Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
' FURNESS AND CARTMEL NOTES,' THE CISTERCIAN ABBEY OF MAULBRONN,' SOME
: (
LONDON
ELLIOT STOCK, 62, PATERNOSTER ROW, E.C.
1894.
4
3
6
1
1
CONTENTS.
Preface - vii
Books Consulted - ix
Introduction i
British Surnames - 3
nicknames 7
clan or tribal names 8
place-names - ii
official names 12
trade names 12
christian names 1
foreign names 1
foundling names 1
The following pages are offered to the public in the belief that they will
Although the vast catalogue of British surnames may not have been
exhausted, yet by many years' labour more than eight thousand repre-
lists, etc., have been traced to their source, and when it is remembered
that this includes the numerous variations and ramifications of these
H. B.
Ravenstone,
Ashby-de-la-Zouch.
BOOKS CONSULTED.
Islands Landnama-bdk.
Domesday Book.
Rotuli Normannise. T. D. Hardy, 1835.
INTRODUCTION.
' A painful work it is and more than difficult, wherein what toyle hath been taken,
as no man thinketh, so no man believeth, but he that hath made the trial.'
Anthony X Wood.
After this he met with, for the first time, the last-mentioned author's
'
Patronymica Britannica,' a more ambitious work, and a great improve-
ment upon the previous attempt, but still deficient in precise information
and investigation.
The
dictionary form, however^ seemed to be the best for ready reference,
and he thought a few examples, to show the way in which he had wrought
out the names, would be of service to those who are interested in this
important study. Hence it came about that this work has gradually grown
until assumes its present proportions.
it
BRITISH SURNAMES.
'This is a subject which involves many curious questions of antiquarian interest,
bearing upon the language, habits and pursuits of our countrymen in bygone days.
It is one, also, that immediately concerns every man who feels an honest pride in being
called by his father's name.' Notes and Queries, vi. 201.
'To find out the true originall of surnames is full of difficulty.' Camden.
Much speculation has arisen as to the date when surnames were first
used in this country. It is now pretty well admitted that they began to
be adopted about a.d. iooo.
According to Lower, the practice commenced in Normandy, and
gradually extended itself to this country ; but the use of surnames was
occasionally hereditary among the Anglo-Saxons before the Conquest,
and the general adoption of family designations.
He quotes from a document referred to in Sharon Turner's History '
of the Anglo-Saxons as existing among the Cottonian MSS. (No. 1,356 '
Flem., kin ; which have quite a different meaning and are used in pet
names chiefly.
The diminutives, Frisian, ken, ke, ock, and cock;* Norman French,
et, ette, let, ot, otte, ell ; Old Norse, i, a, ki, ka, gi, ga, ungr, ingr, lingr,
should be noted.
Let us then apply the test of the old world sources to the family names
of this country, comparing them in the first instance with those of the
Northern nations, the Scandinavians (Danes so called), the Frisians (i.e.,
Saxons), the Old English (Anglo-Saxon) in Domesday Book, and, in
the second place, with existing names in Northern Germany, Sweden,
Denmark, Normandy, Holland, and Flanders.
In addition to these quarries, which the writer will endeavour to work,
it may be mentioned that there are many names which clearly bear the
stamp of foreign origin and have not yet been so entirely metamorphosed
but that their Continental source may be discovered. An Act of the
Irish Parliament (5 Edw. IV., c. 3, a.d. 1465) ordained that every
Irishman dwelling betwixt or amongst Englishmen in the counties of
Dublin, Myeth, Vriel, and Kildare, should dress like Englishmen and
take an English surname, of a town (as Sutton, Chester, etc.), or colour
(as white, black), or art (as smith, carpenter, etc.), or office (as cook or
butler), and he and should use the same under a specified
his issue
penalty. Thus, O'Gowan became Smith and Maclntyre Carpenter, etc.
Most surnames will be found to come under one or other of the following
heads
I.
— —
British Surnames
I. Nicknames.
'You had not your name for nothing.' Old Proverb.
Unquestionably the oldest names of all are those derived from by-
names, given on account of a strong peculiarity of figure, feature, or
character, deed of prowess, eccentricity of dress, speech or carriage.
Among primitive nations the slightest deviation from the ordinary
course of life or difference among his fellows was enough to mark a man,
especially where a striking cognomen was readily applied. Fleetness of
foot, a mighty hunter, skill in the use of a particular weapon, or the very
opposite, gave rise to a name implying praise or contempt. Indeed, the
most trifling cause served to invent a title by which a man was distin-
guished from his contemporaries. When King Magnus assumed the
Highland dress he became known as Berbeinn (Bareleg) among his
followers, and this is preserved to us in the modern though Puritan-
sounding Barebones.
A man became notorious on account of a fearful scar upon his leg,
hence he was called Orra-beinn (Scar-leg), which we see in Horrabin to
this day.
In the Orkneys the Norse earl Einar gained the soubriquet of Turf- '
The Gaelic Mac, the Irish 0', the British Ap, the Norse ungar, the
Frisian ingar and en, the Anglo-Saxon ing, the Norman Fitz,* are all
indications of a family name.
' By Mac and O you'll always know
True Irishmen, they say
But if they lack both " O," and " Mac,"
No Irishmen are they.'
The
ancient tribe of Waring or Wearing, the Voeringi or Veringen,
originally from what is still called the Vceringifjord in Norway, formed
the celebrated Varangian Guard of the Byzantine Emperors, which was
afterwards recruited largely from the North, and especially from Britain.
The following list, compiled from that excellent work, 'Words and Places,'
by the Rev. Isaac Taylor, will be found to contain ancient Scandinavian
and Frisian family names, with the Old English or Anglo-Saxon suffix.
A
reference to and comparison with the Icelandic names of the
Landnamabdk and the Saxon tenants of Domesday Book will prove of
great assistance to the reader.
Mr. Taylor points out settlements of these families in England,
Normandy, and Germany.
A.
Ading
British Surnames
Bsebing
io British Family Names
Iceling
Ifing
— — ' 1
British Surnames 1
III. Place-names.
' A local habitation and a name.' Midsummer Nights Dream.
It was the custom of the Norsemen and the Saxons to give their names
to the lands upon which they settled.
Hence it is that so many towns and villages in England as well as in
Normandy show the name of the original occupier who appropriated the
soil by right of conquest, and the prefix generally is found in the posses-
sive case common to all Teutonic nations.
After the Norman Conquest the followers of William, among whom the
land was divided, adopted the title of the manor or estate granted to them
by the king.
These afterwards became their family names.
Ivo de Taillebois was made Baron of Kendal, but his descendant,
William, assumed the style of de Lancaster. Robert de Tours became
Robert de Lowick from his English estate, as, in like manner, William
le Fleming was William de Aldingham from his lordship of that manor,
and Nigel, younger son of Robert de Statford, inheriting the manor of
Gresley, in the county of Derby, took the name and was known as Nigel
de Gresley. This last family is one of the very few remaining of those
who have retained their lands since the Conquest.
It is very likely that in after-years change of residence was usually the
cause of the bestowal of the original abode as a surname.
About the fourteenth century another way of adopting place-names
sprung up, as is seen from the registers of wills at Lincoln and other
cities.
The word atte,' as implying residence, if not possession, crept in, and
'
thereby arose such names as Atte Boure, Atte Brigg, Atte Hash, Atte
Hay, Atte Kirkstile, Atte Lane, Atte Maydens, Atte Stile, Atte Well.
William Atwater was Bishop of Lincoln in 1574.
In course of time the de and the atte were dropped, as the persons
using them lost their estates or changed their place of abode ; but
retaining the surname, they wandered into various parts of the country
as fancy or necessity led them.
Hence it happens that many extraordinary surnames, which have been
a puzzle to investigators hitherto, and almost defy derivation, are found
to be traceable to some obscure spot in Great Britain or France.
It used to be said that
' In ham and by and ford and tun
Most of English surnames run.
is true as far as it goes, for many other local names in that county have
given names to families.
Names derived from localities are more common in England and
Scotland than in Wales and Ireland.
—— —
'
I am become a name.' —TENNYSON.
When the country became settled under Edward the Confessor, and
the Norsemen, Saxon, and Welsh lived together with something like a
suspension of their international feuds, the land was brought into a sem-
blance of law and order, and, consequently, offices of influence and
responsibility arose.
