfield

(Stoke - ou

BatkinBeardmore

BickfordBodenBoonBottBould

Bou ltonBow ersBrindleyBruntC antrellC antrill

C hell

C ritchlow (Ashbourne)

DeavilleFairbanksFerneyhough

Fernihough

Finney (Ashbourne)GilmanGrindey

E“Hand

Hine (Stoke - ou - Trent)Holcroft '

(StokeHoldcroft ou

Trent)*HorobinHu lme (Stoke- ou

Trent)JervisLockettLowndes (Ashbou rne)

*M illwardMountfordMycock (Stoke - ou

Trent)O akleyPeake

Plant (Eccleshall)Poyser (Stoke - ou

Trent)PrinceRowbothamRowbottomRow leyRushton (Stoke - ou

Salt (Ashbourne)Shufileb otham (Mac

clesfield)Sillito

S illitoeSw indell

Swindells

Timm isTitterton (Stoke - om

Trent)Vernon (Eccleshall)WarringtonWheeldonWhieldon (Stoke- on

Trent)Yardley

STAFFORDSHIRE . 3 59

IC lew lowL C lu low

C lowes (Stoke - on

Trent)C olcloughC orb ishley (Stoke - ou

Trent)C umberledgeDeakinDurose (Uttoxeter)Eardley (S toke - on

Trent)ElsmoreFallow sFarrallFernForresterGoldstraw

HambletonHamm ersleyHelerHodgkins

NOTES ON SOME OF THE C HARAC TERI STIC STAFFORDSHIRENAMES .

(The nam es are arranged in alphabetical groups, bu t not necessarily in alphab etical order in each group. )

Au thorities indicated by thefollow ing abbrevia tions

E . indicates Erdesw ick’ s “ S tafi ordshire.

H . Harwood’

s Lich field.

”

Hundred Rolls .

Low er’s Patronymica Britannica .

Shaw ’

s Stafi ordshire.

”

Ward’

s S toke - upon- Trent.

HollingsworthHollinsHowson

JcavonsJevonsKeelingKiddLakinLeese

LeightonLindop

LovattLoverock

DymerLimerMalkinMarsonMayerMottramMyattQrpe

Parton

PyattSharrattSherratt (Stoke - ou

Trent)ShelleyShem ilt

ShentonShirleyShoeb otham

Shoeb ottom

S toddardSw etnamTomkinson

TorrTunniclifi

'

Turnock

WarrilowWhitehurstW ilshaw

W intW ooddisse

Woodings

HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES.

A— B .

ALC OC K is an ancient English surnam e . There w as an Alcoc inCambridgeshire in the reign of Edw ard I.

,and in the sam e reign

there w as a John de A lcock ofLondon (H . In the m iddle of

the 17th centu ry Egerton Alcocke lived in the parish ofHanbu ry,Staffordshire The nam e is also represented in Notts

The AVERILLS of Stoke - on - Trent possess a nam esake in Hugh de

Averle,w ho lived in Hu nts in the 18th centu ry (H .

BAGNALLS , at present best represented in the d istrict of Stoke

ou - Trent,w ere an ancient fam ily of New castle - under - Lym e,

m em b ers of which filled at variou s tim es the office of m ayor ;the fam ily cam e into possession of the manor of Hanley 150 years

ago Bagnall is the nam e of a Staffordshire village TheBASSETTS belong to an ancient and distingu ished Staffordshire

fam ily,m em bers of w hich frequently occupied the office of high

sheriffin the 15th and l 6th centuries Bassett is the nam e

of p laces in Leicestershire and Notts . Basset is,how ev er

,an old

English su rnam e,and w as represented in the 13 th century in

Devonshire,Wiltshire, Oxfordshire , Essex , Leicestersh ire, Notts,

etc . (H . The ancient Bassetts of S taflordshire are said to

com e from the sam e stock as the Bassetts of Cornw all and Devon .

( S ee under CORNWALL ”

) The BERRISFORDS or BERESFORDS , atpresent best represented in the district of Stoke - ou - Trent

,are the

descend ants of an anci ent noble fam ily that carried its pedigree

back to the 1l th centu ry ,and possessed the m anor and township

of Beresford in this county for several cen tu ries There are

several branches of this fam ily, one ofwhich is in Derbyshire

BASKEYFIELD is evidently a corruption of Baskerville , the nam e ofan o ld distingu ished Cheshire fam ily. (S ee under

is an old English nam e , represented in Cambridgeshire

in the 13 th centu ry (H . was a fam ily of gentry of

the nam e of BO'

I‘

T in Dunstall 200 years ago The nam e

of Botte occurred in Norfolk, Lincolnshire, and Oxfordshirein the 13 th centu ry (H . is a characteristicStaffordshire nam e . Berdm ore w as the nam e of three vicars

of St . Mary’

s,Nottingham ,

in the first half of last centu ry

(Deering’

s William BRINDLEY, of Bradeley,

w as tenant of“ the Lady Stafford ” in 1644: (E N) Jam es

Brindley,the fam ous engineer of last centu ry, was born at

Worm hill , Derbyshire , in 1716. .A S tafi’ordshire village and a


3 62 HOMES or FAMILY NAMES.

Derbyshire . The ances tors of the line of baronets of this nam e

seem to hail originally from Oxfordshire . In the 13 th centurythe nam e was estab lished in B ucks, Beds, London , Suffolk ,Norfolk

,Lincolnshire , etc . (H . is

~

an old Lichfield

nam e . Betw een 1728 and 1805 five m ayors of that city bore thenam e In 163 1 Mr . Deakin of Lichfield left an annu albequ est of ten shillings for a serm on at S t . Mary

’

s , on theWednesday after Ash Wednesday The nam e still occu rs

in the city .

E— L .

The EARDLEYS,who possess the nam e of a Staffordshire village ,

are best represented in the district of Stoke - on - Trent The nam eof FERN has its hom e in Derby and its neighbou rhood, where it isnearly alw ays Spelt Fearn , b u t anciently Ferne . It has

,however

,

been long established in Staffordshire . There w as an old and

distingu ished fam ily of the nam e at C rakemarsh (E H) John

Fern w as m ayor of Lichfield in 1775 and 1784 and the nam eis still in that neighbou rhood FlNNEY is a nam e established onthe Derbyshire border in the Ashbou rne district. Edward Fynneyw as bailiff ofLichfield in 1619 and 162 7, and Edw ard Ffinn ey w as

Sherifi of the city in 1641 The nam e w as represented inB urton - ou - Trent 3 00 years ago (S . ) FERNYHOUGH is the nam e

of a Staffordshire estate long held by a fam ily of the nam e (E ) .

A curate of Stoke - ou - Trent bore this nam e abou t a century ago

and it is in this locality that the Ferneyhoughs are now

m ostly gathered. The nam e is also represented in Cheshire

HOLLINS w as the nam e of a firm of potters a centu ry ago inStoke - ou - Trent

,w here the nam e still rem ains (W ) . C opwood

Hollins,Esq. , resided at Mosslee in the early part of last centu ry

(Pilkington’

s HOLLINGSWORTH is the nam e of

places in Cheshire and Lancashire,and HAMBLETON oftownships in

the West Riding and Lancashire JEVONS is an old nam e in theadjacent county of Shropsh ire . Sam uel Jevon w as mayor of

Shrewsbu ry in 1672 (Phillip’

s Jevans w as the

nam e of the bailiffs of Ludlow in 153 8 and 1593 (Wright’

s

Ludlow ”

) . The KEELINGS were a Staffordshire fam ily in the

17th century (E N) The nam e ofKelin or Kelyng w as represented

in Cambridgeshire and other counties in the 13 th centu ry (H .

There was a Mr . Joseph LAKIN of Hanley, Stoke - ou - Trent, in

STAFFORDSHIRE . 3 63

1784 Peter de Lakyng lived in Oxfordshire in the reign of

Edw ard I . (H . R . ) The LOVATTS of Clayton w ere an ancientfam ily owning mu ch property in that township in the 17th cen tu ry

Mrs . Elizabeth Lovatt ofLichfield gave in 163 1 the yearlyrent of an acre of

'

land to pay for an annual serm on on the FirstSunday in Lent for ever The sim ilar nam e of Lovett orLe vitt occurs in Leicestershire and Herts . In the 13 th cen tu i y

the nam e of Lovet w as established in Northamptonshire , Lincolnshire , Oxfordshire , and Devonsh ire (H . nam e ofLYMERorL IMER w as represented by that ofDe Lym arin Northam ptonshirein the reign of Edward I . (H . w as a fam ily of

LINDOP in Shrew sbu ry during the first half o f last centu ry (Ow enand Blakeway

’

s Shrew sbury and there w as a Rob ert Lyndopof Shropshire in the 13 th centu ry (H .

M —Z

In the 16th century the distinguished fam ily of MOUNTFORD

ow ned the m anor ofAldrich (E The nam e is also representedin Herefordshire OAKLEY is the nam e of a S tafi ordshire

m anor . The PEAKES of Staffordshire w ere represented in

Shropshire in the 13 th centu ry b y the Piks and Fickes (H .

(S ee under PYATT w as the nam e of ano ld fam ily of gentry of Streethay ,

in the reign of C harles I .

Pyott w as often the early form of the nam e . Richard Pyo tt ,

w hose father w as a London alderm an,w as high sheriff of the

cou nty in 163 6 (E . ) MOTTRAM is the nam e of a tow n inCh eshire The PLANTS are very num erou s in the Eccleshalldistrict . The nam e of Plente occu rred in the 13 th centu ry inHunts and Oxfordshire (H . There are also now a few

representatives of the nam e ofPlant in Suffolk and ShropshireSALT, an ancient and a very comm on Staffordshire nam e , is

exceedingly num erous in the Ashbou rne district, o n the bordersofDerbyshire, in w hich county also it is w ell represented. Saltis the nam e of a Staffordshire v illage and district ; and Salte of

Salte w as the original ancestor of the fam ily (S ) . The Saltesof Yoxall w ere a fam ily of gentry 300 years ago ; in 1600 Mr .

Walter Salt left a bequest for the poor tradesm en of Lichfield

and the name is still in that city ROWLEY and RUSHTON

are the nam es of places in the cou nty . The Bushtons are w ell

represented in the district of Stoke - ou - Trent John SHERBAT


w as m ayor of Lichfield in 1776 and his nam e is still there .A fam ily of SHIRLEY possessed large estates in Hanbu ry,

S tafi'

ordshire,in the 16th centu ry The Shirleys ofEatington ,

Warw ickshire,have an ancient pedigree There w ere also

old distingu ished fam ilies of the nam e in Leicestershire

There are parishes and vi llages thus called in Warw ickshire ,Derbyshire , etc SHELLEY is also an old Staffordshire nam e

,

possibly in som e instances confounded w ith Shirley . RichardShelley w as incumbent ofWolstanton in 164 3 John Shelleyof Ranton

, yeom an , w as one of the Rom an Catholics and nonj u rors of Staffordshire

,w h o refu sed on religiou s grounds to take

the oath to George I . in 1715 S helley is the nam e of atow n in the West Riding Of Yorkshire SHENTON is the nam eof a Leicestershire township , and WARRINGTON of a Lancashiretown STUBBS is a nam e also w ell represented in Cheshire, andfairly represented in Yorkshire , Lincolnshire , and Hants . In the13 th centu ry the nam e of De S tub b es or De Stu b b is occu rred inYorkshire (H . or SWETENHAM is an ancient nam e .

There w as a fam ily Of S wetinam in Bu cks in the reign of

Edward I . (H . .Probably the fam ily Of TORE cam e originally from the adjacent county of Warw ickshire . The ancientand honourable fam ily of Torre or De Tu rre

,that resided for

m any generations at Westw ood, near Haxey, Lincolnshire, cam eIn the reign of Henry IV . from Warw ickshire (S tonehou se

’

s

Isle ofAx holm e . TheWHIELDONS or~WHEELDONs ofStaffordshire are m o stly gathered together in the» district of Stoke - on

Trent . Francis Wheeldon, gent . , w as an Opu lent farm er Of

Hounhill, Hanbu ry, in the latter half of last cen tury

VVINT is an ancient nam e represented in Oxfordshire and C am

b ridgeshire in the 13 th century YARDLEY w as the nam e of afam ily of gentry of Earndon, Cheshire, in the 17th century (Coll.Top . et




BallsBarrellBloomfield

*Back

C aponC atchpoleC attC oppen

C oppingDeeks

*DennyDowning (Ipsw ich)Eade

*FarrowGarrardGirlingGoodchild

PEC ULIAR NAMES (confined mostly to thi s county) .

Aldou s (Harleston)AlstonAves (Soham)BaldryBendallBlowersBorrett

ButtonC alverC atlingC attermole

C obboldC olson (Bury St . Ed

munds)C racknell (W ickhamMarket)

C utting (Ipsw ich)DebenhamDeckFeaveryear (HarlesFeaviour ton)Finb ow (Stowmarket)

Gooding Mudd

Groom Nunn

j Hatten Peddar

[Hatton Pepper (Wangford)How lett Rush

*Seaman*Jolly

*Stanford (Wickham”“Knights Market)

a. Le Grice Stedman

Le Grys Thirkettle

Ling Thurlow

(Bury Thurstonm unds) TingeyMakens VinceMatthewMayhew WallerMu timer

Fincham MeenFisk Nesling

Fiske New sonFlatman Pendell

Fu lcher PendleGarnham Sawyer (W ickhamGooderham Market)Grim sey SheldrakeGrimwood SheldrickHadingham Southgate (NeedhamHaward Market)Hitchcock SquirrellHurren StannardIngate (Halesworth) Steggall

Jillings Sturgeon (Bury St .

Jab y Edmunds)Keeble Thurman

Kemb all TrickerKerridge W liitmore

Kerry Wolton

Kersey WoollardLast

SUFFOLK . 3 67

NOTES ON SOME OF THE C HARAC TERISTIC SUFFOLKNAMES .

(The nam es are arranged in alphabetical groups, b u t not necessarily in‘

alphab etical order in each group.)

Authorities indica ted by thefollowing a bbreviations

G . indicates Gage’

s Suffolk .

H . Hollingsworth’

s Stowmarket.H . R Hu ndred Rolls .

Lansd. Lansdowne MSS ., 5 and 7.

L . Low er’s “ Patronym ica Britannica .

P . Page’

s Supplement to the Suffolk Traveller.S . Suckling

’

s Suffolk .

Sp. C ontributions to Armada Fund in 1588 (Brit . Mus .,B

.

W . Wodderspoon’

s Ipsw ich.

A - B .

ALDOUS is an ancient east country nam e which at present hasits principal hom e in and arou nd Harleston in this county, though

still found in Ipsw ich and Stowm arket . Aldu s w as the nam e of

an Ipsw ich bailiff in 1654 and the nam e of Aldhuse was

established in Stowm arket in the reign ofElizabeth In theform s ofAldu s and Aldu se it occu rred in the reign of Edward I .

in Norfolk,Notts, Lincolnshire , and Oxfordshire (H . We

learn from Blom efield’

s“ Norfolk that Aldou s w as the nam e

of the rector of Wreningham in that county in 13 93 , and thatThom as Aldou s Of Starston

,Norfolk , died in 1740 at the age of

100 : Aldhou se is also an old Norfolk nam e ALDRI C H and

ALDRIDGE are , for the m ost part , east country nam es , and they havebeen so for six centu ries and m ore . At present they occu r m ostlyin Suffolk

,Norfolk , Su rrey,

Herts,and Berks

, w ith a few in

Glou cestershire . In the 13 th centu ry they occu rred in the formsof Aldrich and Aldric in Norfolk and Cambridgeshire (H .

Aldrich is an ancient personal nam e BARRELL is still a

Stowm arket nam e . The Barrells w ere business people in that


town in the reign of Charles I . (H ) . Barrell is an ancient nam ethat is n ow m ostly confined to Suffolk and Herefordshire . In theform ofBarel it occu rred at Blakeb urn , Suffolk , in the 13 th centu ry,and as Barel or Barell at the sam e tim e in Shropshire (H . Six

centu ries ago , therefore , this nam e had m u ch the sam e distribu tionas it h as at present BLOW ERS is a nam e that w as represented inthe hu ndred of Blyth ing in this county b y Le Blow ere in the 13 thcentu ry (H . The BALDRYS of Ipsw ich possess a very ancientSu ffolk nam e , w hich w as w ell known in Ipsw ich and Stowm arket

in the 15th and l 6th centuries : som e Of the nam e served as bailiffsor m ayors ofIpswich in the reigns Of Henry VI . and Henry VIII .

(H . and Sir Thom as Baldry, lord m ayor of London in

152 3,w as the son Of Richard Baldry .

Of Stowm arket Thenam e of Baldri w as represented in the neighbouring county of

Hu nts in the 13 th centu ry (H . BENDALLS m ay derive

their nam e from the Su ffolk parish ofBenhall . De Benedhal w as

a Shropshire nam e in the 13 th centu ry (H . anancient nam e now confined to Norfolk , Suffolk , and Essex , w as alsow ell established six centu ries ago in the eastern counties

, particu

larly in Norfolk and Lincolnshire , and also in Suffolk, Kent , and

Su ssex (H . (S ee under “ Ball ” in Chapter

FIELD or BLOMFIELD , also a Norfolk nam e (see u nder “ NORFOLK

has long been fou nd in Su ffolk . Bailiffs of Ipsw ich in the reigns

Of Edward IV .,Henry VII .

,and Charles II .

,bore the nam e of

Blom field William Blom field was a gentlem an of LittleStonham

,Stowm arket

,in 1653 (H ) . The nam e is still in Ipsw ich

and Stowm arket . In the reign of Jam es I. the nam e ofBloom field

occu rred in the parish OfWestley Robert Bloomfield,son

Of a tailor, and au thor of the Farm er ’s Boy, w as born atHonington , near Bu ry St . Edmunds

,in 1766 One Of the Suffolk

freeholders in 1561 w as BOBBETT ofBuddymyn Thenam e occurs on a m onum ent in C ratfield chu rch

,bearing the date

Of 1698 (S ) . A fam ily of Borrett,originally Of Irish extraction ,

resided in the l 6th and 17th centu ries in S tradbrook parish and

ow ned Stadhaugh in Lax field The nam e is still in S tradbrook .

C — D .

CATT is an ancient east country nam e . It occurred in Norfolk

and Essex in the 13 th century and remained a Norfolk nam e until

the 15th centu ry and probably later (H . R .

,L .) (Blom efie ld

’

s



and in 1562 the Dennys held estates in Bramfield JohnDenye resided at Lakyngh in the hundred of Lackford in the13 th centu ry (H . (S ee under

“NORFOLK . The DOWNINGSof Speckshall in the 17th century were a branch of the v eryancient Essex fam ily of the nam e

,a m em ber of which w as m ade

a baronet in 1663 , whil st another w as founder ofDowning College ,Cambridge The Dow nings have their hom e now in Ipsw ichand its neighbourhood. In South Elmham church there is, or was,a monum ent to Dorcas Downinge , bearing the date of 1638 (S ) .

E— G.

EADE is an ancient Suffolk name . In the form of Ede i toccurred in this county, as w ell as in Norfolk, in the reign of

Edward I. , and in this form it was, at the sam e tim e, num erous inthe neighbouring county Of Hunts (H . R . ) Under “ SUSSEX ”

reference will be found to this nam e in that county.oEades is a

nam e now found in Bedfordshire,whilst Ede is found in Cornw all

. The FISKES or FISKS are probably connected with the Fiskes ofthe parish of C ratling in the 17th century a m onum ent to one ofthe fam ily in C ratling church bore the date Of1640 Rattlesdenw as the hom e ofan ancient fam ily ofFiske, owning m uch propertyin the county last century (P ) . F1NC HAMS of FinchamHall

,Norfolk

,owned property in Brantham ,

Sufi olk,in the 16th

century a Norm an,owned much property in the

county at the tim e of the Conqu est The nam e of Fulcher

o ccurred in Lincolnshire in the 13 th century (H . R The nam eof FLATMAN probably originates from fiOtmann

,an Anglo - Sarton

w ord m eaning“sailor . ” Floteman w as a tenant in Yorkshire in

pre - Dom esday tim es (L . ) GARNHAM is an Old Suffolk nam e .

Thom as Garnham of Westley in 1587 evidently possessed thec ourage ofhis ow n beliefs . He w as then deem ed to be one of thefroward soarte,

”m isled b y seditious m inisters, and was ex comm u

nicated foroffences against the Church We m ight regard himn ow as a reform er . Robert Garnham was the nam e last centuryof a rector of Hargrave (G.) and Now ton , and Of a m aster of

Bury School John Garnham was a Stowm arket clothier inthe reign of Charles I . nam e of GIRLING was repre

sented in St . Andrews in this county in the beginn ing of the 17th

centu ry . It has also long been established in Norfolk, and w as

prom inently associated with the m unicipal affairs of Lynn from

SUFFOLK . 3 71

the reign of Elizabeth to that Of Charles I.,Gurlyn being the

name Offive m ayors during that period. There w ere also Girlings in

Norwich in the 17th century (Blom efield’

s“N The nam e

also occurs as such in Essex, and in Kent in the form of CurlingGOODING w as a Stowmarket nam e 3 00 years ago and the

nam e is still in the town GODDARD has been for centuries aC haracteristic Sufi olk nam e . In the reign of Elizabeth several

freeholders in the county bore this nam e In the 13 th

century it occurred as Godard in the adjoining county of

Cambridge . (S ee under BERKSHIRE,etc .)

The HADINGHAMS probably derive theirnam e from a Cambridgeshire parish JOLLY was the nam e of a Southwold m erchant200 years ago . (S ee under

“ NORFOLK . The nam e of JUBYwas represented in the county in the 13 th centu ry, b y Elias JubbeOf “ Donewey,

” in Blything hundred (H . is the

nam e of a Suffolk parish KERRIDGE was the nam e of a m ayorofIpsw ich and of a rector ofHorningsherth about a century ago

the nam e of Kerrich occurs in the records ofDunw ich for 1299

(G. , L ., andW ) . Thom as Kerrich owned Shelley m anor in 1627Kerridge is still an Ipswich nam e From the 15th to

the 17th centu ry, KEEBLE , in the form s often of Keble , Keb ill,

and Keb yll , w as a comm on nam e am ongst the gentry and tradesm en Of Stowm arket Keeble is still a Stowm arket nam e .William Keeble, a native of Newton

, w as rector of Ringshall in1644 In the 13 th century, Kibel , Kib b el, and Keb b el w erenam es found in the adj acent counties of Cam bridge and Hunts,as well as in those of Lincoln and Oxford (H . R ) . There are

Kibbles now in Bucks and Warw ickshire A fam ily of LE

GRI C E or LE GEYS form erly resided at the Hall , BrowstonFurther reference to this nam e will be found under “ NORFOLK,its original hom e LING also is essentially a Norfolk nam e ,and further reference to it will be found under that countyMAYHEW w as the nam e of the rector of Bu x low abou t 1500There are also Mayhews in Bedfordshire . Mehew was the nam eof several bailiffs of Godm anchester

,Hunts, last century (Fox

’

s

MUDD,a nam e found also in the North and

East Ridings ofYorkshire, is said to be derived from the Anglo

Saxon m od,

”

S ignifying force, etc . Henry Mudde was a Suffolk


freeholder in the reign of Elizabeth and in the sam e

reign Sim on Mudd w as a townsm an of Loughborough , Leicester

shire (Fletcher’

s (S ee under“ MOODY

,

” inNUNN is an old Anglo - Saxon personal nam e .

In the reign of Jam es I . the Nunns had property in Sou thwood

(G ) . Simon Nunne of Ringsfield owned Wryngeys in Beestonin the reign of Henry VIII . Four centuries ago there w asa George Nunne in Haw sted ( C ullum

’

s TheNunns are also now represented in Essex .

O— S .

The nam e of P EPPER, which is further referred to underLINC OLNSHIRE

,

”has its present Suffolk hom e in the Wangford

district RUSH was the nam e of a distingu ished fam ily owningm uch property in the county last century (P .) a fam ilynam e now rare in the county, is the nam e of a Sufi olk village ,w here an ancient fam ily of De Snape once resided. In the 13 th

century the De Snapes were established in Norfolk and Suffolk,

and Henry de la Snape l ived in Su ssex (H . (S ee under“ YORKSHIRE . STANFORD is now a Wickham Market

'

nam eLast century a gentle fam ily of Staniforth lived at Norton (P ) .

STANNARD , an ancient baptismal nam e , has been associated

as a fam ily nam e with this county since the tim e of Edward theConfessor ; a b ailifi of Ipswich in the reign of Henry VII .

and the rector of Lackford in the reign of Jam es II . borethe n am e . It is still an Ipswich nam e The SPARROWS have

been associated with the corporation of Ipsw ich from the l 6th to

the present century , several of the nam e occu rring in the list ofthe early bailiffs and the m odern m ayors (W ) . The nam e is stillin the tow n SEAMAN was the nam e Of a Mendlesham yeom an in

1557 a nam e that now has its hom e in the

district ofNeedham Market, and in Stowm arket, was represented

by S owgate and Suggat in Stowm arket in the reign of Jam es I .

w as the nam e of the rector of Haw sted a

century ago The old Suffolk fam ily of STURGEON held the

m anor of Manston , Whepstead, from the beginning of the l 6th to

the C lose ofthe last centu ry Maister John Sturgeon w as

governor of the company of Merchant Adventurers , when they

gave a princely reception to PhilipOf Spain on the occasion of

his taking possession of the Low Countries in 1540 (Allen’

s



ancestors had been seated at Whitm ore or Whittimere , in

Claverley parish , as far back as the reign Of Henry III . , and fromthis stock sprang the Whitm ores ofApley, also in Shropsh ire (L ) .

Another fam ily ofWhitm ore lived for centu ries at ThurstantonHall in Thurstanton parish in the adj oining county Of Cheshire

(Mortim er’

s Richard Whitmore of Caunton,Notts

,

contributed £ 25 tow ards the defence ofhis cou ntry at the tim e ofthe expected invasion of the Spanish Armada in 1588WOOLLARD , according to Lower, is a form ofWillard, the nam e of

a fam ily that has been established in Kent and East Sussex since

the 13 th century .

SURREY. 3 75

SURREY .

NOTE — The asterisk indicates that, though the”

name is characteristic of the county, it is m ore num erous elsewhere .


*Martin *Smith



Knight’K‘Stone


Humphrey Sadler (Godalming)Stacey


*Bonner Muggeridge SteerC harman (Dorking) *Nix Weller (Dorking)Jay



NOTES ON SOME OF THE C HARAC TERISTIC SURREY NAMES .

Authorities indicated by the following abbreviations

A. indicatesAubrey’

s Surrey .


M . Manning’

s and Bray’s History of Surrey.

Nic. Nichols’ C ollee. Topog. et Geneal .

A— P .

BONNER is an ancient nam e also represented in Herefordshire .

AS Boner and Bonere , it occurred in Oxfordshire and Hunts in the

reign of Edw ard I . (H . (S ee underIn the registers of Croydon , Surrey, are found the nam es of

Susanna CE SAR, daughter of John and Rebecca Caesar, born in

1695,and of John Caesar, vicar of the parish

,who w as bu ried in

1719 . There were also other Caesars at Waddon in this parishearly last centu ry Probably the Caesars of Surrey were

o riginally connected with the distinguished knightly fam ily ofthatnam e ofBenington , Herts, in the 17th and 18th centuries . The

Benington Caesars, originally nam ed Adelm ar, after their ancestor

the Count ofGenoa,in the 9th century, subsequently adopted the

nam e of the m other of their Italian ancestor,a daughter of the

Duke de C esarini (Salm on’

s The C HARMANS of

Dorking and its neighbourhood have representatives of their nam e

in the adj acent county of Sussex . They may, however, be connected in the past with the ancient fam ily of Charm an Of Risby,Suffolk

,that carries its pedigree back to the reign of Edward III .

(Gage’

s CHARLWOOD w as the nam e of the townclerk of Kingston - ou - Tham es in 1688 A Surrey parish is



w ere Wellers in th e parishes of Horl ey and Cheam in the m iddl e

Of last centu ry (M ) . Weller , the m ayor of Gu ildford in 1778,had a nam esake and probably a relative in his contemporary the

rector ofGu ildford and East Clandon It m ay be that theSurreyWellers are connected with or descended from the m embers

Of the old Kentish fam ily of the sam e nam e who ow ned KingsgateHouse , Rolvenden, in the reign of Charles I . and for several

genera tions afterwards (Hasted’

s Kent Probably to the

Kentish Wellers belonged the Rev . Sam uel Weller, rector of

Sandridge , Kent, who after being a pupil at Reading schoolObtained a scholarship at St . John’s College , O xford, in 1700

(Coates’ Tunbridge owned a fam ily of the nam e

last century (Hasted) . In our own tim e the nam e ofWeller is

also found in Bucks . Burn,in his account of Henley - on - Tham es,

m entions a Mr . Hugh le Veller who resided in that town in the

reign of Edward III . , a C ircum stance which suggests the gravereflection that the dictum of Mr . Weller

,senior

, concerning theorthography of his nam e

,w as historically correct ! WONHAM

is the nam e of a m anor in the county Though the SURMANSare at present scantily represented in Surrey,

they form ed a

num erous fam ily in Christchurch in this county, in the 17th and

18th centuries ; Mr. John Surm an was a London m erchan t whodied in 1712 At present the nam e is found in Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire . (S ee under

SUSSEX . 3 79

SUS SEX.

NOTE — The asterisk indicates that a nam e , though characteristicof the county, is m ore num erous elsewhere .

GENERAL NAMES (SO—40 counties) .

Martin *Sm ith *Turner



DISTR IC T NAMES (4—9 counties) .

AveryBourneBrookBrooke

*Burgess*C arr (Uckfield)"C oleman




Akehurst PenfoldAllcorn Pennifold

Ayling RapleyAylw in SayersBarham S indenBodle SparkesBoniface StayBetting (Billinghurst) SturtBourner SuterC hallen (Midhurst) Tester (Hayward

’

C hitty Heath)C hurchman Tob itt

C oppard Tow ee

C orke Towse

C ornford TribeDiplock VerrallDumbrell WakefordDumbrill WalderEtheridge W ickens (TunbridgeEvershed Wells)Fogden (C hichester) Woodhams

Funnell WrenGander (Hayward

’

s WrennHeath)

FarrantGoldsm ith*Greenfield

HamptonHardHarmerHemsley

Hilder (Hawkhurst)Holman

*IrelandJuppKenward (Uckfield)LangleyLemmonLevettLev itt

GatesGoacher(Horsham )GorringeHaifenden (Heath

field)Head

HeaverHideHoadleyHoathHobden (Hailsham )Hobgen

Honeysett

HookIsted

JoyesKillickLeppardLongleyManningtonMessage

NewingtonPackhamPankhurst



latter part of the l 6th century : in 153 5 John Aylwin held theproperty of Canons in West Dean John Aylw in w as m ayor

of Chichester in 1654 (H . and the nam e is still in the town .

In the reign of Edw ard VI . the BANNISTERS or BANISTERS held

an estate in Beeding, West Sussex Thom as de Banastre,

apparently a Sussex m an,distingu ished him self in a naval fight

offWinchelsea in 13 50 The nam e is farm ore characteristic

of Lancashire The Su ssex BARHAMS are probably connected

w ith the ancient Kentish fam ily of Barham . In the 13 th centuryBaham was a Suffolk nam e (H . is the nam e of

an ancient Sussex fam ily, form erly called Le Bothel (L. )BONIFAC E is an old Sussex nam e that has characterised the countysince the 15th century (L . ) John BOOKER w as the principal

proprietor in Worthing in the reign of Anne The nam e

also occu rs in Derbyshire The BOURNES of Sussex derive their

nam e from a parish in the county BRIDGER is the nam e of anancient and influential fam ily in the county that held propertyin Ashurst and Warm inghurst ; one of the fam ily was high

sheriff 100 years ago (H . The nam e is also established in

the adjacent county of Ham pshire The fam ily of BOTTING hasits present hom e in the district of Billinghurst . There w as aNicholas Bottynge in Winchelsea in the reign ofElizabeth ( C . )

C — D .

CANE or CAINE is one of the m ost ancient of Sussex nam es,having been represented in the parish of Ripe from the tim e of

Edw ard the Confessor to the present day Cane appears in

Dom esday for Sussex as a baptism al nam e and as a fam ilynam e Cane w as also to be found in the 13 th century in Oxfordshire

,Hunts

,and Lincolnshire (H . The vicar of Findon in

1725 bore the nam e of Cane (D ) . It is also to be found in theadj acent county of Han ts ; w hilst in Dorset it takes the form of

Caines The Sussex fam ily of CATT m ay very probably beconnected with the old Kentish fam ily ofDe Cat The nam ehas been established for m any centuries in the eastern counties ,and further reference to it will be found under “ SUFFOLK

,

”in

which county it still occu rs The nam e of CHALLEN has its

present hom e in Midhu rst and its neighb ourhood. The C hallensw ere landed gentry of Selsey and Sherm anbury in the 17th

and 18th centuries ; Stephen Challen owned property in Selsey

SUSSEX . 3 83

in the reign of William III . , which ! his descendant , the Rev .

J . G. Challen of Sherm anbury, sold in 1797to Manning

’

s Surrey,” CHITTY w as a comm on name in God

alm ing in the 17th and 18th centuries . In Su ssex it w as

represented as far back as the reign of Jam es I . by Henry Chitty,

who rented from Lord Berkeley the extensive dem esnes of th e

m anor of Bosham and C OSTELLOW are old

Chichester nam es that are now rare in the county. Betw een the

reigns of Charles II . and Anne several of the m ayors of the townbore these nam es (H . is a nam e also found inCambridgeshire and Herts . Robert C ornw elle w as vicar ofNew

Shoreham in 1440 (S ee under Thom asCROUCH w as m ayor of Rye in 1693 (HOL) The DUMBRELLS

or DUMBRILLS are probably connected in their descent withThomas Dum brill of Horsham ,

in the reign of Charles II . ; there

is a slab to his m em ory in Horsham Chu rch, bearing the date of

1678 principal hom e of the DURRANTS in the past

was in the eastern counties, and further reference to the nam e

w ill be found under “ NORFOLK . The nam e w as representedin the adjacent county of Kent in the 13 th century (H .

Three m ayors of Hastings, Sussex , in the l 6th centu ry, bore

this nam e (M .) Between 1727 and 1754 COPPARD w as the

nam e of five m ayors of Hastings w as the nam eof an old influ ential Sussex fam ily dating back to the reign of

Henry VI . (D ) . There are also a few of the nam e in Dorset .Duke is also a w idely - spread nam e am ongst the gentry of the

sou th of England, m any of the fam ilies being connected and

bearing the sam e arm s . From the Dukes of Pow er Hayes and

O tterton,Devon

, sprang the Dukes of Wiltshire,who were

imp licated in the rebellion of 1655,and are still represented

in Wiltshire and the neighbouring counties (Bu rke) TheDIPLOC KS are represented by the Duplocks and Du Placs in theold parish registers of East Su ssex . Du Plac

,the earliest form

of the nam e,is evidently of French origin , and w as probably

borne by one of the m any ironworkers from France who settled inthe county in the l 6th century

E — I.

The ancient.

nam e of EADE has long been in the county. In1203 John Eade bought half a m essuage for twenty Shillings


in the parish of Steyning (D ) . (S ee under SUFFOLK .

Between 1669 and 1697 four m ayors of Hastings bore the nam e

of HIDE which is still represented in that town . GANDER

is a nam e that has its present hom e in the district of Hayw ard’

s

Heath . It w as also a Hampshire nam e . John Gander was tw icem ayor of Winchester in the reign of Henry VII . (Milner

’

s

The GOACHERS of Horsham m ay possess thealtered nam e of Francis Geater, mayor of Chichester in 1695

(H . C .) The nam e of GORRINGE may be derived directly fromthe Sussex parish of Goring, or from the

.

influential old Sussex

fam ily of Goring, to which evidently belonged Henry Goringe

and George Goring, both of this county, w ho contributed £ 100apiece for the defence of their country at the tim e of the expectedinvasion of the Spanish Arm ada in 1588 In 1617 there

lived respectively at Amberley, Piddinghoe , and Rottingdean ,three brothers nam ed Goringe, but in a humbler condition of

life (L . or GRIBBLE is the nam e of an old and

influential Rye fam ily, now rare , m embers of which frequentlyfilled the office ofm ayor in the 17th and 18th centuriesThe fam ily of EVERSHED, with those of ELDRIDGE and HOBDEN (ofHailsham ) had representatives in the county a century ago

The HAFFENDENS of Heathfield belong to a branch of an'

old

Kentish fam ily of the nam e ; Heathfield has been their hom e fora series of generations fam ily of HEAVER takes itsnam e from the Kentish parish of Hever Notts is also the

hom e of the HEMSLEYS . The Rev . W . Helmsley w as vicar of

Patching ,Su ssex , in 1475 which is a Kentish

as well as a Sussex nam e , has its hom e in Hawkhurst . Hildare

w as a Steyn ing nam e in the reign of Henry V.

nam es of HOATH and HOADLEY are evidently derived from the

Sussex parishes of East and West Hoathly . Dr. Benjam in

Hoadley, Bishop ofWinchester, was the cham pion of the LowChu rch in the reign of George II . (Milner

’

s

The ISTEDS belong to an old Sussex fam ily conj ectured to havecom e from Eysted, in Sweden , and to have settled in Su ssexin the reign of Edw ard III . Thom as Isted was tow n C lerk

ofWinchelsea in 1610 Ambrose Isted, C itizen of London,

who died in 1692 , was the son of Richard Isted, of Lewes, andowned Ecton Hall , Northamptonshire , which h is descendants

have held to the present century (Cole’

s Ecton



PENNIFOLD is an old Sussex nam e . Stephen Penfold was twicem ayor of Chichester in the reign of Charles 11. (H . and thenam e is still in the tow n ; at that tim e the Penfolds held largeestates in the parish of Angm ering Hugh Penfold ow ned

'

the C issb ury estate , Findon , in 1794 (L . S .) P IPER w as a

7 Su ssex nam e in the 13 th centu ry w as a Warnhamnam e in the 17th century there is a m em orial slab to one of thenam e in the church , bearing the date of 1668

represented in Hertfordshire by Sears, is the nam e of an ancientE ssex fam ily of landed gentry going back to the reign of

Edw ard III. nam e of STAY occu rred in KingstonBow sey in the reign of Edward II . (D . ) STANDEN is also a

Kentish nam e . S tandean is a Su ssex ham let . Ab ednigo Standenw as a “ freem an ofWinchelsea in 1610 and the nam e isstill in the town SPARKES w as the nam e of the incum bent of

Middleton in the reign of Charles II . (D . ) STURT is a nam e

that was at one tim e m ore comm on in the southern counties thanit is at present . It occu rred in Devonshire in the 13 th centu ry(H . There w ere Sturts in the parish of Angm ering, Su ssex ,tw o centuries ago (D . ) STANFORD is the nam e of a patish in

th e county MILWARD is now a rare Su ssex nam e ; b u t between

1686 and 1824 it was borne by about fifty m ayors ofHastings

T— Z .

The nam e of TRIBE w as represented . in the parish of Shipleyin 1650 (D . ) VERRALL is an old East Sussex nam e w ell know nin Lew es in the 17th and 18th centuries

,and still represented

there . Betw een 1686 and 1779 the Verralls held on eight occa

sions the office of Constable of Lew es,the last holder of the post

being Araunah Verrall in 1779 (H . farm ofLullingtonm anor was held by the family ofWOODHAMS for m any generations

(L . S ) . Woodham s is the nam e of parishes in Essex and Bucks .

WREN or WRENN is at'

present a Su ssex nam e ; but in the

13 th .century it occu rred in Norfolk and Cambridgeshire (H .

WI C KHAM is the nam e of a Sussex nam e of

W I C KENS is num erou sly represented on the Kentish border in the

district of Tunbridge Wells.

WARWIC KSHIRE. 3 87

WARWICKSHIRE .


of the county, is m ore num erou s elsewhere .


TaylorWright


*Walker*Ward


Neal

Neale

*PearsonPerkinsSpencer


*Lowe

Mann*MumfordRichmondRiley

"l‘Townsend

Whitehead




HickenHickinHoll ick

IbbotsonJeffcoate

Jephcott

KeyteKnib b

Ledbrook

Moxon

In the case of a few of the above nam es we are able to give the districts inwhich they are most comm on . Thu s

,Burm an, at Tanw orth, near Birm ingham ;

C attell , around Birm ingham ; Hands and Ivens, around Rugby ; Trippes and

Warden, around C oventry.

NOTES ON SOME OF THE C HARAC TERISTIC WARWIC KSHIRENAMES .


D . indicates Dugdale’

s Warwickshire .


K . Kemb le’

s Saxons in England.



recent tim es is another Anglo - Saxon clan nam e ;and Dunnington , a Warw ickshire ham let , w as probably the hom eof the clan in this county (K ) . The nam e w as w ell represented

in Cambridgeshire in the reign ofEdward I . (H . (S ee underYORKSHIRE

,N . and E . The nam e of CATTELL is now w ell

established around Birm ingham it is also found in the contiguous

county of Oxford. Six hundred years ago it occurred as Catel

and Katel in Bu cks,Cambridgeshire , Hunts, Norfolk, and Lincoln

shire (H .

F — K .

The nam e ofFITTER,according to Mr . Tou lm in Sm ith Mem o

rials of O ld is a corruption ofVyterre , a nam ethat occurs in a Birm ingham charter dated 1494 HAWKES . as

w e learn from the authority ju st qu oted, is an OldWarw ickshirenam e

,w hich w as w ell represented in Birm ingham du ring the 16th

century . The nam e of GILE S w as comm on in the adjacent part of

Oxfordshire early last centu ry,and it is still fou nd in that county .

The fam ily of HANDS,new num erou s in Rugby or its vicinity,

bear an ancient nam e,probably of Flem ish origin , as for instance

from Hans : the nam e of Ha l ide occu rred in Beds and B ucks inthe reign of Edward I . (H . is an evident corru p

t ion of HOLLYOAK or HOLYOAK , a nam e that occu rs also in this

county as w ell as in Leicestershire . We learn from Dugdale thatFrancis Holliok

,incumbent of S t. Jam es ’ church

,Southam

, w as

institu ted in 1604 ; and that Fisher Holyoake , gent . , and attorneyat - law

,was buried in th is chu rch in 1720 GRANT is not alw ays

a nam e that hails from the Scotch S ide of the border . There areEnglish Grants as w ell as Scotch Grants . To the form er belongthose of Warw ickshire

,Lincolnshire , Dorset,and Devon

,who

evidently are the present representatives of the num erous Le

Graunts occurring in the 13 th centu ry in the counties of O xford,

Wilts,Lincoln , Notts, Norfolk, Essex , etc . (H . R ) . The nam e of

Grant occurred in Warwickshire in the reign of Richard III .

HADDON is the nam e of parishes in the neighbouring counties

of Northampton and Hunts,in the form er of w hich the surnam e

also occurs . In the 13 th centu ry it w as a comm on surnam e in

Hunts and Oxfordshire (H . is also a local nam ein Cheshire , Northamptonshire , and elsewhere The KRYTS orKEYTES were originally a county fam ily of considerable antiquity

WARWIC KSHIRE. 3 91

in Glou cestershire . Through not taking the oaths to William and

Mary, the Rev . Thom as Keyt , rector ofBinton (co . Warw ick) , wasdeprived of his living in 1690. He w as su cceeded b y Richard

Keyte (D . ) K IBBLE,a nam e at present also found in Bu cks

and as Keeble in Suffolk,is an ancient nam e represented 600

years ago in difi erent form s in the Hundred Rolls for Hunts,Cambridgeshire , Oxfordshire, etc . (S ee under the KEEBLES of

Suffolk . )

L— Z .

MURC OTT is an oldWarw ickshire nam e . Henry Murcott , of

Cubbington , gent . , w as bu ried in Sou tham C hu rch in 1686

Abraham Murcot,one of His Maj esty

’

s coroners, w as buried inthe sam e church in 1718 (D ) . This su rnam e had originally alocal origin , being,

in fact,taken from parishes and ham lets of

the nam e in the neighbou ring cou nties of Northam pton,O xford,

and Wilts MANN,though w ell represented in this county, has

its ancient and present hom e in the eastern counties . (S ee underN The READINGS

,who have their principal hom e in

this county, being also new fou nd in Bu cks and Oxfordshire , areprobably the m odern representatives of the Raedings, a Saxonc lan

,that gave their nam e to their settlem ents in Derbyshire and

in the eastern cou nties (K ) .


WILTSHIRE .

NOTE . The asterisk indicates that a nam e , though characteristic

of this county, is m ore num erous elsewhere .


*Brown "Green3“C lark (Malmesbury) *Sm ith

C OMMON NAMES (2 0—2 9 counties) .

C arter Matthews C hi enPP”“Hunt ham )*King (Salisbury)


*Andrew sBarnesBu tler"C ole

"C ollinsDean (Heytesbury)Deane

*Francis (Trowbridge)


Al exander *C aveAnstey C om b s (Salisbury)Blake (C hippenham) C oombsBourne *C rook

*Bryant Fry (C hippenham )* C arpenter Gay

Parsons (Salisbury)Read

Reeves

Reynolds"l‘Sutton

Watts*We11s



Mintey Sidford (Salisbury)Minty SloperMorse Taunton (Sal isbury)New th Titcomb e

O dy (Sw indon) WhatleyParham

NOTES ON SOME OF THE C HARAC TERISTIC W ILTSHIRE

NAMES .

(The names are arranged in alphabetical groups, b u t not necessarily inalphabetical order in each group.)

Authorities indicated by the following a bbreviations

A. indicatesAubrey’

s W iltshire (Topographical C ollections) .

Bu l l’ s Devizes .

”

Easton’s Mayors ofSalisbury .

td

Hoare’s Wiltshire .

R Hundred Rolls.

Lower’ s Patronym ica Britannica.

W aylen’

s Marlborough .

”

T G .

“ C ollect. Topogr. et Geneal .

E

H

H

L

WC .

A— D .

Amongst the old established Wiltshire fam ilies I m ay refer

to that of BLAKE, w hich is at present best represented around

Chippenham . There w ere Blakes in Warm inster in the reign of

E lizabeth,and they are still to be found there , and the nam e has

been represented in Lu dgershall since the beginning of the 17thcentu ry An influential fam ily of this nam e owned Pinhill

Hou se in Calne in the 17th centu ry BOWLES is an old Wilts

nam e . The m ost influential fam ilies hearing this nam e are said to

have com e from Bristol du ring the 15th century . In the fol low ingc entu ry they w ere resident in Burcom be, and during the 18th

century they su pplied sheriffs and m embers of parliam ent for thecounty (H. ) The present representatives ofthe nam e of COTTLE

are evidently descended from the ancient Wilts fam ily of Cotte],

WILTSHIRE . 3 95

wh ich originally owned m uch property,especially in the parish of

Atford in the 13 th century (A. ) The fam ily of CUSSE held land

at Berw ick Saint John in the 17th centu ry, and last centu ry theyheld property in Winterbou rn Gunner w here the nam e is

still found. A fam ily of C u s lived in Sw indon in 1610 (A. )The old cou nty nam e of AWDEY is not at present represented

am ongst the farm ers , b u t is to be found am ongst the gentry . The

Aw drys of Seend w ere resident landowners in that parish for

m ore than 200 years . The earliest know n ancestor w as vicar of

Melksham in 1601 fam ily of gentry of the nam e of

BRAC HER have resided at Sem ley since the m iddle of last century .

The nam e has b een represented in the parish of Tisbu ry du ringthe 17th ,

18th,and 19th centu ries . EdwardBracher ofWalm ead

,

gent . , died in 1754 ancestor of the present’

fam ily of

BALC H m ay be Robert Everard Balch , Esq. , of St . Audries,Som erset

,who

,abou t a hundred years since cam e b y m arriage into

the estate of th e ancient Topp fam ily in Stockton ALEXANDER

is an old Wilts nam e w hich is now m ostly to be found in the Cou rtDirectory. The nam e w as represented in this county in the HundredRolls abou t 600 years ago D IGGES is an old Wiltshire nam e

,

now rarely to be found in the county The cu riou s surnam e of

.l )OEL is evidently a corru ption of de Dou rle, which is fou nd in an

old Malm esbury deed Probably also the Doels are connectedw ith the ancient fam ily of Dew ell or Dew ale , the possessors of

proper ty in Brem elham du ring the 14 th and 15th centuriesRoger Dew ell w as a yeom an in Norton Bavent in 1609The BURROUGHS form ed a num erous fam ily in Laverstock du ringlast century (H . ) Du ring the 16th century the fam ily of

BRIDGES or Brydges occupied an influential position in Wilts,one

of their number being created Baron Chandos (A ) . MichaelBridges w as the incumbent of Sedgehill and Berw ick Saint John

in 1774 (H . ) The nam es of parishes and places in Wiltsprobably gave rise to the surnam es of COOMBE, COMPTON,

COMBES,

ANSTEY, etc Som e of the m ayors of Salisbury in the 14 th and

15th centuries bore the nam es of BETTERLIGHT and APORT : boththese nam es are new rare or extinct (E H)

E— G.

Am ongst the singular su rnam es of this county is that of

EATWELL,which is at present best represented in and around


Calne . There w as aWilliam Etwall,vicar ofC hu te ,who died in 1716

(C . T . Eastwe lle is an ancient Oxfordshire surnam e ofthe 13 thcentury (H . R . ) Of the oldWilts fam ilies of yeom en, few can

boast a greater antiqu ity, and few have shown m ore love of theircou nty by rem aining in it , than those bearing the nam e of FRY .

Num erou s as they now are,especially around Chippenham ,

we find

that as far back as in the reigns of Henry III . and Edward I.,the

Fryes or Fries found in Wiltshire their m ain abode (H . TheFrys ofAshgrove , in the parish ofDo nhead St . Mary, appear to beone of the parent S tocks ; they gave the burial groundfor Qu akers

in that parish,w hich has been u sed for this pu rpose ever since the

Society of Friends w as first established in England ; to this stock

belonged the hu sband ofMrs Fry, the philanthropistGLASS is an old Marlborough nam e . Thom as Glass lost propertyto the extent of £ 711 in the great fire of 1653 in that tow nhis nam e is S till represented GARLI C K was one Of

the Marlborough burgesses in 1711 This is also an ancient

nam e in the east of England. In the 13 th cen tu ry it occu rred as

Garlec in Cambridgeshire and as Garlek in Norfolk . (H .

Nicholas Garlick,a Roman Catholic priest of Dinting,

Derbyshire ,Suffered martyrdom for his religion at Derby in 1588 (Wood

’

s

Eyam . FERRIS is an old Wilts nam e . An influential fam ilythus called

,resided at Blunsdon in the 16th centu ry and

Ferris was also the nam e of the vicar of Sutton Benger in 1642 ,and of a Warm inster fam ily in the m iddle of last centu ry

FLOWER w as the nam e of the m ayor of Salisbury in 1701and the nam e is S till represented in that city . Betw een 1604 and

1787 not less than fou rteen of the m ayors of Devizes w ere thu sca lled (B ) . Three hundred years ago there w ere Flow ers in Row deand Steeple -Ashton and the nam e still occu rs in Rowde .

. FRANKC OMB and FRANKC OME , at present found in Wiltshire ,w ere Glou cestershire nam es som e five or six centuries back . Inthe Hundred Rolls of the 133 th century w e find Fraunchomm e and

Franchome . The nam e has been curiou sly m odified in m oderntim es

,and thu s it is that Frankcom b ,

Frankcom e,Frankcum ,

and

Frankham represent the early English appellation of a Frenchm an .

The nam e of GODWIN occu rred in Wilts 600 years ago ,and at

that tim e the nam e w as also frequ ent in the adj acent county of

O xford,where it is still to be fou nd in fair numbers (H .

Though not pecu liar to Wilts, GILES is an old surnam e in this

county ; it is at present m ostly to be found in Devizes and its



With the Conqueror . InC ollinson’

s“ Som erset it is stated that

in the beginning of the 17th century a fam ily of gentry of thenam e of Hussey lived at Edm ondham in Dorset HOWS E

,as I

have ju st stated, corresponds to Hou se , a comm on Som erse t nam e,both ofwhich , as I have above rem arked,

m ay be form s of Hu se ,a nam e characteristic of these counties in the m iddle ages . (S ee

Richard How se w as chu rchw arden of Westbu ryin 1661 w as the nam e of an old Wilts fam ilyof Wilton in the last century, to whom the living of Su ttonMandeville belonged Waylen inform s u s that NicholasHibbert

,senior

g

and j unior, both of Marlb orough , lost propertyvalued at £ 690 in the great fire that occu rred in this town in1653 The HULBERTS ofMalm esbury m ay be able to trace theirpedigree back to Thom asHu lbert, the pious clothier ofCorsham ,

who,

as w e learn from a brass in Corsham Church ,Christianly finished

his course w ith pow erfu ll prayer to God u pon Tu esday, being the

16 October, 163 2 JUPES have long been establishedin this county. Walter Joop w as a reeve of the borough of

Marlborough in 13 88 Jam es Joope w as incum bent of

Gru tlyngton (Grittleton) in 144 1 (Phillipp’

s“ Wiltshire Institu

On one ofthe bells ofMere Church occurs the nam e of

Giles Jupe , chu rchw arden in 174 7 (Wil ts Arch . and Nat . Hist .

Mag . IV,in w hich district the nam e still rem ains KNAPP

is an old sou th of England nam e . In the 14 th centu ry an

influ ential fam ily of Bristol citizens bore this nam e (Barrett’

s

“ Bristol Knapp w as the nam e of an ancient gentle fam ilyof Berks, a branch of w hich tw o centu ries ago cam e into the

possession of the m anor of Little L inford, Bucks (Lipscomb’

s

Bu ckingham shire How ever, w e learn from the HundredRolls

that the nam e ofKnappe occurred in B ucks six centuries ago

Am ongst the Wiltshire fam ily nam es derived from parishes in the

cou nty are KEEVIL and KEMBLE The JUDD S are now betterrepresented in Ham pshire ; b u t Judd is an old Wiltshire nam e .

John Judd w as m ayor of Salisbu ry in 14 24 and the nam e is

still to be fou nd in that city. One of the early Wiltshire Ju dds in

the 16th centu ry was Lord Mayor of London (S ee under

HAMPSHIRE ”

)

3“ It should,however, b e noted that Howe is also a Somerset name .

WILTSHIRE. 3 99

L— P .

The MAUNDRELLS ofCalne evidently belong to an anc ient Wiltsfam ily , w hose m em bers in the l 6th century w ere “ Farm ers of

the Manor ” of Rowde , the last of w hom, Robert Maundrell,w as

living in 1584 ; in 1556 John Maundrell,son of Robert Maundrell

of Row de , suffered m artyrdom at the stake at Salisbu ry (A ) .

To this fam ily very probably belonged Mau ndrell,the eastern

traveller, who owned in 1779 Blackland m anor in Calne , a parish

w hich is at the present day the hom e of the Maundrells .The

m ayors ofDevizes in 1575, 1601, and 1606,bore this nam e

nam e ofMELSOME or MILSOM is undoubtedly a corruption

of Melksham ,a tow n in Wilts . The nam e ofMilsham occu rred

in Al lington tw o centu ries ago ; and w e also learn from Aubreythat Adam Milsham w as

“ an o ld w ealthie b atch elour ofKington

St . Michael , where he died in 1642 POC OC K is an old Wiltsname , at present best represented in the neighbou rhood of

Melksham . In the 13 th century it w as found in Cam bridgeshire

and Norfolk (H . and is said to be the sem i - Saxon form of

Peacock The Wilts fam ily of MANNERS m ay be ab le'

to find

their origin in the circum stance that the Hou se of Ru tland onceowned land in different parts of the county, as in Rowde

Camden says that Edw ard IV . commanded a m ember of the

P I C KARD fam ily to change his nam e to Ruddle after his birthp lace .

