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 HOMES 
 
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 OF 
 
 FAMILY J^AMES 
 
 IN 
 
 GREAT BRITAIN. 
 
 BY 
 
 HENRY BEOUGHAM GUPPY, M.B. Edin., 
 
 Fellow of the Royal Society of EdinhurgJi^ Felloio of the Boyal Scottish 
 Geographical Society^ Member of the Victoria Institute. 
 
 LONDOJf: 
 HAKRISON AND SONS, 59, PALL MALL, 
 
 1890. 
 
lONDON : 
 
 HAEEISOW AND SONS, ST. MAETIN*S LANE, 
 
 PKINTEBS IN OEDINAEY TO HEB MAJESTY. 
 
IDE33IO-A.TED 
 
 TO 
 
 MY BROTHERS. 
 
&87 
 
 iSOS 
 
 PEEFACE. 
 
 Most books have a history attached to their inception, and, 
 although strongly tempted to inform my readers as to how I came 
 to write this work, I prefer to follow the advice of a certain 
 little attendant demon or sprite, call him what you will, that 
 hangs, metaphorically speaking, to my coat-tails, and brings me 
 up sharply with a prohibitive pull. It will be enough for the 
 author to crave the generous judgment of his readers, and there 
 are few men in this world on whom kindly appreciation and a 
 little timely encouragement are altogether thrown away. 
 
 When, some thirteen years ago, whilst a young naval surgeon, 
 I measured the water discharge of the Yang'tse, one af the largest 
 rivers of the world, I little thought that it would be my future 
 lot to be intimately concerned with problems of such widely 
 different natures as the origin of coral islands and the distribution 
 of names in Great Britain. The first of these problems I hope 
 still to work at for many years to come, and particularly because 
 in this matter English geologists have abandoned the safe road 
 of observation and research for the doubtful track of airy specula- 
 tion under the shadow of a name. A solution of the second 
 complicated problem I now present to my readers, and I await 
 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, namely, on the homes of the 
 oceanic races of men ; but for the prosecution of this and my other 
 works means are necessary, and, failing other aid, I appeal in these 
 pages to the English people. 
 
 346 
 
J^^ 
 
 VI PEEFACE. 
 
 It may be thougTit by some that the investigation of the dis- 
 tribution of names is an idle amusement, productive of no utility 
 to man. I have come to think, however, after much wearisome 
 handling of the subject, that it is a matter of much importance to 
 the antiquarian, the historian, the ethnologist, and also to the 
 more practical politician. These pages will at once explain the 
 bearing of this subject on the antiquities, the history, and the 
 racial divisions of Great Britain. In this preface I will refer 
 briefly and suggestively to some of the uses that the student of 
 politics may make of these materials. For instance, in most 
 legislative matters concerning Wales it is certainly of primary 
 importance to inquire whether Wales political corresponds in its 
 extent and limits with the Wales of the Welsh people. Then, 
 again, if, as seems probable, it becomes necessary on account of the 
 J milure of the present Parliamentary system to divide Grreat 
 Britain into a number of sub -kingdoms, each to control the affairs 
 peculiarly its own, it becomes obvious that the divisions of the 
 peoples should be on a natural and not on an artificial or a 
 political basis. The existing frontier lines of Scotland and 
 Wales, for example, have little or no relation to their respective 
 race boundaries ; and there exist between different regions of 
 England race-distinctions as sharp as we find when comparing 
 Wales and East Anglia. 
 
 If the distribution of names were to be the only test in the 
 matter, and it is at all events a criterion that should be carefully 
 considered, we should restore the Heptarchy in our land. Though 
 such a sub-division would be scarcely comparable with the old 
 Saxon system, yet in many cases we could fittingly retain and 
 extend the names in those early times of the seven Saxon king- 
 doms and of the other parts of Great Britain. Thus, beginning 
 at the north, we should divide Scotland according to the distribu- 
 tion of Scottish names into two parts — Caledonia, north of the 
 Forth and the Clyde, and Lothian, between those boundaries and 
 the English border. Strictly speaking, we cannot by the family 
 names separate southern Scotland from northern England in this 
 
PREFACE. Vll 
 
 arbitrary fasliion, but here many other considerations, such as 
 that of the inconvenient size of a sub-kingdom, would weigh 
 heavily with the politician. Southern Scotland, therefore, would 
 form a separate sub-kingdom, to which the name of Lothian, the 
 ancient designation of the eastern portion of it, could be very 
 appropriately applied. 
 
 Crossing the English border we should come into the sub- 
 kingdom of Northumbria, extending south to the Humber and the 
 Mersey so as to include Yorkshire and Lancashire within its area. 
 South of Northumbria would lie the great sub-kingdom of the 
 midlands, the Mercia of the Saxon Heptarchy, and it might well 
 bear the same name in our own day. It is a region, as a rule, 
 conspicuously defined by its family names, but within its limits 
 Cheshire and Lincolnshire would be included. A line drawn from 
 the Wash to the Solent cuts off the south-eastern quarter of 
 England, which would form, as far as the distribution of names 
 is concerned, a very distinct sub-kingdom, to which the name of 
 Anglia might be fittingly applied. Then there would be the large 
 sub-kingdom of the south-west of England, inclusive also of 
 Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, to which the name of Devonia 
 might gracefully be given, in lieu of that of Wessex, which, in the 
 time of the Saxon Heptarchy, was the name of only a small part 
 of it. Lastly, we should have Wales itself, and here, taking the 
 family names as our guide, we should have to extend the Welsh 
 boundary so as to include Monmouthshire, Herefordshire, and 
 Shropshire. 
 
 Thus, the modern Heptarchy, on the basis of the distribution 
 of names, would be composed of the seven sub-kingdoms of 
 Caledonia, Lothian, Northumbria, Mercia, Anglia, Devonia, and 
 Wales. These conclusions are intended to be only of a suggestive 
 nature ; the data on which they are founded occur abundantly in 
 these pages. This method, however, of aiding the solution of 
 legislative and political difficulties might be followed in many 
 similar cases. For instance, if some disinterested person were to 
 make a study of the distribution of family names in Ireland on 
 
VUl PREFACE. 
 
 tlie lines adopted in this work, he would provide the legislature 
 with information of practical value. Then again the same method 
 might be employed in fixing the boundaries between two con- 
 tinental nations ; and in truth the vexed question of Alsace and 
 Lorraine might be more easily settled by a study of the family 
 nomenclature than by the manufacture of smokeless powder. 
 
 It should, however, be remembered that this is but one of 
 other tests of nationality, such as those of race and language, 
 concerning which it is hard to say which is the most important, or 
 again which is the most likely to lead us astray. It seems to me, 
 after carefully considering the subject, that the application of the 
 test of family names is the safest way to determine the extension 
 of any particular nationality. It will often guide us where the 
 tests of language and race -characters fail. 
 
 H. B. GuppT. 
 
5 lon^tade "West 4- of Greenwicli 3 
 
 'l^^^'^^yXmil 
 
 W. &A-K. Johns ton, Kdi-nbur|h and Lpndoii 
 
CONTENTS 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 INTEODUCTOEY. 
 
 The Old English Yeomen, 1 Their WiUs, 2 But Kttle affected by 
 
 Foreign Immigrants, 3 The most stable section of the community, 4 As 
 
 a class best suited for the investigation of the distribution of family names, 5. 
 
 Mode of attacking the problem by proportional numbers, 6 The 
 
 ascending and descending scale, 9 The classification of English family 
 
 names, 11 Hints to pedigree-hunters, 11 The Hundred Eolls, 12 The 
 
 distribution of Peculiar Names, 12 Eavenstein's theory of the Laws of 
 
 Migration, 13 Berkshire, to wit, 14 Camden on Surnames, 15 Wel- 
 
 lerian Orthography, 17 Causes of the lesser variations of names, 18 The 
 
 Names of the Cloth Trade, 18. 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 
 The Disteibution in Alphabetical Oedee of Geneeal, Common, and 
 Eegional Names, pp. 21-66. 
 
 ENGLAND. 
 
 Chaeacteeistic Family Names of the English Counties, with 
 Accompanying Notes. 
 
 Bedfordshire, 67. Derbyshire, 124. 
 
 Berkshire, 71. Devonshire, 141. 
 
 Buckinghamshire, 76. Dorset, 168. 
 
 Cambridgeshire, 82. Durham, 177. 
 
 Cheshire, 88. Essex, 183. 
 
 Cornwall, 101. Gloucestershire, 194. 
 
 Cumberland, 117- Hampshire, 204. 
 
CONTENTS 
 
 Herefordshire, 209. 
 Hertfordshire, 214. 
 Huntingdonshire, 222. 
 Kent, 224. 
 Lancashire, 235. 
 Leicestershire, 258. 
 Lincolnshire, 268. 
 Middlesex, 281. 
 Monmovithshire, 435, 442. 
 Norfolk, 283. 
 Northamptonshire, 298. 
 Northumberland, 306. 
 Nottinghamshire, 319. 
 Oxfordshire, 327. 
 Eutlandshire, 258. 
 
 Shropshire, 336. 
 Somersetshire, 344. 
 StafPordshire, 357. 
 SufEolk, 365. 
 Surrey, 375. 
 Sussex, 379. 
 Warwickshire, 387. 
 Westmoreland, 117. 
 Wiltshire, 392. 
 Worcestershire, 402. 
 Yorkshire — 
 
 North Eiding, 408. 
 
 East Biding, 408. 
 
 West Hiding, 421. 
 
 WALES. 
 
 The Boundaries of Wales, 435 As defined by Statute, Eace, Language, 
 
 and Surnames, 436 The Advance of Welsh Surnames into England, 438 
 
 The Character of Welsh Surnames, 439 North Wales, 440 South 
 
 Wales, 441. Monmouthshire, 442 Notes on some of the Welsh and 
 
 Monmouthshire Surnames, 443. 
 
 THE HOMES OF ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 
 
 Alphabetical List of Names, pp. 447-575, The numbers represent the 
 proportion per 10,000. 
 
 THE APPENDIX. 
 
 Scottish Names. 
 
 Five geographical groups, 576 The Intermingling of English and Scottish 
 
 Names, 580 .The Middle Land, 582 Points of difficulty, 583 Alpha- 
 betical List of the most frequent of Scottish Names, 586 Notes on Scottish 
 
 Names, 596 Border Names, 581. 
 
GENEEAL INDEX OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Note, — The asterisk refers tlie reader to the list of corrections at the 
 beginning of this work. 
 
 Abbinett, 447. 
 Abbott, 447. 
 Abbs, 285, 447. 
 Abell, 260, 447. 
 Abney, 127. 
 
 Abraham, 223, 271, 447. 
 Acres, 215, 447. 
 Acton, 90, 447. 
 Adam, 586. 
 Adams, 23, 141, 447- 
 Adamson, 23, 447, 586. 
 Adcock, 447. 
 Addems, 143, 447. 
 Addington, 447. 
 Addis, 447. 
 Addison, 447. 
 Addy, 422, 447. 
 Adkins, 24, 298, 447. 
 Adlington, 321, 447. 
 Adnams, 447. 
 Adshead, 90, 447. 
 Agar, 411, 447. 
 Ainslie, 313, 586. 
 Ainsworth, 239, 422, 447. 
 Airey, 119, 447. 
 Aitchison, 586. 
 Aitken, 586, 596. 
 Akehurst, 381, 448. 
 Akers, 215, 448. 
 Albutt, 448. 
 Alcock, 360, 448. 
 Alder, 312, 448. 
 Aldersey, 91. 
 
 Alderson, 411, 448. 
 
 Aldous, 367, 448. 
 
 Aldrich t 
 
 Aldridge } 363,367,448» 
 
 Aldworth, 329, 448. 
 
 Alexander, 226, 395, 448, 586. 
 
 Alford, 146, 448. 
 
 Alker, 239, 448. 
 
 Allan, 23, 448, 586, 596. 
 
 Allaway, 196, 448. 
 
 AUbutt, 448. 
 
 Allcock, 360, 448. 
 
 AUcorn, 381, 448. 
 
 AUcot, 211, 448. 
 
 Allen, 23, 124, 448, 596. 
 
 Allin, 448. 
 
 Allington, 448. 
 
 Allinson -) 
 
 AUison } 4"'''«- 
 
 Allman, 448. 
 
 AUsop ■) 
 
 Al8op I 125.127,448. 
 
 Almond, 448. 
 Alston, 448. 
 Alton, 127, 448. 
 Alty, 448. 
 Alvey, 322. 
 Alvis, 44.8. 
 Alway, 196, 448. 
 Ambler, 424, 448. 
 Ambrose, 83, 448. 
 Amery, 448. 
 Amesbury, 347, 448. 
 
Xll 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Amey, 205, 448. 
 
 Amies i 
 
 Ami, } 285,322,443. 
 
 Amos, 226, 449. 
 Amphlett, 404, 449. 
 Amyas, 285, 322. 
 Anderson, 24, 449, 586. 
 Anderton, 239. 
 Andrew, 23, 449. 
 Andrews 23, 168, 449. 
 Angus, 449. 
 Ankers; 91, 449. 
 Annable, 321, 449. 
 Annett, 449. 
 Anning, 143, 449. 
 Anstey t 
 Anstie } 146,395,449. 
 
 Antell, 449. 
 
 Anthony, 443, 449. 
 
 Anyan, 271, 449. 
 
 Aplin, 347, 449. 
 
 Aport, 395. 
 
 Apperley, 211, 449. 
 
 Appleby, 127, 449. 
 
 Applegarth, 179, 216, 449. 
 
 Appleton, 73, 239, 411, 449. 
 
 Appleyard, 215, 424, 449. 
 
 Arch, 449. 
 
 Archer, 125, 449. 
 
 Ardern, 91, 449. 
 
 Aris, 299, 449. 
 
 Arkell, 196, 449. 
 
 Arkle, 312, 449. 
 
 Armisfcead -i 
 
 Armitsiead J ' 
 
 Armitage, 424, 449. 
 
 Armstrong, 118, 309, 312, 449, 586. 
 
 Arnatt, 329, 450. 
 
 Arney, 346, 450. 
 
 Arnold, 24, 450. 
 
 Arrowsmith, 197. 
 
 Arscott, 146, 450. 
 
 Arthur, 101, 450, 586. 
 
 Arthurton, 450. 
 
 Arundel, 15, 106. 
 
 Ash, 450. 
 
 Ashby, 300, 450. 
 
 Ashcroft, 450. 
 
 Ashford, 450. 
 
 Ashley, 338, 450. 
 
 Ashman, 450. 
 
 Ashmore, 450. 
 
 Ashton, 125, 127, 239, 450. 
 
 Ashwell, 215, 450. 
 
 Ashworth, 239, 450. 
 
 Askew, 450. 
 
 Askwith, 412. 
 
 Aspinall t 
 
 A,pinw»ll } 239,450. 
 
 Astbury, 91, 450. 
 
 Aston, 91, 450. 
 
 Atherton, 239, 450. 
 
 Atkins, 24, 357, 450. 
 
 Atkinson, 24, 450. 
 
 Attenborough, 185, 321, 450. 
 
 Atthow T 
 
 Attoe } 285,450. 
 
 Attrill, 205, 450. 
 Attwood, 404, 450, 
 Austen ■» 
 
 Austin } 24,451. 
 Averill, 360, 451. 
 Avery, 146, 381, 451. 
 Aves, 366, 451. 
 Awdry, 395, 451. 
 Ayles, 205, 451. 
 Ayling, 381, 451. 
 Aylwin, 381, 451. 
 Aynsley, 313, 451, 586. 
 Ayre, 142, 262, 451. 
 Ayres, 262, 451. 
 
 Babbage, 146, 451. 
 Baber, 347, 451. 
 Bach, 338, 451.* 
 Backhouse, 119, 180, 451. 
 Bacon, 185, 260, 451. 
 Badcock, 146, 451. 
 Badger, 389, 451. 
 Badman, 451. 
 Bagg, 348, 451. 
 
 Baggalley 
 Bagley 
 
 272, 451. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Xlll 
 
 Bagnall, 360, 451. 
 
 Bagshaw, 128, 451. 
 
 Bagviley, 321, 451. 
 
 Bailey, 24, 124, 451. 
 
 Baillie, 25, 586, 596. 
 
 Baines, 451. 
 
 Bainbridge, 119, 179^ 411, 451. 
 
 Baird, 586, 596. 
 
 Baker, 25, 451. 
 
 Bakewell, 361, 452. 
 
 Balch, 348, 395, 452. 
 
 Baldock, 226, 452. 
 
 Baldry, 368, 452. 
 
 Baldwin, 25, 197, 452. 
 
 Balfour, 586, 596. 
 
 Balkwill, 143, 452. 
 
 Ball, 25, 146, 368, 452. 
 
 Ballam, 452. 
 
 Ballantyne, 586, 596. 
 
 Ballard, 227, 404, 452. 
 
 Ballinger, 196, 452. 
 
 Balls, 25, 286, 368, 452. 
 
 Balman, 452. 
 
 Balmforth, 452. 
 
 Balsdon, 143, 452. 
 
 Bamber, 240, 452. 
 
 Bamford, 240, 452. 
 
 Bamforth, 452. 
 
 Bampfield, 146. 
 
 Banbury, 334, 452. 
 
 Bancroft, 91, 125, 128, 452. 
 
 Banfield, 452. 
 
 Banham, 286, 452. 
 
 Banks, 452. 
 
 Bannister, 240, 382, 452. 
 
 Banwell, 348, 452. 
 
 Barber, 452. 
 
 Barbour, 586. 
 
 Barclay, 586, 596. 
 
 Bareroft, 241. 
 
 Barfoot, 206, 452. 
 
 Barford, 300, 452. 
 
 Bargh, 125, 128, 452. 
 
 Barham, 382, 452. 
 
 Bark -i 
 
 Barks } 125,128,452.* 
 
 Barker, 26, 452. 
 
 Barling, 226, 453. 
 
 Barlow, 240, 453. 
 
 Barnard, 453. 
 
 Barnes, 26, 453. 
 
 Barnefct, 453. 
 
 Barnsley, 453. 
 
 Barnstable, 346, 453. 
 
 Baron, 453. 
 
 Barr, 586, 596. 
 
 Barraclough, 453. 
 
 Barratt t 
 
 Barrett } 26,88,283,453. 
 
 Barren, 211, 367, 453. 
 
 Barrington, 348, 453. 
 
 Barritt, 453. 
 
 Barron, 453. 
 
 Barrow, 240, 453. 
 
 Barrowcliff, 453. 
 
 Bartholomew, 26, 227, 453. 
 
 Bartle, 26, 453. 
 
 Bartlett, 26, 453., 
 
 Barton, 453. i 
 
 Bartram, 322, 454. 
 
 Bascombe, 454. 
 
 Basford, 91, 454. 
 
 Basham, 185, 454. 
 
 Baskerville, 91, 360, 454. 
 
 Baskeyfield, 15, 91, 360, 454. 
 
 Basnett, 91, 454. 
 
 Bass, 185, 454. 
 
 Bassett, 104, 226, 360, 454. 
 
 Bastable, 454. 
 
 Bastin, 454. 
 
 Batchelor, 454. 
 
 Bate, 26, 101, 454. 
 
 Bater, 143, 454. 
 
 Bates, 26, 454. 
 
 Batey, 454. 
 
 Bath, 454. 
 
 Bather -i 
 
 Batho } 338.454. 
 
 Batkin, 17, 454. 
 Batt, 454. 
 Battams, 68, 454. 
 Batten, 105, 146, 454. 
 Batterham, 454. 
 Battersby, 240, 454. 
 
XIV 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Batting, 105, 146, 454. 
 Batts, 26, 454. 
 Batty T 
 
 Battye } ^6, 424. 
 Baty, 454. 
 Baugh, 339. 
 Baverstock, 454. 
 Bawden, 454. 
 Baxter, 454, 586, 596. 
 Baylis, 402, 454. 
 Bayly, 451. 
 Baynes, 451.' 
 Bays, 454. 
 Bazely t 
 
 Bazley } ^"O- *54. 
 Beach, 454. 
 Beacliam, 269, 454. 
 Beadle, 454. 
 Beak, 454. 
 Beal T 
 Beale } ^^^' 
 Beales, 454. 
 Beamand, 454. 
 Beanes, 454. 
 Bearcroft, 404. 
 Beard, 128, 454. 
 Beardall, 320, 454. 
 Beardmore, 360, 455. 
 Beardsley, 455. 
 Beattie "i 
 Beaty } «5. 586. 
 
 Beaumont, 424, 455. 
 
 Beavan "i 
 
 Bearen } ^10, 455. 
 
 Bebb, 455. 
 Bebbington, 91, 455. 
 Beck, 286, 455. 
 Beckett, 92, 455. 
 Beckwith, 425. 
 Beddall, 455. 
 Beddoes, 338, 455. 
 Bedford, 455. 
 Beeby, 260, 455. 
 Beech, 455. 
 Beecham, 269, 454. 
 Beecroft, 320, 455. 
 Beedell, 143, 455. 
 
 454, 
 
 Beer, 143, 348, 455. 
 
 Beesley, 455. 
 
 Beesan, 455. 
 
 Beeston, 339, 455. 
 
 Beeyer -i 
 
 -D r 455. 
 
 Beerers J 
 
 Belcham, 185, 455. 
 
 Belcher, 78, 329, 455. 
 
 Belfield, 358, 455. 
 
 Belgrore, 455. 
 
 Bell, 26, 117, 455, 586. 
 
 Bellairs -i „„^ ^^^ 
 
 Bellars } ^''' ^''' 
 
 Bellamy, 271, 321, 455. 
 
 Bellew, 147. 
 
 Bellingham, 312. 
 
 Bellis, 455. 
 
 Ballot, 106. 
 
 Belsey, 227, 455. 
 
 Belton, 455. 
 
 Bemand, 454. 
 
 Bemrose, 455. 
 
 Benbow, 338, 455. 
 
 Bendall, 185, 368, 455. 
 
 Benj afield, 455. 
 
 Bennett, 27, 71, 124, 319, 455. 
 
 Bennetts, 27, 101, 456. 
 
 Benning, 456. 
 
 Bennion, 338, 456. 
 
 Bennison, 456. 
 
 Benny, 456. 
 
 Benson, 119, 456. 
 
 Benstead i ^ ^« 
 
 Bensted } ^27. «6. 
 
 Bent, 237, 456. 
 
 Bentall, 185, 455. 
 
 Bentham, 425, 456. 
 
 Bentley, 168, 456. 
 
 Benton, 456. 
 
 Bere, 348, 456. 
 
 Beresford t 
 
 Berrirford } 128, 360. 456. 
 
 Berridge, 260, 456. 
 Berrow, 210, 456. 
 Berry, 27, 141, 456. 
 Berry man, 102, 45G. 
 Besent, 456, 
 
INDEX. 
 
 XV 
 
 Besley, 147, 456. 
 
 Best, 456. 
 
 BestTvick n 
 
 Beswick j ' 
 
 Bett, 269, 286, 456. 
 
 Betteridge, 71, 456. 
 
 Betterlight, 395. 
 
 Bettinson, 286, 456. 
 
 Betts, 286, 456. 
 
 Beran, 210, 439, 456. 
 
 Bevin, 456. 
 
 Bewes, 106. 
 
 Bewick, 309, 311, 312, 456. 
 
 Eeynon, 456. 
 
 Bibby, 240, 456. 
 
 Bice, 456. 
 
 Bickersteth, 241. 
 
 Bickford, 456. 
 
 Bickle, 147, 456. 
 
 Bicknell, 348, 456. 
 
 Biddick, 456. 
 
 Biddle, 196, 456. 
 
 Biggin, 126, 128, 456. 
 
 Biggs, 456. 
 
 Billiatt, 322. 
 
 Billing -\ 
 
 Billings } ^'^^ 
 
 Billinge, 457. 
 
 Billington, 240, 457. 
 
 Billyard, 322, 457. 
 
 Bing, 227, 457. 
 
 Binge, 457. 
 
 Bingbam, 125, 128, 321, 457. 
 
 Bingley, 322, 457. 
 
 Binning, 346, 457. 
 
 Binns, 424, 457. 
 
 Bircb, 457. 
 
 Birchall, 457. 
 
 Bird, 27, 457. 
 
 Birkett, 457. 
 
 Birkinsbaw, 457. 
 
 Birtles, 92, 457. 
 
 Bisdee, 457. 
 
 Bishop, 27, 457. 
 
 Blachford, 147, 458. 
 
 Black, 457, 586. 
 
 Blackburn, 457. 
 
 Blackett, 180, 457. 
 
 Blackman, 205, 457. 
 
 Blaekmore, 147, 457. 
 
 Blacksbaw, 457. 
 
 Blackwell, 197, 457. 
 
 Blades, 457. 
 
 Blagdon, 147. 
 
 Blair, 313, 457, 581, 587, 596. 
 
 Blake, 72, 101, 327, 394, 457. 
 
 Blakemore, 147, 339, 457. 
 
 Blakeway, 404, 457. 
 
 Blakey, 457. 
 
 Blarney, 102, 457. 
 
 Blanchard, 271, 457. 
 
 Bland, 457. 
 
 Blandford, 197, 458. 
 
 Blankley, 458. 
 
 Blanshard, 271, 457. 
 
 Blatcbford, 147, 458. 
 
 Blatherwick, 321, 458. 
 
 Bleasdale, 241, 458. 
 
 Bleazard, 458. 
 
 Blencowe, 329, 458. 
 
 Blenkin, 458. 
 
 Blenkinsop, 180, 309, 313, 458. 
 
 Blenkiron, 411, 458. 
 
 Blennerbassett, 120. 
 
 Bl£tsoe, 458. 
 
 Blewett I 
 
 Blewitt I 105,458. 
 
 Blezzard, 458. 
 
 Bligb, 105. 
 
 Blight, 105, 458. 
 
 Bliss, 78, 458. 
 
 Blomfield i 
 
 Bloomfield } ^87, 368, 458. 
 
 Bloor, 361, 458. 
 Blore, 361, 458. 
 Blott, 458. 
 Blowers, 368, 458. 
 Bloye 1 
 Bloweyl ^^^• 
 Bluett, 105, 458. 
 Blundell, 69, 241, 458. 
 Blunt, 84, 458. 
 Blyth, 184, 458. 
 Boaden, 102, 458. 
 
XVI 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Boam, 126, 458. 
 
 Board, 458. 
 
 Boardman, 241, 458. 
 
 Boase, 458. 
 
 Boddington, 389, 458, 
 
 Boddy, 287, 348, 458. 
 
 Bodeii, 458. 
 
 Bodenliam, 211, 458. 
 
 Bodle, 382, 458. 
 
 Body, 287, 348, 458. 
 
 BofPey, 89, 458. 
 
 Bolam, 313, 458. 
 
 Bolitho, 105, 458. 
 
 Bolland, 412. 
 
 Bolshaw, 458. 
 
 Bolt, 143, 458. 
 
 Bolton, 241, 458. 
 
 Bomford, 404, 458. 
 
 Bond, 287, 348, 458. 
 
 Bone, 458. 
 
 Bonfield, 216, 458. 
 
 Boniface, 382, 459. 
 
 Bonner i 
 
 Bonnor } 211,376,459. 
 
 Bonney, 459. 
 
 Bonsall, 358, 361, 459. 
 
 Bonser, 298, 459. 
 
 Booker, 382, 459. 
 
 Boon, 360, 459. 
 
 Boorman, 459. 
 
 Booth, 92, 125, 129, 459. 
 
 Border, 459. 
 
 Borlase, 105, 459. 
 
 Borman, 459. 
 
 Borrett, 368, 459. 
 
 Borrow, 129. 
 
 Borthwick, 313, 459, 587, 597. 
 
 Borton, 300, 459. 
 
 Bosomworth, 409, 459. 
 
 Bostock, 92, 459. 
 
 Bosworth, 69, 260, 459. 
 
 Bothwick, 308, 459. 
 
 Bott, 360, 459. 
 
 Botterill, 409, 459. 
 
 Botting, 382, 459. 
 
 Bottomley, 459. 
 
 Boucher, 404, 459. 
 
 Boughey, 459. 
 
 Boughton, 78, 459. 
 
 Bould, 459. 
 
 Boulden, 459. 
 
 Boulter, 404, 459. 
 
 Boulton, 361, 459.* 
 
 Bounds, 459. 
 
 Boundy, 147, 459. 
 
 Bourne, 382, 459. 
 
 Bourner, 459. 
 
 Bovey, 147, 459. 
 
 Bowden, 459. 
 
 Bowditch, 170, 459. 
 
 Bowdler, 339, 459. 
 
 Bowen, 439, 443, 459. 
 
 Bower, 128, 459. 
 
 Bowering, 459. 
 
 Bowers, 459. 
 
 Bowes, 411, 459. 
 
 Bowland, 412. 
 
 Bowler, 125, 459. 
 
 Bowles, 394, 459. 
 
 Bowman, 309, 311, 313, 459. 
 
 Bowmer, 126, 459. 
 
 Bown, 128, 345, 459. 
 
 Bownass "i 
 
 -D [ 120, 460. 
 
 Bowness J ' 
 
 Bowser, 271, 460. 
 
 Bowshire, 404. 
 
 Bowyer, 72, 460. 
 
 Box, 460. 
 
 Boyce, 404, 460. 
 
 Boyd, 587, 597. 
 
 l'^'^ \ 460. 
 Boys J 
 
 Bracebridge, 271. 
 
 Bracegirdle, 92, 460. 
 
 Bracher, 395, 460. 
 
 Brackenbury, 180, 271, 460. 
 
 Bradbury, 460. 
 
 Braddock, 89, 460. 
 
 Bradford, 460. 
 
 Bradley, 460. 
 
 Bradridge, 148, 460. 
 
 Bradshaw, 128, 241, 800, 460. 
 
 Brafield, 300, 460. 
 
 Bragg, 148, 460. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 XVU 
 
 Brain, 196, 460. 
 
 Braithwaite, 119, 412, 460. 
 
 Brake, 460. 
 
 Bramall, 424, 460. 
 
 Bramley, 424, 460. 
 
 Bramwell, 118, 460. 
 
 Brand, 186, 460. 
 
 Branson, 260, 480. 
 
 Brasnett, 460. 
 
 Brasiiigton "I 125, 129, 358, 361, 
 
 Brassingtcn J 460. 
 
 Braund, 143, 460. 
 
 Brawn, 300, 460. 
 
 Braj, 460. 
 
 Brayley, 148, 460. 
 
 Brazier, 460. 
 
 Brazington, 460. 
 
 Breacli, 460. 
 
 Breakspear, 329, 461. 
 
 Breakwell, 461. 
 
 Brear -> 
 
 Brears } ^^5, 461. 
 
 Breary, 69, 461. 
 
 Breayley, 460. 
 
 Breese t 
 
 Breeze } 287,443,461. 
 
 Brenchley, 227, 461. 
 Brendon i 
 
 Brenton } ^^S, 461. 
 Brereton, 92, 337, 339, 461. 
 Bretherton, 241, 461. 
 Brett, 322, 461. 
 Brewer, 461. 
 Brewis, 461. 
 Brewster, 461. 
 Briee, 227, 461. 
 Brickell, 461. 
 Briddon, 461.* 
 Bridge, 461. 
 Bridger, 381, 461. 
 Bridges, 395, 461. 
 Bridgmati, 148, 461. 
 Briggs, 319, 421, 461. 
 Brigiiam, 461. 
 Bright, 461. 
 Briglitman, 69, 461. 
 Brimacombe, 461. 
 
 Brimble, 346, 461. 
 Brindle, 241, 461. 
 Brindley, 360, 461. 
 Brine, 170, 461. 
 Brisbourne, 461. 
 Bristow, 149, 461. 
 Britten, 299, 461. 
 Britton, 461. 
 Broad, 105, 461. 
 Broadbent, 425, 461. 
 Broadberry, 461. 
 Broadhead, 425, 461. 
 Broadhurst, 92, 461. 
 Broadley, 227, 461. 
 Brock, 461. 
 Broeklehurst, 89, 461. 
 Brocksopp, 461. 
 
 Broderwick, 73. 
 
 Brodie, 313, 461, 581, 587, 597. 
 
 Bromage, 461. 
 
 Brombead, 129, 462. 
 
 Bromley, 339, 461. 
 
 Bromwich, 300, 461. 
 
 Brook 1 
 
 Brooke I 27, 461. 
 
 Brooker, 462. 
 
 Brooking, 148. 
 
 Brooks -I 
 
 Brookes } 27, 462. 
 
 Broom, 148, 462. 
 
 Broomfield, 206, 462. 
 
 Broomhead, 129, 462. 
 
 Broster, 92, 462. 
 
 Brough, 129, 462. 
 
 Brougball, 339, 462. 
 
 Brougham, 120. 
 
 Broughton, 271, 462. 
 
 Brown, 27, 462, 587. 
 
 Browne, 462. 
 
 Browning, 197, 462. 
 
 Brownlow, 271, 462. 
 
 Bruce, 432, 581, 587, 597. 
 
 Brudenell, 260. 
 
 Brumby, 462. 
 
 Brumitt, 322. 
 
 Brunt, 462. 
 
 Bryan, 260, 462. 
 
xvm 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Bryant, 463. 
 
 Brydges, 395, 461. 
 
 Bubb, 196, 463. 
 