Bright, Steward, and Despencer are names of this period. They all
mean the same thing. Bryti is the Norse and Dispensator the Latin
equivalent of Steward.
Lagman (lawgiver), Fawcett (Forseti, judge), Alderman, Reeve, Sheriff,
Tabberer (TabarSr, a Tabard), Chamberlain (Caroerarius), Chancellor
(Canceler), Chaplain (Capellanus), Clerk (Clericus), Deacon (Diaconus),
Beadle (Bedellus), Latimer (Latinarius, or interpreter), Miles (Miles, a
soldier), Marshall (Marescal), Redman (Radman), Sumner or Somner
(Chaucer's Sompnoure, a summoner or apparitor), Poynder (a bailiff),
Parker (Park-keeper), Palliser (Park-pailings keeper), Franklin (a free-
holder), Vavasour or Valvasour* (an office or dignity below a baron and
above a knight), Arblaster (Balistarius), Botiler (Butler), etc.
V. Trade Names.
'
A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.' Othello.
I cannot tell what the dickens his name is.' Merry Wives of Windsor, Act III., Sc. z.
Some of these are undoubtedly Norman, others are more recent, and
may presumably be set down to Huguenot and other refugee emigrants,
or to the influx of followers of the Orange or Hanoverian Dynasties.
It is well known, moreover, that many French prisoners of war during
the reign of George III. married or formed other ties during their
captivity, and when peace was restored, remained in this country. To
these may be added those who have been attracted to Great Britain by
greater facilities of trade, or more political or individual liberty than they
found at home.
— —
Under the signature of ' Peter Lombard,' a writer in the Church Times
has recently drawn attention to the registers of St. Mary Woolnoth where
are these entries :
'
A
male child was found in our parish with a penny in
his hand, and was named accordingly Henry Penny.' '
A child found in
the alley between the church and the stocks on the morning of St. John's
Day was named John Before Day.'
A girl who was so picked up was christened Anne Monday, after the
day of the week, and a boy who was laid ' atte Mr. Garrett's dore was
'
christened '
John
Bynight.'
Lower gives, among other instances, Jack Parish, Tom
Among-us, and
Napkin Brooker as the names bestowed by the parish authorities on
foundlings. The last-mentioned, it is stated, was found by the side of
a brook, tied up in a napkin.
Allbone (from Holborn ? ) and such names as Lilywhite and Sweetapple
may belong perhaps to this category.
A lady sends that of a family named Haycock. She was told that
the father was found as an infant deserted under a haycock. The name
is not uncommon, and may be otherwise accounted for. There is a hill
in Cumberland called Haycock, and Hayo and Heie are Frisian personal
names, to which may be added the diminutive ' cock.'
Indeed, Heij-Koch is a Dutch proper name.
Abbreviations.
AlfeiSr (f.)
Alfgeirr
AlfgerSr (f.)
AlfjdtrorUlfjdtr
Alfr
Alfarekkar or
Halfrekkar
Ali
Alrekr
Alof (f.)
Amundi
An
Ani
Anti-cristr
Old Norse Personal Names 17
Baldvini
i8 British Family Names
Buttr, p.n. BoSvildr
Buttraldi, p.n. Boggull, n.n. (a little bag)
Bui. D. Boye ;Id. Bogi Bol-viss, n.n. (detestable)
Baegi-fdtr, cogn. (lame foot)
Carlsefui
Old Norse Personal Names 19
Fleinn
,
H.
Hafgrimr Hals HerriSr Holbarki, n.n.
HafliSi Hamall Hersteinn Hdlmfastr
Hafljdtr Hamundr HervariSr HdlmfriSr (f.)
Hrdlfr '
22 British Family Names
JarngerSr (f.)
Old Norse Personal Names 23
N.
O.
R.
•
Rafa-Kollr, n.n. Rand-verr, p.n. Remba, n.n. (a cox-
Ramr, n.n. (strong) Rata-toskr, p.n. comb)
Rand-eiSr (f.) Regg-biiss, n.n. (Wen- Ruza, n.n.
Rang-muftr, n.n. dish) Rykill, n.n.
Ranka (RagnheiSr) Reikall, p.n. (a rover) Rympill, n.n.
S.
)jokka (f.) :
)orgautr )orlaug (f.) Train
)jostarr Jorgeirr )orleif (f.) )randr
Jjdstdlfr )orgert5r (f.) )orleifr Trasi
;
Wra (f.) )orgestr )orleikr )raslaug (f.)
M.
^EtSi-Kollr, n.n. Msm (f.)
O.
B.
D.
E.
F.
H.
Habbo, m. ; Habben and Habbinga, Hein, m. ; Heine, Heinen, fam. n.
fam. n. (from Heinrich)
Haddo (Hatto), m. ; Haddinga, Heini
fam. n. See Heddo Heink, m. See Hein
Hagen, m. ; Hagena, fam. n. Heite, Heit, m. ; Heits, fam. n.
Hamke, dimin. of Hamo; fam. n., Helmer, m. ; Helmers, fam. n.
Haming Herman, m.
Harm,m. (contraction of Hermann); Hero, HeYe, Herre, m. ; Heren,
f. dimin. Harmke; fam. n., Harms, Herren, fam. n.
Harmens Hester (Esther)
Haro, Hare, m. ; Haren, Haringa, Hibbo, Hibbe, m. ; Hibben, fam. n.
Harringa, fam. n. Hidde. See Hiddo
Harrell, Harle, m. Hiddo, m. ; Hidden, fam. n.
Hayo, m. ; Hayung, Heyungs, Hilke, f. dimin. of Hille, Hilla,
Hayunga, fam. n. Hilda
Hebe, f. dimin. Hebeke, Hebke, Hillerd, Hillerk. See Hillrich
Hepke Hillmer, Hilmer, m. ; Hillmers,
Heddo, Hedde, m. ; Hedden, fam. n.
Heddinga, fam. n. ; Heddo, A.S. Hillrich, Hillrik, Hillerk, Hillerd,
Bishop, a.d. 676 m. ; Hillrichs, Hillerks, Hillers,
Heie, Hei, m. See Hayo Hillern, fam. n.
Heiko or Haiko, m.; Heikens, Hima, f.
Heiken, Heikena, Haiken, Himke, dimin. of Hima
Hayken Hinderk. See Hinrich
3
; ;
I.
Ibo, Ibe, Ihbe, m. ; Iben, Ibben, Imke, f., also Immeke, dimin. of
Ibeling, fam. n. Imme
Ide Imme, Immo, m. ; Immen, fam. n.
Idje, Itje, dimin. of Ida
f. Ine. See Ino
Idse, Itse, Idze, m. ; Idsen, Itzen, Ing, Ingo, Inguio, m.
Idsinga, fam. n. Inka, f.
Igge, m. ; Iggen, Iggena, fam. n. Ino, Ine, Ihno, m. ; dimin. Inke,
Ikke, Ikka, Ika, f. Ihnke; fam. n., Inen, Ihnen; Ino,
Iko, Ike, m. ; Iken, Ikena, fam. n. A.S. King, a.d. 727
Imel, m. ; Imels, fam. n. Ippo, Ippe, m. ; Ippen, fam. n.
J-
K.
Karsten, Kersten, Karsen, Kassen, Katje, f. dimin. of Kate, Catherina
4
Kasjen, from Kristjan (Christian) KSs, m., contraction of Corne-
fam. n., Karstens, Karsens, Kas- lius
sens, Kasjens Klas (Klaus), Niklas, m.
Kasper, m. Klun, Kluin, fam. n.
M.
N.
O.
P.
R.
U.
W.
Warner, m. (Werner); dimin. Wilko, Wilke, m. ; Wilken, fam. n.
Warntje ; Warners and Warntjes, Wft, Wiet, dimin. Witje, Wietje, m.
fam. n. Wits, Wiets, Wttjes, Wietjes,
WSert, m. ; W6erts, Weers, Weiers, fam. n.
fam. n. Witerd, Witherd, Wfthert, m.
WSrda, Wiarda, fam. n. Wobbo, Wobbe, Wobbi, m. ; dimin.