Strange to relate , both these nam es are either confined to or arem ost characteristic of this county, though I can find no placecal led Ruddle in -Wilts . Probably Rudhall

,the nam e ofplaces In

Herefordshire and S taifordshire,w as the name of the birthplace

of this person . The Pickards are said to b ail originally fromPicardy. Trowbridge is their present hom e in Wilts The n am eof PIC KETT may

- b e a corru ption of Pickard,though w e m u st

rem em ber that there is an estate of this nam e in the parish of

South Perrott, Dorset MERRIMAN is an old Wilts nam e now

rare in the county PINOHIN w as a Marlborough nam e in the17th centu ry, when Law rence Pinchin w as am ongst those w h osigned a petition to the Comm ittee of Parliam ent sitting in thattown in 1646 (W ) . . . The fam ily of MORSE resided at HillDev erill during the whole of last century takesits origin from the parish of that nam e . Throughou t the lastcentu ry a fam ily of this nam e resided in Corsley (H . ) Thefamily of PARHAM was represented in the early part of this


century in Sem ley and Broad Chalk : in the reign of Edw ard III .

John de Parham owned a large part of the village of Alv ediston

Parham is also the nam e of a Suffolk parish ODY w as aC hristm alford nam e in the 17th century (A. ) it is now w ell

represented around Swindon PONTING is also an old Gloucestershire nam e (Bigland) .

R— S .

RUSS is a very ancient Wilts nam e ; its early form of Ru s

occurred in the 13 th century in this county, as w ell as comm onlyin Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire (H . William Ru ss w as

a m ember of the tow n council of Marlborough 1714 — 1715 (W . )and rather over a hundred years ago the Reverend John Russ w as

lord of the m anor of Chicklade is another

ancient Wilts nam e . There was a John Spagm an in Westburyin the reign ofRichard II . (H . ) and Au brey m entions a William

Spackm an ofBu shton in the reign of Charles II . Thom as Spackm an , a Marlb orough bu rgess in the tim e of Queen Anne , w as

‘a

m ember of the tow n council in 1714 — 1715 in 1785 there

w as a Thom as Spackm an bu ried at C lifi Pipard This isevidently a very old English nam e , since w e find the

,

nam e of

Spakeman in Kent in the reign of Edw ard I . (H . R . ) The

nam e ofRUDDLE , as I have already indicated w hen speaking of the

Pickards (see above) , is probably .

a corruption of Ru dhall,a nam e

that occurs on tw o of the bells ofWarm inster Chu rch that we e

cast about the m iddle of last centu ry (H . ) STRATTON is the

nam e of a parish in this county The SNOOKS ofWiltshire are

gathered around Devizes, but the nam e also occu rs now in Som erset ,Dorset, and Berks, and w as represented by a fam ily of Snooke inSussex in the early part of last century Du ring the 17th

century the SLOPERS w ere gentlefolk and w el l- to - do tradesm en in

and around Marlborough , where the nam e stil l rem ains there w as

a John Sloper of Monkton, gent . , early in the sam e century

and a fam ily of the nam e resided in Winterbourne Monkton duringthe 17th centu ry , to w hich belongedWalter Sloper, attorney (A. )Jerem iah Sloper was one of the Marlborough tradesm en , w ho ,

rather over 200_ years ago , issued their own farth ings and half

pence John Sloper w as vicar ofBroad Chalk in 1685 (H . )and Walter S loper w as Rector ofWest Dean in the beginning of

last century Hoare also refers to the Warm inster Slopers,



WORCESTERSHIRE .


of the cou nty, is m ore num erous elsew here .


"Taylor’*White"Wilson


1"‘Hunt (Redditch) Morris*Jackson "Sanders*Jones ”“WalkerBl oore


*PowellWoodward (Worcester)

DISTRIC T NAMES (4 — 9 counties) .

Baylis (Droitw ich)BullockC aldecottC oldicott

*C hambers*C orbett*C rump*Edmonds

(Evesham )

*Moss (Dro itw ich)*Nott*Phipp

PopeRandell

*Wall

Weaver

’x‘Wh eeler

WORC ESTERSHIRE . 403

C OUNTY NAMES counties) .

Ashm ore DarbyAttw ood Dee

Ballard (Worcester Dorrelland Evesham) "Fortnam

Bomford (Evesham ) Gu estBoyce HamptonC ourt Hodgetts

*C reese PardoeC ressw ell *Parkes


Albu tt Gu ilding QuinneyAllb u tt Hadley Qu innyAllington Halford Sm ithin

Amphlett Harber SpiersBlakeway Hem u s (Worcester) StintonBoucher Hingley TandyBou lter Hollington TippingByrd Holtom Tolley

C areless (Evesham ) Huband Tongu eC artridge (W orcester) Hyde W illetsDoolittle Merrell W illettsEssex (Worcester) Mou le (Dro itw ich) VVinnall (Droitw ich)F irkins Munn W inw oodFollows Mytton W orkm anGab b New ey W orm ingtonGanderton Nickless Yarnold

Granger PenriceGrove Purser

NOTES ON SOME OF THE C HARAC TERISTIC WORC ESTERSHIRE

NAMES .

(Th e nam es are arranged in alphabetical groups, b u t not necessarily in alphab etical order in each group.)

Au thorities indica ted by thefollowing abbreviations .

Gr. indicates Green s“W orcester.


M . May’

s Evesham .

N . Nash’ s W orcestershire.

T . Tindal ’ s Evesham .

”

2 D ?


A— B .

AMPHLETT is an old nam e in the cou nty . In 1669 RichardAm phlett sold certain lands in King

’

s Norton to Daniel Grevesto hold for years . John Am phlett founded a free schoolin C lent in 1704 and the nam e is still in Clent The

ATTWOODS belong to a very ancient Worcestershire fam ily of

position . In the reign . of Richard III . John Attw ood,Esq. ,

w as the principal tenant of Northw ick . Anthony Attw ood w as

buried in Claines chu rch in 1611 The BALLARDS of

Worcester and Evesham bear an o ld Worcestershire nam e .

Philip Ballard, w ho w as m ayor of Evesham in 1664

,w as bu ried

in Evesham chu rch in 1670 (N M . ,Martin Ballard w as

m ayor of the sam e town in 1676 (M . and The m ayor of

Worcester in 172 3 was William Ballard (G ) . This is an ancientEnglish nam e that was represented six centuries ago in C ambridgeshire, Hunts

,and other cou nties (H . It has now

also a hom e in Kent (see u nder KENT The BOUC HERS w erew ell - know n Bristol m erchants in the l 6th and 17th centu ries ,and frequ ently filled the offices of m ayor and sheriff of the city ;they w ere intrepid Roy alists

,and suffered death in the cau se

(S eyer’

s and Barrett ’s Bow shire w as the nam e of a

Marlborough fam ily in the early part of last centu ry (Waylen’

s

“ Marlborough”

) BOUL’I‘ER w as the nam e of the vicar of

Kem sey a centu ry ago ; he w as a native of Worcestersh ire (N ). . The nam e of BOYC E w as in the county two centu ries ago .

De Boys is a m uch older form of the nam e. In the reign of

Edw ard III . Christina de Boys held tw o and a half hides of landin Thorndon is an oldWorcester nam e

,now

rarely represented. Several m ayors of the city bore the nam e inthe 17th centu ry (G. ) BOMFORD is a nam e now num erouslyrepresented in the Ev esham district BLAKEWAY is also anancient Shropshire nam e . Nicholas de Blakew ay was clerk of

West Felton,Shropshire

,in the reign of Edward 111. Roger

Blakew ay w as bailiff of S hrew sbury in 1615, and Jam es Blake

w ay w as m ayor of that town in 1714 (Eyton’

s“ Shropshire ,

”

Phillips’ Shrew sbu ry

C — L .

CARELES S is at present an Evesham nam e , and CARLESS is still

a Worcester nam e . In 1795 Walter Careless w as a m ember of



in the reign of Edw ard I . (H . are parishes and

ham lets in the county from w hich the MYTTONS derive their nam e .

The Mytton s have been connected w ith the m unicipality of

Shrew sbury,in the adjacent cou nty of Shropshire

,for several

centu ries, De Mu tton being the earliest form of the nam e . The

De Mu ttons w ere bailiffs of that town in the 13 th and 14th

centuries ; after those tim es the nam e changed to Mytton ,the

Myttons frequ ently filling the offi ce of bailiff of Shrew sbu ry inthe 15th and 16th centu ries (Phillip

’

s SirThom as Mytton w as sheriff of Shropshire at the close of the

15th centu ry (lVright’

s“ Lu dlow ”

) MUNN is said b y Low er

to be an old Kentish fam ily nam e Walter PARDOE w as m ayorofWorcester in 1687 in 1794 Christian Pardoe w as still livingin St . Andrew ’

s parish , Worcester, at the age of 103

Pardoe is still a Worcester nam e The Old Worcestershirefam ily of PENRIC E resided in the parish of Crow le in the first

half of the 17th centu ry ; the nam e w as probably taken from

Penrice , a m anor and castle in Glam organshirePARTINGTONS have representatives of their nam e in Lancashire .

Partington is a town in Chesh ire The fam ily of RUDGE was

w ell known in Evesham in the 17th centu ry ,and the Rudges

have rem ained influ ential Evesham townsm en up to the present

tim e ; no less than five m ayors bore the nam e of Rudge betw een1661 and 1713 , and of these fou r bore the Christian nam e of

William (M. and STINTON w as a Worcester alderm an ih 1621 The nam e is still in that city. The nam eof S tineton occurred in Yorkshire in the reign of Edward I .

(H .

T— Z .

TANDY is an o ld Worcester nam e . It is said of RogerTandy, of the parish of Tibberton

,w ho held lands of the dean

and chapter in the reign of Jam es I. ,that on one occasion he

caught up a hogshead fu ll of beer and,“ having drank ou t of the

bung- hole , set it dow n again w ithou t resting it on his knee or

e lsewhere ” Tandy is still a Tibberton nam e In thereign of Elizabeth

,Mr . George TOLLEY owned extensive hou se

property in Evesham The nam e w as represented in theparish of Upton Snodsbu ry a centu ry ago Toly w as acomm on nam e in Cambridgeshire in the reign of Edward I .

WOROESTERSHIRE. 407

(H . fam ily ofTONGUE probably hailed originally fromTong, a parish in Shropshire It is likely that the WORMINGTONS

originally cam e from the parish that bears their nam e in theadjacent cou nty of Glou cester . They have, how ever, long b eenestab lished in the parish ofWichenford, Worcestershire , w here,a century ago , there were tombstones bearing the nam e of

Worm ington (N The fam ily ofWINNALL, of the neighbou rhood of Droitwich , m ay be connected in their descent w ith JohnW innol l, who was m ayor of Evesham in 1612 w as

an Ev esham gentle fam ily of the nam e of YARNOLD in the latter

half of the 17th century, when m embers of the fam ily m ore than

once held the oflice ofm ayor ; they w ere also influ ential tow nsm enduring last century (M. and A centu ry ago , the nam e of

Yarnold occurred in a w indow in Oddingley church Yarnold

is still an Evesham nam e .


YORKSHIRE,NORTH AND EAST RIDINGS .


of this part of Yorkshire, is m ore num erou s elsewhereThe hom e of a border nam e may extend into the West Ridingor into the adj oining county.


Johnson *Sm ithRobinson W ilson


*Mason

RichardsonThompson


Hudson (York) Stephenson’lf‘New ton (Whitby) "Webste

'

rPearson W ilkinsonS impson


Bainbridge (Darlington) Dunning Lambert (Bedale)*Beal Fawcett Law son*Bradshaw Hodgeon Metcalfe 7

) (Bedale)*Braithwaite Hutchinson Metcalf JC larkson Jordan (Hu ll) Milner (York andHull)C oates Kirby (York and Hull) Peacock (Richmond

Dale and Northallerton)*Dennis Kitchin

}Northaller Pickering

Dobson Kitching ton Sowerby



Pyb u

Raw (Richmond)BeadmanBennisonRiderRodmellrRounthwaite

BouthwaiteRowntreeScarthSedman

SellarsSellersSevers

NOTES ON SOME OF THE C HARAC TERISTIC NAMES OF THE

NORTH AND EAST RIDINGS OF YORKSHIRE .


Au thorities indicated by thefollowing abbreviations

D . indicates Drake ’s Eboracum .

Fisher’s Masham .

”

Gent’s Ripon.

”

Lower’ s Patronym ica Britannica .

Ord’

s C leveland.

”

Pou lson’

s Beverlac.

C ontributors to Armada Fund in

B .

Tickell’

s Hull .

Whitaker’s “ Richmondshire .

Spenceley Tyerman

Spensley Tyreman

Stainthorpe VentressStavely VentrisStockhill Weigh ell

Stockill Weighill

Stokell W elburnS tonehou se Wellb urn

Sturdy Welford (Whitby)Suddab y Whitwell (York)Suggett W ilberforceSuggitt W ilberfossSunter (Bedale) W ittyTennison (Hu ll) Wray (York)Tw eedy Wrightson

YORKSHIRE, NORTH AND EAST RIDINGS . 4 11

A— B .

The AGARS , an old York fam ily of the 17th and 18th centu ries

gained considerab le estate by trade and fou nded a hospital in that

city . Thom as Agar, tanner, w as lord m ayor of York in 1618 ,and the sam e office w as filled by Thom as Agar, w oollen draper, in

1724 Agar is still a York nam e ALDERSON is a nam e of

very frequ ent occu rrence in the Richm ond district of the Nor th

Riding . John Alderson w as Sheriff of the city of York in 1709

The nam e is also established in the adj ac ent cou nty of

Durham ALLINSON w as a nam e w ell known in York in the

17th centu ry . William Allenson , draper, w ho received the honou r

of knighthood and represented that city in Parliam ent , w as lordm ayor of York in 163 3 and 1655 and Lancashire have been for ages the principal hom es of the APPLETONS ,w ho derive their nam e in this part of England from several

townships in the North Riding and from a Lancashire villageJohn de Appelton represented York in the parliam ent in the reign

of Edward II . William Appleton was sherifl of that city in the

reign of Jam es II . (D ) . The Appletons were a well - know nBeverley fam ily du ring the 17th and 18th centu ries ; and on Six

occasions they filled the office of m ayor , being originally m ercers

and afterwards gentlefolk (P . Henry Appleton w as an

alderm an of Hu l l in the tim e of Crom w ell (T . TheAppletons are still represented in York Beverley, and Hu l l.

There w as an old fam ily of this nam e at Deddington , Oxfordshire

(Marshall’

s“ D eddington that probab ly derived its nam e from

a parish or vil lage of this nam e in the adjacent county of Berks .

TheBAINBRIDGES of northern Yorkshire probably derive th eirnam e from a village in the North Riding . They are best represented on the Du rham border of the county in the Darlingtondistrict . Bainb rigg, or Bainbrige , was the nam e of a high sh erifi

of York in the tim e of Henry V ., and of an archbishop of York

and a prim ate of England in the tim e of Henry VIII . (D ) . TheBainb rigge fam ily of Derbyshire cam e from Wheatley, in the

West Riding, in the 16th century ; they represented Derby in the

parliam ent du ring that century (Glover’

s (S ee

under “ DURHAM and The BLENKIRONS

m ay derive their nam e from a Cum berland estate known as

Blenkarne BOWES is a nam e evidently taken from the North

Riding parish thus cal led. The fam ily of Bowes of Aske , in the


North Riding, played a notable part in the county du ring thel 6th and 17th centu ries (W . The nam e has long been

prom inently connected w ith York,and it is in that locality that

it is now best represented. Lord m ayors of York and the representatives of the city in parliam ent during the 15th century bore

this nam e A gentle fam ily of Bowes has been connectedw ith Darlington since . the 17th centu ry (Longstafi e

’

s“ Dar

lington”

) BULMER is the nam e of a North Riding parish .

From the 12 th to the 16th century the ancient fam ily of DeBu lm er, or Bu lm er, w ere lords of Wilton , and they frequentlyfilled the office of high sheriff of the county of York (D . and

. The BRAITHWAITES of the north of England w ill be found

generally referred to under CUMBERLAND Am ongst the oldYorkshire nam es that do not figure in my list are those of

ASKWITH,BOLLAND

,and BUSHEL . Robert Askw ith, draper, w as

lord m ayor of York in 1580 ; and Sir Robert Askw ith w as lordm ayor in 1606 and 1617 The Bollands, a Masham fam ilyin the 17th and 18th centuries

,cam e originally from Craven, in

the West Riding ; William Bolland, of this fam ily, w as m ade ab aron of the Court of Exchequ er in 1829 (F ) . Bolland and Bow

land are West Riding townships . The Bu shels were m ayors of

Hull in the 15th and 16th centuries (T .

C — G.

CALVERT Is a characteristic Yorkshire name,

'

and is at presentbest represented in the Richm ond district

,b u t still su rvives in

York . The Calverts,of Danby Wiske , w ere an old North Riding

fam ily . Sir George Calvert , the first lord of Baltim ore and the

first planter in Maryland, was from this stock (W . Sheriffs

of the city of York in the reigns of Jam es I . and Charles I . bore

this nam e ; and as far back as the tim e of Edw ard II ., Henry

C alveh ird w as a bailiff of this city, whilst Henry Calvert , probablythe sam e person

,represented York in the parliam ent of that

reign (D ) . Calvert House is a North Riding ham let COVERDALE is the nam e of a place in the North Riding . Miles Coverdale ,bishop ofExeter

,who m ade a translation of the Bible in the reign

of Henry VIII . , w as a Yorkshire m an The C UNDALLS , or

C UNDELLS , or C UNDILLS , derive their nam e from a North Ridingparish . During the 17th and 18th centuries the C undalls w ere

w ell known in Ripon,and frequ ently filled the office ofm ayor

'l he DENTS probably derive their nam e from a township in the



and Devonshire . In the 13 th century it occu rred as Le Hoppere,

or Le Hopper, in Lincolnshire , Bedfordshire, Cam b ridgeshire ,Suffolk

,etc The HORNBYS of the North and East Ridings

take their nam e from townships in the North Riding HORNERis a characteristic Yorkshire nam e . The Horners

,a fam ily of

York m erchants in the 17th centu ry, on three occasions held theOffice of lord m ayor of that city Nicholas Horner, a Rom anCatho lic of Grantley, preferred death to the abandonm ent of hisre ligion in 1589 the Rev . John Horn er was cu rate of Masham in

1696 (F ) . The Horners are still fou nd in York William

HORSELEY of this county contributed £ 25 for the defence of his

country at the tim e of the expected Spanish invasion in 1588

(Sp. ) The HUGILLS derive their nam e from a tow nship in

Westm oreland. Thom as Hugil l w as overseer of the poor of Great

Ayton abou t a hundred years ago IVESON w as

m ayor of Hu ll in 1690 (T . and the nam e is still in that town .

Henry Iveson w as high sheriff of the county in 1708 ; theIvesons ow ned Bilton Manor, York, last centu ry Betw een

1773 and 183 8 abou t fifteen m ayors of Holderness bore the nam e

of Iveson (Pou lson’

s Holderness S ir Roger JAQUES , who

w as lord m ayor of York in 163 9 , w as one of a fam ily of prosperons m erchants of E lvington , York , who flou rished in the 17th

and 18th centu ries is a nam e established in m anyother parts of England besides the North and East Ridings , forinstance , in Bu cks, Derbyshire, Devonshire, Essex, Gloucestersh ire ,Oxfordshire , etc . In the 13 th centu ry it w as comm on as Jordan

and Ju rdan in Oxfordshire , and w as also represented in Lincoln

shire , Norfolk, Suffolk , etc . (H . The Jordans of Enstone,

O xfordshire , have been resident in that parish since the 14th

century (Jordan’

s Enstone This su rnam e is a form of Jour

dain , an early Norm an baptism al nam e (L . ) JORD ISON, signifying Jordanson ,

and JUDSON,its contracted form , are both of them

nam es peculiar to Yorkshire . It is said that m ost of the Ju dson sin England and Am erica trace their origin to the neighbourhood

of Leeds

The KETTLEWELLS , who derived their nam e originally from aparish in the north division of the West Riding, w ere represented

b y a prosperous fam ily in Ripon during the 16th and 17th

YORKSHIRE,NORTH AND EAST RIDINGS . 415

centuries,m embers of which were elected wakem en and m ayors of

the city (G. ) The KILVINGTONS take their nam e from townships

in the North Riding . John Kilvington was sheriff of the city of

York in 164 3 and the nam e is still in that city TheKIPLINGS , who take their nam e from a North Riding township ,are best represented on the Durham border in the district of

Darlington K ITC H IN or KITCHING has its present Yorkshire hom e

in the Northallerton district . Nicholas Kitchin w as m ayor of

Ripon in 1658 and Kitchin is still a Ripon nam e . Kitchen is

a comm on form of the nam e in other counties, but it should benoted that this nam e is not established in the counties south oftheWash . Besides Yorkshire , it characterises Lincolnshire , Notts,Lancashire, and Westm oreland KNAGGS

,an old Gisb orough

nam e, is still to be found in that locality LAMBERTShave their principal hom e at the present tim e in Yorkshire , b ut

they are also to be found in the eastern counties of Kent,Essex,

and Norfolk, and also in Notts . In the 13 th century the nam eoccurred as Lambert , Lam b erd, and Lam bard in Yorkshire ,Hu nts

,Cambridgeshire , Norfolk, Oxfordshire, and Bucks (H .

One of the Yorkshire centres of the nam e is now in the district

of Bedale The LAMPLOUGHS or LAMPLUGHS , who are now bestrepresented in the Hull district, possess the nam e of a Cumberland

parish . Thom as Lam plugh , w ho was Archbishop of York exactlytw o centu ries ago , was descended from a very ancient fam ily inCumberland

,where the Lamplughs had flourished for m any

centuries with knightly honou rs . George Lam plugh , m erchant,was lord m ayor ofYork in 1662 and the nam e is still in thatci ty The LAvERAOKS or LAVERICKS w ere represented in Pontefract in the early part of last centu ry (G. ) and still occur there .

Richard Laverock resided in Notts in the reign of Edward I.

,and

at the sam e tim e William Laverokhere dw elt in Oxfordshire

(H . R . ) is a rare Yorkshire nam e that w as representedin Pontefract in the reign of Charles II . LEAKS orLEAKEs possess the nam es of parishes in the North Riding,Lincolnshire , and Notts . The Leakes ofLeake in Lincolnshire arean ancient fam ily (Thompson

’

s Boston ”

) There was aninscription in Holden chu rch in the East Riding referring toMr . T . LEAPER, of Barnby, w h o died in 1710 Leaper hasalso been a w ell- known Derby nam e for tw o centu ries ; it occursfrequ ently in the list of the m ayors and alderm en ofDerby duringthe last and the present century (Glover

’s Derbyshire Richard


Leapor w as a noted m inister of the C alvanistic baptists at Rode,

Northamptonsh ire , in the reign of George I. ; Mrs . Leaper, of

Brackley, in the sam e county, published books of poem s in the

m iddle of last century (Baker’

s Northampton shire L IVER

SEDGE , a su rnam e now rare in the county, though still representedin Hu ll

,is the nam e of a tow nship in the West Riding . John

Liversege w as tw ice m ayorofHu ll about five centuries ago (T .

Liversage w as the nam e ofan old fam ily ofMacclesfield,Cheshire

,

in the 15th centu ry, m em bers of which filled the office of m ayor

(Earwaker’

s East Cheshire LOFTHOUSE, of w hich LOFTUS isa rare and contracted form ,

is a characteristic Yorkshire nam e .Lofthou se or Loftus , a tow n in the North Riding, gave the nam e ofLoftus to a fam ily of great antiqu ity in the county There

are also places cal led Lofthouse in the West Riding . The present

hom e of the Lofthou ses of the West Riding is in the Ripon

district The LUMLEYS , an ancient and ennobled fam ily of

Lum ley Castle , co . Du rham , have been seated in that county since

the tim e ofthe Conquest (L ) . The North Riding knightly fam ilyof De Lum ley, ev idently a branch of that of Lum ley Castle w erelords ofKil ton from the 14 th to the l 6th centu ry There

w as a gentle fam ily of this nam e in York in the reign of

Henry VIII . and a Leeds fam ily in the tim e of George I .

bore this nam e (Thoresby’

s Leeds In the county of Du rhamthere are villages thus called. Lum ley is still a York nam e .

M— P .

MATTISON w as the nam e ofseveral of the mayors ofHull in thel 6th century (T . METCALFES are a Yorkshire fam ily of

great antiqu ity,and so num erous are they that there is scarcely a

town or village in the North Riding which cannot own an inhabitant

of the nam e ; in tru th , in 1607 the Metcalfes w ere accounted the

most num erou s fam ily in England ; even in 1555 it is recorded

that Sir Christopher Metcalfe , of Nappa Hall, near Askrigg, beinghigh sheriff of Yorkshire , was attended b y 300 horsem en , all of

his ow n fam ily and nam e , to m eet the j udges of assize and condu ctthem to York (Fu ller

’

s Worthies and Ingledew’

s Northallerton The Metcalfes, who settled in York, flou rished there

as prosperou s m erchants from the 15th to the 18th centu ry ; JohnMetcalf w as lord m ayor of that city in 1498, Richard Metcalfe in

1674 , and Sir Gilbert in 1695 and Miles Metcalfe represented



to this part of Yorkshire . We find its original in a nam e , w hich ,

in the varying Sh apes of Prodhomm e,Prodom e , Prodham ,

Prudhomm e, Prudhom e

,e tc . , w as especially characteristic of

Hunts in the 13 th century (H . PYBUS of Ilton ,w as m arried in Masham chu rch in 172 3 . John Pibus , a Rom anCatholic priest and l

a native of Thirsk,suffe red death for his

religion in 1601 1599 and 1619 , six mayors of

Hartlepool,in the neighbouring county of Durham ,

bore the nam eof PORRETT

R— S .

RAIKES , a nam e now uncomm on in the county,w as a nam e

know n in Hu ll in the 17th centu ry, when Thom as Raikes , in the

reign of Charles I. , w as thrice m ayor of the town (T . H .) TheRAINES of the North Riding and of the county of Du rham appearto be m ost at hom e in the Darlington district lying betw een the

two counties . Dr . Matthew Rain e, w ho w as incumbent of KirbyWiske , in the North Riding,

last centu ry, had a son w ho becam e

headm aster of the Charterhou se School (W . R . ) (S ee underDURHAM ”

) The ROUNTHWAITES or ROUTHWAITES have takenthe nam e of a Westmoreland ham let SAYER has long beena North Riding nam e . There w as a John Sayer ofWorsall ,Northallerton

,in the reign of Henry VIII . (Ingledew

’

s“ North

allerton Francis Sayer, of Marrick Park in the North Riding,w as one of the Yorkshire Rom an Catholics who lost their estates

in 1605 The nam e has been represented in Norfolk form any centuries

,and further reference to it will be found under

that county Edw ard SELLER w as sheriff of the city of Yorkin 173 1 The nam e is still in that city The nam e of

SEVERS m ay originate from Severs- hill or Severs - ho,a place near

York (D . ) The S IDDALLS or S IDDELLS or S IDDLES were represented in York in the 17th centu ry William Siddall was sheriffof that city in 1652 (D ) . They are also to be fou nd in Derbyshire . (S ee under

“ SUDALL” in The SMITHSONS

of Stanw ick Hall in the North Riding w ere a distingu ished

Yorkshire fam ily in the 17th centu ry (W . The nam e has

also a hom e in Lincolnshire SOWERBY is the nam e of parishesand townships in th e North and West Ridings, in Lancash ire , and

Cumberland. Betw een the reigns of Charles II . and George 1.

three Thomas Sowerbys w ere buried in the m inster yard, Ripon

YORKSHIRE,NORTH AND EAST RIDINGS . 4 19

Soureby w as a Yorkshire surnam e in the reign ofEdward I .

(H. The S ow erbys are also represented in the counties of

Cumberland,Durham (around Darlington) , and Lincoln ; There

w as a gentle fam ily of STAVELY in sRipon du ring the 15th and

l 6th centu ries, m em b ers of w hich iw ere elected w akem en,an oflice

afterwards su pplanted by that'

o f. m ayors(G ) There are parishes

of this nam e in the West Riding and in Westm oreland . .

nam e of STURDY was represented by S turdi in Hunts and Oxford

shire in the 13 th centu ry. (H .

—he Yorkshire SUDDABYS

m ay be connected in their descent w ith an old Lincoln fam ily of

S uttaby, a m em ber of w hich w as m ayor of that city in 1659

(Stark’

s Lincoln SWALES is a characteristic Yorkshire

nam e,the North Riding being its original hom e . Swale w as the

nam e of a very ancient'

and distingu ished North Riding family of

Swale Hall , Sw aledale : they suffered mu ch by their loyalty inthe civil w ars, but w ere rewardedfw ith a baronetcy b y Charles IIthe Sw ale Hall estate passed out of the fam ily ju st a century ago

(W .William Sw ailes w as mayor of- Hu ll in 1526 (T .

John Swales was buried in St . Peter ’s chu rchyard, Leeds, in 1710the rare old Yorkshire nam es is that of SNAPE

,

w hich. in this county w as derived from .

. a village and a seat in theNorth Riding : Snape Hall was once the property ofLord Latimer

(W . Sir Robert Snape w as vicar of Masham in 153 4 (F .)

(See under SUFFOLK .

T— Z .

Thom as TOPHAM w as m ayor of. Ripon in 1627 and

Christopher Topham m erchant , w as lord m ayor of York in 1660nam e of Robert TROTTER occurs in the list of York

shire contribu tors to the fu nd collected at the tim e of the expectedSpanish invasion in 1588 is a form of TYREMAN

,

a nam e of occu pation also found in this part ofYorkshire . HenryTyrem an ,

draper,w as lord m ayor ofYork in 1668

WEIGHILL w as m ayor of Hedon in 1569 , and eleven years afterwards John W igh ell, apparently the sam e person , held this office

(Pou lson’

s Holderness The WHITWELLS , w ho are now bestrepresented in the York district, have derived their nam e from avillage and a township in the North Riding John WELBURN

w as Sh erifi of the city ofYork in 1697 orWILBERFOSS is a nam e taken from the East Riding parish of

2 E 2


Wilberfoss. The family Of the nam e resided there from the earlyNorman reigns to the m iddle of th e l 6th centu ry In the13 th century this nam e took the form s in this county of De

W ilb erfos, De W ilbfos , and De W ilb fosse (H . It w as for

m any generations prom inent ly connected w ith the city of York ,where it is still to be found Allen Wilberfoss was sheriff in 1476,Roger Wilberfoss ~w as sh eriff in 1678 , and LeonardWilberfoss w as

lord m ayor in 1686 ; Thom as Wilberfoss, who died in 1682 , w as a

York attorney (D . ) Wilb erforce was also the nam e of a fam ilyof Beverley m erchan ts in the 17th and 18th centu ries ; and in1643

,1674 , and 1712 , a Wilberforce held the office of m ayor

(P . William Wilberforce w as m ayor ofHull in 1722 (T .

The WRAYS have their present lhom e in the York district .

John Wray w as sherifi of Hull in 1790 (T . There arevillages ofthis nam e in North Lancashire The nam e of TWEEDYhas its present English hom e in the North and East Ridings . Itis also a Scottish nam e

,though not very common th ere . There

are now a few of the nam e at Brom ley, Kent , perhaps descendants

of a'

gentle fam ily ofTw edye , or Tw edy, that resided at Boreham ,

Essex , in the reign of E lizabeth,having come from Scotland two

generations before (Wright’s Essex




*Bancroft*Bax terBeaumontBirkenshawBirkinshaw

Bram ley*C alvert"C rabtreeC raven (Leeds)C roslandC rosslandC rossleyC rowther

*C undall

*DriverDuckettDuckitt

Dugdale

Eastw ood (Hudders

field)EnglandFarrarFarrerFrankland

(Doncaster)

PEC ULIAR NAMES (confined .mostly to this county) .

Addy (Huddersfield)AmblerAppleyardArm itageBalmforth

BamforthBarracloughBatty (Hudders

Battye field)Beever

BeeversBeevorsBentham (Sedbergh)BinnsBlakeyBottomley

GraysonHague

HandleyHanley

HardacreHardakerHargreaves (Leeds)HartleyHeaton »

HebdenHolgate

*HornerHoyle

l llingworth

Ingham

Kaye (HudderSfield)Leem ing

LockwoodLofthou se (Ripon)

*Lum ley

MarsdenMarstonMorrell

Bramall (Sheffield)BrearBrearsBroadbentBroadheadBu tterfield

C apstickC laphamC loughC ockshott

C rapperC raw shaw (Sheffield)DemainDemaineDenbyDenison

(Skipton)

Oddie

Oddy

PicklesPriestleyRedman

Schofield (Hudders

field)SeniorShillitoe

*Shuttleworth (Leeds)SlingerSteadStonesSutcliffe (Halifax)

’X‘Swales

Sykes (Huddersfield)*ThwaiteWaddingtonWaiteW olfenden ‘

Wolfeden

Woffenden

Woofenden

DibbDyson (Huddersfield)EarnshawEmmottFeather (Keighley)FirthGarsideGeldard

GelderGledhillGottHaigh (Huddersfield)Hainsworth (Leeds)Haley

HampshireHanson

YORKSHIRE, WEST RIDING. 4 2 3

Hardcastle MidgleyHelliw ell (Sheffield) Moorh'

ouse (BuddersHepworth field)Hey MurgatroydHinchcliff '

I (Hud MyersHinchcliffefdersfield)

!Newsholme

Hirst Newsome

Hobson NobleHoldsworth P eel (Leeds)Houldsworth (Keighley) PettyHolroyd PopplewellHorsfall PoskittHou seman Ram sdenIngleby (Ripon) RedmayneJagger Rishw orthJow ett RushworthJub b 0 RobertshawKenworthy (Manches Roebuck

ter) Sedgw ickLaycock (Leeds) SidgwickLodge ShackletonLongbottom SheardLumb (Halifax) Stansfield

Mallinson Sugden

Maw son Sunderland

NOTES ON SOME OF THE C HARAC TERISTIC NAMES OF

THE WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE .

(The names are arranged in alphabetical groups, b ut not necessarily in alphabetical order in each group.)

Authorities indicated by thefo llowing abbreviations

D . indicates Drake ’ s “ Eboracum .

”

G . Gent’ s Ripon.

”

Ga . Gatty’s Ecclesfield.

H . H . Hunter’ s Hallamshire .


H . Y . Hunter’ s South Yorkshire .

L , Low er’s Patronym ica Britannica.

M . M iller’ s Doncaster. ”

S . G . S later’ s Gu iseley .

”

Sp. C ontributors to Arm ada Fund in 1588 (Brit. Mu s. , BTh . Thoresby

’

s Leeds .

”

W . W atson ’

s Halifax.

Wh . C Whitaker’s C raven.

TathamTeal

Teale

ThackeryThackrayThackwray

ThornberThw aitesT inkerTownend

Umpleby

UttleyVarleyVerityW adsworth (Manches ~

ter)WatkinsonW eatherheadWhiteleyWhitleyW iddopW iddupW oodhead (Hudders

field)Wrathall


AMBLER is an ) old Yorkshire name , new best represented in theWest Riding, There w ere several of the nam e in Arnley abou t a

century ago William Am b ler w as m ayor of Doncaster in1717 and one ofthe sheriffs of York in 172 7 bore this nam e

In 1665 , Captain Thom as Amblergave £ 3 0 to the poor ofLeeds Om b ler w as the nam e of th eymayorofHolderness ,in the East Riding,

in 163 8, 1655, and 1821 (Pou lson

’

s

The nam e occu rred am ongst the yeom en of EastE asterton in the reign of Edw ard VI . and going m uchfurther back we find Am b lurs in the East Riding and in Lincolnshire in the reign ofEdw ard I . (H. R . ) APPLEYARD is anotherold Yorkshire nam e . Sir Nicholas Applyarde fought at Flodden

in 1513 (Wh . Thom as Appleyard w as lord m ayor ofYork in1551 , 1563 , and 1584 (D ) . John Appleyard, Esq. , of BurstwickGarth

,was m ayor ofHolderness In 1585 (Poulson

’

s

The nam e of Apylyard occurred in Norfolk In the 13 th century(H . R . ) ARMYTAGE or ARMITAGE has been a West Riding nam eS ince the tim e of Stephen A district in . the West Ridingand a parish and a seat in Staffordshire are thus called. TheArm itages OfKirklees are an old and influential Yorkshire fam ily,dating back to the tim e of Henry VIII . a baronetcy w as grantedto the fam ily by Charles 1. The Arm itages of Doncastertrace

’

th eir pedigree three centuries back (H . a m ember of

this fam ily w as m ayor of that tow n in 1663 John Armytagew as a Yorkshire gentlem an who contributed £ 25 to the Spanish

Armada fund in 1588 (Sp. ) The BATTYS or BATTYES are now

num erou s in the Hu ddersfield district . The Batties ofWarm s

w orth trace their pedigree tw o centu ries back (H . Early last

centu ry th ere w as a gentle fam ily of Batty at Thorp in Burnsall

(Wh . William Batty w as m ayor of Ripon in 1622 (G. )The BEAUMONTS belong to an ancient and once pow erful Yorkshire

fam ily. Major Beaum ont w as lieutenant - governor of SheffieldCastle in 164 3 (H . The nam e is also established in Suffolk.

B INNS w as a Lincolnshire nam e in the 13 th centu ry . Morethan 200 years ago , Richard Binns, gent . , lent £ 50 to the city of

York Yorkshire BRAMLEYS derive their nam e from

tw o townships in the West BRAMALLS , who are bestrepresented in the Sheffield district , derive their nam e from

Bramhall , a township in the adjoining'

part ”

of Cheshire . John



West Riding district is thus called The C RAWSHAWS are new

best represented in the district of Sheffi eld. They take the nam eof a Lancashire vi llage, from which t hey originally hailed, b utthey w ere w ell established in the parish of Ecclesfield in the reignof E lizabeth (Ga ) , and in the tim e of Cromw ell in the parish of

Arksey (H . The nam e is still in Arksey The CROWTHERS

have long been established in the district of Halifax : Brian

Crow ther,who died in 1607, left many b equ ests for the poor , of

that tow n is one of the old Yorkshire nam es,now - uncomm on in the county. The C alverleys of Calverley, a

knightly fam ily, cam e into possession of Esholt Hall , Gu iseley, inthe reign of Charles I . (S . G. ) The DENBYS derive their nam efrom a township in the West Riding DEMAIN or DEMAINE is a

nam e new best represented in the Skipton district . .John Dem aineof West End, Horsforth , died in 182 1 at the age of 110 (S .

Thom as DENISON, one of the Society ofMerchant Adventu rers ,w as bu ried In Leeds parish chu rch in 1708 (Th u) The EnglishDenisons are said to have sprung from the Scottish Dennistou ns

Since , how ever, Denny has long been a Norfolk and aSuffolk nam e

,its change to Denison in the north of England is

the sam e as that w hich a mu ltitude of English fam ily nam eshave undergone in the northern cou nties

,and a great number of

examples of this change are to be found in this w ork DYSON

is a nam e now num erou s in the Huddersfield district . It w as

w ell established in the parish of Ecclesfield during the reign of

Elizab eth (Ga ) ancient gentle fam ily of EMMOTT longlived at Emm ott Hall

,near Bu rnley,

in Lancashire : Richard

Em mott, Esq. , the last m ale heir, died at the fam ily seat in 1819

(Baines’ “ Lancashire A rector of Bol ton during the reign of

Elizabeth bore this nam e (Wh . is the nam e of atownship in the West Riding . Thom as Crosland of Crosland

w as rector ofBramw ith 200 years ago (H . Y . ) The DUC KETTS orDUC KITTS are now principally represented near the Lincolnshireborder in the Doncaster district . The Du cketts of Fillingham ,

Lincolnshire , w ere resident there in the 13 th century (L )The fam ily of DUGDALE long resided in Lancashire and

further reference w ill be found u nder that county. John Dugdalew as rector of St . Dyonis in the city of York in the reign of

Charles II . (D . ) Joshu a EARNSHAW ,m erchant, wh o was lord

m ayor of York in 1692 , w as the son of a yeom an of Holm e in the

parish ofKirkburton : he founded a school at Holm e , and worthily

YORKSHIRE, WEST RIDING. 4 2 7

endow ed w ith social position and'

good fam e his family and theirdescendants (Morehou se

’

s The Earnshaw s arestill in Kirkbu rton The ENGLANDS of the West Riding belongto a v ery ancient fam ily of Scot Hall

,Potter -New ton

,in Leeds

parish , in w hich parish the nam e still occu rs The nam ealso occu rs in Hunts and Som erset . In the 13 th centu ry it w as

represented by Engelond in Hunts, Bu cks, and Norfolk (H .

New England is a Northam ptonshire ham let.

F— G.

FARRAR or FARRER is a very old West Riding nam e . The

Farrers of Halifax w ere an ancient gentle fam ily ,possessing the

a 0 0d estate in that parish in the l 6th centu ry and

William Farrer w as a Halifax gentlem an in the reign of Charles II .

The Farrers of Leeds w ere an old fam ily ofWortley inthat parish , and were lords of the m anor at the beginning of lastcentu ry : in 1694

,Miles Farrer w as m aster of the Free School

,

Leeds ; one branch of this fam ily trace their pedigree to the tim eofE lizabeth The nam e is still num erou s in the Halifaxand Leeds districts . John Farrar w as one of the Yorkshire gentlem en who in 1642 endeavou red to prevent the civil w ar extendingto the cou n ty The origin of the nam e is som ewhat uncertain .

A Norfolk incum bent of the 16th century w as called John

Fayrhawr, alias Farrar and in the 13 th centu ry the nam eof Fayrh er occu rred in the adjoining co unty of Cambridge , w hilstDe Ferar or De Ferrar w as then found in Derbyshire, Devonshire ,O xfordshire

,etc . (H . FIRTH w as the nam e of. two

m ayors ofDoncaster in the reigns ofHenry VII . and HenryVIII .

and the nam e is still in the tow n The nam e ofFRANKLANDhas long been established in the w estern part of the West Riding,

as at Gigglesw ick (Wh . Hugh Francklande w as a Yorkshire

gentlem an who contribu ted £ 50 for the defence of his country atthe tim e of the expected Spanish invasion of 1588 Thenam e of Franklan occurs in the Hundred Rolls, and it seem s

probable that Frankland is som etim es a corruption of Franklin .

There is a Frankland Hall in the North Riding, and the surnam eis also established there G-

ELDARD or GELDER is an old Yorkshire nam e . William Geldart w as w akem an of Ripon in 143 5 , anoffice corresponding to that of the m ayor of later date Thenam e is still in Ripon . John Geldart

,m erchant , w as lord m ayor

ofYork in 1645 and 1654 , and Bartholom ew Geldart was sheriff


of the sam e city in 1699 The nam e is still in York Theprincipal hom e of the GILLS at the present day is in the West

Riding of Yorkshire . The . Gills of Norton trace their pedigree

3 00 years back (H . H ) GLEDHILI; is the nam e of an ancientfam ily of Barkisland Hall

,Halifax , where they resided until

tow ards the m iddle of the 17th century ; they date back to the14 th century Their nam e still survives in Barkisland and

in Halifax The West Riding nam e of GOTT w as represented

by Gotte in Lincolnshire and Norfolk during the 14th century(H . is a characteristic Yorkshire nam e . . A vicarof St . Martin ’s , York, during the reign of Elizabeth

,bore this

nam e the old West Riding nam es new un

common in the county is that of GENN or GENNE . It was

established at Hullock and o ther places in th e parish of Eccles

field during the reigns of Elizabeth and Jam es I . (Ga ) . (S ee

under

H ,

The HAGUES are also established in Cheshire and Derbyshire .

Hagu e is a place in the parish of Leeds The som ew hat sim ilar

nam e ofHAIGH is new num erously represented in the Huddersfielddistrict . Henry Haigh held an estate in the adjoining parish of

Halifax in the 17th century HANDLEYS or HANLEYS

are also represented in Derbyshire and Norfolk . Handley is the

nam e of parishes and ham lets in Cheshire, Derbyshire, etc .,and

Hanley is the nam e ofplaces in Staffordshire and Worcestershire .

HARTLEY is a very comm on West Riding nam e . It is alsoestablished in Lancashire . There are ham lets and townships of

the nam e in the West . Riding,Westm oreland, Northumberland,

etc The HANSONS have for a long tim e resided in the parish of

Halifax A rector of Thorn ton two centuries ago bore thisnam e (Wh . Richard Hanson

,w ho was three tim es m ayor of

Hull in the reign of Henry VI . , died heroically at the battle of

Wakefield in (Tickell’

s Captain Hanson, w how as taken prisoner in the sam e battle

,w as executed at Pontefract

w as the nam e of an old and influ ential EastRiding fam ily of Masham ,

Kirkby-.Malzeard,and Nidderdale ,

w here they were possessed of considerable landed estates ; du ringthe civil wars they suffered for their w arm espousal of the causeof King C harles ‘ (Fisher

’

s John Hardcastle w as

mayor of Hu ll in 1573 (Tickell’

s“ Hull Thomas Hardcastle



Norfolk,and other counties The INGLEBYS

,who take their nam e

from parishes and tow nships in the North Riding, are new best

represented in the Ripon district . The pedigree of one fam ily of

this nam e begins w ith S ir Thom as Ingleby, one of the j ustices of

the Comm on Pleas in the reign of Edw ard III . or

KAYE is the nam e of an ancient and distinguished fam ily of

W oodsom e in the West Riding,one of w hose m embers received a

baronetcy from Charles I . (L . , W h . C .,and H . H ) . The Kayes

are new best represented in the Huddersfield district of the WestRiding, whilst the Kays are m ore num erou s in Lancashire . AS far

back as the 13 th centu ry w e find this nam e,both as Kay and

Kaye , in Lincolnshire, Hunts, and Cambridgeshire (H .

JUBB w as the nam e of a deputy- registrar of the Archbishop of

York in the early part of last century AS far back as the

reign of Edw ard I . w e find this nam e represented as Jubbe in thewapentake of O sgoldcross (H . R .) The LO C KWOODS were w ell

established in Ecclesfleld parish du ring the reign of ElizabethLincolnshire is another hom e of the nam e . Lockw ood is

a parish near Hu ddersfield The LAYC OC KS have been resident ‘

for m any generations in the district of Leeds , and it is in thatlocality that they are now m ost num erou s . Westrope Laycock ,

gent . , w as buried in Leeds parish church in 1685 and

Westerop Lacock w as a Leeds gentlem an in the reign of Anne

Laycock is the nam e of a Wiltshire parish The LODGES

w ere much respected m erchants of Leeds in the 17th and 18 th

centuries ; in the parish chu rch there is, or w as,a brass plate to

“ Maister William Lodge , the best of m en,

”w ho died in 1648

The nam e is still w ell represented in Leeds The

MARSDENS are also wel l represented in Lancashire and Derbyshire .

A town and two townships in the West Riding and a Lancashiretownship bear this nam e The Yorkshire MARSTONS take theirnam e from a place In the West Riding The MIDGLEYS have thenam e of a town and a village in the West Riding . In the 16th

centu ry a fam ily of this nam e resided at Bradford Dale , Derbysh ire . Dr. Midgeley w as a Leeds physician about two centu ries

ago MOORHOUSES are num erou sly represented in the

Huddersfield district The West Riding. is now the principal

hom e of the MORRELLS, b u t they are also to be found in the other

divisions of the county . In the 13 th centu ry they W ere repre

sented by the Morels in Norfolk , Hu nts, Cambridgeshire, O xford

shire,etc . (H . has long been the hom e of the

YORKSHIRE , WEST RIDING. 4 3 1

MURGATROYDS . In the 17th century the fam ily own ed for a tim e

the Riddlesden estate in Bingley parish (Wh . C . ) the nam e is

still in Bingley tow n . Jam es Murgaitroit w as a Yorkshire gentle

m an w ho subscribed £ 25 for the defence ofhis country at the tim e

of the expected S panish invasion in 1588 The nam e w as

represented in York in the 17th and 18th centu ries,and in the

early part of last centu ry a m onum ental inscription in the parishchurch of St . Michael in that city bore this nam e MichaelMu rgatroid orMurgetrode w as Archbishop Whitgift

’

s secretaryin the tim e ofE lizabeth (Brayley

’

s Surrey,

” John Murgatroyd w as tw ice m ayor of E vesham , Worcestershire , in the m iddle

of last century (May’

s Evesham NEWBOLD or NEWBOULD isa comm on place - nam e in the m idlands . The surnam e is alsoestablished in Derbyshire , Notts, and Worcestershire The

NEWSHOLMES or NEWSOMES take their nam e from an East Ridingham let .

O— S .

William ODDY w as buried in St . Peter ’s churchyard,Leeds

,in

173 1 The Oddys are num erou s still in Leeds POPPLEWELLw as the nam e of a distingu ished fam ily of Temple Belwood

,

Lincolnshire , last centu ry, to w hich belonged the sheriff of

Lincolnshire in 173 9 (S tonehou se’

s Ax eholm e RAMSDEN isan ancient Yorkshire nam e . An old gentle fam ily of Ram sdenresided at C raw stone

,Halifax , in the 16th century ; and the vicar

of Halifax, early in the 17th century ,bore this nam e

Ram sden w as the nam e of tw o m ayors ofPontefract in the m iddle

of the 17th century John Ram sden w as high sheriffof thecounty of York in 163 6 and 1672 . William Ram sden

,m erchant

,

w as lord m ayor ofYork in 1675 , and the sheriff of that city in

163 7 bore the sam e nam e Ram sden w as the nam e of three

m ayors of Hu l l in the reigns of Jam es I . and Charles I . (Tickell’

s

The nam e is still in Pontefract,Halifax

,York

, and

Hu ll . Ram sden is a place in Lancashire RAWDON is a nam enow rare in the county . The Raw dons of Raw don w ere a power

fu l fam ily in the m iddle ages (S . ROEBUC KS w ere an

old Sheffield m anufacturing firm that existed as far back as thebeginning of last centu ry (H . The nam e is still in the town

.

REDMAN and REDMAYNE in the West Riding, and BEADMAN inthe North and East Ridings, represent in Yorkshire the ancient

Cumberland and Westm oreland nam e of Redmain , Redman, or


Bedem an , which is referred to under those counties . CharlesRedm an , w as lord m ayor of York in 1705 and 1722 , and WilliamRedm an held that office in 1714 (D . ) Richard Redm an w as high

sheriffof York early in the 15th century (D ) . Du ring the 17th

centu ry the Redm ayn es w ere a knigh tly fam ily of Thornton- in

Lonsdale in the West Riding (Whitaker’

s Richm ondshire

The RISHWORTHS w ere an old Halifax fam ily (W ) . The nam e isstill in the tow n The RIPLEYS w ere m ayors of Ripon in the

15th ,l 6th ,

and 17th centu ries The nam e is now scarce .

Ripley is a parish in the West is a nam eprincipally represented in the West Riding, but it is also estab

lished in Lancashire , Notts, and Derbyshire , and it occurs as

Rhoades in Lincolnshire . Roads is a num erou s Bucks nam e .

There are ham lets and villages called Rhodes in Lancashire and

the West Riding . A fam ily nam ed Rodes or De R odes flou rishedfor 500 or 600 years in Lincolnshire, Notts, Yorkshire, and Derbyshire : they w ere descended from Gerard de Rodes, a distinguish edbaron of the 12 th century . The Derbyshire branch w as a knightlyfam ily of Barlborough in the 17th and 18th centuries

,rew arded

with a baronetcy in 1641 (Pilkington’

s DerbyshireS C HOF IELD , a nam e also established in Lancashire , under w hich

county fu rther reference will be found,is now num erously

represented in the Hu ddersfield and Leeds districts . Joseph

S ch olfield, haberdasher, of Hats, w as buried in St . John ’s church,

Leeds,

’

ia 1688 SENIORS or S ENIERS w ere wellestablished in Ecclesfield parish in the reigns of E lizabeth and

Jam es I . (Ga ) . There is a Derbyshire estate of this nam e . The

Seniors are also to b e fou nd in Dorset SHILLITOE w as the name

of fou r m ayors of Pontefract between 1643 and 1693 (M ) . The

nam e occurs, usually as Sillito e , in S tafiordshire and Shropshire .SLINGERS w ere represented in the parish of Linton in the

reign ofCharles I . (Wh . The nam e also occurs .in Lancash ire .

is the nam e of a township and a seat in the parish

ofHalifax . The S tansfields ofBradford purchased in 1755 EsholtHall in Guiseley parish (S . they are a v ery ancient WestRiding fam ily is usually a characteristic Yorkshirenam e . “A fam ily of S teade owned More Hall in Bolsterstone

during the greater part of last century (H . H ) SUGDEN w as

an Ecclesfield nam e in the reign ofE lizabeth (Ga ) . A gentle

fam ily of this nam e resided at Eastwood House in the parish of

Keighley early this century (Wh . The nam e is still in



THWAITE is m ore characteristic of the North Riding, especiallyin the district of Bedale . Members of a Doncaster fam ily of

Thwaites filled the office of m ayor of that town in 1561, 1582 ,1583 , 1584 , 1587, and 1652 In the l 6th and 17th centuriesthere w as a fam ily of Thwaits in Pontefract w hich supplied

m ayors to that town in 153 0, 1590, 1597, and 161] A Leedsfam ily of Thwaites had property in Allerton - Gledhow in that

parish during the 16th and 17th centu ries, the last owner of thisnam e being a Leeds alderman in the time of Cromw ellColonel Thw aites w as deputy-

governor of the city of York in the

stirring tim es of 1644 A fam ily of Thw aites held part of

the m anor of Shirecliffe in the reign of Elizabeth (H . and

as far back as the tim es of Edward II . Marston was in the posses

sion of a fam ily of this nam e Thwaites is still a Doncasternam e The WADDINGTONS , w ho are also e stablished in Lancashire ,hav e their principal hom e in the West Riding, where occur av illage and a seat of the name . The Waddingtons ofDeddington ,Cam bridgeshire, were an im portant fam ily during last century,

and the high sh erifi of that cou nty in 173 2 belonged to that house

(Watson’

s“Wisbech they prob ably took their nam e from

Waddington , a parish in Lincolnsh ire The WADSWORTHS , who

are best represented on the Lancash ire border in the v icinity of

.Manchester, take their nam e from a West Riding township, w herean ancient fam ily of the nam e once resided RichardWadesw orth w as a Yorkshire gentlem an who c ontribu ted £ 25 for the

defence of his country at the tim e of the expected Spanishinvasion of 1588 w as the nam e of a sherifl

’

of York city in the reign of Elizabeth The Watkinsons of

Leeds trace back their pedigree to the tim es of Jam es I. ; duringthe 17th centu ry a m ember of this fam ily w as m ayor of Leeds

and another w as chancellor of York (Th u) Watkinson was also aSheffield nam e in the 17th century (H . orWHITTAKER

,is a comm on West Riding nam e . An em inent

m inister, nam ed Whitacre , w ho flourished in the 17th centu ry,w as born at Wakefield (Mag . The Whittakers are m ore

fu lly referred to under“ LANCASHIRE WEATHERHEAD w as the

nam e of the vicar of Thorp Arch,in th e city of York, early last

centu ry 1666,William WHITLEY w as buried in the

graveyard of St . John ’s church , Leeds W IDDOPlived in Bradford in the m iddle of the 17th century (Jam es

’

The nam e is still in the town .

WALES AND MONMOUTHSHIRE . 4 3 5

WALES AND MONMOUTHSHIRE .