 Buchanan, 587, 597. 
 
 Buck, 287, 463. 
 
 Buckeridge, 73. 463. 
 
 Buckingham, 148, 463. 
 
 Buckley, 92, 463. 
 
 Buckmaster, 463. 
 
 Bucknell, 463. 
 
 Buckston, 129. 
 
 Budd, 206, 463. 
 
 Budden, 170, 463. 
 
 Budge, 105, 463. 
 
 Bugg, 170, 463. 
 
 Bugler, 463. 
 
 Bulcock, 463. 
 
 Bull, 125, 463. 
 
 Buller, 463. 
 
 BuUman i 
 
 T, , [ 180, 463. 
 
 Bulman J ' 
 
 BuUmore, 463. 
 
 Bullock, 88, 194, 463. 
 
 Bulmer, 412, 463. 
 
 Bumpus, 329. 
 
 Bunbury, 73. 
 
 Bunce, 463. 
 
 Bunker, 463. 
 
 Bunn, 287, 463. 
 
 Bunt, 105, 463. 
 
 Bunting, 129, 287, 463. 
 
 Burbidge, 389, 463. 
 
 Burch, 463. 
 
 Burchnall t 
 
 Burchnell J ^^^• 
 
 Burden, 463. 
 
 Burdett, 463. 
 
 Burdikin, 463. 
 
 Burdon, 180, 463. 
 
 Burge, 463. 
 
 Burgess, 463. 
 
 Burgoin T 
 
 Burgoynej ^^^' '^'^ 
 
 Burkill, 269, 463. 
 
 Burkinshaw, 457. 
 
 Burkitt, 463. 
 
 Burman, 389, 463. 
 
 Burn, 463. 
 Burnaby, 261, 463. 
 Burnard, 105, 464. 
 Burn ell, 464. 
 Burnett, 357, 464, 587. 
 Burnham, 464. 
 Burns, 463, 587. 
 Burrell, 272, 464. 
 Burridge, 464. 
 
 Burrough I 1^,241 395_ 4^4. 
 
 Burrow J 777 
 
 Burroughs, 464. 
 
 Burrows, 464. 
 
 Burston, 349, 464. 
 
 Burt, 170, 464. 
 
 Burton, 28, 283, 464. 
 
 Bury, 27. 
 
 Busby, 329, 464. 
 
 Bush, 284, 464. 
 
 Bushby, 308, 464. 
 
 Bushell, 349, 412. 
 
 Buss, 464. 
 
 Buswell, 301, 464. 
 
 Butcher, 464. 
 
 Butler, 28, 204, 464. 
 
 Butlin, 301, 464. 
 
 Butt, 464. 
 
 Butterfield, 425, 464. 
 
 Butters, 464. 
 
 Butterworth, 241, 464. 
 
 Buttery, 321, 465. 
 
 Button, 465. 
 
 Buxton, 129, 465. 
 
 Byard, 126, 465. 
 
 Byford, 465. 
 
 Byrd, 27, 457, 465. 
 
 Byron, 322, 465. 
 
 Cachepoll, 212, 369, 466. 
 Cade, 272, 465. 
 Cadle, 198, 465. 
 Cadwallader, 465. 
 Csesar, 376, 465. 
 Caine, 382, 465. 
 Caines, 173, 465. 
 
IXDEX. 
 
 XIX 
 
 Cairns, 465, 587. 
 
 Cake, 465. 
 
 Calcutt, 330, 465. 
 
 Caldecott, 330, 465. 
 
 Calder, 587, 597. 
 
 Caldwell, 465, 587, 597. 
 
 Callender, 465. 
 
 Callow, 465. 
 
 Callwood, 465. 
 
 Calver, 465. 
 
 Calverley, 426. 
 
 Calvert, 412, 465. 
 
 Cameron, 587, 597. 
 
 Camm, 198, 465. 
 
 Cammack, 272, 465. 
 
 Camp, 130, 216, 465. 
 
 Campbell, 587, 597. 
 
 Campion, 272, 465. 
 
 Campkin, 216, 465. 
 
 Candy, 345, 465. 
 
 Cane, 382, 465. 
 
 Cann, 149, 287, 465. 
 
 Cannell, 287, 465. 
 
 Canning, 389, 465. 
 
 Cannon, 216, 465. 
 
 Cant, 184, 465. 
 
 Cantilupe, 340. 
 
 Cantrell i 
 
 CantriU | ^^l. «- 
 
 Capes, 272, 465. 
 
 Capon, 369, 465. 
 
 Capstick, 465. 
 
 Carbonell, 340, 
 
 Cardell, 102, 465. 
 
 Cardew, 120. 
 
 Cardwell, 465. 
 
 Careless, 404, 465. 
 
 Carew, 149. 
 
 Carey, 349, 465. 
 
 Carless, 405. 
 
 Carlyon, 106, 465. 
 
 Carmichael, 313, 465, 587, 597. 
 
 Carne, 106, 465. 
 
 Carpenter, 465. 
 
 Carr, 379, 465. 
 
 Carrington, 466. 
 
 Carruthers, 120, 466, 587, 597. 
 
 Carter, 28, 466. 
 Cartmell, 242, 466. 
 Cartridge, 403, 466. 
 Cartwright, 466. 
 Carver, 466. 
 Carveth, 106, 466. 
 Cary, 349, 465. 
 Case, 288, 466. 
 Cash, 93, 466. 
 Cass, 93, 466. 
 Casswell, 211, 466. 
 Castle, 466. 
 
 Catchpole, 212, 369, 466. 
 Caterbanck, 361. 
 Catling, 369, 466. 
 Catlow, 242, 466. 
 Caton, 186, 466. 
 Catt, 368, 382, 466. 
 Catterall, 242, 466. 
 Cattermole, 466. 
 Cattell, 17, 390, 466. 
 Caudwell i 
 CauldweU } 323,466. 
 Caunce, 237, 466. 
 Caunter, 149. 
 Cave, 466. 
 Cawrse, 106, 466. 
 Cawsey, 466. 
 Chadfield, 126, 466. 
 Chadwick, 242, 361, 466. 
 ChafPe, 143, 466. 
 Chalkley, 466. 
 Challand, 322, 466. 
 Challen, 382, 466. 
 Cballis, 186, 466. 
 Chalmers, 587, 597. 
 Challiner i 
 Chaloner J ' 
 
 Chamberlain t 
 
 nu u 1 y 28, 258, 466. 
 
 Chamberlayne J ' ' 
 
 Chambers, 28, 466. 
 
 Chamings, 467. 
 
 Champion, 467. 
 
 Chandler, 467. 
 
 Channing, 143, 467. 
 
 Chantler, 225, 467. 
 
 Chaplin, 467. 
 
 h 2 
 
XX 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Chapman, 28, 82, 467. 
 
 appe 1 
 Chappie J ' ' 
 
 Chard, 849, 467. 
 Charledworth, 467. 
 Charlton, 309, 313, 467. 
 Charlwood, 376, 467. 
 Charman, 376, 467. 
 Charnley, 237, 467. 
 Charnock, 242, 467. 
 Charsley, 467. 
 Chase, 206, 467. 
 Chattaway, 467. 
 Chatterton, 273, 467. 
 Chaundj, 467. 
 Chave, 150, 467. 
 Checkley, 330, 467. 
 ChecBman, 228, 467. 
 Cheetham, 467. 
 Chell, 361, 467. 
 Cheney, 223, 467. 
 Chennells, 467. 
 Chenoweth, 467- 
 Cheriton, 150, 467. 
 Cherry, 330, 467. 
 Cheshire, 467. 
 Chesman, 228, 4G7. 
 Chester, 198, 467. 
 Chesters, 467. 
 CI.ettle, 322, 467. 
 Chew, 301, 304, 468. 
 Cheyney, 223, 467. 
 Chilcott, 170, 468. 
 Child -] 
 
 Childs, 468. 
 Chinn, 198. 
 Chittenden, 468. 
 Cniitty, 383, 468. 
 Chivers, 83, 468. 
 
 Chowen t 
 
 r„ Y 468. 
 
 Chown J 
 
 Chri.*p, 468. 
 
 Christie, 587. 
 
 Christmas, 84, 468. 
 
 Christy, 184, 468. 
 
 Chubb, 150, 468. 
 
 468. 
 
 Chugg, 143, 468. 
 Church, 186, 468. 
 Churches, 349, 468. 
 Cliurchill, 170, 468. 
 Churchouse t 
 Churchus J 
 Churchman, 468. 
 Chuter, 377, 468. 
 Chynoweth I 
 Chenoweth J 
 Clack, 330, 468. 
 Clapham, 425, 468. 
 Clapp, 468. 
 Clapton, 33^^, 468. 
 Clare, 330, 468. 
 Claridge, 69,468. 
 Clark T 
 Clarke } ^8, 468, 587. 
 
 Clarkson, 235, 469. 
 
 Claxton, 288, 469. 
 
 Clay, 323, 469. 
 
 Clayden, 186,469.. 
 
 Clayton, 125, 469. 
 
 Clear, 83, 469. 
 
 Cleave, 469, 
 
 Cleeton, 340, 469. 
 
 Clegg, 242, 469. 
 
 Clement "i 
 
 Clements j 
 
 Clemow, 106, 469. 
 
 Cleverdon, 143, 469. . 
 
 Clewlowe, 469. 
 
 Clews, 126, 469. 
 
 Clife 1 
 
 Chffe / ^^^• 
 
 Clifford, 228, 469. 
 
 Clift, 206, 469. 
 
 Clifton, 269, 469. 
 
 Clinch, 228, 469. 
 
 Clinton, 216, 469. 
 
 Clothier, 469. 
 
 Cloudesley, 383. 
 
 Clougli, 425, 469. 
 
 Clowes, 359, 469. 
 
 Cluett, 469. 
 
 Clulow, 469. 
 
 Clutterbuck, 197, 216, 469. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 X\l 
 
 la 1 
 
 10 / 
 
 106, 469. 
 
 Clyma 
 
 Clymc 
 
 Coad, 106, 469. 
 
 Coaker, 150, 469. 
 
 Coate, 469. 
 
 Coates, 327, 469. 
 
 Coatsworth, 180, 469. 
 
 Cobb, 469. 
 
 Cobbett, 469. 
 
 Cobbledick "i 
 
 Cobeldick / ^^^• 
 
 Cobbold, 369, 469. 
 
 Cobden, 469. 
 
 Cobley, 261, 469. 
 
 Cochrane, 587, 597. 
 
 Cock, 470. 
 
 Cockburn, 313, 470. 
 
 Cockerell t 
 
 Cockerill } 301,470. 
 
 Cocking, 470. 
 
 Cockram -i ^ 
 
 Cockeram J ' 
 
 Cockshott, 425, 470. 
 
 Codd, 470. 
 
 Code, 106. 
 
 Codling, 470. 
 
 Coe, 84, 186, 288, 369, 470. 
 
 Coffin, 150. 
 
 Cogan -1 
 
 Coggan } 216, 349,470. 
 
 Coggin T 
 
 Coggin, } 218,470. 
 
 Coker, 150. 
 Colclough, 361, 470. 
 Coldicott, 198, 465. 
 Cole, 28, 141, 470. 
 Colebatch, 340. 
 Coleman, 470. 
 Coles, 28, 470. 
 Coley, 470. 
 
 Collard, 228, 349, 470. 
 Collen, 84, 470. 
 Collett, 198, 330, 470. 
 Colley, 261, 470. 
 Collier, 470. 
 Collin ge, 470. 
 Collingliam, 323, 470. 
 
 Collings -J 
 
 Coll J } 29,470. 
 
 CoUingwood, 180, 471. 
 Collinson, 29, 236. 471. 
 Collishaw, 272, 471. 
 CoKison, 471. 
 Collyer, 470. 
 Colson, 366, 471. 
 ColwiU, 471. 
 Combes, 392, 395, 471. 
 Comely, 471. 
 Comer, 471. 
 Common, 471. 
 Compton, 471- 
 Condy, 107, 
 Coney, 272, 471, 
 Congdon, 471, 
 Connibeer, 143, 
 Constable, 471. 
 Conybeare, 150, 471. 
 Cook T 
 Cooke } 29,471. 
 
 Cookson, 236, 471. 
 Cooling, 272, 471. 
 Coombe, 143, 471, 
 Coombes i 
 
 Coombs } 395,471. 
 Cooper, 29, 88, 471. 
 Cope, 361, 472. 
 Copeman, 472. 
 Copestake, 472. 
 Copledyke, 273. 
 Copleston, 150. 
 Copp, 150, 472. 
 Coppard, 383, 472. 
 
 ^°PP"« I 869, 472. 
 Coppia J ' 
 
 Corbefct, 17, 340, 472. 
 
 Corbisliley, 359, 472. 
 
 Cordea i 
 
 Cordon j 
 
 Corderoy J » ' ■ 
 
 CorMd, 472, 
 Corke, 472. 
 Corner, 472. 
 Cornes, 89, 472. 
 
XXll 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Corney, 472, 
 Coriiford, 472. 
 Cornish, 150, 345, 472. 
 Cornock, 198, 472. 
 Corawell, 216, 383, 472. 
 Corp, 346, 472. 
 Corringham, 472, 
 Cory, 106, 472. 
 Cosens, 473. 
 Co&h, 395, 472. 
 Cossey, 288, 472. 
 Costellow^ 383. 
 Cottam, 243, a23, 472. 
 Cotterill -» 
 CottreU ; ^'^^• 
 <Cottmgham, 273, 472. 
 Cottle, 394, 472. 
 Cotton, 261, S61, 472. 
 -Couch, 107, 472. 
 Conlson, 472. 
 Coulthard, 120, 472. 
 Coultrip, 225, 473. 
 Cownsell, 349, 473. 
 Coupe, 243, 473. 
 Coupland, 273, 473. 
 Court, 473. 
 Courtice, 473. 
 Cousens t 
 Cousins J ' 
 
 Coveney, 228, 473. 
 Coyerdale, 412, 473. 
 Cowan 
 Cowen 
 
 Coward, 473. 
 Cowell, 243, 473. 
 Cowing, 313, 473. 
 Cowley, 301, 473. 
 Cowling, 106, 473. 
 Cox, 29, 473. 
 . Coxall, 473. 
 Coxon, 125, 473. 
 Cozens, 344, 473. 
 Crabtree, 425, 473. 
 Cracknell, 366, 473. 
 Craddock i 
 Cradduck/^2^' 
 
 I 313, 473, 587. 
 
 473. 
 
 ^^^^n 473. 
 Cragoe J 
 
 Craig, 313, 473, 587, 597. 
 
 Cranfield, 69, 473. 
 
 Crang, 143, 473. 
 
 Cranidge, 269, 473. 
 
 Crapper, 425, 474. 
 
 Craven, 425, 474. 
 
 Crawford, 313, 474, 581, 587, 597. 
 
 Crawley, 69, 474. 
 
 Crawshaw, 426, 474. 
 
 Craze, 474. 
 
 Creaser, 474. 
 
 Creasey, 273, 474. 
 
 Creber, 142, 474. 
 
 Creed, 198, 350, 474. 
 
 Crees t 
 
 ^ y 350, 474. 
 
 Creese J 
 
 Cressey, 273, 474. 
 
 Cresswell, 474. 
 
 Crews, 151. 
 
 Crichton, 587, 597. 
 
 Crimp, 474. 
 
 Crisp, 84, 288, 474. 
 
 Critchley, 474. 
 
 Critchlow, 358, 474. 
 
 Crocker, 150, 474. 
 
 Crockford, 474. 
 
 Crocombe, 151, 474. 
 
 Croft, 474. 
 
 Crofts, 474. 
 
 Crompton, 243, 474. 
 
 Cromwell, 323. 
 
 Crook, 474. 
 
 Crookes, 126, 474. 
 
 Croom -| 
 
 Croome} 198,350,474. 
 
 Cropley, 474. 
 Cropper, 243, 474. 
 Crosbie, 243. 
 Cross, 29, 82, 474. 
 Crosland "i 
 
 Crossland} ^^^^ ^^^• 
 Crossley, 243, 474. 
 Grossman, 110, 346, 350, 474. 
 Crouch, 383, 474. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 XXlll 
 
 Crow 1 
 Crowe J 
 
 Crowhurst, 228, 474. 
 Crowle, 475. 
 Crowles, 475. 
 Crowther, 426, 475. 
 Croxon, 475, 
 Crozier, 309, 313. 
 Cruickshank, 587. 
 Crump, 198, 211, 475. 
 Cruse, 151. 
 Cruwys, 151. 
 Cubitt, 288, 475. 
 Cudlipp, 151. 
 Cullen, 475. 
 Cullej, 288, 475. 
 Cullimore, 198, 475. 
 Culshaw, 237, 475. 
 Cumberland, 475. 
 Cumberledge, 475. 
 Cuming, 151, 475. 
 Cumming, 587, 597. 
 Cundall ■) 
 Cundeli; 412,475. 
 
 Cundy, 107, 475. 
 Cunliffe, 243, 475. 
 Cunningham, 587. 
 Cupit, 475. 
 Cupper, 341. 
 Cureton, 475. 
 Curling, 228, 475. 
 Curnow, 103, 475. 
 Currall, 475. 
 Currie, 587, 597. 
 Currj, 180, 350, 475. 
 Curson, 288, 475. 
 Curtis, 29, 76, 475. 
 Cuss -| 
 Cusse } 3S)5,475. 
 
 Cussans "j 
 Cussins / 4^^' 
 Cutforth, 475. 
 Cuthbert, 273, 475. 
 Cutting, 369, 475. 
 Cutts, 126, 475. 
 
 Daft, 273, 475. 
 
 Dagge, 107. 
 Dagger, 244, 475. 
 Dainty, 302, 475. 
 Dakin i 
 Daking } 130, 475. 
 
 Dalby, 262, 475. 
 
 Dale, 210, 475. 
 
 Dalgleish, 587. 
 
 Dallimore, 69. 
 
 Dallyn, 143, 475. 
 
 Dalton, 475. 
 
 Dalzell ■) 
 
 Dakiell} 120,475.587,697. 
 
 Damerell, 151, 475. 
 Dampier, 350, 475. 
 Danby, 413, 475. 
 Dancer, 78, 475. 
 Dand, 475. 
 
 Daniel, 29, 151, 289, 476. 
 Daniels.. 29, 228, 289, 476. 
 Dannatt, 273, 476. 
 Darby, 405, 476. 
 Darbyskire, 476. 
 Darch, 143, 476. 
 Dare, 143, 476. 
 Dark, 228, 476. 
 Darling, 476. 
 Darlington, 89, 476. 
 Darnell, 261, 476. 
 Darrington, 69, 476. 
 Dart, 476. 
 Darveil t 
 
 DarviU } 78,476. 
 Darwin, 323, 476. 
 Daubney, 273, 476. 
 Davenport, 476. 
 Davey t 
 Davy } 30' 476. 
 
 David, 476. 
 Davidson t 
 Davison } 30.118,476,588. 
 
 Davies, 30, 476. 
 
 Davis, 30, 476. 
 
 Daw -| 
 
 Dawe } 17'*77- 
 
 Dawkins, 17, 261, 477. 
 
 Dawson, 30, 177, 477, 58;*. 
 
XXIV 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 \ 31, 392, 477. 
 
 Day, 30, 224, 477. 
 Daykin, 130, 475. 
 Dayment, 477. 
 Deacon, 236, 477. 
 Deakin, 362, 477. 
 Deakins, 477. 
 Dean 
 Deane 
 Dearden, 244, 477. 
 Dearlove, 477. 
 DeaviUe, 125, 477. 
 Debell, 107. 
 Debenham, 369, 477. 
 Deck, 369, 477. 
 Dee, 477. 
 Deeble, 107, 151. 
 Deeks, 186, 477. 
 Deeley, 477. 
 Delbridge, 153. 
 Demain ~\ 
 Demaine j ' 
 
 Denby, 426, 477. 
 Denison, 426, 477. 
 Denman, 477. 
 Denning, 477. 
 Dennis, 107, 152, 186, 477. 
 Dennistoun, 426. 
 Denny, 289, 369, 478. 
 Densem t 
 Densham J ' 
 
 Dent, 180, 412, 478. 
 Derbyshire, 476. 
 Derrick, 350, 478. 
 Derriman, 478. 
 Derry, 152, 323, 478. 
 Desborough, 478. 
 Desforges, 478. 
 Devenish, 171. 
 Deverell, 78, 478. 
 Deville, 125, 477. 
 
 Dewe} ^«'«8- 
 Dewar, 588, 597. 
 Dewell, 395. 
 Dewhurst, 244, 478. 
 Dexter, 261, 478. 
 Dibb, 478. 
 
 478. 
 
 478- 
 
 Dibben, 171, 478. 
 Dibble, 350, 478. 
 Dick, 588. 
 Dicken i 
 Dickin } *7«- 
 Dickens t 
 Dickin s J 
 Dicker, 478. 
 Dickie, 588. 
 Dickenson t 
 Dickinson J 
 Dicks, 346, 478. 
 Dickson, 478, 588. 
 Dillamore, 69, 478. 
 Dilnot, 228, 478. 
 Diment, 478. 
 Dinimock t 
 Diniock j ' 
 
 Dimond, 143, 478. 
 Dimsdale, 216. 
 Dingle. 103, 478. 
 Dinning, 313, 478. 
 Dinsdale, 413, 478. 
 Diplock, 383, 478. 
 Dix, 478. 
 Dixon, 31, 478. 
 Dobbs, 198, 479. 
 Doble, 152, 479. 
 Dobson, 235, 479. 
 Dodd, 309, 313, 479. 
 Dodds, 479, 588. 
 Dodgson, 479. 
 Dods, 588. 
 Dodwell, 77, 479. 
 Doel, 395, 479. 
 Doggett, 85, 479. 
 Doidge, 152, 479. 
 Dollamore, 69. 
 Dominy, 479. 
 Dommett, 143, 479. 
 Donald, 479, 581, 588, 597. 
 Donaldson, 588. 
 Doncaster, 320, 479. 
 Done, 17, 93, 479. 
 Doning, 198. 
 Dook, 479. 
 Dooley, 93, 479. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 XXV 
 
 DooHttle, 479. 
 Dore, 171. 
 Dorey, 171,479. 
 Dormer, 73, 479. 
 Dorrell, 479. 
 Dorrington, 216, 479. 
 Doubledaj, 262, 479. 
 Douglas, 313, 479, 588, 598. 
 DoTer, 479. 
 Dowdeswell, 198, 479. 
 Dowding, 198, 479. 
 Dowell, 262, 479. 
 Down, 479. 
 Downing, 370, 479. 
 Downs ■^ 
 Downes J 
 Dows 1 
 Dowse } 273, 479. 
 
 Dowsett, 479. 
 
 Dowson, 479. 
 
 Drabble, 130, 479. 
 
 Drackley, 262, 479. 
 
 Drage, 299, 479. 
 
 Drake, 152, 171, 289, 479. 
 
 Drakeford, 93. 
 
 Drakes, 269, 480. 
 
 Draper, 480. 
 
 Drajeott, 262, 480. 
 
 Drew, 142, 480. 
 
 Drewery -i 
 
 Drew/ } 274, 480. 
 
 Drewitt, 480. 
 Dring, 273, 480. 
 Drinkall, 480. 
 Drinkwater, 93, 330, 480. 
 Driver, 85, 198, 480. 
 Dronfield, 480. 
 Driice, 302, 480. 
 Drudge, 205, 480. 
 Drummond, 588, 598. 
 Drury, 274, 480. 
 Dryden, 480. 
 Drysdale, 588. 
 Duee, 340, 480. 
 Duck, 480. 
 
 Duckett, 350, 426, 480. 
 Duckham, 153, 480, 
 
 Duckmanton, 480. 
 Duckworth, 244, 480. 
 Dudding, 480. 
 Duff, 588, 598. 
 Duffield, 289, 480. 
 Dufty, 480. 
 
 Dugdale, 244, 426, 480. 
 Duggan, 480. 
 Duggleby, 413, 480. 
 Duke, 383, 480. 
 Dumbrell t 
 DumbriU } 383,480. 
 
 Duncan, 588, 598. 
 
 Dunch, 73. 
 
 Duncombe, 69, 480. 
 
 Dunderdale, 244, 480. 
 
 Dunford, 480. 
 
 Dungey, 480. 
 
 Dunkley, 302, 480. 
 
 Dunlop, 588, 598. 
 
 Dunn, 17, 31, 141, 480, 588. 
 
 Dunning, 31, 171, 390, 413, 430. 
 
 Dunsford, 153. 
 
 Dunstan, 103, 480. 
 
 Durden, 244, 480. 
 
 Durham, 480. 
 
 Durose, 359, 480. 
 
 Durrant, 289, 383, 480. 
 
 Durston, 350, 480. 
 
 Dutton, 93, 481. 
 
 Duxbury, 244, 481. 
 
 D wight, 481. 
 
 D>ball 
 
 Dybell 
 
 Dye, 290, 481. 
 
 Dyer, 20, 141, 481. 
 
 Dyke, 481. 
 
 Dykes, 588. 
 
 Dyment, 478. 
 
 Dymond, 143, 478. 
 
 Dyson, 426, 481. 
 
 Eade, 370, 383, 481. 
 Eades, 481. 
 Eagle, 481. 
 Eames, 481. 
 Eardley, 362, 481. 
 
 290, 481. 
 
XXVI 
 
 IXDEX. 
 
 481. 
 
 153, 481. 
 
 Earl •> 
 
 Earle J 
 
 Earnshaw, 426, 481 
 
 Easlea, 481. 
 
 East, 481. 
 
 Eastabrook ^^ 
 
 Easterbrook j 
 
 Eastham, 481. 
 
 Eastwood, 422, 481. 
 
 Eaton, 93, 130, 481. 
 
 Eatwell, 395, 481. 
 
 Eaves, 481. 
 
 Eayrs, 262, 481. 
 
 Eccles, 244, 481. 
 
 Eckley, 211, 481. 
 
 Eddison, 481. 
 
 Eddowes, 338, 481. 
 
 Eddy, 481. 
 
 Eds, 481. 
 
 Eden, 481. 
 
 Edgar, 588. 
 
 Edge, 125, 131, 481. 
 
 Edgecumbe, 107 
 
 Edginton, 48L 
 
 Edkins, 481. 
 
 Edmans, 481. 
 
 Edmonds 
 
 Edmunds 
 
 Edmondson 
 
 Edmundson 
 
 Edney, 206, 481. 
 
 Edward, 588. 
 
 Edwards, 31, 481, 588 
 
 Eggins, 482. 
 
 Eggleton, 482. 
 
 Eggleston, 180, 482. 
 
 Eglinton, 290, 482. 
 
 Ekius, 223, 482. 
 
 Elbourn, 83, 482. 
 
 Eldridge, 384, 482. 
 
 Eley, 482. 
 
 Elford, 482. 
 
 Elgey 
 
 Elgie 
 
 Elkington, 389, 482. 
 
 Ellacott 1 
 
 Ellicott } 153,482. 
 
 } 481. 
 
 I 4{ 
 
 } 
 
 482. 
 
 EUaway, 482. 
 
 Ellerby, 413, 482. 
 
 EUiot 1 32, 124, 309, 313, 482, 
 
 Elliott J 588, 598. 
 
 Ellis, 32, 482. 
 
 Ellison, 482. 
 
 EUwood, 120, 309, 482. 
 
 Elmitt, 274, 482. 
 
 Else, 131, 482. 
 
 Ekmore, 482. 
 
 Elson, 153. 
 
 Elston, 153, 482. 
 
 Elvidge, 269, 482. 
 
 Elwood, 482. 
 
 Elworthy, 153, 482. 
 
 Ely, 483. 
 
 Embleton, 314, 483. 
 
 Embrey, 483. 
 
 Emery, 290, 302, 483. 
 
 Emmerson i 
 
 Emerson } 181,274,488. 
 
 Euimott, 426, 483. 
 
 Empson t 
 
 Eml } 274,483. 
 
 Endacott, 143, 483. 
 
 England, 223, 351, 427, 483. 
 
 English, 483. 
 
 Ennion, 271, 338. 
 
 Ensor, 171, 483. 
 
 Entwistle ~\ 
 
 Entwisle J ' 
 
 Enyon, 271, 338. 
 
 Epton, 483. 
 
 Erlam, 93, 483. 
 
 Errington, 181, 314, 483. 
 
 Esam, 323, 483. 
 
 Essex, 483. 
 
 Estabrook, 153, 481. 
 
 Estbury, 73. 
 
 Etchells, 89, 93, 483. 
 
 Etheridge, 483. 
 
 Etherington, 121. 
 
 Eva, 483. 
 
 Evans, 32, 437-439, 483. 
 
 Eve, 186, 483. 
 
 Eveleigh i 
 
 Evel/ } ««'*83. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 XXVI 1 
 
 Everall, 337, 483. 
 Everatt, 483. 
 Evered, 483. 
 Everett t 
 Everitt } «»• 
 Evershed, 384, 483. 
 Evison, 483. 
 Ewer, 483. 
 Ewing, 588. 
 Eyre, 131, 483. 
 
 Fagg, 229, 483. 
 Eailes, 483. 
 
 Fairbairn, 314, 483, 58S. 
 Fairbanks, 483. 
 Fairchild, 153, 483. 
 Fairclough, 245, 484. 
 Fairey t 
 ITai,./ } *84. 
 Fairhead, 186, 484.* 
 Fairtliorne, 73, 484. 
 Fallows "I 
 Fallowes / ^^^• 
 Fane, 484. 
 Farey, 484. 
 Farmer, 141, 484. 
 Earns worth, 484. 
 Farqubar 
 
 a arq unar -i 
 
 -P , y 588, 598. 
 
 Farqubarson J ' 
 
 Farr, 210, 217, 484. 
 
 Farrall, 484. 
 
 Farrant, 142, 484. 
 
 Farrar -i 
 
 Farrer } 69.427,484. 
 
 Farrow, 284, 484. 
 Fartbing, 351, 484. 
 Faulder, 118, 484. 
 Faulkner, 88, 484. 
 Fawcett, 413, 484. 
 Fawkes, 484. 
 Fay, 205, 484. 
 Fayrber, 427. 
 Fazackerley, 245, 484. 
 Fear, 346, 484. 
 Fearn, 131, 362, 484. 
 Fearon, 484. 
 
 Feather, 422, 484. 
 Featherstone, 181, 413, 484. 
 Feaveryear t 
 Feaviour } ^66, 484. 
 
 Felgate, 186, 484. 
 
 Fell, 484. 
 
 Felton, 341, 484. 
 
 Fenemore i 
 
 Fennimore} 331, 484.* 
 
 Fenner, 187, 484. 
 
 Fensom, 484. 
 
 Fenton, 323, 484. 
 
 Fenwick, 309, 311, 314, 484. 
 
 Ferguson, 484, 581, 588, 598. 
 
 Fern, 362, 484. 
 
 Ferneyhougb, 362, 484. 
 
 Ferrar, 427. 
 
 Ferris, 154, 396, 484. 
 
 Fetherstonhaugh, 314. 
 
 Fetiplace, 73. 
 
 Few, 393, 485. 
 
 Fewings, 485. 
 
 Fidler, 89, 485. 
 
 Field, 485. 
 
 Fielden -j 
 
 Fielding/ ^^^• 
 
 Fifett, 171, 485. 
 
 Filbee, 485. 
 
 File, 225, 485. 
 
 Filmer, 229, 485. 
 
 Finbow, 366, 485. 
 
 Finch, 217, 485. 
 
 Fincham, 370, 485. 
 
 Findlay -i 
 
 Finlay I 588, 598. 
 
 Finlaysoa J 
 
 Finn, 229, 485. 
 
 Finney, 131, 362, 485. 
 
 Finnimore, 331, 484. 
 
 Firkins, 485. 
 
 Firth, 427, 485. 
 
 Fish, 485. 
 
 Fisher, 32, 485, 588. 
 
 Fisk, 370, 485. 
 
 Fitch, 187, 485. 
 
 Fitchett, 131, 485. 
 
 Fitt, 206, 485. 
 
XXVlll 
 
 INDEX, 
 
 Fitter, 390, 485. 
 
 Fitton, 93, 245, 485. 
 
 Fladgate, 485. 
 
 Flanders, 83, 485. 
 
 Flatman, 370, 485. 
 
 Flatt, 485. 
 
 Fleming, 120, 485, 588, 598. 
 
 Fletcher, 32, 124, 485. 
 
 Flint, 485. 
 
 Flintofe, 413, 485. 
 
 Flinton, 413. 
 
 Flook, 199, 486. 
 
 Florey, 486. 
 
 Flower, 351, 393, 396, 486. 
 
 Flowers, 486. 
 
 Floyd, 486. 
 
 Fluck -I 
 
 Flux } 199' ^8^- 
 
 Foale, 486. 
 
 Fogden, 380, 488. 
 
 Fole, 69. 
 
 Foliot, 206. 
 
 Folkard, 187, 486. 
 
 Foil, 69, 486. 
 
 Follett, 206, 486. 
 
 Follows, 486. 
 
 Fooks, 171, 486. 
 
 Foot, 171, 486. 
 
 Footitt, 486. 
 
 Ford, 33, 486. 
 
 Foljambe, 131. 
 
 Forbes, 588, 598. 
 
 Forman, 274, 486. 
 