Wet, m. ; Wets, fam. n. f. Wobbeke, Wobke; fam. n.,
Wilbert, m. ; Wilberts, Wilbers, Wobbena, Wobben
fam. n. Wolbrecht, m. ; Wolbrechts, Wol-
Wildert, contraction Wilt, m. bergs, fam. n.
Wilhelm, contraction Wilm, m. Wiibbo, m. ; Wiibbens, Wubbena,
Wilms, fam. n. fam. n. ; Wiibke, dimin. f.
Aben
38 British Family Names
Aifride
Names of Persons in Domesday Book holding Lands 39
Arduin
40 British Family Names
Brictere
Names of Persons in Domesday Book holding Lands 41
Chetel
42 British Family Names
Edred
Names of Persons in Domesday Book holding Lands 43
Frauuin
44 British Family Names
Guert
Names of Persons in Domesday Book holding Lands 45
46 British. Family Names
Mai
Names of Persons in Domesday Book holding Lands 47
Osui
48 British Family Names
Sauuold
Names of Persons in Domesday Book holding Lands 49
Taini, Teini,
5o British Family Names
.
Vlfer
Names of Tenants in Chief in Domesday Book 51
Wiuar
52 British Family Names
Brictric
Names of Tenants in Chief in Domesday Book 53
Fafiton
54 British Family Names
Names of Tenants in Chief in Domesday Book 55
Quintin, S. de
R.
Rabellus
56 British Family Names
Under-tenants of Lands at Domesday Survey 57
Aluerad
58 British Family Names
Brodo
Under-tenants of Lands at Domesday Survey 59
Edric
6o British Family Names
Glauill
Under-tenants of Lands at Domesday Survey 61
Inganie
62 British Family Names
Monulf
Under-tenants of Lands at Domesday Survey 63
64 British Family Names
-Siric
Under-tenants of Lands at Domesday Survey 65
—
NORMAN NAMES.
A great deal has been written about the Roll of Battell Abbey and the
companions of the Conqueror which is doubtless of great interest to those
who claim to be descendants of the persons therein recorded.
There was such a roll suspended in the great hall of the building, and
it bore the names of 645 knights, but it has disappeared long ago, as well
as the other relics of the battle, which were removed to Cowdray, and
perished in the great fire there in 1793.
There are several copies more or less imperfect. The lists which
appear to be the most authentic are Duchesne's list, taken from the
:
England.
The Rotuli Normanniae, R. Hundredorum, and R. de Oblatis et
Finibus, temp. Regis Johannis, are valuable evidence as to Norman
names. The place-names of Normandy have been added.
The asterisk denotes a tenant-in-chief.
;;
Norman Names 67
B.
Norman Names 69
D.
E.
Estriels loc. n.
F.
H.
J-
K.
Kancey Kenelre
Karrowe Keveters
Keine, Kanses. Kain, loc. n., Kimaronne, Kymarays
Belgium Kiriell
L.
Norman Names 73
M.
Maiell. D.B. de Medehal* Maularde
Maine, Maoun. D.B. Maine* Maulay, Maule, Morley. Marley ; a
Mayne ; a loc. n. loc. n. >
N.
O.
Norman Names 75
Quinci, Quyncy
Quintini. D.B. de St. Quintin.* St. Quentin ; a loc. n.
R.
T.
W.
Wacely, Wely. Vesly (?), loc. n. Wareine,Warrene. Z>.^.deWarene,*
Wafre. Wavre, loc. n., Belgium Warenger. Varengeville, loc. n.
Walangy, Valenger. D.B. de Va- Wate
longes.* Valognes ; a loc. n. Watelin
Waloys, Valers (?). D.B. de Wals. Watevil, Waterville. D.B. de
Valailles (?), loc. n. Wateuile.' Vatteville ; a loc. n.
Wake, Wace (?). Wace ; a loc. n. Werdonell
Wamerville Wermelay
Ward. D.B. Wiard Wespaile. Wespelaer, loc. n.,
Wardebois, Warroys (?) Flanders
;,; ;;
British Surnames 79
British Surnames 81
British Surnames 83
of land.
Audsley. From Audley; aloe, n.,
Staffs.
Athorpe. D. Attrup a loc. and
;
p. n. ;
Auger.
or from Authorpe ; a loc. n., G. Augar; a p.n. See
Lines Aggs
Athow. From Hathow ; a loc. n., Auker. 7VT Haukr ; F. Arko ; G.
Lines ; or see Atto Hauk, Hauke ; Fl. Haucq ; Dch.
Atkins, Atkinson. See Atto Aukes ; D. Harke ; p.n.
Atlay. N. Atli; 5. Atler; a p.n. Aukland. A loc. n., Dur.
Atilie, a Saxon tenant in D.B. Or Austen, Austin. D. Augustin
from Atlow a loc. n., Derbys.
;
D.B. Augustin, Austin; p.n.
D.B. Etelaw.
Austwick. A loc. n., Yorks
Attenborough. A loc. n., Notts Avant. From Havant; a loc. n.,
Atterbury. A loc. n., Devon Hants
Or Atterby, Lines.
Aveley, Aveling. Fl. Evely Dch. ;
Attersley. See Attlee
Evelein ; D.B. Avelin ; p.n.
Attfield. See Hatfield
Atthel. See Atthill Avenell. Norman, Fr.; p.n.; D.B.
Atthill. From Atte Hill Avenel
A surname adopted as early as the W. Avenel, in Rot. Obi. et Fin.,
fourteenth century from place of
K. John.
residence. Averell. From Haverhill; a loc. n.,
Attle. See Atthill or Attley Suff.
; ;;
;
B.
British Surnames 85
/
;;; ;;
British Surnames 87
X
; ;
;
p.n.
Baele, Beli ; p.n.
Bedford. A loc. n., the county
Bellairs. See Bellares
town Bellamy. A Fr. p.n. from Belleme
Bedingfield. A loc. n., Suff.
a loc. n. in Normandy
Bedwell. A loc. n., Beds Beelhelme in Roll of Battell Abbey,
Bee. £)., Dch. Bie, Bye ; N. Bui Belam in D.B. D. Beilum; Fl.
p.n. See Bugge Belemme Dch. Bellm p.n.
; ;
British Surnames 89
British Surnames 9i
Blake. Dch. Bleek; Fl. Blieck; Blewitt. Fr. Bluet; D.B. Bloiet;
p.n. p.n.
Bluat in Roll of Battell Abbey.
Blakemore. From Blakemere ; a
Robert Bloet, Bishop of Lincoln,
loc. n., Heref. Robert Bloet held land in
1093.
Blakeney. A loc. n., GIos., Norf. Wilts temp. K. John, 1201.
Blakesley. A loc. n., Northants Blezard. See Blizard
;;;; ;
Robert Blundel in Rot. Obi. et Fin., Bogert. Dch., Fl. Bogaert Dch. ;
British Surnames 93
Fr. Boniface ;
p.n. Surr.
Boniwell. See Bonville Borland. From Burland ; a loc. n.,
Wilts
loc. n., Bowmar. See Beaumont
Botteril. Fr. Bottrel ; a p.n. Bowring. Fl. Bauraing ; a p.n.
Botwright. See Bootheroyd Bowser. Fr. Beaussieu or Bous-
Boteric in D.B. (?) sard; p.n. Or see Boucher
Boucher. Fr. ; p.n. See Bowker Bowskell. From Bouskall ; a
Bougen. See Buggins loc. n., Cumb.
Boughen. See Buggins Bowstead. N. Bii-staS ; 5. Bostad,
Boult. D., Dch. Bolt ; a p.n. Bystedt; G. Baustatte; loc. and
Boultbee. From Boulby ; a loc. n., p. n. See Boustead
Yorks Bowyear, Bowyer. Dch. Bowier
Boulter. Fr. Bolt^ ; a p.n. a p.n.
Boulton. From Bolton ; a freq. Box. A loc. n., Wilts. Or D., Fl.
loc. n., Lanes, etc. Bock ; G. Bochs ; Dch. Box
Bound, Bown. Fl. Bawen, Bawin D.B. Boche p.n. ;
Bourke, Burke. Fr. de Burgo D.B. Boche (?) p.n. See Boy ;
British Surnames 95
a p.n.
Branston. A loc. n., Hants, Lines,
Staffs.