The boundary betw een E ngland and Wales — a l t was not u ntil

the 17th centu ry that Wales w as lim ited b y its present frontier .

Previous to those tim es the boundaries w ere subject to constant

changes on account of the distu rbed condition of the English and

Welsh .border shires . Freem an , in h is

“ Historical Geography of

gives a concise account of these . changes . AfterHarold’

s great Welsh campaign in 1063,the English frontier,

previou sly defined b y th e Dee and the Wye , w as extended w est

w ard,reaching to the Conway in the north and to the Usk in

the sou th,and inclu ding, therefore , the present Welsh shires of

Denbigh and Flint and a large part of Monm ou thshire . Part of

this territory w as afterw ards recovered b y the Welsh princes, and

part passed into the great March district of England and Wales

u nder the ru le of the Lord Marchers . In the reign of Henry I .

Sou th Wales was finally subdu ed ; and in som e places , especiallyin Sou th Pembrokeshire , the Welsh w ere alm ost driven ou t and

preserved a partial independence in the m ountains, whilst Flem ish

colonists settled on the level cou ntry, and the Norm an lords w iththeir num erou s follow ers occupied the towns . In North Wales ,native princes ru led as vassals u ntil 1288

,w hen the conqu est w as

completed b y Edw ard I . Bu t the final incorporation of thePrincipality and its Marches did not occur until the reign of

Henry VIII . ,when Wales was divided up into thirteen shires,

inclu ding that ofMonm outh . Previou s to that tim e,the English

border counties w ere b u t imperfectly defined tow ards Wales, andtheir constantly sh ifting frontiers well illustrate the disturbedcondition of that region .

I have referred above to the circum stance that Monm ou thshirew as included in Wales in the reign of Henry VIII . In the tim eof Charles II . this county w as added to the Oxford Circu it and

retu rned two knights to Parliam ent instead of one, as in the caseofthe other Welsh shires . It has since been politically reckoned

S ee also Freeman’s Norman C onqu est.


as an English cou nty ; yet at the tim e Of its final adm ission w ithinthe English frontier, Welsh w as the comm on language Of the

people .* Even now in the m atter of its surnam es Monmou thshireis alm ost m ore Welsh than Wales itself.

This brings m e to Observe that the qu estion Of the Welsh

bou ndary m ay be considered from at least fou r different pointsofView . There is the political or statute frontier ; there is thefrontier defined by race ; there is the frontier m arked Off b y

langu age ; and lastly there is the frontier OfWelsh surnam es . O f

the political border I have already .spoken . Concerning the lim itdefined by race I cannot do better than appeal to the high

au thority OfDr. Beddoe . In his w ork On the Races OfBritain ,this au thor plainly shows that the racial boundary has advanced

into the English border Shires and therefore does not coincide

w ith the political frontier . The popu lation Ofthe English Marches

w as to som e extent Welsh even in the 11th centu ry ; and in our

own tim e,as w e m ay infer from the physical characters Of the

inhabitants Of the English border cou nties,a large proportion Of

the popu lation,in som e parts as large as a third

,has descended

from Welsh imm igrants i‘ Com ing to the frontier m arked Off b y

language, w e learn from the w ork Of Dr. Beddoe that in the11th centu ry not only w as Welsh the prevailing tongu e in Men

m ou thshire and in all the region sou th and west Of the Wye , butthat it w as spoken in th e country betw een UpperWye and

'

Upper

Severn . As late as the 17th century,as I have already rem arked,

We lsh w as the comm on langu age Of Monm ou thshire m en . Now

the boun dary Of langu age is falling far back from the Usk . Thel im its Of this w ork, how ever, do not allow m e to do m uch m orethan touch in a suggestive m anner on these m atters , and I recomm end them to my readers as fields Of fu tu re inqu iry. We haveseen , how ever, that whilst the boundary Ofrace lies on the EnglishS ide of the political frontier

,the bou ndary Of language is being

pu shed w ell back into Wales . The Welsh race , in tru th , has been

extending eastward, w hilst the English tongu e has been advancingto th e west .

9“ Ful ler’s “Worthies .

"

I" Until the l 6th century W elsh names are Of rare occurrence in th e lists Of

the b ailiffs and m ayors Of Shrew sbury, Leom inster, and Hereford, a circumstance indicating that in Shropshire and Herefordshire the towns long retainedtheir English character.



m etropolis, and the deflecting influence Of the converging streamfrom the

The advance of Welsh surnam es into England.

— The directionOf this advance is at once indicated by the circum stance that the

proportion OfWelsh nam es in the English border shires dim inishesas w e go north , Monm ou thshire possessing the m ost and Cheshirethe least, w hi lst Herefordshire and Shropshire are interm ediateboth in geographical position and in respect to Welsh surnam es .

As w e m ight have expected, the nam es m ost num erous in Wales

are those which advance furth est into England. Take,for

instance,Jones, the m ost frequent Of all . It has advanced across

England to Essex and Kent,but has Obtained no footing in the

north . Then take Evans, a nam e not SO frequent as Jones , yet

still very num erous . Unlike Jones it has failed to reach thecounties on the east coast

,though it has scanty ou tposts in Beds ,

Bu cks,and Berks . We do not find it north Of the Humber and

the Mersey . Morgan , again , is considerably less frequ ent thanEvans , and w e accordingly find that Ham pshire , Worcestershire ,and Gloucestershire represent the lim its Of its advance . Likeother Welsh nam es it has Obtained no footing in the north . Nex t

let u s take Lloyd, a nam e m u ch less frequ ent than Morgan , yeta characteristic Welsh nam e . It can scarcely be said to haveadvanced beyond the Severn in the sou th and S tafi ord in the

north . Lastly, w e w ill cite the in stance Of Vaughan , an ancientnam e in Wales and in the English border shires , and scarcely half

as frequ ent as Lloyd, It does not extend outside the English

border shires .

These instances w ill suffice to illu strate the principal featu resof the m igration Of Welsh nam es into. England,

nam ely, theirabsence in the north Of England, the east- sonthi-e ast di rection of

the m ain line Of advance (that is Londonw ards) , and the relationbetw een the frequ ency Of a nam e and the , extent Of its advanceinto England.i

' This last featu re affords a very satisfactory proof

Of my m ethod but probably my readers w ould prefer to see m ore

The subj ect Of th e advance so uthward on the metropolis Ofnorth Of

England nam es is discussed in C hapter I .i‘ We find this illu strated in num erous other W elsh nam es referred to in

C hapter II . Where, as in the case Of the Howells ofNorfolk , an ex ceptionto the ru le occurs, w e may Often find an explanation on the spot. (S ee underPOWELL,

”C hapter II .)

WALES AND MONMOUTHSHIRE . 4 3 9

of the data . We have seen that Jones has advanced into Englandfu rther than Evans

,Evans further than Morgan, and Morgan

further than Lloyd, and Lloyd fu rther than Vaughan ; and I haveattribu ted the difference in each case to the varying frequ ency of

the nam es in their Welsh hom e . Now I find that in the area comprised b y Wales and the English border shires of Monmouthshire ,Herefordshire

,and Shropshir e , about 800 farm ers bear the nam e

of Jones,abou t 3 30 that of Evans , abou t 2 30 that Of Morgan ,

about 90 that of Lloydfi“and about 40 that of Vau ghan . Thus

w e find that the order offrequ ency of these five nam es correspondsw ith the order in which w e Should place them according to theirdegree of advance into England.

The character of l/Vclsh sarnam es .— Previous to : the tim e Of

Henry VIII . , as we learn from Mr . Low er,there were no fixed

Welsh su rnam es in the u su al sense Of the w ord A m an simplyprefixed “ Ap (son of) to h is father

’

s baptism al nam e . Thu s ifthe father’s nam e w as Thom as , the son m ight be JohnAp Thom as ,w hilst the grandson m ight be Philip Ap John . But after thattim e

,the father ’s nam e or the nam e Of som e earlier ancestor began

to be adopted as a perm anent surnam e . Hence the great frequencyin the Principality Of s urnam es derived from Christian nam es

,

such as Jones, Evans , Morgan, Davis , Thomas, etc . This recent

character of Welsh su rnam es renders genealogical w ork rathercom plicated. After the su rnam e becam e permanent, it soonunderw ent another change b y the absorption of the prefix Ap.

”

Pow ell arose from Ap How ell, Price from Ap Rhys, Prichard fromAp Richard, Parry from Ap Harry, Bow en from Ap Owen , Bevanfrom Ap Evan , Prodger from Ap Roger, Preece from Ap Rees,the m odern form ofRhys, Pugh from Ap Hugh , Probert from ApRobert

,Presser from Ap Rosser, e tc . ; in :

all these cases them odern form of the nam e originates from a baptismal nam e .

Ow ing to the preponderance OfWelsh nam es in Monmouthshire,I have not found it practicable to treat it separately from Wales,and its nam es are therefore here included.

3“ In the list of the 50 most common surnames, contained in the RegistrarGeneral ’s Report for 1856, w e get sim ilar results. Jones is there shown to b enearly three times as frequ ent as Evans ; Evans about tw ice as frequent as

Morgan ; and Morgan more frequent than Lloyd, since Lloyd does not occurin the list.


NORTH WALES .

NOTE — I have treated North and South Wales as equivalent totwo English counties . The asterisk indicates that a nam e is

m ore num erous elsewhere , though characteristic Of this

region .



!DISTRIC T NAMES (4—9 counties) .


*Venables Wynne

PEC ULIAR NAMES (confined mostly to NorthWales) .

C olley RyderFOu lkes Tudor


442 HOMES OF . FAMILY NAMES .

MONMOUTHSHIR‘

E .


Harris "Sm ith

C OMMON NAMES (20 - 2 9 counties) .

Jones*MatthewsMorrisParker


DISTRI C T NAMES (4—9 counties) .

*Bevan "Hodges

Edmunds Howells

*Evans Parry*Frost PritchardGale (Newport) *Prosser

*Hale


Hoskins*Llewellin

"Lufi

NicholasProbert


GwynneJerem iah

MONMOUTHSHIRE. 4 43

If I were to distingu ish between North and South Wales ,I shou ld say that North Wales contains a greater number Of thenam es of Jon es

,Hughes, Roberts, Hum phreys , Owen and Ow ens

,

Parry,Pugh , and Vaughan ; South Wales is m ore characterised

by Harris and Harries,Jam es

,Phillips

,Jenkins, Powell and

How ell,Lew is

,Morgan , Thom as, Rees , Watkins, Bevan ,

Bowen,

Anthony, etc . O ther nam es, such as Evans, Grifliths, Lloyd, etc .,

are pretty uniform ly distribu ted. In respect to its Welsh

surnam es , Monm outhshire closely resem bles Sou th Wales .

NOTES ON SOME OF THE NAMES OF WALES AND

MONMOUTHSHIRE .

ANTHONY w as a Brecknock nam e in 1698 (Harleian MS .

,

It has its hom e now at Kidw elly in the adj acent county of

Carm arthen The BOWENS,according to Lower, have their great

hom e in Pembrokeshire,b u t they are also num erou s In Shropshire .

The North Wales nam e ofBREESE like Preece is a form ofAp

Rees . Breese and Breeze are O ld Norfolk nam es,where it is

probable they have had a difi erent origin , Brese being the form inthe t im e of Henry VIII . (S ee under NORFOLK

”

) The nam eOf GUNTER is not now num erou s enough in the Principality to beincluded in the list ofWelsh nam es. The Gu nters OfTregunter,

a knightly Breconshire fam ily Of the l 6th and 17th centuries,w ere distinct from the notab le fam ily of Gunter ofAbergavenny,Monm ou thshire , in the 17th and 18th centu ries (Jones

’ “ Brecknocksh ire and Coxe ’s Monm ou thshire The ancient hom e ofthe nam e is in England, and fu rther reference to it w ill be foundunder Berkshire and Glou cestershire GWYNNE is included inmy l ist for Monm ou thshire . Gwyn , how ever, is a very O ld and

has Often been a distingu ished South Wales nam e , especially inBrecknockshire (Jones

’ Brecknockshire The present hom eof the HERBERTS is in the continu ou s area of Monm outhshire

,

Glou cestershire , and Oxfordshire . Werndee in Monm outhshirew as the cradle of the distingu ished fam ily Of Herbert

,so long

connected w ith that county, Fit z -Herbert,the C hamberlain of

Henry I., being claim ed as their ancestor (Coxe

’

s Monm outhshire In the 13 th century Herbert, Herb erd, Hereb ert

,and

Hereb erd occurred in Oxfordshire,Bu cks

,Norfolk

,S ufi olk,

etc .,

Herb erd being especially characteristic of the east of England


(H . R . ) The usu al explanation that JENK INS is a nam e of

Flem ish type, probably introduced by the Flem ings who settledin numbers in South Wales in the reign Of Henry I ,

is to som eextent supported b y the fact that the great hom e of the nam eis now in Sou th Wales and Monm outhshire . It is singu lar ,how ever

,that the nam e

,u su ally as Jenkin

, should be num erou s

in the genitive form of John , is not in its

m odern form an ancient We lsh nam e,and w e u sually find that

it has been adopted within the last three or fou r centu ries , as

in the case Of the noted Monm outhshire fam ily Of Jones of

Treow en,that carries its pedigree b u t not its nam e back to

the reign Of Henry 1 . (William s’ “ Monmouthshire ”

) LEW ISis an ancient Welsh nam e . Lew is Of Llanelly, Brecknockshire ,is the nam e Of an O ld stock (Jones

’ Theancient fam ily of Lew is

,of St . Pierre, Monm ou thshire , carried its

nam e back to the 15th centu ry b u t its pedigree far beyond (Coxe’

“ Monm outhshire MADDOC K and MADDOC KS , form s Of theancient Welsh personal nam e Of Madoc, have characterised Wales

and the English border shires for ages . Madoch w as the nam e ofa

Herefordshire tenant in Dom esday tim es, whilst Maddox is still anOld Hereford nam e . In the reign ofEdw ard I . there w ere persons

Of the nam e ofMadoc in Shropshire (H . in w hich county thenam es Of Maddock and Maddocks still occur. Maddock is now

a frequ ent nam e in Chester and its neighbourhood, and John

Maddock w as m ayor Of Chester in 1676 (O rm erod) . Maddocks

w as the nam e of a very ancient fam ily ofLlanfrynach , Brecknockshire (Jones

’ Brecknockshire MORGAN is another ancient

Welsh personal nam e,b u t it h as only becom e a perm anent

surnam e in the last three or fou r centuries PARRY is a nam echaracteristic ofNorth Wales and the English border shires . InSouth Wales it is associated w ith the Original form of Harry. ABrecknockshire fam ily of Parry possessed for m any centu ries the

parish OfLlanvihangel tal y Uyu (Jones’ Brecknockshire ” )

POWELL, Ap- How el , the son Of How e], is the nam e of m any O ld

3“ C ornwall is veryWelsh w ith reference to some Of itsmost frequ ent nam es,

such as Roberts,Phillips, W illiam s

,Richards, Thomas

,Jenkin

,Harris, Jam es

,

&c . , which, in the intervening counties of Devon and Som erset are usu ally

m uch less numerou s. This close resemblance in fam ily nom enclature betweentwo isolated regions that possess a similar racial history is very remarkable.



Jenkins it is said to be a nam e introdu ced by the Flem ings who

se ttled in South Wales in the reign of Henry 1. Its distribution ,w hich m u ch resembles that of Jenkins , supports this explanation .

How ever,both nam es are now Welsh b y appropriation for several

centu ries . Like m any other Welsh nam es,it has only becom e a

settled surnam e in comparatively m odern tim es, and perhaps itsadoption as su ch is m ore recent than in the case of m ost of theother nam es . Thus, whilst the Brecon fam ily ofWatkins carriesits pedigree back fou r centuries

,it has only possessed a settled

surnam e for two centuries, the fam ily nam es previou sly beingWatkin

,Rees, Price , etc . (Jones

’ “ Brecknockshire ”

) WYNNE

is the North Wales and Shropshire form Of the South Wales and

Monm ou thshire nam e ofGwyn or Gwynne .

NOTE .

- The foregoing notes are intended only to be of a sug

gestive character . In the general genealogical and topographical

w orks enumerated in Chapter I . the reader w ill find suflicient

gu idance for further inqu iry . The county and local histories of

Shropshire and Herefordshire Should also be consu lted ; and the

notes On those counties in this work should be referred to .


THE HOMES OF ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES .

’X‘ALPHABETIC AL LIST OF ENGLISH AND WELSH

NAMES .

Ab b inett . Hampshire,17.

Abbott . Devonshire,7 ; Dorset

sh ire , 20 ; Essex , 12 ; Nottingham shire, 9 ; Oxfordshire , 14 ; Suffolk, 11

Abbs . Norfolk,15 .

Abell . Derbyshire , 7 ; Leicestershire and Rutlandshire , 17.

Abraham . Huri’

tingdonshire, 10 ;

Lincolnshire,10.

Acres . Hertfordshire,27.

Acton . Cheshire, 11 .

Adam s . Bedfordshire,20 ; Berk

shire,30 ; Bu ckingham shire,

50 ; Cornw all , 22 ; Derbyshire, 20; Devonshire , 42 ;Dorsetshire

,26 ; Essex, 12 ;

Gloficestershire,20 Ham p

shire,3 0 ; Kent, 12 Leices

tershire and Rutlandshire,

20 ; Monm outhshire, 3 3 ;

Northamptonshire, 20 ; Oxfordshire

,21; Shropshire , 3 8;

Som ersetshire , 11 Staffordshire, 3 6 Warwickshire , 24 ;Wiltshire , 14 ; Worcestershire , 18 ; North Wales, 15 .

The numbers are proportional for every The system is fully

explained in C hapter I .

Adam son . Du rham,28 ; York

shire,North and East

Ridings, 10.

Adcock . Ru tlandshire and

Leicestershire,17 ; Norfolk ,

13 ; Warw ickshire , 30.

Addoms . Devonshire 7.

Addington . Bedfordshire, 10 .

Addis . Herefordshire,3 1 Mon

m ou thshire, 3 3 .

Addison . Durham,16 ; Lincoln

shire, 9 ; Suffolk, 11 .

Addy. Yorkshire ,West Riding ,

10.

Adkins, see Atkins .

Adlington . Derbyshire, 6 ; Nottingham shire

,16.

Adnam s. Berkshire,20.

Adshead. Cheshire,11 .

Agar. Yorkshire,North and

East Ridings, 10.

Ainsworth . Lancashire, 17 ;

Shropshire , 14 . (SeeHainsworth .)

Airey . Westm oreland and

Cumberland,25; Yorkshire ,

West Riding, 7.


Akehurst. Sussex , 14 .

Akers . Oxfordshire,28 .

Alb u tt — Allbu tt . Worcestershire

,22 .

Alcock— Allcock . Nottinghamshire , 20 ; Staffordshire , . 26 .

Alder . Northumb erland,11 .

Alderson . D urham,3 0 ; York

shire,West Riding, 7 ;

Yorkshire,North and East

Ridings, 55 .

Aldous . S uffolk,16.

Aldrich— Alldridge . Berkshire,

10 ; Gloucestershire,10 ;

Hertfordshire,18 ; Norfolk,

8 ; Suffolk , 16 ; Surrey, 20.

Aldridge is the u su al formin all these counties , except

in Norfolk and Suffolk ,w here it is associated withAldrich .

Aldworth . O xfordshire,14 .

Alexander. Kent, 15 ; Norfolk,7; Northumberland

,7 ;

Wiltshire , 20.

Alford. Devonshire, 9 .

Alker. Lancashire , 17.

Allan . Northum berland, 11 .

Allaw ay Alway. Berkshire

10 ; Glou cestershire, 17.

Allcorn . Su ssex , 25 .

Allcot . Herefordshire, 14 .

Allen . Bedfordshire , 15 ; Berk

shire, 18 Cambridgeshire ,24 ; Chesh ire , 20 ; Corn

w all , 17 ; Derbyshire, 3 3 ;Devonshire

,13 ; Glou ces

tershire, 3 0 Ham pshire, 3 8 ;Herefordshire

,10 ; Hunt

ingdonshire , 11; Kent, 24 ;Lancashire , 8 ; Leicester

shire . and Rutlandshire ,3 4 ; Lincolnshire , 3 5 ; Norfolk

,26 Northampton

shire,30 Northumberland

,

11 ; Nottingham shire,20 ;

Oxfordshire,2 5; Shropshire,

14 ; Som ersetshire, 17; S taffordshire

, .28 ; Suffolk, 3 2 ;Su rrey, 15 ; Warw ickshire ,15; Wiltshire , 2 2 Worces

tershire,26;Yorkshire ,West

Riding,12 ; Yorkshire

,

North and East Ridings , 13 .

This nam e is nearly alw aysw ritten Allen

,except in

Devonshire and to a lessdegree inOxfordshire,where

it is spelt Allin . (S eeAllan .)

Allington . Worcestershire , 14 .

Allinson - Allison . Durham, 20 ;


Ridings , 25 .

Allman . Cheshire,14 .

Allsop— Alsop . Derbyshire , 52

Nottingham shire,16 S taf

fordsh ire,10.

Almond . Lancashire, 10.

Alston . Suffolk, 9 .

Alton . Derbyshire, 9 .

Alty. Lancashire, 8 .

Alvis . Gloucestershire, 2 7 ;

Som ersetshire , 9 .

Am bler . Yorkshire, WestRiding,

12 .

Ambrose . Cambridgeshire, 29 ;Essex , 15 .

Am ery. Devonshire,8 .

Am esbu ry. Som ersetshire , 9 .

Am ey. Ham pshire , 17.

Am ies— Am is. Norfolk, 17.



Lincolnshire , 10 ; Northum b erland, 125.

Arnatrt. Oxfordshire, 14 .

Arney . Som ersetshire, 20.

Arnold. Bedfordshire , 10 ; Che

shire,11 ; Devonshire , 6 ;

Essex,21 ; Gloucestershire ,

17 ; Hampshire, 2 1 ; H ert

fordshire,18 Leicester

shire and Rutlandshire , 2 5Monm outhshire

,22 ; Stef

fordshire,10 ; Warwick

shire, 30 ; South Wales,

17.

Arscott . Devonshire , 7.

Arthur . Cornw all,19 ; Devon

shire , 7 ; Monm outhshire ,22 ; Northumb erland, 22 ;Surrey, 10.

Arthurton . Norfolk, 9 .

Ash . Bu cks, 12 ; Staffordshire ,22 .

Ashby . Derbyshire, 6 ; Essex ,9 ; Hertfordshire , 20 ; Kent ,15 ; Leicestershire and Rut

landshire,17; Northamp

ton shire,45 ; Su ssex, 14 ;

Warw ickshire, 18 .

Ashcroft . Huntingdonshire, 7Lancashire

,3 3 .

Ashford . Cornw all, 8 ; Devon

Shire , s ; Suffolk , 9 ; War

w ickshire,l 8 .

Ashley. Shropshire , 12 .

Ashm an . Som ersetshire , 14 .

Ashm ore . Derbyshire, 6 ;Wor

cestersh ire , 18 .

Ashton . Derbyshire , 2 3 ; Devon

shire , 10 ; Lancashire, 16 ;Lincolnshire, 8 .

Ashwell . Hertfordshire, 45 .

Ashw orth . Lancash ire, 3 8

Yorkshire , West Riding, 11 .

Askew . Cambridgeshire , 20

Derbyshire, 6.

Aspinal l— Aspinwall . Lancashire

,11 .

Astbury . Cheshire,

Aston . Cheshire, 9 .

Atherton . Lancashire, 17.

Atkins— Adkins . Derbyshire ,6 ; Hertfordshire, 10 ; Lei

cestershire and Rutlandshire , 17 Lincolnshire , 17 ;Norfolk, 11 Northamptonshire, 2 5 Nottingham shire ,12 ; O xfordshire , 28 ; S taffordsh ire

,2 2 ; Suffolk, 11 ;

Warw ickshire,20. Atkins is

the usual form’

of this sur

nam e but in Northampton

shire, Oxfordshire, and

Warwickshire, Adkins is

m ore general .

Atkinson . Cheshire, 9 ; C um

berland andWestm oreland,

126 ; Durham ,108 ; Lanca

shire , 4 3 Lincolnshire, 52

Northumberland,47 ; Not

tingham shire, 20 ; Surrey, 30 ; Yorkshire , WestRiding, 60 ; Yorkshire

,

North and East Ridings,70.

Attenborough . Derbyshire , 6 ;Essex , 15 Northampton

shire,15 ; Nottingham shire ,

15 .

Atthow — Attoe . Norfolk, 15 .

Attrill . Ham pshire , 55 .

Attwood. Bedfordshire,10 ;

Worcestershire,14 .

ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES .

Au stin m Au sten . Bedfordshire ,10 Derbyshire, 6 ; Dorset

shire,15 ; Hertfordshire ,

18 Kent, 3 6 ; Norfolk, 9 ;

Oxfordshire,3 0 ; Stafford

Shire,10 ; S ussex , 18 . Austin

is the m ore frequent form ,

Austen being found m ostlyin Kent and Dorsetshire .

Avery . Bu ckingham shire , 12 ;Devonshire

, 8 ; Som erset

shire,11 ; Su ssex , 18 .

Averill . S tafi ordshire , 22 .

Aves . Suffolk, 11 .

Aw dry . Wiltshire,20.

Ayles . Hampshire,2 5 .

Ayling . Su ssex,18 .

Aylwin . Su ssex , 18 .

Aynsley. Northum b erland,26 .

Ayre . Devonshire,15 .

Ayres . Berkshire,3 0.

Babbage . Devonshire, 6.

Baber . Som ersetshire, 14 .

Back . Shropshire,14 .

Backhouse . Cumberland and

Westm oreland,25 ; Suf

folk, 9 .

Bacon . Derbyshire, 9 ; E ssex ,2 1 Leicestersh ire and Rutlandshire

,20 Lincolnshire

,

10 .

Badcock . Berkshire , 10 ; Devonsh ire

,13 ; Som ersetshire, 7.

Badger . Oxfordshire, 3 5 ; War

w ickshire , 4 7.

Badm an . Som ersetshire,9 .

Bagg . Som ersetshire,12 .

Baggalley— Bagley Derby

shire,7 ; Lincolnshire , 7.

Bagnall . Staffordshire, 24 .

451

Bagshaw . Derbyshire , 60

Northamptonshire,15 Not

tinghamshire,16 S tafi ord

shire, 8 .

Baguley. Cheshire,11 ; Notting

ham shire,3 4 .

Bailey . Bedfordshire, 3 0 ; Buckingham shire , 18 C am

bridgeshire, Cheshire ,3 4 ; Cornwall, 8 ; Derbyshire

, 3 6 ; Devonshire , 16 ;Essex

,12 ; Glou cestershire ,

43 ; Ham pshire , 81 ; Herefordshire , 14 Hertfordshire ,3 0 ; Kent, 15 ; Lancashire ,15 ; Lincolnsh ire , 24 ; Norfolk

,24 ; Nottingham shire

,

3 2 ; Oxfordshire , 3 5 ; Shropshire

,24 ; Som ersetshire, 9 ;

Staffordshire, 60 ; Sussex,2 5 Wiltshire , 30;Yorkshire ,West Riding, 19 . Bayly isa rare form

,m ostly found

in Cheshire,Staffordshire

,

and Sussex .

BaineS— Baynes . Lancashire,13 Leicestershire and Ru t

landsh ire,17 Nottingham

sh ire,20 Sussex

,14 ; York

shire,West Riding, 10. In

Lancashire and in the West

Riding Baynes is frequ entlyfound.

Bainbridge . Cumberland and

Westm oreland,51 ; Derby

shire, 7 Durham

, 44


Ridings, 18 .

Baker. Bedfordshire,18 ; Bu ck

ingham shire,18 ; Cheshire ,

14 ; Cornwall , 20 ; Devon .

2 G 2


shire,58 ; Dorsetshire, 20 ;

Du rham,16 ; Essex, 54 ;

Gloucestershire, 3 0 Ham p

shire,51 ; Herefordshire ,

20 ; Kent, 3 6 ; Lancashire ,16 Leicestershire and Rutlandshire

,25 ; Lincolnshire,

15 ; Monm outhshire, 110 ;

Norfolk,24 ; Northam pton

shire,2 5 Nottingham shire,

28 ;Oxfordshire , 20; Som ersetshire , 88 ; S tafi ordshire ,

16 ; Suffolk, 51 Surrey, 70 ;Sussex

,80 Warw ickshire

,

3 0 Wiltshire,3 0 ; Worces

tershire , 14 Yorkshire,North and East Ridings,10.

Bakewell . Staffordshire,8 .

Balch . Som ersetshire , 9 ; Wiltshire

,22 .

Baldock . Kent,15 ; Notting

hamshire, 12 .

Baldry . Suffolk, 11 .

Baldwin . Buckinghamshire,24 ;

Gloucestershire , 3 3 Hertfordshire

,18 ; Lancashire

12 Norfolk,11 ; Sufi olk,

16 ; Warw ickshire, 15 .

Balkwill . Devonshire, 13 .

Ball . Cheshire,14 ; Cornwall ,

14 ; Derbyshire, 15 Devon

shire,14 ; Gloucestershire ,

2 7 ; Lancashire , 3 4 ; Nottingham shire

,16 ; Som er

setshire , 11 ; S taffordshire,3 6 ; Warwickshire, 40.

Ballam . Dorsetshire, 20.

Ballard. Kent, 15 ; Worcester

shire, 22 .

Balls . Essex,12 Norfolk

,2 0 ;

Suffolk, 3 0.

Ballinger . Gloucestershire,20.

Balm an . Devonsh ire, 6.

Balmforth— Bamforth . York

shire,West Riding, 8 .

Balsdon . Devon,6 .

Bamber . Lancashire , 20.

Bamford. Lancashire,

12

Northamptonshire , 8 .

Banbury . Cornwall,10 ; Devon

shire,11 .

Bancroft . Cheshire,11 ; Derby

shire, 6 ; Yorkshire , West

Riding, 11 .

Banham . Norfolk,18 .

Banks . D erbyshire , 7 ; Lan

cash ire , 2 7; Lincolnshire , 7;Northamptonshire, 15

Yorkshire , North and EastRidings, 18 .

Banfi eld. Herefordshire, 14 .

Bannister . Lancashire, 9

Sussex, 25 .

Banwell . Som erset,19 .

Barber . Cheshire , 62 ; Derbyshire , 25 ; Gloucestershire ,2 7 ; Norfolk, 11 ; Nottingham shire, 12 ; Suffolk , 14 ;Worcestershire , 18 ; York

shire,West Riding,

9 .

Barfoot . Ham pshire, 21.

Barford. Northamptonshire,3 0.

Bargh . Derbyshire, 6 ; Lanca

shire , 8 .

Barham . Sussex , 18 .

Bark— Barks. Derbyshire, 6.

Barker . Cheshire, 11 ; Derbyshire, 3 4 ; Du rham ,

20 ;

Essex , 18 Hertfordshire



shire,26 ; Kent, 27 ; Lan

cashire, 20 ; Lincolnshire,15 ; Su ssex, 18 ; Wiltshire,12 .

Bartram . Nottinghamshire,12 .

Bascombe . Dorsetshire, 15 .

Basford . Cheshire,11.

Basham . Essex,15 .

Baskerville . Cheshire , 14 .

Baskeyfield. S tafi ordshire, 12 .

Basnett . Cheshire, 9 .

Bass . Essex , 15 ; Leicestershireand Ru tlandshire

,13 .

Bassett . Cornw all, 24 ; Kent,24 Staffordshire , 20 .

Bastab le . Dorsetshire,15 .

Bastin . Devonshire,6.

Batchelor . Buckingham shire,

20 ; Hertfordshire , 3 0.

Bate . Cheshire,9 ; Cornwall ,

2 7 Shropshire,

I2

Staffordshire,10.

Bater . Devonshire , 6.

Bates . Bedfordshire , 15 ; Buckingham sh ire , 20 ; C am

b ridgeshire , 24 ; Derbyshire, 17 ; Hertfordshire,18 ; Kent, 27 ; Leicester

shire and Rutlandshire, 3 8 ;Lincolnshire, 10 ; Norfolk,9 Northum berland, 7 ;

Nottingham shire , 12

Staffordshire , 18 Sussex,

14 ; Warw ickshire , 3 0.

Batey— Baty . Durham,12 ;

Northumberland,2 2 .

Bath . Cornwall , 10 ; Kent, 15 .

Bather— Batho . Shropsh ire , 20.

Batkin . S taifordshire, 14 .

Batt . Som erset , 11 .

Battam s. Bedfordshire, 20.

Batterh am . Norfolk , 9 .

Battersby . Lancashire,11 .

Batting Batten . Cornwall ,10 ; Devon shire , 18 .

Batts . Oxfordshire , 15 .

Batty— Battye . Yorkshire,West

Riding, 3 0.

Baverstock . Berkshire,25 ; Der

set, 21 .

Bawden . Cornwall , 9 ; Som ersetshire

,9 .

Bax ter . Lincolnshire,9 ; York

shire,West Riding,

9 .

Baylis . Berkshire,20 ; Glou ces

tershire,20 Herefordshire

28 ; Oxfordshire, 20 Wor

cestershire , 3 4 .

Bays . Cambridgeshire, 20.

Bazely— Baz ley . Northampton

shire,20.

Beach . S tafi ordshire, 8 .

Beacham— Beecham . Lincoln

shire,10 ; Som ersetshire, 12 .

The first is found in Som ersetshire, the second in Lincolnshire .

Beadle . Durham , 16 .

Beak . Wiltshire 22 .

Beal— Beale . Kent, 12 ; Leicestershire and Ru tlandshire

,

17 ; Surrey, 15 ; Yorkshire ,North and East Ridings, 20.

Beales . Norfolk,9 .

Beam and— Bem and. Herefordshire , 24 ; Shropsh ire, 14 .

Beanes . Norfolk , 13 .

Beard. Cheshire , 12 ; Derbyshire , 13 ; Gloucestershire ,17 ; Nottingham shire

,16 ;

Staffordshire, 12 .

Beardall . Nottingham shire, 16.


Beardm ore . Staffordshire , 26.

Beardsley. Derbyshire , 7.

Beattie Beaty. Cum berland

andWestm oreland, 44 .

Beaum ont . Suffolk,9 ; York


Beavan Beaven . Hereford

shire , 4 2 ; Wilts, 3 5 . (S ee

Bevan . )Bebb . North Wales , 40.

Beb b ington . Cheshire,3 2 .

Beck . Norfolk,20.

Beckett . Cheshire, 20 ; Norfolk,20 Nottingham shire, 12 .

Beddall . Essex,12 .

Beddoes . Shropshire,68 .

Bedford. Hertfordshire,18

Hu ntingdonshire , 3 0.

Beeby . Leicestershire and Rutlandshire

,17.

Beech . Cheshire,27 ; Stafford

shire,20.

Beecroft . Nottingham shire,20.

Beedell . Devonshire , 11 .

Beer . Devonshire , 15 .

Beesley. Berkshire, 25 Lanca

shire,Beeson . Bu ckingham shire

,20

Derbyshire , 8 .

Beeston . Derbyshire , 8 ; Shropshire, 12 ; Staffordshire, 8 .

Beever Beevers. Yorkshire,

West Riding, 14 .

Belcham . Essex,12 .

Belcher . Berkshire , 20 ; Buck

ingham shire , 12 ; Oxford

shi re, 15.

Belfield . Derbyshire , 7 ; S taffordsh ire, 28 .

Belgrove . Buckingham shire ,40.

4 55

Bell . Bu ckingham shire,20

Cheshire, 11 ; Cumberlandand Westm oreland

,90

Durham,156 ; Lancashire,

13 ; Lincolnshire , 18 NOrfolk

,18 Northam ptonshire ,

3 0 ; Northum berland, 210 ;Nottingham sh ire

,12 Som

ersetshire , 9 Yorkshire,

West Riding,I8 ;Yorkshire ,

North and East Ridings, 4 1.

Bellairs— Bellars . Northamp

tonshire,15 .

Bellamy . Huntingdonshire , 14Lincolnshire

,18 ; Notting

ham shire,16.

Bellis . North Wales, 12 .

Belsey . Kent,12 .

Belton . Lincolnsh ire,12 ; Not

tingham shire,12 .

Bem rose . Lincolnshire , 8 .

Benbow . Shropshire , 12 .

Bendall— Bentall . Essex , 3 0Suffolk

,16. The first in

Suffolk,the second in

Essex .

Benjafield. Dorset, 15 .

Bennett . Bedfordshire , 20; Berk

shire , 3 5 B uckingham shire,

40 ; Cheshire, 24 ; Cornwall ,50 Derbyshire , 44 ; Devon

shire,10 ; Dorsetshire, 57 ;

Glou cestershire, 60 ; Herefordshire

, 54 ; Lancashire ,16 Leicestershire and RutlandSh ire, 2 1 Lincolnshire ,13 ; Norfolk , 9 ; Northamp

tonshire , 20 ; Nottinghamshire

,40 ; Oxfordshire, 3 7 ;

Som ersetshire , 3 2 ; S taf

fordshire,10 ; Surrey, 20 ;


Sussex, 3 0; Wiltshire , 26Worcestershire

,30 Sou th

Wales, 22 . (S ee Bennetts . )Bennetts . Cornw all , 20. (S eeBennett .)

Benning . Berks,3 0.

Bennion . Cheshire , 9 ; Shropshire, 17 ; Staffordshire , 10.

Benny. Cornwall, 9 .

Benson . Cumberland andWestm oreland

,44 ; Essex , 12 ;

Lancashire,16 ; Yorkshire ,

West Riding,10 ; York

shire , North and East

Ridings, 20. Bennison is

also found in the Northand East Ridings .

Benstead— Bensted. Kent,3 6.

Bent . Lancashire, 13 .

Bentham . Yorkshire , WestRiding, 11 .

Bentley. Derbyshire , 7 ; Dorset

,2 6 ; Kent , 12 ; Lanca

shire,8 ; Nottinghamshire ,

12 ; Staffordshire , 22 York

shire,West Riding, 11 ;

Yorkshire , North and EastRidings, 15 .

Benton . Cambridgeshire , 24 ;Kent

,12 ; Lincolnshire, I2 .

Bere . Devonshire , 6 Som ersetshire

,6.

Beresford —Berrisford . D erbyshire , 9 Stafi ordshire

,40.

Berridge . Leicestershire and

Rutlandshire, 3 8.

Berrow . Herefordshire , 20.

Berry . Devonshire , 24 Glou ces

tershire, 20 ; Hampshire ,2 1 ; Kent , 12 ; Lancashire ,44 ; Leicestershire and

Ru tlandshire , 21 ; Northamptonshire, 3 5 ; Oxfordshire

,15 Su ssex

,25 War

w ickshire , 30 Wiltshire , 22Yorkshire

,West Riding , 12 .

Berryman . Cornw all , 3 4 .

Besent . Dorsetshire,15 .

Besley . Devonshire, 8 .

Best . Cornw all , 20 ; Dorsetshire

,15 .

Bestwick— Beswick . Cheshire ,17 Staffordshire , 3 6.

Bett . Lincolnshire; 19 . (S eeBetts . )

Betteridge . Berkshire , 3 8 Wor

cestershire, 22 .

Bettinson . Norfolk , 9 .

Betts . Kent,15 ; Lincolnshire,

7 ; Norfolk , 4 2 ; Suffolk ,10 . (S ee Bett . )

Bevan . Cheshire , 9 ; Herefordshire, 3 8 ; Monm ou thshire ,66 ; Shropshire , 20 ; SouthWales, 55 . In Cheshire we

m ore comm only find Bevin .

(S ee Beavan . )Beavan Beaven . Hereford

shire , 42 ; Wiltshire, 3 5 .

Bewick . Northum berland,3 0.

Beynon . South Wales, 2 7.

Bibby . Lancashire,12 .

Bice . Cornwall , 12 .

Bickford. Staffordshire , 10.

Bickle . Devonshire , 13 .

Bicknell . Som ersetshire , 11 .

Biddick . Cornwall, 12 .

Biddle . Glou cestershire , 13 .

Biggin . Derbyshire , 9 .

Biggs . Buckingham shire , 3 0 ;Leicestershire and Rutland

shire , 21 Monm outhshire , 22 .



land,2 5 ; Derbyshire , 13 ;

Lincolnshire , 8 ; Northamptonshire

,15 ; Nottingham

shire , 16 Yorkshire,West

Riding,1

Blandford. Glou cestershire , 14 .

Blankley . Lincolnshire , 7.

B latchford. Devonshire , 10.

Blatherwick . Nottingham shire ,

Bleasdale . Lancashire , 9 .

Bleazard Blez zard. Lanca

shire,9 .

Blencow e . O xfordshire, 15 .

Blenkin . Yorkshire,North and

East Ridings, 10.

Blenkinsop. Durham,20;North

umb erland, 7.

Blenkiron . Yorkshire,North

and East Ridings, 8 .

Bletsoe . Hu ntingdonshire , 7.

Blewett— Blew itt . C ornw all , 14 ;Staffordshire

,8 . Blewett

(and also Bluett) in Cornw all . B lew itt in Stafi ordShire .

Blight . Cornw all, 16 ; Devon

shire,8 .

Bliss . Bu ckingham shire,3 5 ;

Northam ptonshire,15 Ox

fordshire,15 .

Blom field— Bloom field. Essex,2 1 ; Norfolk , 15 ; Suffolk ,26.

Bloor— Blore . Derby , 7 ; S taffordshire , 26.

Blott. Cambridgeshire , 15 ;

Huntingdonshire , 21 North

amptonshire , 15 .

Blow ers . S ufi olk,11.

Bloye— Bloyey . Devonshire , 6.

Blundell . Bedfordshire, 9 ; Lancashire

,18 .

Blunt . Cambridgeshire , 29

Leicestershire andRu tland

shire,2 1 ; Northampton

shire , 15 .

Blyth . Essex,48 ; Norfolk , 20 ;


Ridings, 10.

Boaden . Cornwall,9 . ( S ee

Bowden . )Boam . Derbyshire, 11 .

Board. Som ersetshire,2 2 .

Boardman . Lancashire , 17 ; Lincolnshire

, 8 .

Boase . Cornw all , 8 .

Boddington . Warw ickshire,18 .

Boddy. Norfolk,9 .

Boden . Staffordshire,10. (S ee

Bowden . )Bodenham . Herefordshire

,11 .

Bodle . Sussex, 14 .

Body . Cornwall,8 ; Som erset

shire, 15 .

Bofl'

ey . Cheshire , 27.

Bolam . Northum b erland, 26.

Bolitho . Cornwall , 10.

Bolshaw . Cheshire , 9 .

Bolt . Devonshire,8 .

Bolton . Essex , 12 ; Lancashire

2 7 O xfordshire , 20.

Bomford. Nottingham shire, 16Warw ickshire , 28 Worces

tershire, 52 .

Bond. Devonshire,26 ; Lanca

shire , 16 ; Norfolk, 20

Som ersetshire, 3 6; Staffordshire

,10 ; Suffolk, 11 .

Bone . Cornwall , 10 Hampshire

,2 1.

Bonfield. Hertfordshire , 18 .


Boniface . Sussex, 51 .

Bonner Bonnor. Herefordshire

,14 ; Surrey, 20.

Bonney . Lancashire,9 .

Bonsall. Derbyshire , 7 ; Steffordshire

,12 .

Bonser . Northam ptonshire, 3 5Nottingham shire, 16.

Booker. Derbyshire , 9 ; Sussex ,14 .

Boon ; Stafi ordshire, 8 .

Boorm an . Kent,24 .

Booth . Cheshire,66 ; Derby

shire,44 Lancashire , 24

Lincolnshire,12 ; Notting

ham shire,16; Staffordshire ,

3 6; Yorkshire,WestRiding,

Border . Lincolnshire, 7.

Borlase . Cornw all,5 .

Borman . Lincolnshire, 7.

Borret t. Suffolk,16.

Borthw ick— Bothw ick . Northumb erland

,2 2 .

Borton . Northamptonshire, 15 .

Bosomw orth . Yorkshire,North

and East Ridings , 11 .

Bostock . Cheshire,2 2 ; S taf

fordshire,10.

Bosworth . Bedfordshire,12 ;

Leicestershire and Rutlandshire, 9 .

BOtt . Staffordshire,10.

Botterill . Yorkshire,North


Betting . Su ssex,3 2 .

Bottom ley . Yorkshire,West

Riding, 12 .

Boucher. Worcestershire. 14 .

Boughey. Shropshire,10.

Boughton . Buckingham shire,20.

4 59

Bould. S taffordshire, 12 .

Boulden . Kent,12 .

Boulter . Worcestershire , 14 .

Boulton . Gloucestershire, 20 ;Shropshire

,12 Worcester

shire,14 .

Bounds . Herefordshire , 14 .

Boundy , Devonsh ire , 8 .

Bourne . Cheshire , 11 ; Kent,21 ; Lincolnshire , 10 ; Not

tingham shire,12 ; ShrOp

shire,2 2 Staffordshire, 20

Sussex, 2 1 ; Wiltshire , 2 2 .

Bourner. Sussex , 21 .

Bovey . Devonshire , 7.

Bow den . Cheshire , 14 ; Corn

w all, 2 3 ; Derbyshire , 17 ;Devonshire , 3 0. (S eeBoadou

and Boden .)Bowdler. Shropshire , 14 .

Bowditch . Dorsetshire , 20.

Bow en . Herefordshire, 17

Shropshire , 50 Worcester

shire , 14 ; South Wales,

(S ee Bown . )Bower. Cheshire , 14 ; Derby

shire , 3 4 Nottingham shire ,12 .

Bowers . S tafi ordshire, 10.

Bowering . Som ersetshire , 9 .

Bowes . Yorkshire , North and

East Ridings, 16 .

Bowler . Cheshire , 14 ; Derbyshire , 19 .

Bowles . Kent, 9 ; Wiltshire , 18 .

Bowman . Cumberland and

Westm oreland, 44 Dur

ham ,12 ; Hertfordshire , 18 .

Bowm er . Derbyshire , 9 .

Bown . Derbyshire , 17 ; Somer

setshire, 2 2 . (S ee Bowen .)3: db (3 0W .


Bownass— Bowness . Cum berland and Westm oreland,50 Lancashire

,12 .

Bow ser . Lincolnshire , 7.

Bowyer . Berkshire,50 ; S taf

fordshire , 12 ; Suffolk , 9 ;Surrey, 20.

Box . Cornwall, 9 ; Devonshire ,6 .

Boyce . Norfolk,9 ; Som erset

shire,12 ; Worcestershire ,

14 .

Boyes— Boys . Hampshire,20 ;


Ridings , 21 .

Bracegirdle . Cheshire,24 .

Bracher . Wiltshire,12 .

Brackenbury . Lincolnshire , 9 .

Bradbury . Derbyshire, 15 ;

Staffordshire, 3 6 ; York

shire,West Riding, 17.

Braddock . Cheshire,9 .

Bradford. Dorsetshire, 2 1 ;

Som ersetshire, 12 .

Bradley. Cheshire , 14 ; Derbyshire , ] 5 ; Kent, 9 .Lanca

sh ire, 26 Nottingham shire ,28 ; Shropshire , 22 ; War

w icksh ire,18 Worcester

shire,18 ; Yorkshire, West

Riding, 2 1.

Bradridge . Devonshire,6.

Bradshaw . Bedfordshire , 18 ;

D erbyshire , 10 ; Huntingdonshire, 10 ; Lancashire ,2 5 Leicestershire and Rut

landsh ire, 13 ; Northamptonshire , 3 8 Oxfordshire ,10 ; Yorksh ire , North and

East Ridings, 15 .

Brafield. Northamptonshire, 15 .

Bragg . Devonshire , 14 .

Brain . Dorsetshire,10 Glouces

tershire , 24 Wiltshire, 18 .

Braithwaite . Cumberland, and

Westm oreland,20 Du rham ,

12 ; Lancashire , 8 ; York

Shire , West Riding,11 ;

Yorkshire,North and EastRidings, 13 .

Brake . Dorsetshire, 21 ; Som er

setshire , 12 .

Bram all . Yorkshire , WestRiding ,

13 .

Bram ley . Leicestershire and

Rutlandshire,17 ; Lincoln

shire , 8 ; Yorkshire , WestRiding, 15 .

Bramw ell . Cumberland and

Westm oreland,25 Derby

shire,11 .

Brand. Essex , 24 ; Hertford

shire , 18 .

Branson . Leicestershi re and

Ru tlandshire, 17.

Brasnett . Norfolk, 11 .

Brassington— Brasington . Der

b ysh ire , 11 ; Gloucester

shire , 14 ; Staffordshire , 3 4 .

Brasington and Braz inton

are characteristic of Glou

cestershire .

Braund. Devonshire , 10.

Braw n . Bedfordshire , 10 ; Hunt

ingdonshire, 3 0 ; Northamp

tonshire, 15 ; Staffordshire ,10.

Bray . Cornw all , 3 4 ; Devon

shire , 11 ; Herefordshire, 17.

Brayley— Breayley. Devon, 7.

Brazier . Buckingham shire , 20.

Breach . Wiltshire . 22 .



16 ; Som erset, 11 ; Suffolk,18 ; Sussex, 21 ; Worcester

shire , 18 ; Yorkshire , WestRiding , 3 8 .

Brooker . Kent,24 ; Sussex , 18 .

Brooks Brookes . Bedfordshire , 15 ; Berkshire , 20 ;Buckingham shire , 25 ; C ambridgeshire , 15 ; Cheshire ,11 ; Derbyshire, 11 ; Devonshire, 17 ; Herefordshire ,17 Hertfordshire , 18 Lan

cashire , 9 ; Leicestershireand Rutlandshire

,3 0 ; Lin

colnshire, 26 ; Norfolk, 9 ;Oxfordshire , 15 ; Shrop

shire, 12 Som ersetshire,

26 ; Staffordshire , 18 ; Wilt

shire,11 .

Broom . Devonshire , 20.

Broomfield. Hampshire , 17.

Broomhead . Derbyshire , 9 .

Broster . Cheshire , 19 .

Brough . Derbyshire , 15 ; Staf

fordshire,10.

Broughall . Shropshire , 10.

Broughton . Lincolnshire,14 .

Brown . Bedfordshire,100 ;

Berkshire , 70 ; Buckingham shire , 50 Cam bridge

shire , 100 ; Cheshire , 54 ;Cornw all

,47 ; Cum berland

and Westmoreland, 115 ;

Derbyshire , 3 3 Devonshire ,3 3 ; Dorsetshire , 62 ; Dur

ham ,116 ; Essex, 108 ; Glen

cestershire , 3 0 ; Ham pshire ,90 Herefordshire

,3 1 ;

Hertfordsh ire,81 ; Hunt

ingdonshire , 84 Kent,84 ;

Lancashire, 42 Leicester

Shire andRu tlandshire,107

Lincolnshire,100 Middle

sex,80 ; Monm outhshire

28 ; Norfolk , 73 ; Northamptonshire , 90 ; Northum b erland

,123 ; Notting

ham sh ire, 76 ; Oxfordshire ,

15 ; Shropshire , 80 ; S omersetshire , 63 ; StaffordShire , 92 ; Suffolk , 3 9 ; Surrey, 100 ; Sussex, 54 ; War

w ickshire, 3 5 ; Wiltshire ,102 ; Worcestershire , 3 4 ;Yorkshire

,West Riding,

62 ; Yorkshire , North and

East Ridings, 85 ; SouthWales

,22 . Browne is in

cluded w ith Brown ; b u tam ongst the farm ers it israrely found, except in

Worcestershire and Westm oreland. It is Often

,

however,especially in NOr

folk and Nottinghamsh ire ,a m ore frequent nam e in

the Court Directory,the

term inal e apparently in

dicating a rise in the social

scale .

Brownlow . Lincolnshire, 7.

Brow ning . Bedfordshire, 2 0 ;

Gloucestershire , 20; Northamptonsh ire, 15 .

Bruce . Durham,16 .

Brumby . Lincolnshire , 7.

Brunt . Staffordshire , 10.

Bryan . Derbyshire, 9 ; Glencestershire, 9 ; Leicestershire and Rutlandshire , 3 0Oxfordshire , 20 ; Shrop

shire,12 .


Bryant. Cornwal l , 8 ; Dorsetshire, 15 ; Glou cestershire ,12 ; Som ersetshire, 2 7 Suf

folk, 14 ; Wiltshire , 22 .

Bubb . Gloucestershire , 14 .

Buck . Norfolk, 15 ; Nottingham shire

,12 ; Sufiolk,

9

Bu ckeridge . Berkshire , 20.

Buckingham . Devonshire,26 ;

Oxfordshire,14 ; Suffolk , 9 .

Buckley. Cheshire , 26 ; Der

bysh ire , 11 Lancashire,12 ; Staffordshire , 10 ; Wor

cestershire,18 ; Yorkshire ,

West Riding, 15 .

Buckm aster. Bedfordshire , 15 .

B ucknell . Devonshire,13 .

Budd. Hampshire , 20.

Budden . Dorsetshire,47;Hamp

shire,16.

Budge . Cornwall , 9 .

Bugg . Dorsetshire, 3 5 .

Bugler . Dorsetshire, 15 .

Bulcock . Lancashire , 10.

Bull . B uckingham shire,18

Cam bridgeshire , 3 3 : Der

b yshire , 21 ; Essex , 12 ;

Lincolnshire, 7 ; Som erset

shire, 9 Warwickshire,

24 ; Wiltshire, 18.

Buller. Oxfordshire , 14 .

Bullman— Bulm an . Durham ,20.

Bu llmore . Cornw all , 5 .

Bullock . Berkshire,20 ; Che

shire, 26 ; Cornw all , 9

Gloucestershire , 27 ; Mon

m ou thsh ire , 17 Shropshire ,10 ; Staffordshire , 14 ; S uffolk

,9 Worcestershire, 4 3 .

Bulm er . Yorkshire , North and

East Ridings, 10.

463

Bunce . Berkshire, 20.

B unker . Buckingham shire,12 .

Bunn . Norfolk,2 2 .

Bunt . Cornwall,9 .

Bunting . Derbyshire , 2 7 ; Essex ,

12 ; Norfolk , 14 .

Bu rbidge . Warw ickshire, 18 .

Burch . Som ersetshire,9 .

Burchnall— Burchnell . Leices

tershire and Ru tlandshire,17 ; Nottingham shire

,12 .

Burden . Dorsetshire,15 ; O x

fordshire , 15 .

Burdett . Leicestershire and

Ru tlandshire,17 North

amptonshire, 15 ; Warw ick

shire , 15 .

Burdikin . Derbyshire, 7.

B u rdon . Du rham,20.

Burge . Dorsetshire,15 ; Som er

setshire,20.

Burgess . Cheshire , 64 ; D evonshire

,8 ; Lincolnshire , 13 ;

Norfolk, 13 Northamptonshire

,15 Shropshire , 14 ;

Staffordshire,20 ; S uflolk,

9 ; Sussex , 3 2 .

Burgoin Burgoyne . Devonshire

, 7.

Burkill . Lincolnshire, 8 .

Burkitt . Lincolnshire,8 .

Burm an . Northampton shire,15

Warw ickshire,3 0 Worces

tershire,2 2 .

Burn . Durham,12 ; Northum

berland,18 ; Nottingham

shire,12 .

Burns . Cum berland and Westm oreland

, 20.

Burnaby. Leicestershire and

Rutlandsh ire, 9 .


Burnard. Cornwall,9 .

Burnell . Buckinghamshire,12 .

Burnett . Devon , 7 ; Herefordshire, 14 ; Shropshire , 12 ;Som ersetshire

,15 ; S taf

fordshire,26 ; Yorkshire,

North and East Ridings, 9 .

Burnham . Northamptonshire,15 ; Yorkshire , North and

East Ridings, 9 .

B urrell . Lincolnshire,14 ; Nor

folk, 6 . Burrill is a rareLincolnshire form .