 Forrest, 237, 486, 588. 
 
 Forrester, 486. 
 
 Forryan, 262, 486. 
 
 Forshaw, 245, 486. 
 
 Forster, 33, 306, 486. 
 
 Forsyth, 588. 
 
 Fortescue, 302, 486. 
 
 Fortnam t 
 
 Fortfium J 
 
 Foss, 154, 486. 
 
 Foster, 33, 486. 
 
 Fotliergill, 487. 
 
 Foulke, 171, 486. 
 
 Foulkes, 486. 
 
 331, 48G. 
 
 Fountain, 78, 486. 
 
 Fowke, 171, 486. 
 
 Fowle, 486. 
 
 Fowler, 33, 486. 
 
 Fowles, 486. 
 
 Fownes, 154. 
 
 Fox. 33, 131, 319, 327, 487. 
 
 Foxton, 487. 
 
 Frampton, 172, 487. 
 
 Francis, 392, 487. 
 
 Frank, 487. 
 
 Frankcombe -i ^^ „^^ ,„^ 
 ^ , [ 199, 396, 487. 
 
 Frankcome J 
 
 Frankham, 396. 
 
 Frankland, 427, 487. 
 
 Franklin, 331, 487. 
 
 Franks, 487. 
 
 Fraser, 581, 589, 598. 
 
 Frearson, 263, 487. 
 
 Freebody, 487. 
 
 Freegard, 393, 487. 
 
 Freeman, 33, 365, 487. 
 
 Freer, 263, 487. 
 
 Freestone, 263, 487. 
 
 Freeth, 393, 487. 
 
 Freethy, 107, 487. 
 
 Fremlii), 229, 487. 
 
 French, 34, 154, 487. 
 
 Frethorne, 73. 
 
 Fretwell, 132, 487. 
 
 Frewen, 263. 
 
 Friend, 143, 487. 
 
 Frisby, 274, 487. 
 
 Frith, 89, 132, 487. 
 
 Froggatt, 132, 210, 487. 
 
 Frogley, 487. 
 
 Frohock, 85, 487. 
 
 Frome, 73. 
 
 Froome, 73, 488. 
 
 Frost, 290, 351, 488. 
 
 Frow, 269, 488. 
 
 Fry, 34, 351, 396, 4S8. 
 
 Fryer, 263, 488. 
 
 Fulcher, 370, 488. 
 
 Fulford, 154, 488. 
 
 FuUard, 488. 
 
 Fullarton, 589, 593. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 XXIX 
 
 132, 48S. 
 
 154, 488. 
 
 Fuller, 19, 62, 488. 
 Fulton, 589. 
 Funnell, 488. 
 Furber, 93, 488. 
 Furneauz, 154, 4S8. 
 Furness t 
 Furniss J 
 Furse t 
 Furze j 
 Fydell, 274. 
 Fyson, 488. 
 
 G-abb, 488. 
 
 G-adsby, 132, 488. 
 
 Gadsden, 78, 488. 
 
 Gagg, 323, 488. 
 
 Galbraith, 589, 598. 
 
 Gale, 141, 488. 
 
 Gallimore, 94, 488. 
 
 G-allon, 314, 488. 
 
 Oalloway, 488, 589, 598. 
 
 G-alpin, 171, 488. 
 
 Galtey, 488. 
 
 Gamble, 290, 488. 
 
 Gammon, 154, 488. 
 
 Gamul, 95. 
 
 Gander, 384, 488. 
 
 G-anderton, 405, 488. 
 
 Oape, 217. 
 
 Gapp, 290, 488. 
 
 Gapper, 351. 
 
 Garbutt, 488. 
 
 Gardiner -i 
 
 ^ , ^34, 488, 589. 
 
 Gardner J ' 
 
 Gare, 488. 
 
 Garlick, 396, 488. 
 
 Garman, 488. 
 
 Game, 489. 
 
 Garner, 489. 
 
 Garnett, 120, 245, 489. 
 
 Garnham, 370, 489. 
 
 Garrard n 
 
 Garrod J 
 
 Garratt t 
 
 Garrett } ^^S, 489. 
 
 Garrood, 489. 
 
 Garside, 489. 
 Gaskell -i 
 Gaskill I 4S9- 
 Gastrell, 73. 
 Gatehouse, 489. 
 Gates, 489. 
 Gaunt, 274, 489. 
 Gay, 489. 
 Gayford, 489. 
 Gazard, 489. 
 Gaze, 284, 489. 
 Geacb, 489. 
 Geake, 489. 
 Geary, 263, 489. 
 Geddes, 589, 598. 
 Gedge, 290, 489. 
 Gee, 489. 
 Geering, 73. 
 Geldard ~i 
 Gelder } ^27, 489. 
 
 Gell, 132. 
 
 Gelsthorpe, 489. 
 
 Gemmell, 589. 
 
 Genge, 489. 
 
 Genn, 107, 428. 
 
 Gent, 132, 489. 
 
 George, 34, 489. 
 
 German, 155, 489. 
 
 Gerrard, 94, 245, 489. 
 
 Gerrish, 489. 
 
 Gerry, 108, 489. 
 
 Ghey, 489. 
 
 Gibb, 589. 
 
 Gibbard, 489. 
 
 Gibbings i 
 
 Gibbin: } ",489. 
 
 Gibbon, 489. 
 
 Gibbons, 344, 489. 
 
 Gibbs, 34, 194, 489. 
 
 Gibby, 490. 
 
 Giblett, 351, 490. 
 
 Gibson, 34, 490, 589. 
 
 Giddmgs, 490. 
 
 Giddy, 107. 
 
 Gidley, 154, 490. 
 
 Gifford, 351, 490. 
 
 Gilbert, 35, 141, 298, 490. 
 
^xx 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Gilclirist, 589, 598. 
 Giles, 396, 490. 
 ailhespy, 314, 490. 
 Gilks, 331, 390, 490. 
 Gill, 101, 428, 490. 
 Gillard, 490. 
 Gillbard, 490. 
 Gillespie, 314, 589, 598. 
 Gillett, 275, 332, 490. 
 Gilliart i 
 Gilliatt } 274,332,490. 
 
 Gillingham, 172, 490. 
 
 Gilman t 
 
 Gillman } 132, 490. 
 
 Gilmour, 589, 598. 
 
 Gilpin, 121. 
 
 Gimson, 263, 490. 
 
 Ginger, 78, 490. 
 
 Girling, 370, 490. 
 
 Gisborne, 133. 
 
 Gittins, 341, 490. 
 
 Gladwin, 199. 
 
 Glanville, 107, 154, 490. 
 
 Glass, 154, 396, 490. 
 
 Glasson, 103, 490. 
 
 Gleave, 94, 490. 
 
 Gledliill, 428, 490. 
 
 Glegg, 95. 
 
 Glen, 589. 
 
 Glendenning, 490. 
 
 Glendinning, 314, 490, 589, 598. 
 
 Glover, 490. 
 
 Gloyn, 491. 
 
 Goacher, 384, 491. 
 
 Godbehere, 491. 
 
 Godber, 323, 491. 
 
 Goddard, 74, 172, 206, 371, 397, 491.* 
 
 Godden, 229, 491. 
 
 Goddier, 94, 491. 
 
 Godfrey, 85, 344, 491. 
 
 Godsall 1 
 
 GodseU } 199.212.491- 
 
 Godson, 491. 
 
 Godwin, 17, 396, 491. 
 
 Gofe, 302, 491. 
 
 Golby, 491. 
 
 Golden, 491. 
 
 Golding, 491. 
 
 Goldsmith, 491. 
 
 Goldstraw, 491. 
 
 Goldsworthy, 491. 
 
 Gomm, 78, 491. 
 
 Gooch, 491. 
 
 Goodacre, 491. 
 
 Goodall, 125, 491. 
 
 Gooday, 491. 
 
 Goodchild, 184, 491. 
 
 Goode, 302, 491. 
 
 Gooden, 351, 371, 491. 
 
 Gooderbam, 491. 
 
 Goodbew, 229, 491. 
 
 Goodier, 94, 491. 
 
 Gooding, 351, 371, 491. 
 
 Goodknap, 275. 
 
 Goodman, 491. 
 
 Goodrich, 491. 
 
 Goodridge, 155, 491. 
 
 Goodson, 491. 
 
 Goodwill, 491. 
 
 Goodwin, 35, 491. 
 
 Goodyear, 94, 275, 492. 
 
 Goose, 492. 
 
 Gordon, 589, 598. 
 
 Goring, 384. 
 
 Gornall, 237, 492. 
 
 Gorringe, 384, 492. 
 
 Gorst, 237, 492. 
 
 Gorwyn, 143, 492. 
 
 Gosden, 492. 
 
 Gosling, 492. 
 
 Goss, 78, 492. 
 
 Gott, 428, 492. 
 
 Gough, 79, 492. 
 
 Gould, 125, 357, 492. 
 
 Goulder, 492. 
 
 Goulding, 492. 
 
 Goulter, 492. 
 
 Gow, 589. 
 
 Gower, 229, 492. 
 
 Gowing, 291, 492. 
 
 Gowlett, 492. 
 
 Grace, 492. 
 
 Graham, 118, 309, 492, 589, 599. 
 
 Grainger, 492. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 XXXI 
 
 Grange, 217, 492. 
 
 Granger, 492. 
 
 Grant, 390, 492, 589, 599. 
 
 Gratrix, 133, 492. 
 
 Gratton, 126, 133, 492. 
 
 Gravenor, 217. 
 
 Graves, 83, 492. 
 
 Gray, 35, 492, 589. 
 
 Grayson, 428, 492. 
 
 Greatorex t 
 
 Greatrix J ' 
 
 Greaves, 405, 492. 
 
 Grabble, 384. 
 
 Greed, 493. 
 
 Green, 36, 493. 
 
 Greenacre, 493. 
 
 Greenaway, 493. 
 
 Greenfield, 15, 493. 
 
 Greenhalgh, 246, 493. 
 
 Greenbill, 493. 
 
 Greenslade, 155, 493. 
 
 GreenweU, 181, 493. 
 
 Greenwood, 493. 
 
 Gregory, 125, 133, 298, 493. 
 
 Gregson, 246, 493. 
 
 Greig, 589. 
 
 Grendon, 155, 493. 
 
 Gresty, 493. 
 
 Greves, 405. 
 
 Grey, 35, 314, 493. 
 
 Gribble, 384. 
 
 Grierson, 589. 
 
 Grieve, 589. 
 
 Griffin, 36, 76, 344, 493. 
 
 Griffith T 
 
 Griffiths } 3^' 210, 437, 493. 
 
 Grigg, 103, 494. 
 
 Grills, 108, 155, 494. 
 
 Grimes, 494. 
 
 Grimsey, 494. 
 
 Grimshaw, 246, 494. 
 
 Grimwood, 494. 
 
 Grindey t 
 
 Grind/ } *»*■ 
 
 Grinfield, 397. 
 
 Grist, 494. 
 
 Groom, 494. 
 
 85,494. 
 
 Grose, 108, 494. 
 
 Ground "i 
 
 Grounds J 
 
 Grove, 494. 
 
 Groves, 336, 494. 
 
 Groweott, 494. 
 
 Grummitt, 275, 494. 
 
 Grundy, 246, 494. 
 
 Grylls, 108, 155. 
 
 Guest, 405, 494. 
 
 Guilding, 494. 
 
 Gulliver, 302, 494. 
 
 Gunn, 494. 
 
 Gunning, 199. 
 
 Gunter, 71, 74, 199, 443, 494. 
 
 Guppy, 172, 397, 494. 
 
 Gurney, 79, 494. 
 
 Gutbrie, 589, 599. 
 
 Gutteridge, 263. 
 
 Guy, 494. 
 
 Gwilliam t 
 
 Gwillim I ^^'^• 
 
 Gwilt, 494. 
 
 Gwynne, 443, 446, 494. 
 
 Gynn, 107, 217, 494. 
 
 Gyte, 494. 
 
 Hack, 494. 
 Hackin, 246, 494. 
 Haddon, 390, 494. 
 Hadfield, 133, 494. 
 Hadingbam, 371, 494. 
 Hadland, 494. 
 Hadley, 405, 494. 
 Haffenden, 384, 494. 
 
 ^^=«" \ 85,494. 
 Hagger j 
 
 Haggett, 346, 494. 
 
 Hague, 133, 428, 494. 
 
 Haigb, 428, 494. 
 
 Haine, 494. 
 
 Haines, 494. 
 
 Hainsworth, 239, 422, 494. 
 
 Hakin, 246, 494. 
 
 Hakluit, 212, 261. 
 
XXX 11 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Hale, 495. 
 Hales, 302, 495. 
 Haley, 495. 
 Halfaere, 495. 
 Halford, 405, 495. 
 Hall, 36, 124, 495, 589. 
 HaUam, 125, 324, 495. 
 Hallett, 351, 495. 
 Halliday, 589. 
 Halliwell, 246, 495. 
 Halls, 36, 495. 
 Hallworth, 495. 
 Halsall, 246, 495. 
 Halse, 155, 495. 
 Ham, 155, 345, 495. 
 Hamar, 337, 495. 
 Hambleton, 362, 495. 
 Hairibly, 108, 495. 
 Hambrook, 495. 
 Hames, 495. 
 Hamilton, 589, 599. 
 Hamlyn, 155, 495. 
 Hammersley, 495. 
 Hammond, 37, 495. 
 Hampshire, 495. 
 Hampson, 495. 
 Hampton, 405, 495. 
 Hancock, 133, 495. 
 Hancorn, 496. 
 Hand, 496. 
 Handcock, 133, 495. 
 Handford, 133, 496. 
 Hands, 390, 496. 
 Hanham, 351, 496. 
 Handlej, 428, 496. 
 Hankey, 94, 496. 
 Hankin, 217, 496. 
 Hanks, 199, 496. 
 Hanley, 428, 496. 
 Hann, 172, 496. 
 Hannaford, 156, 496. 
 Hannam, 351, 496. 
 Hannibal, 321, 449. 
 Hansford, 173, 496. 
 Hanson, 428, 496. 
 Harber, 496. 
 Hard, 496. 
 
 Hardacre t 
 
 Hardaker / ^^^• 
 
 Hardcastle, 428, 496. 
 
 Harden, 496. 
 
 Hardicker t 
 
 Hardiker / ^^^• 
 
 Hardie, 37, 589, 599. 
 
 Harding, 17, 37, 141, 496. 
 
 Hardman, 237, 247, 496. 
 
 Hardstaff, 324, 496. 
 
 Hardwick, 125, 351, 496. 
 
 Hardy, 37, 258, 496. 
 
 Hargreaves, 247, 422, 496. 
 
 Harker, 409, 496. 
 
 Harkness, 589. 
 
 Harland, 413, 496. 
 
 Harle, 314, 496. 
 
 Harmer, 496. 
 
 Harper, 496, 589. 
 
 Harpbam, 324, 496. 
 
 Harradine, 70, 496. 
 
 Harris, 37, 497. 
 
 Harrison, 37, 497. 
 
 Harrod, 497. 
 
 Harry, 497. 
 
 Hart, 38, 194, 497. 
 
 Hartland, 199, 497. 
 
 Hartle, 497. 
 
 Hartley, 236, 428, 497. 
 
 Hartnell i 
 
 Hartnoll } 1^6,497. 
 
 Hartop, 69, 497. 
 
 Hartridge, 230, 497. 
 
 Harvey, 38, 141, 283, 357, 497, 589, 
 
 599. 
 Harwood, 247, 497. 
 Haslam, 236, 247, 497. 
 Hasler, 497. 
 Hassall t 
 Hassell } ^^' '^^^ 
 Hatch, 346, 498. 
 Hatfield, 498. 
 Hatherell, 498. 
 Hathway, 498. 
 Hatt, 332, 498. 
 Hatten, 498. 
 Hatton. 498. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 XXXIU 
 
 Haviland, 174. 
 
 Hedges, 79, 499. 
 
 Hawes, 83, 498. 
 
 Hedley, 307, 314, 499. 
 
 Hawke, 108, 498. 
 
 Heggadon, 143, 499. 
 
 Hawken, 498. 
 
 Heighway, 337, 499. 
 
 Hawkes, 390, 498. 
 
 Hele, 156. 
 
 Hawkey, 108, 498. 
 
 Heler, 499. 
 
 Hawking, 498. 
 
 Hellier, 499. 
 
 Hawkings, 498. 
 
 Helliwell, 429, 499. 
 
 Hawkins, 38, 194, 344, 498. 
 
 Hellyar i 
 Hellyer} ^'^^ 
 
 Hawley, 498. 
 
 Hawortli, 40, 247, 498. 
 
 Helmer, 143, 499. 
 
 Hay, 498, 589, 599. 
 
 Helmsley, 324, 384, 499. 
 
 Hayden, 498. 
 
 Hembrow, 352, 499. 
 
 Haydock, 247, 498. 
 
 Heming, 499. 
 
 Haydon, 142, 498. 
 
 Hemming t 
 Hemming, } ^^S, 499. 
 
 Hayes, 498. 
 
 Hayhurst, 498. 
 
 Hempsall, 499. 
 
 Hayman, 498. 
 
 Hemsley, 324, 384, 499. 
 
 Hayne, 103, 498. 
 
 Hemus, 403, 499. 
 
 Haynes, 332, 498. 
 
 Henderson, 307, 499, 590. 
 
 Hayter, 173, 498. 
 
 Hendy, 102, 499. 
 
 Haythornthwaite, 237, 498. 
 
 Henley, 499. 
 
 Hayward, 39, 498. 
 
 Henshall, 94, 499. 
 
 Haywood, 498. 
 
 Henson, 263, 499. 
 
 Head, 498. 
 
 Henstock, 499. 
 
 Heading, 499. 
 
 Henwood, 109, 499. 
 
 Headington, 499. 
 
 Heppell -1 
 
 Hepple } 181' ^00. 
 
 Headon, 499. 
 
 Heal T 
 
 Heale} 156,345,499. 
 
 Hepworth, 429, 500. 
 
 Herbert, 443, 500. 
 
 Health, 499. 
 
 Herdman, 500. 
 
 Healey i 
 
 Heal/} ^9,499. 
 
 Hem T 
 
 Heme } ^91, 500. 
 
 Heaman, 143, 499. 
 
 Herriek, 263, 324, 500. 
 
 Heap, 247, 499. 
 
 Herries, 590. 
 
 Heard, 156, 499. 
 
 Herring, 275, 291, 500. 
 
 Hearle, 108, 499. 
 
 Herrod, 320, 500. 
 
 Hearn, 499. 
 
 Hervey, 38. 
 
 Heath, 357, 499. 
 
 Heseltine, 413, 500. 
 
 Heathcote, 134, 499. 
 
 Hesketh, 247, 500. 
 
 Heatley, 499. 
 
 Heslington, 413. 
 
 Heaton, 247, 499. 
 
 Heslop, 314, 500. 
 
 Heaver, 384, 499. 
 
 Hesmondhalgh, 237, 500. 
 
 Hehden, 409, 429, 499. 
 
 Hetherington, 121, 309, 5( 
 
 Hebditch, 346, 499. 
 
 Hewer, 195, 500. 
 
 Hebron, 499. 
 
 Hewett T 
 
 Heddon, 156, 499. 
 
 Hewitt } ^00- 
 
XXXIV 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Hewitson, 500. 
 Hewlett, 500. 
 Hewson, 275, 500. 
 Hext, 156, 500. 
 Hey, 429, 500. 
 Heyes, 500. 
 Heygate, 500. 
 Heyriek, 263. 
 Heyward, 500. 
 Heywood, 143, 500. 
 Hiatt, 199, 332, 500. 
 Hibbard -i 
 
 HibberdI ^^^>^' 
 Hibbert, 500. 
 Hick, 500. 
 Hicken -i 
 Hickin J 
 Hickling, 500. 
 Hickman, 500. 
 Hickmott, 225, 500. 
 Hicks, 500. 
 Hickson, 500. 
 Hickton, 320, 500. 
 Hide, 500. 
 Hides, 500. 
 Hiett, 199, 500. 
 Higginbotham ^ 
 Higginbottom j ' 
 
 Higgins, 501. 
 Higginson, 501. 
 Higgs, 501. 
 Higham, 248, 501. 
 Higman, 501. 
 Hignell, 501. 
 Higson, 501. 
 
 HUder, 384, 501. 
 
 Hildred, 501. 
 
 HiU, 38, 141, 501, 590. 
 
 Hillier, 501. 
 
 Hills, 38, 501. 
 
 Hillson T 
 
 Hilson } 1^3' SOI- 
 
 Hilton, 121, 236, 248, 501. 
 
 HinchclifPe, 429, 501. 
 
 Hind, 501. 
 
 Hindis, 501. 
 
 Hindmarsh, 315, 501. 
 
 Hine, 358, 501. 
 Hingley, 501. 
 Hinton, 341, 501. 
 Hioms T 
 Hirons } 3^2,501. 
 
 Hird, 413, 501. 
 
 Hirst, 501. 
 
 Hiscock, 173, 501. 
 
 Hitchcock, 501. 
 
 Hitcben ^ 
 
 Hitchin I 502. 
 
 Hitcbon J 
 
 Hitcbings i 
 
 Tj.... [ 109, 502. 
 
 Hitchins J ' 
 
 Hoadley, 384, 502. 
 
 Hoar "1 
 
 Hoare J 
 
 Hoatb, 384, 502. 
 
 Hobart, 291. 
 
 Hobbs, 502. 
 
 Hobby, 212, 502. 
 
 Hobden, 384, 502. 
 
 Hobgen, 502. 
 
 Hobley, 502. 
 
 Hobson, 502. 
 
 Hobye, 74. 
 
 Hocken, 102, 502. 
 
 Hockenhall i 
 
 Hockenhull J ' 
 
 Hockey, 502. 
 
 Hockin 
 
 Hocking 
 
 Hockley, 187, 502. 
 
 Hocknell, 94, 502. 
 
 Hockridge, 143, 502. 
 
 Hoddell, 502. 
 
 Hodder, 156, 502. 
 
 Hoddinott, 341, 352, 502. 
 
 Hodge, 103, 109, 142, 502. 
 
 Hodges, 502. 
 
 Hodgetts, 502. 
 
 Hodgkins, 502. 
 
 Hodgkinson, 125, 502. 
 
 Hodgson, 181, 502. 
 
 Hodnett, 341, 352, 502. 
 
 Hodson, 502. 
 
 Hogarth, 121, 502. 
 
 102, 502. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 XXXV 
 
 230, 503. 
 
 Hogben 
 
 Hogbin 
 
 Hogg, 315, 503, 590. 
 
 Hoggartb y ^^ ^^^ 
 
 Hoggard J ' 
 
 Holborrow, 199, 503. 
 
 Holbrook, 324, 503. 
 
 Holbrow, 199, 503. 
 
 Holcott, 74. 
 
 Holcrofb 1 
 
 Holdcroft } 2*8.358,503. 
 
 Holden i 
 
 Holding } 248, 503. 
 
 Holder, 503. 
 
 Holdom, 79, 503. 
 
 Holdsworth, 423, 503. 
 
 Hole, 503. 
 
 Holgafce, 248, 503. 
 
 Hollamby, 503. 
 
 Holland, 94, 230, 503. 
 
 Hollands, 230, 503. 
 
 HoUick, 390, 503. 
 
 Holliday, 503. 
 
 Hollier, 263, 503. 
 
 HoUingswortb i 
 
 Hollingworth } 134,362,503. 
 
 HoUington, 405, 503. 
 
 Hollins, 362, 503. 
 
 Hollinsbead, 95, 503. 
 
 Hollis, 206, 503. 
 
 Hollow, 103, 503. 
 
 Holloway, 503. 
 
 Holljoalc, 503. 
 
 Holman, 503. 
 
 Holme, 503. 
 
 Holmes, 39, 503. 
 
 Holness, 230, 503. 
 
 Holroyd, 429, 503. 
 
 Holt, 79, 248, 503. 
 
 Holtom, 79, 504. 
 
 Holton, 302, 504. 
 
 Holy day, 503. 
 
 Holyoak, 390, 504. 
 
 Home, 341, 504. 
 
 Homer, 173, 504. 
 
 Homewood, 504. 
 
 Hone, 332, 504. 
 
 82, 504. 
 
 Honess, 230, 508. 
 Honey, 504. 
 Honeyfield, 504. 
 Honey sett, 504. 
 Honniball, 143, 504. 
 Honour, 504. 
 Honywood, 187. 
 Hood, 504, 590. 
 Hook, 504. 
 Hooker, 230, 504. 
 Hookway, 504. 
 Hooley, 95, 504. 
 Hooper, 101, 504 
 Hope, 504, 590. 
 Hopkin 1 
 Hopkins J 
 Hopkinson, 125, 504. 
 Hopley, 95, 504. 
 Hopper, 85, 413, 504. 
 Hopps, 504. 
 Horn, 291, 504. 
 Hornby, 248, 414, 504. 
 Horner, 414, 504. 
 Hornsby, 504. 
 Horobin i 
 Horrobin J 
 Horrocks, 248, 504. 
 Horsey, 504. 
 Horsfall, 429, 504. 
 Horsley, 414, 504. 
 Horton, 95, 141, 390, 504. 
 Horwood, 79, 504. 
 Hosegood, 352, 504. 
 Hosier, 341. 
 Hosken "j 
 
 Hoskin > 102, 504. 
 Hosking J 
 
 Hoskms J 
 Hotchkiss, 341, 504. 
 Hotten, 103, 505. 
 Hough, 249, 505. 
 Houghton, 249, 505. 
 Houlbrook, 505. 
 Houldcroft, 248, 358, 503. 
 Houlden, 503. 
 Houldsworth, 423, 503. 
 
 c 2 
 
XXXVl 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Hounsell, 173, 505. 
 
 Housden, 505. 
 
 House, 352, 397, 505. 
 
 Houseman, 505. 
 
 Housley, 134, 505. 
 
 Howard, 17, 39, 247, 283, 505. 
 
 Howarth, 40, 247, 505. 
 
 Howe, 125, 345, 505. 
 
 Howell, 291, 445, 505. 
 
 Howells, 505. 
 
 Howes, 505. 
 
 Howey 1 
 
 Howie I 505, 590. 
 
 Howetfc ■) 
 Howitt } ^^^• 
 Howlett, 505. 
 Ho worth, 40, 247, 505- 
 Howse, 352, 398, 505. 
 Howson, 505. 
 Hoyes, 275, 505. 
 Hoyland, 95. 
 Hoyle, 429, 505. 
 Hoyles, 505. 
 Huband, 405, 505. 
 Hubbard, 291, 505. 
 Huddleston, 249, 505. 
 Hudson, 40, 124, 408, 505. 
 Huggins, 291, 505. 
 Hughes, 40, 505. 
 HugQl, 414, 506. 
 Hulbert, 398, 506. 
 Hull, 173, 506. 
 HuUand, 134, 506. 
 Hulme, 95, 249, 358, 506. 
 Humble, 506. 
 Humbley, 506. 
 Humfrey, 506. 
 Humphrey, 40, 506. 
 
 06. 
 
 Humphreys "1 ^^^ . 
 Humphries J 
 Hunloke, 134. 
 Hunt, 4D, 319, 402, 506. 
 Hunter, 506, 590. 
 Huntley, 199. 
 Hurd, 506. 
 Hurford, 352, 506. 
 Hurley, 352, 506. 
 
 Hurrell, 143, 506. 
 Hurren, 506. 
 Hurry, 85, 208, 506. 
 Hurst, 249, 506. 
 Hurt, 324, 506. 
 Huskinson, 324, 506. 
 Hussey, 352, 397, 506. 
 Hutchings, 40, 352, 506. 
 Hutchinson, 40, 181, 507, 590. 
 Hutley, 507. 
 Hutt, 332, 507. 
 Button, 275, 507. 
 Huxham, 507. 
 Huxley, 95, 507. 
 Huxtable, 143, 507. 
 Hyatt, 199, 500. 
 Hyde, 405, 507. 
 Hyslop, 314, 590. 
 
 Ibbotson, 507. 
 Ibison, 507. 
 Iddon, 237, 507. 
 Hes, 199, 507. 
 niingworth, 429, 507. 
 Ince, 95. 
 Incledon, 156. 
 Ing, 80, 507. 
 Ingall, 275, 507. 
 Ingate, 366, 507. 
 Inge, 80, 230, 507. 
 Ingham, 429, 507. 
 Ingle, 275, 507. 
 Ingleby, 430, 507. 
 Inglis, 590, 599. 
 Ingram, 292, 507. 
 Inions, 341, 342, 507. 
 Innes, 590, 599. 
 Inns, 507. 
 Inskip, 70, 507. 
 Instone, 341, 507. 
 Ireland, 249, 507. 
 Irish, 156, 507. 
 Irons, 382. 
 Irvine, 590, 599. 
 Irving, 118, 507, 590, 599. 
 Isaac, 156, 507. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 XXXV 11 
 
 Isaacs, 507. 
 Isabell, 292. 
 Isbell, 292. 
 Isgar, 199, 346, 507. 
 Isted, 384, 507. 
 Ivati, 86, 507. 
 Ivens, 388, 507, 
 Ives, 284, 507. 
 Iveson, 414, 507. 
 Ivey, 109, 507. 
 Ivory, 217, 507. 
 Izzard, 507. 
 
 Jack, 590, 
 
 Jackman, 507. 
 
 Jacks, 507, 
 
 Jackson, 40, 507, 590. 
 
 Jacob -J 
 
 Jacobs } 292,352.508. 
 
 Jagger, 508, 
 
 JatHcs, 41, 508. 
 
 Jameson, 4], 508. 
 
 Jamieson, 41, 508, 590. 
 
 Jane, 109, 508. 
 
 Janes, 508. 
 
 Jaques, 414, 508. 
 
 Jardine, 590. 
 
 Jarretfc, 508. 
 
 Jarrom, 264, 508. 
 
 Jarvis, 508. 
 
 Jasper, 508. 
 
 Jay, 212, 377, 508. 
 
 Jeavons, 362, 508. 
 
 Jeffcoate t 
 
 Jeffeote J 
 
 Jefferies "i 
 
 Jeffreys j ' 
 
 Jeffery, 41, 142, 508. 
 
 Jefferson, 41, 118, 508. 
 
 Jeffs, 41, 508. 
 
 Jelbart i 
 
 Jelbert } 103,508. 
 
 Jellis, 508. 
 
 Jenkin, 41, 444, 508. 
 
 Jenkins, 41, 444, 446, 508. 
 
 Jenkinson, 41, 509. 
 
 Jenner, 385, 509. ■ 
 Jennings, 509. 
 Jephcott, 508. 
 Jepson, 509. 
 Jeremiah, 509. 
 Jerman, 155. 
 Jerram, 135, 509. 
 Jervis, 509. 
 Jesson, 264, 509. 
 
 Jessup j- 230,509. 
 
 Jesty, 509. 
 
 Jevons, 362, 508. 
 
 JeweU, 109, 156, 509. 
 
 Jilliugs, 509. 
 
 Jobling, 315, 509. 
 
 Jobson, 509. 
 
 Jocelyn, 187. 
 
 John, 509. 
 
 Johns, 509. 
 
 Johnson, 41, 509. 
 
 Johnston, 42, 121, 509, 590, 599. 
 
 Jolliffe, 206, 509. 
 
 Jolly, 292, 371, 509. 
 
 Jonas, 509. 
 
 Jones, 42, 437-439, 444, 509. 
 
 Toop, 385, 398. 
 
 Jopling, 315, 509. 
 
 Jordan, 414, 510. 
 
 Jordison, 414, 510. 
 
 Jose, 510. 
 
 Joseph, 510. 
 
 Joslin 1 
 
 JosHng } 18^' 510- 
 
 Joule, 135, 510. 
 
 Jowett, 510. 
 
 Joy, 187, 510. 
 
 Joyce, 70, 510. 
 
 Joyes, 70, 510. 
 
 Jubb, 430, 510. 
 
 Juby, 371, 510. 
 
 Judd, 207, 398, 510. 
 
 Judge, 510, 
 
 Judkins, 303, 510. 
 
 Judson, 414, 510. 
 
 Julian T ^^ ^ 
 T 1 Y 510. 
 
 Julyan J 
 
XXXVlll 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 259, 510. 
 
 Jupe, 385, 398, 510. 
 Jupp, 385, 510. 
 
 Kam, 510. 
 Karslake, 157. 
 
 ^^^^ } 249, 430, 510, 590 
 
 Keast, 510. 
 Keble, 371. 
 Keeble, 371, 390, 510. 
 KeedweU, 510. 
 Keel, 352, 510. 
 Keeling, 362, 510. 
 Keen 1 
 
 Keene } «' ^^°- 
 Keep, 510. 
 Keetley 
 Keightley 
 Keevil, 398, 510. 
 Keirl, 353, 510. 
 Kellaway, 173, 510. 
 Kellett, 249, 510. 
 Kelly, 157, 510, 590. 
 Kelsall, 95, 249, 510. 
 Kelsey, 230, 510. 
 Kemball, 510. 
 Kemble, 398, 510. 
 Kemp, 275, 511. 
 Kempson, 511. 
 Kempthorn, 157- 
 Kemsley, 511. 
 Kendall, 511. 
 Kendrew, 409, 511. 
 Kendrick, 74. 
 Kennard, 511. 
 Kennedy, 590, 599. 
 Kennerley, 511. 
 Kent, 207, 511. 
 Kenward, 380, 511. 
 Kenworthy, 423, 511. 
 Kenyon, 250, 511. 
 Kerkin, 103, 511. 
 Kerr, 590, 599. 
 Kerrich, 371. 
 Kerridge, 371, 511. 
 Kerrison, 511. 
 