Bragg. N. Bragi ; S. Brag ; D.
Bracker; Dch. Brakke; Fl. Brack;
Branwhite. From Brandthwaite
a loc. n., Cumb.
Fr. Bracq; p.n.
Braham. A loc. Bras. Dch. Bras, Brass Fr.
n., Camb. ;
Brasse; p.n.
Braidley. A loc. n., Yorks
Braikenridge. From Bracken- Brasier, Brazier. From Bres-
rigg ; a loc. n., Cumb. suire a loc. n., France.
; Or Fr.
Brailey. See Braidley Brasseur; a p.n.
Brailsford. A loc. n., Derbysh. Brassey. From Brachy or Brecy
Brain. Fr. ; a p.n. loc. n., Normandy
Bracy in Roll of Battell Abbey. Robert
Braithwaite. A loc. n., Yorks de Brasey in Rot. Obi. et Fin., K.
Brake. Fl. Braecke ; a p.n. John.
; ;;
British Surnames 97
Dch. Broch, Brock; Fl. Brockx; Bruno; Fr. Brune, Brune Brunet; ,
Bryant. Ft. Briand, Briant p.n. Boger, Bock, Biige, Bugge, Buke,
;
British Surnames 99
Bullett. Fr. Boullet a p.n. Burdge. D., G., Dch. Berg; D.B.
;
Staffs.
Buxton. A loc. n., Derbysh., Norf.
Buzzard. See Buszard
Bushell. See Buscall
Byas. From Biars; a loc. n.,
Buskard. Dch. Bosschaart ; Fr.
Normandy; Fr. Bias; a p.n.
Boisard; D.B. de Boscroard (?);
p.n.
Bye. A loc. n., Dorset. Or D.
Bie, Bye; p.n.
Buss. D., Dch., Fl. Bus ; a p.n.
Byers. See Byas
Bussey. See Boosey
Byfield. A loc. n., Northants
Buszard. From Buzet; a loc. n.
Byford. A loc. n., Heref.
in Flanders. Or Dch. Boshart
Bygott. Fr. Bigot; Dch. Biko; p.n.
Fl. Bossaert, Buysschaert ; Fr.
D.B. Bigot, a tenant in chief. Bigot in
La Bussate ; D.B. de Boscroard; Roll of Battell Abbey.
p.n. See Buskard Bygrave. A loc. n., Herts
Butcher. N. BuSker -D. Byles. G. Beil; Fl. BykBuyl;
;
C.
trell;
p.n. Carpue. Fr. Carpiaux a p.n. ;
France
Kasten ; S. Cassen ; Dch. Cars-
Cave. A loc. n., Yorks; or see
ten ; Fl. Kastan, Casen, Cason ;
Chafy
D.B. Cassa; p.n.
Cavell. See Cavill
Catchpole. From Cageypole; a Cavendish. A loc. n. (a manor),
loc. n., Dorset. Or Caterpole,
Suff.
SufF. It was assumed by the Norman Knight,
Catchpool. See Catchpole Gemon de Montfichet JJ.B. ;
v
G. Kalbas; D.B. Calpus and Cooksey. A loc. n., Worcest.
Calvus ;
p.n. Coombe. A loc. n., Cornw., Devon,
Saxon Tenants temp. Edw. Conf., and Hants, etc.
under-tenants at Survey. Cooper. From Cupar; a loc. n.,
Colquhoun. A loc. n., Dumbarton Fife. Or Fl. Kupper; Dch.
Colson. Fl. p.n. Cuyper ; p.n.
Colton. A loc. n., Lanes, Staffs., Coopman. Fl. Coopman ; a p.n.
Yorks Coote. Fl. Coet; Dch. Koot
Colwell. A loc. n., Northumbd. G. Kutt ; p.n.
Colyer. See Cullyer Cope. See Coppon
Coman. Fl. Coeman a p.n. ; Copland, Copeland. See Coup-
Combe. A loc. n., Glos. land
Comerford. See Comfort Copeman. See Coopman
Comfort. From Comberford; a Copestick. From Copestake; a
loc. n., Staffs. loc. n.
Comley. A loc. n., Salop Coplestone. A loc. n., Devon
Commerell. From Comberwell Copping. See Cobb
a loc. n., Wilts (?) Coppinger. N. Kaupungr; n.n.
Compton. A loc. n., Dorset, Hants, Koppang Dch.
D. Koeppen ; 5. ;
Somers., Wilts
Staffs., Coppon
Koppen ; p.n. See
Conder. Norm. Fr. Cond6 a Coppon. JV. Kaupungr, n.n. D.
;
Cowie. Fr. Couez (?) a p.n. Cranmer. A loc. n., Devon. Comp.
;
See Creak
Crackenthorpe. A loc. n., Creagh.
Creak. From Creake; a loc. n.,
Westmd.
Norf. OriViKraka; n.n. (a crow).
Cracknall, Cracknell. From
Comp. Corn-crake G. Kreks ;
Craigneill a loc. n., Edinbgh.
;
S. Kraak, Krok D. Krack,
Craddock. A loc. n., Devon. Or
;
British Surnames in
Crew. Fr. Croux ; a p.n. ; or see Croote. N. Krydd ; A.S. Krud ;
Crewe G. Krutsch, Krutge; Dch.
Crewe. A loc. n., Ches. Kroode; p.n.
Grud, Grut, Grutt, Saxon tenants in
Creyke. From Crayke; a loc. n.,
D.B.
Yorks
Cropper. N. Kroppr; n.n. 5.
Crichton. A loc. n., Edinbgh.
Cropps ; Dch. Krop ; G. Kropp,
Crick. A loc. n., Northants; or
Kroppe ; p.n.
see Creak
Cripps. G. Krips ; a p.n. Crosby. A loc. n., Cumb., Lanes,
Crisell. Dch. Kressel or Kristel Lines, Westmd.
a p.n. Crosher. See Crawshaw
Crisp. See Crispin Crosland. A loc. n., Yorks
Crispin. From St. Crispin; a Crossingham. FromCressingham;
Norman-French loc. n. a loc. n., Norf.
Milo Crispin, a tenant in chief in D.B. Crossley. From Crosslee; Ren-
Critchley. From Crickley; a frew
loc. n., Glos. Crossthwaite. A loc. n., Cumb.
Crittenden. See Cruttenden Croston. A loc. n., Lanes
Croager, See Crocker Crouch. Fr. Croux; G. Krusch;
Croaker. See Crocker p.n.
Croasdale. From Croixdal ; a Croudace. See Carruthers
loc. n., Normandy Croughton. A loc. n., Northants
Crocker. N. Kraka, n.n. ; £. Crowder. Dch. Kroode a p.n. ;
Krok D. Krogh
; G. Kroker ;
Crowdson. See Crewdson
;
D.
p.n. p.n.
Daisley. From Disley; a loc. n., Dangar. D. Dankert ; G. Danger ;
Ches. a p.n.
Daking. Dch. Dekking; p.n. Dangerfield. Fr. Dandville; a
See Dack and Deck P .n. (?)
Dalby. A loc. n., Lines, Yorks Daniel. Fr. ; p.n. A Hugue-
Dale. S. Dahl; D. Dall; Fr. not n.
Dailly, Daly; p.n. Dansie. See Dance
Dallas. A loc. n., Moray Danson. D. Dan; S. Dann; Fl.
Dalley, See Dale Danne ; G. Dann p.n. See ;
Deacle. From Diggle ; a loc. n., D.B. Dena, Dene, Dane, Dinni,
Yorks Dennis; p.n.
;; ;
Dixie. D. F. Diko or
Dich; Domoney. See Dominy
Dyko (fam. Diken), dimin.
n., Donisthorpe. A loc. n., Derbysh.
Dikje ; Dch. Dieke ; G. Dicke, Donithorne. From Dinnethorn
Dix; p.n. a loc. n., Devon
Dobbie. N. Dapi ; G. Daber, Donkin. See Dunkin
Dabin, Dabisch, Dober, Dobers
Donne. A loc. n., Perth
Dch. Dobben; p.n.
Donnithorne. See Donithorne
Dobbin. Dch. Dobben ; G. Dobin
p.n.