Bu rridge . Dorsetshire,10.

Burrough — Burrow . Devon,

2 3 ; Lancashire, 9 ; Som ersetshire, 18 ; Wiltshire, 18 .

These nam es occu r togetherin Som ersetshire andDevon

shire in about equal proportions . In Wiltshire

,Bur

rough is much the morefrequ ent form ; in Lanca

shire, Burrow is the usu alform .

Burrow s . Cornw all,10 ; Devon

shire, 9 ; Glou cestershire ,

30 ; Lincolnshire , 8 ; Nottingham shire

,24 ; Som er

setshire,12 ; Suffolk , 18 .

Burroughs is a rare form of

this name ; it occurs'

in

Gloucestershire and Som er

setshire,b ut associatedwith

Burrows.

Burston . Som ersetsh ire, 9 .

Burt . Dorsetshire , 25 ; Lincoln

shire, 7 ; Sussex , 14 ; Wilt

shire , 18 .

Burton . Berkshire, 10 ; C am

bridgeshire, 20 Derbyshire ,

15 ; Essex, 12 ; Huntingdonshire

,28 ; Lancashire,

10 Leicestershire andRutlandshire

,3 4 Lincolnshire

,

12 ; Norfolk, 24 ; Nottingham shire, 3 6 ; Shropshire ,12 S tafi ordshire

,20 ; Su s

sex,14 ; Yorkshire , West

Riding, 16 ; Yorkshire,

North and East Ridings,15 .

Busby . Oxfordshire,30 ; Staf

fordshire , 14 .

Bush . Essex , 12 ; Lincolnshire,10 ; Norfolk, 3 3 .

Bushby. Northumberland,26 .

Buss. Kent,3 6.

Buswell . Northamptonshire,15 .

Butcher. Huntingdonshire, 2 1Kent, 2 1 Norfolk

, 7 ;

Shropshire,12 ; Suffolk,

16 ; Wiltshire , 2 2 .

B utler . Berkshire,40 ; Derby

shire,9 ; Dorsetsh ire , 20

Gloucestershire,3 0 Hamp

shire,55 ; Lancashire , 17 ;

Lincolnshire , 9 ; Norfolk15 ; Nottingham shire , 20Oxfordshire

,3 0 ; ShrOp

sh ire,17 ; Som ersetshire ,

9 ; Sussex , 14 ; Warw ickshire

,15 ; Wiltshire, 67.

Butlin . Northam ptonshire,25 .

Butt . Devonsh ire , 9 ; Dorsetshire, 15 Glou cestershire ,27 ; Som ersetshire, 15 .

Bu tterfield. Yorkshire,West

Riding, 10.

Bu tters . Lincolnshire , 9 .

Butterworth . Lancashire,13 .



shire,West Riding, 3 5 ;

Yorkshire, -North and EastRidings , 15 .

Carrington . D erbyshire, 17

Staffordshire, 8 .

Carruthers . Cumberland and

Westm oreland, 3 9 .

Carter . Bedfordshire , 10 ; Berkshire

,15 Buckingham

shire,18 ; Cambridgeshire ,

3 3 ; Cheshire , 4 2 Cornw all , 8 Devonshire ,Du rham

,24 ; Essex, 4 5 ;

Gloucestershire , 24 Hamp

shire,17 ; Lancashire , 15

Leicestershire andRu tlandshire

,2 5 Lincolnshire , 16

Norfolk,20 Northampton

shire , 15 ; Oxfordshire , 2 5 ;Shropshire

,24 ; Som erset

shire , 11 S tafl’

ordsh ire,’

12

Su rrey, 29 Su ssex,30

Wiltshire, 3 5 ; Yorkshire .

West Riding, 12 York

shire,North and East Rid

ings, 24 .

Cartm ell . Lancashire,9 .

Cartridge . Worcestershire , 3 8 .

Cartw right . Bedfordshire , 20Cheshire, 9 ; Lincolnshire ,3 0 ; Nottingham shire

,I6 ;

Shropshire , 2 2 Stafford

shire , 14 Yorkshire,West

Riding, 11 .

Carver . Nottingham shire,12 .

C arveth . Cornwall,9 .

Case . Norfolk , 22 .

Cash . Cheshire , 9 .

Cass . Yorkshire ,West Riding, 7.

Cassw ell. Lincolnsh ire,17.

Castle . Berkshire , 20 ; Oxfordsh ire , 45 .

Catchpole . Norfolk, 9 ; Suffolk,

20.

Catling. Suffolk,11.

Catlow . Lancashire, 8 .

Caton . Essex, 24 .

Catt . Suffolk,14 ; Su ssex, 25 .

Catterall . Lancashire , 17.

C atterm ole . Suffolk,7.

Cattell . Oxfordshire,15 War

w ickshire,28 .

C audw ell— Cau ldw ell . Berk

Shire,3 0; Nottingham shire ,

16. (See Caldw ell . )Cau nce . Lancashire , 11 .

Cave . '

D orsetshire , 20 ; North

amptonsh ire , 15 Oxford

s hire,15 ;

'

Wiltshire, 18 .

C awrse .

' Cornw all, 8 .

C aw sey.‘Devons

‘hire , 6 .

C hadfield. Derbyshire , 11 .

Chadw ick . Derbyshire , 7 ; Lan

cash ire, 24 ; Staffordshire ,20

C haffe . Devonshire , 7.

Chalkley. Hertfordshire , 3 6.

C halland. Nottingham shire , 16 .

Challen . Su ssex , 3 2 .

Challis . Essex, 2 1.

Chaloner— C halliner. Chesh ire ,15 ; Stafi ordshire , 8 .

Chamberlain . C hamberlayn e .

Cam bridgeshire , 15 ; Glou

cestershire , 17 ; Hampshire ,13 ‘Leicestershire and Rut

landshire , 4 7 ; N orfolk, 18 ;Wiltshire , 13 . Chamberlain

is the m ost frequent form of

this nam e .

Cham bers . Bedfordshire , 20 ;

Cambridgeshire , 20 ; Derbyshire, 9 ; Kent, 18 ; Lincoln .


sh ire, 10 ; Northampton

shire,15 ; Nottingham shire

,

2 5 ; Suffolk, 30 ; Worcester

shire,26 ; Yorkshire , West

Riding,10.

C ham ings . Devonshire , 9 .

Champion . Cornw all,10 ; Glen

cestershire , 14 ; Kent, 18 ;Som ersetshire

,17. (S ee

Campion , )Chandler . Berkshire, 20 ; Glen

cestershire , 46 Ham pshire,25 Herefordshire

,14 ;

Huntingdonshire , 20 Kent,20 ; Su rrey, 20 ; Su ssex, 14 .

Charming. Devonshire,9 .

Chantler . Kent, 24 .

Chaplin . Essex, 12 ; Norfolk , 11 .

Chapman . Berkshire, 3 5 ; Buckingham shire, 3 5 ; C am

bridgeshire , 48 ; Cornw all ,4 2 ; Derbyshire, 15 ; Dorset

shire,15 ; Du rham

,20 ;

Essex, 3 3 ; Glou cestershire,14 ; Hertfordsh ire

, 80 ;

Huntingdonshire , 40 ; Kent ,57 ; Leicestershire and

Ru tlandshire, 43 ; Lincolnshire, 40 ; Norfolk

,42

Northamptonshire , 45 Nottingham shire, 12 ; Oxfordshire

,2 5 ; Som ersetshire,

24 ; Suffolk , 3 2 ; Wiltshire ,9 Yorkshire

,West Riding,


East Ridings , 40.

Chappell . Nottingham shire,24 ;

Som ersetshire , 2 2 .

Chapple . Devonshire , 6 .

Chard. Som ersetshire,15 .

Charlesw orth . Cheshire,14 ;

467

Derbyshire , 11 ; S tafiord

shire, 20 ; Yorkshire , WestRiding, 23 .

Charlton . Cheshire,14 ; Dur

ham, 28 ; Northumberland ,

13 2 ; Yorkshire , North and

East Ridings, 10. In Cheshire , Chorlton is the usualform of this nam e .

Charlw ood . Su rrey, 25 .

Charm an . Surrey, 80 ; Sussex ,

Charnley. Lancashire, 11.

Charnock . Lancashire,13 .

C harsley. Buckingham shire,12 .

Chase . Hampshire,17 ; Nor

folk, 9 .

C hattaw ay . Warw ickshire,15 .

Chatterton . Lincolnsh ire,17.

C haundy . Oxfordshire , 14 .

Chave . Devonshire, 8 .

Checkley . Bu ckingham shire ,18 ; Oxfordshire, 3 5 ; Waraw ickshire , 15 .

Cheesm an C hesm an . Kent,

3 0 ; Lincolnshire . 11.

Cheetham . Cheshire,14 ; Not

t inghamshire,16.

Chell . Staffordshire,12 .

Cheney . Huntingdonshire, 14 .

C hennells . Hertfordshire,40.

Chenow eth . Cornw all,10.

Cheriton . Devonshire,10.

Cherry . Northamptonsh ire , 15 ;Oxfordshire

,25 .

Cheshire . Nottingham shire,12 .

Chester . Leicestershire and

Ru tlandshire,17 ; Shrop

shire,17.

Chesters . Cheshire , 17.

Chettle . Nottingham shire, 12 .

2 11 2


Chew . Northamptonshire, 25 .

Chilcott . Dorset , 3 0.

Child— Childe . Shropshi re , 10 ;Sussex

,9 .

Childs . Hertfordshire,3 0 ; Su s

sex,9 .

Chittenden . Kent,12 .

Chitty. Su ssex,10 .

Chivers . Cam bridgeshire , 24 .

Chow en— Chown . Devonshire ,7.

Chrisp . Northumberland, 14

(S ee Crisp . )Christm as . Cam bridgeshire , 24 ;Ham pshire, 17 ; Huntingdonshire

,14 ; Surrey, 2 5 .

Christy . Essex,2 1 .

Chubb . Devonshire, 9 .

Chugg . Devonshire,8 .

Church . Bedfordshire , 15 ; Berk

shire , 20 ; Essex , 21 ; Nor

thampton shire , 15 .

Chu rches . Som ersetshire, 18 .

This nam e is apparently a

corru ption Of C hurchu s,

w hich is an abbreviated

form Of C hurch ou se, both

Of which are also found in

the cou nty .

Chu rchill . Dorsetshire,

25

Middlesex , 40.

Churchm an . Su ssex, 14 .

Chu ter . Su rrey, 25 .

Clack . Berkshire , 3 0 ; Oxford

shire , 3 0.

Clapham . Yorkshire,West

Riding, 16.

C lapp. Som ersetshire,12 .

Clapton . O xfordshire , 20.

Clare . Oxfordshire , 20.

Claridge , Bedfordshire,20.

Clark— C larke . Bedfordsh ire ,55 ; Berkshire, 60 ; Bu ck

ingham shire,150 ; C am

bridgeshire , 81 ; Cheshire ,51 ; Cornw all , 16 ; Cumberland andWestm oreland

,77

Derbyshire , 2 1 ; Devon

shire , 3 7 ; Durham ,44 ;

Essex, 100 ; Glou cester

shire, 83 ; Hampshire, 43 ;

Herefordshire,17 ; Hert

fordshire,90 ; Huntingdon

shire, 42 ; Kent , 24 Lanca

shire , 27 Leicestershire

and Ru tlandshire , 120 Lin

colnsh ire,80 ; Norfolk , 87 ;

Northamptonshire, 80 ; Nor

th um b erland, 41 ; Nottingham shire

,96 ; Oxfordshire,

3 0 ; Shropshire , 25 ; Som ersetshire, 54 ; Staffordshire ,22 ; Suifolk

,55 ; Su rrey,

20 ; Su ssex , 30 ; Warwick

shire , 65 ; Wiltshire, 70 ;Worcestershire , 56 ; York

shire,West Riding , 3 4

Yorkshire , North and EastRidings, 54 . The relative

proportion Of these two

nam es varies som ewhatcapriciously in the different

counties . It m ay be, however

,remarked that Clark

is tw ice or three times as

frequ ent as Clarke in thecounties bordering Scotland

and in Yorkshire . In therest Of England they m ay

be in equal num bers in onecounty and in very unequalnumbers in the next ; but,



Cock . Cornw all,50 ; Devon

shire, 7; Essex , 21 ; Som er

setshire , I7.

Cockbu rn . Northum berland, 11.

Cockerill Cockerell . North

amptonshire , 20 Yorkshire ,North and East Ridings, 10.

C ooking . Bedfordsh ire , 15

Cornw all , 12 ; Nottingham a

shire,20.

Cockram— C ockeram . Devon

shire,18 . C ockrem is a

rare form .

C ockshott . Yorkshire , West

Riding , 10.

Codd. Lincolnsh ire,9 .

Codling . Yorkshire,North and

East Ridings . 9 .

Coe . Cam bridgeshire , 10 ; Essex,9 ; Norfolk , 15 ; Suffolk,14 .

Cogan— Coggan . Som ersetshire,9 .

Coggin . Hertfordshire,18 .

Coggins . Oxfordshire, 15 .

Colclough . Staffordshire,12 .

Cole . Bedfordshire,20 ; C am

b ridgeshire, 29 ; Devon

shire , 70 ; Dorsetshire, 20 ;Essex , 3 6 Gloucestershire,2 7 ; Hampshire , 3 0 ; Herefordshire

,20 ; Hertford

shire,25 Lincolnsh ire , 16 ;

Middlesex,25 Norfolk, 11

Northamptonshire , 15

Som ersetshire,20 ; Suffolk,

14 ; Wiltshire, 53 Worces

tershire, 18 .

Colem an . Bedfordsh ire , 15

Devonshire , 6 ; E ssex , 18 ;Gloucestershire 17 ; Kent,

2 1 Norfolk,11 ; North

amptonsh ire , 20 Su ssex,

18 . Colm an is a rare formfoundmostly in Norfolk andEssex .

Coles . Devonshire,26 ; Dor

setshire,2 7 ; Hampshire ,

21 Northampton shire , 20 ;Oxfordshire , 3 0 ; Som ersetshire

,40 Warw ickshire ,

18 .

Coley. Worcestershire , 2 2 .

Collard. Kent, Som erset

shire,9 .

Collen . Cambridgeshire, 48 .

Collett . Cambridgeshire , 24Oxfordshire

,40 W iltshire

,

18 . In Cam b ridgeshire ,Collet .

Colley . North W'

ales,24 .

Collier . Berkshire , 10 ; Cheshire,12 ; S taffordshire , 8 ; S ur

rey, 15 . In Surrey,usu ally

Collyer .

Collinge . Lancashire , 17.

Collingham . Nottingham shire,

12 .

Collings— Collins . Berkshire

20 ; Cornw all, 17 ; Devon

shire,10 ; Dorsetshire , 15 ;

Gloucestershire , 20 Hamp

shire,2 1 Herefordshire

,

17 ; Kent , 54 ; Linco lnshire ,15 Som ersetshire , 20 S taf

fordshire,12 ; Sufl

'

olk,11 ;

S urrey,20 ; Su ssex , 4 3 ;

Warw ickshire, 18 ; Wilt

shire, 26 ; Worcestershire,14 ; South Wales, 22 . Col

lings is characteristic of the

south - w est Of England


(Cornwall, Devonshire ,Gloucestershire

,Som erset

shire) , w here it is also associated w ith Collins .

Collingwood. Durham ,20 ; Lin

co lnshire,8 .

Collinson . Durham,20 Lan

cashire, 9 Yorkshire, Northand East Ridings, 13 .

Collishaw . Lincolnshire,9 .

Collison . Durham,12 Kent ,

12 .

Colson . S u lfolk,

.14 .

C olw ill . D evonshire,9 .

Com bes . Wiltshire,26. (S ee

Coombes . )Com ely . Glou cestershire , 14 .

Com er . Som ersetshire,11 .

Comm on : Northum berland,14 .

Compton . Wiltshire,Congdon . Cornwall,Coney . Lincolnshire, 8 .

Constable . Hertfordshire,18 ;

Kent,15 .

C onyb eare— C onib ear. Devon

shire , 7.

Cook— Cooke . Bedfordshire,

60 ; Berkshire, 20 ; Buck

ingham sh ire , 20 C am

b ridgeshire , 20 Cheshire,

40 Derbyshire , 2 1 ;D evon

shire , 24 Essex , 24 Glou

cestersh ire, 60 ; Hereford

shire , 3 7 Hertfordshire,

3 6 ; Kent, 40 ; Lancashire ,26 Leicestershire andRut

landshire, 17 ; Lincolnshire,4 2 Monm outhshire

,17

Norfolk, 50 ; Northam pton

shire,65 Northum berland

,

22 ; Nottinghamshire,40 ;

4 71

O xfordshire,60 ; Shrop

shire,4 3 ; Som ersetshire ,

26 ; S taffordshire , 14 ; S uffolk

,62 ; Su rrey, 45 ; S us

sex , 21 Warwickshire,3 2

Wiltshire, 24 ; Worcester

shire, 61 ; E orksh ire , WestRiding ,

9 Yorkshire,North

and East Ridings, 22 . It

w ould appear from my list

that am ongst the . farm ersCook is rather m ore thanthree tim es as frequ ent asCooke . How ever

,in Nor

folk,Northamptonshire , and

Herefordshire the tw o

nam es occur w ith equ alfrequ ency . Cooke is Oftenbetter represented in theCou rt than : in the TradeDirectory, as for instancein Nottingham shire and

GlOu cestershire,it being

evident that , as in the caseof the Brownes, the term in

‘

al ‘e indicates a rise inthe social scale .

Cookson . Cheshire,20 ; Lan

cashire,27.

Cooling. Lincolnshire,7.

Coombe . Devonshire,8 .

C oom b esw C oomb s . Do rsetshire,

26 Ham pshire,2 1

‘

r; S om ersetshire

,19 Wiltshire

,. 3 4 .

(S ee Combes . )Cooper . Bedfordshire

, 40

Berkshire,3 0 ; Bucking

ham shire,3 0 ; Cheshire , 62

Derbyshire , 4 6 Devonshire

, 7 Essex , 2 7 ; Hampshire

, 70 ; Herefordshire ,


17 Hertfordshire,3 5

Kent,24 ; Lancashire , 17 ;

Leicestershire andRu tlandshire

, 64 ; Lincolnshire , 3 0 ;Norfolk

,27; Northampton

shire,30 ; Nottingham shire ,

40 ; Oxfordshire , 3 5 Shrop

shire , 17 Som ersetshire ,9 ; Staffordshire, 3 8 ; Suf

folk,44 ; Su rrey,

20 ; S u s

sex,45 ; Warw ickshire , 50 ;

Wiltshire , 18 ; Worcester

shire,43 ; Yorkshire,West

Riding, 2 1 Yorkshire,

North and East Ridings,3 0.

Cope . Cheshire,9 ; Der

"

by sh ire ,7 Staffordshire

,48 .

Copem an . Norfolk, 7.

C opestake . Derbyshire, 7.

Copp . Devonshire,11 .

Coppard. Sussex, 2 1.

Copping Coppin . Cornw all ,10 ; Lincolnshire , 7 ; Suf

folk,25 .

Corbett . Gloucestershire,17 ;

Herefordshire,14 ; Shrop

shire , 14 ; Warw ickshire28 ; Worcestershire , 26 .

C orb ishley . S tafi ordshire,24 .

Corden— Cordon . Nottingham

shire, 12 S tafl’

ordshire , 12 .

C orderoy C orderey. Berkshire

,3 8

C orfield. Shropshire,58 .

Corke . Su ssex,14 .

Corner . Som ersetshire , 9 .

Cornes . Cheshire , 15 ; Kent,12 .

Corney. Huntingdonshire , 14 .

Cornford. Sussex , 2 1.

Cornish . Berkshire , 30 ; Devon

shire,14 Som ersetshire ,

20.

C ornock . Glou cestershire , 27.

- Cornw ell . Cambridgeshire , 20

Hertfordshire,3 5 Sussex ,

18 .

Corp . Som ersetshire , 20.

Corringham Nottingham shire,

12 .

Cory. Cornwall , 9 Devon

shire,7.

Cosh . Somersetshire , 9 .

Cossey. Norfolk,11 .

Cottam . Lancashire , 16 ; Not

tingham shire,12 . In Lan

cashire,Cotham is also

found.

Cotterill— Cotterell . Berkshire,7 Cheshire , 9 Derbyshire ,

’

‘11 Staffo rdshire , 26 War

w ickshire , 725 Worcesterashire ,

‘

14 . The abbreviated

form s, Cottrell and Cottrill ,frequ ently accompany thesenam es

,especially in War

w ickshire , Staffo rdshire ,and Worcestershire .

Cottingham . Lincolnshire, 8 .

Cottle . W iltshire , 18 .

Cotton . Herefordshire , 14 Lei

cestershire and Ru tland

shire , 17 ; S taffordshire , 14 .

Cou ch . Cornwall , 14 .

Coulson . Durham ,24 Lin

colnshire, 8 ; Northum b er

land, 51 Yorkshire , North

and East Ridings, 2 1.

Coulthard . C um berland and

Westm oreland, 3 8 Dur

h am ,12



Crapper. Yorkshire,West

Riding, 10.

Craven . Lincolnshire,

10 ;

Yorkshire,West Riding,

15 ; Yorksh ire , North and

East Ridings, 10

Craw ford. Lincolnshire , 8 ;

Northumberland, 3 7 ; Not ~

tingham shire,12 .

Craw ley . Bedfordshire , 3 0

Northamptonshire,15 .

Crawshaw . Yorkshire,West

Riding,11.

Craze . Cornwall,12 .

Creaser . Yorkshire,North and

East Ridings , 9Creasey. Lincolnshire , 29

Nottingham shire,

Cres

sey is also represented,thou gh scantily, in Lincoln

shire .

Creber. Cornw all,8 ; Devon

shire , 7.

Creed . Dorsetshire , 15 ; Som er

setsh ire,2 7.

Crees— Creese . Som ersetshire,

.

24 ; Wiltshire , 3 6 ;Worces

tershire , 18 .

Cressw ell . Derbyshire, 7 ;Wore

cestershire,18 .

Crimp . Devonsh ire,6 .

Crisp . Bedfordshire, 10 ; C am

bridgesh ire , 15 ; Norfolk , 9 .

Critchley. Lancashire,6.

Cr itchlow . Derbyshire , 27 ; S taf

fordshire,3 8 .

Crocker . Devonshire,25 ; Dor

setshire, 30 Som ersetshire ,9 .

Crockford. Berkshire,20.

Crocombe . Devonshire , 9 .

Croft. Lancashire,9 ; Lincoln

shire , 13 ; Warw ickshire ,15 ; Yorkshire , North and

East Ridings , 10.

Crofts . Derbyshire, 7 ; War

w ickshire, 18 .

Crom pton . Lancashire,10.

Crook . Bu ckingham shire,50 ;

Devonshire , 7 ; Glou cestershire

,. Hampshire , 3 9

Lancashire,2 1 ; Wiltshire ,

26

Crookes. Derbyshire, 9 .

Croom . Som ersetshire 11 .

Croom e . Gloucestershire,11 .

Cropley . Lincolnshire,9 .

Cropper. Lancashire,20 .

Cross . Bu ckingham shire , 24 ;Cam bridgeshire , 29 ; Che

shire,12 ; Dorsetshire , 26 ;

Essex, 3 0 ; Lancashire , 20 ;


shire, 3 0 ; Lincolnshire , 17

Norfolk, . 22 ; Nottingham

shire . 20 ; Oxfordshire , 20 ;Suffolk

,9 ; Worcestershire ,

Crossland— Crosland. Derbyshire

,15 ; Yorkshire , West

Riding ,16. Croslandm ostly

found in the West Riding .

C rossley. Lancashire , 18 York

shire,West Riding,

24 .

Crossm an,Som ersetshire , 19 .

Crouch . Bedfordshire , 30

Bu ckingham shire,24 ;Hert

fordshire,18 ; Sussex, 18 .

Crow— Crew e . Cambridgeshire ,20 ; Durham , 3 2 ; Lincoln

shire , 9 ; Norfolk , 17.

Crowhurst . Kent, 3 0.


Crow le . Cornw all , 8 . folk,14 ; Wiltshire , 18 .

C row les . Monmou thshire, 28 . (S ee Cou rtice . )Crow ther . Lancashire , 8 , Cu ss— Cu sse . Wiltshire , 18 .

Yorkshire ,West Riding,26. Cu tforth . Lincolnshire

,8 .

C ro x on . Essex , 12 Cuthbert . Lincolnshire , 11.

Crump . Glou cestershire, 3 0 ; Cu tting . Su ffolk,26 .

Herefordshire,11 Mon C utts . Derbyshire , 15 .

m ou thshire , 17 Worcester

shire , 2 2 .

C ubitt . Norfolk,20.

C ul len . Nottinghamshire, 12 ;

Som ersetshire,9 .

C ulley. Norfolk,15 .

C u llimore . Glou cestershire,40.

C u lshaw . Lancashire,15 .

Cum berland. Nottingham shire,

12 .

C um b erledge . S taflb rdsh ire,8 .

C um ing . Devonshire,10.

Cundall C undell C undill .

Yorkshire,West Riding, 12 ;

Yorkshire , Nor th and EastRidings, 11 . Cundall is

m ore characteristic Of theWest Riding .

Cundy . Cornw all, 9 .

Cunliffe . Lancashire,8 .

Cupit .-Derbyshire , 7.

Cu reton . Shropshire,12 .

C urling . Kent , 3 9 .

C urnow . Cornw all, 27.

C urrall. Warw ickshire , 15 .

Cu rry . Du rham,16 ; Som erset

shire,9 .

Cu rson . Norfolk,9 .

C urtis . Berkshire , 20 ; Bu ckingham shire

,60 ; Cornw all,

8 ; Dorsetshire , 3 0 ; Essex,15 ; Hampshire , 17 ; Lin

colnsh ire,11 ; Norfolk , 11 ;

Nottinghamshire,3 2 ; S uf

Daft . Lincolnshire , 9 ; Not

tingham shire,12 .

Dagger . Lancashire , 10.

Dainty . Northampto nshire, 15 .

Dakin. Cheshire , 12 ; Derbyshire , 44 ; Staffordshire , 10

S uffolk , 7. This is b y far

the m ost common form of

the nam e . In Derbyshireit is som etim es w rittenDaykin . In Suffolk w e find

Daking.

Dalby . Leicestershire and Rutlandshire

,13 .

Dale . Cheshire, 48 ; Cornw all,12 ; Derbyshire , 23 ; Here

fordshire, 3 1 ; Oxfordshire ,20 Staffordshire, 3 2

Su rrey,10 ; Yorkshire

,

North and East Ridings, 40.

Dallyn . Devonshire,8 .

Dalton . Bu ckingham shire,18 ;

Derbyshire, 7; Lincolnshire ,9 .

Dalzell— Dalz iell . Cumberlandand Westm oreland; 20.

Dam erell . Devonshire , 8 .

Dam pier . Som ersetshire, 6 .

Danby . Yorkshire , North and

East Ridings , 11 .

Dancer . Buckingham sh ire,3 0.

Dand . Northum berland, 14 .


Daniel . Bedfordshire,8 ; Corn

w all, 20 ; Dev onshire , 15 ;Glou cestershire

,10 ; Wor

cestershire,

14 Sou thWales, 10.

Daniels . Bedfordshire, 8 ; Glou

cestershire, 26 ; Kent , 15 ;Norfolk , 26 ; South Wales,10.

Dannatt . Lincolnshire, 7.

Darby . Essex,12 Som erset

shire , 12 ; Worcestershire ,22 .

Darbyshire — Derbyshire . Chesh ire , 19 Derbyshire, 13 .

Darch . Devonshire,11 .

Dare . Devonshire, 8 .

Dark . Kent,12 .

Darling . Durham,16 .

Darlington . Cheshire,

3 4 ;

Shropshire,17.

Darnell . Leicestershire and

Rutlandshire,17.

Darrington . Bedfordshire,20.

Dart . Devonshire,9 .

Darvell— Darvill. Buckinghamshire

,40 .

Darwin . No ttingham shire, 8 .

Daubney . Lincolnshire, 7.

Davenport . Cheshire, 3 6 Shrop

shire,12 .

Davey— Davy . Cornw all,43 ;

Devonshire , 23 ; Essex , 12 ;Lincolnshire

,22 Norfolk

,

7 ; Som ersetshire , 17 ; S uffolk

,18 . These are b y far

the m ost comm on form s Of

this nam e , Davie beingOnly occasionally found, as

in Devonshire and Norfolk .

Davey and Davy’

are nearly

always associated in the

sam e county, b u t Davey isthe more frequent ofthe tw o .

David. Monm ou thshire,28 ;

Sou th Wales, 87.

Davidson - Davison . C um berland and Westm oreland

,

'

70 ; Du rham , 48 ; North-um b erland, 70 ; Su ssex

,

141 ;—Yorkshire

,North


-These ’ border names areassociated in Nor thumberland in equal proportions .

In C um berland the Davidsons greatly prevail, and in

Du rham,the Davisons are

m ore num erous . In Scotland

,Davidson is the form

of the nam e .

Davies . Bedfordshire , 25 ; Berk

shire,l 4z ; Cheshire ,

'

65 ;

Cornwall,9 ; Glou cester

shire , 20 ; Herefordshire ,250 ; Hertfordshire, 12 ;

Lancashire,8 ; Monm ou th

shire , 4 30 ; Shropshire , 23 8Som ersetshire , 11 ; Stafford

sh ire,12 ; Warwickshire ,

13 ; Worcestershire, 25 ;

North Wales,500 ; South

Wales,600.

Davis . Bedfordshire , 25 ; Berk

shire , 141 ; Buckingham shire

18 Cheshire , 20 Cornw all ,5 ; Derbyshire , 9 ; Dorset

shire, 3 5 ; Gloucestershire,80 ; Hampshire, 30 ; Here

fordshire , 50 ; Hertford

shire , 3 5 ; Kent , 12 ; Dan

cash ire, 7 Monm outhshire ,



Suffolk,16 Yorkshire,

North and East Ridings , 20.

In Devonshire occasionallyDinn is .

Denny . Norfolk , 7 S ufi olk,

11 .

Densem Densham . Devon

shire,8 .

Dent . Du rham ,24 ; Hereford

shire , 14 ; Yorkshire, North

and East Ridings , 20.

Derrick . Som ersetshire , 12 .

Derrim an . Dorsetshire, 11 .

Derry . Nottingham shire,12 .

D esborough . Bedfordshire , 10.

Desforges . Lincolnshire , 9 .

Deverell . Buckingham shire,20 ; Oxfordshire , 15 .

Dew . Berkshire , 55 ; C am

bridgeshire , 15 ; Hereford

shire,14 ; Monm ou thshire ,

17 ; Wiltshire, 18 . In

Berksh ire,Dew e .

Dew hu rst . Lancashire , 26.

Dexter . Leicestershire and

Rutlandshire , 26 .

Dibb . Yorkshire,West Riding ,

12 .

Dibben . Dorsetshire , 2 5

Wiltshire , 14 .

Dibble . Som ersetshire , 12 .

Dicken— Dickin . Derbyshire ,11 ; Shropshire, 3 8 .

Dickens— Dickins . Bedford

shire , 3 0 ; Buckingham

shire,40 ; Hertfordshire ,

18 ; Northamptonshire , 3 5 .

These tw o varieties are

always associated in the

sam e county .

Dicker. Devonshire , 7.

Dickinson— Dickenson . C um

berland andWestm oreland3 9 ; Gloucestershire

,20 ;

Hertfordshire , 25 ; Lancashire

, 44 ; Lincolnshire ,20 ; Northumb erland, 63 ;

Yorkshire,West Riding ,

3 0 ; Yorkshire , North and

East Ridings, 17. Dickinsonis b y far the m ore frequent .

Dicks. Som ersetshire,12 .

Dillam ore . Bedfordshire, 20.

Dilnotf Kent,12 .

Dim ent— Dym ent .‘Som erset

shire,14 .

Dimm ock Dim ock .

b ridgeshire , 20.

Dimond - Dym ond. Devonshire

,18 .

Dingle . Cornw all, 19 .

Dinning. Northumberland,14 .

Dinsdale . Yorkshire,North


Diplock . Sussex,14 .

Dix. Norfolk, 7.

Dixon . Berkshire,20 C um

berland andWestm oreland,

90 Du rham,3 6 Kent , 12

Lancashire , 3 8 Lincoln

shire, 19 Norfolk, 26

Northamptonshire , 15

Nor thum berland, 92 ; Not

tingham shire,16 Worces

tershire , 14 Yorkshire,

WestRiding,26 Yorkshire

,

North and East Ridings , 4 7.

The original form ,Dickson,

comm on on the Scotch side

of the border, is sparinglyfound on the English side


it is represented in theNorth and East Ridings .

Dobbs . Glou cestershire , 14 .

Doble . Devonshire,11.

Dobson . Cheshire , 99

; Durham ,

3 0 ; Lancashire , 26 ; North

um b erland, 14 ; Yorksh ire ,West Riding, 9 York

shire , North and EastRidings , 25 .

Dodd. Berkshire , 20 Che

shire,3 2 ; Devonshire, 8 ;

Northumberland,67 ; C x

fordshire , 15 Shropshire ,14 Staffordshire, 16 .

Dodds . Durham ,20 ; Lincoln

shire , 11 Northum b erland,


East Ridings , 10.

Dodgson . Cumberland and

Westm oreland,20 Lanca

sh ire, 8 ; Yorkshire , WestRiding,

11 . Dodson occurs

in the West Riding .

Dodw ell . Buckingham shire,40 ;

Oxfordshire , 15 .

Doel . Wiltshire , 2 2 .

Doggett. Cam bridgeshire , 29 .

Doidge . Devonshire,14 .

Dom iny . Dorsetshire , 20.

Domm ett . Devonshire, 9 .

Donald . Cumberland andWest

m oreland, 25

Doncaster . Nottingham shire,

20.

Done . Cheshire , 26.

Dook . Lincolnshire,7.

Dooley. Cheshire , 11.

Doolittle . Worcestershire,10.

Dorey . Dorsetshire , 15Dorm er. Berkshire

,20.

b

9

Dorrell . Shropshire,14 ; Wor

cestershire , 3 4 .

Dorrington . Hertfordshire,15

Huntingdonshire , 14 .

Doubleday . Leicestershire andRu tlandshire

,17 ; Norfolk ,

14 .

Douglas . Du rham , 12 ; Northampton shire, 25 ; Northum b erland

,44 .

Dover . Bu ckingham shire, 20.

Dowdesw ell . Gloucestershire,

2 7.

Dowding . Dorsetshire, 20

Glou cestershire,17 Som er

setshire,11 ; Wiltshire, 13 .

Dow ell . Leicestershire and

Rutlandshire,26.

Dow n . Devonshire, 3 4 ; Som er

setshire,11 .

Downing . Cornwall,10 ; S uf

folk,11 .

Downs— Downes . Cheshire,12

Derbyshire, 7 ; Shropshire ,3 3 Staffordshire

,12 York


Dow nes is m ostly fou ndin Cheshire and S hropshire .

Dows Dow se . Lincolnshire,

Dow sett . Essex , 15 .

Dow son . Du rham,28 ; York

shire , North and EastRidings , 19 .

Drabble . Derbyshire, 7.

Drackley. Leicestershire and

Ru tlandshire, 3 4 .

Drage . Northamptonshire , 3 0.

Drake . Devonshire,20 ; Dor

setshire , 40 ; Norfolk, 20 ;



20.

Drakes . Lincolnshire , 12 .

Draper . Bedfordshire , 20 Lan

cashire , 9 .

Draycott . Leicestershire and

Ru tlandshire , 3 0 ; Stafford

shire , 8 .

Drew . Cornw all , 9 Devon

shire,14 ; Glou cestershire ,

3 0.

Drew ery Drew ry . Lincoln

shire, 16. (S ee Dru ry) ,

Drew itt . Hampshire , 18 .

Dring . Lincolnshire , 18 .

Drinkall . Lancashire, 8 .

Drinkw ater . Cheshire,12 Der

byshire , 7; Glou cestershire,11 .

Driver . Cambridgeshire , 3 5 ;Lancashire

,8 ; Yorkshire,

West Riding, 11.

Dronfield. Derbyshire, 7.

Druce . Berkshire , 10 ; North

amptonshire , 15 .

Drudge . Hampshire, 18 .

Drury . Lincolnshire, 16. (S ee

Drew ry . )Dryden . Durham ,

28 North

umb erland, 3 0.

Duce . Shropshire, 12 .

Du ck . Yorkshire,North and

East Ridings, 11 .

Duckett . Som ersetshire,20 ;

Yorkshire, West Riding,13 .

Du okham . Monm outhshire, 11.

Duckm anton . Nottingham sh ire,

12 .

Duckworth . Lancashire , 17.

Dudding . Lincolnshire, 10.

Duffield. Norfolk, 9 .

Dufty . Devonshire, 7.

Dugdale . Lancashire,

10


10.

Duggan . Sou th Wales,17.

Duggleby . Yorkshire,North


Duke . Dorsetshire,10 ; Sussex,

40.

Dum brell - Dumb rill . Sussex ,18 .

Duncombe , Bedfordshire,20.

Dunderdale . Lancashire , 8 .

D unford. Dorsetshire,15 .

Dungey . Kent,2 1 .

Dunkley . Northam ptonshire,

3 0.

Dunn . Derbyshire, 7 ; Devon

shire , 20 Dorsetshire,20 ;

Durham,24 ; Northum ber

land,3 3 Shropshire

,14 ;

Staffordshire,8 Warwick

shire , 20 ; Worcestershire ,18 ; Yorkshire , North and

East Ridings, 3 1.

Dunning . Devonshire , 10

Dorsetshire,20 ; Warw ick

shire, 20 ; Yorkshire , North

and East Ridings , .18 .

Dunstan . Cornw all , 4 7.

Durden . Dorsetshire,20.

Durham . Nottingham shire,12 ;


Ridings, 9 .

Durose . S tafi ordshire , 10.

Durrant . Bu ckingham shire,

12 ; Dorsetshire , 15 ; Nor

folk, 2 2 Suffolk, 20 ;

Sussex , 25 .

Durston . Somersetshire, 3 4 .



Hertfordshire,20 ; Kent,

15 ; Monm ou thshire , 140 ;

Norfolk, 3 1 ; Oxfordshire,

20 Shropshire,

2 10

Som ersetshire,3 8 ; S taf

fordshire,18 ; Suffolk , 3 0 ;

Su rrey ,20 ; Su ssex , 18 ;

Warw ickshire , 25 ; Wilt

shire,3 6 ; Worcestershire,

3 8 ; North Wales, 150 ;

Sou th Wales,140.

Eggins . Devonshire , 6 .

Eggleton . Berkshire,20 Bu ck

ingham shire , 25 .

Eggleston . Du rham ,12 .

Eglinton . Norfolk,9 .

Ekins . Hu ntingdonshire , 45 .

Elb ourn . Cam bridgeshire , 20.

E ldridge . Northamptonsh ire,15 ; Su ssex , 29 .

E ley . Derbyshire, 9 .

E lford. Dorsetshire , 10 .

Elgey— Elgie . Yorkshire , North

and East Ridings ,9 .

Elkington . Warw ickshire , 20.

E llacott— E llicott . Devonshire,

9 .

E llaw ay.

E llerby . Yorkshire,North .and

East Ridings , 8 .

Elliot t— Elliot . Berkshire,140

Bu ckingham shire, 45

Cornw all,20 Cumberland

and Westm oreland,

“22

Derbyshire , 40; Devonsh ire,25 ; Dorsetshire , 2 1 ; Dur

ham,60 ; Ham pshire , 22 ;

Hertfordshire,25 ; Deices

tershire and Ru tlandshire,

17 ; Norfolk , 9 ; Northumb erland, 41 Notting

ham shire,18 ; Su rrey, 20 ;

Su ssex,50 ; Warw ickshire

20 ; W l l tshire,27 ; York

shire,West Riding,

18 .

Elliott is the usu al form of

this nam e all over England .

Elliot is more frequ ent inNorthumberland and Dur

h am >than in the other

counties (excepting,per

haps,Norfolk) , though even

there it has only onehalf of th e frequ ency of

Elliott .

Ellis . Cambridgeshire , 3 8 ;

Chesh ire , 11 ; Cornw all, 14 .

Derbyshire , Dev on

shire , 43 ; Essex , 27 G lou

cestershire,14 ; Hampshire ,

13 ; Kent , 24 ; Leicester

shire and Ru t-landshire , 20Lincolnshire , 2 1 ; Norfolk ,15 ; Nottingham shire , 20 ;Shropshire , 22 Surrey,

25 ;

Su ssex,18 ; Warwickshire ,

15 Yorkshire, West

Riding,26 Yorkshire ,

NorthNorth Wales

,25 .

Ellison . Lancashire , 13 ; Wilt

shire,22 Yorkshire

,West

Riding, 10.

E llw ood. Cumberland and

Westmoreland, 57 Lanca

shire , .10.

Elm itt . Lincolnshire , 8 .

Else . Derbyshire , 13 .

E lsm ore . Staffordshire , 10.

Elston . Devonshire , 7.

E lw orthy . Devonshire, 14 .

Elvidge . Lincolnshire, 8 .


Ely. Essex,12 ; Gloucester

shire, 11 .

Embleton . Northumberland, 14 .

Em brey. Herefordshire,14 .

Em ery . Norfolk,15 ; North

amptonsh ire , 20 ; Stafford

shire,8 .

Emm erson— Em erson . Du rham,

28 ; E ssex, 12 ; Lincoln

shire,20 Northu mberland,

11 Nottingham shire,

Yorkshire , North and East

Ridings, 9 . Emm erson is

the m ost frequ ent form of

this nam e . In Lincolnshire

w e find Empson associated

w ith it ; and in Essex

Emson is the sole represen

tative .

Emm ott . Yorkshire,West

Riding,18 .

Endacott . Devonshire , 14 .

England . Huntingdonshire, 11

Som ersetshire , 9 ; York


English . Du rham,16 ; Lin

colnshire, 11 ; Norfolk , 9 ;Northumberland

,2 2 .

Ensor . Dorsetshire , 15 .

Entwistle . Lancashire , 3 4 .

Entwisle is a less comm onform .

Epton . Lincolnshire,9 .

Erlam . Cheshire,9 .

Errington . Du rham,28 North

umb erland,2 2 .

Esam . Nottingham shire,20.

Essex . Worcestershire,22 .

Etchells . Cheshire,14 .

Etheridge , Su ssex,10.

Eva. Cornwall, 14 .

4 8

Evans . Bedfordshire,10 ; Berk

shire,18 ; Bu ckingham

shire, 11 ; Cheshire, 3 0 ;

Cornw all,14 ; Derbyshire ,

20 ; Devonshire , 7 ; Gloucestershire

,46 ; Hereford

shire, 82 ; LeicestershireandRu tlandshire

,13 ; Mon

m ou thsh ire,2 20 ; Notting

ham shire,16 ; Shropshire ,

2 10 ; Som ersetshire, 2 2 ;

Staffordshire,2 4 ; Worces

tershire,3 0 ; North Wales,

500 ; South Wales, 520.

Eve . Essex,2 1.

Eveleigh Eve ly . Devonshire

, 7.

Everall . Shropshire,4 3 .

Evered. Som erset, 9 .

Everett— E veritt . Cam bridgeshire , 15 ; Essex, 12 ; Lincolnsh ire

,16 Norfolk

,18 ;

Suffolk, 18 Wiltshire, 18 .

Everett is the m ost frequ entform , though the two areusually associated in thesam e county . In Lincolnshire Everatt is generallyfound.

Evershed. Sussex,14 .

Evison . Linco lnshire, 11.

Ewer . Middlesex,25 .

Eyre . Derbyshire , 25 Nottingham shire

,12 .

Fagg . Kent,15 .

Failes . Norfo lk,13 .

Fairbairn . Northumberland,14 .

Fairbanks . Nottingham shire,

12 ; Staffordshire , 10.

Fairchild. Devonshire, 7.

2 1 2


Fairclough . Lancashire , 17.

Fairey Fairy . Bedfordshire ,10 Buckingham shire

,10 ;

Huntingdonshire, 18 . Fareyism ostly found in Buckingham shire .

Fairhead. E ssex , 27.

Fairthorne . Berkshire , 25.

Fallow s Fallowes . Staffordsh ire

,14 .

Fane Bedfordshire,10.

Farm er . Devonshire,13 ; Kent,

12 Leicestershire andRut

landshire , 3 0 ; Shropshire ,29 ; Surrey,

20 ; Wiltshire ,18 Worcestershire , 26 .

Farnsw orth . Nottingham shire,

16.

Farr . Herefordshire,51 ; Hert

fordshire,40 Lincoln

shire , 7.

Farrall. Staffordshire,10.

Farrant . Devonshire,13 ; S us

sex,18 .

Farrar— Farrer . Bedfordshire,

15 ; Cumberland and West

m oreland,13 ; Yorkshire ,

West Riding, 2 2 . Thesenam es are associated in

Yorkshire and probablyelsewhere .

Farrow . Lincolnshire,11 Nor

folk,20 ; Suffolk , 14 .

Farthing . Som ersetshire , 15 .

Fau lder. Cum b erland andWestm oreland, 3 2 .

Faulkner . Bu ckingham shire,20;

Cheshire,24 Lincolnshire

,

8 ; Oxfordshire , 18 ; S taffordshire, 10. In O xfordshire

Falkner is also found.

Fawcett . Cumberland and

Westm oreland, 22 ; York

shire , West Riding ,20 ;


Ridings, 24 .

Fawkes . Gloucestershire , 17.

Fay. Ham pshire , 16.

Fazackerley— Fazakerley. Lan

cashire,11.

Fear . Som ersetshire , 3 2 .

Fearn . Derbyshire, 29 .

Fearon . Cumberland andWest

m oreland,20.

Feather . Yorkshire ,West Rid

ing,

F .eatherstone Durham,

20


Ridings, 28Feaveryear Feaviour. Suf

folk, , 9 .

Felgate . Essex,15 .

Fell . Cumberland and West

m oreland,

'

3 9 Lancashire, 8 .

Felton . Shropshire, 14 .

Fenem ore . Bu ckingham shire,12 ; Oxfordshire , 20.

Fenner . Essex , 15 .

Fensom . Bedfordshire , 15 .

Fenton . Nottingham shire, 12 .

Fenw ick . Du rham,12 ; North

um b erland, 2 2 Yorkshire,

North and East Ridings,

Fergu son . Cumberland and

Westm oreland,25 ; North

um b erland, 11.

Fern . Staffordshire , 8 .

Ferneyhou gh . Cheshire, 9 ;

Staffordshire,26.

Ferris ..Devonshire, 9 ; Wilt

shire,45.



a few examples of the nam eofFlinton .

Flook— Flu ck . Glou cestershire,24 . Flux also occu rs inthis county.

Florey . Oxfordshire,15 .

Flow er . Dorsetshire,2 1; Som er

setshire,12 ; Wiltshire

,

3 5 .

Flow ers . Buckingham shire,15 .

Floyd. Som ersetshire,9 .

Foale . Devonshire , 9 .

Fogden . Su ssex,29

Folkard. Essex, 15 .

F0 11. Bedfordshire,20.

Follett . Hampshire,4 7 ; Som er

setshire,11 .

Follow s . Worcestershire , 1Q

Fooks . Dorsetshire,46.

Foot. Dorsetshire,46 .

Foottitt— Footitt . Nottinghamshire

,16 .

Ford. Bedfordshire,18 ; Berk

shire,25 ; Chesh ire, 3 6 ;


17 Devonshire,3 0; Dorset

shire , 46 ; Glou cestershire ,43 ; Hampshire , 3 8 ; Herefordshire

,24 ; Shropshire,

12 ; S om ersetshire , 19 ; S taffordshire , 10 ; Suffolk, 16 ;Sussex , 25 Worcestershire ,2 2 .

Form an . Lincolnshire,11.

Forrest . Lancashire,9 .

Forrester . S taifordshire, 10.

Forryan . Leicestershire and

Ru tlandshire,20.

Forshaw . Lancashire,15 .

Forster . Cum berland andWestm oreland

,27 ; Du rham ,

24 ;

Northum b erland, 70 ; Wor

cestershire , 12 . (S eeFoster. )Fortescu e . Huntingdonshire ,

18 Northamptonshire,20.

Fortnam . Worcestershire , 14 .

Fortnum . Oxfordshire,15 .

Foss . Devonshire,8 .

Foster . Cambridgeshire , 20 ;

Cheshire,17 ; Cumberland

and Westm oreland,13

Derbyshire, 9 Durham,

3 2 ; Gloucestershire , 11

Ham pshire,25 ; Hertford

shire , 25 ; Kent , 24 ; Lancashire

,15 ; Leicestershire

and Ru tlandshire,13 ; Lin

co lnshire, 3 6 Northum b er

land, 3 7 Nottingham shire

,

60 ; Oxfordshire , 25 ; S om

ersetshire,12 ; Stafford

shire,3 2 ; Su ssex, 30 ;

Worcestershire,10 ; York

shire,West Riding, 3 2 ;


Ridings, 3 8 .

Fou lke Fowke . Derbyshire ,7.

Foulkes . North Wales, 25 .

Fountain Fountaine . Buck

ingham shire,48 .

Fow le . Kent , 15 .

Fow ler . Bedfordshire,

10 ;

Bu ckingham shire,20 De

vonshire, 9 ; Dorsetshire ,

3 6 ; Du rham,20 ; Glou ces

tershire , 40 Lancashire ,13 ; Lincolnshire , 17; North

amptonshire, 15 Som erset

shire , 12 Staffordshire, 10Worcestershire , 14 .

Fowles . Shropshire , 10.


Fothergill . Durham , 7 ; York

sh ire,North and East

Ridings, 6.

Fox . Cum berland and West

m oreland,12 ; Derbyshire,

50 ; Kent, 12 ; Lancashire,10 ; Leicestershire and Ru t

landshire,3 0 ; Lincolnshire ,

Norfolk, 17 ; Nottingham shire , 3 6 ; Oxfordshire ,3 5 ; Worcestershire ,Yorkshire, West Riding,I2 Yorkshire , North and

East Ridings, 12 .

Foxton . Yorkshire , North and

East Ridings, 8 .

Frampton . Berkshire, 20 ; Dora

setshire, 26 ; Oxfordshire;14 ; Som ersetshire , 9 .

Francis . Cornwall , 12 ; Essex ,

2 1 ; Monm ou thshire, 4 5 ;

Norfolk,15 ; Shropshire ,

12 ; Som ersetshire,

19 ;

S uffolk , 9 ; Wiltshire , 40 ;South Wales

,44 .

Frank . Shropshire, 12 ; York

shire, North and. East

Riding s, 12 .

Frankcom b e— Frankcom e . Wilt

shire,18 .

Frankland‘

. Yorksh ire,West

Riding, 10 ; Yorkshire ,North and East Ridings, 9 .

Franklin . Bedfordshire, 18 ;

Berkshire,20 ; Bucking

ham shire, 30 ; Essex; 12 ;Hertfordshire, 28 ; No rth

amptonshire , 15 ; Oxford

shire,45 .

Franks . Lincolnshire, 12 ; Som

ersetshire, 12 ; Yorkshire ,

4 87


Frearson . Leicestershire and

Rut landshire,17.

Freeb ody . Berkshire,20.

Freegard . W iltshire,3 1 .

Freem an . Bu ckingham shire ,Cambridgeshire, 24 ;

Essex, 18 ; Glou cestershire ,17 Herefordsh ire, 14


shire, 2 5 ; Norfolk , 11

Northamptonshire , 25 ; Nott ingham shire

,. 10 Oxford

shire , 14 Suffolk , 3 4 ;‘War

w ickshire, 24 ; Worcester

shire,3 0.

Freer . Leicestershire and Rutlandshire

,2 1 ; Yorkshire ,


Freestone . Leicestershire and

Ru tlandshire,17.

Freeth . Wiltshire , 80.

Freethy . Cornw all,8 .

Frem lin . Kent,12 .

French . Bu ckingham shire,18 ;

Cambridgeshire, 15 De

v onshire, 3 4 ; Durham , 12 ;

E ssex, 3 3 ; Ham pshire, 12 ;Kent

,15 Northa

'

mpton

shire,20a; Oxfordshire , 3 1

Worcestershire,14 .

Fretw ell . Derbyshire, 7.

Friend. Devon shire,14 .

Frisby. Linco lnshire,11:

Frith . Cheshire , Derbyshire , 15 S om ersetshire

,9 .

Froggatt . Derbyshire, 23

Herefordshire,20.

Frogley . Berkshire,20.

Frohock . Cambridgeshire, 24 .

488 HOMES OF FAMILY N AMES .

Froom e .'Berkshire, 25 .

Frost . Derbyshire , 3 0 ; Devon

shire , 8 ; Essex , 15 ; Monm ou thshire, 2 2 ; Norfolk,9 ; Northamptonshire, 20 ;Not tingham shire,

.

12 Som

ersetshire,29 .

Frow . Lincolnshire,10.

Fry . Devonshire , 13 ; Dorset

shire, 2 6 ; Som ersetshire ,3 4 ; Surrey, 15 ; Wiltshire,75 .

Fryer . Cheshire, 14 ; Leicester

shire and Ru tlandshire , 2 5

Nottinghamshire,12 ; York

shire , West Riding, 11 ;


Ridings, 8 .

Fu lcher . Suffolk,11 .

Fu lford. Devonshire, 7 ; Wilt

shire , 18 .

Fu llard. Cambridgeshire , 20.

Fuller .

“Buckingham shire, 18 ;Kent, 20 ; Norfolk, 24 ;

Oxfordshire,18 ; Sussex, 3 2 .

Funnell . Su ssex,21.

Furber . Cheshire,9 .

Furneaux . Devonshire, 7.

Furness— Fu rniss . Derbyshire ,40 ; Durham ,

20. Furneis

is a form of this nam efou nd in the county of

Du rham .

Furse - Fu rze . Devonshire,10.

Fyson . Cam bridgeshire , 24 .

Gab b . Worcestershire,18 .

Gadsby . Derbyshire , 9 Huntingdonshire , 15 .

Gadsden. Bedfordshire, 20 ;

Buckinghamshire, 3 0.

Gagg. Nottinghamshire,16

Gale . Devonshire, 10 Dorsetshire , 26 ; Hampshire , 20Monm outhshire

,45 ; North

amptonshire , 15 ; Oxfordshire

,Wiltshire

,13 .

Gallim ore . Cheshire,9 .

Gallon . Northumberland,

-14 .

Gallow ay . Yorkshire , Northand East Ridings, 9 .

Galpin . Dorsetshire,26.

Galtey. Cornwall,10.

Gam ble . Norfolk, 13 .

Gammon . Devonshire,18 .

Gander . Sussex, 43 .

Ganderton . Worcestershire,

14 .

Gapp . No rfolk, 9 .

Garbutt . Yorkshire,North and

East Ridings, 45 .

Gardiner— Gardner . Berkshire,

25 ; Cambridgeshire , 24 ;

Cheshire, 14 ; Essex , 3 3 ;

Glou cestershire,2 7 ; Hert

fordshire,25 ;

'Kent,15

Lancashire,3 1 ; Leicester

shire andRu tlandshire,25 ;

Norfolk, ,9 Northampton

shire , 3 0 ; Nottingham shire,

12 Oxfordshire , 30

Sussex,2 1 Warw ickshire

,

4 5 Worcestershire, 2 2 .

Gardner is by far the m ostcomm on . Gardiner is

’

m ore characteristic ofNorfolk, Essex, Cheshire, and

Gloucestershire . Gardener

is a rare form m ostly foundIn Northamptonshire .

Gare . Somersetshire , 11 .

Garlick . Wiltshire , 22 .