 Kerry, 511. 
 Kersey, 371, 511. 
 Kershaw, 250, 511. 
 Kerslake, 157, 511. 
 Kestle, 109, 511. 
 Ketley, 511. 
 Ketteil, 17, 390. 
 Kettlewell, 414, 511. 
 Kettley, 511. 
 Kevern, 103, 511. 
 Key, 102, 125, 511. 
 Keynes, 173, 511. 
 Keys, 511. 
 Kejte, 390, 511. 
 Key worth, 324, 511. 
 Kibble, 371, 390, 511. 
 Kidd, 511, 590. 
 Kiddell 1 
 Kiddle } 345' 511. 
 
 Kidman, 511. 
 Kidner, 511. 
 Kilbey, 332, 511. 
 KiUick, 385, 511. 
 Kilminster t 
 Kilmister } l^^' ^ll. 
 KHshaw, 511. 
 Kilvington, 415, 511. 
 Kimber, 74, 511. 
 Kinch, 511. 
 Kinchin, 511. 
 King, 42, 392, 511, 590. 
 Kingham, 80, 512. 
 Kingman, 512. 
 Kingsley, 218, 512.* 
 Kingsman, 187. 
 Kingsnorth, 231, 512. 
 Kingston, 303, 512. 
 Kingwell, 144, 512. 
 Kinsey, 95, 512. 
 Kipling, 415, 512. 
 Kirby, 408, 512. 
 Kirk, 512, 590. 
 Kirkby, 512. 
 Kirkham, 512. 
 Kirkland, 512. 
 Kirkman, 264, 512. 
 Kirkpatrick, 591. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 XXXIX 
 
 415, 512. 
 
 Kirkup, 512. 
 
 Kirton, 181, 512. 
 
 Kisby, 512. 
 
 Kitchen 
 
 Kitcliing 
 
 Kitchener, 218, 512. 
 
 Kitto T 
 
 Kittow } 103, 109, 512. 
 
 Knaggs, 415, 512. 
 Knapman, 157, 512. 
 Knapp, 398, 512. 
 Kneebone, 109, 512. 
 Knibb, 512. 
 Knifton, 135, 512. 
 Knight, 42, 512. 
 Knights, 42, 513. 
 Kniveton, 135. 
 Knott, 126, 135, 513. 
 Knowles, 513. 
 Kynaston, 341, 513. 
 
 Lacey, 264, 513. 
 Ladds, 223, 513. 
 Lagden, 184, 513. 
 Laidlaw, 315, 591, 599. 
 Laidler, 315, 513. 
 Lain, 285, 513. 
 Laing, 591. 
 Laity, 109, 513. 
 Lake, 157, 283, 513. 
 Lakin, 362, 513. 
 Lamb, 42, 513. 
 Lambert, 415, 513. 
 Lambourn -i 
 Lamburn } 80,513 
 Lambshead, 513. 
 Laming 
 Lamming 
 Lamont, 591, 599 
 Lamplough 
 
 513. 
 
 Lamplough t 
 
 Lamplugh } 121. «5, 513. 
 
 Lancaster, 513. 
 Land, 292, 513. 
 Lander, 109, 513. 
 Lane, 43, 513. 
 
 Lanfear, 75, 513. 
 
 Lang, 513, 591. 
 
 Langdon, 110, 513. 
 
 Langley, 385, 513. 
 
 Langman, 144, 514. 
 
 Langridge, 231, 514. 
 
 Langston, 514. 
 
 Langworthy, 157, 514. 
 
 Lanyon, 109, 514. 
 
 Lapidge, 415. 
 
 Larcombe, 514. 
 
 Large, 514. 
 
 Larkin -i 
 
 Larking } *«' 231, M*- 
 
 Larwood, 292, 514. 
 
 Laslett, 514. 
 
 Last, 514. 
 
 Latham, 95, 250, 514. 
 
 Lathum, 188. 
 
 Laughton, 514. 
 
 Laurie, 514, 517, 591. 
 
 Laver, 353, 514. 
 
 Laverack t 
 
 Laveriok } «5, 514. 
 
 Lavington, 207, 514. 
 
 Law, 43, 236, 514, 591. 
 
 Lawes, 514. 
 
 Lawley, 342, 514. 
 
 Lawrence, 43, 344, 514. 
 
 Lawrenson, 43, 514. 
 
 Lawry, 43, 110, 514. 
 
 Laws, 43, 514. 
 
 Lawson, 43, 181, 514, 591. 
 
 Lawton, 96, 514. 
 
 Lay, 514. 
 
 Lay cock, 430, 514. 
 
 Lea, 43, 88, 5] 4. 
 
 Leach, 142, 514. 
 
 Leadbeater -i 
 
 Leadbetter J ' 
 
 Leah, 96, 514. 
 
 Leak t 
 
 Leake } ««. 514. 
 
 Lean, 514. 
 Leaper, 415, 514. 
 Lear, 514. 
 Leather, 514. 
 
xl 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Leaver, 250, 515. 
 
 Leavers, 515. 
 
 Leckenbj, 515. 
 
 Ledbrook, 515. 
 
 Ledger, 515. 
 
 Lee, 43, 88, 141,319,515. 
 
 Leech, 88, 515. 
 
 Leeder, 292, 515. 
 
 Leeds, 515. 
 
 Leeming, 515. 
 
 Lees, 43, 515. 
 
 Leese, 515. 
 
 Legg, 174, 515. 
 
 Leggetfc -. 
 
 Leggott / ^^^• 
 
 Legh, 96. 
 
 Le Grice t 
 
 LeOrys } 293,371,515. 
 
 Leigh, 43, 96, 250, 515. 
 
 Leightou, 515. 
 
 Leivers, 515. 
 
 Lemmon, 515. 
 
 Lemon, 515. 
 
 Leney, 515. 
 
 Lennox, 591, 600. 
 
 Lenton, 223, 515. 
 
 Leonard, 83, 515, 
 
 Leppard, 385, 515. 
 
 LerwiU, 144, 515. 
 
 Leslie, 591, 600. 
 
 Lethbridge, 158, 515. 
 
 Letheren, 515. 
 
 Lever, 250, 515. 
 
 Leverton, 324. 
 
 Levett T 
 
 Levitt } 231,385,515. 
 
 Lewell, 293, 515. 
 Lewin, 303, 515. 
 Lewis, 43, 444, 515. 
 Lewry, 515. 
 Ley, 158, 516. 
 Libby, 158. 
 LiddeU, 315, 516. 
 Liddicoat, 110, 516. 
 Liddle, 516. 
 Lidstone, 144, 516. 
 Light, 516. 
 
 Lightfoot, 88, 516. 
 Lill, 275, 516. 
 Lilley, 275, 516. 
 Limb, 126, 516. 
 Limbrick, 200, 516. 
 Limer, 363, 516. 
 Lincoln, 516. 
 Lindley, 324, 516. 
 Lindop, 363, 516. 
 Lindsay, 591, 600. 
 Lines, 218, 516. 
 Ling, 293, 345, 371, 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. 
 Littlewood, 516. 
 Liversedge, 416. 
 Livesey, 250, 516. 
 Livesley, 516. 
 Llewellyn, 516. 
 Lloyd, 43, 437-439, 516. 
 Lobb, 110, 516. 
 Lock, 204, 516. 
 Lockett, 516. 
 Lockwood, 430, 516. 
 Lockyer, 345, 516. 
 Loder t 
 
 Lodder } "4, 516. 
 Lodge, 430, 516. 
 Lofthouse, 416, 422, 516. 
 Loftus, 416. 
 Logan, 591. 
 Lomas, 135, 517. 
 Lomax, 517. 
 Long, 44, 517. 
 Longbottora, 517. 
 Longden, 517. 
 Longley, 517. 
 Longman, 517. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 xli 
 
 Longstaff, 181, 517. 
 Longton, 250, 517. 
 Longwortb, 250, 517. 
 Lonsdale, 250, 517. 
 Lonsley, 517.* 
 Look, 517. 
 Looker, 517. 
 Loosemoor t 
 Loosmoor J ' 
 
 Loosley, 332, 517. 
 Lord, 250, 366, 517. 
 Lory, 517. 
 Loseby, 517. 
 Louch, 332, 517. 
 Love, 231, 385, 517. 
 Lovatt, 264, 363, 517. 
 Lovegrove, 517. 
 Lovell, 303, 385, 517. 
 Lovelock, 517. 
 Loveridge, 142, 200, 517. 
 Lovering, 158, 517. 
 Loverock, 517. 
 Lovett •) 
 Witt } 264,363,517. 
 
 Loveybond t 
 
 Lovibond / ^^^• 
 
 Low, 44, 591. 
 
 Lowe, 44, 96, 517. 
 
 Lowes, 44, 135, 517. 
 
 Lowisb, 44, 517. 
 
 Lowndes, 358, 517. 
 
 Lowry -i 
 
 Lowrey J 
 
 Lowther, 121. 
 
 Loxton, 353, 518. 
 
 Lucas, 86, 518. 
 
 Luck, 231, 518. 
 
 Luckett, 518. 
 
 Lucking, 188, 518. 
 
 Lucks ford, 518. 
 
 Ludlam, 135, 518. 
 
 Luff, 385, 518. 
 
 Lugg, 110, 518. 
 
 Lumb, 423, 518. 
 
 Lumley, 416, 518. 
 
 Lumsden, 315, 518, 591, 600. 
 
 Lund •} 
 
 Lunfc V 250, 518. 
 Lunn -» 
 
 Luscombe, 158, 518. 
 Lusb, 174, 518. 
 Lusty, 518. 
 Lutley, 353, 518. 
 Luxford, 385, 518. 
 Luxton, 144, 518. 
 Lybby, 158. 
 Lyford, 75, 518. 
 Lyle, 110, 518. 
 Lymer, 363, 518. 
 Lynam, 518. 
 Lyne, 110, 518. 
 Lynn, 518. 
 Lyon, 518, 591. 
 Lythgoe, 518. 
 
 Mably, 103, 518. 
 McAdam, 591, 600. 
 Mc Arthur, 591. 
 Macaulay, 264, 518. 
 McCallum, 591, 600. 
 McCuUocb, 591. 
 McDonald, 591, 600. 
 McDougall, 591. 
 Mace, 332, 518. 
 McEwan t 
 McEwen J ^^^• 
 McFarlane, 591. 
 McGregor, 591, 600. 
 Machin, 201, 325, 518. 
 Mclntosb T 
 Mackintosh J 
 Mack, 285, 518. 
 Mackaness, 299, 518. 
 Mclntyre, 591. 
 Mackinder, 518, 580. 
 McKay 
 Mackay 
 McKenzie "i 
 Mackenzie J 
 McKie T 
 Maekie j 
 Mackley, 264, 518. 
 
 591. 
 
 591. 
 
xlii 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 518, 592. 
 
 592. 
 
 592. 
 
 592. 
 
 592. 
 
 592. 
 
 McLaren t 
 Maclaren J 
 McLean i 
 Maclean J 
 McLeod -| 
 Macleod J 
 McMillan -i 
 Macmillan J 
 McNab T 
 Macnab / ^^^• 
 McNaughton, 592. 
 McNeill, 592, 600. 
 McPherson 
 Macpherson 
 McEae t 
 Macrae J 
 Maddaford -i 
 
 Maddaver I m^ 513. 
 Maddiver J 
 
 Madditon, 181, 519. 
 
 Maddock ^ 
 
 Maddocks I 88,212,444,519. 
 
 Maddox J 
 
 Maddy, 212, 519. 
 
 Madeley, 519. 
 
 Maden, 519. 
 
 Madge, 144, 519. 
 
 Magor, 111, 519. 
 
 Maidens, 270, 519. 
 
 Maidment, 519. 
 
 Maile, 223. 
 
 Mades, 519. 
 
 Main, 519. 
 
 Mainwaring, 213, 231, 519. 
 
 Mair, 592. 
 
 Maitland, 592, 600. 
 
 Major, 519. 
 
 Makens, 519. 
 
 Makins, 293, 519. 
 
 Makepeace, 519. 
 
 Malbon, 96. 
 
 Malcolm, 592, 600. 
 
 Maiden, 70, 519. 
 
 Malin, 332, 519. 
 
 Malkin, 519. 
 
 Mallam, 179, 519. 
 
 Mallett, 293, 519. 
 
 Mallinder, 126, 519. 
 
 Mallinson, 519. 
 
 Maltby, 324, 519. 
 
 Manisty, 218. 
 
 Manlej, 519. 
 
 Mann, 82, 142, 158, 293, 390, 519. 
 
 Manners, 399, 519. 
 
 Manning, 142, 188, 519. 
 
 Mannington, 519. 
 
 Mansell, 342, 519. 
 
 Mansfield, 332, 519. 
 
 Manwaring, 213, 231, 519. 
 
 Mapstone, 519. 
 
 Marchant, 385, 519. 
 
 Marchington, 136, 519. 
 
 Mardell, 218, 519. 
 MarfeU, 210, 519. 
 Marfleet, 276, 519. 
 
 Margerison -. 
 
 Margison I 519. 
 
 Marginson J 
 
 Marke, 519. 
 
 Markham, 276, 519. 
 
 Marks, 158, 519. 
 
 Marples, 135, 519. 
 
 Marriage, 188, 519. 
 
 Marriott, 125, 519. 
 
 Marsden, 125, 136, 250, 430, 520. 
 
 Marsh, 44, 520. 
 
 Marshall, 44, 520, 592. 
 
 Marsland, 96, 520. 
 
 Marson, 520. 
 
 Marston, 430, 520. 
 
 Martin, 44, 520, 592. 
 
 Martindale, 122, 520. 
 
 Martland, 238, 520. 
 
 Mash, 223, 520. 
 
 Mashiter, 520. 
 
 Maskell, 188, 520. 
 
 M^t"^ I 520. 
 Maskrey J 
 
 Maslen, 520. 
 
 Mason, 45, 520. 
 
 Massey, 96, 521. 
 
 Masters, 353, 521. 
 
 Mastin, 521. 
 
 Matcham, 231, 521. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 xliii 
 
 Mather, 251, 521, 592. 
 
 Mathieson t 
 
 Mathison } «, 521, 592. 
 
 Matthams, 521. 
 
 Matthew, 45, 521. 
 
 Matthews, 45, 71, 392, 521. 
 
 Matthias, 521. 
 
 Mattison ~\ 
 
 Matterson I 45, 416, 521. 
 
 Matson J 
 
 Matts, 45, 521. 
 
 Maudsley, 251, 521. 
 
 Maugham, 521, 
 
 Maughan, 521. 
 
 Maule, 303. 
 
 Maunder, 158, 521. 
 
 Maundrell, 399, 521. 
 
 Maw, 270, 275, 521. 
 
 Mawdsley, 251, 521. 
 
 Mawer, 276, 521. 
 
 Mawle, 303, 521. 
 
 Mawson, 521. 
 
 Maxted, 521. 
 
 Maxwell, 521, 592, 600. 
 
 May, 45, 521. 
 
 Maye, 521. 
 
 Mayer, 521. 
 
 Mayes, 521. 
 
 Mayhew, 371, 522. 
 
 Maylam, 522. 
 
 Maynard, 110, 158, 522. 
 
 Mayne, 110, 522. 
 
 Mayo, 174, 522. 
 
 Mayor, 251, 522. 
 
 Mead i 
 
 Meade J 
 
 Meaden, 522. 
 
 Meadmore, 522. 
 
 Meadows, 522. 
 
 Meaker, 346, 522. 
 
 Meakin, 522. 
 
 Mealor, 522. 
 
 Measures, 522. 
 
 Meatyard, 174, 522. 
 
 Medforth, 522. 
 
 Medland, 522. 
 
 Medlicott, 342, 522. 
 
 Meech, 174, 522. 
 Meek, 522. 
 Meen, 522. 
 Meeson, 189, 522. 
 Megginson ^ 
 Meggison I 417, 522. 
 Megson J 
 Meikle, 592. 
 Melhuish i 
 
 Mellukh } 159.522. 
 Mellings, 522. 
 Mellor, 136, 522. 
 Mellors, 522. 
 Melsome, 399, 522. 
 Menzies, 592, 600. 
 Mercer, 231, 522. 
 Meredith, 212, 437, 522. 
 Merrell, 522. 
 Merrett, 200, 522. 
 Merrick, 213, 522. 
 Merrikin, 270, 522. 
 Merrills, 522. 
 Merriman, 399. 
 Message, 522. 
 Messenger, 522. 
 Messinger, 298, 522. 
 Metcalf 1 
 Metcalfe J ' 
 
 Metherall -i 
 Metherell J 
 Metson, 523. 
 Mew, 523. 
 Meynell, 136. 
 Meyrick, 213, 523. 
 Michell, 101, 523. 
 Middlemas ~. 
 Middlemiss J 
 Middleton, 45, 523, 592. 
 Midgley, 430, 523. 
 Midwinter, 332, 523. 
 Milbank, 188, 523. 
 Milburn, 309, 315, 523. 
 Mildmay, 188. 
 Mildon, 144, 523. 
 Miles, 45, 194, 523. 
 Milk, 285, 523. 
 Mill, 523. 
 
 159, 523. 
 
 523. 
 
xliv 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Millar, 46, 592. 
 
 Millard, 523. 
 
 Millbank, 523. 
 
 Milledge, 523. 
 
 Millen, 523. 
 
 Miller, 46, 523, 592. 
 
 Millican, 523. 
 
 Millichamp, 342, 523. 
 
 Milligan, 523, 592. 
 
 Millikin, 523. 
 
 Millington, 325, 523. 
 
 Millman -i 
 
 Milman J 
 
 MiUs, 46, 523. 
 
 Millward, 136, 524. 
 
 Milne, 524, 592. 
 
 Milner, 125, 408, 524. 
 
 Milnes, 136. 
 
 Milsham, 399. 
 
 Milsom, 399, 522. 
 
 Milton, 524. 
 
 Milward, 136, 386, 524. 
 
 Minchin, 200, 524. 
 
 Minett, 200, 524. 
 
 Minns, 293, 524. 
 
 Min shall t 
 
 Minshull } 96' 524. 
 
 Minta, 270, 524. 
 
 Minter, 225, 524. 
 
 Mintey t 
 
 Mint/ } ^99' 524. 
 
 Minton, 337, 342, 524. 
 
 Miskin, 225, 524. 
 
 Missing, 524. 
 
 MiteheU, 46, 101, 524, 592. 
 
 Mitford, 315. 
 
 Mody, 276, 353. 
 
 MofPatt, 122, 524, 592, 600. 
 
 Mogford, 144, 524. 
 
 Moggeridge, 353. 
 
 Mohun, 16, 353. 
 
 Moir, 592. 
 
 Molyneux, 524. 
 
 Monk, 524. 
 
 Monkman, 524. 
 
 Monnington, 213, 524. 
 
 Montgomery, 303, 524. 
 
 Moody, 276, 353, 524. 
 
 Moon, 16, 236, 353, 524. 
 
 Moore, 46, 82, 524. 
 
 Moorhouse, 430, 525. 
 
 Morcom, 525. 
 
 Mordecai, 525. 
 
 Moreton, 88, 525. 
 
 Morgan, 46, 444, 437-439, 525. 
 
 Morgans, 525. 
 
 Morkam, 525. 
 
 Morley, 136, 525. 
 
 Morphett, 231, 525. 
 
 Morrell, 430, 525. 
 
 Morris, 47, 204, 525. 
 
 Morrison, 47, 525, 592. 
 
 Morse, 399, 525. 
 
 Mort, 251, 525. 
 
 Mortimer, 525. 
 
 Mortimore, 144, 525. 
 
 Mortin, 136, 525. 
 
 Morton, 82, 96, 525, 592. 
 
 Mosely, 525. 
 
 Moses, 47, 525. 
 
 Mosley, 125, 525. 
 
 Moss, 47, 402, 526. 
 
 Mossman, 526. 
 
 Mossop, 118, 526. 
 
 Mott, 188, 526. 
 
 Mottershead, 96, 526. 
 
 Mottram, 363, 526. 
 
 Mould, 264. 
 
 Moule, 405, 526. 
 
 Mounfield -i ^^ ^^^ 
 
 Mounsey, 122, 526. 
 Mountain, 526. 
 Mountford, 363, 526. 
 Mowbray, 276, 526. 
 Moyle, 111, 526. 
 Moxon, 526. 
 
 Mudd, 276, 371, 409, 526. 
 Mudge, 159, 526. 
 Mudy, 276. 
 Mugford, 144, 524. 
 Muggeridge, 353, 526. 
 Muggleston, 189, 526. 
 Muir, 593, 600. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 xlv 
 
 526. 
 
 207, 52G. 
 
 Muirhead, 593. 
 
 Mullenger n 
 
 Mullinger J 
 
 MuUins, 174, 353, 52G. 
 
 Mullock, 97, 526. 
 
 Mumford, 80, 102, 52G. 
 
 Munckton, 174, 526. 
 
 Munday 
 
 Mundy 
 
 Munn, 406, 526. 
 
 Munro, 593. 
 
 Munslow, 342, 526. 
 
 Murcott, 390, 526. 
 
 Murdoch, 581, 593. 
 
 Murfin, 126, 526. 
 
 Murfitt, 526. 
 
 Murgatroyd, 431, 526. 
 
 Murray, 526, 581, 593. 
 
 Murton, 526. 
 
 Musgrave, 122, 276, 309, 52G. 
 
 Musson, 264, 526. 
 
 MustiU, 86, 526. 
 
 Mutimer, 526. 
 
 Mutton, 111, 406, 526. 
 
 Myatt, 526. 
 
 Mycock, 125, 358, 526. 
 
 Myers, 526. 
 
 Mjhm, 526. 
 
 Mytton, 406, 526. 
 
 Nadin, 137, 526. 
 Nance, 111, 526. 
 Nancekeville t 
 Nanlivell | 159,520. 
 
 Napper, 75, 526. 
 Nash, 80, 201, 212, 526. 
 Naylor, 137, 526. 
 Neal 1 ^ ^ 
 Neale } «■ 52?- 
 Neame, 232, 527. 
 Neave, 232, 293, 527. 
 Needham, 137, 527. 
 Neeve, 527. 
 Negus, 70, 527. 
 Neighbour, 328, 527. 
 NeU, 593. 
 
 Neild, 527. 
 
 Neilson, 593. 
 
 Nelmes -i 
 
 Nelms } 200,212,527. 
 
 Nelson, 122, 251, 527. 
 
 Nesling, 527. 
 
 Netherway, 527. 
 
 Neve, 232, 293, 527. 
 
 Nerell, 332, 527. 
 
 Nevin t 
 
 Nevins / ^^'^' 
 
 New, 527. 
 
 Newall, 97, 527. 
 
 Newberry t 
 
 Newber/ } 1*2,527. 
 
 Newbold t 
 
 Newbould } 137,431,527. 
 
 Newby, 251, 527. 
 Newcombe, 159, 527. 
 Newey, 527. 
 Newington, 385, 527. 
 Newitt, 527. 
 Newman, 47, 527. 
 Newport, 528. 
 Newsholme t 
 Newsome } ^^^ ^28. 
 
 Newson, 528. 
 
 Newth, 528. 
 
 Newton, 47, 408, 528. 
 
 Niblett, 201, 528. 
 
 Nichol, 48, 528. 
 
 Nicholas, 48, 528. 
 
 Nicholls 1 
 
 Nichols } 48' ^28. 
 
 Nicholson, 48, 528, 593. 
 
 Nickels, 528. 
 
 Nickolls, 528. 
 
 Nickless, 528. 
 
 Nicol T 
 
 NieoU I 48,528,593. 
 
 Nicols, 528. 
 Nicolson, 48, 528, 593. 
 Nield, 528. 
 Nightingale, 528. 
 Nisbet, 593, 600. 
 Nix, 86, 377, 528. 
 Nixon, 48, 357, 528. 
 
xlvi 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Noakes, 232, 528. 
 Noble, 528. 
 Nock, 342, 528. 
 Noden, 97, 528. 
 Norbury, 97, 528. 
 Norgrove, 213, 528. 
 Norman, 48, 528. 
 Nornabell, 529 * 
 Norris, 160, 251, 529. 
 Norrisb, 160, 529. 
 North, 265, 529. 
 Nortbam, 160, 529. 
 Nortboott, 160, 529. 
 Nortbey, 529. 
 Nortbmore, 529. 
 Norton, 529. 
 Norwood, 529. 
 Nosworthy, 160, 529. 
 Nott, 160, 529. 
 Nottage, 189, 529. 
 Nottingbam, 529. 
 Nourse, 294. 
 Nunn, 372, 529. 
 Nurse, 293, 529. 
 Nuttall, 251, 529. 
 Nutter, 251, 529. 
 
 Oakden, 126, 529. 
 Oakes, 97, 529. 
 Oakey, 529. 
 Oakley, 363, 529. 
 
 oat} ^-."^>^^^- 
 
 Obbinson, 276. 
 
 Ockey, 529. 
 
 Oddie, 251, 431, 529. 
 
 Odell, 70, 529. 
 
 Odger 
 
 Odgers 
 
 Odling, 276, 529. 
 
 Ody, 400, 431, 529. 
 
 Offen, 529. 
 
 Ogilvy, 593. 
 
 Ogle, 529. 
 
 Okell, 529. 
 
 Old, 529. 
 
 529. 
 
 529. 
 
 529. 
 
 Oldacres, 529. 
 
 Oldfield, 137, 294, 529. 
 
 Oldbam, 529. 
 
 Oldreaye i 
 
 Oldreive J 
 
 Olipbant i 
 
 Olivant J 
 
 Olirer, 48, 529, 593. 
 
 OUerensbaw, 89, 137, 530. 
 
 OUerton, 530. 
 
 Olney, 70, 530. 
 
 Olver, 49, 530. 
 
 Onions, 342, 530. 
 
 Opie "I 
 
 J^ y 111, 530. 
 
 Oppy J 
 
 Oram, 530. 
 
 Orcbard, 218, 530. 
 
 Ord, 315, 530. 
 
 Orford, 284, 530. 
 
 Organ, 200, 530. 
 
 Orgar, 218. 
 
 Orgee, 530. 
 
 Ormerod, 251, 530. 
 
 Ormond, 530. 
 
 Ormston, 316, 530. 
 
 Orpe, 530. 
 
 Orpen -i 
 
 Orpin J 
 
 Orr, 593, 600. 
 
 Orson, 259, 530. 
 
 Orton, 265, 530. 
 
 O shorn i 
 
 Oaborne } 49,124,344,630. 
 
 Osmond, 530. 
 Oulton, 97, 530. 
 Outbwaite, 417, 530. 
 Outram, 137, 325, 530. 
 Overell, 219, 530. 
 Overton, 276, 530. 
 Owen 1 
 Owens J 
 Oxenbam, 160. 
 Oyler, 530. 
 
 Packer, 201. 
 
 530. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 xlvii 
 
 Pactham, 385, 530. 
 Padbury, 333, 530. 
 Paddock, 530. 
 Paddon, 530. 
 Padfield, 346, 530. 
 Page, 49, 327, 530. 
 Paget, 265, 531. 
 Paige, 530. 
 Pain I 
 Paine} 60.201,531. 
 
 Painter, 112, 531. 
 Palethorpe, 277, 531. 
 Palfrey, 160, 531. 
 Palfreyman, 531. 
 Paling, 531. 
 Palk, 160, 531. 
 Pallister, 531. 
 Palmer, 49, 82, 141, 531. 
 Paniers ^ 
 Panniers J ' 
 
 Pankhurst, 385, 531. 
 Pannell, 189, 531. 
 Pan tall, 531. 
 Panther, 303, 531. 
 Papworth, 86, 531. 
 Paradine, 70. 
 Paramore, 265. 
 Pardoe, 406, 531. 
 Parham, 399, 531. 
 Parisli, 531. 
 Park, 531, 593. 
 Parke, 531. 
 Parker, 49, 531. 
 Parkes, 531. 
 Parkhouse, 531. 
 Parkin, 532. 
 Parkins, 219, 532. 
 Parkinson, 532. 
 Parkyn, 532. 
 Parminter, 160. 
 Parnaby, 532. 
 Parnell, 161, 532. 
 Parr, 252, 277, 325, 532. 
 Parrish, 531. 
 Parrott, 80, 333, 354, 532. 
 Parry, 439, 444, 532. 
 Parslow, 200. 532. 
 
 Parsons, 50, 168, 392, 532. 
 
 Partington, 252, 406, 532. 
 
 Parton, 532. 
 
 Partridge, 142, 532. 
 
 Pascoe, 111, 532. 
 
 Pasmore -i 
 
 Passmore } ^^1' ^32. 
 
 Patcbett, 277, 532. 
 
 Paterson, 593. 
 
 Patmore, 532. 
 
 Paton, 593. 
 
 Patten, 219, 532. 
 
 Patterson, 532, 593. 
 
 Pattinson, 122, 532. 
 
 Pattison, 532. 
 
 Paty, 161. 
 
 Paul T 
 
 Paull } 1^*' 353 532. 
 
 Paulson, 532. 
 
 Pavey, 532. 
 
 Paxman, 533. 
 
 Paxton, 333, 533. 
 
 Pay ling, 531. 
 
 Payne, 50, 204, 532. 
 
 Paynell, 189. 
 
 Paynter, 112, 531. 
 
 Peach, 174, 533. 
 
 Peachey, 385, 533. 
 
 Peacock, 399, 417, 533. 
 
 Peake, 161, 363, 533. 
 
 Pearce, 50, 210, 533. 
 
 Pearcey, 161, 533. 
 
 Peard, 161. 
 
 Pearman, 219, 533. 
 
 Pearn, 533. 
 
 Pearse, 50, 533. 
 
 Pearson, 50, 533. 
 
 Pease, 181, 533. 
 
 Peat, 533. 
 
 Peatfield, 533. 
 
 Peck, 86, 219, 533. 
 
 Peddar t 
 
 Pedder | ^33- 
 
 Pedlar t 
 
 Pedler / ^33' 
 
 Peek 1 
 
 Peeke } 86,161,219,533. 
 
xlviii 
 
 INDEX, 
 
 137, 534 
 
 Peel, 423, 534. 
 
 Peet, 531. 
 
 Pegg 
 
 Pegge 
 
 Pegler, 200, 534. 
 
 Pegrum, 534. 
 
 Peirson, 533. 
 
 Pell, 534. 
 
 Pemberton, 252, 534. 
 
 Pendell ■> 
 
 Pendle / ^^^• 
 
 Pender, 112, 534. 
 
 Pendlebury, 252, 534. 
 
 Penfold, 385, 534. , 
 
 Pengelly -> 
 
 Pengili; } "2,534. 
 
 Penna, 534. 
 
 Pennifold, 385, 534. 
 
 Pennington, 252, 534. 
 
 Penny, 353, 534. 
 
 Penrice, 406, 534. 
 
 Penrose, 112, 534. 
 
 Penson, 534. 
 
 Pentelow, 534. 
 
 Penwarden, 144, 534. 
 
 Pepper, 265, 277, 372, 534. 
 
 Percival, 534. 
 
 Perham, 353, 534. 
 
 Periam, 353. 
 
 Perkin t 
 
 Perkins } ^^' ^*- 
 
 Perks, 51, 534. 
 
 Perretfc 
 
 Perrott 
 
 Perriam, 353. 
 
 Perrin, 534. 
 
 Perry, 51, 344, 534. 
 
 Peseud, 534. 
 
 Petch, 534. 
 
 Peter, 534. 
 
 Peters, 534. 
 
 Pether, 534. 
 
 Petherbridge, 144, 534. 
 
 Petherick i 
 
 Pethick } 112,162,634. 
 
 Petit, 189, 534. 
 
 Pettipher, 81, 220, 333, 534. 
 
 I 333, 353, 534. 
 
 Pettit T 
 
 Pettitt} 189,534. 
 
 Petty, 535. 
 Phelps, 51, 354, 535. 
 Phillimore, 201. 
 Philippo, 294, 535. 
 Philips, 51, 593. 
 Phillips, 51, 535. 
 Phillipson, 51, 308, 535 
 Philp, 51, 535. 
 Philpot 
 
 Philpotf I ^^' ^- ^"•^' ^*^' ^^^• 
 
 } 
 
 52, 535. 
 
 Phil pots 
 
 Philpotti 
 
 Phippen t 
 
 Phippin} 52,354,535. 
 
 Phipps, 51, 194, 535. 
 
 Pibus, 418. 
 
 Pick, 86, 219, 277, 535. 
 
 Pickard, 142, 399, 535. 
 
 Pickering, 417, 535.* 
 
 Pickersgill, 417, 535. 
 
 Pickett, 399, 535. 
 
 Pickford, 535. 
 
 Pickin, 535. 
 
 Pickles, 535. 
 
 Pickup, 252, 535. 
 
 Pickwell, 535. 
 
 Pidduck, 282, 535. 
 
 Pierce, 50, 533, 535. 
 
 Pierson, 533. 
 