Dordery. See Dordry
Hugo Dobin in Rot. Obi. et Fin., Dordry. From St. Audrey (?) ; or
K. John. Dch. Dordregter, Dordrecht (?)
Dobbs. See Dobbie Dore. Fr. Dore" ; Dch. Ddrr,
Dobell. D. Dobel a p.n. ; Dorre ; D.B. Dore. Or Dore, a
Docker. Fr. Docquet a p.n. ; loc. n., Derbysh.
Or see Dockwra Dorking. A loc. n., Surr.
Dockray. From Dockwray a ;
Dorman. Dch. Doorman ; a p.n.
loc. n., Cumb.
Dorr. See Dore
Dockwra. See Dockray
Dod, Dodd. N. Dadi D. Dodt ;
Dorrell. Fr. Durell ; a Hugue-
not n.
F. Dodde ; D.B. Dode ; Fl. Dod,
Dodd; p.n.
Dorrington. A loc. n., Lines
Dodderidge. A loc. n., Devon Dottridge. See Dodderidge
Dodding. D.B. Dodin ; a p.n. Double. N. Djiip-Salr; D. Dyb-
See Dodd
dal, Diebel, Dibel, Dybbel;
William Dodin (Wore.) temp. K. John. Dch. Dubbel, Dubbeld Fl. Du- ;
Durrant. D.
Durandin ; Fr.
Dykes. See Dix
Durand, Durant; p.n.
Durand in Roll of Battell Abbey. Dymock. A loc. n., Glost.
E.
Eacher. .ZJ.Egger; Dch. Eger; p.n. Earp. From Erpe a loc. n., ;
Ensor. From Edensor; a loo. n., Evely. From Everley; a loc. n.,
Derbysh. Wilts
Entecott. See Endicott Evelyn. Dch. Evelein ; a p.n.
Entwistle. A loc. n., Lanes Evens. See Ivens
Epton. From Heppington; a Everard. Fl., Dch. Everard ; Fr.
loc. n., Kent Evrard ; S., D. Evert ; G. Eber-
Erlam. From Earlham ; a loc. n., hardt ;
p.n.
Suss. Ebrard, a tenant in chief in D.B.
Errington. From Erringden; a Evered. See Everard
loc. d., Yorks Everett. See Everard
Erskine. A loc. n., Renfrew Everingham. A loc. n., Yorks
Ert. See Hart Everitt. See Everard
Esam. From East Ham ; a loc. n., Evershed. From Evershot ; a
Ess. Dorset (?)
loc. n.,
Escott. A loc.n., Devon Everson. JV. Evarr ; Eve ; S., F
Esdaile. From Eskdale; a loc. n., Fl. Evers ; D., Dch. Eversen
Camb. D.B. Eve ;
p.n.
Eshelby. From Exilby ; a loc. n., Everton. A loc. n., Beds
Yorks Evill. From Yville ; a loc. n.,
Esler. See Easlee Normandy
Esling. S. Esselin; a p.n. See Evington. Aloe, n., Glost., Leics.
Ess and Easlee Evison. See Everson
Espie. D., G. Espe a p.n. ; Ewan, Ewen. JV. Eyvindr; Dch.
Ess. Asi ; F. Eisse, Aisse; G,
JST. Euwen ; G. Euen ; D.B. Ewen ;
F.
p.n.
Finke; p.n.
Flatman. D.B. Floteman Dch.
Fincham. A loc. n., Norf. ;
dren ;
p.n. Fokke, Vocke S. Fock D. Fog ; ;
William le Fleming received the
p.n.
Manor of Aldingham, Lanes, from
the Conqueror.
Fogwell. From Vogwell ; a loc. n.,
See Foot
Huguenot n.
Foottit. Dch. Affourtit ; a p.n. (?)
Flowers. From Fleurus a loc. n., ;
G.
sing, a (am. n.
Godbold. N. GoSbaldr ; D.B.
Glazzard. From Glasoed; a
Godebold p.n. ;
J
34 British Family Names
Gotley. From Godley ; a loc. n., Graham. From Graham ; a loc. n.
Ches. near Kesteven, Lines. Or D.
Gotling. See Gooda and Goad Gram ; a p.n.
William de Graham settled in Scot-
Gotobed. N. GuSbjartr ; A.S.
land in the twelfth century.
Cuthbert ; D.B. Gutbert a
Grain. A loc. n., Kent. Or Fr.
;
p.n.
Graine; a p.n. See Green
Gotson. See Goodson
Grand. Fr. Grand; D.B. Grand;
Gotto. See Goad p.n.
Gotts. See Goad Grandison. Fr. Grandjean (?) ; a
Gouk. See Gowk p.n.
Goulburn. From Goulborn; a Granger. Fr. Grange ; a p.n.
1
Ches., Lanes
loc. n.,
Grant. See Grand
Gould. See Gold
Grantham. A loc. n., Lines
Goulder. N. Gull-thorir (?); 5.
Gulda; G. Goldert; D.B. Goel, Grantley. A loc. n., Yorks
Golde, Golderon, Goldus; p.n. Grapes. N. Greipr; S. Grape;
Goundry. Fr., Fl. Gondry; a G. Graber ; Dch. Graap ; Fl.
p.n. Greps ; p.n.
Gow. Dch. Gouw a p.n. ; Grasby. A loc. n., Lines
Gowen. Dch. Goijen ; Fl. Goens Grattan. See Gratton
p.n. See Gow Gratton. A loc. n., Devon
Gower. A loc. n., S. Wales. Also Grattridge. See Greatrex
a G. p.n. Gravatt. Fl. Grauwet ; Fr.
Gowers. Dch. Govers; Fl. Go- Gravet, Gravot; p.n.
vaerts Grave. 5. Grave; Dch. Greeve,
Gower in Roll of Battell Abbey. Greive; G. Grave, Grafe; D:B.
Go wing. See Gowen Greve; p.n.
Gowk. IV. Gaukr ; G. Gauck Fr. Gravener. Fl. Greven; p.n. See
;
Grout. M
Graut ; G. Grutz, Fl. Guns ; D.B. Gunfar, Gunse,
Gunnine p.n.
Kraut ; Dch. Groot Fl. Groeters, ; ;
in Normandy
Gwatkin. The Welsh form of
Gurry in Roll of Battell Abbey. Gerin,
Watkin
a tenant in chief in D.B. Gwillyam. Fr. Guillaume; p.n.
Guest. Fr. Guest; Dch. Gest; a Or the Welsh form of William
p.n. Gye. Dch. Guye; G. Goy; Fr.
Guinness or MacGuinness. From Gay p.n. ;
H.
p.n.
Worcest., Yorks
William Hervei in Rot. Obi. et Fin.,
K. John. Hathaway. See Ottaway
Harwood. A Hatherley.
loc. n., From Hatherleigh;
Lanes and
Yorks. Or see Howard a loc. n., Devon
Hase. G. Hase ; p.n. Hatt. N. Hottr; D. Hatte; F.
Haseldine. From Hazledine a
Hatto; D.B. Hato; p.n. ;
Haynes. A loc. n., Beds, Devon. loc. n., Yorks D.B. Acheford ;
Hennell. From Henlle; a loc. n., Hibbins. F. Ibo, Ibe, fam. n.,
Salop Ibben ;
p.n.
Hennesy. From the Irish O'h Hibbit. See Hibbert
Aengusa a p.n. ; Hibble. Dch. Hibbel; G. Hiebel;
Henny. A loc. n., Ess. p.n.
Henshaw. A loc. n., Northbd. Hibgane. See Hebgin
Hepburn. A loc. n., Northbd. Hibling. Dch. Hibelen
Hepher. See Heffer Hichens. .S. / p.n.
Hepplewhite. See Ablewhite Hick. F. Iko, Ike, Iken ; Dch.
Heptonstall. A loc. n., Lanes Hikke; Fl. Ickx; p.n.
Hepworth. A loc. n., Suff., Yorks Hickey. Dch. Hikke a p.n. ;
British Surnames H5
Hopper. D., Dch. Hoppe, Hop- Hosgood. N. Asgautr ; D.B.
per ; G. Hoppe ; D.B. Hapra Auesgot, Osgot, Osgod ; p.n.
p.n. Tenant in chief in D.B. Richard
Ausgod in Rot. Obi. et Fin.,
Hopson. See Hopking and Hobson K. John.