Garm an . North Wales, 10.



shire,21 ; Glou cestershire ,

60 Herefordshire,

14

Kent,15 ; Norfolk , 15 ; C x

fordshire,15 Som erset

shire, 12 ; Su rrey, 12 War

w icksh ire, 70 Wiltshire

18 Worcestershire,2 2

Sou th Wales,2 2 .

Gibby . Sou th Wales,12 .

Gib lett . Som ersetshire , 11 .

Gib son . Cheshire,9 ; Cum ber

land andWestm oreland, 57;Derbyshire , 7 Durham

,64 ;

Lancashire , 8 ; Lincolnshire ,15 Northum b erland

,44

Nottingham shire,3 6 S taf

fordshire,2 2 Yorkshire

,

West Riding,9 ; Yorkshire,

North and East Ridings ,24 .

Giddings . Hertfordshire ; 20 ;"N orfolk

,9 Su rrey,

12

Wiltshire,13 . In Norfolk

,

Giddens .

Gidley . Devonshire,6.

Gifford. Cambridgeshire , 2 4

Dorsetshire , 15 Hu ntingdonshire

,14 Som erset

shire, 22 .

Gilbert . Cornwall,25 ; Devon ;

shire,18 ; Kent , 12 ; Lei

cestershire and Ru tlandi

shire , 43 ; Lincolnshire, 12 ;Norfolk

,9 ; Northampton

shire,4 5 ; Staffordshire, 10 ;

Warw ickshire,45 WOrces

tershire, 3 0.

Giles. Cornw all,10 Devon

shire, 7 Northamptonshire ,15 Som ersetshire

,9 Wilt

shire, 22 .

Gilhespy . Northum b erland, 14 .

Gilks . O xfordshire,12 ; War

w ickshire,18 .

Gill . Berkshire,10 ; Cornw all ,

17 ; Devonshire , 18 ; Leicestershire and Ru tlandshire

,13 Nottingham shire ,

24 Som ersetshire , 11

Worcestershire , 18 ; Yorkshire

,West Riding, 52 ;

Yorkshire , North and EastRidings ,

Gillard Devonshire ,Gillb ard. Cornw all, 9 .

Gillett . Kent,

Oxfordshire,4 5 ; Som ersetshire, 9 .

Gilliart — Gilliatt . Lincolnshire ,

Gil lingham . Dorsetshire , - 48 .

Gillman — Gilm an . Derbyshire ,13 ; S tafi ordshire , 18 .

Gim son . Leicestershire and

Ru tlandshire,13 .

Ginger. Bu ckinghamshire , 24 .

Girling . Essex, 12 Norfolk,

15 ; Suffolk, 3 7.

Gittins . Shropshire, 41 NorthWales

,20.

Glanville4 — Glanvill . Cornwall

10 ; Devonsh ire , 7.

Glass. Devonshire , 7 Wiltshire , 20.

Glasson . Cornwall , 14 .

Gleave . Cheshire, 14 .

Gledhilh Yo rkshire , WestRiding,

Glendenning.

Glendinning .

Northumberland, 18 .

Glover . Cheshire,12 ; Lanca

shire , 2 3 ; Leicestershire

andRutlandshire, 25 S taf

ENGLISH AND

fordshire, 3 0 Warw ickshire, 2 2 .

Gloyn . Devonshire,10.

Goacher. Su ssex 25 .

Godber . Derbyshire , 7 ; Nottingham shire , 12 . In theNottingham shire Cou rt Di

rectory w e find Godb ehere,

the original form of thisnam e .

Goddard. Berkshire,55 ;Derby

shire,

Dorsetshire, 3 1 ;

Hampshire,3 0 Norfolk .

17 S ufi olk, 3 0 Wiltshire,

13 .

Godden . Kent, 12 .

Goddier— Goodier . Cheshire,9 .

Godfrey. Bedfordshire,20

Cambridgeshire , 24 Glou

cestershire,14 ; Hertford

shire,18 Huntingdonshire ,

7 ; Leicestershire and Rut

landshire , 17 ; Northamp

ton shire , 15 Som ersetshire

,17 ; Su rrey, 15 .

Godsall . Herefordshire,

20.

Godsell also occu rs in thiscounty .

Godson . Lincolnshire,8 ; Not

tingham shire, 20.

Godw in . Berkshire,15 Hamp

shire , 17 ; Oxfordshire , 24 ;Wiltshire

,58 .

Goff. Northam ptonshire, 25 .

Golby . Northamptonshire , 15 .

Golden . Cam bridgeshire, 20 ;

Norfolk, 6 .

Golding. Norfolk, 9 Wilt

shire,18 .

Goldsm ith . Suffolk, 16 Sussex,

2 1.

WELSH NAMES .

Goldstraw . S tafi ordshire , 12 .

Go ldsw orthy . Cornw al l, 16.

Gomm . Buckinghamshire , 25 .

Gooch . Norfolk,

Goodacre . Linco lnshire , 7 ; Not

tingham sh ire , 1 2.

Goodall . Cheshire , 11 ; Derbyshire , 3 1 ; Nottingham shire ,10 ; Shropsh ire , 10 ; S taf

fordshire,10.

Gooday . Essex , 12 .

Goodchild. Bu ckingham shire ,18 ; Essex , 2 1 ; Suffolk, 3 0 .

Goode . Northamptonsh ire, 15 .

Gooden . Som erset, 8 . (S ee

Gooding. )Gooderham . S ufi olk, 16.

Goodhew . Kent, 3 6.

Gooding. Som erset , 15 ; S uffolk,18 . ( S ee Gooden . )

Goodman . Bedfordshire , 15 ;

Bu ckingham ,3 0 ; Cornw all

19 Leicestershire and Ru t

landshire,3 0 ; Northam p

tonsh ire , 15 .

Goodrich . S uffolk,9 ; South

Wales, 9 .

Goodridge . Devon,7 ; Sou th

Wales,9 .

Goodson . Leicestershire and

Ru tlandshire , 17 ; Somer

setshire, 9 .

Goodw ill. Yorkshire , North and

East Ridings, 10.

Goodw in . Cheshire , 3 0 ; Derbyshire, 40 ; Herefordshire ,17 Hertfordshire , 17

Kent, 3 3 ; Lincolnshire , 10 ;

Norfolk , 7 ; Nottingham

shire , 12 ; Oxfordshire, 12

S taffordshire , 54 ; Suffolk,


18 ; Surrey, 20 ; Worcester

shire,14 .

Goodyear. Lincolnshire, 9 .

Goose . Lincolnshire , 11 .

Gornall , Lancashire , 11 .

Gorringe . Sussex,25 .

Gorst . Lancashire, 18 .

Gorwyn . Devonshire,6 .

Gosden . Su rrey, 20.

Gosling. Berkshire, 15 ; Ham pshire

,2 1 Lincolnshire , 10 ;

Sufi olk, 11.

Goss. Buckingham shire, 20

Devonshire , 11.

Gott . Yorkshire,West Riding, 8 .

Gough . Buckingham shire, 20 ;Herefordshire

,24 ; Shrop

shire,29 ; Wiltshire , 2 7.

Gould. Berkshire,10 ; Cheshire,

9 ; Derbyshire , 25 ; Devonshire

,10 ; Dorsetshire , 3 1 ;

Glou cestershire, 17; Som er

setshire, 17 ; Staffordshire,

Goulder . Norfolk, 11.

Goulding. Glou cestershire,14 .

Gou lter. Glou cestershire,14 .

Gow er. Kent,12 .

Gowing. Norfolk,15 Suffolk ,

11 .

Gow lett . Essex,15 .

Grace . Buckingham shire,20 ;

Lancashire, 8 .

Graham . Berkshire, 20 ; C umberland andWestm oreland,

100 ; Durham ,28 ; North

um b erland, 63 ; Yorkshire,North and East Ridings,14 .

Grainger . Yorkshire, Northand East Ridings, 10.

Grange . Buckinghamsh ire , 15

Hertfordshire, 3 5 ; York


Granger . Worcestershire,14 .

Grant . Devonshire, 7 Dorset

shire, 15 ; Lincolnshire , 9

Warwickshire , 20.

Gratton . Derbyshire , 11 .

Graves . Cambridgeshire , 3 8 ;Lincolnshire , 17 ; Nottingham shire

,12 .

Gray . Bedfordshire, 10 ; C am

bridgeshire , 15 ; Dorset

shire , 20 ;Du rham,9 ; Essex ,

15 ; Ham pshire , 17 ; Hert

fordshire, 30 ; Huntingdon

shire , 12 ; Kent, 12 ; Lin

colnsh ire , 13 ; Norfolk, 9 ;Northum berland

,26 No t

tingham shire , 12 ; Sufi olk,

16 ; Surrey, 15 YorkshireNorth and East Ridings, 14 ,

(S ee Grey . )Grayson . Yorkshire , WestRiding, 13 ; Yorkshire ,North and East Ridings,9 .

Greatorex— Greatrix . Derbyshire , 17 ; Lancashire, 8 ;S tafi ordshire, 8 . Greatorex

is m ostly found in Derbyshire , but also in Stafford

shire Greatrix in Stafford

shire and Lancashire ; Gratrix in Lancashire .

Greaves , Buckingham shire, 24 ;Cheshire

,9 ; Derby shire , 9 ;

Lancashire , 9 ; Nottingham

shire , 24 ; Warwickshire ,2 5 ; Worcestershire , 3 4 ;

Yorkshire,WestRiding, 12 .


494

Grigg. C o rnw all , 4 5 .

Grills . Cornwall,10 ; Devon

shire , 8 .

Grim es . Warw ickshire, 2 5 .

Grim sey. Suffolk, 20.

Grim shaw . Lancashire , 16.

Grim w ood. S uffolk,23 .

Grindey— Grindy . Derbyshire ,

15 ; Staffordshire, 22 .

Grist . Wilt shire , 18 .

Groom . Northamptonshire , 20 ;Shropshire

,17 ; Suffolk ,

14 . Groom e is a rare ‘

form ,

found m ostly in Northamptonshire .

Cornwall,16 .

Ground— Grounds . Cambridge

shire , 29 .

Grove . Worcestershire , 3 0.

Groves . Dorsetshire , 40 ; Leices

shire and Ru tlandshire , 13Shropshire, 22 ; Som erset

Grose .

shire, 9 ; Worcestershire,15.

Grow cott . Shropshire, 12 .

Grumm itt . Lincolnshire, 13 .

Grundy . Herefordshire,

17 ;

Lancashire , 18 ; Lincolnshire, 7 ; Nottingham shire

,

12 .

Guest. Kent, 12 ; Worcestershire

,14 .

Guilding . Worcestershire,18 .

Gulliver . Northamptonshire,

20.

Gunn . Nottingham shire,12 .

Gu nter . Berkshire,15 ; Glou

cestershire, 17.

Gu ppy . Dorsetshire, 7.

Gurney . Bedfordshire,

15


Bu ckingham shire , 3 5 Hertfordshire , 15 .

Guy . Bu ckingham shire,

24 ;

Dorsetshire,2 5 ; Yorkshire

North andEast Ridings, 11 .

Gw illiam — Gw illim . Herefordshire

,28 ; Monm outhshire ,

2 2 ; Shropshire, 22 .

Gw ilt. Shropshire,3 1 .

Gwynne . Monm ou thshire,17.

Gyun . Cornw all, 12 .

Gyte . Derbyshire , 7.

Hack . Leicestershire and Ru t

landshire , 20.

Hackin Hakiu . Lancashire ,9 .

Haddon . Northam ptonshire , 15 ;Warwickshire

,15 .

Hadfield. Derbyshire , 52 .

Hadingham . Suffolk, 20.

Hadland. Northamptonshire ,20 ; Oxfordshire , 15 .

Hadley . Worcestershire, 22 .

Haffenden . Su ssex,18 .

Haggar— Hagger . Cambridge

shire, 20.

Haggett . Som ersetshire , 9 .

Hague . Cheshire , 9 ; Derbyshire , 9 ; Yorkshire, West

Riding, 10 .

Haigh . Yorkshire ,West Riding,45 .

Haine . Som ersetshire, 15 . (S ee

Hayne . )Haines . Herefordshire , 9 ; C x

fordshire , 12 ; Som erset

shire , 11. (See Haynes . )Hainsworth . Yorkshire, WestRiding,

9 . (S ee Ains

worth . )


Hale . )heshire, 11 ; Glou ces

tershire,24 Hertfordshire,

18 ; Monm outhshire , 28 ;

Surrey, 12 Wiltshire,22 .

Hales . Northamptonshire, 15 .

Haley . Yorkshire ,West Riding ,

11 .

Halfacre . Berkshire, 20.

Halford. Worcestershire , 18 .

Hall . Bedfordshire , 3 5 ; Berk

shire,15 Buckingham shire ,

3 0 ; Cambridgeshire, 4 3 ;

Cheshire, 40 ; Cornw all ,16 ; Cumber land andWestm oreland

,40 ; Derbyshire ,

90 ; Devonshire , 15 ; Du r

ham,108 ; G loucestershire,

3 6 Ham pshire, 4 3 Herefordshire

,

'4 1 ; Hertfordshire

,27 Huntingdonshire ,

19 ; Lancashire, 3 4 Leices

tershire and Ru tlandshire,

3 8 ; Lincolnshire, 3 1 ; Monm ou thshire

,28 ; Norfolk,

4 2 Northam ptonshire, 3 0

Northum berland,13 3 ; Not

tingham shire, 50 ; Oxford

shire , 3 50; Shropshire, 3 1 ;

Som ersetshire, 11 ; S taf

fordshire, 40 ; Su rrey, 12 ;Sussex , 18 ; Warw ickshire ,45 Wiltshire

,22 Worces

tershire, 26 ; Yorkshire ,

West Riding, 3 4 ; Yorkshire, North and EastRidings , 4 1 ; South Wales,22 . (S ee Halls .)

Hallam . Derbyshire, 23 ; Nottingham shire

, 50.

Hallett . Devonshire, 11 ; Dor

4 95

setshire,15 ; Somerset

shire,14 .

Halliw ell . Lancashire, 9 .

Halls . Essex,24 .

Hallw orth . Bedfordshire, 15 .

Halsall . Lancashire,21.

Halse . Devonshire, 8 .

Ham . Cornw all,9 ; Devon

shire , 7 ; ,Som ersetshire

,26 .

Ham ar . Herefordshire,

11

Shropshire,3 3 South

Wales ; 17. O ccasionallySpelt Ham er .

Hambleton . S tafi ordshire , 10.

Ham bly . Cornw all,14 .

Ham brook . K ent,24 .

Ham es . Dorsetshire,15 .

Ham lyn . D evonshire,23 .

Hamm ersley . Staffordshire,l O.

Hamm ond. Cheshire,20 ; Es

sex ,] 2 ; Ham pshire , 17 ;

Kent,50 ; Lincolnshire , 11


shire, 15 ; Shropshire , 14 ;Staffordshire

,10 ; Suffolk ,

3 4 ; Sussex , 18 ;Worcester

shire , 14 ; Yorkshire , WestRiding, 10. Ham ond is arare Norfolk form ; Ham

m on is a rare Kent form .

Ham pshire . Yorkshire, WestRiding, 10.

Hampson . Cheshire , 11 ; Lan

cashire , 8 ; Shropshire, 20.

Hampton . Shropshire, 10 ;

Su ssex, 14 ;Worcestershire ,14 .

Hancock . Cheshire, 11 ; Corn

w all , 20 ; Derbyshire , 3 0 ;Devonshire , 22 ; Glou cestersh ire, 18 ; Som ersetshire,


15 Staffordshire , 16 Wilt


18 . Handcock is charac

teristic ofGloucestershire .

Hancorn . Herefordshire , 14 .

Hand. Derbyshire , 9 Lincoln

shire; 9 ; Staffordshire, 10.

Hands . Warwickshire , 42 ;

Handford. Derbyshire , 11.

Hanham Hannam . Dorset

shire, 15 Som ersetshire ,12 .

Handley . Derbyshire, 13 Nor

folk, 9 ; Yorkshire , WestRiding, 23 . Hanley is an

occasional West Ridingform .

Hankey . Cheshire , 12 .

Hankin . Hertfordshire , 20.

Hanks . Gloucestershire, 14 .

Hann . Dorsetshire , 20.

Hannaford. Devonshire , 3 8 .

Hansford. Dorsetshire , 3 1 .

Hanson . Yorkshire; WestRiding, 24 .

Harber . Worcestershire, 14 .

Hard. Hertfo rdshire, 15 ; Su s

sex ,14 .

Hardacre Hardaker. Lanca

shire , 10 ; Yorkshire , WestRiding, 8 . Hardicker

.

and

Hardiker are also Lanca

shire form s .

Hardcastle . Yorkshire , WestRiding, 12 .

Harden . Kent, 12 .

Harding. Bu ckinghamshire,20;

Cheshire , 14 ; Cornwall, 8 ;Devonshire

,26 ; Gloucester

shire , 24 ; Shropshire, 14 ;Som ersetshire , 63 S taf Harradine . Bedfordshire, 10.

fordshire, 8 ; Suffolk , 14 ;Wiltshire , 40 ; YorkshireNorth and East Ridings,12 ; South Wales, 22 .

Hardm an . Lancashire, 8 .

Hardstafi . Nottingham shire, 12 .

Hardw ick . Derbyshire, 13 ;

Herefordshire,20; Notting

hamshire,125i; Som erset

shire , 22 YOrkshire,North


Hardy; Derby sh ire , 20 ; Dor

setshire , Du rham,24 ;

Essex,18 ; Leicestershire

and Rutlandshire, 3 8 ; Lin

colnshire," 30 Norfolk, 15

Northumberland, 11 ; Not

tingham shire,3 6 York

shire, West Riding, 10 ;


Ridings, 13 .

Hargreaves . Lancashire , 48 ;Yorkshire , West Riding,42 .

Harker . Yorkshire , North and

East Ridings, 20.

Harland. Yorkshire, North and

East Ridings, 22 .

Harle . Northumberland, 11 .

Harm er. Norfolk,9 ; Sussex,

29 .

Harper . Bu ckingham shire,

‘

30 ;

Herefordshire,14 Shrop

shire, 17 Suffolk, 26 ;Wor

cestershire, 18 ; Yorkshire,West Riding, 17 ; York

shire, North and East

Ridings, 20.

Harpham . Nottingham shire,



Hatch . Som ersetsh ire, 9 ; S ur

rey, 12 .

Hatfield. Derbysh ire , 7 ; Not

tingham sh ire,16.

Hatherell. Glou ces tershire , 17.

Hathw ay . Wiltshire , 18.

Hatt . O xfordshire, 20.

Hatton . Cheshire,14 ; Hert

fordsh ire, 18 ; Leicester

shire and Ru tlandshire,2 1 Suffolk , 16 . Hatten is

a Suffolk form .

Haw es . Buckinghamshire , 20 ;Cambridgeshire , 20 ; S uf

folk,11.

Hawke . Cornwall,16.

Hawken . Cornwall, 4 3 (S ee

Hocking ),Hawkes . Bedfordshire , 14 ;

Northamptonshire, 3 0

Warw ickshire , 45 .

Hawkey . Cornw all,Hawking ,

Yorkshire , North

and East Ridings, 10.

Haw kins, Bedfordshire, 20 ;

Berkshire,

Bu ckingham shire

,2 3 ; Cornwal l, 8 ;

Devonshire , 24 ; Dorset

shire , 21 ; Gloucestershire,50 ; Ham pshire , 2 1 ; Herefordshire

,24 ; Hertford

shire , 15 ; Som ersetshire ,56 ; Staffordshire , 12 ;Wilt

shire , 45 ; Worcestershire,14 . Hawkings is ~ a rare

form m ostlyfoundin Som er

setshire .

Hawley. Derbyshire, 7.

Haworth . Lancashire , 40. (S eeHow orth. )

Hay. L incolnshire,10

Haydock . Lancashire ,Haydon . Devonshire , 20 ; Hert

fordshire , 20. Hayden , a

rare form .

Hayes. Cheshire,9 ; Derby

shire,

' 13 Lancashire, 17 ;Oxfordshire , 15 ; Som erset

shire , 24 ; Wiltshire , 13 ;Worcestershire , 14 . (S ee

Heyes. )Hayhurst . Lancashire , 8 .

Haym an . Devonshire, 11.

Hayne . Cornw all , 9 . (See

Haine . )Haynes . Derbyshire , 7 Here

fordsh ire, 9 ; Huntingdon

shire,25 ; Northam pton

shire, 25 ; Oxfordshire, 54 ;Shropshire , 17 Stafford

shire , 10 Warwickshire ,2 0 Worcestershire , 18 . (S ee

Haines . ) In Shropshire

and Warwickshire a few

Heynes . (S ee Haines .)Hayter. Dorsetshire , 26 .

Haythornthwaite . Lancashire, 8 .

Hayw ard. Devonshire , 7 ; Dor

setshire , ,15 Gloucester

shire , 17 ; Monm ou thsh ire ,22 Nottingham sh ire , 8

Shropshire , 26 S uffolk , 3 4 ;Su ssex

,18 ; Wiltshire , 3 1 .

Haward is a Suffolk form .

(S ee Heyw ard. )Haywood. Derbyshire, 9

Devonshire , 7 Hereford

shire, 14 Leicestershire

and Ru tlandshire , 2 1 ; Lin

colnshire, 9 ; Nottingham

shire , 8 . (S eeH eywood .)Head Sussex, 18 .


Heading . Norfolk,9 .

Headington . Berkshire,20.

Headon. Devonshire;Heal— Heale » Devonshire , 14 ;Som ersetshire ,

'27. Heale

is m ore characteristic of

Devonshire .Health . Devonshire, -7.

Healy— Healey , Buckinghama

shire,20 Lincolnshire

,- 7.

Heley also in Bu ckinghamshire .

Heam an . Devonshire, 7.

Heap . Lancashire,

Yorkshire

,W est R

‘

iding, 10.

Heard. Devonshire,18 .

Hearle . Cornw all,3 2 .

Hearn . Devonshire , 7 ; ~ E ssex,

21. (S ee Hern . )Heath . Berkshire

,3 5 ; Cheshire ,

12 ; Derbyshire , 13 ; Nottingham shire

,12 ; Som er

setshire,9 ; Staffordshire,

60. Warw ickshire , 3 0

Worcester,18 .

Heathcote . Cheshire,14 ; Der

byshire , 25 .

Heatley . Shropshire,14 .

Heaton ; Lancashire,2 1 York

shire,West Ridj ng ,

2 1 .

Heaver . Su ssex,2 1.

Hebden . Yorkshire, WestRiding,

12 Yorkshire,


Heb ditch . Som ersetshire,9 .

Hebron . Yorkshire ,North and

East Ridings, 10.

Heddon . Devonshire, 8 .

Hedges . Berkshire,3 0 ; Buck

ingham shire,55 ; Hertford

shire,15 Oxfordshire

,20.

499

Hedley . Durham ,24 ; North

umb erland, 67.

Heggadon . Devonshire , 7.

Heighw ay , Sh ropshire, 22 .

Helers Staffordshire, 10.

Hellier Hellyer . Cornw all,17 ; Devonshire , . 10 ; Dor

setshire,10; Som ersetshire ,

10. Hellier is the u sual

form . Hel lyar belongs to

Cornw all . (S ee Hillier . )Yorkshire

,West

Riding,3 0.

Helm er . Devonshire , 8 .

Helmsley. Nottinghamshire , 8 .

(S ee Hem sley. )Hembrow . Som ersetsh ire , 11 .

Hem m ing— Hemm ings . Glou

cestershire, 11 Oxford

shire,12 ; Warw ickshire ,

15 Worcestershire,2 6.

Us ually associated. Hem

ing is perhaps a Worcestershire form .

Hempsall . Nottinghamshire,3 2 .

Hem sley . Nottingham shire , 20

Su ssex , 2 5 . (S ee Helm s

Hem us . Worcestershire, 3 4 .

Henderson . C umberland and

Westm oreland,20 Dur

ham,40 Northumb erland,

74 .

Hendy . Cornw all,19 ; Devon

shire, 6.

Henley. VViltshire,8 .

Henshall . Cheshire,

-15 .

Henson . Leicestershire and

Ru tlandshire,17.

Henstock. Derbyshire, 11.

Henwood. Cornwall, 172 K 2


Heppell— Hepple . Du rham , 16 .

Hepw orth . Yorkshire,West

Riding, 512 .

Herbert. Glou cestershire, 24 ;Monm outhshire

,3 3 C x

fordshire,20.

Herdm an Northum b erland,18 .

Hern— Herne . D evonshire , 8 5

Norfolk , 13 . (S eeHearn . )Herrick . Nottingham shire

,9 ;

Leicestershire , 12 .

Herring . Lincolnshire,8 .

Herrod . Nottingham shire , 24 .

Heseltine . Yorkshire,N orth

and East Ridings, 20. Hessletine is a rare form .

Hesketh . Lancashire, 3 0.

Heslop . Durham,40 ; North

umb erland, 44 York


Ridings, 8 . Himp is a rareform .

Hesmondhalgh . Lancashire, 8 .

Hetherington . Cumberland andWestm oreland, 77 ; Northum b erland

,11 .

Hew er ..Gloucestersh ire

,20.

Hewett— Hew itt. Berkshire,

20 ; Cheshi re, 53 ; Norfolk ,17 ; Nottinghamshire , 12 ;Surrey, 20. Hew ett inBerks and Surrey ; Hew ittin Cheshire and No ttingham shire ; both .in Nor

folk .

Hewit son . Durham , 3 2 .

Hew lett . Glou cestershire, 20 ;Som ersetshire , 14 .

Hew son . Lincolnshire , 18 .

Hext . Devonshire , 9 .

Warw ick

Hey. Yorkshire , West Riding,24 .

Heyes . Lancashire, 20. (S ee

Hayes . )Heygate . Northamptonsh ire ,

15 .

Heyw ard. Devonshire, 9. (S ee

Hayw ard . )Heywood. Devonshire, 15 . (S ee

Hayw ood . )Hiatt — Hyatt . Gloucestershire ,

24 ; Oxfordshire, 2 5 ; War

w ickshire, 15 . Hiett is a

rare Iform .

Hibbard Hibberd. Dorset

shire , 2 1 ; Wiltshire , 27.

Hibbert . Cheshire, 9 ; Derby.shire , 11 ; Nottingham shire ,16.

H ick .

‘Yorksh ire , North and

East Ridings, 10.

Hicken— Hickin .

shire,3 0.

Hickl ing. Derbyshire , 7; Not

tingham shire,12 .

Hickm an . Berkshire , 20; Kent,12 .

Hickmott . Kent, '18 .

Hicks . Berkshire , 15 ; Corn

w all, Devonshire , 7 ;Durham ,

16 ; Essex , 21 ;

Som ersetshire , 20 ; S uffolk ,14 ; Yorkshire , North and

East Ridings, 10.

Hickson . Cheshire , 9 .

Hickton . Nottingham shire, 16 .

Hide . Sussex, 14 .

Hides . Lincolnshire , 10.

2

Higginbotham Higgingb ot

tom . Cheshire , 11 ; Derbyshire

,29 . Higginbotham



Hitchen Hitchin . Cheshire ,14 ; Lancash lre, 10. Hit

chon is also a Lancashire

form .

Hitchings— Hitchins . Cornw all ,10 ; Wiltshire , 18 .

Hoadley . Sussex , 2 5 .

Hoar— Hoare . Cornw all, 10 ;

Devonsh ire, 8 ; Dorsetshire ,26.

Hoath . Sussex , 18 .

Hobbs ; Berkshire , 3 0 ; Buck

ingham shire,45 ; Glou ces

tershire,3 6 Hertfordshire ,

20 ; Northam ptonshire , 15 ;Oxfordshire, 15 ; Wiltshire ,3 2 .

Hobby. Herefordshire , 14 .

Hobden . Sussex ,65 .

Hobgen . Su ssex, 14 .

Hobley. Oxfordshire,Hobson . Yorkshire, WestRiding,

26.

Hockenhall— Hockenhu ll . Che

shire , 24 . Hocknell , a c on

tracted form,is fou nd in

the sam e county.

Hockey. Som ersetshire , 9 .

Hockin— Hocking . C ornwall ,80 ; Devonshire, 10. Hocking is the m ore frequ ent .Hocken is a rare form .

(S ee Hawken . )Hockley . Essex

,2 1.

Hockridge . Devonshire, 8 .

Hoddell . Herefordshire, 14 .

Hodder . Devonshire,7 ; Dor

setshire, 15 ; Som ersetshire

,9 .

Hoddinott . Dorsetshire,10 ;

Hampshire, 13 ; Som erset

’

shire,3 2 ; Warw ickshire ,

10 ; Wiltshire , 9 ; Worces

tershire , 26. Hoddnott also

occu rs in Worcestershire

as w ell as Hodnett , w hich

8 8 6 ;

Hodge , Cornw all , 24 ; Devon

shire, 16 ; Lancashi1 e , 11 .

Hodges . Dorsetshire , 20 ,

Herefordshire, 3 4 ; Kent,15 Monm outhshire , 3 3 ;

Som erset, 17 ; Warwick

shire, 15 ; Worcestershire ,

Ho'

dgetts. Staffordshire, 12 ;-Worcestershire, 26 .

Hodgkins. Staffordshire , 10.

Hodgkinson . Cheshire , 17 ;

Derbyshire , 3 8 ; Lanca°

shire , 20 Nottingham shire ,“15 ; Staffordshire , 16.

-Hodgson. Cumberland and

Westm oreland, 57 ; DerbyShire , 9 ; Du rham

,100 ;

ELancashire, 3 0 ; Lincoln° Shire, 13 Northumberland,20; Nottingham shire, 8 ;

Yorkshire , West Riding,3 3 ; Yorkshire , North and

East Ridings, 68 . (S ee

Hodson . )Hodnett. Shropshire

,14

Worcestershire , 7. (S eeHoddinott . )

Hodson . Lancashire, 7 ; Lin

colnshire , 8 ; Nottingham

shire , 8 . (S ee Hodgson . )Hogarth . Cumberland and

Westm oreland, 18 North

umb erland, 7 ; Yorkshire ,North and East Ridings,


10. In Northumb erland

only in the“ Court Direc

tory .

” Hoggarth is a Lancashire form Hoggart and

Hoggard occu r in the Northand East Ridings .

Hogb en— Hogb in . Kent

,45 .

Hogg. Northumberland,48 .

Holb orrow— Holb row . Glou

cestershire,17 Wiltshire , 18 .

Holbrook . Nottingham shire,12 .

Holcroft Holdcroft Hou ld

croft . Lancashire,10 ;

Staffordshire,3 4 .

Holden . Lancashire,60 ; Lin

colnshire , 10 ; Suffolk , 11Yorkshire

,West Riding,

12 . Holding is a rareLancashire form . Houlden

is found in Lincolnshire .Holder. Glou cestershire , 20.

Holdom . Buckingham shire,20.

Holdsworth Hou ldsworth .


26

Hole . Derbyshire, 11 ; Devon

shire , 8 ; Som ersetshire , 20.

Holgate . Lancashire, 15 ; Yorkshire

,West Riding, 16.

Hollam by. Kent, 12 .

Hollands. Kent , 30.

Holland . Cheshire,66 ; Essex,

12 ; Lincolnshire , 11 ; Norfolk, 11 ; Nottingham shire

,

12 ; Oxfordshire, 20 ; Staffordshire

,3 2 ; Suffolk, 9 ;

Worcestershire , 18 .

Hollick. Warw ickshire, 20.

Holliday— Holyday. Yorkshire,

North and Eas t Ridings9 .

03

Worcestershire,

Hollier . Leicestershire and

Rutlandsh ire,17

:

Hollingsworth Hollingw orth .

Derbyshire , 25 ; S tafi ord

shire,12 .

Hollington.

22 .

Hollins . S taffordshire,26.

Hollinshead. Cheshire, 27.

Hollis . Hampshire , 21 Oxfordshire, 15 ; Staffordshire, 12 .

Hollow . Cornw all, 16 .

Hollow ay. Dorsetshire,

20

Gloucestershire , 24 ; Wiltshire, 13 ; Worcestershire ,14 .

Hollyoak . . (S ee Holyoak . )Holm an . Cornwall

,10 ; Sussex ,

18 .

Holm es. Berkshire, 25 ; C ambridgeshire , 20 ; Cumberland and Westm oreland ,

2 2 Derbyshire, 67 Devonshire, 7 ; Durham

, 64 ;

Hertfo rdshire , 18 ; Lancav

shire,2 3 ; Leicestershire

and Ru tlandshire,21 Lin

colnshire,48 ; Norfolk, 15

Northumb erland, 18 Nottinghamshire

,3 6 Sussex

14 ; Worcestershire,22 ;


56 Yorkshire,Nor th and

East Ridings, 23 . Holme isa rare Lancashire form .

HolneSs— Honess . Ken t, 2 7.

Holroyd. Yorkshire, WestRiding, 15 .

Holt . Buckingham shire , 45

Cheshire, 9 ; Lancashire ,46.


Holtom . Worcestersh ire , 14 .

Holton . Northamptonshire, 20.

Holyoak . Leicestershire and

Ru tlandshire, 9 Warw ick

shire,12 .

Hom e . Shropshire,17.

Hom er . Dorsetshire,26.

Hom ew ood. Kent, 24 ; Sussex ,

14 .

Hone . Oxfordshire , 15 .

Honey . Cornwall , 10 ; Devon

shire, 7.

Honeyfield. Dorsetshire,15 .

Honeysett . Su ssex , 29.

Honniball . Devonshire, 7.

Honour . Oxfordshire , 15 .

Hood . Dorsetshire,15 ; Nor

folk,9 .

Hook . Su ssex,18 .

Hooker . Kent, 21 ; Surrey, 20.

Hookway. Devonshire,16.

Hooley . Cheshire, 11.

Hooper . Berkshire , 10 ; Corn

w all,3 1 ; Devonshire , 3 4 ;

Glou cestershire, 40; Som er

setshire, 3 2 ; Wiltshire , 18 .

Hope . Cheshire , 11 Hereford

shire , 14 ; Kent, 21 ; Staffordshire

,10.

Hopkin— Hopkins. Bedford

shire , 3 0 ; Cambridgeshire ,3 8 ; Dorsetshire , 26 ; Glou

cestershire,43 Monm outh

shire , 22 ; South Wales,108 . Hopkins is the usu al

form ,Hopkin being asso

ciated w ith it in SouthWales and Cam bridgeshire .

Hopkinson . Derbyshire , 3 4 ;

Nottingham shire , 28 .

Hopley . Cheshire , 19.

Hopper . Cambridgeshire , 15 ;Devonshire , 8 ; Yorkshire ,North and EastRidings, 22 .

Hopps . Durham,24 .

Horn . Kent,12 ; Norfolk, 15 ;


12 . Hom e also occurs in

the West Riding .

Hornby. Lancashire,17 ; York


Ridings, 18 .

Horner . Yorkshire,West Riding,

12 ; Yorkshire, North and

East Ridings, 21.

Hornsby. Northamptonshire ,15 .

HOI°

Ob in -Horrob in . Derbyshire

,7 ; Staffordshire , 8 .

Horrocks . Lancashire,11.

Horsey . Som ersetshire, 9 .

Horsfall . Yorkshire,West

Riding,12 .

Horsley . Yorkshire,North and

East Ridings, 10.

Horton . B uckingham shire,12

Cheshire,19 ; Devonshire,

20 ; Shropshire , 14 ; War

w ickshire, 20 ; Worcester

shire, 18 .

Horwood. Buckingham shire,3 5 .

Hosegood. Devonshire,7 ;

Som ersetshire,11 .

Hoskin Hosking . Cornw all,65 ; Devonshire, 14 ; Hos

king is the usual form .

Hosken is a rare Cornish

form .

Hoskings Hoskins . Mon

m ou thshire, 28 ; Som erset

shire,12 .

Hotchkiss . Shropshire, 52 .



w ickshire , 15 ; Wiltshire ,49 ; Worcestershire , 3 4 ;

North Wales, 3 50 ; SouthWales

, 76 .

Hugill . Yorkshire , North and

East Ridings, 24 .

Hu lbert . Wiltshire, 3 0.

Hull . Bedfordshire , 15 ; Dor

setsh ire,15 ; Du rham

,24 ;

Ham pshire,17; Lancashire,

9 ; Wiltshire , 13 .

Hulland. Derbyshire, 7.

Hulm e . Cheshire,3 6 ; Lanca

shire,11 ; S tafi ordshire , 40.

Hum ble . Northum b erland, 7.

Hum b ley. Huntingdonshire ,20.

Humphrey . Berkshire , 30 ;

Hertfordshire , 15 ; Norfolk ,20 ; Surrey, 3 0 ; Su ssex ,18 . Humfrey is the Berkshire form .

Hum phreys Humphries .

Buckingham shire,

18

Gloucestershire , 20 ; Herefordshire

,14 ; Shropshire ,

3 0 ; Wiltshire, 22 ; Wor

cestershire,

16 North

Wales , 75 . Hum phreys isthe usual form . Hum

phries occu rs, u sually associated w ith it

,in Bu cking

ham shire, Gloucestershire ,

Wiltshire , and Worcester

shire . Humphris is a

Gloucestershire form .

Hunt . Bedfordshire,

18

Berkshire, 20 ; Buckingh amshire , 12 ; Cam bridge

shire , 20 ; Cheshire, 17 ;Derbyshire , 3 6 ; Devon

shire, 10 ; Dorsetshire , 75 ;Essex , . 18 ; Glou cestershire

, 3 3 ; Ham pshire, 3 4 ;Hertfordshire, 15 ; Kent,2 1 ; Lancashire , 20 ; Leicestershire and Rutlandshire ,30 ; Lincolnshire , 12 ; Middlesex

,3 0 ; Monm ou th

sh ire,3 3 ; Norfolk, 7 ;

Nor thamptonshire , 20'

Nottingham shire,3 6 ; C x

fordshire , 15 ; Som erset

shire , 3 1 ; Suffolk,26 ;

Surrey, 20 ; Sussex , 14 ;


shire , 45 ; Worcestershire ,

Hunter . Cumberland and

Westm oreland, Dur

ham,44 ; Lancashire, 16 ;

Norfolk , 11 ; Northumber

land, 18 ; Yorkshire, WestiRiding, 8 ; Yorkshire,North and East Ridings ,10.

Hurd . Som ersetshire, 9 .

Hu rford. Devonshire, 9

Som ersetshire , 9 .

Hu rley . Som ersetshire , 11.

Hurrell . Devonshire , 7.

Hu rren . S ufi olk,11.

Hurry . Cambridgeshire , 24 .

Hurst . Bu ckingham shire , 12 ;Lancashire, 17 .

Hu rt . N ottingham shire,20

Huskinson . Nottingham shire,12 .

Hussey. Somersetshire, 9 ;

Wiltshire , 13.

Hutchings. C drnw all , 8

Devonshire, O x ford

ENGLISH AND’

WELSH NAMES .

shire , 10 ; Som ersetshire ,27. Hu tchins is a rareform fou nd in Som ersetshire .

Hutchinson . Cum berland and

Westm oreland, 50 Derby

shire , 7 ; Durham,108 ;

Lincolnsh ire,11 ; North

um b erland,55 ; Notting

ham shire , 20 ; Yorkshire,West Riding,

14 ; Y orkshire, North and EastRidings, 40.

Hu tley. Essex,18 .

Hu tt . Oxfordshire,3 5 .

Hutton . Lincolnshire, 9 .

Huxham . Devonshire, 7.

Hu xley . Cheshire,11 .

Huxtable . Devonshire,25 .

Hyatt . (S ee Hiatt . )Hyde . Worcestershire, 14 .

Ibbo tson . Warwickshire,115 .

Ib ison . Lancashire, 7.

Iddon . Lancashire, 8 .

Iles . Gloucestershire,3 6.

Illingworth . Lancashire,

»7 ;

Yorkshire ,West Riding, 12 .

Ingall— Ingle . Lincolnshire

,10.

Ingate . S uffolk,20.

Ing. Buckingham shire, 20.

Inge . Kent,12 .

Ingham . Lancashire,9 ; York

shire, West Riding, 15 .

Ingl eby . Yorkshire,West

Riding, 10.

Ingram . Norfolk,9

Inions. Shropshire,12 .

Inns . Buckinghamshire, 12 .

Inskip . Bedfordshire, 15 .

Instone . Shropshire,17.

Ireland . Lancash ire,20; Sussex,


East Ridings, 10 .

Irish . Devonshire , 14 .

Irving. Cumberland andWest

m oreland,60 Northumber

land, 7.

aIsaac . Devonshire , 24 ; Glou ~

cestershire,14 .

I saacs . Devonshire,8 .

J sgar. Som ersetshire,9 .

Isted . Su ssex , 14 .

Ivatt . Cambridgeshire , 20.

Ivens .- Northamptonshire

,15 ;

Warw ickshire, 3 0.

. Ives . Middlesex,22 ; Norfolk ,

17.

Iveson . Yorkshire,North and

East Ridings, 13 .

. Ivey . Cornwall, 20.

Ivory . Hertfordshire, 20.

Izzard. Berkshire,20.

Jackman . Devonshire, 10.

Jacks . Shropshire,14 .

Jackson . Berkshire, 15 ; Buckingham shire

,18 ; Cheshire ,

98 ; C um berland andWest

m oreland,100 ; Derbyshire ,

56 Devonshire , 7 ; Durham ,

56 ; Essex, 30 ; Gloucester

shire , 24 ; Herefordshire,20 Hertfordshire, 40;Hun

tingdonshire , 15 ; Lan

cashire, 96 ; Leicestershire

and Rutlandshire, 50 ; Lin

colnshire, 4 3 ; Monm outh

shire , . 17 ; Norfolk, 20 ;

Northumberland, 26 ; Not

508'


tingham sh ire,60 ; ShrOp

shire , 24 ; Som ersetshire , 9 ;Staffordshire

,62 ; S uffolk ,

16 ; Sussex , 10 ; Warw ickshire

,60 ; Wiltshire , 18 ;

Worcestershire , 52 ; Yorkshire

,West Riding,

80 ;

Yorkshire, North and EastRidings, 106.

Jacob Jacobs . Norfolk,9

Som ersetshire,10.

Jagger . Yorkshire ,WestRiding,15 .

Jam es . Bedfordshire,20 ; Berk

shire,25 ; Cornw all , 64 ;

Cumberland andWestm oreland

,3 0 ; Devonshire , 24 ;

Dorsetshire , 45 ; Du rham ,

24 ; Gloucestershire,57 ;

Herefordshire , 54 Huntingdonshire


audRu tlandshire,17 Mon

m ou thshire , 170 ; Northamptonshire , 15 ; Nottingham shire

,3 2 ; Shropshire ,

50 ; Som ersetshire, 48 ;

Staffordshire,40 ; Su ssex ,

14 ; Warw icksh ire,

20 ;

Wiltshire,18 Worcester

shire,3 4 ; Yorkshire , North

and East Ridings, 10 ;

North Wales, 25 ; South

Wales, 185 .

Jam eson— Jamieson . Durham ,

24 .

Jane . Cornw all , 9 .

Janes . Bedfordshire , 15 ; Hertfordshire , 20.

Jaqu es . Yorkshire, North and'

East Ridings, 10.

Jarrett. Kent, 21.

Jarrom . Leicestershire andRutlandsh ire

,17.

Jarvis . Devonshire,7 ; Essex,

9 ; Kent, 24 ; Shropshire, 20S ussex

,14 . (S ee Jervis .)

Jasper . Cornw all,20.

Jay . He refordshire,17 ; Nor

folk, 71; Surrey,

Jeavons— Jevons. . S tafiordshire,

10.

Jeffcoate Jefi cote Jephcott.Warw ickshire

,3 0.

Jeiferies Jeffreys . Bedford

shire , 20 Berkshire,20 ;

Gloucestershire,

Monm ou thshire

,28 S omefset

shire,10 Suffolk

, 12 ;

Wiltshire,70. Jefferies is

the usual form . Jeffreysoccurs in Wiltshire and

Monm ou thshire , Jeffries in

Suffolk . Jefferys is characteristic ofWiltshire .

Jeffery. Cornwall,20 ; Derby

shire , 9 ; Devonshire , 15 ;Dorsetshire

,26 ; Somerset

shire, 15 Wiltshire , 18 .

Jelfrey is a rare form foundm ostly in Cornw all, where

it is associatedw ith Jeffery.

Jefferson . Cumberlan d and

Westmoreland, 40 ; York

shire , North and EastRidings . 20.

Jefi s . Cheshire , 14 .

Jelbert— Jelb ert Cornw all,12

Jellis . Huntingdonshire, 20.

Jenkin . Cornw all, - 54 .

Jenkins . Cornwall,

Devon

sh ire , 7 ; Gloucestershire ,14 ; Hampshire, 13 ; Here



40 Shropshire,500 Som er

setshire , 19 ; Staffordshire ,28 ; Warw ickshire, 3 8 ;


sh ire,13 8 ; North Wales,Sou th Wales

,650.

Jordan . Bedfordshire , 15 ;

Buckingham shire,l 1k;

0 Der

b yshire, 7 ; Devonsh ire , 7 ;Essex, 12 Glou cestershire ,14 ; Monm outhshire ,Oxfordshire , Yorkshire

,

North and East Ridings, 10.

Jordison . Yorkshire, North and

East Ridings, 8 .

Jose . Cornw all, 17.

Joseph . South Wales , 2 2

Joslin— Josling . Devonshire , 8

Essex,21 Suffolk

,12 . Jos

l in is the usu al form in thesethree counties . Josling is

also found in Essex and

Suffolk, in w hich last it isassociated w ith Gosling

(see) and a few Jocelyns .

Joule . Derbyshire , 9 .

Jow ett . Yorkshire,West Riding,

10.

Joy . Essex , 15 .

Joyce . Bedfordshire , 2 5 ; Essex,12 ; Som ersetshire, 12 .

Joyes . S ussex , 2 1 .

Ju b b . Yorkshire , West Riding,10.

Juhy . Suffolk , 11 .

Judd. Bedfordshire , 15 Essex ,9 Hampshire, 3 0 Norfolk,9 ; Wiltshire, 9 .

Judge . Buckingham shire , 30 ;Kent, 12 .

Jadkins . Northamptonshire, 15

Judson . Yorkshire,North and

East Ridings, 8 .

Ju lian— Ju lyan Cornw all,17.

Jupe .Jupp .

Wiltshire,9 .

Surrey, 15 ; Sussex , 2 1 .

Karn‘

: Su rrey, -20.

Kay Kaye . D urham,12 ; Lan

cashire, 3 0 Yorkshire

,

West Riding, 2 5 . Kaye ismostly found in the WestRiding -and Kay in Lancashire .

Keast . Cornw all,16 .

Keeble . Suffolk,18 .

Keedw ell . Som ersetshire,9 .

Keel . Som ersetshire , 14 .

Keeling . Staffordshire,18 .

Keen— Keene . Buckinghamshire

,55 ; Glou cestershire,

30 ;~Monm ou thshire

,17 ;

Som ersetshire,19 Suffolk

,

9 ; Surrey, 15 . Keen is

m ore comm on in the west

of England.

Keep . Berkshire ,Keetlew eightley . Leicester

shire and Ru tlandshire,26.

Keevil . Wiltshire,54 .

Keirl . Som ersetshire , 11 .

Kellaway . Dorsetshire,20.

Kellett. Lancashire,13 .

Kelly. Cornwall,17 Devon

shire, 10.

Kelsall . Cheshire,9 ; Lanca

shire , 16.

Kelsey. Kent,18 Lincoln

shire , 10 ; Surrey,20.

Kemb all. S ufi olk,11 .

Kemble . Wiltshire , 13 .

ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES.

Ken'

ip . Cheshire , 9 Cornwall ,10 ; Devonshire , 6 ; Essex ,9 ; Kent , 18 ; Lincolnshire ,17 ; Norfolk , 11 ; Suffolk ,14 ; Su ssex , 2 1 . Kempe

is a rare form found

in Cornw all and Devon

shire .

Kem pson . Bedfordshire, 15 .

K'

em sley . Essex, 2 1Kendall . Cornw all, 12 ; C um

berland andWestmoreland,25 ; Lancashire , 9 ; Leices

tershire and Ru tlandshire ,2 6 Yorkshire ,WestRiding,15 ; Yorkshire, North and

East Rid ings, 17. Kendal

is found in C umberland and

Westmoreland, being evi

dently derived from the

town of that nam e .

Kendrew . Yorkshire , North


Kennard. Devonshire , 7 ; Kent,

Kennerley. Cheshire , 14 .

Kent . Berkshire , 12 ; C am

bridgeshire , 29 ; Cornw all ,2 2 ; Dorsetshire, 25 Hampsh ire, 3 0 ; Lincolnshire,11 ; Shropshire, 12 ; S taf

fordsh ire , 20.

Kenw ard. Su ssex, 47.

Kenw orthy. Yorkshire , West

Riding,10.

Kenyon . Lancashire , 25 .

Kerkin . Cornw all, 8 .

Kerridge . Suffolk, 14 .

Kerrison . Norfolk , 9 .

Kerry . Suffolk , 11 .

Kersey. Suffolk , 14 .

511'

Kershaw . Lancashire,15 York


Kerslake . Devonshire,10.

Kestle . Cornwall, 8 .

Ketley— Kettley . Essex,18 .

Kettlewel l. Yorkshire, Northand East Ridings, 7.

Kevern . Cornw all,8 .

Key . Cornw all, 16 Derby

sh ire , 13 Leicestershireand Rutlandshire

, 17 ; Lincolnshire

,13 ; Shropshire ,

12 .

Keynes . Dorsetshire,20.

Keys . Bu ckingham shire,18 .

Keyte . Warw ickshire , 18 .

Keyw or th . Nottinghamshire,

16.

Kibble . Buckingham shire, 15 ;

Warw ickshire, ] 5 .

Kidd . Staffordshire,16.

Kiddell— Kiddle . Norfolk,10

Somersetshire , 2 2 . Asso. ciated in both counties .

Kidm an . Bedfordshire, 15

Cambridgeshire , 20 Huntingdonshire , 15 .

Kidner . Som ersetshire,14 .

Kilby . Hertfordshire,15 ; C x

fordshire , 20.

Killick . Su ssex,14 .

Kilminster — Kilm ister . Glou

cestershire , 14 .

Kilshaw . Lancashire,9 .

Kilvington . Yorkshire,North


Kim ber . Berkshire,20.

Kinch . W i ltshire,18 .

Kinchin . Berkshire, 8 .

King. Bedfordshire,80 Berk

shire , 40 ; Buckingham


shire, 100 ; Cam bridge

shire , 48 ; Devonshire , 9 ;Dorsetshire, 3 6 Essex , 2 7

Glou cestershire , 46 Hamp

shire, 51 Herefordshire ,11 ; Hertfordshire

,20 ;

Huntingdonshire , 3 0

Kent,2 1 Leicestershire

and Rutlandshire . 17 Lin

colnshire , 17; Middlesex ,40;Norfolk , 3 1 ; Northampton

shire , 3 5 ; Oxfordshire, 45 ;Som ersetshire , 42 Suffolk,66 ; Su rrey,

45 ; Sussex ,3 2 ; Warw ickshire , 40 ;


shire , 22 ; Yorkshire , West

Riding ,11 Yorkshire ,

North and East Ridings ,10.

Kingham . Buckingham shire ,4 5 .

Kingley. Hertfordshire , 25.

Kingm an , Dorsetshire , 15 .

Kingsnorth . Kent , 24 .

Kingston . Northam ptonshire,20.

Kingw ell . Devonshire , 8 .

Kinsey . Cheshire , 3 9 .

Kipling. Yorkshire , North and

East Ridings, 9 .

Kirby . Buckingham shire , 24 ;Cambridgeshire , 20 ; Kent,12 ; Lancash ire , 8 ; Lin

colnshire , 8 Northampton

shire , 2 5 Yorkshire , North


Kirk . Leicestershire and Rutlandshire

,17 ; Lincoln

shire,20 ; Nottingham

shire , 3 5 Staffordshire, 14 ;

Yorkshire , West Riding,

10 ; Yorkshire, North and

East Ridings, 20.

Kirkby .

'

Hertfordshire,20 ;

Lincolnshire,13 .

Kirkham . Cheshire,11 Derby

shire,9 ; Lancashire, 20 ;

Lincolnshire, 8 ; Stafford

shire,3 4 .

Kirkland. Derbyshire, 7

Nottingha'

m'

shire,12 .

Kirkm an . Leicestershire and

Rutlandshire,26.

Kirkup. Durham,16.

Kirton . Du rham,28 .

Kishy . Cambridgeshire, 20

Huntingdonshire , 7.

Kitchen— Kitching . Cumberland and Westm oreland,18 ; Lancashire, 15 ; Lincolnshire

,10 Nottingham

sh ire,19 ; Yorkshire , North

and East Ridings , 20.

Kitchener . Hertfordshire,20.

Kitto— Kittow . Cornw all,22 .

Knaggs . Yorkshire,North and

East Ridings, 9 .

Knapman . Devonsh ire,15 .

Knapp . Wiltshire , 3 1.

Kneebone . Cornwall, 8 .

Knib b . Warwickshire, 18 .

Knifton . Derbyshire, 9 .

Knight . Cornw all , 3 2 ; Derbyshire , 7 Devonshire, 8Dorsetshire , 20 ; Essex , 15 ;Gloucestershire, 46 ; Hamp

shire, 56 ; Hertfordshire,20 ; Kent, 2 1 ; Leicestershire and Ru tlandshire , 51Monm outhshire , 40 ; Nott ingham shire, 12 ; Som er



Langm an . Devonshire,8 .

Langridge . Kent, 12 .

Langston . Bu ck ingham shire ,15 .

Langw orthy . Devonshire , 8 .

Lanyon . Cornw al l,2 9 .

Larcomb e . Dorsetshire,15 .

Large . Kent,18 ; Wiltshire ,

40.

Larking— Larkin . Kent,24 .

Larw ood . Norfolk , 9 .

Laslett . Kent,15 .

Last . Su ffolk , 26.

Latham . Cheshire, 29 ; Lan

cashire , 11 ; Oxfordshire ,15 ; Shropshire, 12 ; S taf

fordshire , 12 .

Laughton . Bedfordshire, 9 .

(S ee Law ton . )Lau rie . (S ee Low ry . )Laver . Dorsetshire , 18 ; Somer

setsh ire , 15 .

Laverack Laverick . York

sh ire,North and East

Ridings, 15 .

Lavington . Hampshire , 17.

Law . Essex,15 ; Lancashire

16 ; Nor tham ptonshire , 18 ;No ttinghamshire , 16 ; York

shire, West Riding, 13 .

(S ee Law s . )Law l ey. Shropshire , 14 .

Law rence . Berkshire, 28 ; Corn

wall, 25 ; Devonshire , 11 ;Dorsetshire, 3 0 ; Glou ces

tershire , 3 0 Her tfordshire ,20 ; Ken t

,2 1 Lincolnsh ire

,

9 ; Middlesex , 20 ; Mon

m ou thshire, 28 Shropshire ,12 ; Som ersetshire

, 3 5 ;

S tafiordshire , 12 .

Law renson : Lancashire , -4 2 .

Lawry . Cornwall,30; (S ee

Lory . )Laws . Du rham

,16 ; North

um b erland,‘

18 ; Suffolk,11 . Law es is also fo und in

Suffolk . (S ee Law . )Law son . Cu mber land andWest

m orelan‘d,2 0 Durham , 40

Lancashire,

13 ; Northum b erland, 11 ; Yorkshire,West Riding, 20 ; York


Ridings, 20 .

Lawton . Cheshire,22 ; S taf

fordshire , 16. (S ee Laugh

ton . )Lay.

‘

Berkshire, 5 .

Laycock . Yorkshire, West

Riding, 20.