 Pigg, 86, 219, 316, 535. 
 
 Piggott T 
 
 Pigott } 86,219,220,535. 
 
 Pike, 207, 535. 
 Pilcher, 232, 536. 
 Pile, 161, 536. 
 Pilgrim, 190, 536. 
 Pilkington, 252, 536. 
 Pilling, 252, 536. 
 Pimblett, 252, 536. 
 Pimlott, 97, 536. 
 Pinch, 536. 
 Pinchbeck, 278. 
 Pinches, 536. 
 Pinchin, 399, 536. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 xlix 
 
 Pindar 
 
 Pindar t 
 
 Pinder | 277,325,536. 
 
 Pinhaj 
 Pinhej 
 Pinniger -i 
 
 } 
 
 536. 
 
 536. 
 
 Pinnegar 
 ^ Piper, 277, 386, 536. 
 Pitcher, 536. 
 Pitchford, 337, 536. 
 Pither, 536. 
 Pitman, 174, 354, 536. 
 Pitt, 536. 
 Pittock, 232, 535. 
 Pitts, 536. 
 Plackett, 126, 536. 
 Plaistowe, 536. 
 Plant, 363, 536. 
 Piatt, 75, 89, 536.* 
 Platts, 125, 536. 
 Pledger, 190, 536. 
 Plews, 536. 
 Plowright, 320, 536. 
 Plumblj, 536. 
 Plummer, 536. 
 Plumptre i 
 Plumtree } ^^5, 536. 
 Pochin, 265, 536. 
 Pocklington, 278, 536. 
 Pocock, 399, 417, 536. 
 Podmore, 536. 
 Pointer, 162. 
 Polkinghorn, 112, 536. 
 Poll, 294, 536. 
 Pollard, 87, 536. 
 PoUitt, 252, 536. 
 Pollock, 593, 600. 
 Pomeroy, 174, 536. 
 Pomfret, 536. 
 Ponder, 303. 
 Ponting, 201, 400, 536. 
 Poole, 200, 536. 
 Poolej, 536. 
 Poore, 207, 537. 
 Pope, 201, 537. 
 Popham, 207. 
 Pople, 346, 537. 
 Popplewell, 431, 537. 
 
 Popplewick, 278. 
 
 Porrett i 
 
 Porritt } 418' 537- 
 
 Porter, 52, 183, 537. 
 
 Portsmouth, 207, 537. 
 
 Poskitt, 537. 
 
 Postle, 537. 
 
 Postlethwaite, 252, 537. 
 
 Pottenger, 537. 
 
 Potter, 52, 537. 
 
 Potticary, 207, 537. 
 
 Potts, 316, 537. 
 
 Pounde, 207. 
 
 Povey, 537. 
 
 Pow, 346, 537. 
 
 Powell, 53, 292, 439, 444, 537. 
 
 Powlesland, 144, 537. 
 
 Pownall, 97, 537. 
 
 Poynter, 162. 
 
 Poyntz, 190. 
 
 Poyser, 125, 358, 537. 
 
 Pratt, 53, 537. 
 
 Prebble, 537. 
 
 Precious, 537. 
 
 Preece, 53, 439, 537. 
 
 Prentice, 537. 
 
 Prescott, 253, 537. 
 
 Preston, 537. 
 
 Pretty, 537. 
 
 Prettyjohn, 144, 538. 
 
 Price, 53, 437, 439, 445, 538. 
 
 Priday, 201, 538. 
 
 Pride, 342. 
 
 Pridmore, 265, 538. 
 
 Priest, 538. 
 
 Priestley 
 
 Priestly 
 
 Priestner, 90, 538. 
 
 Prince, 125, 538. 
 
 Pring, 144, 538. 
 
 Pringle, 316, 538, 593, 600. 
 
 Prior, 102, 538. 
 
 Prisk, 103, 538. 
 
 Pritehard i 
 
 -o . , . \ 439, 533.* 
 
 Prichard J ' 
 
 Probert, 56, 439, 538. 
 
 538. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 102, 538. 
 
 Procter t 
 
 Proctor } 53,538. 
 
 Prodger, 439. 
 
 Prodham, 417, 538. 
 
 Prole, 538. 
 
 Prosser, 439, 538. 
 
 Prothero, 538. 
 
 Proud, 182, 538. 
 
 Proudham, 417, 538. 
 
 Prout, 195, 538. 
 
 Prouse 1 
 
 Prowse } 102,162,538. 
 
 Prudames t 
 
 P,.uaom } 417,538. 
 
 Pryce, 538. 
 
 Pryde, 342. 
 
 Pryer 
 
 Pryor 
 
 Puckeridge, 539. 
 
 Puddephatt, 80, 220, 333, 539. 
 
 Puddifoot, 220, 539. 
 
 Puddy, 346, 539. 
 
 Pugh, 439, 539. 
 
 Pugsley, 162, 539. 
 
 PuUan 1 
 
 Pullen I 194^ 539, 
 
 PulHn J 
 
 Purcell, 80. 
 
 Purdy, 294, 539. 
 
 Purkis, 87, 539. 
 
 Purser, 539. 
 
 Pursglove | ^^^ 
 
 Purslove J 
 
 Purslow, 200. 
 
 Purssell, 80, 539. 
 
 Purvis, 539, 593. 
 
 Puttock, 377, 539. 
 
 Pyatt, 363, 539. 
 
 Pybus, 418, 539. 
 
 Pye, 113, 225, 253, 539. 
 
 Pyke, 207. 
 
 Pyle, 161, 539. 
 
 Pym, 161, 539. 
 
 Quance, 144, 539. 
 Quelch, 182, 539. 
 
 Quenby, 539. 
 Quested, 232, 539. 
 Quibell, 325, 539. 
 Quick, 102, 162, 539. 
 Quilter, 539. 
 Quinney, 539. 
 
 Eabbetts, 539. 
 Kabjolins, 144, 539. 
 Eaby, 102, 253, 539. 
 Eackham, 539. 
 Eadcliffe, 540. 
 E add all -1 
 Eaddle / ^^^• 
 Eadford, 125, 539. 
 Eadley, 539. 
 Eadway, 202, 539. 
 Eae, 316, 593. 
 Eagg, 140. 
 Eaikes, 418. 
 Eain, 539. 
 Eainbow, 539. 
 Eaine, 182, 418, 539. 
 Eainford, 253, 539. 
 Eains, 126, 539. 
 Eamsay, 593. 
 Eamsbottom, 253, 539. 
 Eamsden, 431, 540. 
 Eanby, 278, 540. 
 Eand, 81, 316, 540. 
 Eandall t 
 EandeU J ^^^• 
 Eankiu, 593, 601. 
 Eansom t 
 Eanson J *^ ' 
 Eapley, 386, 540. 
 Eapson, 540. 
 Eashleigh, 540. 
 EatclifPe, 540. 
 Eathbone, 97, 540. 
 Eaven, 190, 540. 
 Eavenscroft, 97, 540. 
 Eavensbaw, 540. 
 Eaw, 410, 540. 
 Eawcliffe, 253, 540. 
 Eawdon, 431. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 316, 540. 
 
 Eawle, 540. 
 
 Kawlings i 
 
 Eawlinf } *51.5«.. 
 
 Rawlinson, 253, 540. 
 
 Ray, 316, 540. 
 
 Raymont ^^ 
 
 Kaymount} !**■ ^^ 
 
 Rayner -i 
 
 Raynor } ^^^> '^^ 
 
 Rea 
 
 Reay 
 
 Read, 53, 540. 
 
 Reading, 391, 540. 
 
 Readman, 122, 431, 540. 
 
 Reakes, 540. 
 
 Reddaway, 144, 540. 
 
 Reddicliffe, 162, 540. 
 
 Redfearn i 
 
 Redfern | ^^0' 
 
 Redgate, 325, 540. 
 
 Redman, 122, 431, 541. 
 
 Redmayne, 122, 431, 541. 
 
 Reece, 53, 541. 
 
 Reed, 53, 541. 
 
 Rees, 53, 541. 
 
 Reeson, 270, 541. 
 
 Reeve, 55, 541. 
 
 Reeves, 55, 541. 
 
 Reid, 53, 541, 593. 
 Rendall t 
 Rendell I 541. 
 Rendle J 
 Rennie, 593. 
 Rennison, 541. 
 Renshaw, 137, 138, 541. 
 Renton, 316, 541. 
 Renwick, 316, 541. 
 Retallack i 
 Retallick / ^^^• 
 Retter, 144, 541. 
 EeveU ^ 
 
 ReviU } l^S'^^1- 
 Rew, 144, 541. 
 Reynolds, 55, 82, 283, 541. 
 Rhoades, 278, 541. 
 Rhodes, 236, 278, 432, 541. 
 Rice, 445, 541. 
 
 Rich, 354, 393, 541. 
 
 Richards, 55, 141, 541. 
 
 Richardson, 55, 117, 542, 593. 
 
 Richens, 542. 
 
 Riches, 284, 542, 
 
 Richmond, 421, 542, 593. 
 
 Rickard, 542. 
 
 Rickett, 190, 542. 
 
 Ricketts, 201, 542. 
 
 Ridd, 144, 542. 
 
 Riddell -. 
 
 Riddle I 316' ^^2. 
 
 Rider, 542. 
 
 Ridgeway n 
 
 Ridgway | ^^^• 
 
 Riding, 542. 
 
 Ridler, 345, 542. 
 
 Ridley, 307, 316, 542. 
 
 Ridout, 175, 542. 
 
 Rigby, 253, 542. 
 
 Rigden, 233, 542. 
 
 Riggall, 278, 542. 
 
 Righton, 202, 542. 
 
 Riley, 138, 542. 
 
 Rimell i 
 
 Rimmell } ^01, 542. 
 
 Rimmer, 238, 542. 
 
 Ringer, 542. 
 
 Ripley, 432. 
 
 Rippon, 542. 
 
 Risdon, 162, 542. 
 
 Rishworth, 432, 542. 
 
 Rising, 294, 542. 
 
 Ritchie, 593. 
 
 Ritson, 543. 
 
 Rivett, 294, 543. 
 
 Rix, 295, 543. 
 
 Roach, 543. 
 
 Roadley, 543. 
 
 Roads, 77, 432, 543. 
 
 Roake, 543. 
 
 Robb, 593. 
 
 Robbins, 543. 
 
 Roberts, 56, 101, 543. 
 
 Robertshaw, 543. 
 
 Robertson, 316, 543, 593, 601. 
 
 Robins, 543. 
 
 d2 
 
lii 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Eobinson, 13, 56, 543. 
 
 Kobson, 56, 309, 316, 543, 594. 
 
 Kodda, 103, 543. 
 
 Koddam, 317, 543. 
 
 Roddis, 543. 
 
 Rodenliurst, 342, 543, 
 
 Rodes, 432. 
 
 Rodger, 594. 
 
 Rodgers, 56, 544. 
 
 Rodmell, 543. 
 
 Roe, 345, 543. 
 
 Roebuck, 544. 
 
 Rofe -I 
 
 Roffe } '^^' 
 
 Rogers, 56, 101, 544» 
 
 Rogerson, 544. 
 
 Rolfe, 17, 544. 
 
 Rolph, 17, 365, 544. 
 
 Rood, 354, 544. 
 
 Roofe, 285, 544. 
 
 Rook -I 
 
 Rooke J ^^' 
 
 Roo8e, 113, 544. 
 
 Root, 190, 544. 
 
 Roper, 544. 
 
 Rosbotbam -i 
 
 Ro&bottom J 
 
 Rose, 56, 544. 
 
 Roseveare, 103, 544. 
 
 Rosewarne, 103, 112, 544. 
 
 Ro&kelly i 
 
 Roskilly} 112,544. 
 
 Ross, 175, 544, 585, 594, 601. 
 
 Rossall "I 
 
 E<«Bell} 25»'54*- 
 
 Rosser, 544. 
 
 Rossiter, 544. 
 
 Rotbwell, 253, 544. 
 
 Rounthwaite t 
 
 Routhwaite J 
 
 Rouse, 113. 
 
 Routledge, 544. 
 
 Routley, 544. 
 
 Row, 544. 
 
 Rowarth, 126, 544. 
 
 Rowbotbam i 
 
 Rowbottoxn) 138,544. 
 
 544. 
 
 418. 544. 
 
 Rowe, 102, 163, 544. 
 Rowell, 142, 544. 
 Rowland, 163, 545. 
 Rowlands, 545. 
 Rowlatt 1 
 Rowlett} 266,304,545. 
 
 Rowles, 328, 545. 
 Rowley, 220, 363, 545. 
 Rowlingson, 545. 
 Rowntree, 545. 
 Rowse, 113, 545. 
 Royce, 545. 
 Royle, 97, 253, 545. 
 Rudd, 343, 354, 545. 
 Ruddle, 399, 400, 545. 
 Rudge, 202, 213, 406, 545. 
 Ruegg, 354. 
 Ruffle, 190, 545. 
 Rugg, 354, 545. 
 Rugman, 545. 
 Rumbold, 208, 545. 
 Rumming, 545. 
 Bundell T 
 Eundle } "3,545. 
 
 Runnalls, 103, 545. 
 
 Ruscoe, 545. 
 
 Rush, 372, 545. 
 
 Rusbden, 220. 
 
 Rusbton, 363, 545. 
 
 Rushwortb, 432, 545. 
 
 Russ, 175, 400, 545, 585. 
 
 Russell, 57, 82, 545, 594. 
 
 Ruston, 87, 545. 
 
 Rutherford, 309, 317, 545, 594, GOl. 
 
 Rutter, 97, 545. 
 
 Ryder, 545. 
 
 Ryding, 542. 
 
 Ryle, 97. 
 
 Rymer, 201, 545. 
 
 Sabin, 333, 545. 
 Sadler, 375, 545. 
 Sagar, 254, 545. 
 Sage, 163, 354, 545. 
 Saint, 545. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 liii 
 
 Sale, 220, 545. 
 Salisbury, 253, 546. 
 Sallis, 83, 546, 
 Salmon, 546. 
 Salt., 363, 546. 
 Salter, 163, 546. 
 Saltern, 163. 
 Salthouse, 253, 546. 
 Sampson, 546. 
 Samways, 175, 546. 
 Sandbach, 98, 546.* 
 Sandercock, 103, 546. 
 Sanders, 57, 546. 
 Sanderson, 57, 307, 546. 
 Sandrj, 103, 546. 
 Sands, 546. 
 Sankey, 343, 546. 
 San some, 326. 
 Sardeson, 546. 
 Sare, 81, 546. 
 Sargeant t 
 Sargent } 102,546. 
 
 Sargisson, 546. 
 Saunders, 57, 546. 
 Saunderson, 57, 546. 
 Saundry, 103, 546. 
 Savage, 202, 546. 
 Savary, 295. 
 Savery, 295. 
 Savile, 191. 
 SaviU, 190, 546. 
 Savin, 333, 546. 
 Savory, 295, 546. 
 Sawyer, 366, 546. 
 Say, 354, 445, 547. 
 Sayee, 445, 547. 
 Sayer, 191, 295, 418, 547. 
 Sayers, 221, 386, 547. 
 Scales, 295, 547. 
 Scantlebury, 103, 547. 
 Scarborough, 547. 
 Scarlett, 213. 
 Scarth, 547. 
 
 Schofield, 254, 432, 547. 
 Scholes, 547. 
 Scholey, 547. 
 Scholfield, 254, 547. 
 
 Scoble, 113. 
 
 Scoley, 547. 
 
 Seoones, 547. 
 
 Scott, 57, 547, 583, 594. 
 
 Scotton, 266, 547. 
 
 Scragg, 98, 547. 
 
 Scrimshaw -j 
 
 Scrimshire } ^78, 547. 
 
 Seriven, 304, 547. 
 
 Scrivener, 70, 547. 
 
 Scroggs, 547. 
 
 Scruby, 191, 547, 
 
 Scrymgeour, 278, 
 
 Scudamore, 213, 547. 
 
 Scune, 279, 
 
 Scutt, 57, 175, 547, 584. 
 
 Seabrook, 191, 220, 547 
 
 Seaeome, 255, 
 
 Seal, 138, 547, 
 
 Sealev i 
 
 Seal/ } ««.5«- 
 
 Seaman, 58, 372, 547, 
 
 Sear, 81, 547. 
 
 Searie, 87, 102, 547, 
 
 Sears, 221, 386, 547. 
 
 Searson, 547. 
 
 Seath, 547, 
 
 Seaward, 163, 547. 
 
 Seccombe, 547. 
 
 Secum, 255. 
 
 Seddon, 547. 
 
 Sedgwick, 547. 
 
 Sedman, 547. 
 
 Seed, 237, 647. 
 
 Sefton, 254, 547. 
 
 Segajr, 254. 
 
 Selby, 325, 547. 
 
 Seldon, 163, 547. 
 
 Self ■! 
 
 Self. } 2^6' 
 
 Sellars -j 
 
 Sellers } ^^^ ^^«- 
 
 Sellek, 163, 548, 
 
 Selwyn, 201, 548, 
 
 Semmens, 101, 550, 
 
 Senior, 175, 432, 548. 
 
 Sephton, 254, 547. 
 
 401, 547. 
 
\iv 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 254, 548. 
 
 Sercombe, 548. 
 
 Sergeant, 278, 548. 
 
 Severn, 548. 
 
 Serers, 418, 548. 
 
 Seward, 17, 163, 548. 
 
 Sewell, 295, 548. 
 
 Beymour, 81, 548. 
 
 ,Seys, 445, 54a 
 
 Shackel, 548. 
 
 .Sliacklady 
 
 Bhakelady 
 
 .Shackleton, 548. 
 
 Shackloek, 138, 548. 
 
 Bhack&haft, 548. 
 
 Shakerlej, 254. 
 
 SJiakesbaft, 548. 
 
 Shanks, 317, 548, 594, 601. 
 
 Shapland, 144, 548. 
 
 Sharland, 163, 548. 
 
 Sliarman, 548. 
 
 Sharp -1 
 
 Sharpe } ^^' ^' ^'^' 
 
 Sharpies, 238, 254, 548. 
 
 Sharpley, 548. 
 
 Sharralt, 359, 363, 548. 
 
 Sharroek, 254, 548. 
 
 Sharrod, 548. 
 
 Share, 548. 
 
 Shaw, 58, 124, 319, 357, 548, 594. 
 
 Sheale, 317. 
 
 Sheard, 549. 
 
 Shears, 549. 
 
 Shebbeare, 163. 
 
 Sheen, 549. 
 
 Sheffield, 549. 
 
 Sheild, 317. 
 
 Sheldon, 138, 549. 
 
 Sheldrake t 
 
 Sheldrick / ^*^' 
 
 Shelley, 364, 549. 
 
 Shelton, 266, 319, 549. 
 
 Shemilt, 549. 
 
 Shenton, 364, 549. 
 
 Shepherd t 
 
 Sheppard,ete. } 58,177,549,594. 
 
 Shepperson, 549. 
 
 Sheringham, 295, 549. 
 
 Sherman, 163. 
 Sherratt, 359, 363, 549. 
 Sherrill, 163, 549. 
 Sherrin i 
 
 Sberring} ^^'' '^^' 
 Sherwill, 163, 549. 
 Sberwin, 138, 549. 
 Sherwood, 549. 
 Shield, 317, 549. 
 Shields, 549. 
 ShiUitoe, 432, 549. 
 Shipley, 549. 
 Shipman, 259, 549. 
 Shipp, 549. 
 Shipton, 549. 
 Shipway, 202, 549. 
 Sbirley, 364, 549. 
 Shirt, 126, 549. 
 Sboebotham -i 
 Shoebottom J 
 Shone, 98, 550. 
 Shopland, 550. 
 Shore, 98, 550. 
 Shorland, 548. 
 
 Shorrock, 254. 
 Short, 163, 550. 
 Shorter, 233, 550. 
 
 Shotton, 182, 550. 
 
 Shreeve, 285, 550. 
 
 Shrimpton, 334, 550. 
 
 Shufflebotham t 
 
 Shufflebottotn / ^^^' ^^^• 
 
 Shuker, 337, 550. 
 
 Shute, 175, 550. 
 
 Shuttlewortb, 254, 422, 550. 
 
 Siddall 1 
 
 Siddell I 138,255,418,550. 
 
 Siddle J 
 
 Siddons, 550. 
 
 Siddom, 550. 
 
 Sidebottom, 550. 
 
 Sidford, 394, 550. 
 
 Sidgwick, 547. 
 
 Siicock, 550. 
 
 Sillitoe, 432, 550. 
 
 Silverlock, 191. 
 
 Silvester, 550. 
 
INDEX, 
 
 Iv 
 
 550. 
 
 o50. 
 
 58, 101, 550. 
 
 557. 
 
 Sim 1 
 
 Simm J 
 
 Simkin 
 
 Simpkin 
 
 Simpkins 
 
 Simmonds t 
 
 Simmons J 
 
 Simonds "i 
 
 Simons J ' 
 
 Simpson, 59, 357, 550, 594. 
 
 Sims, 393, 550. 
 
 Simson, 550. 
 
 Sinclair, 551, 594, 601. 
 
 Sinden, 551. 
 
 Singer, 346, 551. 
 
 Singleton, 254, 551. 
 
 Sirett, 81, 557. 
 
 Sirrell, 551. 
 
 Skeels, 551. 
 
 Skeggs, 223. 
 
 Skelton, 278, 551. 
 
 Skerrett, 551. 
 
 Skewes, 113, 551. 
 
 Skidmore, 138, 551, 
 
 Skinner, 142, 551. 
 
 Skipwith, 267. 
 
 Skrimshire, 278. 
 
 Skrine, 354. 
 
 Skrymslier, 278. 
 
 Skutt, 175. 
 
 Skyrme, 213, 551. 
 
 Slack, 98, 118, 138, 551. 
 
 Slade, 354, 551. 
 
 Slader, 163, 551. 
 
 Slater, 125, 551. 
 
 Slatter, 333, 551. 
 
 Slaughter, 551. 
 
 Slee, 551. 
 
 Sleeman, 113, 142, 551. 
 
 Sleightholme, 409, 551. 
 
 Slinger, 432, 551. . 
 
 Slipper, 295, 551. 
 
 Sloan, 594. 
 
 Slocock, 551. 
 
 Sloman, 142, 551. 
 
 Sloper, 400, 551. 
 
 Sluggett, 144, 551. 
 
 Smale, 144, 551. 
 Small, 551. 
 Smallbridge i 
 Smaridge } ^^^^ ^'^' 
 Smart, 304, 551, 
 Smedlev, 551. 
 Smerdon, 164, 551. 
 Smith, 59, 551, 594, 
 Smithers, 552, 
 Smithin, 552, 
 Smithson, 418, 552, 
 Smyth, 552. 
 Snaith, 279, 307, 552. 
 Snape, 372, 419, 
 Saead, 99, 
 Sneath, 279, 552, 
 Snell, 102, 164, 552, 
 Snelson, 98, 552, 
 Snoolc, 400, 552, 
 Snow, 164, 552, 
 Snowball, 552, 
 Snowdon, 182, 552. 
 Soame, 296, 552, 
 Soby, 552. 
 Sollev 1 
 Sou/ I 233,552, 
 
 Solomon, 552, 
 
 Somers, 552. 
 
 Somerville, 15, 594, 601. 
 
 Soper, 164, 552. 
 
 Sorrell, 191, 552. 
 
 South, 552. 
 
 Southgate, 372, 552. . 
 
 Southon, 552. 
 
 Southwell, 552. 
 
 Sowerby, 178, 418, 552. 
 
 Spaekman, 237, 400, 552. 
 
 Spalton, 552. 
 
 Spargo, 552. 
 
 Sparke -i 
 
 Sparks I 164, 386, 552, 
 
 Sparkes J 
 
 Sparrow, 372, 552. 
 
 Speakman, 237, 400, 552. 
 
 Spear, 552. 
 
 Spearman, 309, 311, 317. 
 
 Speechlej, 552. 
 
Ivi 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Speed, 355, 552. 
 
 Spence, 552. 
 
 Spenceley i 
 
 Spensley J 
 
 Spencer, 16, 59, 124, 298, 553. 
 
 Spendlove, 139, 553. 
 
 Sperring, 355, 553. 
 
 Spieer, 175, 553. 
 
 Spiers, 553. 
 
 SpiUer, 142, 355, 553. 
 
 Spink T 
 
 Spinks } 296, 553. 
 
 Spofforth, 433. 
 Spokes, 304, 553. 
 Spotterswood, 122, 553. 
 Sprake, 553. 
 Spratt, 553. 
 Spriggs, 553. 
 Springall, 333. 
 Sproston, 98, 553. 
 Spry, 113, 164, 553. 
 Spurgeon, 191, 553. 
 Spurle -» 
 
 Spurrell } !«*■ 533- 
 Spurrett, 553. 
 Spurrier, 175. 
 Squance, 553. 
 Squire t 
 
 Squires } 1«4' 553. 
 Squirrell, 553. 
 Stace, 233, 553. 
 Stacey, 164, 553. 
 Stafford, 139, 553. 
 Staines, 191, 553. 
 Staite, 202, 553. 
 Stainthorpe, 553. 
 Staley, 553. 
 Stallard, 553. 
 Stamp, 278, 553. 
 Stanbra, 334, 553. 
 Stanbridge, 70, 553. 
 Stanbury, 164, 553. 
 Stan den n 
 
 Standing } ^' 553. 
 Stanford, 372, 386, 553. 
 Staniforth, 553. 
 Stanley, 553. 
 
 Stannard, 372, 553. 
 Stansfield, 432, 553. 
 Stanton, 554. 
 Stanworth, 238, 554. 
 Staples, 325, 554. 
 Stares, 554. 
 Starkie, 254, 554. 
 Starling, 296, 554. 
 Starre, 278. 
 Stavely, 419, 554. 
 Stay, 386, 554. 
 Stead, 432, 445, 554. 
 Stebbing -j 
 
 a^ I.I.- y 554. 
 
 btebbing8 J 
 
 Stedman, 233, 554. 
 
 Steeds, 346, 554. 
 
 Steel 1 
 
 Steele ) ^^' ^'^ 
 
 Steer, 142, 377, 554. 
 
 SteggaU, 372, 554. 
 
 Steight, 202. 
 
 Stelfox, 554. 
 
 Stendall, 554. 
 
 Stephens 
 
 Stevens 
 
 j 59, 554, 
 
 594. 
 
 Stephenson t 
 
 SteLson } 60,177,554,594. 
 
 Steward, 555. 
 Stewart, 555, 594. 
 Stickles, 555. 
 Stidston, 144, 555. 
 Stiles, 555. 
 Stimpson, 296, 555. 
 Stinchcombe, 202, 555. 
 Stinton, 406, 555. 
 Stirling, 594. 
 Stobart ^^ 
 Stobert / ^^^• 
 Stobbs, 555. 
 Stock, 191, 555. 
 Stockdale, 83, 555. 
 Stocker, 223. 
 Stockhill -I 
 Stockill / ^^^• 
 Stockton, 98, 555. 
 Stoddard, 555. 
 Stoddart, 594. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Ivii 
 
 Stokell, 555. 
 
 Stokes, 266, 304, 319, 555. 
 
 Stone, 60, 71, 555. 
 
 Stonehouse, 555. 
 
 Stoneman, 555, 
 
 Stones, 433, 555. 
 
 Stoppard, 555. 
 
 Stops, 555. 
 
 Storer, 139, 555. 
 
 Storey t 
 
 Stor/ } 3^3' 555. 
 
 Storr, 279, 555. 
 
 Storrj, 343, 555. 
 
 Stotherd -i 
 
 Stothert / 555. 
 
 Stott, 255, 345, 555. 
 
 Stovin, 279. 
 
 Stowe, 279, 555. 
 
 Strachan, 594, 601. 
 
 Strange, 175, 556. 
 
 Stratford, 556. 
 
 Stratton, 400, 556. 
 
 Straughan, 308, 556. 
 
 Straw, 325, 556. 
 
 Strawson, 556. 
 
 Street, 393, 556. 
 
 Strelley, 137. 
 
 Stretton, 139, 266, 556. 
 
 Strickland, 122, 237, 409, 556. 
 
 Stride, 208, 556. 
 
 Strode, 355. 
 
 Strong, 142, 556. 
 
 Struthers, 594. 
 
 Strutt, 192, 556. 
 
 Stuart, 556, 594. 
 
 Stubbins, 325, 556. 
 
 Stubbs, 88, 364, 556. 
 
 Stubley, 279, 556. 
 
 Stuckej, 355, 556. 
 
 Studley, 175, 556. 
 
 Stunt, 233, 556. 
 
 Stupples, 556. 
 
 Sturdy, 419, 556. 
 
 Sturgeon, 372, 556. 
 
 l'^ } -• 
 
 Sturt, 386, 556. 
 
 372, 556. 
 
 Stuttard, 555. 
 
 Stursacre -i 
 
 Sturzacre j 
 
 Styles, 556. 
 
 *Sudall, 255. 
 
 Suddaby, 419, 556. 
 
 Sugden, 432, 556. 
 
 Suggett 
 
 Suggitt 
 
 Sully, 355, 556. 
 
 Summerfield, 15, 556. 
 
 Summerhayes, 556. 
 
 Summers, 142, 556. 
 
 Sumner, 556. 
 
 Sunderland, 556. 
 
 Sunter, 410, 556. 
 
 Surman, 202, 378, 556. 
 
 Surtees, 182, 556. 
 
 Sutcliffe, 422, 556. 
 
 Suter, 556. 
 
 Sutherland, 594. 
 
 Suttaby, 419. 
 
 Sutton, 60, 556. 
 
 Swaffer, 225, 556. 
 
 Swaffield, 175, 556. 
 
 Swain, 17, 142, 279, 556. 
 
 Swales, 419, 557. 
 
 Swan ■) 
 
 a Y 557, 594. 
 
 Swann J ' 
 
 S wanton, 557. 
 Swarbrick -j 
 Swarbrook / ^55, 557. 
 Swayne, 556. 
 Sweet, 355, 557. 
 Sweeting, 192, 557. 
 Swetenham i 
 Swetnam } ^^4, 557. 
 
 Swift, 139, 255, 557. 
 
 Swinburne t 
 
 a . . y 123, 317, 557. 
 
 Swmbourne J ' ' 
 
 Swindell i 
 
 Swindells } ^«' 557. 
 
 Swinton, 99, 557. 
 
 Sworder, 557. 
 
 Swyft, 139, 255. 
 
 Sykes, 433, 557. 
 
 Symes, 176, 557. 
 
 (IS 
 
Iviii 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 58, 557. 
 
 Symonds ■ 
 
 Symons 
 
 Syratt i 
 
 Syrett } ^1' ''^■ 
 
 192, 557. 
 
 Tabberer, 139. 
 Taber "i 
 Tabor / 
 Tabley, 99. 
 Tagg, 139, 557. 
 Tailby, 266, 557. 
 Tait, 557, 594. 
 Talbot, 17, 355, 557- 
 Tamblyn, 114, 557. 
 Tame, 75, 557. 
 Tancock, 557. 
 Tandy, 406, 557. 
 Tanner, 26, 401, 558. 
 Tanton, 142, 558. 
 Tapley, 99, 55a. 
 Tapp, 558. 
 Tapping, 558.. 
 Tarn, 558. 
 Tarr, 558. 
 Tassell, 233, 55». 
 Tatcbell, 558. 
 Tate, 178, 558. 
 Tatham, 433, 55Sw 
 Tattam, 81, 558. 
 Tattersall, 255, 55a 
 Taunton, 394, 558. 
 Taverner, 144, 558. 
 Taylor, 60, 558, 594. 
 Tazewell, 346, 558. 
 Teague, 558. 
 Teal 1 
 
 Tealby, 266. 
 
 Teasdale, 118, 55a 
 
 Tebbitt -i 
 
 Tebbutt J 
 
 Teek, 558. 
 
 Telfer -> 
 
 Telford} 308,558,594.. 
 
 Temperley^ 558,. 
 
 298, 304, 558. 
 
 Temple, 558. 
 
 Templeman, 326, 558. 
 
 Templeton, 594. 
 
 Tennant, 559, 594. 
 
 Tennison, 410, 559. 
 
 Terrell, 75. 
 
 Terry, 233, 559. 
 
 Tester, 380, 559. 
 
 Tew, 304, 559. 
 
 Thackery -| 
 
 Tbackray I 433, 559. 
 
 Thackwray J 
 
 Thatcher, 71, 559. 
 
 Theyer, 559. 
 
 Thirgood, 192, 560. 
 
 Thirkell, 234, 373, 559. 
 
 Thirkettle, 234, 296, 373, 559. 
 
 Thirtle, 296, 373, 559. 
 
 Thoday, 559. ^ 
 
 Thorn, 594. 
 
 Thomas, 60, 101, 559. 
 
 Thomason t 
 
 Thomasson | ^^' ^^^• 
 
 Thomlinson, 118, 559. 
 
 Thompson, 61, 559. 
 
 Thomson, 61, 559. 
 
 Thompstone, 90, 559. 
 
 Thorington, 192, 559. 
 
 Thorley, 559. 
 
 Thorn t 
 
 Thome } 1*2, 559. 
 
 Thornber, 433, 560. 
 Thornhill, 90, 560. 
 Thornley, 560. 
 Thornton, 178, 317, 560. 
 Thorowgood, 192. 
 