Hopton. A loc. n., Yorks Hoskins, Hoskyns. Dch. Hus-
Hopwood. A loc. n., Lanes kens ; a p.n.
Horn. N. Hjorn or Orn; D., S., Hotchkin. See Hodgkin
Dch., G. Horn; D.B. Home; Hotine. Fr. Autin; a p.n.
p.n.
Hotson. From Hoddesdon ; a
Hornblow. From Hornblotton;
loc. n., Herts. Or see Hoddy
a Somers.
loc. n., Or Horn- Houchen. See Huggin
(?).
inglow, Derbysh.
Houghton. A loc. n., Beds, Dur.,
Hornblower. See Hornblow Lanes, Norf., Northants
Hornby. A loc. n., Lanes, Yorks Houlgrave. From Youlgreave a ;
Yorks
Huntly. A loc. n., Aberdeensh.,
Staffs.
Huggard. See Hoggarth
Huggett. From Huggate; aloe, n.,
Hupton. From Upton ; a loc. n.,
Devon, Norf., etc.
Yorks
Huggins. N. Hugi or Uggi ; F. Hurlestone. A loc. n., Ches.
Hurlock. From Harlock; aloe, n.,
Uko, Uke, Uken ; Dch. Hoogen,
Lanes
Huygens ; G. Huge, Hugo ; Fl.
Hugens D.B. Hugh, Hugo,
Hurly. From Hurley; a loc. n.,
;
Berks
Hugolin ; p.n.
Hughes. N. Hugi ; D. Huhs Hurn. See Hearn and Horn
Dch. Hugues ; D.B. Hugo ; p.n.
Hurnard. M
Arnodd Fl. Her- ;
p.n.
Hugmam. N. Ogmundr ; Fl. Hou-
man ; Dch. Haagman, Homan, Hurndall. See Arundel
Human D. Hageman ; Fl.
Hurran. See Uren
;
British Surnames H7
Huson. See Hughes Huxford. A loc. n., Devon
Hussey. Fr. Houssaye; from N.- Huxham. A loc. n., Devon
Fr. de Hosse" or de Heuze" ; a
Huxley. A loc. n., Ches.
p.n.
Hyam. From Eyam a loc. n., ;
Husthwaite. A loc. n., Yorks
Derbysh. Or see Higham
Hustwait. See Husthwaite
Hustwitt. See Husthwaite Hyatt. From Ayott; a loc. n.,
Hutchings. Fl. Huygens ; a p.n. Herts. Or Fl. Hyart ; a p.n.
See Huggins Hye. Dch. Heije a p.n. See ;
I.
J.
K.
Lanark p.n.
Kirshaw. See Kershaw Knill. From Knylle or Knill ; a
Kirtland. See Kirkland loc. n., Heref.
Kirtley. From Kirtling ; a loc. n., Sir John de Braose received the Manor
Camb. of Knille, temp. K. John.
Kirton. A loc. n., Lines, Suff. Knipe. N. Kneif; n.n. Dch.
Kisbee. From Kisby ; a loc. n., Knip ; D., G. Kniep p.n. ;
Lappe ; p.n.
Lampard. Fl. Lampaert ; G., Dch. Lapsley. From Lapley ; a loc. n.,
Lampert p.n. ;
Staffs.
Lamplugh. A loc. n., Cumb. Lapthorne. A loc. n., Devon
Lampson. See Lambson Lapworth. A loc. n., Warw.
Lancaster. The county town Larchin. See Larkin
Lance. Dch., G. Lanz a p.n. Larcombe. A loc. n., Devon
;
Kent
Lenthall. From Leinthall a ;
Lidgey. From Lidsey ; a loc. n.,
loc. n., Heref. Or G. Leinethall Suss.
a loc. and p. n.
Leppard. G. Liepert ; a p.n.
Lidstone. A loc. n.,Oxf.
Liell. Fr. Lille. See Lyall
Lepper. Fr. Lepere ; a p.n.
Ligertwood. See Lightfoot
Leslie. A loc. n., Aberdeen, Stir-
Lightband. From Lightbounds
ling
a loc. n., Lanes
Lessels. See Lazel
Lightbown. See Lightband
Lessey. D. Lesse ; G. Lesse, Lightfoot. Dch. Ligtvoet; a p.n.
Lessig ; Fl. Lesy ; D.B. Lefsi,
Lightwood. See Lightfoot
Levesin ; p.n. Lillington. A loc. n., Dorset
Lester. From Leicester; aloe. n.
Lilwall. A loc. n., Heref.
Letchworth. A loc. n., Herts Lily. From Lilley ; a loc. n.,
Lett. Dch. Leth ; Fl. Lette ; p.n. Berks, Yorks. Or D. Lillie G.
;
Lettis. G. Lettig ; a p.n. Lilie; Fr., Fl. Lille; S. Lilje
Lettice is also a contraction of Letitia,
a fern. p. n.
Dch. Lelie, Lelij ; p.n.
Lilywhite. From Liliethwaite ; a
Letts. G. Letsch ; a p.n.
loc. n.
Letty. Fl. Lette ; a p.n. See
Limby. See Limbeer
Lettis
Limebeer. From Limber ; a loc. n.,
Leuty. Dch. Loet£; a p.n.
Lines
Levenston. See Livingstone
Limmer. N.-Fr. Limers; G. Limer;
Lever. A loc. n., Lanes
Fl. Lemaire ; p.n.
Leverett. Dch. Levert a p.n. ; (?)
Limers in Roll of Battell Abbey
Levermore. See Livermore and Leimar, a tenant in D.B. at
Levers. See Leevers the Survey.
; ;
Lucas
Loose, Loos ; FL Loze ;
p.n.
Luse in Roll of Battell Abbey. Lewes Luck. Fl. Luc, Lucq; p.n.
in D.B. (?). Luckett. A loc. n., Cornw.
Lorkin. See Larkin Luckey, Luckie. N. Loki ; n.n.
Lotherington. From Lotherton Fr. Lucke"; G. Liicke; D.B.
a loc. n., Yorks Lochi ;
p.n.
Lott. G. Lott ; Fl. Lotte ; p.n. Luckhurst. Fl. Luckhaus ; a p.n.
Loudon. A loc. n., Ayrsh. Lucking. Dch.; p.n.
Loughton. A loc. n., Salop Lucraft. See Leacroft
; ;
M.
Mabb. From Mabe ; a loc. n., MacCloskey. From the Irish
Cornw. Or Mabbe, Mobers
Fl. MacBlosgaidh ; a p.n.
D.B. Maban ; p.n. See Mabbutt MacCullagh. From the Irish
Mabbott. See Mabbutt MacCeallach a p.n. ;
Dch. Maade, Made ; G. Mader Male. Dch. Mell ; Fl. Mail ; Fr.
Fr. Madou ; p.n. Maine" ; a p. and Huguenot n.
; ;,
Mar; S. Mars; Dch. Mar; Fl. Massey. From Massay ; a loc. n.,
Marsden. A loc. n., Lanes, Yorks Mate, Dch.,Fl Met; Fr. Mette;
Marsh. A loc. n., Lanes. See p.n.
March Mather. D. Mathe, Mather,
Marshall. Fl. Marchal; Fr. Mathow Fr. Mathieu ; p.n. ;
From Martigne ; a loc. n. of Ille John Maud was living temp. K. John.
and Vilaine, France Maudsley. A loc. n., Lanes
Martyr. See Marter Maugham. A loc. n., Monmouth
Marvin. D.B. Maruuen ; a p.n.Maughan. From Mawgan ; Cornw.
Marwood. A loc. n., Devon, Or see Maugham
Dorset, Dur. Maule. A loc. n., France
Mase. See Mace Maulkin. See Mole
Mash. Fr. Masse ; a p.n. Maun. See Mann
Masham. A loc. n., Yorks Maunder. See Mander
Masheder. See Mashiter Maw. From Mawr; a loc. n.,
Mashiter. G. Meschter ; Ft. Glamorgan. Or Fl. Mauw; D.