Lea . Cheshire,40 Glou cester

shire , 14 Shropshire,“ ‘44 ;

S taffordshire , 12 ;Warwick


17. (S ee Lee .)Leach . C heShirc , 11 ; Corn

wall,8 ; Devonshire, 13 ;

Lancashire , 9 ; Yorkshire ,West Riding, 10.

'

(S ecLeech . )

i

Leadbeater— Leadbetter ."

Lei

cestershire and Rutland

shire,13 .

Leah . Cheshire, 9 .

Leak-l— Leake . Yorkshire,‘North


Lean . Cornw all,Loaper. Yorkshir

'

e ,

”

North and

East Ridings, 7.

Lear . Devonsh ire, 7.

Leather . Cheshire , 11 .


Leaver— Lever . Lancashire, 8 .

Leavers— Leivers . Nottingham

shire , 15 .

Leckenb y . Yorkshire , North


Ledbrook . Warw ickshire , 3 0.

Ledger . Kent,12 ; Surrey,

9 .

Lee . Bedfordshire , 8 ; Berk

shire, 12 ; B uckingham

shire , 18 ; Cambridgeshire,20 ; Cheshire , 22 ; Cum ber

land and Westm oreland,2 5 ; Derbyshire, 27 ; Devon

Sh ire,3 1 ; Durham ,

4 4 ;

Glou cestershire , 14 ; Here

fordshire,17 ; Lancashire ,

18 ; Linco lnshire , 15 ;North

um b erland, 48 ; Nottingham shire

, 50 ; Shropshire ,40 ; Som ersetshire , 14 ; S taf

fordshire, 7 ; Suffolk, 14 ;Su rrey ,

20 Warw ickshire

15 ; Worcestershire , 13 ;


28 Yorkshire,North and

East Ridings, 18 . (S ee

Lea . )Leech . Cheshire

,24 . (S ee

Leach . )Leeder . . Norfolk , 13 .

Leeds . Norfolk , 22 .

Leeming. Lancashire,9 York

shire , West Riding,12 .

Lees ,Cheshire

,11 ; Derby

shire , 11 ; Lancashire , 12 ;Nottingham shire

,

' 10 S taf

fordshire, 50 ; Warwickshire

,20. (S ee Leese . )

Leese . Staffordshire,12 .

Le‘

gg. Dorsetsh ire,62 . Lewry. Surrey, 18

Leggett Leggott . Lincoln

shire , 10.

Le Grice— Le Grys , Norfolk ,12 ; Suffolk , 20.

Leigh . Cheshire, 20 Lanca

shire,14 .

Leighton . S tafi ordshire , 8 .

Lemm on— w Lem on,Norfolk

, 1 0

Sussex,14 . Lemm on is the

u su al form .

Leney . Kent, 12 .

Lenton . Huntingdonsh ire, 14 .

Leonard. Cambridgeshire , 4 8 ;Glou cestershire , 14 ; York


Ridings , 14 .

Leppard. Sussex , 2 1 .

Lerw ill . Devonshire , 8 .

Lethbridge . Devonshire , .10 , I

Leth eren . Devonshire,7.

Lever. (S ee Leaver . )Leve tt— Levitt . Kent, 18 ; Su s

sex ,17. Levett is the u su a l

form,

Lewell . Norfolk, 9 .

Lew in . Huntingdonshire , 15 ;Northamptonshire

,15 .

Lew is . Berkshire , 20 Cheshire

57 ; Devonshire , 13 ; Glou

cesters h ire, 2 5 Ham pshire,21 ; Herefordshire , 168 ;

Monm ou thshire , 400 ; Nor

folk, 17 ; Shropshire; 100 ;Somersetshire, 11 Stafford

shire,10 ; Warw ickshire,

18 ; Wiltshire , 80 , ; VVorces

tershire,56 Yorkshire ,

West Riding, 7 North'

Wales,150 ; Sou th Wales,


Ley . Devonshire,13 .

Liddell . Du rham,10 ; North

um b erland,27. (S ee Liddle

and Little . )Liddicoat . Cornw all

, 9 .

Liddle . Northum berland,11 .

(S ee Liddell .)Lidstone . Devonshire

, 8 .

Light . Hampshire , 17.

Lightfoot . Cheshire , 17 ; C umberland andWestm oreland

,

20 ; Lincolnshire, 9 ; Yorkshire , North and EastRidings , 10.

Lil] . Lincolnshire,14 .

Lilley. Lincolnshire, 9 .

Limb . Derbyshire , 11.

Limbrick . Glou cestershire,20.

Lim e1°. (S ee Lym er. )Lincoln . Essex

,9 ; Norfolk, 10.

Lindley . Nottingham shire,20 .

Lindop. S tafi ordshire,10.

Lines . Bedfordshire, 15 Bu ck

ingh am shire,2 5 Hertford

shire , 25 .

Ling . Norfolk, 17 ; Som ersetshire

,15 ; Suffolk , 3 7.

Lingard . Derbyshire, 9 ; L in

colnsh ire, 8 .

Linnell . NO I°tharnptonshire , 4O.

Lister . Cambridgeshire , 29

Lincolnshire,13 ; Norfolk ,

9 ; Yorkshire,West Riding ,

2 3 ; Yorkshire, North and

East Ridings, 9 .

Litchfield. Derbyshire, 11.

Little . Cambridgesh ire, 24 ;

Cornwall , 8 ; Cumberlandand Westm oreland

, 80

Northumberland, 30. (S eeLiddell) .

Lit tlechild. Essex,12 .

Littlejohn . Cornw all , 8 .

Littlejohns . Devonsh ire,7.

Littler . Cheshire,9 .

Littleton . Cornw all,20.

Littlew ood. Derbyshire , 17

Yorkshire,West Riding, 13 .

Livesey . Lancashire,12 .

Liv esley . Lancashire, 7.

Llew ellyn . Monm ou th shire , 40 ;SouthWales

,85 . Llew ellin

is the Monmou thshire form .

Lloyd . Cheshire,14 Hereford

shire , 68 ; Monm ou thshire ,60 ; Shropshire , 60 ; Stat

fordshire,8 Worcester

sh ire , 18 North Wales , 100 ;South Wales

,

Lobb . Cornw all,3 4 .

Look . Devonshire,13 ; Dorset

shire,15 ; Ham psh ire , 3 0 ;

Norfolk . 11 Som ersetshire ,3 6 Suffolk

,11 . Locke is 9.

Ham pshire form of thenam e .

Lockett . Shropshire,9 ; S taf

fordshire,20

Lockwood. Lincolnshire , 13 ;

Yorkshire , YVest Riding,15 .

Lockyer. Dorsetshire , 20 ;

Ham pshire,9 ; Som erset

shire , 2 6 . In Dorsetshire

it is som etim es spelt Lock

year .

Lodder— Loder . Dorsetshire , 46.

Lodge . Yorkshire,West Riding,

2 0.

Lofthouse . Yorkshire, WestRiding,

12 ; York shire,

North and East Ridings ,11 .


518 H OMES OF FAMILY NAMES .

Loxton . Somerset,19 . (S ee

Luxton . )Lu cas. Cambridgeshire , 20 ;

Chesh ire,12 ; Cornw all, 10 ;

Her tfordshire,18 ; Le ices

tersh ire and Ru tlandshire,

13 ; Northam ptonshire, 15 ;S om ersetshire

,7 ; Su rrey,

15 ; Wiltshire, 13 .

Lu ck . Kent,12 .

L uckett . Oxfordshire,28 .

Lu cking . Essex,24 .

Lu cksford. (S ee Luxford. )Ludlam . Derbyshire, 7.

Luff. Monm ou thshire,

2 2 ;

Som ersetshire,9 ; Su ssex,

18 . (S ee Love . )L ugg . Cornw all

,9 .

Lumb . Yorkshire,West Riding,

24 .

Lum ley . Yorkshire,West

Riding, 10 ; Yorkshire,

North and East Ridings ,10.

Lum sden Northumb erland,

26 .

Lu nd — Lunt . Cheshi re, 11 ;

Lancashire, 15 ; Yorkshire,West R iding,

2 5 ; Yorkshire , North and East

Ridings , 10. Lund is theu sual form of th e nam e .

Lunt occu rs in Cheshire,

and occasional ly in Lancashire . Lunn is also foundin the West Riding .

Luscombe . Devonshire, 46.

Lush . Dorset,26 ; Wiltshire ,

Lusty . Gloucestershire, 14 .

Lu tley . Som ersetshire, 9 .

Lu xford. Kent , 12 ; Su ssex ,3 2 . In Kent

,Lu cksford ,

the original form of thenam e

,is also fou nd .

Luxton . Devonshire,2 8. (S ee

Loxton . )Lyford . Berkshire

,15 .

Lyle . Corn w all,9 .

Lym er— Lim er . Staffordshire,

10.

Lynam . Derbyshire, 9 .

Lyne . Cornw all, 12 ; Wiltshire

18 .

Lynn . Lincolnshire , 9 .

Lyon . Lancashire,8 .

Lythgoe— Lithgoe . Lancashire

,

10.

Mably . Cornw all,14 .

Macau lay. Leicestershire and

Rutlandshire,9 .

Mace . Glou cestershire , 14 C x

fordsh ire,3 0.

Machin . Derbyshire , 9 ; Glou

cestershire , 8 ; Lincolnshire ,10 ; Nottingham shire

,3 2 ;

Staffordshire , 12 . Machon

is a Lincolnshire variety of

the nam e .Mack . Norfolk, 3 1 .

Mackaness . Northamptonshire ,20.

Mackinder . Lincolnshire , 11 .

Mackley. Leicestershire and'

Ru tlandshire,12 .

MacLaren . D urham,24 .

Maddaver Maddiver. Corn

w all,10 . Probably corru p

tions of Maddaford, a rarenam e in Cornw all and in

Devon .


Maddison . Durham,12 ; Lin

colnsh ire , 8 .

Maddock — M addocks . Cheshire .3 4 ; Devonshire , 9 ; S hropshire

,12 ; Sou th Wales ,

2 7. Maddock is theP usual

form ; but they are oftenassociated.

Maddox . Herefordshire , 17.

Maddy. Herefordshire , 14 .

Madeley . Shropshire, 3 1 .

Maden . Lancashire,11 .

Madge . Devonshire , 11 .

Magor . Cornwall, 10 .

Maidens . Lincolnshire,12 .

Maidm ent. Dorsetshire, 15 ;

Wiltshire, 22 .

Mailes. Herefordshire, 14 .

Main . Northam ptonshire, 15 .

Mainwaring. Herefordshire,17.

Major. Cheshire,11.

Makens . S uffo lk, 11.

Makins. Norfo lk , 9 .

Makepeace . Du rham,16.

Malden. Bedfordshire , 15.

Malin. Derbyshire , 7 ; Oxford

shire , 22 ; Warw ickshire,15.

Malk in. Staffordshire,10.

Mallam . Du rham, 20.

Mallett . Norfo lk , 9 .

Mallinder. Derbyshire, 7.

Mallinson. Yorkshire,West

Riding ,12 .

Maltby. Derbyshire, 7 ; Lin

co ln sh ire, 8 ; Nottingham

shire, 24 .

Man ley . De vonshire, 9 .

Mann . Cambridgeshire, 28 ;

Devonshire , 13 ; E ssex , 12 ;

Leicestershire and Ru tland

519

Shire , 17 ; Norfolk , 3 0 ;

Suffolk,18 ; Warw ickshire ,

3 2 ; Worcestershire, 14 .

Manners . W iltshire,40.

Manning. Cheshire, 9 ; Devon

sh ire , 26 ; Essex , 3 0 ; Glou

cestershire , 14 ; Northampton sh ire

,20.

Mannington . Sussex , 3 2 .

Mansell . Shropshire , 22 .

Mansfie ld. Essex,12 ; Oxford

shire , 3 0.

Manw aring. Kent, 3 3 .

Mapstone . Som ersetshire , 14 .

Marchant . Kent,2 1 ; Su ssex ,

2 1.

Marchington . Derbysh ire , 7.

Mardell . Hertfordshire, 15 .

Marfell . Herefordshire , 20.

Marfieet . Lincolnshire, 10.

Marg erison— Margerson Mar

gison Marginson . Lan

cashire,12 . A notew or thy

instance ofthe transforma

tion ofa nam e ow ing to theperverseness (not to m en

t ion the inconsistent ortho

graphy) ofouryeomen forefathers .

Marke . Somersetshire , 9 .

Markham . Lincolnsh ire, 11.

Marks . Cornw all, 10 ; .Devon

shire , 13 .

Marples. Derbyshire , 17.

Marriage . Essex , 18 .

Marriott . Der byshire , 3 5

Hu ntingdonshire , 10 ; Lei

cestersh ire and Ru tland

shire, 2 5 ; Lincolnshire, 11

Nor tham ptonshire, 2 0; Not

tingham shire , 3 1.


Marsden . Derbyshire, 3 0 Lancashire

,28 ; Yorkshire,

West Riding, 3 0.

Marsh . Cam b ridgeshire , 3 3 ;Cheshire

,9 ; Derbyshire,

15 ; Dorsetshire, 3 6 ; Hertfordshire , 15 ; Kent , 3 6 ;

Lancashire , 20 ; Leicester

shire and Ru tlandshire, 17 ;Northamptonshire , 20 ;Not

tingham sh ire,12 ; Shrop

shire,3 1 ; Som ersetshire ,

25 ; Wiltshire , 3 1 .

Marshall . Cornw all,24 ; Derby

sh ire , 2 7 ; Du rham ,

Glou cestershire , 14 ; Kent ,12 ; Lancashire , 16 ; Leicestershire and Ru tlandshire

,26 Lincolnshire

,60

Norfolk,11 ; Northum b er

land,3 7 Nottingham shire

,

70 ; Som ersetshire, 3 2 ;

S ussex,18 Warw ickshire

,

12 Yorkshire , WestRiding, 2 5 ; Yorkshire

,

North and East Ridings,2 7.

Marsland . Cheshire, 11.

Marson . Staffordshire,2 2 .

Marston . Shropshire,

14


12 .

Martin . Berkshire,12 ; C am

b ridgesh ire , 24 ; Cornw all ,97 ; Cumberland andWestm oreland

,20 ; Derbyshire ,

11 ; Devonshire , 3 0 ; Dor

setshire , 2 6 ; Durham,16 ;

Essex, 27 Gloucestershire,

18 ; Ham pshire, 13 ; Herefordshire

,17 ; Hertford

shire , 18 ; Huntingdonshire, 20 ; Kent, 40 ; Lancashire , 12 ; Leicestersh ireand Rutlandshire, 17 ; Lincoln shire

,21 Monm ou th

sh ire , 17 ; No xfo lk 18 ;

Northam ptonshire,

'

25,

Northumberland, 3 7 ; Not

tinghamshire , 15 ; Shropshire

,14 ; Som ersetshire

24 ; Staffordshire,

3 2 ;

Suffolk,28 ; S urrey, 40 ;

Su ssex,80 ; Wiltshire , 13 ;

Worcestershire, 3 8 York

shire , North aud EastRidings, South Wales.

11. Martyn is a rare Corni

'

sh form ; whi l st Marten

s occasionally found inKent .

Martindale . . Cum berland and

Westm oreland,3 2 .

Martland. Lancashire,16 .

Mash . Huntingdonshire , 15 .

Mashiter. Lancashire,10

Maskell . Essex,15 .

Maskery Maskrey . Derbyshire, 11.

Maslen . Berkshire,15 .

Mason . Cam b ridgeshire, 60 ;

Cheshire,3 0 ; Derbyshire ,

20 ; Dev onshire , 8 ; Essex ,2 1 Herefordshire

, 17

Huntingdonshire, 10 Lan

cashire,3 0 ; Leicestershire

andRu tlandshire,2 1 Lin

colnshire, 22 ,Norfolk

, 15 ;

Northamptonshir,e 20

Sh ropshire , 2 2 ; Staffordshire

,20 ; S uffolk, 11

Surrey, 11 ; Warw ickshire ,


522 110 11138 OF FAMILY NAMES .

Mayhew . B edfordshire,15 ;

Su ffolk,14 .

Maylam . Kent, 18 .

Maynard. Cornw all,10 ; Devon

shire,7.

Mayne . Cornw all, 8 .

Mayo . Dorsetshire,15 .

Mayor . Lancashire,9

Mead . Bu ckingham shire, 50 ;

E ssex,2 1 ; Hertfordshire ,Som ersetsh ire

, 2 2 ;

Wil tshire,9 ; York shire ,


Meade is a Som ersetshireform .

Meaden . Dorsetshire, 15 .

Meadm ore . Herefordshire,14 .

Meadow s . Gloucestershire,20;

S u lfolk, 14 ;Worcestershire ,

l 4a.

Meaker . Som ersetshire,11 .

Meakin . Derb yshire , 7 ; No t

t ingham sh ire , 16 ; Sh rOp

sh ire,12 S taffordshire

,

10.

Mealor . Cheshire,9 . a /flab '

fMeasu res . Northamp tonshire

,

15 .

Meatyard. Dorsetshire , 15 .

Medforth . Yorkshire,North


Medland. Cornwal l,8 ; Devon

shire,8 .

Medlicot t. Herefordshire,14 ;

Shropshire,17.

Meech . Dorsetshire, 2 1.

Meek . D urham , 20 ; Hereford


14

Meen . S uffolk , 11 .

Meeson . Essex, 12 .

Megginson Meggison Meg

son . Yorkshire,North and

East Ridings, 9 .

Melhuish— Melluish . Devonshire

,10.

Mellings . Shropshire,29 .

Mellor . Cheshire,14 ; D erby

shire,40 Nottingham shire

,

15 ; Staffordshire , 88 ; York

shire , West Riding, 20.

The Nottingham shire form

of the nam e is u suallyMellors or Mellers .

Mellors . (S ee Mellor . )Melsom e— Milsom . Wiltsh ire

,

40.

Mercer . Kent,3 6 ; Lancashire ,

3 1 .

Meredith . . Glou cestershire , 18 ;Herefordshire

,61 ; Mon

m ou thshire,2 6 ; Shropshire ,

3 0 ; North Wales, 15 ;

South Wales,17.

Merrell . VVorcestershire , 18 .

Merrett . Glou cestershire,4 3 ;

Wiltshire,18 .

Merrick . Herefordshire,17

Middlesex,8 ; Shropshire ,

12 . Meyrick is a ShrOpshire form .

Merrikin . Lincolnshire,10.

Merril ls . Nottingham shire,16 .

Message . Su ssex,18 .

Messenger . Leicestershire and

Ru tlandshire , 17.

Messinger . Northamptonshire ,25 .

Metcalf— Metcalfe . Cumberland and Westm oreland,14 ; Du rham , 16 ; Lanca

shire , 16 ; Yorkshire, We st


Riding,3 8 ; Yorkshire

,

North and East Ridings,95 . Metcalfe is the usu alform of the nam e .

Metherall— Metherell . Devonshire

,10.

Metson . Essex,45 .

Mew . Hampshire , 17.

Meyrick . (S ee Merrick . )Michell. (S ee Mitchell . )Middlem as— Middlem iss . North

umb erland, 26.

Middleton . C heshire,

11

Derbyshire , 20 Devon

shire, 7 ; Durham

,16 ;

Huntingdonshire , 10 Nor

folk,

2 2 ; Northam pton

shire,2 5 Staffordshire , 12 ;

Warw ickshire , 42 ; York

shire,West Riding,

17 ;


Ridings, 10.

M id gley, Yorkshire,West

Riding,2 2 .

Midw inter . Oxfordshire , 20.

Mil bank Millbank . Essex ,4 2 .

Milbu rn . Cumberland and

Westm oreland,14 ; Dur

ham ,Northumberland

,

2 7.

Mildon . Devonshire , 8 .

Miles . B uckingham shire,20 ;

Dorse tshire , 3 1 ; Essex, 2 1 ;Gloucestershire , 27 ; Kent

,

3 3 ; Monmouthshire , 3 9 ;

Norfolk,11 ; Shropshire , 12

Su rrey ,20 Sussex

,30 ;

Warw ickshire,18 ; Wilt

shire , 3 6 .

Milk . Norfolk, 2 2 .

5.

3

Mill . Cornwall,8 Devon

shire , 7.

:Millard. Bedfordshire,

12

Glou cestershire,17 Hamp

shire,8' Hu nting donsh ire ,

9 ; Som ersetshire , 17.

Millbank. (S ee Milbank . )M il ledge . Dorsetshire

,2 1 .

Millen— Mi lne . Kent,24 . Milne

is a less com m on form s

Miller . Berkshire,12 ; 0 am

b ridgeshire , 20 Devon

shire,16 Dorsetshire, 100

D urham ,28 ; Essex, . 2 7

Lancashire , 2 1 ; Leicester

shire and Rutlandshire , 17

Norfolk, 7 Northum berland

,2 2 ; Oxfordshire , 28

Som ersetshire , 9 ; S u Ffolk,20.

Millican Millikin . Cum ber

land andWestm oreland, 3 5 ;

Northumb erland,141. Milli

kin is m ore characteristic of

Northu mberland. Mill'

igan

is a rare form in C u rnb er

land and Westm oreland.

Millichamp . Shropsh ire , 12 .

Millington . Nottingham shire20.

Millman— Milm an . Devonshire,9 .

Mills . Berkshire,13 Devon

shire , 11 Essex, 27 ; Glou

cestershire,11 ; Hamp<h ire,

3 0 ; Kent, 3 2 ; Lancashire ,17 Leicestershire andRut

landshire, 17 Lincolnshire ,9 Suffolk, 11 Su rrey, 10

Su ssex , 3 0 ; W arw ickshire,3 2 ; Wiltshire , , 18 ; Wor


cestershire , 14 Sou th

Wales,22 .

Millward . Derbysh ire , 13 ;

Staffordshire , 12 .

Milne . (S ee Mill en . )Milner . Derbyshire , 17 ; Dan

cashire,8 ; Nottingham

shire , 12 ; Yorkshire, West

Riding,11 ; Yorkshire ,


Milton . Devonshire , 7.

Minchin . Glou cestershire , 14 .

Min ett . Glou cestershire , 3 6 .

Minu s . Norfo lk , 15 .

Minshall— Minshu ll . Cheshire ,

Minta . Lincolnshire,8 .

Minter . Kent,24 .

Mintey— Minty . Wiltsh ire, 2 2 .

Minton . Shropshire , 17.

Miskin . Kent,24 .

Missing . Kent , 15 .

Mitchell . Cambridgeshire , 15 ;Cheshire

,9 ; Cornw all , 127 ;

C um berland andWestm ore

land,20 ; Devonshire, 13 ;

Dorsetshire , 26 ; Durham ,

12 Glou cestershire , 14 ;

Ham pshire,17 ; Hunting

donshire,15 Kent

,18

Lancashire,9 Lincolnshire,

15 ; Norfolk , 17 ; Northum

berland,18 Som ersetshire ,

15 ; Staffordshire , 20 ; Suf

folk,9 S urrey, 3 5 ; Su sse x ,

4 3 ; Wiltsh ire, 3 6 York

shire,West Riding, 4 5


Ridings, 12 . Michell is a

Cornish form of the nam e

it is nearly as frequ ent as

Mitche ll in the county .

Moffatt . Cu mberland andWest

m oreland,3 9 Northum b er

land,11 .

Mogford Mugford. Devon

shire ,’

12 .

Molyneu x . Lancashire , 8 .

Monk . Buckingham shire,20 ;


Northam ptonshire,15 . In

Kent it is som etimes spelt

Munk .

Monkm an . Yorkshire , North


Monnington . Herefordshire, 20.

Montgom ery . Northam pton

shire 25 .

Moody . Hampshire, 15 ; Lin

colnshire, 9 Som ersetshire,17.

Moon . Lancashire , 9 ; Som er

setsh ire, 14 ; Su ssex , 18 ;Yorkshire , North and East

Ridings , 10.

Moore . Berkshire 7 ; Bu ckingham shire , 18 ; Cambridge

sh ire , 45 ; Cheshire , 40 ;Cornwal l, 9 ; Cum berland

and Westm ore land, 25

Der byshire , 13 Devon

shire , 3 4 ; Durham ,20 ;

Essex ,2 1 ; Glou cestershire ,

20 Herefordshire , 3 1


Leicestershire and Ru tland

shire , 3 5 Lincolnshire , 20


shire , 20 ; Northum b er

land,26 ; Nottingham shire ,

28 ; Shropshire, 20 Som er .


526 . HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES .

MOS S . Cheshire , 14 Essex , 27Lancashire , 14 Stafford

shire , 3 8 ; Worcestershire,3 0.

Mossman . Bedfordshire , 15 .

Mossop. Cum berland andWestm oreland, 50.

Mott. Essex , 18 .

Mottershead . Cheshire , 20.

Mottram . Staffordshire , 10.

Moule . Worcestershire , 22 .

Mounfield Mountfield. Che

shire , 14 .

Mounsey. Cumberland and

Westmoreland, 25 .

Mountain . Lincolnshire, 8

Oxfordshire , 3 5 .

Mountford. Herefordshire , 11

Staffordshire , 2 2 .

Mow bray. Lincolnshire , 11.

Moyle . Cornw all , 24 .

Moxon . Warw ickshire , 18 .

Mudd. S uffolk , 3 4 ; Yorkshire ,Northand East Ridings, 10.

Mudge . Devonshire , 8 .

Muggeridge . S u rrey, 50 Sussex,

Muggleston . Essex, 9 .

Mu llenger Mu llinger. Nor

folk, 11.

Mullins . Dorsetshire , 21 ;

Som ersetsh ire , .11.

Mu llock . Cheshire , 14 .

Mumford. Buckingham shire ,'

18 ; Cornw all , 10 ; Essex ,9 Warw ickshire , 18 .

Munckton . Dorsetshire, 15.

Munday— Mu ndy. Berkshire ,14 ; Bu ckingham shire , 18 ;Hampshire , . 3 0 ; Oxford

shire, 15 ; Wiltsh ire, 9 .

These nam es are associatedw here they are at all fro

qu ent .Munn . Worcestershire

,18 .

Munslow . Shropshire , 17.

Mu rcott . Warw ickshire,15 .

Murfin . Derbyshire , 13 .

Murfitt— Murfi t . Cambridgeshire

,24 . (S ee Morphett . )

Murgalroyd. Yorkshire,West

Riding ,10.

Murray. Durham,16 ; North

um b erland,30.

Murton . Kent,2 1 .

Musgrave . Cumberland and

Westmoreland, 7 ; Lincolnshire

,11 .

Musson . L eicestershire and

Rutlandshire,17.

Mu still . Cambridgeshire , 29 .

Mu tim er. Norfolk, 10 ; Sufi olk,

15 .

Mu tton . Cornw all , 12 .

Myatt . Staffordshire , 24 .

Mycock . Derbyshire , 13 S taf

. fordShire , 26.

Myers . Yorkshire ,West Riding,15 .

Myhill . Essex,12 Norfolk

,15 .

Mytton . Worcestershire, 26 .

Nadin . Derbyshire,Nance . Cornwall , 9 .

Nancekev ille Nancekiv ellJ

Nankevi ll. .D evonshire,7.

Napper. Berkshire , 3 5 .

Nash . Bu ckingham shire , 30

Gl oucestershire , 11 Hertfordshire

,3 0 ; S urrey,

3 0.

Naylor . Derbyshire , 20 ; Kent,Lancashire, 8 ; . Lincoln

ENGLISH AND

sh ire,16 Not tingham shire,

20 S taffordshire, 12

Yorkshire,West Riding, 16.

Neal— Neale . Bedfordshire, 12

Buckingham shire ,15 ; Corn

wall,8 ; Gloucestershire ,

20 ; Hampshire , 17 ; Lei

cestershire and Ru tland

shire,25 ; Lincolnshire, 12 ;

Norfolk,13 ; Nottingham

shire,16 ; Su ssex , 3 3 ; War

w ickshire , 28 ; Wiltshire ,13 . Neal

,which is rather

m ore frequ ent,is fou nd

m ostly in the counties of

Lincolnshire , Leicester

shire , and Cornw all. Neale

occurs m ostly in the coun

ties of Sussex , Gloucester

shire,andNottingham shire .

Both nam es are som etim esassociated in equ al propor

tion, as in Norfolk

,War

w ickshire,and Hampshire .

Neam e . Kent , 21 .

Neave— Neve . Kent,18 ; Nor

folk , 3 0 ; S uffolk, 14 . Neaveis them orefrequ entform and

is best represented in Norfolk . Neve is m ore characteristic of Kent

,though

it occu rs also in Norfolk.

Neev e is a rare S uffolkform .

Needham . Derbyshire , 3 8

Leicestershire andRu tlandshire , 17 Lincolnshire

,24

Staffordshire, 12 .

Negu s . Bedfordshire, 8 .

Neighbou r . Oxfordshire, 2 5 .

Nei ld— Nield. Cheshire, 30

Derbyshire , 7.

WELSH NAMES . 52 7

Nelm es Nelm s . Glou cester

shire , 20 Herefordshire , 14 .

Nelson . Bedfordshire , 6 ; C umberland andWestm oreland

40 ; Lancashire , 15 ; Lin

colnshire , Norfolk,15 ;


13 Yorkshire,North and

East Ridings , 11 .

Nesling . Sufi olk,14 .

Netherw ay . Devonshire, 7.

Neve . (S ee Neave . )Nev ell . Oxfordshire

,20.

Nev in— Nevins . Northumberland

,18 .

New . Glou cestersh ire , 17.

New all . Cheshire , 9 .

Newbery . Bedfordshire , 8 ;

Devonsh ire,17 ; Warw ick

shire , 20. In Devonshire

it is som etim es spelt New

berry.

Newbold— Newbou ld. Derbyshire

,11 Nottingham shire


Yorkshire ,West Riding,15 .

Nearly alw ays associated.

New by . Lancashire,8 .

New combe . Dev onshire,26.

.New ey . .Worcestershire,14 .

New ington . Su ssex,2 1.

New itt . Northam ptonshire,15 .

Newm an . Bedfordshire,20

Dorsetsh ire , 21 Essex,42

Glou cestershire , 3 3 Ham p

shire,26 Herefordshire

,

14 Hei tfordshire ,‘ 28

Huntingdonshire , 20 Kent,

15 ; Middlesex , 2 2 ; Nor

folk , 11 ; Wiltshire , 40 ;

Worcestershire ,

HOMES OF FAMiLY NAMES .

"

Newport . Cheshire,11 ; Som er

setshire , 9 .

New sholm e — New som e . Yorkshire

,West Riding,

11 .

Newson . Suffolk,28 .

New th . Wiltshire , 2 2 .

New ton . Cheshire,20 ; Corn

w all,12 ; Derbyshire , 7 ;

Devonshire, 7 ; Durham

,

20 ; Huntingdonshire , 2 2 ;Lancashire

,11 ; Lincoln

shire , 15 Northum berland,


Oxfordshire,20 Yorkshire

,


Niblett . Glouceste rshire , 9 .

Nichol . Cum berland and Westm oreland

,20 Northum ber

land,3 0.

Nicholas . Cornwall,10 ; Mon

m ou thsh ire, 80.

Nicholls Nichols . Bedfordsh ire

,8 ; Cheshire , 14 ;

Cornw all, 88 ; Devonshire ,28 ; Essex , 3 3 ; Glou cestershire

,27 ; Herefordshire ,

17 ; H untingdonshire , 15 ;Kent

,15 Norfolk

,26 ;

Northamptonshire, 40 C x

fordshire , 20 ; Som ersetshire , 7 ; Staffordshire , 12 ;Wiltshire , 3 1 ; Worcestershire , 18 ; Yorkshire, WestRiding,

15 . Nicholls is

tw ice as frequent,and it is

only rarely ,as in North

amptonshire and Norfo lk,

that Nichols holds the field.

Nicols and Nickels are rareDevonshire forms . Nickolls

is another rare varietyfound in Worcestershireand elsewhere .

Nicholson . Cumberland and

Westm oreland,80 ; Dur

ham, 3 6 ; Essex , 15 ; Lan

cashire,10 ; Lincolnshire,

18 ; Norfolk , 17 ; Nor thum b erland

,50 ; Yorkshire ,

West Riding, 15 ; York


Ridings , 30.

Nickless . Worcestershire , 14 .

Nield. ( See Neild. )Nightingale . Lan cashire , 16 ;

Surrey, 8 ; Su ssex , 14 .

Cam b ridgeshire , 15 ;

Surrey, 10.

Nixon . Che shire , 3 2 ; C umberland and Westmoreland,2 5 ; Du rham

,20 ; Lincoln

shire , 10 ; Northumberland,3 7 ; Staffordsh ire, 2 0.

Noakes . Kent,2 1 ; Sussex ,

40.

Noble. Yorkshire,West Riding,

11.

Nock . Shropshire,12 .

Noden . C heshir e,15 .

Norbury. Cheshire , 15.

Norgrove . Herefordshi re , 14 ;

Shropsh ire, 12 .

Norm an . B uckingham shire, 20Cambridgeshire, 65 : C um

berland and Westmoreland,20 ; De vonshire , 14 ; Dor

setsh ire , 15 ; Leicestershireand Ru tlandshire , 17 Norfolk

,9 ; Somersetshire, 40 ;

Sussex, 25 Warwickshire ,20.



O llerenshaw . C heshire, 17 ;

Derbyshire, 9 .

O llerton . Lancash ire, 9 .

O lney . Bedfordshire,20 ; Hert

fordshire , 18 .

Olver. Cornw all , 27.

Onions . Shropshire , 12 .

Opie . Cornw all, 11.

Oppy. Cornwall, 13 .

Gram . Som ersetshire, 9 .

O rchard. Hertfordshire , 18 .

sO rd. Durham,12 ; North

um berland, 4 1 .

O rgan . Glouc estershire, 27.

O rges . Herefo rdshire, 17.

O rfo rd. Norfo lk , 11 ; Suffolk,9 .

O rm erod. Lancashire, 2 1

Yorkshire, West Riding, 9 .

O rmrod is a Lancashire

form

O rmond, Sou th Wales, 2 2 .

Orm ston. Northumberland, 11.

Orpe . S tafi ordshire, 10.

O rpen— O rpin . Ken t,18 .

O rson . Leicestershire andRut

landsh ire , 17.

Orton . Leicestershire and Rutlandshire

,3 4 ; Warw ick

shire, 15 .

Osborn O sborne . Bedfordsh ire , 20 ; Buckingham

shire , 20 ; Cambridgeshire ,20 ; Co rnw all, 20 ; Derbyshire, 15 ; Essex, 15 ;

Gloucestershire , 20 ; Hert

fordshire, Lincolnshire,

10 Norfolk, 9 North

amptonshire, .20 ; Som erset»

sh ire, 25 ; Suffolk, 7; S ussex ,

14 ;Warw ickshire, 20;Wor

Oyler. Kent, 18.

cestershire, 22 . Osborneis doubly as frequent as

O sborn .

Osm ond. Berkshire,12 ; Som er

setshire, 11.

Ou lton. Ch eshire,12 .

Outhwaite . Yorkshire,North


Outram . Derb yshire, 17 ; Nottingham shire, 8 .

O verell . Hertfordshire., 18 .

Overt-on . Lincolnshire,9 .

Owen— Owens . Cheshire, 30 ;

Herefordshire, 3 1 ; Lan'

cashire, 13 ; Shropsh ire ,68 S taffordshire

,10 ; War

w ickshire , 15 ; Worcester

shire , 18 North Wal es,3 80 ; S ou th Wales

,115.

O w ens is mostly confined

Packham. Sussex , 2 1.

Padbury . O xfordshire,2 2 .

Paddock . Shropsh ire, 12 .

Paddon . De vonshire , 7 .

Padfield. Som ersetshire,20.

Page . Buckingham shire, 18 ;

Devonshire, 16 ; Essex , 78 ;Glou cestershire, 17 Ham pshire, 17 ; Hertfordshire,20 ; Kent, 15 ; Norfolk , 30 ;Nottingham shire

,16 C x

fordshire, 58 ; Shropshire ,17 ; .S u fiolk,

3 5 ; S urrey, 15 ;Sussex

,50 ; Warw ickshire ,

25 ; Wo rces tershire,14 .

Paige is a rare form of this

nam e, being associated w ith

it in Devon and Sussex .


Paget . Leicestershire and Rutlandshire, 9 .

Pain - Paine . (S ee Payne .)Painter. Berkshire , 8 ; Corn

w all,20 ; Gloucestershire ,

14 ; Northamptonshire, 15

Oxfordshire,25 Wiltshire,

3 0. Paynter is the Cornish

Palethorpe . Lincolnshire , 9 .

Palfrey. Devonshire, 8 .

Palfreym an . Derbyshire , 9

Yorkshire,West Riding, 7 ;


Ridings, 7. In Yorkshireit is also spelt Palframan

and Palfrem an .

Paling— Payling . Nottinghamshire , 16 .

Palk . Devonshire, 7.

Pallister. Durham , 20.

Palm er. Berkshire,20 ; C am

bridgesh ire , 65 ; Cornw all ,16 ; Cumberland andWestm oreland, 15 ; Devonshire,40 ; Dorsetsh ire, 20 ; Essex ,24 ; Glou cestershire , 2 7 ;

Ham pshire,21 ; Hereford

shire , 17 ; Hertfordshire ,17 Huntingdonsh ire, 16 ;Kent


and Rutlandshire,26 ; Lin

colnshire,10 ; Norfolk , 54 ;

Northamptonshire,25 ; Not

tingham shire, 16 ; S hrop

shire, 17 ; Som ersetshire,3 1 Suffolk

,3 0 Warwick

shire, 45 ; Wiltshire , 13 ;Worcestershire

,3 4 .

Paniers Panniers . Herefordshire

,20.

53 1

Pankhurst . Sussex, 10.

Pannell . Essex, 15 .

Fantall . Herefordshire,17.

Panther. Northamptonshire,15 .

Papw orth . Cambridgeshire”

,20

Huntingdonsh ire , 15 .

Pardoe . Shropshire, 12 ; Worcestershire , 22 .

Parham . Wiltshire,18 .

Parish'

— Parrish . Essex, 2 7.

Park . Cumberland and West

m oreland, 3 0 ; Lancashire ,20 Nottingham sh ire, 16.

Parke . S u lfolk,14 .

Parker . Berkshire , 15 ; Buckingham shire

,24 ; Cheshire ,

28 ; Cumberland andWest

m oreland,3 5 ; Derbyshire,

3 1 ; Du rham ,28 ; Essex ,

3 6 Gloucestershire , 40 ;

Hampsh ire, 44 Hereford

shire, 24 ; Hertfordshire ,25 ; Kent , 15 ; Lancashire,44 ; Leicestershire and

Rutlandshire , 13 Lincoln

shire, 40 ; Monm outhshire ,50 ; Norfolk, 15 ; North

amptonshire, 15 ; North

um b erland, 48 ; Nottingham shire, 15 Som erset

shire, 17 ; Suffolk, 14

Surrey, 10 Warw ickshire ,3 2 ; Worcestershire, 18 ;

Yorkshire , West Riding ,


East Ridings, 26.

Parkes . Warw icksh ire , 18


Parkhouse . Devonshire , 7.

2 M 2


Parkin . Cornw all , 20 ; C um

berland andWestm oreland,14 ; Derbyshire , 9 ; Dur

ham,24 ; Yorkshire, West

Riding, 11 Yorkshire,

North and East Ridings , 10.

Parkyn is a .Cornish formof the nam e .

Parkins . Hertfordshire , 15 .

Parkinson . Cheshire,9 ; Dur

ham , 16 ; Lancashire , 53 ;Lincolnshire

,16 ; Notting

ham shire,12 ; Yorkshire ,

West Riding,20.

Parnab y. Yorkshire,North and

East Ridings, 8 .

Parnel l. Cambridgeshire, 7 ;

Cornwall,14 Devonshire

,

12 . Parnall is a rareCornish form .

Parr . Lancashire, 9 ; Lincoln

shire, 10 ; Nottingham

shire,15 .

Parrott . Buckingham shire, 3 5

Oxfordshire, 15 .

Parry . Cheshire,14 ; Glou

cestershire,24 ; Hereford

shire,58 ; Monm outhsh ire,

110 ; Shropsh ire , 4 1 ; Worcestershire, 18 North

Wales,66 Sou thWales , 22 .

Parslow . Gloucestershire , 20 .

Parsons . Cam b ridgesh ire , 24 ;Cornw all

,17 ; Devonshire,

10 Dorsetshire,3 0 Essex,

12 ; Glou cestersh ire, 14 ;

Hampshire , 3 4 ; Herefordshire

,14 ; Hertfordshire,

12 ; Kent , 12 ; Monm outhshire

, 3 0 ; Norfolk , 11 ;

Northamptonshire , 15 C x

fordsh ire,3 0 ; Som erset

shire, 40 ; Wiltshire , 80.

Partington . Lancashire, 20 ;

Worcestershire,25 .

Parton . Staffordshire,10.

Partridge . Devonshire,17

Essex,15 ; Leicestershire

and Rutlandshire,13 ; S uf

folk , 16 ; Worcestershire ,14 .

Pascoe . Cornwall, 40.

Pasm ore— Passm ore . Devonshire

,12 ; Ham pshire , 10.

Patchett . Lincolnshire,13 .

Patmore . Essex 2 1.

Patten . Hertfordshire , 20.

Patterson . Northum berland,


East Ridings, 7.

Pattinson . C um b erland and .

Westm oreland,60.

Pattison . Durham,40 ; North

um b erland, 22 ; Yorkshire ,North and East Ridings , 7.

Paul— Pau l] . Cornw all,3 0 ;

Dorsetsh ire, 3 5 Somerset

shire , 10.

- Pau ll is m orecharacteristic Of Cornw all .

Paulson. Nottingham shire , 12 .

Pavey . Devonshire , 7.

Payne— Pain— Paine . Bedford

shire, 25 Berkshire, 15 ;

Buckingham shire, 3 0 ; C am

bridgeshire, 3 0 ; Devon .

shire , 8 ; Essex, 27 ; Glou

cestershire, 17 Ham pshire ,3 5 Herefordshire , 24

Hertfordshire , 20 ; Hun

tingdonsh ire , 10 ; Kent, 3 0 ;Leicestershire and Ru tland

shire , 17 ; Lincolnshire , 10 ;


534 HOMES OF FAMILI? NAMES .

15 ; Devonshire, 8 . Peekeis a Devonshire form .

Peel Yorkshire,West Riding ,

Peet . Lancashire , 8 ; Nottingham shire

,12 . (S ee Peat . )

Pegg —Pegge . Derbyshire , 17Norfolk, 9 . Pegge is foundin Derbyshire .

Pegler. Glou cestershire, 17.

Pegram . Essex, 15 .

Pel] . Nottingham shire,16.

Pemberton . Lancashire , 8 .

PendeH— Pendle . Suffolk, 11.

Pender. Cornwall , 8 .

Pendlebury. Lancashire, 13 .

Penfold Pennifold. Su ssex ,

Pengelly— Pengilly . Cornwall

30.

Penna . Cornwall, 10.

Pennington . Cheshire,11 ;

Lancashire,17.

Penny . Hampshire , 15 Som er

setshire, 18 .

Penrice . Worcestershire, 14 .

Penrose . Cornw all , 8 .

Penson . Gl oucestershire, 14 .

Pentelow . Cambridgeshire, 20 ;Hun tingdonshire , 18 .

Penwarden . Devonshire , 7.

Pepper. Leicestershire and

Rutlandshire,15 ; Lincoln

s hire , 11 ; Sufi olk,18 .

Percival . Cheshire, 3 4 ; Derbyshire

,7 Northampton

shire,20.

Perham . Som ersetshire,9 .

Perkin . Devonshire , 8 .

Perkins . Buckingham shire,

20 Devonshire, 10; Essex ,

12 ; Kent, 12 ; Lincoln

shire, 9 ; Monm outhshire ,

25 Northam ptonshire , 2 3

Oxfordshire , 15 ; Som erset

shire,10 ; Warw ickshire,

3 0 Worcestersh ire, 20

South'

VVales, 3 0.

Perks . Warw ickshire, 15 ;


Perrett— Perrott . Dorsetshire,

16 Monm outhshire,17 ;

Som ersetshire , 26 ; Wilt

sh ire , 22 . Perrett is the

m ore frequent form ; but

the two are usual ly asso

ciated.

Perrin . Devonshire , 7.

Perry. Bedfordshire, 18 ; Berk

shire , 7 Cornwall , 20 ;

Devonshire , 13 ; Essex, 3 0


fordshire, 18 NOttingham

shire , 12 ; Somersetshire ,30 Staffordshire , 14


Pescud. Surrey, 12 .

Petch . Yorkshire, North and

East Ridings, 16.

Peter . C ornwall, 8 .

Peters . Cornw all , 10 ; Som er

setshire , 15 ; North Wales,9 .

Pether. Oxfordshire, 15 .

Petherbridge . Devonshire, 7.

Petherick . Devonshire, 7.

Pethick . Cornw all, 10.

Pettipher. Oxfordshire , 15 .

Pettit— Pettitt . Bedfordshire,12 ; Essex, 18 ; Kent, 9 ;Suffolk

,23 ; Sussex , 10.


It is som etimes speltPettett in Suffolk and

Kent .Petty . Yorkshire ,West Riding,

10.

Phelps. Glou cestershire, . 17

Som ersetshire, 26 Worces

tersh ire , 18 .

Philippo . Norfolk, 13 Suffolk ,7.

Phillips . Berk sh ire,7 Bu cking

ham shire,20 ;

i

C heshire, 14

Cornwall , 60 ; Derbyshire ,15 ; Devonshire, 40 Dorset

shire, 3 4 Essex, 21 ; Glou

cestershire, 3 3 ; Ham pshire ,3 3 ; Herefordshire 65 ;

Huntingdonshire, 12 ; Kent,18 ; Lincolnshire, 15 ; Mon

m outhshire, 140 ; Oxford

shire, 3 5 ; Shropshire , 24 ;Somersetshire , S tafi ord

sh ire , 50 ; Su fi olk

Surrey, 10 ; Wiltshire, 18 ;Worcestershire, 26 ; NorthWales, 3 0 ; Sou th Wales ,150.

Phillipson . Northum b erland,41Philp . Cornwall, 16.

Philpot — Philpott . Hampshire,19 ; Herefordshire , 7 ; Kent ,20 ; Shropshire , 8 ; Suffolk,7 ; Sussex, 10 ; Wiltshire ,13 ; Worcestershire

,10.

Philpott is characteristic of

Kent,Wiltshire, and Shropshire .

Philpo ts— Philpotts . Herefordshire

, 7 ; Shropshire , 6.

Phippen— Phippin . Som erset

shire,15.

53 5

Phipps. Gloucestershire,

. 2 7 ;

Northamptonshire, 15

Warwickshire, Worcestershire , 22 .

Pick . Lincolnshire 17.

Pickard. Devonshire,. 17 Wilt

shire,24 Yorkshire

,West

Riding, 10.

Pickering. Cheshire,20 C um

berland and“Westm oreland,

20 Durham ; .3 2 Leicester

sh ire anda Ru tlandshire,

12 ; Northumberland, 3 7 ;Yorkshire

,~ West Riding,

26.

Pickersgilh Yorkshire,Nortlfu

and East idings, 10.

Pickett; Wiltshire, 13 .

Pickford. Cheshire,11 ; Derby

shire , -9 ; Somersetshire, 24Wiltshire

,«13 .

Pickin . Nottingham shire , 12 .

Pickles . Lancashire, 10 ; York

shire, West Riding, 3 2 .

Picku p . Lancashire,3 0.

Pickw ell . Lincolnshire , 11 .

Piddu ck— Pittock . Kent,18 .

Pierce . Sussex, 9 North Wales,

Pigg . Northum b erland, 14 .

Piggott. Bedfordshire, 110

Berkshire,15 ; Cambridge

shire ,.20 Hertfordshire , 20.

Pigott is characteristic Of

Cambridgeshire .Pike . Berksh ire

, 7 ; Bu cking-f

hamshire , 18 ; Devonshire;20 ; Dorsetshire , 26 Hamp ,

shire , 13 ; Northampton

shire, 15 ; Somersetshire,


'

20 ; Wiltsfihire , Worces

tersh ire , 14 .

Pilcher . Kent, 27.

Pile . Devonshire,22 ; Dorset

shire, 16 ; Wiltshire , 18 .

(S ee Pyle . )Pilgrim . Essex , 18 .

Pilkington . Lancashire . 2 1 .

Pilling. Lancashire, 11 .

Pim b lett . Lancashire , 8 .

Pim lott . Cheshire , 12

Pinch . Cornw al l, 9 .

Pinches . Shropshire , 17.

P inchin . Wiltshire, 18 .

Pinder . Lincolnshire , Not

tingham shire , 28 . Pindar

is a rare Lincolnshire form .

Pinhay—

.Pinhey . Devonshire, 7.

Pinniger. B erkshire , 15 ; Wilt

shire, 3 1 . Pinnegar and

Pinigar are rare Wiltshireform s .

Piper . Devonsh ire , 7 ; Essex ,9 ; Su ssex , 25 .

Pitcher . Bu ckingham shire,2 5

Sussex , 14 .

Pitchford . Shropshire , 17.

Pither. Berkshire,15 .

Pitm an . Dorsetshire , 20 Som er

setshire,25 .

Pitt . Gloucestershire , Herefordshire

, 58 ; Worcestershire

, 18 .

Pittock. ( S ee Piddu ck. )Pitts . Devonshire, 15 ; Norfolk,

9 .

Plackett. Derbyshire , 7.

Plaistowe. Buckingham sh ire,

Plant . S hropshire , 14 ; Staffordshire

,‘60 ; Suffolk , 16 .

Platt . Cheshire, 42 ; Derby

shire, 7 Lancashire,8 .

Platts . Derbyshire , 17 ; Not

tingham shire , 12 .

Pledger . Essex, 12Plew s . Yorkshire

,North and

East Ridings, 12 .

Plow right . Lincolnsh ire , 7 ;

Nottingham shire , 20.

Plum b ly . Norfolk,11 .

Plumm er. Berkshire, 8 ; Norfolk

,11 ; Wiltshire , 18 .

Plum tree . Nottingham shire , 7.

Pochin . Leicestershire and

Rutlandshire , 17.

Pocklington . Lincolnshire, 8 .

Pocock . Berkshire,20 ; Hert

fordshire, 15 W’

i ltshire ,80.

Podm ore . Shropsh ire , 12 .

Polkinghorn . Cornw all,9 .

Poll . Norfolk, 13 .

Pollard. Cam bridgeshire , 18 ;Cornw all

,2 2 ; Derbysh ire ,

7 ; Lancashire , 10 ; Leicester

shire and Rutlandshire,8 ;

Nottingham shire, 12 .

Pollitt . Lancashire, 8 .

Pom eroy . Dorsetshire, 15 .

Pomfret. Lancashire , 8 .

Ponting . Gloucestershire , 17 ;Wiltshire , 26 .

Poole . Cambridgeshire , 20 ;

Dorsetshire , 15 Essex , 15

Gloucestershire , 3 6 ; Shropshire , 17 ; Som ersetshire ,40 ; Staffordshire, 14 ; Wi lt

shire,13 . Pool is occa

sionally found in Som erset

shire . .

Pooley . Norfolk , Suffolk,7.


538 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES . .

Prettyjohn . Devonshire , 7.

Price . Cheshire,20 ; Glou ces

tershire,46 Herefordshire

,

260 ; Monm ou thshire , 170 ;Nottingham shire

,16

Shropshire,13 2 Som erset

shire,10 ; Staffordshire , 18 ;

Wiltshire,40 ; Worcester

shire,4 3 ; North Wales, 70 ;

South Wales,150. Pryce

is an unusu al form ,charac

teristic of Shropshire .Priday. Glou cestershire

,14 .

Pridmore . Leicestershire and

Rutlandshire , 17;Warwickshire

,15 .

Priest . Buckingham shire,15 ;

Devonshire, 7 ; Middlesex ,

15 .

Priestley Priestly. Derbyshire, 7 ; Lincolnshire, 9 ;Yorkshire

,West Riding, 9 .

Priestner. Cheshire,20.

Prince . Cheshire,14 ; Derby

shire , 17 ; Staffordshire , 20.

Pring . Devonshire,15 .

Pringle . .Northum b erland, 44 .

Prior Pryor . Bedfordshire,

8 Cambridgeshire , 20

Cornwall, 24 ; Hampshire ,16 ; Hertfordshire

, 3 0 ;

Norfolk, 10 Suffolk, 7.

Prior is the usual form,

Pryor being chiefly characteristic Of Cornw all

,whilst

Pryer' is a rare form found

in Norfolk .

Prisk . Cornw all , 8 .

Pritchard. Gloucestershire, 30

Herefordshire,51 ; Hert

fordshire, 10 ; Monm outh

shire,

13 2 ; Shropshire,

17 ; Som ersetshire , 10 ;

Worcestershire,18 ,

North

Wales,60. Prichard is

North Wales form .

Probert . Herefordshire , 3 1

Monm outhshire,45 ; Sou th

Wales,22 .

Procter— Proctor . Durham ,14


fordshire, 14 ; Lancashire ,40 Lincolnshire, 12 Nor

folk,9 ; Northum b erland,

12 ; Nottingham shire , 12 ;S tafi ordshire, 16 ; Worces

tershire , 14 Yorkshire ,West Riding, 28 . Proctor

is rather m ore frequent

but the tw o are associated

where at all num erous .

Prodham — Prudom . Yorkshire ,North and East Ridings,11 . O ther less frequ entvarieties ofthis nam e , su ch

as Proudham and Pru

dam es, also occur in these

divisions ofYorkshire .

Prole . Bedfordshire , 8 .

Prosser. Gloucestershire , 14 ;H erefordshire, 44 ; Mon

m ou th shire , 4 2 South

Wales, 22 .

Prothero . Herefordshire , 12

Monm outhshire,10 South

Wales, 10.

Proud. Durham ,28 .

Prout . Cornwall , 10 ; Glou ces

tershire,2 7.

Prouse— Prow se . Cornwall , 14 ;Devonshire , 16. Prouse is

confined to Devonshire .


Pryor . (S ee Prior.)Pu ckeridge . Wiltshire, 13 .

Puddephatt . Bedfordshire , 15B uckingham shire

,60 Hert

fordshire,10. Puddifoot is

a Hertfordshire form ofthenam e .

Puddy . Som ersetshire, 12 .

Pugh . Herefordshire , 17 ; Monm ou th shire

,22 Shrop

shire, 48 Worcestershire ,

26 ; North Wales, 160 ;

South Wales,22 .

Pugsley . Devonshire, 7.

Pullan— Pu llen— Pullin . Berkshire

,20 Buckingham

shire , 18 ; Gloucestershire ,60 ; Monm ou thshire, 17 ;

Oxfordshire,

.18 Wiltshire,

2 7 Yorkshire ,WestRiding,

24 . Pu llen is the m ostfrequent form ; and nextto it com es Pu llin

, whichrarely occu rs unassociatedwith it

, and is especiallycharacteristic ofGloucestershire . Pullan is m ostlyfound in the West Riding .

Purdy. Norfolk , 13 .

Purkis . Cambridgeshire, 20.

Purser. Worcestershire,18 .

Pursglove— Purslove . Derbyshire

,13 .

Pu rss e l l . Buckingham shire,

20.

Purv is . Durham , 12 ; Northum b erland, 18 .

Puttock . Su rrey, 15 .

Pyatt . Staffordshire, 12 .

Pybus . Yorkshire , North and

East Ridings, 12 .

Pye . Kent,3 3 ; Lancashire,

30 ; Northumberland,14 .

Pyle .

8 .

Pym .

Devonshire,15 ; Surrey,

(S ee Pile . )Devonshire

,7.

Quance . Devonshire, 14 . (S ee

Squance . )Quelch . Du rham ,

12 .