 Thorpe } 125, 560. 
 Threlfall, 255, 560. 
 Throppe, 99. 
 Thrower, 296, 560. 
 Thurgood, 192, 560. 
 Thurkettle, 234, 296, 373, 56a 
 Thurlby, 280, 560. 
 Thurlow, 373, 560. 
 Thurman, 560. 
 Thurston, 373, 560, 
 
INDEX. 
 
 296, 560. 
 
 Thurtell "i 
 
 Thurtle J 
 
 Thwaite i 
 
 Thwaites } 409,433,434,560. 
 
 Tibbett "i 
 Tibbit / ^^^• 
 Tibbetts "i 
 Tibbitts I ^^^• 
 Tice, 560. 
 Tickle, 99, 560. 
 Tickner, 560. 
 Tidy, 560. 
 Tilbrook, 192, 560. 
 Till, 195, 560. 
 Tilley t 
 
 Till r ^^^' ^^^' ^^^• 
 
 Timberlake, 70, 560. 
 
 Timmis, 560. 
 
 Timms t 
 
 Tims } 33^' ^6«- 
 
 Timperley, 99, 560. 
 
 Tindale "^ 
 
 Tindall 
 
 Tindell r 182,309,317,560. 
 
 Tindle J 
 
 Tingey, 560. 
 
 Tinker, 560. 
 
 Tinkler, 560. 
 
 Tinney, 560. 
 
 Tinsley, 256, 560. 
 
 Tippett, 114, 560. 
 
 Tipping, 560. 
 
 Tipton, 343, 560. 
 
 Tirrell, 75. 
 
 Titcombe, 401, 561. 
 
 Titley, 343, 561. 
 
 Titmas i 
 
 Tittmuss I 70.221,561. 
 
 Titterton, 358, 561. 
 Tobitt, 561. 
 Todd, 178, 561, 595. 
 Tofield, 561. 
 Tofts, 192, 561. 
 Toll, 561. 
 Toller, 165. 
 ToUey, 406, 561. 
 Tom, 561. 
 
 267, 561. 
 
 Tomblin, 561. 
 
 Tombs, 561. 
 
 Tomes, 561. 
 
 Tomkin, 81, 561. 
 
 Tomkinson, 561. 
 
 Tomlin, 561. 
 
 Tomlinson, 125, 561. 
 
 Tompkins, 81, 561. 
 
 Tompsett, 561. 
 
 Toms, 561. 
 
 Tongue, 407, 561. 
 
 Tonkin, 114, 561. 
 
 Toogood, 561. 
 
 Tooley, 296, 561. 
 
 Toon 
 
 Toone 
 
 Toovey ^ 
 
 Tovey | ^^l' 
 
 Tope, 561. 
 
 Topham, 419, 561. 
 
 Toplady, 326. 
 
 Topp, 176, 561. 
 
 Topping, 123, 256, 561. 
 
 Torr, 364, 561. 
 
 Tothill, 165. 
 
 Towes 1 
 
 Towse / ^^1- 
 
 Towndrow -i 
 
 Townrow I 139, 561. 
 
 Townroe J 
 
 Townend, 561. 
 
 Townsend, 561. 
 
 Townson, 256, 561. 
 
 Tozer, 165, 561. 
 
 Trafford, 561. 
 
 Travis, 279, 562. 
 
 Treadwell t 
 
 TredweU } 328,334,562. 
 
 Treasure, 356, 562. 
 Trebilcock, 114, 562. 
 Tregear, 114, 562. 
 Tregellas, 114, 562. 
 Tregian, 110, 115. 
 Tregoning, 562. 
 Treleaven, 562. 
 Treloar, 103, 562. 
 
Ix 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 114, 562. 
 
 Tremain 
 Tremayne 
 Trembath, 104, 562. 
 Tremlett, 165, 562. 
 Trerise, 104, 562. 
 Tresidder, 562. 
 Tretliewey, 114, 562. 
 Treyail, 562. 
 Treweeke, 562. 
 TrewheUa, 114, 562. 
 Trewicke, 309, 317. 
 Trewin, 562. 
 Tribe, 386, 562. 
 Trice, 223. 
 Trick, 562. 
 Tricker, 562. 
 Trickett, 99, 562. 
 Trickey, 142, 356, 562. 
 Trigg, 203, 326. 
 Tripcony, 115, 562. 
 Tripp, 356. 
 Trippas, 388, 562. 
 Trotman, 202, 562. 
 Trott, 165, 562. 
 Trotter, 419, 562. 
 Trounson, 562. 
 Trowbridge, 176, 562. 
 Trade, 562.' 
 Trudgen t 
 
 Trudgian } "5,662. 
 Truelove, 562. 
 Trueman t 
 Truman } ^0, 562. 
 
 Truewicke, 309, 311, 317. 
 
 Truscott, 115, 562. 
 
 Trussell, 305. 
 
 Truswell, 326, 562. 
 
 Tryce, 223. 
 
 Tubb, 208, 562. 
 
 Tuck, 297, 401, 562. 
 
 Tucker, 19, 20, 62, 165, 562. 
 
 Tuckett, 562. 
 
 Tudge, 562. 
 
 Tudor, 562. 
 
 Tuff, 562. 
 
 Tuffin, 169, 562. 
 
 Tuffley, 203, 562. 
 
 182, 317, 563. 
 
 TuUy, 562. 
 
 Tunnicliff, 562. 
 
 TurnbuU, 309, 317, 562, 595. 
 
 Turnell t 
 
 TurniU } ''^' 
 
 Turner, 61, 562, 595. 
 
 Turnock, 563. 
 
 Turpin, 165, 193, 563. 
 
 TurriU, 334, 563. 
 
 Turton, 139, 563. 
 
 Turvill, 208, 563. 
 
 Tustain, 334, 563. 
 
 Tuthill, 165. 
 
 TweddeU -« 
 
 Tweddle J 
 
 Tweedle, 317, 563. 
 
 Tweedy, 420, 563. 
 
 Tween, 563. 
 
 Twentyman, 326. 
 
 Twidale, 318, 563. 
 
 Twigg, 139, 563. 
 
 Twitchin, 208, 563. 
 
 Tyack 
 
 Tyacke 
 
 Tyerman, 419, 563. 
 
 Tyler, 563. 
 
 Tyley, 563. 
 
 Tym -. 
 
 Tymm J 
 
 Tyndal, 560. 
 
 Tyreman, 419, 563. 
 
 Tyrer, 563. 
 
 Tyrrell, 75, 563. 
 
 Tysoe, 563. 
 
 Tyson, 563. 
 
 Udall, 139, 563. 
 Uglow, 142, 563. 
 Ullyatt, 279, 563. 
 Umpleby, 563. 
 Underhay, 563. 
 Underbill, 563. 
 Underwood, 305, 563. 
 Unicume, 563. 
 Unsworth, 256, 563.* . 
 Unwin, 193, 342, 563. 
 
 115, 563. 
 
 126, 563. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Ixi 
 
 Upton, 564. 
 Uren, 104,564. 
 Urmston, 99, 564. 
 Urquhart, 595, 601. 
 Urry, 208. 
 Urwin, 564. 
 Usher, 318, 564. 
 Usherwood, 564. 
 Usticke, 115. 
 Utting, 297, 564. 
 Uttley, 561. 
 
 Vachell, 75. 
 
 Vale, 213, 564. 
 
 Vallance, 564. 
 
 Yanner, 564. 
 
 Vanstone, 144, 564. 
 
 Varcoe, 102, 564. 
 
 Vardon, 100. 
 
 Varley, 564. 
 
 Yarnej, 564. 
 
 Yaughan, 343,' 438, 439, 445, 564. 
 
 Yaudrey t 
 
 Yaudry / ^^^• 
 
 Yawser, 87, 564. 
 
 Yeal T 
 
 Yeale } ^l^' '^^' 
 
 Yellenoweth, 564. 
 
 Yenables, 99, 343, 564. 
 
 Yenn, 165, 564. 
 
 Yenner, 165, 564. 
 
 Yennimore, 331. 
 
 Yenning, 115, 564. 
 
 Yentressl gg^^ 
 
 Yentris J 
 
 Yercoe, 564. 
 
 Yergette, 305, 564. 
 
 Yerity, 564. 
 
 Yernon, 89, 358, 564. 
 
 Yerrall, 386, 564. 
 
 Yerran t 
 
 Terrin} 1°*. 564- 
 
 Yicary, 564. 
 
 Yiecars, 564. 
 
 Yick, 203, 564. 
 
 Yickers, 126, 178, 564. 
 
 ^ 
 
 Yickery, 564. 
 Yidler, 564. 
 Yigar -i 
 
 Yigars I 356, 564. 
 Yigors J 
 Yimpany, 564. 
 Yince, 373, 564. 
 Yincent, 284, 564. 
 Yine, 564. 
 Yiner, 564. 
 Yines, 564. 
 Yinson, 564. 
 Yinter, 280, 564. 
 Yivian, 17, 115, 564. 
 Yoaden i 
 Yodden / ^^^' 
 Yoice, 564. 
 Yooght, 144, 564. 
 Yosper, 115, 564. 
 Yowles, 346, 564. 
 Yyse, 221, 564. 
 
 Wacher, 565. 
 Waddell, 595. 
 Waddingham, 280, 565. 
 Waddington, 256, 434, 565. 
 Wade, 565. 
 Wadland, 165, 565. 
 Wadley, 565. 
 Wadsley, 279, 565. 
 Wadsworth, 434, 565. 
 Wager, 565. 
 Wagstaff, 326, 565. 
 Wain, 358, 565. 
 Wainwright, 565. 
 Waite, 565. 
 Wakefield, 565. 
 Wakeford, 565. 
 Wakeham, 166, 565. 
 Wakelin, 193, 565. 
 Wakely, 169, 565. 
 Walburn, 565. 
 Walby, 221, 565. 
 Walden, 565. 
 Walder, 565. 
 Waldron, 75, 565. . 
 
Ixii 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Walford, 565. 
 
 Walker, 19, 20, 61, 124, 565, 595 * 
 
 Wall, 565. 
 
 Wallace, 318, 566, 584, 595. 
 
 Wallbank, 256, 566. 
 
 Waller, 566. 
 
 Walley, 100, 566. 
 
 Wallis, 87, 566, 584. 
 
 Wallwin, 126, 566. 
 
 Walpole, 297, 566. 
 
 Walrond, 17, 356, 566. 
 
 Walsh, 566. 
 
 Walmsley, 256, 566. 
 
 Walter, 142, 566. 
 
 Walters, 566. 
 
 Walton, 62, 117, 182, 566. 
 
 Wanlace t 
 
 Wanless } ^^^' ''^' 
 
 Warburton, 99, 256, 566. 
 
 Ward, 62, 82, 124, 258, 566. 
 
 Warden, 566. 
 
 Warden, 388, 566. 
 
 Warder, 337, 566. 
 
 Wardle, 358, 566. 
 
 Ware, 566. 
 
 Wareham, 176, 567. 
 
 Wareing 
 
 Waring 
 
 Warne, 567. 
 
 Warner, 567. 
 
 Wames, 285, 567. 
 
 Warr, 77, 567. 
 
 Warren, 62, 141, 567. 
 
 Warrilow, 567. 
 
 Warrington, 364, 567. 
 
 Warry, 356. 
 
 Warwick, 567. 
 
 Wass, 280, 567. 
 
 Waterfall, 139, 567. 
 
 Waterhouse, 139, 567.* 
 
 Waterman, 234, 567. 
 
 Waters, 393, 567. 
 
 Watkins, 445, 567. 
 
 Watkinson, 434, 567. 
 
 Watson, 63, 117, 124, 567, 595. 
 
 Watt, 595. 
 
 Watts, 63, 141, 567. 
 
 567. 
 
 Waugh, 318, 567, 595. 
 
 Way, 567.* 
 
 Waycott, 567. 
 
 Wayman, 567. 
 
 Wayne, 567. 
 
 Wearmouth, 182, 567. 
 
 Wearne, 567. 
 
 Weatherall, 326, 568. 
 
 Weatherbead, 434, 568. 
 
 Weaver, 20, 568. 
 
 Webb, 19, 20, 63, 568. 
 
 Webber, 19, 20, 142, 568. 
 
 Webster, 19, 20, 63, 568, 595. 
 
 Weddell t 
 
 Weddle } 317,318,568. 
 
 Weeks, 345, 401, 568. 
 Weetman, 568. 
 Weigh ell 
 Weigbill 
 Weightman, 568. 
 Weir, 595, 601. 
 
 419, 568. 
 
 Welburn t 
 Wellburn J 
 
 419, 568. 
 
 Welch, 568. 
 
 Welford, 267, 410, 568. 
 
 Weller, 377, 568. 
 
 Wellings, 568. 
 
 Wellington, 568. 
 
 Wells, 64, 568. 
 
 Welsh, 595. 
 
 Welson, 568. 
 
 Wenden i 
 
 Wendon J ' 
 
 Went, 569. 
 
 Were, 144, 569. 
 
 Werrett, 203, 569. 
 
 Wescott, 166, 346, 569. 
 
 West, 64, 569. 
 
 Westacott i 
 
 WestooU } 1«6,346,569, 
 
 Westaway, 569. 
 Western, 145, 569. 
 Westgate, 569. 
 Westlake, 166, 569. 
 Westley, 305, 569. 
 Westerby i ^^^^ 
 Westoby J 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Ixiii 
 
 Weston, 569. 
 Westren, 145, 569. 
 Westwood, 569. 
 Wetherall t 
 
 Wetherill} 326,569. 
 Wetton, 140, 569. 
 Whalebelly, 569. 
 Whalley, 100, 256, 569. 
 Wharton, 297, 569. 
 Whatley, 569. 
 Wheatcroft, 140, 569. 
 Wheatley, 569. 
 Wheaton, 166, 569. 
 Wheatyear, 208. 
 Wheeldon t 
 Whieldon } 126,364,569. 
 
 Wheeler, 569. 
 Wheelton, 90, 569. 
 Whetter, 569. 
 Whinnett, 569. 
 Whipp, 569. 
 Whitaker, 569. 
 Whitbread, 234. 
 Whitcher, 208, 569. 
 White, 64, 569, 595. 
 Whiteaway, 166. 
 Whitebread, 234, 570. 
 Whitehead, 570. 
 Whitehouse, 570. 
 Whitehurst, 570. 
 Whitelegg, 100, 570. 
 Whitele;y, 570. 
 Whiteman, 570. 
 Whiteside, 257, 570. 
 Whiteway, 166, 570. 
 Whitfield, 71, 336, 570. 
 Whiting, 570. 
 Whitley, 434, 570. 
 Whitlock, 193, 393, 570. 
 Whitlow, 570. 
 Whitmore, 373, 570. 
 Whitney, 305, 570. 
 Whitsed, 570. 
 Whittaker, 257, 434, 570. 
 Whittingham, 140, 570. , 
 Whittington, 570. 
 Whittle, 176, 258, 570. 
 
 434, 571. 
 
 Whittleton, 285, 570. 
 Whitton, 305, 570. 
 Whitwell, 419, 570. 
 Whitworth, 570. 
 Whityer, 208. 
 Whyddon, 166. 
 Whyte, 64, 595. 
 Wibberley, 570. 
 Wickens, 386, 570. 
 Wiekett, 570. 
 Wickham, 386, 571. 
 Widdicombe, 166, 571. 
 Widdison, 571. 
 Widdop 
 Widdup 
 Widdows, 334, 571. 
 Widdowson, 140, 571. 
 Wiggins, 334, 571. 
 Wigley, 140, 571. 
 Wilberforce, 419, 571. 
 Wileoek -i 
 
 Wilcox I 5^j[_ 
 
 Willeocks, etc. J 
 Wild -1 
 Wilde } 64,319,571. 
 
 Wild ay -i 
 Willday I ^'^^• 
 Wildbore, 326. 
 Wilder, 75, 571. 
 WUes, 571. 
 
 Wilford, 267, 410, 571. 
 Wilkes "1 
 Wilks / ^'^^^ 
 Wilkie, 595. 
 Wilkins, 17, 65, 571. 
 Wilkinson, 65, 571. 
 Willets 1 
 Willetts / ^^^• 
 Willey, 270, 572. 
 Williams, 65, 572. 
 Williamson, 65, 572, 595. 
 WilHng, 166, 572. 
 Willis, 572. 
 WiUison, 572. 
 Willoughby, 572. 
 Willows, 280, 572. 
 Wnis, 142, 572. 
 
Ixiv 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Wilmer, 81, 572. 
 Wilmot T 
 
 wumott } i^-.^ai.sra. 
 
 Wilsdon, 572. 
 
 Wilshaw, 572. 
 
 Wilshere, 221. 
 
 Wilson, 65, 572, 595. 
 
 Wiltshire, 221, 393, 572. 
 
 Wilton, 126, 573. 
 
 Winder, 257, 573. 
 
 Windsor, 573. 
 
 Winfield, 573. 
 
 Wingfield, 140, 573. 
 
 Winn, 280, 573. 
 
 Winnall, 407, 573. 
 
 Winslade, 346, 573. 
 
 Winson, 573. 
 
 Winstanley, 257, 573. 
 
 Winstone, 573. 
 
 Wint, 364, 573. 
 
 Winter, 573. 
 
 Winterton, 267. 
 
 Wintle, 203, 573. 
 
 Wintour, 203, 573. 
 
 Winwood, 573. 
 Wisdom, 334. 
 Wise, 116, 573. 
 Wiseman, 193, 297, 573. 
 WitcheU, 203, 573. 
 Withecombe 
 Witlieycombe 
 Witherden, 234, 573. 
 Witheridge, 573. 
 Withers, 208, 573. 
 Withey 
 Withy 
 
 Witney, 573. 
 Witt, 208, 573. 
 Witter, 573. 
 Witty, 573. 
 WofPenden, 573. 
 Wolfenden, 257, 422, 573. 
 Wolley, 574. 
 Wolton, 573. 
 Wombwell t 
 Woombill J 
 Wonham, 378, 573. 
 
 166, 573. 
 
 573. 
 
 326, 573. 
 
 Wonnacott, 145, 573. 
 Wood, 65, 124, 573, 595. 
 Woodall, 573. 
 Woodcock, 102, 336, 573. 
 Wooddisse, 573. 
 Woodhams, 386, 573. 
 Woodhead, 423, 573. 
 Woodhouse, 140, 213, 574. 
 Woodings, 574. 
 Woodland, 574. 
 Woodley, 574, 
 Woodman, 574. 
 Woods, 66, 574. 
 Woodward, 66, 124, 402, 574. 
 Wookey, 574. 
 Woolcock, 116, 574. 
 Woolfenden, 257, 422, 573. 
 Woolgrove, 574. 
 Woolhouse, 305, 574. 
 Woollam 1 
 Woollams / ^'^'^• 
 Woolland, 574. 
 Woollard, 374, 574. 
 Woollatt, 221, 574. 
 Woolley, 140, 574. 
 Woolston, 285, 574. 
 Wooster, 574. 
 WoottoD, 70, 574. 
 Workman, 574. 
 Wormington, 407, 574. 
 Wormleighton, 267, 574. 
 Worsley, 257, 574. 
 Worth, 100, 574. 
 Worthington, 100, 257, 574. 
 Wortley, 574. 
 Wotton, 167, 574. 
 Wragg, 140, 574. 
 Wrathall, 574. 
 Wray, 316, 420, 574. 
 Wrayford t 
 Wreford } !««• ^M- 
 Wren t 
 Wrenn } ^^6, 574. 
 
 Wright, 66, 574, 595. 
 Wrighton, 575. 
 Wrightson, 575. 
 Wrixon, 575. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Ixv 
 
 Wroot, 190, 280, 575. 
 Wroth, 167, 575. 
 Wyatt, 345, 575. 
 Wych, 100, 575. 
 Wyer, 575. 
 Wyles, 571. 
 Wylie, 595. 
 Wylshere, 221. 
 Wyman, 305, 575. 
 Wynne, 446, 575. 
 
 Yapp, 575. 
 Yarde, 167. 
 Yardley, 364, 575. 
 
 Yarnold, 407, 575. 
 Yarrow, 575. 
 Yarwood, 575. 
 Yates, 125, 575. 
 Yeandle, 575. 
 Yeardley, 575. 
 Yeend, 575. 
 Yelland, 104, 575. 
 Yeo, 167, 575. 
 Yeoman, 575. 
 Yeomans, 575. 
 York, 575. 
 
 Young, 66, 111, 575, 595. 
 Younger, 575. 
 Youngman, 575. 
 Youngs, 575. 
 
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE. 
 
 1042-1066. Edward the Confessor. 
 
 c 
 
 1483-1485. Richard III. 
 
 1066. Harold. 
 
 1485-1509. Henry YII. 
 
 1066-1087. William I. 
 
 1509-1547. Henry YIII. 
 
 1087-1100. William II. 
 
 1547-1553. Edward YI. 
 
 1100-1135. Henry I. 
 
 1553-1558. Mary I. 
 
 1135-1154. Stephen. 
 
 1558-1603. Elizabeth. 
 
 1154-1189. Henrj II. 
 
 1603-1625. James I. 
 
 1189-1199. Richard I. 
 
 1625-1649. Charles I. 
 
 1199-1216. John. 
 
 164H-1660. The Commonwealth. 
 
 1216-1272. Henry III. 
 
 1660-1685. Charles II. 
 
 1272-1307. Edward I. 
 
 1685-1688. James II. 
 
 1307-1327. Edward II. 
 
 1689-1702. William III. and Mary II. 
 
 1327-1377. Edward III. 
 
 1702-1714. Anne. 
 
 1377-1399. Richard II. 
 
 1714-1727. George I. 
 
 1399-1413. Henry IV. 
 
 1727-1760. George II. 
 
 1413-1422. Henry Y. 
 
 1760-1820. George III. 
 
 1422-1461. Henry YI. 
 
 1820-1830. George lY. 
 
 1461-1483. Edward lY. 
 
 1830-1837. William lY. 
 
 1483. Edward Y. 
 
 1837. Yictoria. 
 
HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 Introductoey Remarks. 
 
 Since this book is concerned cliiefly with the lineage of the 
 masses of the English people, it will be profitable to occupy a 
 page or two with a consideration of the position and mode of life 
 of our yeomen ancestors between two and three centuries ago ; 
 and I should first observe that ray remarks will relate mainly to 
 the yeomen proper of those times rather than to the humbler 
 order of peasantry subservient to them, or, in other words, to that 
 well-to-do class of which plain John Ridd, the Somerset yeoman of 
 *• Lorna Doone," may be taken as a type, rather than to the 
 simpler peasantry, of whom Fielding's characters of Gaffer and 
 Gammer Andrews may be considered as in some degree typical. 
 I allude, in fact, to " the great body of freeholders, the yeomanry 
 of the Middle Ages, a body which, in antiquity of possession and 
 purity of extraction, was probably superior to the classes that 
 looked down upon it as ignoble."* In the time of which I write, 
 the yeomen class had been " strengthened by the addition of the 
 body of tenant farmers, whose interests were very much the same 
 as those of the smaller freeholders, and who shared with them the 
 common name of yeomen. "| 
 
 The English yeomen in the past were a stay-at-home people, 
 passing uneventful lives on their own acres, which frequently 
 remained in the hands of the same family for five or six 
 generations, and were handed on from father to son with a 
 regularity that betokened long life and but natural decay. Each 
 died, as a rule, well stricken in years, piously bequeathing in his 
 last will and testament his soul to God, his body to the earth from 
 whence it came, and his lands to his descendants. In nearly every 
 
 * Stubbs' " Constitutional History of England " : 1884 : iii, 569. 
 t Ihid. 
 
Z HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 county there are yet to be found seyeral families of yeomen living 
 in the same quiet and remote parishes in which their ancestors 
 resided two centuries or more ago. Each family is represented in the 
 church register by an uninterrupted succession of entries of births, 
 marriages, and dea,ths, in which the same Christian names occur 
 over and over again in a manner very confusing to the genealogist. 
 These registers, however, do not usually commence at an earlier 
 date than the sixteenth century, and, as a rule, therefore, are not 
 of much service in throwing light on the origin of a family. 
 
 From the wills of the yeomen of 250 or 300 years ago we can 
 extract much that throws an interesting light on their ways of life, 
 and a little, too, that in the musty parchment still preserves its 
 pathos. They supply us often with the only information we 
 possess of many an unhistoric line, and their somewhat monotonous 
 character is eminently suggestive of peaceful and contented lives. 
 The usual bequests to the church and to the poor, and the promise 
 of twelve or twenty pence to the ringers for the ringing of their 
 knells indicate the simple faith and religious practice of our 
 yeomen ancestors. The well-to-do yeoman bequeathed to his 
 eldest son his principal belongings, his house, his acres, his 
 "waynes and plough geare," his live stock, and a few hundred 
 pounds ; to his wife a home, a feather-bed furnished, and 
 10 pounds a year, 50 shillings to be paid quarterly ; to his other 
 sons two kine apiece ; to his daughters, a silver spoon and a cow 
 apiece, to be delivered into their own hands and not into their 
 husbands'; to his grandchildren, a sheep apiece; to a favourite 
 niece, a black heifer or a white ewe ; 20 shillings to the poor, anil 
 20 shillings to the church, and " 20 pence to the ringers for the 
 ringing of my knell." 
 
 Usually, these ancient yeomen were but little affected by the 
 wars and political factions of their times. They were not troubled 
 with ambition, and few cared to wander far from the vicinity of 
 their birthplace. It was the boast of a wealthy old Devonshire 
 yeoman, 150 years ago, that he had never crossed the borders of 
 his native county, and I cannot believe that in this respect he 
 differed greatly from his fellows. From the stationary conditions 
 of their lives, and from the nature of their pursuits and sur- 
 roundings, they acquired a solid mediocrity of character, to which 
 the long persistence of families in the same locality and in the 
 same station is mainly due. England, in truth, owes much to 
 their lack of aspiration and to their home-loving ways. It is, 
 
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. 3 
 
 however, remarkable that the rise of a family into a condition of 
 opulence is, as a rule, shortly followed by its dispersal, until, 
 within a generation or two, the home of the name for centuries 
 knows it no more. 
 
 The agricultural population, as indicated by the permanent 
 location of the surnames, has experienced but little effect from the 
 immigration of foreigners, which during the last three centuries has 
 so largely influenced the population of the Metropolis. Our yeomen, 
 as we know now, are truly sons of English soil, if an uninterrupted 
 abode of at least five or six centuries can entitle them to the name. 
 They have not received any accessions of note since the period 
 comprised in the twelfth, thirteenth, and fourteenth centuries, 
 during which numbers of Flemings were introduced into the 
 west of England and into South Wales, partly for establishing the 
 woollen manufacture in England and partly to assist in the coloni- 
 zation of Wales. Since the time of the early Flemings the English 
 yeoman population has, on the whole, maintained its stability. 
 Although in the last two or three centuries the Jews, the Walloons, 
 and the Huguenots have found a home in the land, their numbers 
 have almost entirely gone to increase the populations of our towns 
 and cities. Trade and commerce have absorbed them in their 
 ranks, and it is only in rare instances that the foreign immigrants 
 have assumed the status of an English farmer. I will not, how- 
 ever, content myself with these general statements, but will refer 
 briefly to the evidence on which they are based. 
 
 In the first place, with reference to the Jews, it should be 
 remarked that after the persecutions of the Middle Ages they were 
 readmitted into England by Cromwell. They laboured, however, 
 under many serious disabilities until the present century. In 
 Germany, where the Jews are nine times as numerous as in Great 
 Britain, they have been true to the business instincts of their race, 
 and only a few of them have become farmers and sailors. And, 
 in fact, we may say the same of those who have been for several 
 generations in our own land. It is true that several names 
 suggestive to some people of Jewish descent occur in the 
 alphabetical list of names, a list mainly referring to the yeoman 
 population; but in most of these instances it will be found, on 
 referring to the notes on the characteristic names of the counties, 
 that they have been the names of English yeomen, English clergy- 
 men, and English squires, for at least six centuries, and in not a 
 few cases we find them in the Domesday Book. 
 
 B 2 
 
4 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 The Walloon and Huguenot immigrants of the sixteenth and 
 seventeenth centuries require but little consideration, since their 
 well-known industrial habits and their comparatively recent arrival 
 amongst us are circumstances that would render any extensive 
 intermixture with the agricultural classes improbable, a pre- 
 sumption strongly confirmed by the absence (with but few 
 exceptions) of Huguenot and Walloon names from my list.* 
 In Kent, Sussex, ISTorfolk, and other counties, where these settle- 
 ments were made, the energies of the refugees were in the main 
 directed towards industrial pursuits. Thus, to take the Kentish 
 town of Sandwichf as an example, we learn that after the advent 
 of the Walloon refugees in 1561 the trade and population greatly 
 increased. As cloth-makers, smiths, potters, &c., the foreign 
 immigrants gave new life to the town ; but only a few of them 
 became engaged in agricultural pursuits, not, however, as general 
 cultivators of the soil but as vegetable gardeners. Their names 
 still linger in and around Sandwich, though the prosperity of the 
 place has to a large extent disappeared ; but they are lost a.mongst 
 the mass of Kentish names, and are destined to finally disappear 
 either through extinction or by being Anglicised, 
 
 It is estimated that after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, 
 in 1685, between 40,000 and 50,000 French Protestants, or 
 Huguenots, settled in Great Britain. A large number of them 
 found their home in the Metropolis, and many new industries were 
 established in this city and in other parts of the country by the 
 refugees. Our yeoman population, however, was but little affected 
 by the immigration. 
 
 In truth, we may conclude that our farmers may confidently lay 
 claim to be considered as English amongst the English. For five 
 or six centuries at least they have been thorough Englishmen, and 
 it is to this class that we naturally look if w;e wish to ascertain the 
 general characters of the population of a county or of a district. 
 Concerning this subject, Dr. Beddoe, in his work on the "Races of 
 Britain," speaks in no doubtful tone when he says that "the small 
 farmers are still the most Saxon or Anglian part of the popula- 
 tion in the south-east and east of England, and the most British 
 or Celtic in the south-west." Generally speaking, however, in 
 
 * There are in my list several good old English or old Norman names v.]iich 
 have been considered as of Huguenot origin. Those interested in the subject 
 may easily satisfy themselves on this point, 
 
 f See Boys' " Ilistory of Sandwich." 
 
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. 5 
 
 every part of tlie country tlie farmers represent the most stable 
 section of the community, both, in the present as well as in the 
 past. 
 
 This brings me to the point towards which I have been 
 endeavouring to guide my readers since the commencement of this 
 chapter, namely, the suitability of the yeoman class, as regards 
 their stationary habits and their purity of extraction, for the 
 investigation of the distribution of English family names. It is 
 a subject, however, beset with peculiar difficulties, and one which, 
 as far as T know, has hitherto received but little systematic atten- 
 tion. Since Camden's quaint essay on surnames, which was 
 written about 300 years ago, the world has seen numerous books 
 on the meaning of family names, and in fact during the last 
 quarter of a century the matter has been almost treated ad 
 nauseam. Indeed, Bardsley, Ferguson, Lower, and Taylor, have 
 thrown much light in their recent works on the signification of 
 these names, but concerning their distribution I have not been 
 able to obtain much information. Mr. Lower, in his " Patronymica 
 Britannica " (p. xxvii.), laments the deficiency of our knowledge 
 concerning this subject, and points out that since the locomotive 
 character of the present age is doing much towards fusing all 
 provincial peculiarities and distinctions, it would be advisable for 
 " competent observers in various parts of the kingdom to record 
 the habitats of particular names, ere the opportunity now existing 
 shall have passed away." This, however, would be a lengthy, 
 complicated, and a rather impracticable method, and one probably 
 the fruits of which would more likely be reaped by our grand- 
 children than by ourselves. At the best, however, the undertaking 
 would be immense, especially when we remember that there are 
 80,000 surnames or more amongst a population of 26 millions. I 
 therefore have attempted to cut the Gordian knot by a method, to 
 be subsequently described, which has enabled me to make a pre- 
 liminary survey of the subject that for its complete handling 
 would require a lifetime of antiquarian and historical research. 
 
 I have been much impressed in my investigations with the 
 manner in which surnames, scattered apparently indiscriminately 
 over the country, fall into order and disclose in their arrangement 
 a method and regularity which render their distribution a subject 
 of curious interest both for the antiquarian and the historian, and 
 sometimes, I may say, for the ethnologist. It might appear to 
 some of my readers, as it once did to myself, that the family 
 
6 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Domenclature of Englishmen was for the most part in a confused 
 jumble, and that on account of the rapid means of inter-commu- 
 nication, which we enjoy in the present century, most of the dis- 
 tinctions that existed, in the past would have been lost in the whirl 
 and bustle of the industrial era in which we live. It might have 
 seemed to them that chance had played such a part in the inter- 
 mingling of the inhabitants of different counties and districts, 
 that it would be a hopeless task to endeavour to unravel the 
 entangled skein. In such lights as these did these matters appear 
 to me, until, by pursuing a particular line of research, I found that 
 it was yet possible to pick up the threads. By this means I have 
 found order where often I expected disorder, and method where I 
 only looked for chance. Yet so extensive is the subject that I can 
 only honestly claim to have performed the functions of a pioneer, 
 and must leave to others, more capable than myself, the further 
 working out and elucidation of the distribution of family names. 
 