Mestdagh; p.n. Mau ; Dch. Mouw ; G. Mauwe
Maskall, Maskell. See Maske- p.n.
lyne Mawbery. See Mowbray
Maskelyne. Mawby. From Moorby; aloe,
Fr. Masquelin ; a n.,
a p.n. Northants
;;;
Normandy
loc. n., in Flanders
Mortimer. From Mortemer; a Moribray and Mowbray in Roll of
Battell Abbey. William de Mow-
loc.n., Normandy. D.B. De
bray held lands in Notts. Rot. Obi.
Mortemer ; a p.n. et Fin., K. John, a.d. 1205.
In Roll of Battell Abbey, and Rot.
Obi. et Fin., K. John. Mowle. See Mole
Mortlock. From Mortlach ;a Moxon. D. Mogensen ; Dch.
loc. n., Banff. Mock, Mok p.n.
,Or Mortlake, ;
Normandy
Murthwaite. A loc. n., Westmd.
Mullis. G. Mulitz a p.n. ;
N.
Yorks Normandy
Norrington. A loc. n., Wilts Nunn. F. Nanno, Nanne; G.
Norris. Fr. Noris ; a p.n. Nunn; p.n.
Norice in Roll of Battel! Abbey. Nunneley. From Noneley ; a
Northcote. From Northcott ; a loc. n., Salop
loc. n., Somers. Nurse. See Nourse
Norton. A freq. loc. n. Nursery. See Nowers
Nosworthy. From Knaworthy ; a
Nursey. See Nourse and Nowers
loc. n., Devon
Notcutt. See Northcote Nutbeam. G., Dch. Nussbaum ;
O.
Orfeur, From Orvaux (?) ; a loc. n., mann, Osmund ; D., Fl. Osmund;
Normandy Dch. Osseman Fr. Osmont p.n.
;
;
Fr. Pincon; D.B. Pinstan, Pin- Or Dch. Piet, Pitt; Fr. Piette,
c'a'n, Pinchengi; p.n. Dimin. Pitte ; p.n.
of Peine. See Paine Pittock. See Pidcock
Pinches. G. Pincus, Pinkas ; p.n. Pixel. From Pickshill; a loc. n.,
See Pinch Somers.
Pinching. See Pinchen Pixley. A loc. n., Heref.
Pincombe. From Pinnacombe ; a Pizey. G. Peysey ; a p.n. Or see
loc. n., Devon Poysey
Pindar. See Pinder Pizzey. See Poysey
;; ;
;
Preese. A loc. n., Lanes. Or Fr. Prinsep. From Brinsop ; a loc. n.,
Pris ; a p.n. Heref. Or Princethorpe ; a loc. n.,
Prendergast. A loc. n., Pem- Devon
broke Prior, Pryer. Fl. Preier; Fr.
Prescott. A loc. n., Devon, Prier ; D. Prior ;
p.n.
Lanes, Salop Pritchard. Welsh, Ap-Richard
Present. Fr. Present ; a p.n. Pritty. N. PruSi ; a p.n. Or see
Presland. Dch. ; loc. and p. n. Priddy
Presow. Fr. Preseau ; a Hugue- Probart, Probert. Welsh, Ap-
not p.n. Or Presall; a loc. n., Robert ; a p.n.
Paul
Purves. A loc n., Berwick
Purvis. See Purves
Pulley. From Pullay; a loc. n.,
Putley. From Putloe; a loc. n.,
Normandy. Or Fr. Poullet; a
Glost.
p.n.
Putnam. From Puttenham ; a
Pullum. See Pulham
loc. n., Herts, Surr.
Pullyn. See Paull
Putney. A loc. n., Surr.
Pulver. See Bulwer
Putt. G. Puth ; Dch. Put p.n.
Pumphrey. From the Welsh Ap- ;
Q.
R.
British Surnames 18 =
Raynham. A loc. n., Norf. Reed. A loc. n., Suff. Or see Reid
Raynor. See Rayner Reeder. JV. Hreidarr ; D. Redder
Rayson. From Rasen; a loc. n., D.B. Reder, Reider ; G. Reder
Lines. Or see Ray Dch. Reeder; p.n.
Read. A loc. n., Yorks. Or see Reekie. Fr. Ricquier ; D. Rieck
Reid p.n.
Ready. Dch. Riede ; a p.n. Reeks. G. Ricke, Rieck Dch. ;
Rumbelow. Fr. Rambouillet (?) Russ. G., Dch., Fl. Russ, Russe ;
Sowerby. A loc. n., Lanes, Yorks. Spicer. Old Fr. Espicier (?)
D.B. Sorebi Benedict le Spicer in Rot. Obi. et Fin.,
K. John.
Sowter. N. Sdti ; D.B. Sota;
G. Sotta, Sowade, Sauter; Dch. Spikings. D. Speich Fl. Speck ;
Soeter, Souter; Fl. Suttor; Fr. Dch. Spek ; D.B. Spec, Spech ;
p.n.
Sutter; p.n.
Sowton. A loc. n,, Devon Spill. Dch. ; p.n.
Spain. Dch. Spaan ; a p.n. Spiller. G. ; p.n.
Spalding. A loc. n., Lines Spilling. D. Spelling ; a p.n.
Spall. From Sporle; a loc. n., Spilsbury. A
loc. n., Worcest.
Norf. Or Dch. Spall, Spbel Spink. D. Spincke ; Dch. Spaink ;
p.n. Fl. Spinnock; G. Spinde; p.n.
Spankie. Fl. Spanoghe; or G. Spitta. D.B. Spieta; p.n. See
Spanger ; p.n. Spittal
Spanton. From Spaunton ; a Spittal. A loc. n., Derbysh., Ess.,
loc. n., Yorks Lines, Northbd., S. Wales
Sparham. A loc. n., Norf. Spittle. See Spittal
Sparke. S., Spaakj
Fl. Dch. Spitty. ABritish loc. n., Spyddid
Sporck ; G. Spauke p.n. ;
or Spytty. From the Latin
Sparrow. 5. Sparre; a p.n. See hospitium, a hospital, as in
Spurr Yspytty Ystwith (Card.) and
Sparshott. From Sparsholt; a Llan-spyddid (Brecons). Also
loc. n., Hants Fl. Spits ; D. Spit, Spitters ; Dch.
Spaull. See Spall Spit, Spits, Spitters; 6". Spitz;
Speaight. See Speight D.B. Spieta; p.n.
Speak, Speck, Speke. From Speke'; Spoer. See Spurr
a loc. n., Lanes Spofford. See Spofforth
Speakman. Dch. Spiekerman ; a Spofforth. A loc. n., Yorks
p.n. Spokes. Dch. Spook; a p.n.
Spear. G. Speer; Dch. Spier; Spong. D. Sponneck ; a p.n.
p.n. Spooner. G. Sponer ; a p.n.
Spearing. Dch. Spiering ; a p.n. Spore. See Spurr
Speechly. From Spetchley ; a Sporle. A loc. n., Norf.
loc. n., Worcest. Spottiswoode. A loc. n., Berwick
Speed. See Spitty Sprange. Dch. Sprang ; a p.n.
Speedy. See Spitty Spratley. From Sproatley; a
Speer, Speir. Dch. Spier; Fl. loc. n., Yorks
Spiers ; p.n. Spratt. Dch. Spruit ; G. Sprotte
Speight. S. Spethz ; D. Speich ; p.n.
Dch. Spigt; Fl. Specht ; D.B. Spray. Dch. Spree ; a p.n.
Spec, Spech ;
p.n. Spreckley. D. Spechler; a p.n.
Speller, Spells. Fl., Dch. Spel- Spriggs. Dch. Sprik ; a p.n.
lers ; a p.n. Spring. G., Dch., D. Springer; a
Spellman. Dch. Speelman; G. p.n.
Spielmann ; Fl. Spelmans ; p.n. Springall, Springhall. From
Spencer. From Despenser (Lai. Springhiil ; a loc. n., Lanes. Or
Dispensator) ; a steward Fl. Springael ; a p.n.
Dispensator, a tenant in chief in D.B. Springbelt. Dch. Springveldt; a
Sperling. G. ; p.n. See Spurr p.n.
Spice. D. Speich ; a p.n. Springett. See Springbelt
; ;;;
Spruch ; a p.n.
Stalker. Dch. Stolker, Stolkert;
p.n.
Sprunt. D. Sprunck ; G. Sprung
Stallabrass, Stallebrass. From
p.n. (?)