Quenby . Bedfordshire , 12 .

Quested. Kent , 15 .

Qu ibell . Nottingham shire,12 .

Qu ick . Cornwall, 19 ; Devon

shire, 7.

Quilter. Essex , 12 .

Quinney. Worcestershire, 14 .

Babbette. Dorsetshire , 21 .

Rabjohns . Devonshire , 7.

Raby . Cornwall,12 ; Lanca

shire,8 .

Rackham . Norfolk,15 Suf

folk,14 .

Raddall Raddl e . Cornw all,8 .

Radford. Derbysh ire , 40 ; Essex

,9 ; Nottingham shire,

16 ; Oxfordshire, 20.

Radley. Nottingham shire,20.

Radway . Gloucestershire , 14 .

Rainbow . Warw ickshire, 3 2 .

Raine . Cumberland andWestm oreland,

17 Durham,60

Yorkshire , North and EastRidings, 30. Rain is '

a

rare Durham form .

Rainford. Lancashire, 10.

Rains . Derbyshire ,Ram sbottom . Lancashire, 10.

540 H OMES OF FAMILY ‘

NAMES .

’

Ram sden . Yorkshire,West

Riding, 13 .

Ranby . Lincolnshire , 9 .

Rand . Buckingham shire , 18 ;

Northum berland,18 .

Randall Randel l. Bedfordshire

,12 ; Cam bridge

shire, 15 Dorsetshire,25

Essex , 10 ; S uffolk , 14 ;

Warw ickshire,15 ;Worces

tershire,26. Randell

,w hich

is the least frequ ent,is

associated w ith Randall inDorsetshire

,b u t in Wor

cestershire it occu rs alone .

Ransom— Ranson . Suffolk , 14 .

Rapley . Sussex,18 .

Rapson . Cornw all, 8 .

Rashleigh . Hampshire, 9 .

Ra lclifl'

e . Derbyshire , 7 ; Essex ,9 ; Glou cestershire , 24 ;

Leicestershire andRutlandshire

,13 ; Middlesex , 18 ;

S taffordshire,3 4 ; York

sh ire, West Riding,13 .

Radcliffe is a West Ridingform

,whilst Ratcliif occu rs

in Staffordshire .

Rathbone . Cheshire,11 .

Raven . Essex,12 .

Ravenscroft . Cheshire,17.

Ravenshaw . Shropshire , 12 .

Raw . Yorkshire,North and

East Ridings , 26 .

Raw clifi'

e . Lancash ire , 17.

Rawle . Som ersetshire,11 .

Raw lings Raw lins ,Shrop

shire,12 ; Som ersetshire ,

12 ; Wiltshire , 50.

Raw linson . Lancashire . 20.

(See Row lingson .)

Ray. Essex,9 .

Raym ont— Raymount . Devonshire

, 7.

Rayner . Essex,24 ; Norfolk ,


Suffolk, 9 . Raynor is aNottingham shire form .

Rear—LReay . Cumberland and

Westm oreland,20 ; North

um b erland, 4 1 Worcester

shire,14 .

Read . Bedfordshire , 18 ; Berk

shire, 7 ; Buckingham shire ,

18 ; Cam bridgeshire , 40 ;

Cheshire,20 ; Devonshire ,

7 ; Dorsetshire, 40 ; Glou

cestershire , 10 ; Hampshire ,2 1 Kent

,12 Lincolnshire ,


Norfolk,30 ; Som erset

shire , 10 ; S taffordshire, 14 ;Suffolk

,46 ; Wiltshire , 50.

Reade is a rare form ,

occurring in Cheshire and

Berkshire . ( S ee Reed and

Reid.)Reading . Bu ckingham shire ,

24 ; Oxfordshire , 20 ; War

w ickshire , 50.

Readman . Yorkshire , North


Reakes . Som ersetshire , 11 .

Reddaw ay. Devonshire , 7.

Reddicliffe . Devonshire, 8 .

Redfern . Derbyshire, 3 4 ;

Staffordshire , 16 . Red

fearn is a rare Derbyshire

formRedgate . Nottingham shire , 12 .

Redm an . Wiltshire , 20 ; York

shire , West Riding, 10.



shire and Rutlandshire,

17 ; Monm outhshire, 100 ;Northam ptonshire

,15

Nottingham shire, 3 6

Shropshire, 26 ; Som erset"

shire, 3 8 ; Warw ickshire ,15 ; Wiltshire , 27 ; Wor

cestershire , 14 ; North

Wales, 70 ; Sou th Wales,

93 .

Richardson . Cambridgeshire ,2 5 ; Cheshire , 3 0 ; Cum ber

land and Westm oreland,

120 ; Derbyshire , 3 1 Dur

ham,84 ; Essex , 45 ; Kent,

24 ; Lancashire, 26 ; Lei

cestershire and Rutland

shire, 17 Lincolnshire, 4 7Northam p t onshire, 15

Northum berland,63 ; Not

tingham shire, 50 S taf

fordshire , 20 ; Suffolk , 11 ;Sussex

,21 ; Warw ickshire ,


Yorkshire,West Riding ,


East Ridings, 60. (S ee

Ritson, a contracted form .)Richens . Berkshire, 25 ; Wil t

shire , 18 .

Riches . Norfolk , 50 ; Suffolk,18 .

Richm ond. Lancashire , 8 ;

Norfolk,9 ; Nottingham

sh ire, 12 Warw ickshire,24 Yorkshire, WestRiding,

16 ; Yorkshire,North and East Ridings, 7.

Rickard. Cornw all, 3 9 .

Rickett . Essex , 12 .

Ricketts . Gloucestershire , 17.

Ridd. Devonshire, 8 .

Riddell . Northum b erland, 11 .

Riddle . Cornw all, 8 ; Northum b erland, 3 0.

Rider . Yorkshire,North and

East Ridings , 8 .

Ridgew ay— Ridgw ay . B uckingham shire

,20 ; Cheshire ,

14 .

Riding— Byding . Lancashire,

15 .

Ridler . Devonshire, 7 Som er

setshire,14 .

Ridley . Du rham,24 ; North

um b erland, 67 ; Suffolk,

11.

Ridout . Dorsetshire , 50.

Rigby. Cheshire , 20 Lanca

shire,3 6.

Rigden . Kent,18 .

Riggall . Lincolnshire , 27.

Righ ton . Glou cestershire , 24 .

Riley. Derbyshire , 3 0 ; Essex,12 ; Lancashire , 16 ; Not

tingham shire,12 Stafford

shire, 3 6 ; Warw ickshire ,55 ; Yorkshire, West Rid

ing, 13 .

Rim ell . Glou cestershire, 3 0 ;

Worcestershire , 18 . Rim

m ell is a rare Worcestershire form .

Rimm er . Lancashire , 3 6.

Ringer . Norfolk, 15 .

Rippon . Lincolnshire, 9 .

Risdon . Devonshire , 7 ; Som er

setshire, 12 .

Rishw orth . Yorkshire,West

Riding, 9 . (See Ru sh

w orth . )Rising. Norfolk, 9 .


Ritson . Cumberland andWest

m oreland, 40 ; Durham ,20.

(See Richardson . )Rivett . Norfolk , 11.

Rix . Norfolk, 26.

Roach . Cornw all,16 ; C lou

cestershire , 17.

Roadley . Nottingham shire , 12 .

Roads . Buckingham shire,40.

Roake . Su rrey, 15 .

Robbins. Nottingham shire , 12 ;Oxfordshire , 15 Warw ick

shire,13 . (S ee Robins . )

Rober ts . Bedfordshire,

18 ;

Cambridgeshire , 20 ; Cheshire

, 3 2 ; Cornwall , 90 ;Derbyshire, 20 ; Devonshire

,10 ; Dorsetshire , 3 0 ;

Essex,12 ; Gloucestershire ,

50 ; Hampshire, 17 ; Herefordshire

,24 ; Hertford

shire,18 ; Kent, 15 ; Lan

cashire,18 ; Leicestershire

and Ru tlandshire, 30 ; Lin

colnshire, 3 4 ; Monm o utl

Shire , 100 ; Norfolk, 13 ;

Northamptonsh ire, 2 5

Nott ingham shire,15 ; C x

fordsh ire,20 ; Shropshire ,

105 ; Som erset-shire,11 ;

Wiltshire,18 ; Worcester

shire,3 4 ; Yorkshire, West

Riding, 21 ; North Wales,500 ; South Wales, 110.

Robertshaw . Yorkshire , WestRiding, 16 .

Robertson . Norfolk,11 North

umb erland, 2 2 .

Robins. Cornwall, 10 ; Devonshire, 7 ; Hertfordshire, 12 ;Warwickshire

,13 .

54 3

Robinson . Bedfordshire , 25 ;


ham shire,25 ; Cambridge

shire,4 5 ; Cheshire , 80 ;

Cumberland and West

m oreland, 110 Derbyshire ,63 ; Du rham , 200 ; E ssex .

3 0 ; Gloucestershire , 3 0 ;

Ham pshire, 9 ; Hereford

shire , 14 ; Huntingdonshire ,25 ; Lancashire , 74 ; Lei

cestersh ire and Ru tland

shire,4 3 ; Lincolnsh ire ,

117 ; Norfolk, 15 ; North

amptonshire , 110 ; North

umb erland, 77 ; Notting

ham sh ire, 3 0 Oxfordshire,

20 ; Shropshire , 29 ; Stef

fordshire, 72 ; Su ffolk , 20 ;Su rrey,

15 ; Sussex, 2 1 ;

Warw ickshire, 3 0 ; Wor

cestershire , 14 ; Yorkshire ,West Riding, 85 ; YO Ikfi

’

shire , North and EastRidings, 12 3 .

Robson . Cum berland and

Westm oreland,2 5 ; Dur

ham,124 ; Lincolnshire, 10

Northumberland,

2 40


Ridings, 3 5 .

Rodda . Cornw all,16.

Roddam . Northumb erland, 14 .

R o (1dis . Northamptonshire ,20.

Rodenhurst . Shropshire , 12 .

Rodm ell . Yorkshire,North


Roe . Lincolnshire,14 ; Notting

ham shire,8 ; Som erse t

shire, 14 . (S ee Rowe.)

54 4; HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES .

Roebuck . Yorkshire, West

Riding,13 .

Rogers . Bedfordshire,

10 ;

Berkshire , 16 ; Bu ckingham shire

,42 ; Cheshire , 9


18 ; Devonshire , 18 ; Dor

setsh ire , 15 ; Essex, 18 ;

Hampshire , 3 0 ; Hereford

shire,65 ; Kent, 3 0 ; Lin

coln shire , 11 ; Monm ou th

sh ire,3 5 ; Northampton

shire, 15 ; Nottingham

shire , 28 ; Oxfordshire , 3 5 ;Shropshire , 65 ; Stafford

shire , 16 ; Sussex , 4 7 ;

Warw ickshire , 3 8 ; Wilt

shire , 2 2 ; W orcestershire ,3 4 ; North Wales, 18 ;

South Wales,3 2 . Rodgers

is m ore characteristic of

Derbyshire .Rogerson . Lancashire , 11 .

Rolfe . Bu ckingham shire , 18 ;Essex, 15 ; Hertfordsh ire ,15 Kent, 24 ; Norfolk , 18

Suffolk, 20. Bofe and

Rolfe are corruptions, the

first occu rring in Kent and

the other in Hertfordshire .

(S ee Roofe .)Rolph . Suffolk

,12 ;

Rood. Som ersetshire , 9 .

Roofe . Norfolk,11 . (S ee

Rolfe . )Rook— Rooke . Cumberland and.

Westmoreland, 25 ; York

shire, North and East

Ridings, 12 .

Roose . Cornwall,10. (S ee

Row se .)

Root . Essex,12 .

Roper . Dorsetshire, 20 ; Suffolk

,15 ; Worcestershire ,

18 .

Rosb otham — Rosb ottom . Lan

cashire, 8 .

Rose . Berkshire , 20 ; Buckingham shire , 3 5 ; Cam bridgeshire

,24 ; Derbyshire , 11 ;

Dorsetshire, 50 ; Hunting

donshire , 25 Lincolnshire,

12 ; Nottingham shire,3 2 ;

O xfordshire , 44 ; Surrey,20 ; Wiltshire , 26.

Roseveare . Cornwall,22 .

Rosew arne . Cornw all, 8 .

Roskelly— Roskilly . Cornwall

,

17.

RO S S . Dorsetshire,26 .

Bossall— Rossell . Lancashire

7.

Rosser . Monmouthshire,4 5 .

Rossiter . Dorsetshire,15 .

Rothwell . Lancashire,12 .

Rou nthwaite Rou thw aite .


Ridings, 9 .

Rou tledge . Cumberland and

Westmoreland,20 .

Rou tley . Devonshire, 7.

Row arth . Derbyshire , 9 .

Rowbotham Rowbottom .

Derbyshire, 15 ; Stafford

shire,12 .

Rowe . Cornw all , 13 4 ; Devonshire

, 3 7 ; Lincolnshire , 7 ;Som ersetshire

, 7 ; Suffolk ,20. Row is a rare form

occurring in Cornw all amd

Suffolk . (S ee Roe . )Row ell . Devonshire, 10


546

S alisbury. Derbyshire , 7 Lam

cashire, 8 .

Sallis . Cambridgeshire, 20.

Salm on . Bu ckingham shire, 17 ;Cheshire , 9 Essex, 15O xfordshire , 15 Som erset

,shire

'

,12 Staffordshire

,8 ;

Suffolk , 10.

S alt . Derbyshire, 38 ; S tafi ordshire

, 86.

S alter. Devonshire , 28 ; Suffolk,

9 .

S al thouse . Laneashire , 11.

Sampson . Cornw all, Derbyshire, 13 ; Devonshire , 9 ;Kent

,24 .

Samw ays . Dorsetshire , 15 .

Sandbank . Cheshire , 9 .

Sandercock . Cornw all, 14 .

Sanders— Saunders . Bedford

shire, 3 0 Berkshire , 2 0 3Buckingham shire , 40; C ambridgeshire, 40 Cornw all ,14 Derbyshire , 11 Devon.

shire, 53 ; Dorsetshire , -40 ;

Essex, 16 ; Gloucestershire ,18 ; Hampshire, 21 Herefordshire

, 24 Hertford

HOMES OF FAMILY NAM .

”

mostfrequ ent in Devonshireand Worcestershire

,

Saunders in Dorsetshire,Cambridgeshire, and C x

fordshire.

Sanderson . Durham, 56 ; Lan

cashire, 21 ; Lincolnshire ,10 ; Northumberland, 3 3 ;

. Yorkshire,West Riding,

20. Saunderson is a rareform .

Sandry —Saundry .

12 .

Sands. Norfolk,18 .

Sankey. Shropshire , 12 .

S ardeson . Lincolnsh ire,8 .

S are . ” Buckingham shire , 20 .

(S ee Sear . )Sargeant— Sargent. Cornw all ,

14 Northamptonshire , 3 5

S taffordshire 14 ; Suffolk ,11 ; Wiltshire , 22 . Sar

gent is m ost frequent.

Both are usually associated, except in Cornw all

and Wiltshire , where Sar

gent alone occurs . (See

Sergeant . )

and

Cornw all,

shire,25 Huntingdonshire, 6Sargisson. Lincolnshire, 8 .

12 ; Kent, 15 Leicestershire andRutlandshire

, 17

Monm ou thshire, 25 Nor

folk, 17 Northamptonshire,;2 5 Nott ingham sh ire , 12 ;

O xfordshire, 3 5 Som erset

shire, 11 Staffordshire , 18S uffolk, 16 Surrey, 20 ;

S ussex, 18 ; Warwickshire,3 3 Worcestershire , 26.

The two varieties are often

associated, Sanders .b eing

Saunders . (S ee Sanders . )Saunderson . (S ee Sanderson . )Savage . Cam bridgesh ire, 16 ;

Glou cestershire, 3 3 ; Nor

folk, 10 Northamptonsh ire ,25 ; Shropshire, 15 ; War

w ickshire , 22 ; Worcester

shire, 14 .

Savill . Essex, 3 3 .

Savin . (S ee Sabin .)Savory. Norfolk, 18 .

Sawyer. Suffo lk, 16.


S ay, Som ersetshire , 12 .

Sayce . Herefordshire , 14 ;

Monm outhshire,2 2 ; Shrop

shire, 8 ; North Wales, 15 .

(S ee Seys .)Sayer . Norfolk , 18 ; Yorkshire ,North and East Ridings ,18 .

S ayers . Sussex , 18 .

Scales . Norfolk, 11.

Scantlebury . Cornwall,12 .

Scarborough . Lincolnshire, 11 .

Scarth . Yorkshire, North and

East Ridings, 10.

Schofield . Lancashire , 20 ;

Yorkshire , West Riding,'

3 3 . S cholfield is a rareLancashire form .

Scholes. Lancashire, 8 .

Scholey— Scoley. Lincolnshire,10.

S coones . Kent, 12 .

Scott . Bedfordshire,10; Buck

ingham shire , 20 ; C am

bridgeshire, 20 ; Cheshire ,11 ; Cumberland andWestm oreland

,84 ; Devonshire ,

20 ; Durham, 40 ; Kent,

15 ; Lincolnshire, 2 2 ; Norfolk, 17 ; Northumberland,123 Nottingham shire

,24

Shropshire, 12 ; Somersetshire, 12 ; Suffolk

, 20 ;

Su rrey, 15 ; Yorkshire,

West Riding, 2 1 ; Yorkshire , North and EastRidings, 24 .

Scotton . Leicestershire and

Rutlandshire, 24 .

S cragg . Cheshire,9 .

2 N 2

547

Scrim shaw— S crimshire . Lin

colnshire , 8 .

Scriven . Northamptonshire, 15 .

Scrivener. Bedfordshire, 18 .

Scroggs . Bedfordshire , 10.

S cru by . Essex , 15 .

S cu dam ore . Herefordshire, 20.

Scutt . Dorsetshire , 20.

Seabrook . Essex, 40 ; Hert

fordshire , 25 .

Seal . Derbyshire , 11 .

Sealey— Sealy . Som ersetshire,17.

Seam an . Norfolk , 22 ;Suffolk,16Sear. Buckinghamshire , 25 .

(S ee Sare .)Searle . Cambridgesh ire, 17

Cornwall,2 2 ; Devonshire,

10.

Sears. Hertfordshire, 10.

Searson . Lincolnshire,9 .

S eath .

_ Kent, 15 .

Seaward. Hampshire, 17.

Seccombe . Cornwall,8 . (S ee

S ercom b e . )S eddon . Lancashire 16.

Sedgwick . Yorkshire, WestRiding, 20. Sidgw ick Is a

rare West Riding form of

the nam e .

Sedm an . Yorkshire , North andEast Ridings, 10.

Seed. Lancashire , 27 ; York

shire, West Riding,13 .

Sefton— Sephton . Lancashire,

17.

Selby . Nottingham shire , 12 .

Seldon . Devonshire, 8 .

Selfe— Self. Essex , 7; Norfolk,29 ; S uffolk 9 Wiltshire

,

12 .


Sellars— Sellers. Yorkshire ,North and East Ridings, 10.

Sellek . Devonshire, 7.

Selwyn . Gloucestershire,15 .

Senior . Dorsetshire , 20 ; York

shire , West Riding, 3 0.

Sercomb e . Devonshire , 7. (S eeS eccombe .)

Sergeant . Lin colnsh ire,

(S ee Sargeant . )Severn . Derbyshire , 8 ; Not

tingham shire , 10.

Severs . Yorkshire, North and

East R idings, 9 .

Seward. Devonshire 20.

Sewell . Cumberland and Westm oreland,

“

15 Essex,15

Norfolk, 12 ; Suffolk, 10.

Seym ou r . Berkshire, 8 ; Buck

ingham shire, 20 .

Seys . Monm ou thshire, 17. (See

Sayce . )Shackel . Berkshire , 15 .

Shacklady— Shakelady. Lan

cashire , 8 .

Shackleton . Yorkshire,West

Riding, 22 .

Shacklock . Derbyshire, 7.

Shakeshaft . Buckingham shire ,10; Cheshire, 9; Shropshire,10. Shackshaft is alsofound in Buckingh am

sh ire .

Shanks . Northumberland,3 3 .

Shapland. Devonshire, 17.

(S ee Shopland.)Sharland. Devonshire

, 7.

Shorland is a rare varietyalso found in Devonshire .

Sharman . Bedfordshire,10 ;

Buckingham shire,20 ; Lei

cestershire and Rutlandshire

,13 Lincolnshire , 8


shire,20.

Sharp— Sharpe . Bedfordshire,18 ; Berkshire, 20 ; C um

berland and'

Westm oreland,

3 0 ; Derbyshire , 7 ; Kent,27 ; Lancashire , 8 Deicestershire and Rutlandshire,3 8 ; Lincolnshire , 53 Nor

folk,9 Northamptonshire,

25 ; Nottingham shire, 3 2 ;

Warwickshire,15 York

shire, West Riding, 20 ;Yorkshire

,North and East

Ridings, 11 . Sharp is threetim es as num erous ; bu t the

two nam es are usually asso

ciated.

Sharples . Lancashire,26.

Sharpley. Lincolnshire, 9 .

Sharratt— Sherratt . Stafford

shire, 42 . Sharrod of thiscounty is probably a cor

ruption . 5M .

Sharrock— Shorrock . Lanca

shire, 17.

Shave . Essex ,12 .

Shaw . Bedfordshire, 8 ; C am

bridgeshire, 20 ; Cheshire ,63 ; Cum berland andWestm oreland, 3 0 ; Derbyshire ,56 ; Lancashire, 3 8 ; Deicestershire and Rutlandshire

,

17 Lincolnshire, 22 North

amptonshire , 15 ; Nottingham shire , ° 40 ; Stafford

shire ,40 ; Sussex , York

shire, West Riding, 66 ;



Shoeb otham — Shoeb ottom . S taf

fordshire ,

Shone . Cheshire , 12 .

Shopland. Devonshire; 9 .

Shore . Cheshire, 1 2 .

Short . Devonshire , 16 ; North

umb erland,3 0 ; Surrey, 11

Sussex , 14 .

Shorter; Kent, 18 .

Shotton . Du rham ,20.

Shreeve . Norfolk,13 .

Shrim pton . Oxfordshire , 20.

Shuffleb otham Shuffleb ottom .

Cheshire , 15 S tafi ordsh ire,

24 . The second is peculiarto Cheshire .

Shuker . Shropshire,20.

Shute‘

. Dorsetshire , 3 6.

Shuttlew orth . Lancashire,20

Yorkshire,

-West Riding,20.

Siddall . Derbyshire, 11 ; Yorkshire

,North and East Rid

ings, 12 . Siddell and

Siddle are North and EastRiding form s.

Siddons. Northamptonshire,

25

S iddorn . Cheshire , 9 .

Sidebottom . Derbyshire, 15 .

S idford. Wiltshire , 17.

S ilcock . Lancashire , 10.

Sillitoe— Shillitoe . Shropshire

10 ; Staffordshire, 18

Yorkshire , West Riding,10. Shropshire contains

both these forms, Stafford

shire has Sillitoe withS illito

,and theWest Rid

ing has Sh illitoe.

Silvester . Hampshire , 17

Hertfordshire, 10.

S im - Simm . Cumberland and

Westmoreland, 40.

Simm ons— S immonds . Bed

fordshire, 8 ; Berksh ire, 25 ;

Buckingham shire , 20 ,

Cornw all, 3 0 ; Essex , 13 ;

Hampshire,17 Hertford

shire,10 ; Oxfordshire , - 26 ;

Surrey, 10 ; Sussex, 3 6.

Simm ons is mu ch the m orefrequent form

,Simm onds

being associated w ith it inBerkshire

,Hampshire , C x

fordshire,

and Sussex .

S emm ens is characteristicof Cornw all .

Simkin . S tafl’ordshire, 12 ;'

Suffolk,14 .

Simpkin . Leicestershire and

Rutlandshire,17.

Simpkins . Wiltshire, 17.

Sim ons . (S ee Sym onds . )Simpson . Cheshire

, 3 1 ; C um

berland and Westm oreland,

25 ; Derbyshire, 25 ; Dur

ham,48 ; Essex , 12 ; Lan

cashire,2 7 ; Leicestershire

and Rutlandshire,20 Lin

colnshire , 16 ; Northamptonshire , 13 Nottinghamshire

, 20 ; Shropshire, 14 ;Staffordshire

, 3 0 ; Suffolk ,2 3 ; Yorkshire, West Riding, 40 Yorkshire

,North


Sim son is also found in

Essex .

Sims. Cheshire , 9 Der bysh ire ,3 4 Gloucestershire, 14 ;


Som ersetshire , 9 ; Wiltshire

, 3 5 .

Sinclair. Hertfordshire, ~ 10 ;

S u rrey, 10.

Sinden . S ussex, 21.

Singer . Som ersetshire , 9 .

Singleton . Lancashire, 3 3 .

S irrell . Herefordshire , 14 .

Skeels. Cambridgeshire, 24 .

Skelton . Lincolnshire,15 ; Not

tingham shire, 20 ; York ~

shire,North and East Rid

ings, 9 .

Skerrett. Herefordshire, 14 .

Skew es. Cornwall , 10.

Skidmore . Derbyshire , 13 .

Skinner. Cornwall, 14 ; Devonshire

,Kent, 48 ; Lin

colnsh ire,11 Norfolk, 20 ;

Su rrey, 12 ; Sussex, 14

Worcestershire, 14 .

Skyrme . Herefordshire , 28 ,

Slack. Cheshire,2 2 ; Cumber

land and'Westm oreland, 20;Derbyshire, 3 0 Nottingham shire, 16 ; Staffordshire ,21 .

Slade .

‘

Devonshire , 7 ; Som ersetshire

,- 24 .

S lader . Devonshire, 13 .

'Slater . Cam bridgeshire, 15 ;

Cheshire,26 ; Derbyshire ,

30 ;Lancashire , 20 Nottingham shire , 20 Stafford

shire , 14 ; Yorkshire, WestRiding, 10 ; Yorkshire

,


Slatter . Gloucestersh ire, 14 ;

Oxfordshire , 24 .

Slau ghter . Su rrey, 15

S lee . Devonshire, 7,

551

Sleeman . C ornwall, 22 Devonshire

,13 .

S leightholm e . Lincolnsh ire , 7Yorkshire, North and EastRidings,

S limger. Lancashire, 8 ; Yorkshire

,We

i

st Riding, 10.

S lipper. Norfolk, 9 .

S locock. Buckingham shire,18.

S loman . Devonshire, 10 ; Kent,9 .

Sloper. Wiltshire,22 .

S luggett . Devonshire , 7Smale , Devonshire, 23 .

Small , No ttingham shire,12

Som ersetshire , 15 Word

cestershire ,

Sm allbridge Smalbridge

Sm aridge. Devonshire , - 13 .

Smaridge is an uncomm on )

abbreviation .

Sm art . Northamptonshire , 20

Wiltsh ire,13 .

Smedley. Derbyshire, 21 .

Sm erdon . Devonshire,17.

Sm ith . Bedfordshire,

120


ham shire,95 ; Cambri dge

shire , 160 ; Cheshire, 56 ;Cornwall , 3 2 ; Cum berland

and Westmoreland, 90 ;

Derbyshire , 150 ° Devons

shire , Dorsetshire, 90 ;Du rham

,Essex ,

Gloucestershire, 2 70Hampshire, 116 ; Herefordshire

,160 ; Hertfordshire,

185 ; Huntingdonshire ,115 ; Kent

,Lan

cashire , 13 4 ; Leicestershire

and Rutlandshire , 128 ;

552 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES2.

Lincolnsh ire,143 ; Middl e

sex , 100 ; Monm outhshire ,90 ; Norfolk , 155 ; North

amptonshire , 190 ; North

umb erland,114 ; Notting

ham shire,

160 ; O xfordshire , 130 ; Shropshire, 50 ;Som ersetshire , 2 2 ; Stafford

shire,

.200 ; .S ufl’olk, 118 ;

Surrey, :90 ; S ussex,104 ;

Warwickshire, 2 20 Wilt


300 ; Yorkshire,West

Riding, 160 ; Yorkshire ,North and East Ridings,150; North Wales, 20 ;

South Wa les , 3 2 .

Smithers .rSurrey,

25 .

Sm ithin . Worcestersh ire , 22 .

Sm ithson . Lincolnshire , 14 ;

Yorkshire, North and East

Ridings, 12 .

Smyth . Devonsh ire , 7 ; Suf

folk, 7.

Snaith . Durham,12 ; North

umb erland,3 7.

Sneath Lincolnshire, 8 .

Snell . Cornwall,40 ; Devon

shire , 3 6 ; Suffolk, 9 .

Snelson . Cheshire , 12 .

Snook .

‘Berkshire , 12 ; Dorset

shire,’

15 ; Som ersetsh ire ,11 ; Wiltsh ire , 49 .

Snow . Devonshire , 17 ; Essex ,12 Staffordshire, 10.

Sn owball . Durham ,20 ; North

umb erland, 11 .

Snowdon . Durham , 3 6 ; Lin

colnshire , 9 Northumberland, 18 ; Yorksh ire, West

Riding, 10, Snowden is a

West Riding and Lincoln

shire form .

S oam e . Norfolk, 11 .

Soby . Devonshire , 7.

Solley— Solly . Kent, 27.

Solom on . Kent, 3 6.

Som ers . Som ersetshire , 9 .

(S ee Summ ers . )Soper . Devonshire, 18 .

Sorrell . Essex , 3 0.

South . Herefordshire, 17Sou thgate . S ufi olk, 20.

Sou thon . Kent, 3 0. Southern

is a rare form of the nam ein this couhty .

Sou thw elh Ham pshire,17.

Sowerby . Cumberland and

Westmoreland, 25 ; Dur

ham ,28 Lincolnshire

,10


Ridings, 10.

Spackm an . Berkshire, 7 ; C am

bridgeshire, 15 ; Wil tsh ire;53 .

Spalton . Derbyshire, 9 .

Spargo . Cornwall, 12 .

Sparkes . Sussex , 14 .

Sparks. Devonshire, 7 ; Som er

setshire , 9 .

Sparrow. Essex , 12 ; Glou ces

tershire, 17 ; Suffolk , 9 .

Speakm an . Essex,12 ; Lanca

shire, 12 .

Spear. Cornwall , 17 ; Devon

shire , 8 .

Speechley. Huntingdonshire ,15 .

Speed . S om ersetshire , 9 .

Spence . Yorkshire , WestRiding, . . 12 ; Yorkshire,l



“

Stanton . Bedfordsh ire, 10.

S tanworth . Lancashire,11 .

Staples. Nottingham shire, 7

Stares . Ham pshire , 2 1.

Starkie . Lancashire, 14 .

Starling . Norfolk,17.

Stavely . Yorkshire,North and

East Ridings, 7.

Stay. S ussex , 14 .

Stead. Monmouthshire , 7

Yorkshire, West

' Riding,17 ; Yorkshire , North and

1

East Ridings, 10.

Stebbing . Essex,12 ; Norfolk,

9 . S tebbings is also found

in Norfolk ,

Stedman. Kent, 12 ; Sufi olk,

12 .

Steeds. Som ersetshire,9 .

Steel — Steele . Cheshire,24 ;

Cum berland andWestm ore

land, 60 Staffordshire,26

Suffolk, 7 ; Yorkshire,West Riding, 15 ,

Usuallyassociated, but Steel is them ore frequent .

Steer . Devonsh ire,16 ; Surrey,

12 .

S tcggall . Sufi olk,

S telfox . Cheshire, 12 .

S tendall . Nottingham shire , 12 .

Stephens— Stevens . Berkshire,

28 ; Buckingham shire, 3 0 ;

Cornw all,160 ; Devonshire,

15 ; Dorsetshire , 3 5 ; Essex ,27 ; Gloucestershire

,40 ;

Herefordshire, 50 ; Kent,3 0 ; Leicestershire and.

Ru tlandshire,2 1 ; Mon

m outhshire , 28 Oxford

shire , 3 0 ; Shropshire, 12 ;

Som ersetshire , 30 SuffolkSurrey, 20 ; Sussex ,

51 ; Wiltshire , 2 2 Worces

tershire , 26 ; North Wales,20 ; South

'

Wales, 55 .

These two varieties of thesam e nam e are Often asso

ciated. Stephens,how

ever, is particularly charac

teristic Of Cornw all and. of

the counties on and near

the Welsh border, espe

cially Herefordshire, Glou

cestershire ,Worcestershire ,Shropshire, and also South

Wales itself. Stevens is'

well distributed through

ou t t he area of this name ,but is best represented inthe south and east of Eng

land,particu larly in Sussex ,

Essex , Kent, Buckingham

shire , Berkshire , Dorset

Shire, Som ersetshire, and

Wiltshire .

Stephenson— Stevenson . Berk

shire, 19 ; Cumberland and

Westm oreland, 3 2 Derbyshire , 27 ; Durham ,

108 ;

Lancashire , 18 ; Leicester

sh ire and Rutlandshire , 3 3

Lincolnshire , 42 ; North

um b erland, 55 ; Nottingham shire, 28 ; Stafford

shire, 12 Sussex , 3 2 ;

Warwickshire, 25 ; York

shire , West Riding, 25 ;


Ridings, 54 . In counties

where‘

they are at all

num erous the two vari eties


of this nam e are usuallyassociated. H o w e v e r

,

Stephenson,‘

w hich is them ore frequ ent

,is charac

teristic of the northerncounties

,north of the Wash

and the Mersey ;’

south of

this line, in the m idlandcounties of Derbyshire ,Warw ickshire

,Leicester

shire and Rutlandshire ,etc .

, as well as in the south

coast county of Su ssex, itis for the m ost part sup

planted by Stevenson .

Steward. Essex,12 ; Norfolk ,

17 ; Suffolk, 14 .

Stew art . Northumberland,11 .

Stickles. Kent,12 .

S tidston . Devonshire, 7.

Stiles . (S ee Styles . )Stimpson . Norfolk

,18 .

Stinchcombe . Glou cestershire,

20.

Stinton . Worcestershire , 22 .

S tobart S tob ert . Northum

berland,3 0.

Stobbs. Durham ,24 ; Nor

thumb erland, 30 .

S tock . Essex,24 .

Stockdale . Cambridgeshire , 24 .

S to ckhill- S tockill . Yorkshire,

North and East Ridings,10. S tokell is a ! furthercontraction found also in

the sam e part of York

shire .Stockt on. Chesh ire

, 9 .

Stoddard. Staffordshire, 10.

Stokes . Essex, 9 ; Leicestershire and Rutlandshire, 3 4 ;

.

555

Northampton shire, 45

Nottingham sh ire,

20

Shropshire , 22 ; Staffordshire , 12 Worcester

shire,18 .

S tone . Berkshire,27 ; B ucking

ham shire,25 Cornwall

,8 ;

Derbyshire , 20 ; Devonshire

, 20 Dorsetshire , 26 ;Essex ,

12 ; Hertfordshire,15 ; Kent, 12 ; Som ersetshire

,3 5 Surrey; 20.

Stonehouse . Yorkshire,North


Stoneman . Devonshire,8 .

Stones . Lincolnshire , 12


15 .

Stoppard. Derbyshire, 9 .

Stops. Northamptonshire , 20.

Storer . Derbyshire , 9 .

Storey— Story . Cum berlandand Westm oreland

, 15 ;

Durham,48 ; Lincolnshire ,

8 ; Norfolk, 10 ; Northumberland

,44 ; Yorkshire

,

North and East Ridings ,18 . Storey is ' the usualform . S torry is found inthe North and EastRidings .

Storr . Lincolnshire , 7.

S totherd S tothert . Lancashire

,10 ; Northumberland,

18 . S tu ttard is a Lanca ‘

shire form .

Stott . Lancashire, Northum berland, 14 ; Som er

setshire , 20 ; Yorkshire,

West Riding, 13 .

Stowe . Lincolnshire,10.


S trange . Berkshire,Dorsetshire

,26.

Stratford. Buckingham shire, 15 .

Stratton . Norfolk, 12 ; Wilt

shire, 17.

S traughan . Northumberland,

26.

Straw . Nottingham sh ire,12 .

S traw son . Lincolnshire,11.

Street . Bedfordshire, 10

Ham pshire , 17 ; Surrey, 11Wiltshire

,18 .

Stretton . Derbyshire , 14

Leicestershire and Rutlandsh ire

, 13 .

Strickland. Cumb erland and

Westm oreland, 15 ; Lancashire, 20 ; Yorkshire, Northand East Ridings, 16 .

Stride . Ham pshire , 3 0Strong . Devonshire

, 17 ; Nottingham shire, 12 ; Wiltshire

,12 .

Strutt . Essex,9 .

S tuart. Lancashire, 8 .

S t u bb i n s . Nottinghamshire ,12 .

Stubb s . Cheshire, 3 0 ; Ham p

shire,20 ; Lincolnshire, 15

S taffordshire, 40 ; York

shire, North and EastRidings, 15 .

Stub ley. Lincolnshire,9 .

Stuckey. Somersetshire,20.

S tudley . Dorsetshire, 26.

Stunt . Kent,12 .

Stapples . Kent,12 .

Sturdy . Yorkshire,North and

East Ridings, 12 .

Sturgeon . Suffolk, 20.

S turt. Sussex, 10.

Styles— Stiles .

‘

Kent, 15

Northamptonshire, 12

Sussex , 18 .

S uddaby. Yorkshire,North and

East Ridings, 9 .

Sugden . Yorkshire,West

Riding,10.

Sugg ett— Suggitt . Yorkshire,North and East Ridings, 9 .

Sully . Som ersetshire,9 .

S ummerfi eld. Cheshire,9 .

S umm erhayes. Devonshire, 7 ;Som ersetshire

, 8 .

Summ ers . Devonshire, 14 ;

Gloucestershire, 12 ; Nor

thumb erland,12 ; Som erset

shire,9 .

Sumner . Cheshire,14 ; Lanca

shire,26 .

Sunderland. Yorkshire, WestRiding, 2 5 .

Sunter . Yorkshire,North and

East Ridings, 11 .

Surm an . Glou cestershire,15 ;

Oxfordshire,15 .

Surt ees . Durham,12 .

Sutcliffe . Lancashire,9 ; York

shire,

°West Riding, 40.

Su ter . Sussex,10.

Sutton . Cheshire, 3 4 ; D erby

shire, 7 ; Kent , 27 ; Lanca

shire, 3 0 Leicestershire


colnshire,15 Norfolk

, 3 0 ;

Oxfordshire , 17 ; S tafford

shire , 2 8 ; Wiltshire , 28 .

S waffer. Kent, 18 .

Sw afiield. Dorsetshire,26.

Swain . Derbyshire, 10 ; Devon

shire, 12 ; Hertfordshire,10 Leicestershire andRut



Tanner . Gl ou cestershire, 3 0

Hampshire, 2 1 Oxford

shire,2 5 ; Wiltshire , 4 5 .

Tanton . Devonshire, 7 ; Kent ,

12 . (S ee Taunton . )Tapley. Cheshire , 9 .

Tapp . Devonshire, 9 ; Som er

setsh ire,14 .

Tapping . Buckingham shire , 18 .

Tarn . Durham , 16 .

Tarr. Som ersetshire,14 .

Tassell . Kent,21 .

Tatchell . S om ersetsh ire, 9 .

Tate . Durham , 28 ; Northumberland

,11 . (S ee Tait . )

Tatham . Yorkshire,West

Riding, 8 .

Tattam . Buckingham shire,18 .

Tattersall . Lancashire,17.

Taunton . Wiltshire,26. (S ee

Tanton .)Taverner . Devonshire , 13 .

Taylor . Bedfordshire , 3 3 ; Berk

shire , 40 ; Bu ckinghamshire

,60 ; Cambridgesh ire ,

3 8 ; Cheshire , 80 ; Cornw all , 16 ; Cum berland and

Westm oreland,3 9 Derby

Shire , 104 ; Devonshire , 18Dorsetshire

,41 ; Durham ,

64 ; Essex, 48 ; Gloucester

shire , 80 ; Hampshire, 3 4 ;Herefordshire , 58 ; Hertfordshire , 55 Huntingdon

shire , 2 5 ; Kent , 60 ; L an

cash ire , 13 5 Leicestersh ire

and Rutlandshire, 56 Lin

colnshire , 90 Monmou th

shire,40 ; Norfolk, 42 ;

Northamptonshire, 3 0 ; Northumb erland, 59 Notting

ham shire,115 Oxfordshir

'

e,

80 Shropshire, 4 5 ; Som ersetshire , 40 ; Staffordshire ,68 ; Suffolk, 51 ; Surrey,40 ; Sussex , 40 ; Warw ick

shire ,“

140 ; Wiltshire , 75 ;Worcestershire

, 74 ; Yorkshire

,West Riding, 90 ;


Ridings, 51 ; South Wales,2 7.

Tazew ell . Som ersetshire, 9 .

Teagu e . Cornwall , 10 ; Gloucestershire

, 17.

Teal— Teale . Yorkshire , WestRiding, 13 .

Teasdale . Cum berland and

Westmoreland, 25 ; Dur

ham , 16 ; Northum b erland,3 3 ; Yorkshire, North and

East Ridings , 10.

Teb b itt— Teb b u tt, etc . C am

bridgeshire, 3 0 ; Leicester

shire and Ru tlandshire,17 ;

Northamptonshire 3 0

Warwickshire, 10. Teb b it

occu rs in Cam bridgeshire,Teb b itt in Northampton

shire , Teb b ett in Leicester

shire and Warw ickshire,

Teb b u tt in Leicestershire

and Northamptonshire .

(S ee Tibbett and Tibbetts .)Teek . Som ersetshire, 9 .

Telfer . Northum berland, 3 3 .

Telford. Northumberland, 11.

Temperley . Durham , 8 North

um b erland, 7.

Temple . Lincolnshire, 8 .

Templeman . Nottingham shire,20.

ENGLISH AND WELSH'

NAMES.

Tennant . Yorkshire, West

Riding, 12 Yorkshire ,Nor th and East Ridings, 9 .

Tennison , Yorkshire, North


Terry . Buckingham shire , 13 ;Kent

,3 0 Yorkshire ,West

Riding, 10.

Tester. Sussex , 40.

Tew .

° Hampshire,8 ; North

amptonshire, 20.

Thackery Thackray Thack

w ray. Yorkshire,West

Riding, 20. Thackery is

the least comm on variety.

Thatcher . Berkshire,3 0 ;Ham p

shire, 9 Somersetsh ire,2 5 Wiltshire

,9 .

Th eyer. Glou cestershire,20.

Thirkell . Kent, 12 .

Thirkettle . Norfolk, 9 ; Suf

folk, 10. Thu rkettle is .a

rare Suffolk form .

Thirtle Thu rtle Thurtell .

Norfolk, 13 Suffolk, 7.

Thoday . Cam bridgeshire , 24 .

Thomas . Buckingham shire,20

Cheshire,24 ; Cornw all

,

13 6 ; Devonshire, 17 ; ESsex ,

9 Gloucestershire,53

Ham pshire,17 Hereford

shire,72 ; Monm outhshire ,

280 ; Northamptonshire,

2 5 ; Shropshire , 108 ; Somersetshire

,14 Stafford

shire , 10 ; Sussex, 21 ; Worcestershire, 2 2 ; Yorkshire ,Wes t Riding, 20 ; Yorkshire , North and EastR idings, 13 ; North Wales,200 ; South Wales, 700.

559

Thomason . Cheshire,1-7 North

amptonshire, 17. Thomasson is

'

a CheshireformThomlinson . C um berland and

Westmoreland, 3 0. (S ee

Tom linson . )Thompson . Bedfordshire

,20 ;

B uckinghamshire, 20 Cheshire , Cumberland and

Westm oreland, 115 ; Der

b ysh ire, 3 0 Du rham,148 ;

Essex,3 0 Gloucestershire

,

27 ; Hampshire, 8 ; Huntingdonshire , 20 ; Lancashire


and Ru tlandshire,51 ; Lin

colnshire , 40 Norfolk,

24 Northamptonshire , 3 5Northum b erland

,2 3 0 Not

tingham sh ire,50 ; Somer

setshire,9 ; Staffordshire ,

40 ; Suffolk, 20 ; Surrey,2 5 ; Sussex, 10 ; Warw ick

shire , 50 ; Wiltshire , 9 ;

Worcestersh ire , 14 ; Yorkshire , West Riding, 50 ;


Ridings, 134 .

Thompstone . Cheshire,12

Thorington . E ssex,12 .

Thorley . Cheshire,17 ; S taf

fordshire,10.

Thorn— Thorne . Berkshire , 8Bu ckingham shire

,18 De

vonshire, 3 7 Dorsetshire,18 ; Kent, 12 ; Somersetshire, 2 2 Wi ltshire

, 9 .

Thorne is the u sual form ;

in Devonshire,Som erset

shire, and Kent,Thorn is

associated w ith it.


Thornber. Yorkshire, WestRiding, 12 .

Thornhill . Cheshire , 19 .

Thornley . Cheshire , 12 Der

b yshire, 11 .

Thornton . Du rham ,24 ; Lan

cashire , 10 ; Leicestershire

and Rutlandshire , 13 ;

Northumberland, 44 ; York


Thorp— Thorpe . Cheshire , 9 ;Derbyshire , 44 Ham pshire ,12 Kent, 15 Leicestershire


colnshire, 12 Norfolk,11

Yorkshire , West Riding,

13 . Thorpe is tw ice as

frequent as Thorp . T heyare nearly always asso

ciated, except in Leicester

shire , Rutlandshire , and

Norfolk,where Thorpe

alone occurs.

Threlfall . Lancashire , 16.

Throw er . Norfolk, 9 .

Thurg’ood. Essex, 18 ; Hert

fordshire , 11. Thirgood

also occurs inHertfordshire .

Thurlby . Lincolnshire , 7.

Thurlow . Norfolk,8 ; Suffolk, 26.

Thurm an . Suffolk,9 .

Thurston . Norfolk, 8 ; Suffolk ,

10 ; Worcestershire, 12 .

Thurkettle . S ee Thirkettle . )Thurtell Thurtle . (S ee

Thirtle . )Thwaite . Yorkshire , WestRiding, 12 Yorkshire,North and East Ridings, 2 1 .

Thwaites is a West Ridingform .

Tibbett— Tibbit . CambridgeQ

shire , 24 . (S ee Teb b itt . )Tibbetts— Tibbitts . Warwick

shire,16.

Tice . Surrey, 15 .

Tickle . Cheshire,15 .

Tickner. Kent, 12 .

Tidy. Warw ickshire, 18 .

Tilbrook . Essex, 12 .

Till . Gloucestershire, 24 .

Tilley . Som ersetshire,20.

Tim berlake . Bedfordshire, 7

Timm is. Cheshire, 14 ; Shrop

shire , 20 Staffordshire,16.

Timm s Tim s . Oxfordshire,

40 ; Warwickshire , 18 .

Timperley . Cheshire, 15 .

Tindall— Tindale— Tyndal , etc .Durham ,

24 ; Lincolnshire ,10 ; Yorkshire, North and

East Ridings, 24 . Tindallis the usual form

,being

found m ostly in the Northand East Ridings. Tindaleand Tindle occu r in countyDurham ,

and in the Northand. East Ridings . Tindellis a L inéolnshire form

,

whilst Tyndal is found incounty Durham .

Tingey . Norfolk,13 ; Suffolk,

16.

Tinker. Yorkshire,

WestRiding, 10.

Tinkler . Du rham,24 .

Tinney . Cornwall,9 .

Tinsley . Lancashire, 8 ; Lin

colnshire,8 .

Tippett . Cornwall 8 .

T ipping. Worcestershire,18 .

Tipton . S hrOpshire, 20.


HOMES OF FAMILY. NAMES .

Travis .. Derbyshire , 9 ; Lanca

shire, 10 ; Lincolnshire, 11 .

Traves also occurs in Lin

colnshire .

Treadw ell— Tredw ell . Buck a

ingham shire, 3 0 ; Kent, 20 ;

O xfordshire , 60 Tredw ellis characteristic Of Oxford

shire .

Treasure . Som ersetshire , 14 .

Treb ilcock . Cornw all, 17.

Tregear. Cornwall

,9 .

Tregellas- q Tregelles . Cornwall,

8 .

Tregoning. Cornwall, 8 .

Treleaven . Cornwall, 10.

Treloar . Cornw all, 16.

Tremain Trem aine Tre

m ayne . Cornw all, 3 0.

Trembath . Cornw all,2 2 .

Tremlett . Devonshire , 7.

Trerise . Cornw all , 8 .

TreSidder. Cornwall, 7.

Trethew ey . Cornw all, 17.

Trevail . C ornw all, 8 .

Trew eek— Treweeke . Cornwall8 .

Trewhella. C ornwall, 12 .

Trewin . Cornw all, 9.

Tribe , Sussex, 14 .

Trick . Devonshire, 7.

Tricker . Suffolk, 11.

Trickett . Cheshire,12

Trickey . Devonshire, 8 ; Somer

setshire, 7.

Tripcony . Cornwall, 12 .

Trippas. Warw ickshire, 18 .

Trotman . Gloucestershire, 17.

Trott. Devonshire, 11 .

Trotter . Northumberland, 11

Yorkshire, North and EastR idings, 12 .

Trounson . Cornw all,8 .

Trow bridge . Dorsetshire , 3 0.

Tru de . Devonshire, 7.

Trudgen Trudgeon Trud

gian . Cornwall,10.

Tru elove . Warw ickshire, 3 2 .

Trueman . Cheshire, 24 .

Trum an Nottingham shire,12 .

Truscott . Cornw all, 25 .

Trusw ell . Nottingham sh ire,12 .

Tubb . Berkshire, 14 Ham p

shire,25 .

Tuck . Norfolk,15 ; Wiltshire,

16.

Tucker . Cornwall , 20 ; Devonshire , 102 Dorsetshire

, 26

Hampshire,25 Monm outh !

shire , 11 Som ersetshire ,66 ; Wiltshire , 35 South ‘

Wales, 11.

Tuckett . Devonshire , 15 ,

Tudge . Herefordshire , 17.

Tu dor. North Wales ,, 40 .

THE. Kent,24 .

Tufiin . Dorsetshire , 20.

Tuffley . Gloucestershire , 14 .

Tully . Devonshire, 7.

Tunnicliff. Staffordshire, 3 2 .

Tu rnbull , Durham,60 North

um b erland, 96.

Turnell . Northamptonshire, 15 .

Turnill. Huntingdonshire , 12 .

Tu rner. Buckingham shire, 20 ;

C ambridgeshire, 24 ; Cheshire

,3 0 Cumberland and

Westm oreland, 12 ; Derbyshire

,65 Devonshire,, 3 0

Dorsetshire , 15 ; Essex ,

ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES 'E

15 Gloucestershire , 20 ;

Hampshire,22 ; Hereford

shire, 3 7 ; Hertfordshire,

18 ; Huntingdonshire , 14 ;Kent

,12 ; Lancashire , 40

Leicestershire and Ru tlandsh ire, 25 Lincolnshire

,20

Monm outhshire, 22 ; Nor

folk , 40 ; Northamptonshire

, 3 0 ; Nottinghamshire

,48 Oxfordshire

,3 8

Shropshire,26 ; SOm erset:

shire, 3 0 Staffordshire

,

50 ; Sufiolk, 79 ; Su rrey,10 ; Su ssex, 47 ; Warw icksh ire

, 38 ; Wiltshire , 9 ;

Worcestershire,30 ; York

shire, West Riding, 3 5 ;


Ridings, 20.

Turnock Staffordsh ire,

T urpin . Devonshire, 7 ; Essex ,

9

T urrill. O x fordshire,20

'

Turtou . . Derbyshire , 7.

Turv ill . Hampshire,

Tustain . Oxfordshire , 22Tweddell . Durham

, 24 ; North »

umb erland,11 .

Tw eddle . Yorkshire; Northand East Ridings, C um "

berland andiWestm oreland

,

8 .

Tweedle . Cumb erland and

Westmoreland, 8 ; Northumb erland,

Tweedy . Yorksh ire,North and

East Ridings , 71.Tw een . Essex

,

Tw idale . Lincolnshire, 8 Not

tingham shire, 10 York


Ridings, 7. (S ea Tw ed

dell.)Tw igg. Derbyshire , Lin

colnshire . 7. Tw igge is arare Derbyshire form .

Twitch in . Hampshire,2 5 .

Tyack— Tyacke . Cornw all , 9 .

Tyerman . Yorkshire,North

and East Ridings, 9 . Tyrem an is a rare form ; in thispart OfYorkshire .

Tyler. Leicestershire and RutlandShire, 17 ; Lincolnshire , .

11

Tyley. Som ersetshire , 17.

Tym-Tymm Derbyshire ,

17.

Tyrer . Lancashire,13 .

Tyrrell . Berkshire, 18 .

Tysoe . Bedfordshire,. 8 .

Tyson . Cumberland andWestm oreland

,. 45 Lancashire ,

15

Udall . Derbyshire , 7.

Uglow . Cornwall,1 2 ; Devon : 1

shire,7.

Ullyatt . Lincolnshire,8

'

Umpleb y. Yorkshire,West :

Riding,Underhay . . Devonshire;° 7Uhderh

‘

il l. Devonshire , 10.

Underw ood. Bedfordshire,Bu ckingham shire, 15

Northamptonshire, 50 .

Unicum e.

Unw in . Derbyshire , 13 ; E ssex,

12 .

Unworth . Lancashire, 15 .

564

Upton . Derbyshire , 7 ; Kent ,12 Staffordshire, 11

Su ssex,2 1 ; Warwickshire ,

15 .

Uren . Cornwall,14 .

Urm ston . Cheshire , 9 .

Urw in . Du rham,12 ; North

umb erland, 2 2 .

Usher . Northum berland, 26.

Usherw ood. Kent , 12 .

Utting . Norfolk , 15 .

Uttley . Yorkshire,W estRiding,

Vale .

Vallance .

Herefordsh ire , 17.

Devonshire , 7.

Vanner . Su rrey, 10 .

Vanstone . Devonshire , 16 .

Varcoe . iC ornwall, 3 4 .

Varley. Yorkshire ,Riding,

10.

Varney. Buckingh am shire,24 .

”Vaughan . Herefordshire , 17 ;Monm ou thshire, 20 Shrop

shire,3 4 North Wales

,55 ;

Sou th“

Wales, 11 .

Vaw ser. C amloridgeshire , 48

Veal— Veale . Cornw all, 16

Devonshire , 7.

Vellenoweth . Cornw all, 8 .

Venables . Cheshire,17 ; Shrop

shire , 12 North Wales,

West

Venn . Devonshire, 10 Som er

setshire , 7 .

Venner. Devonshire,10.

Venning . C ornwall,20.

Ventress— Ventris . Yorkshire,

North and East Ridings, 7.Vercoe . Hertfordshire

,10.

.HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES .

Vergette . NorthamptonShire ,

3 0.

Verity. Yorkshire, WestRiding, 13 .

Vernon . Ch eshire, 15 ; Shropshire , 11 Staffordshire , 16.

Verrall . S u ssex,14 .

Verran— Verrin . Cornwall , 17.

Vine . Dorsetshire,20 ; Sussex ,

20.

Viner . Surrey, 10.

Vines . Gloucestershire, 14 ;

Wiltshire,40.

Vicary . Devonshire, 7. ( S ee

'Vickery . )Viccars . Bu ckingham shire, 20.

Vick . Glou cestershire, 20.

.Vickers . Derbyshire , 25 ; Dur

ham,48 Lincolnshire, 8 .

Vickery , Devonsh ire, 12 ;

S om ersetshire , 7. ( See

Vicary . )Vidler . Berkshire , 10

Vigar Vigars

Som ersetsh ire , 9 .

Vimpany . Glou cestershire, 14 .