 Now, what has been my mode of attacking this problem ? I 
 at once put aside the idea of investigating the distribution of the 
 names of 26 millions of people, being staggered by the greatness 
 of the task, and scarcely thinking that my lifetime would be long 
 enough to obtain satisfactory results from such a complicated 
 problem. Since, however, my object was to ascertain the homes 
 of familiar surnames and to ascertain the characteristic surnames 
 of each county, I selected after mature deliberation those of the 
 most stay-at-home class of the country, namely the farmers, and 
 checked my results by means of the lists of gentry, so that the 
 results may be regarded as usually of general application. A 
 preliminary examination, also, soon assured me that the farmers, 
 who vary in number in each county between 1,000 and 10,000, 
 formed a class sufficiently numerous for my purpose. 
 
 I then set to work to run through the lists of farmers given in 
 Kelly's Post Office Directories for all the English counties, only 
 noting down under each county the names that exceeded, in their 
 relative frequency, a rate of about seven per ten thousand amongst 
 the farmers of that county. Thus, I attacked the problem by a 
 system of proportional nambers, and my readers will soon perceive 
 my reasons for so doing. Let us suppose, for instance, that I 
 wanted to ascertain the frequency of the Smiths in any two 
 counties, and that, as was actually the case, I counted 200 in the 
 West Riding of Yorkshire, and 100 in Staffordshire. Viewed 
 absolutely, these numbers have very little value, but considered 
 
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. 7 
 
 relatively tliey may be made to tell their tale ; and in fact we find 
 that the Smiths are better represented in Staffordshire than they 
 are in the West Riding of Yorkshire, the proportion in Stafford- 
 shire being 100 Smiths to 5,000 farmers, and in the West Riding 
 200 Smiths to 12,500 farmers, from which we obtain for Stafford- 
 shire a proportional number of 200 Smiths for every 10,000 
 farmers, and for the West Riding only 160 Smiths for the same 
 number of farmers. If we now look under Smith in the alpha- 
 betical list in the latter part of this book, we shall find 200 for 
 Staffordshire and 160 for the West Riding. I will take another 
 case. There are, or were recently, 23 farmers named Booth in 
 Derbyshire and 26 in Lancashire. But since Derbyshire possesses 
 scarcely half as many farmers as Lancashire, the Booths in Derby- 
 shire are, relatively speaking, far more frequent. In Lancashire 
 we find a proportion of 24! in 10,000, and in Derbyshire 44 per 
 10,000, and by referring to " Booth " in the alphabetical list we 
 shall find the number 24 under Lancashire and 44 under Derby- 
 shire. This, therefore, is the true meaning of the numbers 
 employed in the alphabetical list. They are proportional 
 numbers per 10,000 of the farmers in any particular county. 
 
 I was occupied about three weeks in making this list. Then 
 followed the much more laborious process of arranging the names 
 (between 5,000 and 6,000 in all, and perhaps half as many again if 
 we include the variations) so that I could see at a glance the dis- 
 tribution of a name over the length and width of England and 
 Wales. This took up some months and was accomplished by the 
 graphic plan, familiar to most of my readers in the case of a 
 weather-chart, the counties being placed at the heads of the 
 columns and the names at the side. In those instances, however, 
 where a name occurred in ten or more counties, it was a little 
 difficult to carry in the mind's eye the relative position of all the 
 counties, and the respective proportional numbers belonging to 
 them. I therefore devised what I called the "button system," 
 which is another instance of the graphic method. Take the case 
 of the Chapmans, who are to be found established in more than 
 twenty counties. By grouping the counties into three classes, the 
 first, including those containing more than 35 Chapmans (per 
 10,000) ; the second, those with numbers between 20 and 35, and 
 the third, those with numbers less than 20, and by then taking: 
 buttons of three different sizes to indicate the different groups, 
 we can at once perceive, by placing these buttons on a map of 
 
8 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 England, the peculiar distribution of this name. This is an 
 amusement which I recommend to my readers. 
 
 But as yet I had only entered a little beyond the threshold ot 
 my task. I had in fact to prove my method, or, in other words, to 
 show that my conclusions were in accordance with the uneventful 
 records of the country village, with the commercial and municipal 
 history of the town, with the parochial history of the district, 
 with the laborious chronicles of the antiquities of the county, 
 with the story of the rebellion of the province, with what is known 
 of the intermingling of two kindred and adjacent peoples, and 
 lastly with the habits and peculiarities of the nation. This was 
 the task that lay before me, and I have accomplished it in much 
 the same way that a tea-taster samples his cargo of tea, or a 
 microscopist reckons his billions. Thus, my reader may contrast 
 in this work the family names of the three nationalities united in 
 Great Britain. He can here follow the migration eastward of the 
 Welsh, and the intermingling of the Scottish and English peoples. 
 He will be pleased to learn that we still have the descendants of 
 the martyrs of Monmouth's rebellion, in 1685, amongst the stout 
 Somersetshire yeomen. He will find almost every county illus- 
 trated by the comparative permanence of its names, whether 
 amongst its gentry or its yeomanry ; and finally, such other 
 matters will be here presented to him as may guide him in 
 following the history of a name in those uncertain times when 
 surnames were scarcely known. 
 
 Taken at its best, however, this work cannot be regarded as 
 other than a preliminary exploration, or as the exemplification of 
 a method. There are many objections that could be urged in 
 advance against the plan, but the proof of the pudding is in the 
 eating ; and, in fact, if the method had been false, I could not 
 have obtained my notes on the characteristic names of each 
 •county, the prominent feature of this book, and I should have 
 been beset on all sides with contradictions and absurdities. 
 Throughout I have kept fair and square with the original plan, 
 and the results have been far more satisfactory than I at first 
 expected. Serious difficulties have not baffled me, except, perhaps, 
 in the case of two or three of the smaller counties possessing only 
 a few hundred farmers, and there it is obvious that the method 
 required some modification. It would be absurd, for instance, to 
 consider, for the purposes of this work, that three Barnards in 
 Bedfordshire, with its 1,000 farmers, represented the same rate per 
 
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. 9 
 
 10,000, as fifteen Barnards in another county possessing 5,000 
 farmers. Three farmers of a name may spring up within a single 
 generation at any place, whilst the occurrence of fifteen in a 
 district represents the work of centuries. Hence, in a few of the 
 smaller counties I have had to frequently reduce the proportional 
 numbers, and often to exclude them when not able to find corrobo- 
 ration in the county and parochial histories. 
 
 My readers should be careful not to draw too largely on their 
 own experience in respect of the distribution of names in their 
 neighbourhood; a name which is numerously represented in a 
 town may be almost lost in a county, and its home may exist in 
 some distant part of the land. 
 
 It may be objected that the farmers are too exclusive a class to 
 afford a clue for working out the distribution of names, and that 
 their names are rather characteristic of a class than of a people. 
 A little reflection will soon convince the reader that such a view 
 has no foundation. The yeomanry in the past were the backbone 
 of the nation. Men rose from their ranks and assumed the arms 
 of the gentry, and from thence passed upward into the order of the 
 nobility, or, as was naturally far more frequently the case, they 
 descended in the scale and became the hinds and the menials of 
 the country and the town, whilst an intermediate number preserved 
 their position and maintained the proud boast of the British 
 yeoman that they were the true sons of the soil. In those early 
 times, town-life formed in fact but a secondary feature in the ways 
 of the English people. 
 
 The ascending scale, or the rise from the state of the ignoble 
 to the condition of the noble, has been a frequent theme for the 
 historian and biographer, but we are very apt to forget that this 
 ascent involves a descent in the social ladder. The rise of some 
 families into honour and fame implies the fall and gradual 
 degradation of others. The existence of this ascending and 
 descending current throughout society prevents the exclusiveness 
 or caste, seeing that plebeian blood flows in the vein of every noble, 
 and that a royal strain is to be found in the blood of many an 
 English yeoman. Greatness, even though it attains a throne, has 
 always commenced in the field ; and the wheel of time will bear a 
 family name pitilessly along until it completes the cycle of its 
 existence in the gutter. When Cowley remarked in his esssay on 
 Agriculture that "a plough in a field arable," would be the most 
 noble and ancient of arms he stated but one side of the matter, 
 
10 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 and we may say the same of the vaunt of the Lords of Douglas — 
 "You may see us in the stream, you cannot trace us to the 
 fountain." We are very apt to overlook the descent of a great 
 name. Where are those numerous powerful families that centuries 
 ago held the sway in many an English county, but whose names 
 are now not to be found in the peerage ? Too frequently will the 
 answer be found in the pages of this work. In the vicinity of 
 many a ruined castle still linger, in cottages, the descendants of 
 the baronial family that once possessed it. 
 
 Take the case of a noble who was the parent of a numerous 
 progeny three centuries ago. At a very moderate computation his 
 descendants would now be not less than 300 in number. But 
 where are they to be found ? 
 
 A single representative in the House of Lords retains the 
 ancestral honours of the senior branch of the family. Where, 
 however, are all the other 299 descendants who bear this name ? 
 A few are directly related to the reigning peer, whilst the rest, 
 combining in their persons a thousand other family strains, 
 are to found amongst the rank and tile of the nation, in the pro- 
 fessions, in the trades, and amongst our yeomen and our labouring 
 classes. 
 
 I have almost said enough to show the changing fortunes of a 
 family name, but my remarks would scarcely be complete without 
 a reference to Gibbon's well-known sketch of the noble French 
 house of Courtenay. After noting its rise from a plebeian root and 
 its subsequent connection with the royal line of France, the 
 historian describes in measured language its gradual decay — " The 
 splendour of the princely lords of Courtenay," thus he writes, 
 " was clouded by poverty and time : . . , . they descended 
 from princes to barons ; the next generations were confounded 
 with the simple gentry : . . . . the more adventurous em- 
 braced without dishonour the profession of a soldier: the least 
 active and opulent might sink, like their cousins of the branch 
 of Dreux, into the condition of peasants. Their royal descent in a 
 dark period of four hundred years became each day more obsolete 
 and ambiguous ; and their pedigree, instead of being enrolled in the 
 annals of the kingdom, must be painfully searched by the minute 
 diligence of heralds and genealogists . . . ." Thus we can 
 perceive how, when an ancient house becomes extinct, it is only 
 the honours that have passed away, the family remains, though 
 its ramitications are lost amongst the masses of the people. 
 
IXTRODUCTORY REMARKS. 11 
 
 I come now to consider the classification of Englisli family 
 names adopted in this work. It has necessarily been arranged 
 on a geographical basis, and includes the six following classes : — 
 
 1. General names, occurring in from 30 to 40 counties. 
 
 2. Common nam.es, „ ,, 20 to 29 ,, 
 
 3. Regional names, „ „ 10 to 19 ,, 
 
 4. District nam.es, „ „ 4 to 9 „ 
 
 5. County nam.es, which are established in 2 or 3 counties, and 
 
 have usually their principal home in one of them. 
 
 6. Peculiar names, which are mostly confined to one county, 
 
 and generally to a particular parish or division in that 
 county. 
 
 The list of the names in the first three classes will be found in 
 Chapter II., where their distribution will also be found. N^otes on 
 the other classes of names will be found under those counties they 
 particularly characterise ; but my readers should bear in mind 
 that these notes are intended merely to illustrate the relative 
 permanence of names in a county, and that they are in no sense 
 whatever of an exhaustive nature. In some cases I have had great 
 difficulty in collecting information, since so many county histories 
 are nothing more than manorial records or chronicles of the landed 
 families. In other instances, I have been overwhelmed with 
 materials, as in those of Lancashire, Devonshire, Kent, and 
 Norfolk, but this has only happened when the numerous county 
 and parochial historians have condescended to record the existence 
 of other classes than those of the landed nobility and gentry. 
 Many of the characteristic names of a county are not referred to 
 in the accompanying notes, but by following up the references 
 there given some information will in all probability be found, and 
 even in the case of those names specially mentioned in the notes 
 much more may still be found by following up the authorities 
 given. There are a few general works which may provide a clue 
 in case of a failure, such as Sims' " Manual for the Genealogist," 
 Anderson's " British Topography," Hotten's " Topography and 
 Family History of England and Wales," and the works of Marshall, 
 Nichols, and others. A British Gazetteer, such as Bartholomew's, 
 or, better still, a county gazetteer, if there is one, may often afford 
 a valuable hint, since a large proportion of County and Peculiar 
 names are derived from places. Failing everywhere, the reader 
 
12 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 had better try and obtain a clue by looking througb the alpha- 
 betical lists of gentry and farmers given in Kelly's County 
 Directories. 
 
 It will be noticed in my notes on the characteristic names of 
 each county, that I have made free use of the Hundred Rolls, 
 which contain lists of the tenants and landholders of several 
 counties in the reigns of Henry IH. and Edward I., the counties of 
 Lincoln, I^orfolk, Cambridge, Huntingdon, and Oxford being 
 dealt with at considerable length, whilst those in the south-west 
 and those in the north of England are, as a rule, very imperfectly 
 referred to. The circumstance, that the Hundred Holls deal 
 largely with the eastern counties, must always be remembered by 
 the reader, and that is why so many of the East Anglian surnames 
 may appear to be more ancient than those of many other counties. 
 Very often, in fact, the reference to a west country name as 
 occurring in the Hundred Rolls in connection with an eastern 
 county, mainly signifies that the name has been some 600 years at 
 least in England, The great value of the Hundred Rolls can only 
 be appreciated when we are dealing with the counties most fully 
 dealt with in their pages. 
 
 And now, a w^ord with regard to the so-called peculiar 
 names. When we come to consider the distribution of " peculiar " 
 names, that is to say, of names which are confined mostly or 
 entirely to one county, we at once observe that counties vary 
 greatly from each other in this respect, Cornwall and Devon, in 
 the south-west of England, comprise a region that stands pre- 
 eminently before other parts of the country as a factory of family 
 names, the peculiar names there forming at least forty per cent, of 
 the total. Next come Lincolnshire and the North and East 
 Ridings of Yorkshire with about thirty per cent., and after them 
 the West Riding, Lancashire, Kent, Dorset, and Somerset, with 
 not less than twenty-five per cent. The other counties vary 
 usually with reference to their peculiar names between seventeen 
 and twenty per cent., and the minimum is reached in Wales and 
 Monmouthshire, where we find from seven to ten per cent. The 
 last-named little county — English in predilection, and English in 
 its later history — is, in the matter of its family names, almost 
 more Welsh than Wales itself ; and, in truth, it would appear that 
 the main track of the immigrants from the Principality has lain 
 through the county of Monmouth. The other border counties cf 
 Herefordshire and Shropshire have been much less affected by 
 
INTEODUCTORY REMARKS. 13 
 
 the invasion, though they contain a very considerable number of 
 Welsh intruders. The effect upon Cheshire has been compara- 
 tively slight. This is a subject, however, that will be found more 
 fully considered when speaking of Wales. 
 
 In an interesting paper on " The Birthplaces of the People and 
 the Laws of Migration,"* Mr. Ravenstein, taking as his guide the 
 census of 1871, clearly shows that the more distant a county is 
 from the great industrial and commercial centres, the greater is 
 the proportion of native-born inhabitants. Thus, he points out 
 that whilst not much more than half of the population of Surrey 
 and Middlesex may be termed native-born, the number of the 
 inhabitants born in the surrounding counties is relatively much 
 larger, and in the counties yet further removed from the metropolis 
 the proportion of the native population is still greater. There is 
 in this manner a constant migration toward the metropolis. The 
 inhabitants of the counties immediately adjacent to a large city 
 flock into it, and their place is taken by immigrants from more 
 distant counties, a process which goes on until, to employ the 
 words of Mr. Ravenstein, "the attractive force of one of our 
 rapidly increasing cities makes its influence felt in the most 
 remote corner of the Empire." 
 
 It will be best for me to illustrate Mr. Ravenstein 's remarks 
 on migration by taking the "general" and "common" names, 
 since the varying proportions of "peculiar" names in different 
 counties afford no safe guidance in the matter. Let me, therefore, 
 take the instance of a name like "Robinson." It has its great 
 home in the north, and, lik-e so many other north-country names, 
 invades the midlands on its way to the metropolis, making 
 scarcely any attempt to reach the south-west of England. The 
 struggle between the Harrisons of the north and the Harrises of 
 the south for the mastery of the midland counties, which is 
 described in Chapter II., well illustrates the great southward 
 movement that is taking place amongst our northern population. 
 The Welsh invasion affords many examples of a national migration 
 eastward, and it is to be noted that the main lines of advance of the 
 Northmen and the Welshmen converge on the metropolis. Very 
 many other good examples of the migration of names will be found 
 in the chapter in which the distributions of the " general," " com- 
 mon," and "regional" names are described. The "regional ' 
 
 * "Geographical Magazine" (Reprint). 
 
14 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 and " district " names will probably be found the best suited to 
 exemplify the attractive effects of the large provincial towns and 
 cities on the populations of the surrounding counties ; but, as I 
 indicated above, the great attraction of the metropolis can only be 
 well illustrated by selecting names having a very wide distribution, 
 such as those classed as " general " and " common." 
 
 Few of the shires have experienced the effect of proximity to 
 the metropolis in such a marked degree as Berkshire. Whilst 
 making my notes on the antecedents of the present characteristic 
 names of this county, I found considerable difficulty in my task, 
 since most of the old Berks family names of the 15th, 16th, and 
 17th centuries, such as Ashmole records in his history of the 
 county, are, for the purposes of my work, practically extinct. 
 The result is that my notes on the Berkshire names largely consist 
 of references to names that characterised the county in the past. 
 This process of change, however, is by no means one of recent 
 origin. Situated as it is on the main line of migration London- 
 wards from the west of England, Berkshire has been for centuries 
 an area in which property has been ever changing hands, and in 
 which ancient families have been successively dispersed. Fuller, 
 in his " Worthies," more than 200 years ago, lamented over the 
 fact that the Berkshire gentry, sown thick in former ages, came 
 up so thinly in later times. Writing of the families that resided 
 in the county during the first quarter of the present century, 
 Mr. Clarke, in his account of the Hundred of Wanting, speaks of 
 the mutations of property as so frequent that but few of the 
 landed gentry had possessed their estates for many generations. 
 My investigations, however, show that the yeomanry, comprising 
 in early times the smaller freeholders, and in later times including 
 also the tenant farmers, experienced the same successive changes 
 both as regards their lands and their surnames. The old families 
 of the Berkshire gentry and yeomanry have, in fact, to a large 
 extent disappeared from their native county. The change, as we 
 observe it in operation at the present day, proceeds very rapidly. 
 Thirty years ago, as pointed out by Lord Wantage before a Select 
 Committee of the House of Commons,* the yeoman farmers of 
 Berkshire were prosperous and well-to-do, many of them cultivating 
 their own land ; but at the present time "we can hardly point to a 
 single case of a yeoman farmer holding his own land." Berkshire, 
 
 * Select Committee on " Small Holdings," May 10th, 1889. 
 
INTRODUCTORY RE^IARKS. 15 
 
 as I liave shown, has been for centuries an area possessing a shifting- 
 yeoman population. It would now, however, appear, as observed 
 by Lord Wantage, that foreign competition is bringing about the 
 extinction of the class. 
 
 A work of this kind will not be complete without some refer- 
 ence to the origin and nature of family nanies. Unfortunately, 
 however, these are subjects which have afforded such a scope for the 
 free play of the imagination that a perusal of the works of different 
 modern writers tends rather to bewilder one. And, in fact, no safer 
 course can we follow than to go back some 300 years to the time 
 when William Camden, the celebrated antiquary, wrote upon this 
 subject.* Camden lived in times much nearer to that age when 
 surnames were first adopted, a circumstance which, independently 
 of his fame, would lead us to prefer him as our guide. 
 
 Surnames were not in use in England and Scotland before the 
 Norman Conquest, and they were first to be found in the Domes- 
 day B ook. Many surnames, such as Mortimer, Warren, Mowbray, 
 ^Clifford, Arundel, etc., etc., which are ''accounted names of great 
 ^antiquity," were first assumed at the time of the Conqu esb. The 
 employment of a second name, a custom introduced by the 
 Normans, who themselves had not long before adopted it. became 
 in course of time a mark of gentle blood, and it was deemed '* a 
 disgrace for a gentleman to have but one single name, as the 
 meaner sort had." It was not, however, until the reign of 
 
 _Edward II. that the practice became geueiul amongst the comm on 
 people. 
 
 Coming to the origin of surnames, we learn from Camden that 
 those most ancient and of best account were derived from places 
 in Normandy, or in the neighbouring parts of France, and that, in 
 fact, there was no village in Normandy that gave not its name to 
 some family in England. Such names were usually preceded by 
 De, Du, Des, or De la, and began or ended with Beau, Sainct, Mont, 
 Aux, Eux, Vail, Court, Champ, Vill, etc. The last named is one of 
 the commonest terminations of names of Norman origin ; but it 
 has often been corrupted into Feld or Field, as Baskey field for 
 Baskervil, Somerfield for Somervil, Greenfeld or Greenfield for 
 Greenvil, and others, which are still nineteenth century surnames. 
 However, a far greater number of family names originated from 
 places, there being, as Camden observes, scarcely a town, village, 
 
 * This essay is contained in "Remaines concerning Britain." 
 
16 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 hamlet, or place in England wliicli lias not afforded names to 
 families. The ancient manors gave their names to their lords, and 
 the numberless small estates similarly gave their names to theii" 
 possessors. Naturally, however, in the great majority of cases, a 
 man took the name of the village or hamlet where he had been 
 born. These place-names were often preceded by De ; but such 
 great changes have many surnames undergone, at the hands often 
 of their illiterate possessors, that it is frequently very difficult and 
 not uncommonly impossible to trace their origin. Thus, it would 
 at first sight seem very absurd to regard the Somersetshire name 
 of Moon as a corruption of De Mohun or De Moiun, the name of a 
 great landed family in Somerset and adjacent counties in the 
 thirteenth century. Yet this curious change can be proved to 
 have occurred. Then, again, men often took the names of the 
 most conspicuous natural feature near their residence, such as a 
 hill, or a wood, or a moor, and thence arose Hill, Atte-Wood 
 (Atwood), Atte-Moor (Atmore), and many others. Also, 
 strangers from other countries took the name of their native land, 
 as Picard, Scot, Fleming, 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 surnames of families been 
 attached or adjoined to places. In the great majority of instances, 
 as Camden well remarks, the place bore its name before the family 
 did its surname, and the old antiquary becomes a little wrathful 
 with those men who " think that their ancestors gave names to 
 places." In truth, my readers will frequently learn from these 
 pages that a good county gazetteer is of primary importance in 
 ascertaining the origin of names, and he will pay little heed to the 
 suggestion that men have been wont to give their names to their 
 properties or to their native villages. He will receive yet further 
 help in perusing the index of place-names of the thirteenth cen- 
 tury given in the Hundred Rolls, and also the indices of places 
 contained in the county histories of the seventeenth and eighteenth 
 centuries. 
 
 " After these local names," writes Camden, "the most names in 
 number have been derived from occupations or professions, as 
 Taylor, Smith, Walker, t.e.. Fuller, Sadler, Spicer, Wright, 
 Baker, Baxter, Webster, Chapman, Wheeler, etc., etc., and mosr 
 which end in er." Some of such names have been assumed from 
 offices, as Chamberlain, Spenser, i.e, Steward, Latimer, i.e., Inter- 
 preter, Reeve, Parker, Clark, Proctor, Woodward, Bishop, Dean, 
 
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. 17 
 
 Deacon, etc., etc. Men also took their names from tlieir mental or 
 physical characteristics, as Sharp, Good, Strong, Little, etc., or 
 from their complexion, as White, Brown, etc., or from the animal 
 and vegetable kingdoms, as Lamb, Bear, Fox, Beech, Ash, Rose, 
 etc., etc. Christian names have given rise to a great number of 
 surnames, especially those Christian names in use at the time of 
 the Norman Conquest, as Alan, Corbet, Done, Godwin, Haiding, 
 Herward, Kettell, Osborne, Rolph, Siward, Swain, Talbot, Yivian, 
 Walarand, etc., etc., besides those of other origin, as Lewis, Owen, 
 James, Thomas, etc. Many such names have an s affixed to them, 
 and then we get Peters, Rogers, etc., or they have the full termi- 
 nation of son, as Williamson, Richardson, etc. 
 
 Kicknames, or nursenames, have given rise to many surnames, 
 as Will, from William, which forms Wills and its diminutive 
 Wilkins ; Bat, from Bartholomew, which gives rise to Bates, Batts, 
 Batson, and the diminutive Batkin ; Gib, from G-ilbert, which 
 forms Gibbs, Gibson, and Gribbings ; and many other similar 
 examples, such as Daw, from David, from which comes Daw^es, 
 Dawson, and Dawkins (little David). 
 
 Camden then refers to the several causes of the changes of 
 names in the early centuries after the Conquest, before surnames 
 became stable. It was a common practice in the case of the landed 
 families for only the heir to take the father's surname, whilst the 
 younger sons took their names from the estates allotted to them or 
 from some personal characteristic. It was not until the thirteenth 
 century, in fact, that such names as Thomson, Richardson, Wilson, 
 etc., began to be permanent ; previously they had varied according 
 to the Christian name of the father. The surnames of the masses 
 of the people during those early times were frequently changed. 
 Many dropped their father's surname for the name of the occupa- 
 tion they had chosen, and became Taylors, Bakers, etc. Many 
 again took their masters' names. There can, however, be no 
 doubt that in later centuries, when surnames were so-to-speak 
 permanently appropriated by a family, and neither changed with 
 occupation nor at each new generation, they were still subjected to 
 great variations at the hands of our illiterate forefathers. 
 
 The principle of spelling with a T advocated by the immortal 
 Mr. Weller for the orthography of his name has, in truth, been 
 largely practised since Camden's time. Thus we have three or 
 four ways of spelling such a simple name as Gardener ; we have 
 Garratt and Garrett, Procter and Proctor, Rogers and Rodgers, 
 
 
 
18 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Edi^aonds and Edmunds, and scores of other siaiilar instances 
 might be cited. Such names as Willcocks and Shepherd have 
 various forms, and there are certain privileged names such as 
 Cousens or Cussins, where the "spell it as you like" method 
 seems to have been generally adopted. Then there is that curious 
 termination of an e, by which Brown becomes Browne and Cook 
 becomes Cooke, an affix usually significant of a rise in the social 
 scale, or, as it perhaps might be more correctly expressed, of a 
 transference from the Trade to the Court Directory, To many of 
 these changes it is not always easy to assign a diiference in 
 locality; but there are some, such as the triple forms of Read, 
 .Reed, and Reid, where the variation is characteristic of large 
 regions and even of a particular nationality. These matters, how- 
 ever, are more fully treated in Chapter II. 
 
 The causes of the lesser variations are principally to be found 
 in the circumstance that such an unimportant matter as the ortho- 
 graphy of a name was often decided by the clerk or the attorney 
 of a country parish. The clerk, when making his entries in the 
 parish registers, exercised his own judgment with but little regard 
 to the practice of his predecessors, and thus it is that in these old 
 records the principle of variation in a name is very particularly 
 exemplified. Then, again, when the small country gentleman and 
 the well-to-do-yeoman came to make their wills we can easily 
 understand their air of indifference in the matter when they 
 affixed their mark, and the readiness of the attorney to write their 
 names wrongly. The spread of education has done much to fix 
 the spelling of family names ; but few of us reflect that the small 
 difi'erences to which we attach so much distinctive importance were 
 either framed in the brain-pan of a parish clerk or originated from 
 the phonetic orthography of a country attorney or were due to the 
 Wellerian perverseness of our ancestors. 
 
 It will soon become obvious to my readers that the facts in this 
 work might have been much farther elaborated, but I prefer to 
 remain true to vaj method, if only to avoid getting beyond my 
 depth. As a suggestive example let us take the Names of the 
 Cloth Trade. No industry has left a more permanent mark on 
 our family nomenclature than that connected with the cloth trade. 
 Until near the middle of the fourteenth century almost all the 
 English wool was exported into Flanders to be wrought into cloth: 
 but by the Statutes of Edward III. its further exportation was 
 forbidden, the foreign staples or markets were abolished and the 
 
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. 19 
 
 cloth maimfacture was encouraged in England. However, it was 
 soon found that the English weavers could not make sufficient 
 cloth for the nation, and foreign cloth- workers were invited over, 
 many Flemings acceding to the King's invitation. Hence sprang 
 tlie woollen manufacture of England, and staple or markets were 
 established at various towns to take the place of the foreign staples, 
 of which only that of Calais was at times revived. The two 
 ancient Corporations, that of the Merchants of the Staple and 
 that of the Merchant Adventurers, the one trading in the raw 
 material, the other in the cloth, began to decay as the home- 
 manufacture increased. The Merchants of the Staple were the 
 capitalists of the wool trade; they accumulated large fortunes, 
 built churches, established alms-houses, and often formed noble 
 connections. By the middle of the sixteenth century they gave 
 place to or were rather merged into the Clothiers, a community, 
 perhaps, less distinguished, but none the less important in our 
 commercial annals.* 
 
 With this short notice of the history of the cloth trade, I pass 
 on to consider the general distribution of the principal surnames 
 connected with it. In my description of the distribution of the 
 Walkers (Chapter II), I refer to the circumstance that Tucker, 
 Fuller, and Walker have the same signification, all representing 
 the fullers of the cloth manufacture. Each has its own area, but 
 collectively they represent the fulling trade all over our land. 
 The Tuckers are the fullers of the south-west of England, and, in 
 fact, of all the southern counties as far east as Hants and Wilts, 
 being especially numerous in Devon and Somerset. The Fullers, 
 proper, are confined mostly to the eastern and south-eastern coast 
 counties, being at present best represented in Sussex, 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 occupied by the Walkers, who are well 
 represented in the midlands, especially in Derbyshire and Notts, 
 and are also very numerous in Yorkshire and Durham. 
 
 The names of the weavers, like those of the fullers, are spread 
 in one form or another over the whole of England. They are 
 represented by the Webbs, the Webbers, the Websters, and the 
 
 * In Volume IX. of the " Wilts Archaeological and Natural History 
 MHgazine" there is an interesting paper on this subject, by the Rev. W. H. 
 Jones, which I have chiefly consulted. 
 
 U2 
 
•20 HOLIES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Weavers. The Webbs, who bear the commonest name, are con- 
 fined south of a line drawn from the Wash to the Dee ; they ai-e 
 most numerous in the south and west of England, especially in 
 Somerset, Wilts, and Hants, but are also well established in 
 Suffolk, in the eastern counties, and in Northamptonshire, 
 Worcestershire, etc., in the midlands ; in Devonshire their place 
 is taken by the Webbers, and in Somerset tliey are supplemented 
 by both Webbers and Weavers, whilst in Worcestershire and 
 Gloucestershire their number is greatly increased by the Weavers. 
 The weavers north of the Wash and the Dee have their repre- 
 sentatives in the Websters, the original female weavers, who, 
 when the cloth manufacture was established on a large scale in 
 this country, surrendered both their occupation and their names 
 to the men. The Websters have their principal home in Derby- 
 shire, but are also numerous in Lancashire and Yorkshire. They 
 supplement the Webbs in most of the eastern counties between 
 the Wash and the Thames. 
 
 The dyers are represented by the surnames of Dyer and Lister. 
 The Dyers are mostly confined to the three south-western counties 
 of Somerset, Devon, and Cornwall, but they have also an inde- 
 pendent home in Suffolk. The Listers are most numerous in 
 Cambridgeshire and in the West Riding, and afterwards in 
 Lincolnshire and Norfolk. 
 
 When we come to consider the individual counties, we find that 
 the following are particularly noted for their representatives of the 
 cloth-trade : Cambridge for its Listers ; Devon for its Tuckers, 
 Webbers, and Dyers ; Derby for its Walkers and Websters ; 
 Durham, Notts, Stafford, etc., for their Walkers ; Lancashire foi- 
 its Websters ; Norfolk and Sussex for their Fullers ; Somerset for 
 its Tuckers, Webbs, Webbers, Weavers, and Dyers ; Suffolk for 
 its Webbs and Dyers; Wilts for its Tuckers and Webbs; Wor- 
 cester for its Weavers ; and Yorkshire for its Walkers, Websters, 
 and Listers. 
 
 If we turn to the histories of the counties just named, we 
 obtain in nearly all the cases an easy explanation of the prevalence 
 of these surnames. Many of the counties named above were for 
 centuries noted for their cloth manufactures. This is, however, a 
 matter which lies beyond the limits I have prescribed for this 
 work. 
 
21 
 
 CHAPTER IL 
 
 The First Three Classes of English and Welsh N"ames. 
 
 GEifUEAL Names (30-40 counties). 
 
 Allen 
 Brown 
 r Clark 
 I Clarke 
 
 Cook 
 Green 
 
 HaU 
 
 Taylor 
 
 Harris 
 
 Turner 
 
 Johnson 
 
 White 
 
 Martin 
 
 Wilson 
 
 Robinson 
 
 Wright 
 
 Smith 
 
 
 Common Names (20-29 counties). 
 