Stallingbusk ; a loc. n., Yorks
Spry. G. Spreu ; a p.n.
Stallard. Fl. Stallaert ; a p.n.
Spunner. See Spooner
Staller. Dch. Staller; p.n. Fr.
Spurge. See Spurgeon
de Stalleur Huguenot n. ;
Somers a p.n.
; Swash. JV. Svasi D.B. Suauis ; ;
bern, Torbern ;
p.n. Thurles. See Thurlows
Thorley. A loc. n., Dorset, Hants, Thurley. From Thurleigh ; a
Herts loc. n., Beds
Thornborough. Aloe, n., Cumb., Thurlow. A loc. n., Suff.
Northbd., Oxf., Yorks Thurlows. A loc. n., Suff.
Thorne. A loc. n., Yorks and Thurrell. Fr. Thorel ; a p.n.
Suff. D.B.'Yom. Or N. Thorny; See Thirketle
D. Thorning Dch. Thorn a p.n. Thursby. A loc. n., Cumb.
; ;
Devon
Towns. Fl. Teuns; a p.n. See
Torbet. See Torbitt
Townson
Torbitt. JV.Taba.rSr(?); G. Tau-
Townsend. A loc. n., Devon
bert; p.n.
Townson. D. Tonnesen ; a p.n.
Torr. A loc. n., Cornw., Devon
See Town
Torrance. A loc. n., Stirling
Towse. See Tosar
Torrens. Dch. ; p.n. Or see Tor-
Towsey. Fr. Toussaint, Tousseyn
rance
p.n.
Torrington. A loc. n., Devon
Toy, Toye. See Tye
Torrop. D. Thorup, Torup ; p.n.
Toze. See Tosar
Torry, Torrie, Torrey, Tory.
Tozer. See Tosar
Dch. Torres a p.n. ;
Tracey. From Trazeignes (?) ; a
Tosar. Fr. Touz£, Touzet ; Dch.
Tuser ; D.B. Tosard ; p.n.
loc. n. in Flanders. Or from the
Irish OTreassaigh ; a p.n. (treas,
Tosh. See Touch
the third)
Touch. G. Tusch ; Fr. la Touche Tracy in Roll of Battell Abbey. De
p.n. See Took Traci and de Trascy in Rot. Obi. et
Touke in Roll of Battell Abbey. Fin., K. John.
;
p.n. Comw.
Trask. G. Treske ; a p.n. Trembeth. From Trembath ; a
Trass. Dch. Traus ; a p.n. loc. n., Cornw.
Tratt. See Troutt Tremble. Fr. Tremblay; a p.n.
From le Tremblay a loc. n., ;
Travell, Travil. From Traffell
Normandy or from Tremeale ;
;
a loc. n., Cornw.
a loc. n., Cornw.
Travis. Fr. Travers; a p.n. D.B.
Tremellen. From Tremellin; a
Travers
loc. n., Cornw. (the mill-town)
Treacher. Dch. Treiture; G.
Tresser; p.n. Tremenheere. A loc. n., Cornw.
Treadwell. From Tredgarville Tremlett. From Trembleth a ;
a Wales
loc. n., S. loc. n., Cornw.
loc. n.
on the Ribble near Preston, Lanes
(Brit. Tylcoed (?) ). Or Holecote,
Twaits. See Thwaites
Ullcote, Northants
Twamley. From Twemlow; a
Philip de Ulecot and Hugh de Bailiol,
loc. n., Ches. in 1216, sided withKing John against
Tweddel. From Tweed-dale ; a his brother Richard. Persons of the
loc. n. name of Talkatt, Tallcot, Taylcote,
Taylcott, were living at Braintree,
Tweed. See Tweedie
Essex, in 1623. John Tallcott occurs
Tweedie. D. Tvede ; a p.n.
in a list of emigrants to America in
Tween. Dch. Tuijn, Tuyn ;
p.n. 1632.
; '
u.
Salop Lanes
Unsworth. A loc. n., Lanes Adam de Urswick, 6 Edw. III. (1332),
was chief forester of Bowland. Sir
Unthank. A loc. n., Cumb. and Robert, knight of the shire, 5 to 20
Northbd. Rich. II., and I and 2 Henry IV.
Unwin. FL Unwin ; a p.n. Sir John de Urswick, 14 Rich. II.,
sheriff. Christopher, chaplain to
Upcher. See Upsher
Henry VII., the ' Sir Christopher
Upcott. A loc. n., Devon, of Rich. III., Act V., § 5, buried in
Somers. Hackney Church.
218 British Family Names
;
;; ;;
W.
a p.n. p.n.
Wadley. A loc. n., Berks, Devon Wales, Wailes, Wayles. From
Wadman. S.; p.n. Wales ; a loc. n., Yorks. D.B.
Wadsworth. A loc. n., Lanes, Walise
Yorks Walesby. A loc. n., Lines,
Wager. G. Wager a p.n. Notts ;
Or
Walkden. A loc. n., Lanes
S. Vagt ; a p.n.
see Wackett Walker. N. ValgarSr Dch. Wal- ;
p.n.
Warford. See Walford
Wallington. A loc. n., Hants,
Warhurst. D. Warhus ; Fl. Ver-
Norf., Surr.
hust ; p.n.
Wallis. See Wallace
Waring. See Wearing
Wallman. See Whall
Warland. Fl. ; p.n.
Wallop. A loc. n., Hants
Warleigh. A loc. n., Somers.
Walmsley. A loc. n., Lanes,
Warlow. From Wardlow ; a loc. n.,
Staffs.
Derbysh.
Walpole. Aloe, n., Norf., Somers.,
Warman. D. Warming; G. War-
Suff.
mer; p.n.
Walron. See Waldron Warmer. See Worm. Or Walmer
Walsh. From Wallash a loc. n., ;
a loc. n., Kent
Staffs. Or Dch. Walsch a p.n. Warmington.
See Wallach
A loc. n., Northants,
;
Warw.
Walsham. A loc. n., Norf., Suff. Warn, Warne. From Waghen or
Walsingham. A loc. n., Norf.
Wawne a loc. n., Yorks ;
Walsom. Dch. Walsem; a p.n.
Warneford. A loc. n., Hants
Or see Walsham Warner. D.B. Warner; a p.n.
Walters. Dch. Wolters ; Fl.
See Warren
Wauters, Wouters ; p.n.
Warnes. D. Warns a p.n. ;
Walthew. N. Valthof; G., Dch. Warr. D. Warrer (?) ; a p.n.
Walther; A.S. Waltheof; D.B.
Or
see Ware
Wailoff, Wallef, Waltef ; p.n.
Warram. From Warham ; a loc. n.,
Walton. A loc. n., Berks, Derbysh.,
Norf.
Herts, Lanes, Norf., Somers.,
Warren, Warrener. IV. Vaeringr
Staffs., Suff.
D.B. Warin, Wareng, Warenger
Wanklyn. S. Wancke ; D. Wang Fr. Warin, Verenne;
;
p.n. See
p.n. A dimin.
Wearing
Wannop. From Wandhope ; a Gundred de Warren or Warrenna held
loc. n., Curnb. lands in Wilts temp. K. John, 1201.
;;
D.B. Woodham. ;
A loc. n., Ess.
Y.
Somers.
Yeldham. A loc. n., Ess.
Jeffcoat, Joyner.
A series of Indian Folk Tales, taken down from oral narration. With numerous Illustrations by
Native Artists. Dedicated by permission to the Queen.
Collected and Edited by Rev. CHARLES SWINNERTON.
Crown 4to., handsomely printed and bound, price 21s. ; large paper, ^3 3s.
Second antj Cheaper Edition. In handsome 8vo., tastefully printed and bound, price 5s.
Their Place in History and Art. By the Authors of " The British Museum Official Catalogues."
Edited by STANLEY LANE-POOLE.
Second Edition, with numerous Illustrations.
" A most invaluable book .... lucidly written .... the illustrations are exact, and the
whole work most interesting and useful." Times.
WEATHER LORE:
A COLLECTION OF PROVERBS, SAYINGS AND RULES CONCERN-
ING THE WEATHER.
Compiled and arranged by Richard Inwards, F.R.A.S., Fellow oi
the Royal Meteorological Society ; author of '' The Temple of the
Andes." With a very copious index.