Vince . Essex , 13 ; Suffolk, 13 .

Vincent . Cornwall , 16 ; Devon

shire , 7 ; Norfo lk, 20 ;

Som ersetshire, 26 ; S uffolk,9 ; Wiltshire , 17.

Vinson . Kent, 2 1 .

Vinter, Lincolnshire , 9.

Vivian. Cornw all, 16 .

Voaden— Vodden .

9 .

Voice . Surrey, 18 .

Devonshire,

Vooght . Devonshire,7.

Vosper . Cornw all , 14

Vow les. Som ersetshire , 51.

fVyse . Hertfordshire, 14 .


566 JHO‘MES‘

OF FAMILY NAMES .

Shropsh ire , Som ersetshire, 3 8 Worcestershire

,

3 3 .

Wallace . Durham,20 ; North

umb erland, 2 2a; Yorksh ire ,North and East R idings, 7.

Wal lbank . L ancashire, 10.

Wal ler. Cum berland andWestm orelan d, D evonshire

,

7 ; Hertfo rdshire , 10 ; S uffolk

,14 .

Walley. Cheshire,17 ; ShrOp

shire, 12 . (S ee Whalley . )

Wallis . Berkshire, 8 ; C am

bridgeshire , 2 7 ; Corn w all ,.17 ; Derbyshire, 17 ; Kent,12 ; Som ersetshire ,

-15 ; S taf

fordshire, 12 ; Wiltsh ire ,'2 3 ; Yorkshire , N orth and

East Ridings , 10.

Wallw in . Derbyshire, 11.

Walpole . Norfolk,

Sufi olk, 7.

Vl alrond. Som ersetshire, .7.

Walsh . Lancashire,16 .

Walm sley . Lancashire,40.

Walter . Devonshire,15 ; Kent,

18 ; Lincoln shire, 13 ; C xfordshire , 10 ; Som erset.

. sh ire, 13 ; Sussex , 23 . (S eeWalde r ,)

Walt ers. Devonshire, 8 ; Mon

m ou thshire, 60 ; Staffordshire, 18 ; Sou th Wales, 60.

Walton . Cheshire , 15 ; C um

berland andWestm oreland,55 ; Derbyshire, 19 ; Durham

,56 ; Lancashire, 12 ;

Northum berland,37 ; C x

fordshire, 25 ; Warw ickshire

,18 ; Yorkshire , West

Riding. 12 Yorkshire,

North and East Ridings,18 .

Wanlace— Wanless . Northumberland, 18 .

Warbu rton . Cheshire,

b l ;

Lancashire , 20 ; Nottingh am shire

,12.

Ward. B erkshire,10 ; Bu ck

i nghamshire,

30 ; C am

bridgeshire , 50 ; C heshire ,- 2 5 ; C ornw all, 16 ; C um

berland andWe stm oreland,17 Derbyshire , 38 Devon:shire

,18 ; .Du rh

‘

am,16 ;

Essex , 18 ; Gloucestershire ,17 ; Herefordshire , 14 ;

Hertfordshire, 12 ; H unt

i ngdonshire , 20 ; Kent , 9 ;Lancashire

,. 3 1 Leicester

.shire and Rutlandshire , 65

Lincolnshire , 60 ; Norfolk ,2 2 Northamptonshire

,40

.Northumberland, 11 ; Not

tingham shire,44 ; ShrOp

shire,3 6 ; Staffordshire , 4 2 ;

S uffolk,18 Warw ickshire

,

50 ; Worcestershire, 12 ;

Yorkshire , West Riding,.3 0 Yorksih ire , North and

E ast R idings, 70.

Wardell . (S ee Wardle . ).Warden . Warw ickshire , 3 2 .

Warder . Shropshire, 12 .

Wardle . Cheshire , 12 ; Derbyshire , 15 ; Durham ,

16 ;

Northumberland, 3 3 ; Not

tinghamshire, S tafi ord

shire , ;3 0. Wa rdell is

usually c onfined to North

um b erland and Du rham .

Ware . Devonshire , 9 .

ENGLISH‘

AND WELSH NAMES .

Warehafm . Dorsetshire , 3 1.

Wareing— “raring . Lancashire ,

3 3 .

Warne . Cornwall,20 ; Devon

shire, 7 ; Sufi olk ,

9 .

Warner . Essex, 10 ; Glou cestershire , 3 0 ; Leicestershire

and Ru tlandshire, 13 .

Warnes . Norfolk, 15 .

Warr . Buckinghamshire,30.

Warren . Cambridgeshire, 24 ;

Cheshire,12 Cornw all , 16

Devonshire,2 2 ; Dorset

shire, 46 ; Essex , 9 ; Hampshire, 21 ; Hertfordshire,15 ; Norfolk, 13 ; North

amptonshire, 15 ; Som erset

shire , 17 ; S t affordshire ,

10 ; Snfi olk,11 ; Surrey,

12.

Warrilow . Staffordshire, 10.

Warrington . Derbyshire,‘

9 ;

Staffordshire, 16.

Warw ick . Northamptonshire,15 .

Wass . Lincolnshire,12 .

Waterfall . Derbyshire, 9 .

Waterhouse . Derbyshire, 7.

Waterm an . Kent,18 .

Waters . Cornwal l,°

10 ; Kent ,2 5 ; Monm outhshire, 50 ;

Norfolk, 3 0 ; Wiltshire, 28 .

Watkins Devo nshire,

11 ;

Glo ucestershire ,20 ; Here

fordshire , 193 ; Monm outh

shire,120 ; Shropshire , 12 ;

Worcestershire,16 ; North

Wales,18 ; South Wales,

98 .

Watkinson. Yorkshire, WestRiding, 12 .

567

Watson . Buckingham shire, 20

Cam bridgeshire , 41 ; C um

berland andWestmoreland,

68 ; Derbyshire, 45 ; Dur

ham , 110 Essex , 15 ; Hert

fordshire, 20 ; Huntingdon

shire, 3 0 ; Lancashire , 16 ;Leicestershire andRu tland

sh ire , 2 5 ; Lincolnshire, 3 5

Norfolk,2 2 Northampton

Shire, 20 ; Northum b erland,4 4 ; Nottingham sh ire, 40 ;Shropshire

,12 ; Suffolk ,

14 ; Su ssex , 3 0 ; Warwick .

shire , 24 ; Wiltshire, 13 ;Worcestershire, 14 ; York

shire, West Riding, 3 5 ;


Ridings, 95 ; South Wales,2 2 .

Watts . Bu ckingham shire, 2 5 ;Devonshire, 20 Dorset

shire, 21 ; Gloucestershire ,4 6 ; Hampshire, 30 Huntingdonshire ,

‘

12 Kent , 20 ;Leicestershire andRutland

shire , 17 ; Norfolk, 17 ;

Northamptonshire , .20 C x

fordshire , 3 2 ; Som erset

shire , 40 ; Warw ickshire ,15 Wiltshire

,4 3 .

Waugh . Durham,2 0 ; North

umb erland, 26 .

Way. Devonshire, 7 ; Ham p

shire , 3 0 ; Kent , 15 ; C xfordshire , 14 .

Waycott . Devonshire, 8 .

Cambridgeshire, 20.

(S ee Wain . ).Wearmouth . Durham

,28.

W earne . Cornwall, 16.


Weatherall . (SeeWetherall . )

Weatherhead. Yorkshire,West

Riding, 8 .

Weaver. Essex, 10 Gloucester

shire, 20 ; Herefordshire,14 ; Shropshire , 12 ; Som er

setshire , 3 0 ; Worcester

shire , 3 2 .

Webb . Bedfordshire , 10 ; Berk

sh ire , 25 ; Buckingham

shire,25 ; Cambridgeshire ,

24 ; Cheshire, 13 ; Devon

shire , 7 ; Essex , 20 ; Glou

cestershire , 24 ; Ham pshire,28 Herefordshire , 14 ;Hert

fordshire,20 ; Kent, 12 ;

Leicestershire and Rutland

shire , 13 Monm outhshire,

17 ; Northam ptonshire, 28Shropshire , 12 Som erset

shire,3 8 Staffordshire , 12

Suffolk,30 ; Su rrey, 12 ;


shire, 42 ; Worcestershire,

Webber . Cornwall, 8 ; Devon

shire, 53 ; Som ersetshire ,20 ; Suffolk, 7 ; Surrey, 7 ;

Sussex,10.

Webster . Bedfordshire, 10 ;

Cambridgeshire, 15 ; Che

shire, 11 ; Derbyshire, 50 ;Essex, 12 ; Hertfordshire ,15 ; Lancashire, 2 5 ; Leicestershire and Rutlandshire

,

13 ; Lincolnshire , 16 ; Nor

folk , 13 ; Northamptonshire,15 ; Nottingham shire, 19 ;S hropshire , 12 ; Yorkshire,West Riding, 22 ; York


Ridings, 26.

Weddell— Weddle . Northum

berland,14 .

Weeks . Devonsh ire , 11 ; Glou

cestershire, 20 Ham pshire,15 Kent

,20 ; Som erset

shire,18 ; Wiltshire , 19 .

Weetm an . Warw ickshire, 2 2 .

W eighell— Weighill . Yorkshire


Weightman . Nottingham shire ,

24 .

Welburn Wellburn . Yorkshire

,North and East

Ridings, 18 .

Welch . Buckingham shire, 12 ;Essex, 20 ; Nottinghamshire, 20 ; Som ersetshire,,14 ; Wiltshire, 19 .

Welford. Yorkshire,North and

East Ridings , 19 .

Weller . Bu ckinghamshire,18 ;

Surrey, 25 .

Wellings . Shropshire,12

Wellington . Cornw all, 12 .

Wells . Berkshire, 3 5 ; Essex,

15 ; Gloucestershire, 14 ;

Hertfordshire, 10 ; Hun

tingdonshire , 10 ; Kent , 3 0 ;Lancash ire

,12 ; Leicester

shire and Ru tlandshire, 20 ;Lincolnshire

,30 ; Norfolk,

13 ; Nottingham shire, 20 ;Oxfordshire , 3 7 ; Suffo lk ,

10 ; Surrey, 20 ; Sussex , 3 0 ;Warwickshire , 18 ; Wi lt

shire,3 1 ; Yorkshire , West

Riding,12 ; Yorkshire

,


Welson . Herefordshire, 14 .



Cheshire, 14 ; Cornw all ,3 4 ; Derbyshire , 60 Devonshire,

‘

90 ; Dorsetshire , 85D urham

,3 2 Essex , 12 ;

Gloucestershire,46 Hamp

shire, 70 Herefordshire,

14 ; Hertfordshire, 12 ;

Kent,40 Leicestershire

and Ru tlandshire,20 Lin

co lnshire,

10 ; Norfolk,

13 ; Northum berland, 26 ;

Nottingham shire,3 3 C x

fordshire,

Som erset

shire, 70 S taffordshire

,

26 ; Suffolk , 7; Su rrey,10 ;

Su ssex,2 5 ; Warwickshire ,

4 7 Wiltshire, 86 Worces

tershire,56 Yorkshire

,

West Riding, 517 Yorkshire

,North and East

Ridings, 4 0 South Wales,22 .

Whitebread. Kent, 12 .

Whitehead. Kent,15 ; Lanca

shire,18 ; Warw ickshire ,

3 0 ; Yorkshire,W est Riding,

Whitehou se . Staffordshire,10 ;

Warw ickshire,18 Wor

cestershire,22 .

White-b u rst ..S tafi ordsh ire , 12 .

Whitelegg . C heshire , 14 .

Whiteley . Yorkshire,West

Riding, 14 .

Whiteman . Huntingdonshire,10 ; Shropshire, 12 .

Whiteside. Lancashire,22 .

Whitew ay . D evonsh ire,10.

Whitfield. Berkshire, 17 Dur

ham ,28 ; Lancashire, 10 ;

Northumberland, 26 ; C x

fordshire,20 Shropshire ,

3 1 Wiltshire,12 ; York

sh ire, North and EastRidings, 10.

Whiting. B uckingham shire , 20 ;Yorkshire

,North and East

Ridings, 10.

Whi tley. Yorkshire,West

Riding, 15 .

Whitlock . Essex, 19 ; Wilt

s hire,16.

~Whiztlow . Cheshire, 15 .

Whitm ore . Suffolk,14 .

Whitney . Northamptonslhire ,15 .

Whitsed. Linceln shire, 9 .

Whittaker Wh itaker . Che

shire , 26 ; Derbyshire, 11 ;Lancashire

,40 ; Stafford

shire, 8 ; Yorkshire, West

Riding, 4 5 . Whit taker is

the m ore frequ ent form .

Whittingham . Derbyshire ,13 .

Whittington . Middlesex ,25

Sussex, 10.

Whi ttle . Dorsetshire, 51 Lan

cashire , 20 ; Leicestersh ire

and Ru tlandshire,

Som ersetshire, 14.

Whittleton . Norfolk, 9 .

~Whitton . Northamptonsh ire,

3 0.

.Whitw ell . Yorkshire , North


Whitw orth. B uckingham shire,15 ; Lincolnshire , 16.

Wibberley . Derbyshire , 7.

Wickens. Sussex , 65 .

.Wickett . Cornwall , 10 ; Devon

shire, 7.


Wickham . Som ersetshire, 9 ;S u ssex

,14 .

Widdicom b e . Devonshire , 7.

Widdop— W iddup. Yorksh ire ,West Riding; 10.

Widdows . Ox fordshire., 18 .

Widdow son . Derbyshire, 16 ;

Nottingham shire, A3 . Wid

dison is a Nottingham shire

contraction .

Wiggins . Berkshire, 8 ; C x

fordshire , 25 .

Wigley . Derbyshire , 11 .

Wilberforce . Yorkshire, North

and East Ridings , 7. Wil

b erfoss is a rare form .

Wilcock— Wil cox , etc . Cornwall

,Devonshire , 18 ;

Gloucestershire, 27 Lan

cashire, 14 ; Monm outh

shire , 17 Nottingham shire,

12 ; Som ersetshire,

40 ;

Yorkshire, West Riding,10. Less comm on form s

are Willcocks,Willcox ,

W ilcocks, and Willcock .

All the six varieties of thenam e occur in C o rnw all .In fact

,in 1883 there were

eleven Cornish farm ers of

this nam e, and it m ay betruly said that scarcely tw o

of them spelt it in the sam ew ay. Wilcox is (characteristic of Som ersetshire

,

Glou cestershire , and Nottinghamsh ire

, Wfl lcox of

Som ersetshire , WillcocksandWillcock ofDevonshire

,

and Wilcock of Lancashire

and the West Riding,

571

Wild. Buckinghamshire, 12

C heshire,12 ; D erbyshire,

3 0 Hertfordshire,9 Lan

cashire,10 ; Leicestershire

and Ru tlandshire,12 ; No t

tingham shire, 3 0 ; ShrOp

shire , 10 ; Su ssex ,10 ; Wor

cestershire , 18 ; Yorkshire ,West Riding, 2 3 . Wildealso occu rs in Nott ingham

shire and Shropshire.Wilday W illday . Warwick

.s bire , 2 2 .

Wilder . Berkshire, 12 .

Wiles— Wyles . Kent, 15 .

Wilford. Leicestershire and

Ru tlandshire , 17.

Wilkes— Wilks . Shropshire, 3 6

Warw icksh ire,15 ; Wor

c estersh ire ,18 . Wilkes,

the comm oner ferm ,is

characteristic of S hrop

shire .Wilkins . Berkshire , 10 ; N or

folk , 11 Som ersetshire, 1 3Wiltshire

,12 .

Wilkinson . Buckingham sh ire,

9 Cheshire , 40 ; Cum ber

land and Westm oreland,

3 7 ; Derbyshire , 11 ; Du r

ham,88 ; Lancashire , 50 ;

Lincolnshire,3 5 ; Norfolk ,

15 ; Northumberland, 59 ;Nottingham shire , 4 5

(S hropshire,2 9 ; Stafford

shire, 14 ; Yorkshire , WestRiding, 79 ; Yorkshire ,North and East Ridings ,54 .

Willets— Willetts. Worcester

shire,18 .


Willey. Lincolnshire , 13 .

William s . Berkshire,15 ; Bu ck

ingham shire , 20 Cheshire ,3 4 ; Cornw all , 182 ; Devon

shire , 10 Dorsetshire ,

2 6 ; Glou cestershire , 109 ;Ham pshire

,13 ; Hereford

shire , 2 72 ; Hertfordshire ,9 ; Kent, 15 ; Lancashire ,8 ; Leicestershire and Ru t

landshire,11 Lincolnshire

,


Northampton shxire , 20 C x

fordshire,20 ; Shropshire ,

158 ; So mersetshire, 44 ;

S taffordshire , 18 ; Suffolk ,11 ; S u ssex , 10 ; Wiltshire ,9 ; Worcestershire 60 ;

North Wales, 700 ,

South

Wales, 650.

William son . B uckingham shire

3 6 ; Cheshire , 48 ; C um

berland and Westm oreland,3 5 ; Derbyshire , 7 ; Dur

ham,20 ; Lancashire , 8 ;

Lincolnshire,16 ; Norfolk ,

13 ; Nottingham shire , 15 ;Shropshire; 12 ; Stafford

shire , 18 Yorkshire, Northand East Ridings,

Willing. Devonshire, 7.

Willis . Bedfordshire, 11 ; Berk

shire , 3 0 ; Cheshire , 2 2 ;Devonshire , 7 Dorsetshire

,

14 ; Durham ,20 ; Essex,

3 5 ; Wiltshire, 29 ; York( Shire , North and EastRidings, 10.

Willison . Bu ckingham shire,3 0.

Willoughby. Berkshire, 7 ;

Cornwall,9 .

Willow s . Lincolnshire,15 .

Wi lls . Cornw all,24 ; Devon

shire, 3 4 ; Som ersetshire,

11 .

Wilm er. Buckingham shire , 18 .

VVilm ot— Wilm o tt . Derbyshire13 ; Hertfordshire

,10

Som ersetshire , 9 . Wilmotis the Derbyshire form .

W ilsdon . Oxfordshire,2 2 .

Wilshaw . S tafi ordshire , 2 2 .

W ilson . Bedfordshire,18 ; Berk

shire , 18 ; Buckingham

shire , 30 ; Cambridgeshire ,66 ; Cheshire , 3 1 ; C um

berland and Westm oreland,180 ; Derbysh ire , 70 ; De

vonshire, 7 ; Durham

,90 ;

Essex, 18 Glou cestershire ,17 ; Herefordshire , 20 ;

Hertfordshire, 18 ; Hu nt

ingdonsh ire , 40 ; Lanca

shire,65 ; Leicestershire

and Ru tlandshire , 17 ; Lin

co ln shire , 50 ; Norfolk , 20 ;Northampton shire , 18

Northumb erland, 70 ; Not

t ingham shire,90 ; Shrop

shire,29 Staffordshire, 24

Suffolk,20 Warw ickshire,

3 8 ; Wiltshire, 12 ; Wor

cestershire , 82 ; Yorkshire ,West Riding,

65 ; York


Ridings,. 120 South Wales,11 . Willson is a rare

form found in Huntingdonshire '

and Cam bridge

shire .Wiltshire . Glou cestershire , l l

Wiltshire,50.



Woodhouse . Derbyshire , 14 ;Herefordshire , 20 ; Shropshire

,12 .

Woodings . Staffordshire , 10.

Woodland. Middlesex, 20.

Woodley . Cornw all , 8 .

Woodm an . Middlesex ,Northumberland, 3 7,

Woods . Huntingdonshire, 9 ;

Lancashire, 30 ; Linco ln

shire,15 ; Norfolk 20 ;

Suffolk, 3 4 ; Surrey, 10 ;

Wiltshire , 21 .

Woodward. Cheshire,14 Derby

shire,2 7 ; Essex, 18 ; G

'

l'

o u

cestershire, 24 ; Hertford- o

shire , 10 ; Leicestersh ire

and Ru tlandshire,

. I2

Nottingham shire, 19 Ox

fordshire, l 5 Staffordshire ,17 Suffolk, 10 Warw ick

shire , 10 ; Worcestershire ,40 ; Yorkshire, North and

East Ridings, 14 .

Wookey . Som ersetshire,, 12 .

Woolcock , Cornw all, 10.

Woolgrove Oxfordshire ; 15 .

Woolhou se . . Northamptonshire,15 .

Woollam — Woollam s . Cheshire ,11 .

Woolland , Devonshire , 8Woollard. Suffolk , 11 .

Woollatt . Hertfordshire , 15

Woolley . Cheshire , 17 ; Derbyshire , 23 ; Kent, 9 ; 'Not

tingham sh ire , 18 ; Shrop

shire , 12 S tafi ordshire, 14

Warw ickshire , 10. Wolleyis found in Shropshire .

Woolston . Norfolk, 9

Wooster . Bu ckinghamshire,25.

r

Wootton . Bedfordshire, 12

Buckingham shire, 12

Hertfordshire , 10 Kent16 Northam ptonshire

, 15

Nottingham shire , 11 Wiltshire

,13 .

Workm an . Worcestershire,14 .

Worm ington . Worcestershire,

134 .

Worm leighton . Leicestershireand Rutlandshire

,17.

Worsley . Lancashire,16.

Worth . Cheshire,12 ; Lincoln

shire, 9 .

Worthington . Ch eshire , 3 8 ;

Lancashire , 13 ; Leicestershire andRutlandshire

,10 ;

Nottinghamshire, 11.

Wortley . Norfolk,

Wotton . Devonshire, 7.

Wragg . Derbyshire , 2 3 .

Wrathall . Yorkshire,West

Riding, 10.

Wray . Yorkshire,North and

East Ridings, 12 .

Wreford . Devonsh ire,18 . Wray

ford is a rare form of thename in this county .

Wren— Wrenn . Su ssexf

,18 .

Wright ; Bedfordshire, 28 ;

Berksh ire, 15 ; Bu cking

ham shire , 18 ; Cam br idgeshire , 53 ; Cheshire, 88 ;Cumberland andWestm oreland

,17 ; Derbyshire , 60 ;

Devonshire, 11 ; Du rham

24 ; Essex , 75 ; Hampshire ,12 ; Hert rdshire

,50

Hun tingdonshire , Lancashire, 4 7 ; Leicestershire


and Rutlandshire , 87 Lin

colnshire, 75 ; Norfolk , 81 ;Northamptonshire , 25

Northumberland, Not

t ingham shire,48 ; Shrop

shire, 17 Som ersetshire,11 ; Staffordshire , 3 5 S uf

folk, 70 ; Su rrey, 15 ; S u s

sex , 18 ; Warw ickshire , 85Wiltshire , 28 ; Worcester

shire , 22 ; Yorksh ire , WestRiding,

3 8 Yorkshire ,North and East Ridings, 48 .

Wrightson . Yorkshire , North


Wrighton . Northam ptonshi re,

Wrixon . Dorsetshire, 21 .

Wroot . Lincolnshire , 10.

Wroth . Devonsh ire , 8 .

Wyatt . Devonshire , 15 ; Glou .

cestershire, 13 ; Hampshire ,18 Norfolk, 10 Som erset

shire , 3 6.

Wych . Cheshire , 9 .

Wyer. Shropshire, 15 Wor

cestershire , 14 .

Wyman . Northamptonshire , 15 .

Wynne . Shropshire,12 North

W’

ale s, 30.

Yapp . Herefordshire,

14 ;

Shropshire,2 2

Yardley . Staffordshire , 10

Yorkshire, West Riding,8

Yeardley also. occurs in theWest Riding .

Yarnold. Worcestershire,18 .

Yarrow . Cam bridgeshire , 20.

Yarw ood . Cheshire, 14 .

Yates . Buckingham shire,18 ;

Cheshire,12 ; Derbyshire ,

25 Herefordshire , 14

Lancashire , 27 ; Shropshire ,17 ; Staffordshire , 14 .

Yeandle . S om ersetshire , 9 .

Yeend. Glou cestershire , 14 .

Yelland. Cornwall,16 ; Devon

shire, 7.

Yeo .

‘

Cornwal l, 8 Devonshire,

17.

Yeom an . Som ersetshire , 7


Ridings, 13 .

Yeom ans . Derbyshire , 15

Here -fordshire , 13 .

York . Northamptonshire, 20.

Young . Bedfordshire,

18

Berkshire,15 Bucking

ham sh ire , 3 5 ; Cam bridgeshire, 15 Che shire

,10

Derbyshire , Dorsetshire

,4 5 ; Du rham

,40 ;

Essex,15 Gloucestershire ,

46 ; Hampshire , 40 ; Hertfordshire

,20 ; Kent , 3 5 ;

Leicestershire andRu tlandshire , 9 Lincolnshire

,15

Norfolk, 10 ; Northamptonshire, 15 Northum b erland,3 0 Oxfordshire, 15

Som ersetshire,4 1 Surrey,

20 ; Su ssex ,14 ; Warw ickshire

,15 ; Wiltshire, 18 ;

Worcestershire , 22 ; Yorkshire , West Riding, 10

Yorkshire , North and EastRidings, 11 Sou thWales , 8 .

Youn g er . NQrthum b erland, 3 0.

Youngm an ..

3'

Norfolk, 20 ° Suf

folk,14 .

Youngs . Norfolk, 26 ; S ufi olk,

14 .


APPENDIX.

S C O TT I S H N AME S .

Scottish nam es arrange them selves naturally in five geographical

groups, and I shou ld remark that the system of relative

frequ ency has here been follow ed, the particular region in

w hich a nam e is m ost frequent being considered its present

hom e in Scotland.

Group— THE SC OTTISH BORDER C OUNTIES .

S econd Group .— THE LOWLAND S SOUTH OF THE FORTH AND THE

C LYDE .


SC OTTISH NAMES . 577

Third Group.— C ENTRAL S C OTLAND (including the shires of Fife , Forfar,

Perth, Stirling, Dumbarton, andArgyll) .


Fourth Group .— THE HIGHLANDS NORTH OF FORFARSHIRE

,PERTHSHIRE ,

AND ARGYLIS HIRE.

Fifth Group .

— S C OTLAND GENERALLY.

(This group includes, besides those nam es which are pretty generally distributed,those that are scattered over Scotland w ith apparently no definite distrib ution .)



the relative frequency of each nam e is only of limited u se for

com parison with the numbers attached to the alphabetical list of

English nam es, because I have treated Scotland as a whole , whilstthe English counties have been treated separately. I have

,in

fact , not been able to follow the plan for Scotland which I adoptedforEngland, becau se in all the Scottish Directories w hich I haveexam ined the nam es have not been arranged in long alphabetical

lists for each county ,as in Kelly

’

s Post Office Directories forEngland,

”

b u t have been grouped together only for each parishor district

,or else strung together in trem endou s lists for the

w hole country . I selected, as m ost suitable for my purpose, andas referring to the m ore stationary part of the population,Halliburton’s County Directory of Scotland

,which contains

m ore than nam es arranged in a continuous alphabetical

string . Taken at its w orth , how ever, som e interesting resu lts m ay

be obtained from my list of the m ost frequ ent Scottish nam es .

It is su cceeded b y som e rem arks on Scottish nam es extracted

from Low er ’s “ Patronym ica Britannica .

” The w hole subjectm atter Of this appendix m ay, in tru th , be regarded as a verynecessary supplem ent to my treatm ent of the distribution of

English nam es . Without it there w ou ld be alw ays m uch nu

certainty about the nationality Of north of England nam es, and

it w ould not be possible to obtain any reliable data concerningthe interm ixtu re of the tw o nations . In such things, generalim pressions are frequ ently w rong,

and conj ectures are u suallybased on error . Here

,as throughou t this book , I have had no

theory to support,and have endeavoured faithfu lly to follow my

facts .

We will now endeavour,w ith all these m aterials before us,

to arrive at a few conclusions concerning the interm ixture of

English and Scottish nam es ; and in so doing I w ill adopt myprevious m ethod of taking a few sample groups for our consideration . The group of the Macs w ill enable u s to form an

idea of the southw ard advancem ent of tru e Scottish nam es, that

is to say, of those nam es that have their hom es north of the Forthand the Clyde . Of the Macs enum erated in my list not one , if

we except the doubtfu l case of the Mackinders of Lincolnshire,has advanced fu rther sou th than the cou nty of Du rham ,

or inother words , the comm on Scottish clan nam es have only succeeded

in establishing them selves in the English counties near the Scottish

border.


Com ing to the Scottish nam es characteristic of the regionsouth ofthe Forth and the Clyde, bu t w hich are not border - nam es,we find that their sou thward advance into England has been in

corresponding proportion . Take the ten names of Baird, Blair,Brodie

,Bu chanan

,Crawford

,Cunningham ,

D/unlop,Findlay,

Gilmour, and Mu rdoch

,all of w h ich have, for m any centu ries,

characterised in numbers this region of Scotland; Only three of

them have established them selves across the English border ;Brodie has a hom e in Northumberland ; B lair has advanced toDurham w hilst Crawford has reached as farsouth as Lincolnshireand Notts .

The border - nam es w ill be found treated under NORTHUMBERLAND and CUMBERLAND

, b u t for a further illustration of the

advance of S cottish nam es intou England,I w ill take the case

‘

of

those “

general nam es . us‘

ually regarded as pecu liarly Scottish ,su ch as Bru ce

,Donald

,Ferguson, and Mu rray, nam es which have

only reached the county ofDurham . The Frasers are not repre

sented at all in my list of English nam es ; and other instances

m ight be given . If,how ever

,w e find

,as we do find

, that su chfrequent Scottish nam es as Ferguson , Fraser, and Murray, nam es

which are now generally distribu ted over Scotland, have onlym ade a sm all advance in to England, then it is scarce ly necessaryto dwell further on the m atter .

So much for the advancement southward of the true Scottishnam es. It has been in tru th feeble

,and appears b u t slight in com

parison w ith the northward m ovement ofEnglish nam es. Many of

the common English nam es, su clzn as Sm ith and Brown , are as

frequent in Scotland, sou th Ofthe Forth and the C lyde , as they are

in England. Several of the characteristic nam es of the north of

England have a w ide distribution over Scotland, su ch as Henderson ,

D ixon,Walker

,Thom pson

,&0 . O ther general English

nam es, such as C lark , Miller, Mitchell, and Russell, are found

over a large part of Scotland. Many English nam es on crossingth e border take a Scottish form ; Allen becom es Allan , Baileybecom e Baillie, Dixon becom es Dickson

,and Thom pson becom es

Thom son w hilst forMiller w e hav e frequently Millar, forWhiteoften Whyte , for Johnson Often Johnston , and forRead and Reedwe have the peculiar S cottish form ofReidfi“

Other ex amples of these changes w ill b e found in this work . They inviteexplanation.


This brief survey of the distribu tion of nam es in m odernScotland brings to light som e im portant featu res in the interm ixtu re of names in North Britain . In the first place

,it wou ld

appear,as already observed, that characteristic Scottish nam es

have not advanced as a ru le farther into England than Du rhamor the North Riding of Yorkshire . In the second place, an

exam ination of the five classes of Scottish nam es discloses the factthat w e are dealing w ith Scotland in a double character, and thatinstead of having to deal w ith a m ass of nam es m ingled w ell

together , we have .tw o great divisions .of the nam es,one belonging

to Scotland north of the Forth and the C lyde, the other to the

region of the Low lands sou th of those boundaries . These greatdivisions may be further easily broken up, as I have done in thisw ork for the purpose 'of w orking out the details . But the broad

fact we have to deal with is this,that tru e Scotland

,as indicated

b y the nam es , begins at the Forth and the C lyde . Sou th of theselim its

,and extending across the English border as far asYorkshire

and Lancashire,lies a m iddle land

,

” neither pu rely English norpu rely S cottish ,

'

and possessing its characteristic nam es,of which

the m ost frequent are those term inating in son,

”and the nam es

of the border tribes . In this m iddle land ” thrive the Wilsons,

the Thompsons and Thom sons, the Johnsons and Johnstons, the

Gibsons, the Bells, the Graham s,the E lliots and Elliotts

,the

Turnbu lls, the Robsons , the Richardsons, the B lairs, the Craw

fords, the Dunlops, the Douglases, the Arm strongs, the Findlays,and m any others .

The explanation of the origin of this m iddle or neu tral region

between England and Scotland is to be found in t he history 'of

the changes that h ave affected the bou ndaries betw een these two

nations . Up to the l 0th centu ry Scotland, as we now know it,w as divided into three parts . North of the Forth a nd the Clydelay a hostile and a foreign land, the abode Of the Picts and Scots

under an independent prince . South of these boundaries were

the kingdom s of C um bria"e andNorthumb ria,‘th e form er extending

from the Clyde to Morecambe 'Bay and inc luding the whole

south - w est Of the present Scotland w ith Cum berland andWestm oreland

,the latter ex tending from the Forth to the Hum ber and

including the south - east qu arter of the present Scotland w ith

C umbria formed the greater part of the ancient kingdom Of Strathclyde.



the nature of things it signifies a nam e originallv applied b y anEnglishm an to an imm igrant from the sister kingdom , and its

adoption im plied the loss of the original fam ily or clan nam e .

When,how ever

,w e com e to consider the origin of the Scotts of

sou thern England, the Scotts of Devonshire,Kent

,S uffolk,etc .

,

w e are m et b y a peculiar difficu lty . How is it that the Scotts , if

in the first place they are all descended from Scottish immigrants,are found established in the south coast cou nties of England,when so m any of the characterist ic Sc ottish nam es have onlysu cceeded in establishing them selves in the north of England ?

To this it may be replied that Scott should be view ed rather as anational nam e than as a fam ily or clan nam e

,and that therefore

w e shou ld naturally expect its area to be offar greater extent than

the areas of: the ordinary Scottish su rnam es . This explanation

w ou ld be correct if the Sco tts had only established themselves inthe sou th of England in recent tim es ,

b u t we learn from theHundred Rolls that six centuries ago the nam e w as comm on in

som e of the very cou nties in the southern half of England inwhich it now occurs , su ch as Kent

,Cam bridge shire , and Norfolk .

It characterised Lincolnshire then as it does now,andw as comm on

in Oxfordshire . Its usu al ancient form in these cou nties w as Scot,

som etim es preceded by de” or ls ;

” whil st Scott, Scu t (still aDorset form ) , Scotu s, etc .

,w ere occasional varieties, and Scota

occu rred even then in Devonshire . On the whole , I am inclinedto the belief that the Scotts of the south of England have notderived their nam e from Scotland

,since , as pointed out also b y

Ferguson in his Surnam es as a Science,

” it is a very ancientnam e in England, w here it occurred in Anglo - Saxon tim es . Infact , this author inform s u s . that Scot was a Germ an nam e as farback as the 9 th centu ry .

WALLAC E is a Scottish nam e established in the Low lands,

which has found its w ay into the north of England, b u t it m ustnot b e confu sed, w hen we are considering the m igration of nam es

,

with the English Wallis found over the greater part of England,and estab lished even in the extrem e south - east and in the extrem e

south - west counties . It must, how ever , b e noticed that thoughthe Scotch Wallace and the English Wallis are distinct geogra

phical variations, they are both of them form s of an ancient nam ein England . Le Waleis and Le Waleys w ere comm on nam es inthe 13 th century in the south and east of England, occu rringespecially in Wilts , Cambridgeshire, Oxfordshire , and Norfolk ,


in the first two of w hich Wallis is now a characteristic nam e .

We also learn from the Hundred Rolls that De Walles was aShropshire nam e in the 13 th centu ry. The original nam e w as

applied to a native ofWales .

ROS S is both an English and a Scottish name . As Ros

De Ros,Le Ros

,Le Ru s

,etc . , it w as established over the greater

part of England, from Northumb erland to Wiltshire , 600 years

ago (Hundred Ro lls) . Ross is now a Dorset nam e,whilst Russ

has been a Wiltshire nam e for at least six centuries.


ALPHABETICAL LIST OF THE MOST FREQUENT OF

SCOTTISH NAMES .

(The numbers represent the proportion per through the

whole country . )

Adam ,2 1. Dispersed over a large part of Scotland, but rare inthe north .

Adam son, 12 . Sou th of the Forth and the Clyde .

Ainslie, 10 . Sou th of Scotland.

Aitchison , 10. Scottish border cou nties, esp ecial ly Berwickshire .Aitken , 20. Lanarkshire and counties adj acent .Alexander

, 3 0. Scattered .

Allan , 3 2 . Mostly characteristic of sou thern Scotland.

Anderson , 100. Generally distributed.

Arm strong, 12 . S cottish border counties,especially Dumfries

shire .

Arthur, 10. South of the For th and the Clyde, especially inAyrshire .

Baillie,12 . Scattered .

Baird, 2 3 . Glasgow district .Balfour

,IO. Fifeshire .

Ballantyne, 20. Scattered .

Barbour,10. Sou th of the Forth and the Clyde .

Barclay,I5 . Fairly di spersed

,but m ost num erous around

Kilm arnock .

Barr,12 . Glasgow district .

Baxter,IO. Forfarshire and Perthshire .

Beattie,13 . Mostly in Dumfriesshire .

Bell,45 . Mostly in the south ofScotland, especially in the bordercounties, and particularly in D umfriesshire .

Black,3 5. Fairly general .


588 HOMES OE FAMILY NAMES .

Davidson,47. Distribu ted over a large part

'

of Scotland,b u t

rare in the north .

Daw son,14 . Stirlingshire .

Dewar,12 . Counties of Stirling and Perth .

Dick,I5 . Ayrshire and the Glasgow district .

Dickie , 10. South of the Forth and the C lyde .

Dickson,25 . Central and southern Scotland.

DOddS’ 10. Sou th of the Forth and the 01dDods,

Donald,24 . Generally distr ibuted.

Donaldson,14 . Perthshire .

Douglas, 3 5 . Principally in Scottish border counties .

Drumm ond,27. Perthshire and Stirlingshire .

Drysdale , 13 . Fifeshire,Stirlingshire , and other central

counties .

Duff,I5 . Fairly general , b u t m ost num erous in Perthshire .

Duncan , 50. Mostly north of the Forth and the Clyde .

Dunlop , 3 0. Ayrshire .

D unn,16. Sou th of the Forth and the C lyde .

Dykes, 11 . Lanarkshire .

Edgar, 10. Dum friesshire .Edw ard,Edw ards,

12 . North of the Forth and the Clyde .

Elliot,23 . S cottish border counties, especial ly Roxburghshire .

Ewing,15 . Found over a large part of Scotland, b u t rare in the

north .

Fairbairn,10. Scottish border counties .

Far‘l‘fl mr’ 25 . Aberdeenshi'

re .

Farquharson ,Ferguson , 60. Well distribu ted.

Findlay, 17.

Finlay, 10.

Finlayson , 10. Perthshire .

Fisher, 10. Scattered.

Fl em ing, 3 0. Dispersed over a large part ofScotland, but rare

the north .

Forbes,3 9 . Aberdeenshire and Perthshire .

Forrest 13 .

f th F th d th C l dForsyth , 10.

0 e or an e y e

Ayrshire .


Fraser, 44 . Generally distributed.

F ullarton,

Fu lton,

18. Ayrsh ire .

Galbraith , 10. Argyllshire .

Gallow ay, 10. Stirlingshire .

Gardiner, 10. er a large part of Scotland, and par

Gardner, 11 . t icu larly frequ ent in Perthshire .

Geddes , 10. Northern Scotland.

Gemm el l , 13 . Kilmarnock .

Gibb , 12 . Generally distributed, but rare in the north .

Gibson , 3 2 . Sou th of the Forth and the C lyde .

Gilchrist , 12 . Over a large part of Scotland, b u t rare in the

north .

Gillespie, 12 . South of the Forth and the Clyde .

Gilmour , 243. Ayrshire .

Glen , 11 . Scattered.

Glendinning, 10. Scottish border counties .

Gordon, 57. Fairly'distrib utcd

,b ut m ost num erous north of the

Forth and the Clyde .

Gow , 10. Perthshire .

Graham ,60. Central and southern Scotland.

Grant , 40. North of the Forth and the Clyde , especially in

Inverness - shire .

Gray, 45 . Well distributed over the sou th of Scotland.

Greig, 14 . Found over a large par t of Scotland,but rare in the

north .

Grierson , 13 . Dumfriesshire .

Grieve , 13 .

Dispersed over a large part of Scotland, but rare in

the north . Grieve is especially well repreGu thri e , 10°

sented in Roxburghshire .

Hall,12 . Central and sou thern Scotland.

Halliday, 10. Dumfriesshire .

Ham ilt on, 65 . Sou thern half of Scotland,especially Lanark

shire .

Hardie,11 .

Harper,12 .

Harkness, 10. Dum friesshire .Harvey , 20. Generally distributed.

Hay, 30. Scattered.

Scattered .


Henderson , 70. Well distributed over a large part of Scotlandb u t rare in the north .

Herries,10. Dumfriesshire .

Hill,18 . Scattered.

Hogg, 10. Mostly characteristic of the Scotch border counties .

Hood,12 . Sou th of the Forth and the C lyde .

Hope,15 . Sou th of the Forth and the Clyde , especially inDumfriesshire .

How ie , 13 . Kilm arnock .

Hunter , 63 . General .

Hutchison , 15 . Dispersed over a large part of Scotland, but rarein the north .

Hyslop , 17. Dumfriesshire .

Inglis, 18 . Sou th of the Forth and the Clyde

Innes,10. Mostly in Aberdeenshire , though fairly represented in

Roxbu rghshire .

Irvine,10. Principal hom e in the Scot tish border counties

,

Irving, 13 . especially in Dumfriesshire .

Jack,15 . Lanarkshire and neighbouring counties .

Jackson , 2 3 . Fairly distribu ted, b u t m ost num erous in Renfrew

shire and in the neighbouring counties .

Jam ieson ,26 . Dispersed over a large part of Scotland, b u t rare

in the north”

.

Jardine , 14 . Dumfriesshire .

Most num erou s south of the Forth and the Clyde ,especially in the Scottish b ordé ii counties

,

and particu larly in Dumfriesshire .

Johnston, 45 .

Johnstone , 43 .

Kay,13 . Ayrshire and neighbouring counties .

Kelly, 10. Mostly near the border .

Kennedy,3 5 . Perhaps m ost num erou s in Ayrshire and Dumfries

shire , b u t also well represented in Inverness - shire and

Argyllshire .

Kerr,45 . South of the Forth and the Clyde , but most numerous

in the Scottish border counties .

Kidd,10. a large part of Scotland

,b ut rare in the

King, 13 .

Kirk,10. Sou th of th e Forth and the

'

C lyde, especially in the

Scottish border counties.



3 4 . Perthshire and S tirlingshire .

3 1 . Scattered, but m ost num erous in Argyllshire .

12 . Inverness - shire and Ross- shire .

2 7. Argyllshire .

15 . Central Scotland.

McNaughton ,12 . Perthshire .

13 . Argyllshire and Renfrew sh lre .

McPherson,

Macpherson,

24 . Inverness - shire and adjacent cou nties .

M R

M

0 ae,

14 . Inverness - shire and the Hebrides .

acrae ,

Mair,12 . Ayrshire .

Maitland,10. Scattered.

Malcolm,13 . General .

Marshall, 27. Central and southern Sco tland.

Martin , 30. Southern half of Scotland, but m ost num erou stow ards the border .

Mather, 10. Roxb u rghshire .

Matheson ,Mathieson

,

10° Scattered .

Maxw ell , 27 Dumfriesshire .

Meikle,14 . Scattered .

Menzies,17. Perthshire .

Middleton,16. Aberdeen district.

Millar,3 0. Found over the greater part of Scotland, but rare in

Miller,45 . the north .

Milligan ,10. Dumfriesshire .

Milne,3 3 . Aberdeenshire and neighbouring region .

Mitchell , 100. Distributed over m ost of Scotland as far north as

Aberdeenshire .

Moffat,17. Sou th of the Forth and the Clyde , especially on theScottish border in Dumfriesshire .

Moir, 11 . Scattered.

Morrison,4 2 . Well distributed.

Morton,26 . Kilmarnock .


Muir,29 . Ayrshire and Dum friesshire .

Mu irhead, 10. Scattered .

Munro,13 . North of Scotland, especially in Ross - shire .

Mu rdoch, 2 7. Ayrshire .

Mu rray, 65 . Fairly general, b u t rather m ore num erou s sou th of

the Forth and the Clyde .

Neil,11 . Ayrshire .

Neilson,16. Glasgow district .

Nicholson 12 . Scottish border counties, especially Dum friesNicolson, Shire .

NicOI’19 o 1 t f S ti (1

Nicoll ,ver a arge par 0 co an

Nisbet ,Nisb ett

,

10. Sou th ofthe Forth and the Clyde .

Ogilvie , 15 . Fairly dispersed, but especially characteristic of

Ogilvy, Forfarshire .

O liver, 11. S cottish border counties .

Orr,13 . South of the Forth and the C lyde .

Park,12 . Glasgow and Paisley districts .

Paterson, 68 . Distributed over a large part of Scotland, but rare

Patterson,12 . in the n orth .

Paton,15 . Mostly characteristic of the southern halfof Scotland.

Philips , 10. Scattered.

Pollock,25 . Glasgow district.

Pringle , 13 . Sou th of the Forth and the Clyde .

Pu rves,

10. Sou th of the Forth and the C lyde , especiallyPurvis

,characteristic ofBerwickshire .

Rae,12 . Scottish border counties .

Ram say,13 . Scattered.

Rankin , 26 . Lanarkshire .

Reid,86. Distribu ted over the greater part of Scotland, b u t rarenorth of Aberdeen .

Rennie,20. Aberdeen district .

Richardson , 15 . Dumfriesshire .Richm ond, 10. Ayrshire .Ritchie

,28 . Found over a large part of Scotland, b u t rare in the

Robb , 13 . north .

Robertson,13 7. General.


Robson , 10. Scottish border counties .

Rodger, 10. Scattered.

Ross,4 3 . Generally distributed, but its chief hom e is in Rossshire .

Ru ssell , Found over a large part of Scotland, b u t rare in thenorth .

Ru therford,15 . Scottish border counties.

S cott,100. Sou th of the Forth and the Clyde , especially in the

Scottish border counties .

Shanks, 11. Lanarkshire .

Sharp,17. Perthshire .

Shaw ,245. Fou nd over a large part of Scotland, b u t rare in the

north .

Shepherd, 10. Scattered.

Simpson,3 2 . Generally distributed, but rare north ofAberdeen .

Sinclair, l 8 . S cattered.

S loan,18 . Ayrshire .

Sm ith,144 . Most num erous south of the Forth and the C lyde .

Som erville,20. Fairly dispersed, b u t especially characteristic of

Lanarkshire .

Steel,26 . South ofthe Forth and the Clyde .

Stephen,10. Aberdeenshire .

Stevenson,40. Mostly sou th of the Forth and the C lyde .

Stew art , 150. General .

Stirling,25 . Stirlingshire and su rrounding counties .

Stoddart, 10. South of the For th and the Clyde , especially in

Lanarkshire and Dumfriesshire .

Strachan,10. North of Scotland .

Struthers,13 . Sou th of the Forth and the Clyde , especially in

Lanarkshire .Stuart

,10. Scattered.

S utherland, 10. North of Scotland.

Swan , 13 . Sou th of Scotland, especially towards the Scottishborder .

Tait,13 . Scottish border counties .

Taylor, 48 . Found over the greater part ofScotland.

Templeton,11 . Lanarkshire and Ayrshire .

Telfer,10. Scottish border counties .

Tennant, 10. South of the Forth and the Clyde .

Thom,15 . Scattered.



NOTES ON SCOTTISH NAMES .

(Mostly from Low er’

s Patronym ica Britannica .

Bu t little m ention is m ade of the m ore fam iliar Scottish nam esand of the clan nam es in the following extracts, as the questionof their antiqu ity is not disputed. I have rather preferred to

employ Mr . Lower’

s w ork m erely to i llustrate my ow n generalconclusions .

AITKEN. Probably the Scottish form of Atkin .

ALLAN . The Scottish form of Allen .

ARMSTRONG. (S ee under NORTHUMBERLAND

BAILLlE . The Scottish form of Bailey .

BAIRD . The Bairds of Au chmu ddcn are one of the m ost ancientfam ilies of the nam e .

BALFOUR . The Balfours settled in Scotland in tim e ofDuncan Ithey were hereditary sheriffs of Fifeshire

,and hailed

originally from Northumbria .

BALLANTYNE . The Ballantynes of C orhou se,who flourished as far

back as the 15th century, w ere one of the oldest and m ost

im portant of the stocks .

BARC LAY . The descendants of Theodore de Berkeley who settled

in Scotland in the tim e ofDavid I.,changed the spelling to

Barclay in the 15th centu ry .

BARR . A parish in Ayrshire .

BAXTER. O ld English and Scottish form of Baker.

BELL . (S ee under “ BELL in Chapter II . )BLAIR . The tw o principal stocks are the B lairs ofAyrshire and

the Blairs of Perthshire , both of whom date back in their

respective counties to the 13 th centu ry .


BORTHWI C K . An ancient su rnam e . A parish in Edinburghshire

and a locality in the county of Selkirk bear the nam e .

BOYD . The distingu ished and ancient fam ily of Boyd w ere earls

of Arran and lords of Kilm arnock .

BRODIE . The Brodies ofNairn date back to the 13 th centu ry .

BRUC E . A very fam iliar nam e in Scottish history .

BUC HANAN. A parish in county Stirling possessed b y the fam ilyin early tim es.

CALDER .

CALDWELL ,

CAMERON. The nam e of an ancient Scottish clan . There is a

Fifeshire parish thus called.

CAMPBELL . One of the m ost num erou s and pow erful of th e Highland clans, and under the leadership of the noble house of

lac e - names in Scotland.

CARMIC HAEL . The nam e of an ancient barony and parish in

Lanarkshire possessed by the fam ily as far back as the 12 th

century. Hence sprang the Carm ichaels of C arSpherne in

the stewartry of Kircudbright .CARRUTHERS . A ham let in Dumfriesshire .

CHALMERS . This nam e is taken from the office of C hamberlain .

The fam ily of Chalm ers of Gadgirth in Ayrshire were one

of the m ost ancient stocks.

COCHRANE . The nam e of a fam ily resident in Renfrew shire form any centu ries . A place in Paisley district .

CRAIG. A Forfarshire parish and a Perthshire estate .CRAWFORD . A parish in Lanarkshire . Sir Reginal de Craufurd,

sheriff ofAyrshire in 1296, seem s to have been the comm onancestor of m any branches of the fam ily .

CRIC HTON . An ancient castle and estate in Edinbu rghshire, wellknown in history, and long the seat of the fam ily .

CUMMING. The nam e of one of the m ost powerful of the Scottishnoble fam ilies in early history .

CURRIE . A parish near Edinburgh .

DALZIEL . From the barony of Dal - yeel on th e Clyde . The EarlsofCarnwath are the chiefs of the fam ily .

DEWAR . A ham let in the parish ofHeriot , Edinburghshire .

DONALD . A well - known Scottish personal nam e .


DOUGLAS . The m ost pow erful and m ost celebrated of Scottishnoble fam ilies . In the 12th century, the C hieftains lived on

the banks of the river Douglas , in Lanarkshire , whence thefam ily took its nam e .

DRUMMOND . The nam e of an ancient and noble fam ily of Stirling:

shire .

DUFF . Mac - DUFF is the nam e of an ancient clan founded by thenoble fam ily of the Mac -Duffs ofFife .

DUNC AN. An old Scottish personal nam e .DUNLOP . The Du nlops ofDunlop in Ayrshire have owned that

estate for several centuries .

ELLIOT . (S ee under NORTHUMRERLAND

FARQUHAR . Farquhar w as a comm on Scottish surnam e . TheFARQUHARSON . London Farquhars hail from Aberdeenshire .FERGUSON . Fergus was a Scottish saint .FINLAY .

Finlay w as an ancient Scottish personal nam e .FINLAYSON .

FLEMING. A native ofFlanders .

FORBES . A tow n and barony in Aberdeenshire an ciently possessed

by the fam ily ; they have been settled for centuries in this

shire .

FRASER . Dow n to the tim e ofRobert Bruce the Frasers rem ained

in the south of Scotland,b u t afterwards they rem oved to

the north and assum ed the dignity of a clan .

FULLARTON . A burgh and estate at Irvine in Ayrshire, where the

fam ily resided as far back as 13 71.

GALBRAITH. A Celtic clan of remote antiquity,form erly settled in

Stirlingshire .

GALLOWAY . The south - w est corner ofScotland.

GEDDES . A comm on place - nam e in Scotland. The fam ily of

Geddes of Rachan in Peeblesshire have possessed that

estate from tim e imm em orial .

GILC HRIST .

“ The servant of Christ .

GILLESPIE .

“ The servant of the Bishop .

GILMOUR . Great- Servant or Henchman of a Chief.

GLENDINNING. An ancient estate in Dumfriesshire .

GORDON. The early Gordons took their nam e from the parish of

Gordon in Berwickshire, in w hich they were seatedn


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LENNOX. The ancient county of Dum barton from which thepow erful Earls of the nam e took their title .

LESLIE . A m arket- tow n in Fife and a parish in Aberdeenshire .

An ancient and often distingu ished Scottish surnam e .L INDSAY . The ancient and distinguished Scottish fam ily of

Lindsay who boasted of 20 Earls of Crawford w as probablyin the first place ofEnglish origin . A Lincolnshire divisionand a Suffolk parish bear the nam e .

LUMSDEN . An ancient m anor in Coldingham parish , Berwickshire ,belonging to a fam ily of the nam e as early as the reign of

David I .

MACADAM.

’ The MacAdam s of Waterh ead, Ayrshire , changed

their nam e three centu ries ago from MacGregor to

MacAdam .

MAC C ULLUM . An old Argyllsh ire clan .

MACDONALD . One of the oldest and m ost important of Scottish

clans .

MACNEILL . One of the m ost ancient of the Western Highland

clans . Two branches,in Argyllshire and Inverness- shire .

MAITLAND . The Maitlands,Earls of Lauderdale , w ere seated in

Southern Scotland as early as the 13 th centu ry.

MALC OLM . A form ofMacC u llum .

MAXWELL. The Maxw ells took their nam e from a village inRoxburghshire ; they were sheriffs of that county as far

back as the 13 th century .

MENZIES . This clan has its hom e in the Scottish Highlands .

O riginally ofEnglish origin .

MOFFAT . A paI ish on the borders of Lanarkshire and Dumfriesshire .

MUIR . Scottish form ofMoor or More .

NISBET. Parishes in the shires of Roxburgh , Berwick , and

NISBETT . Haddington .

ORR. A parish in Kirkcudbrightshire .

POLLOC K . Places and seats in Renfrewshire in the vicinity of

Glasgow .

PRINGLE . Peculiar to the south of Scot-land.

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RANKIN . Said to be derived from Jacob de Rankine; a burgo

m aster ofGhent, w ho m arried into the house ofKeith .

ROBERTSON. The nam e of.a Highland clan .

ROSS . The Rosses of the south of S cotland probably cam e in the

12th century from the baronial Yorkshire fam ily of Ros .

The great m ajority, how ever, of Rosses have their hom e in

Ross- shire .RUTHERFORD . A very ancient fam ily of Rutherford in Roxburgh

shire , where they resided m any centuries .

SHANKS . A fam ily existing in early tim es in Midlothian .

S INC LAIR . O riginally a nam e ofFrench origin . The noble Scottish

fam ilies ofSinclair are descended from the lords ofRoslyn ,in the reign ofAlexander 1.

SOMERVILLE. The Som ervilles ofEngland and Scotland date backto the tim e of the Conqu eror whom their ancestor accom

panied to England.

STRAC HAN . A parish in Kincardineshire .

URQUHART . Places in ROSS - shire,Morayshire, etc . A very ancient

Scottish su rnam e .

WEIR . An ancient surnam e in Scotland, especially in Lanarkshire,dating back to the 12th century .

FINIS .

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