 Adams 
 
 Hunt 
 
 Richardson 
 
 Andrews 
 
 Jackson 
 
 Roberts 
 
 Bailey 
 
 James 
 
 Rogers 
 
 Baker 
 
 Jones 
 
 J Sanders 
 1 Saunders 
 
 Bennett 
 
 King 
 
 Brooks 
 
 fLea 
 iLee 
 
 f Shepherd 
 1 Sheppard 
 
 Carter 
 
 Chapman 
 
 Mason 
 
 Stephens 
 '- Stevens 
 
 Cole 
 
 Matthews 
 
 Cooper 
 
 Mitchell 
 
 Thompson 
 
 Davies 
 . Davis 
 
 Moore 
 
 Walker 
 
 Morris 
 
 Ward 
 
 Edwards 
 
 Palmer 
 
 Watson 
 
 Ellis 
 
 Parker 
 
 Webb 
 
 Foster 
 
 Phillips 
 
 Williama 
 
 Harrison 
 
 /Read 
 '.Reed 
 
 Wood 
 
 Hill 
 
 Young 
 
22 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Eegional Names (10-19 counties). 
 
 Arnold Hammond 
 
 Atkins Harding 
 
 Atkinson Hardy 
 
 Austin Hart 
 
 Ball Harrey 
 
 Barker Hawkins 
 
 Barnes Holmes 
 
 Barrett Howard 
 
 Bates Hudson 
 
 Bell ' Hughes 
 
 Berry J Humphrey 
 
 Bird L Humphreys 
 
 Bishop J Hutchings 
 
 Burton I Hutchinson 
 
 Butler t Jeffery 
 
 Chambers -< JefFeries 
 
 Collins L Jeffreys 
 
 Cox Jenkins 
 
 Cross Knight 
 
 Curtis Lamb 
 
 f Daniel ' Lane 
 
 I Daniels Lawrence 
 
 Dawson Lewis 
 
 Day Lloyd 
 
 Dean Long 
 
 Dixon Lowe 
 
 Dwnn Marsh 
 
 f Elliot Marshall 
 
 I Elliott May 
 
 EVans Middleton 
 
 Fisher Miles 
 
 Fletcher Miller 
 
 Ford Mills 
 
 Fowler Morgan 
 
 Fo.x f Neal 
 
 French 1 Neale 
 
 Freeman Newman 
 
 Gardner Newton 
 
 George Nieholls 
 
 Gibbs Nicholson 
 
 Gibson Norman 
 
 Gilbert Olirer 
 
 Goodwin Osborne 
 
 Gray f Owen 
 
 Griffin I Owen» 
 
 Griffiths Page 
 
 Parsons 
 r Paine 
 I Payne 
 
 Pearce 
 
 Pearson 
 
 Perkins 
 
 Perry 
 
 Porter 
 
 Potter 
 
 Powell 
 
 Pratt 
 
 Price 
 
 Proctor 
 f Reere 
 L Keeves 
 
 Reynolds 
 
 Richards 
 
 Rose 
 
 Russell 
 
 Scott 
 
 Sharp 
 
 Shaw 
 
 Simmons 
 
 Simpson 
 
 Spencer 
 f Stephenson 
 I Stevenson 
 
 Stone 
 
 Sutton 
 j" Symonds 
 I Simonds 
 
 Thomas 
 
 Walton 
 
 Warren 
 
 Watts 
 
 Webster 
 
 Wells 
 
 West 
 
 Wild 
 
 Wilkinson 
 
 Williamson 
 
 Woodward 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 
 
 The Distribution of General, Common, and Regional 
 Family Names.* 
 
 Adams. — Rare in the eastern and northern counties. In the 
 north, however, its place is sometimes taken by Adamson and 
 Addison, as in the county of Durham. It is at present best 
 represented in Bucks, Devon, Hants, and Staffordshire, and in 
 the counties on the Welsh border, Shropshire and Monmouth- 
 shire. This name, according to Lower, was more frequent in the 
 Middle Ages. Adamson is found in the north of England and in 
 the south of Scotland. 
 
 Allen. — From Alan, a common personal name at the time 
 of the Norman Conquest. Widely distributed, but, excepting 
 Northumberland, rare in the northern counties beyond the 
 Humber and the Mersey, and infrequent also in the four south- 
 western counties of England. The principal centres of this name 
 seem at present to be in Derbyshire, Hants, Leicestershire, 
 Rutlandshire, Lincolnshire, and Suffolk. Allan is a frequent 
 form across the Scottish border, and is especially characteristic 
 of the south of Scotland ; it extends into Northumberland, where 
 Allen also occurs. 
 
 Andrew — Andrews. — In England these two names have their 
 principal homes in the south-western counties, namely, Cornwall, 
 Devon, Dorset, Hants, and Wilts. They are rare in the northern 
 counties beyond the Dee and the Humber, where their place is 
 taken by Anderson, at present best represented in Northumber- 
 land. Anderson, however, is a common name across the border, 
 and, in fact, is frequent over the greater part of Scotland, north- 
 ward to Aberdeenshire Andrew is the rarest form of the simple 
 
 name, being most numerous in Cornwall, where it usurps the place 
 of Andrews. 
 
 We have here a good example of those erroneous beliefs con- 
 cerning the distribution of names which have been founded on 
 general impressions rather than on exact evidence. Mr. Bardsley, 
 
 * I have made extensive use of Lower's *' Patronymica Britannica," for the 
 meaning of names, but Bardsley's " English Surnames " and Camden's 
 " E-emames concerning Britain " have been also employed for this purpose. 
 
24 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 in his "English Surnames " (second edit., p. 94), observes that 
 Andrew, Andrews, and Anderson nearly all belong north of the 
 Tweed; and it would seem that the Patron Saint of Scotland is 
 held mainly responsible for this resnlt. I have shown, however, 
 that, though Anderson is a common Scotch name, it has made a 
 very successful invasion southwards across the English border. 
 Andrew and Andrews, however, can scarcely be termed Scotch 
 in any sense of the word. In the directories for Glasgow and 
 Edinburgh, as well as in the county directories for Scotland, we 
 find that whilst Anderson has a relative frequency of about 
 100 per 10,000, Andrew is represented only by about 8, and 
 i\ndrews by 2. In truth, if I had treated Scotch names in the 
 manner I have done in the case of Euglish names, Andrew and 
 Andrews would have been probably excluded from my list ; and, 
 in fact, they are absent from the list of characteristic Scottish 
 names given in tliis work. 
 
 Aenold. — Introduced by the Normans. Though widely scat- 
 tered, it is confined south of a line from the Wash to the Mersey. 
 It is at present most frequent in Warwickshire and Leicestershire. 
 In the time of Edward I. it was numerously represented in Cam- 
 bridgeshire (Hundred Rolls). 
 
 Atkins — Adkins. — A characteristic surname of tbe midland and 
 eastern counties, being at present most relatively numerous in 
 Northampton shire, Oxfordshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, and 
 Lincolnshire. Its place is taken in the north of England by 
 Atkinson. These names are regarded as diminutives of Adam. 
 
 Atkinson. — Essentially a north country name, prevailing in 
 the counties north of the Wash and the Mersey, and having its 
 principal home in the counties of Durham, Cumberland, and West- 
 moreland. It is scanti'^y represented across the border. 
 
 Austin — Austen. — An old English and French abbreviation of 
 Augustine. It is confined for the most part to the central and 
 eastern counties of the south of England; and does not extend in 
 any frequency north of Derbyshire or west of Dorset. The counties 
 of Kent and Oxford contain the greatest numbers of Austins. In 
 the thirteenth century it was a common name in Cambridgeshire 
 (Hundred Rolls). 
 
 Bailey. — Although several explanations of the origin of this 
 surname are usually given, its wide distribution renders it pro- 
 bable that in the great majority of cases it is a form of "bailiff." 
 With the exceptions of the northern counties of England and of the 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 25 
 
 four south-western counties, its distribution is pretty general. 
 Tlie principal centres or homes are now found in Hants, Glouces- 
 tershire, and Staffordshire. Baillie is the Scottish form of the 
 name. I should have mentioned that the bailiffs of the old days 
 were often municipal officers, and performed the duties of the 
 more modern majors. 
 
 Baker. — Speaking generally, this surname is most numerous 
 in the south of England, and diminishes rapidly in frequency as 
 we proceed northward, until we reach the counties bordering 
 Scotland, where it meets its extinction within sight of the Cheviot 
 Hills. Baker is a name which prefers the coast ; and the manner 
 in which it abounds in almost all the coast counties of southern 
 England (excluding Cornwall and Dorset), from Monmouth round 
 to Suffolk, is very remarkable, and not at first sight intelligible. 
 The counties of Monmouth, Somerset, Sussex, and Surrey stand 
 foremost amongst those containing the greatest number of 
 Bakers. 
 
 Ball. — Confined to the west side of England, being at present 
 most numerous in Lancashire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, and 
 Gloucestershire. This surname must be distinguished in its dis- 
 tribution 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 names originated from bald-headed ancestors 
 is, I think, absurd. Camden, in his remarks on surnames, written 
 some 300 years ago, informs us that Baul and Bald were then 
 nicknames or nursenames for Baldwin, and it was evidently from 
 this source that Mr. Lower borrowed the suggestion that Ball was 
 a nickname of Baldwin (a Norman personal name occurring in 
 Domesday, and frequent as a family name in the thirteenth cen- 
 tury). This explanation is supported in a singular manner by the 
 distribution of Baldwin at the present day. This Norman name 
 includes in its distribution the areas where Ball and Balls are now 
 most frequent. (See the Alphabetical List of Names.) We learn 
 from the Hundred Rolls that even in the thirteenth and fourteenth 
 centuries, Ball, Balls, and Baldwin were for the most part charac- 
 teristic of the eastern part of England ; Balle in Hunts, Cambridge- 
 shire, and Norfolk; Balls in Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, 
 Sussex, and Kent; Baldwin in Cambridgeshire, Hunts, and 
 Oxfordshire. It is remarkable that after the lapse of six centuries 
 Balls remains doggedly in the same part of England, whilst Ball 
 and Baldwin seem to have extended their areas westward. In 
 
26 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Norfolk three centuries ago Balls was sometimes spelt Balles of 
 Ballis (Blomefield's "Norfolk"). 
 
 Barker. — The old name for a tanner. It is confined to the 
 northern half of England and to the eastern counties north of the 
 Thames. It is very frequent in Yorkshire, and is also well repre- 
 sented in the counties of Derby, Lincoln, and Norfolk. Tanner, 
 its substitute in the south of England, has its home in Wilts, 
 Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, and Hants. 
 
 Barnes. — An ancient name of pre-Domesday times. Its wide 
 area of distribution includes two principal homes ; one in the south 
 of England in the contiguous counties of Dorset, Hants, and Wilts, 
 the other in the north of England in Cumberland, Westmoreland, 
 and Lancashire. 
 
 Barratt — Barrett. — Baret was a personal name of Teutonic 
 origin, occurring in England in pre-Domesday times. This sur- 
 name is scattered irregularly over the country, and is at present 
 best represented in Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Dorset, Essex, 
 Norfolk, and Northamptonshire. 
 
 Bates. — A derivative of Bartholomew. This surname has two 
 principal centres, one in the counties of Leicester, Rutland, and 
 Warwick, and the other in Kent. From these centres it has 
 extended to the adjoining counties ; bat it is essentially a midland 
 and eastern county name. In other parts of England its place is 
 supplied by other forms of the name, or by other derivatives of 
 Bartholomew. Thus, in Cornwall we find Bate, in Dorset and 
 adjacent counties we have numbers of Bartletts, in Yorkshire 
 Batty, in Northumberland Batey, in Oxon Batts, in Notts 
 Bartle, etc. The original name of Bartholomew is now mostly 
 found in the counties of Kent and Lincoln ; but in its numerous 
 derivative forms it is scattered over the land. 
 
 Bell. — This surname probably, in most cases, has been derived 
 from the Norman name Le Bel (the handsome man), which is to 
 be found in the Handred Rolls of the thirteenth century, mostly 
 in Oxfordshire, and is at the present time well represented in the 
 neighbouring counties of Northampton and Bucks. Its habitation 
 in the Midlands is, however, of small importance, in comparison 
 with the great home of the Bells in the English and Scottish 
 counties on and near the border, namely, in Northumberland, 
 Durham, Cumberland, Dumfriesshire, and the neighbouring 
 ►Scottish counties, where they have herded for more than three 
 centuries, as we are informed by Lower. 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 27 
 
 Bennett. — Differently derived from the early personal name of 
 Benedict and from "benet," a minor order of priests. In the 
 Hundred Rolls for Cambridgeshire and Oxfordshire, in the reign 
 of Edward I, it occurs frequently in the form of Beneyt. At 
 present it is rare or absent north of Lincolnshire and Lancashire, 
 but is well dispersed over the rest of England, being best repre- 
 sented in Cornwall, Derbyshire, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Hereford- 
 shire, Notts, etc. It is singular that Bennetts is for the most part 
 confined to Cornwall, the combination of the two varieties of the 
 name placing this county at the head of the list. 
 
 Berry. — Scattered disconnectedly over England. It is most 
 numerous in Lancashire, and afterwards in the counties of North- 
 ampton, Warwick, and Devon. Probably it is usually derived 
 from places. Berry being the name of a Devonshire parish, whilst 
 Bury is the name of towns and localities in Lancashire, Suffolk, &c. 
 
 Bird. — Its principal home is in the east of England, south of 
 the Wash, especially in Norfolk. It is scattered about the midland 
 counties, and is also represented in Somerset and Dorset. In other 
 parts of England it is absent or rare, but in the county of 
 Worcester its absence is supplied by Byrd. 
 
 Bishop. — Confined south of a line drawn from the Wash to the 
 Dee. It is at present most numerous in the western half of this 
 area, the county of Dorset containing the greatest number. 
 
 Brook — Brooks. — Brooks, or Brookes, is the most numerous of 
 the two names ; but the fact that Brook, or Brooke, is frequently 
 found in those counties where Brooks, or Brookes, is absent or 
 uncommon, renders it necessary to consider the distribution of the 
 two names together. They are well distributed over England, 
 except in the counties north of Lancashire and Yorkshire. Their 
 principal centres are in the West Biding and in Somerset. 
 
 Brown. — This name may be said to be universally distributed 
 over England, but in very varying degrees in different counties. 
 The north of England is especially remarkable for the number of 
 Browns, and the name extends with equal frequency across the 
 border, being found over a large part of Scotland, though most 
 characteristic of the counties south of the Forth and the Clyde. 
 In the rest of England it is more numerous in the eastern half 
 than in the western half; but in the midland and inland counties 
 its distribution is often capricious, and we may find it in very 
 different proportions in adjacent counties, as in those of Stafford 
 and Warwick, or in those of Oxford and Wilts. However, in the 
 
28 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 south -west of England and in the counties bordering South Wales 
 we find as a general rule a diminished number of Browns. Wales 
 is the death-ground of the name. 
 
 BuETON. — Confined mostly to the midland counties and to the 
 eastern half of England, Singularly rare or absent in the west of 
 England. Barton is the name of not less than forty parishes and 
 places. 
 
 Butler. — This name is widely scattered, but its principal home 
 is in the south of England in the adjacent counties of Wilts, 
 Hants, and Berks. 
 
 Carter. — Well distributed over England. It is best represented 
 in Cheshire and Essex, and afterwards in Cambridgeshire, Devon, 
 and Sussex. 
 
 Chamberlain — Chambers. — As these names have much the 
 same signification, I will consider them together. They are scarce 
 or absent in the north and in the south-west of England ; but are 
 scattered over the rest of the country, and evidently the one 
 supplies the place of the other, since they rarely occur in any 
 frequency in the same county. Chamberlain occurs most com- 
 monly in Leicestershire and Rutlandshire ; whilst Chambers is 
 best represented in Suffolk, Worcestershire, and Notts. 
 
 Chapman. — This common surname, if we except its curious 
 resuscitation in Cornwall, is essentially an east of England name. 
 From Kent to the North Riding the descendants of the ancient 
 travelling merchants, or " cheap-men " (Anglo-Saxon Ce'apman) 
 occur in singularly constant numbers. Their preference for the 
 coast counties would seem to show that their travels were some- 
 times on the seas ; yet it would also appear that the attractions of 
 the great metropolis brought them together in numbers in the 
 south-eastern counties. Kent stands foremost as their present 
 abode. 
 
 Clark — Clarke. — Universally distributed over England, but 
 most numerous in its centre. Absent in Wales, and scarce in most 
 of the counties on the Welsh border. Not frequent in most of the 
 south-west great counties. Best represented in Bucks, Essex, 
 Leicestershire, Rutlandshire, and Notts. As in the counties of 
 Notts and Shropshire, it would sometimes appear that tlie terminal 
 e signifies a transference from the Trade to the Court Directory. 
 Clark is found over a large part of Scotland, but is rare in the 
 northern part. 
 
 Cole — Coles. — Essentially south of England names, especially 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 29 
 
 in the soutli-west, rarely occurring north of a line drawn west from 
 the Wash. Cole is best distributed and has its principal homes in 
 Devon and Wilts. Coles is most numerous in Somerset. Both 
 names, strangely enough, are rare in Cornwall. Cole was a very 
 ancient Teutonic name ; there are places of the name in Somerset 
 and Wilts, a circumstance that may perhaps explain the frequency 
 of both names in Somerset and of Cole in Wilts. 
 
 COLLINGS — Collins. — Probably a diminutive of Cole, and like 
 it a south of England name, being most frequent in the adjacent 
 counties of Kent and Sussex. In the north of England its place is 
 taken by Collinson. 
 
 Cook — Cooke. — Most frequent in the south-central counties of 
 England and in the eastern coast counties from Lincoln to Kent 
 (excluding Essex). Comparatively scarce in the north and in the 
 south-west of England. The counties most characterised by the 
 name are Beds, Cheshire, Gloucester, Kent, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, 
 Northamptonshire, Notts, Oxfordshire, Shropshire, Suffolk, Surrey, 
 and Worcestershire. 
 
 Cooper. — Distributed over the greater part of England, but 
 rare or absent in the northern and south-western counties. It 
 seems to have three principal centres, one in the northern midlands, 
 including Cheshire, another in Sussex and Hants, and a third in 
 Suffolk. The counties especially notable for Coopers are Cheshire, 
 Derbyshire, Hants, Leicestershire and Rutland, Notts, Suffolk, 
 Sussex, Warwickshire, and Worcestershire. 
 
 Cox. — Though also scattered about the midland counties. Cox 
 finds its great home in the south of England in the contiguous 
 counties of Dorset and Somerset. It is fairly numerous in the 
 counties of Gloucester, Oxford, and Warwickshire. Rare or absent 
 in the north of England and in the eastern coast counties. 
 
 Cross. — Rare or absent in the northern counties, and in the 
 south coast counties. Mostly confined to the east centre of Eng- 
 land and to the adjacent coast counties between the Wash and the 
 Thames. 
 
 Curtis. — Characteristic of the south, and east of England south 
 of the Humber. Best represented in Bucks, and afterwards in 
 Notts. This is an ancient English name, occurring, as it does now, 
 in Bucks, Essex, and Lincolnshire in the reign of Edward I.; it was 
 also at that time numerous in Cambridgeshire and Hunts 
 (Hundred Rolls). 
 
 Daniel — Daniels. — Rare in England north of Norfolk and 
 
30 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Worcestershire. At present most numerous in South Wales, and 
 in the counties of Gloucestershire, Beds, and Norfolk. A common 
 surname in the reign of Edward I. in the southern half of England 
 (Hundred Rolls). 
 
 Davies — Davis. — Treating these two varieties together, we 
 find that this surname is exceedingly numerous in Wales, and after 
 Wales in the English counties on the Welsh border. Following it 
 into England, we perceive that it diminishes rapidly in frequency, 
 dying out in the north of England and in the eastern coast counties, 
 and being comparatively infrequent in the southern and south- 
 western counties. The migration into England has been more to 
 the south and south-east than to the north, owing evidently in part 
 to the attraction of the metropolis. It is interesting to notice that 
 the place of this name in the north of England, and over a large 
 part of Scotland, is taken by Davidson or Davison ; whilst its 
 diminished frequency in the south-west of England and its absence 
 in the eastern coast counties are to some extent compensated for 
 by Davey and Davy.* When we come to compare the dis- 
 tributions of the two varieties, we find that Davies is essentially 
 the Welsh form, and Davis the English form. Whilst in the 
 counties immediately bordering Wales, the Welsh form is much 
 the most numerous, we find that in the next line of English 
 counties, especially in those of Worcester, Gloucester, and Somer- 
 set, Davis is far in excess. Taking England and Wales together, 
 w^e find that Davies is much the most frequent. Calculating from 
 the results given by the Registrar- General in his report for 1856, I 
 find that every ten thousand of the population contained 62 
 persons of the name of Davies, and 23 persons of the name of 
 Davis. 
 
 Dawson. — A north of England name, mostly found in Cum- 
 berland and Westmoreland, Durham, West Riding of Yorkshire, 
 Lincolnshire, and Cheshire, and extending into central Scotland ; 
 Dd,w or Dawe is confined to the west of England. 
 
 Day. — Excepting a few representatives in Lincolnshire, this 
 name is confined to the southern part of England, south of a line 
 drawn west from the Wash. It is crowded together in the eastern 
 
 * Other derivatives of the name are Daw or Dawe of the west of England, 
 and Dawson of the north of England. David, the original form of all these 
 names, is mostly confined to South Wales. 
 
EXGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 31 
 
 counties, especially in the contiguous counties of Beds, Cambridge, 
 and Hunts. It is also numerous in Kent, Berks, and particularly 
 in Somerset. Camden regards it as a derivative of David. More 
 probably, however, as Bardsley points out, it is the " dev " or 
 " deye," or " daye," the dairyman in the reign of Edward III. 
 and in Chaucer's time. (Hence also Dayman.) The prevalence 
 of the name in the agricultural counties above enumerated sup- 
 ports Bardsley's view. 
 
 Dean — Deane. — This name has two principal areas of distribu- 
 tion, one in Cheshire, Staffordshire, and in their vicinity, the other 
 in the south of England, especially in Wilts and in the counties 
 fidjacent. There are numerous parishes of the name in the south 
 of England, a circumstance that explains the prevalence of the 
 name in that region. 
 
 Dixon.— Very frequent in the English counties on the Scottish 
 border. It is fairly represented in the midland counties and in 
 the south-east of England, but is rare in the south-west counties. 
 Dickenson is also a north-country name. Dickson, the Scottish 
 form of the name, characterises central and southern Scotland. 
 
 Dunn. — This ancient name has three separate homes, the prin- 
 cipal one in Northumberland and in the North and East Ridings 
 in the north of England, whence it extends into southern Scotland, 
 another in the midland counties of Warwick and Worcester, and 
 a third in the south of England in Dorset and Devon. In the 
 reigns of Edward I. and Henry III. the surname of Dun was 
 particularly frequent in the east of England, especially in Essex. 
 There are three or four different explanations of the name, all of 
 which may be in some regions correct. Thus it may refer to the 
 dark complexion of the person in one locality, or it may be derived 
 from Dun or Dunne, an Anglo-Saxon personal name in another 
 or it may have a local signification from the Saxon "dun," a hill 
 in a third locality, since De Dun occurs in the Hundred Rolls. It 
 is, however, possible that it may also be a contraction of Dunning, 
 seeing that in the four counties in which Dunning occurs it is 
 always associated with several Dunns. Dunning has, like Dunn, 
 the same three centres of distribution — 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 name exceedingly numerous in North and South 
 Wales and in the adjacent English counties of Shropshire, Here- 
 ford, and Monmouth. Outside this area, its frequency diminishes 
 
32 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 very suddenly ; it maybe said, however, to be fairly distributed 
 through England south of a line drawn from the Wash to the 
 Mersey, not one of the counties north of this line occurring in 
 my list. Strangely enough, however, it reappears in Scotland 
 north of the Forth and the Clyde. Lower says that this surname, 
 though now so numerous in Wales, was probably not generally 
 assumed by Welshmen until within the last two or three centuries, 
 after the prejudices against the early Edwards had passed away. 
 
 Elliott — Elliot. — This name has three principal centres — 
 one in the north of England, in the counties of Durham and 
 Northumberland, and over the border in Roxburghshire and the 
 neighbouring Scottish counties, another in Derbyshire, and the 
 third in Bucks, Berks, and Sussex, whence it has extended into 
 the other south-coast counties, excluding Kent. The scanty 
 representation, or the absence of this name in the eastern coast 
 counties from Kent northward to the borders of Durham, is 
 remarkable. 
 
 Ellis. — Fairly well distributed over England and Wales, 
 excepting in tlie four northern counties, where its place may be 
 taken by Elliott. It is represented in Wilts and Lancashire by 
 Ellison. It is at present most numerous in Devon, Cambridge- 
 shire, Essex, Kent, and the West Riding. 
 
 Evans. — Exceedingly numerous in North and South Wales 
 and in the adjacent English counties of Shropshire and Mon- 
 mouth. Thence it has spread, but in rapidly diminishing numbers 
 to the midland counties and to the south-west of England. It is 
 absent or singularly rare in the northern counties, a line from the 
 Humber to the Mersey sharply defining its northward extension. 
 Not one of the coast counties, from Norfolk round to the borders 
 of Devon, is represented in my list. It would, therefore, appear 
 that the invasion of England by the Evanses is by no means a 
 complete one, though their advance on the metropolis is indicated 
 by their scanty outposts in Beds, Bucks, and Berks. 
 
 Fisher. — This name is irregularly distributed over England, 
 being however absent or infrequent in that part lying south of a 
 line joining the mouths of the Thames and the Severn. It is at 
 present most numerous in Cumberland and Westmoreland, Lanca- 
 shire, Notts, and Norfolk. It is also established in Scotland. 
 
 Fletcher. — This name has its principal home in the adjacent 
 counties of Derby and Notts. It is, however, also fairly distributed 
 over England, except in the southern counties south of a line 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 33 
 
 joining the moufclis of the Thames and the Severn, and in the east 
 coast counties between the Thames and the Wash. Though, in 
 all probability, the modern Fletchers usually represent the bow- 
 makers of the Middle Ages, it is also likely that they include 
 some of the original " fleshers " or butchers, such transformations 
 being very easily made in the days of uncertain orthography, 
 especially when inclination led the way. 
 
 Ford. — Characteristic of the southern and western counties. 
 Absent or singularly rare north of a line drawn from the Wash to 
 the Mersey. It is at present most numerous in Devon, Dorset, 
 Grloucestershire, Hants, and Cheshire. In almost all the counties 
 where this name is at all frequent we find it in one form or another 
 as a place-name. 
 
 FoRSTER — Foster. — This surname, in its two forms, is widely 
 distributed over England, being however absent or rare in the 
 three eastern counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, and Essex, and in the 
 south-west of Engla^nd. Forster is essentially the north country 
 form, being especially numerous in Northumberland. Foster is 
 the form characteristic of the rest of England, being particularly 
 frequent in Notts. The north of England, however, is the prin- 
 cipal home of the name, the two varieties occurring in Northum- 
 berland in the proportion of 107 per 10,000 of the population. 
 Curiously enough, it has found no pernaanent home in Scotland. 
 
 Fowler. — This name is irregularly distributed in most parts of 
 England. It is, however, best represented in the counties of 
 Gloucester and Dorset, and is scattered over the midlands, being 
 rare or absent in the south-east quarter of England as defined by 
 a line drawn from the Wash to the Solent. 
 
 Fox. — This name has its home in the midlands, being particu^ 
 larly numerous in Derbyshire, and afterwards in Notts, Leicester- 
 shire, and Oxfordshire. It is not represented in my list in the 
 south-west of England. When we examine the Hundred Rolls 
 of the time of Edward I., we find that this name occurred then in 
 Notts, Worcestershire, and Oxfordshire — counties where it is 
 established in our own time ; it was also found in that reign in 
 Cambridgeshire and Beds. 
 
 Freeman. — This name is confined to the centre of Englg^nd and 
 to the adjoining eastern and western counties. Two lines drawn 
 west from the Wash and the Thames to the Welsh border will 
 roughly include the principal area of this name, which for an area 
 of its size is remarkably well defined. It is at present most 
 
 D 
 
34 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 immerous in Suffolk and in Worcester ; and likely enougli the 
 Freemans of the west and of the east may owe their surname to 
 different events in the history of our country. Not improbably 
 "Freeman" early appeared as an appellation in the counties 
 bordering Wales, since we learn that in the 10th century the 
 Welsh captives, reduced to slavery, were so numerous in the 
 English shires on the border that the proportion of slaves to 
 freemen would seem to have been unusually large.* It is singular 
 that the surname of Fry (Old English for Free) is confined to the 
 south of England, occurring chiefly in Wilts. 
 
 French. — Excluding the county of Durham, this name is con- 
 fined to the southern half of England. It is at present best 
 represented in Devonshire, Essex, and Oxfordshire. 
 
 Gardiner — Gardner. — Most characteristic of the midland 
 counties, and of the eastern counties south of the Wash. Sin- 
 gularly rare in the south-west, and in the north of England, 
 excepting Lancashire. At present best represented in Essex, 
 Lancashire, and Warwickshire. Both forms occur in southern 
 and central Scotland, especially in Perthshire. 
 
 George. — A name at present most numerous in Monmouthshire, 
 and after that in South Wales. Rare in the south coast counties, 
 excepting Cornwall, and in the north of England, north of the 
 Wash and the Dee. 
 
 GiBBS. — Confined to the southern half of England. In the 
 northern counties its place is taken by Gibson. Its principal 
 homes are in Gloucestershire and Warwickshire. (See under 
 " Gibson " and " Gilbert.") 
 
 Gibson. — A north of England name, best represented in the 
 counties of Cumberland, Westmoreland, Durham, and Northumber- 
 land. The Gibsons are also very frequent across the Scotch 
 border in the counties of Berwick and Dumfries, and they are well 
 established in the counties south of the Forth and the Clyde. Its 
 area also extends to and includes Notts and Staffordshire, where 
 it abuts on the area of Gibbs. The distribution of these two 
 names in England affords a remarkable example of the separate 
 occupation by two similar names, or more correctly speaking, by 
 two forms of the same name, of two contiguous but distinct 
 regions. Derbyshire, which is on the neutral ground between the 
 northern area of the Gibsons and the southern area of the Gibbses, 
 
 • Freeman's ** Norman Conquest," vol. 1, p. 3G5 (1867). 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 35 
 
 possesses bofcli names, but in no great numbers. (See undei* 
 
 *' GiLBEET.") 
 
 Gilbert. — This name has its principal home in the midland 
 counties of Leicester and Rutland, Northampton, Warwick, and 
 Worcester. It is for the most part a name of the midlands, being 
 absent in the north bejond Staffordshire and Lincolnshire. It 
 has, however, a secondary and independent home in Cornwall and 
 Devon. 
 
 If we regard Gibbs and Gibson as derivatives of Gilbert, then 
 we find that Gilbert in its original shape, or in the form of either 
 of its two commonest derivatives, is generally speaking absent or 
 rare in the south-east quarter of England. Tiius it is to be 
 observed that the counties of Beds, Berks, Cambridge, Essex. 
 Hants, Herts, Hunts, Middlesex, Suifolk, and Sussex are not men- 
 tioned in my lists ; whilst in Kent and Norfolk the names are not 
 very numerous. It will also appear from the lists that the name is 
 not very frequent in Wales, and is absent or rare in all the English 
 counties on the Welsh border (Cheshire, Shropshire, Herefordshire, 
 and Monmouthshire). Warwickshire ranks far above all other 
 counties as the home of Gilbert, or its derivative, Gibbs. Next 
 come Gloucestershire and Worcestershire ; and the counties on 
 both sides of the Scotch border, which form the main stronghold 
 of the Gibsons. It would therefore seem that the two great 
 centres of this name and its principal derivatives are in the north 
 of England and adjacent part of Scotland and in the western 
 midlands. 
 
 Goodwin. — The principal home of this name is in Staffordshire, 
 and in the adjacent counties of Derby and Cheshire, Besides its 
 home in the midlands, it has a less important centre in Kent. 
 
 Gray — Grey. — Gray is, generally speaking, confined to the 
 whole length of the eastern coast of England from Northumber- 
 land to Kent and to the inland counties immediately adjacent; 
 and it advances in force across the border into southern Scotland. 
 It also extends along the south coast of England, excepting Sussex, 
 to Hants and Dorset. The manner in which this name is restricted 
 in England to the coast and its vicinity is particularly remarkable. 
 It is mingled in the counties of Northumberland and Durham with 
 Grey, of which the former county may be considered the home. 
 The peculiarities in the distribution of these names are but little 
 explained when we refer to the Hundred Rolls of the reign of 
 Edward I. At that time both names were numerous, but Grey 
 
 D 2 
 
36 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 had the pre-eminence. Strange to say, at that time Grey was 
 numerous in Kent, whilst Gray was particularly frequent in 
 Lincolnshire, where it was also associated with Grey. The two 
 names were also well represented in Oxfordshire, Bucks, Cam- 
 bridgeshire, and adjacent counties, and probably also in some other 
 parts of England that are scantily referred to in the Hundred 
 
 Rolls Coming back to the present distribution of the names, 
 
 I notice the circumstance that the Graysons are confined to York- 
 shire. 
 
 Green. — Pretty well distributed all over England, but par- 
 ticularly numerous in the east of England in the adjacent counties 
 of Cambridge, Lincoln, Norfolk, Suffolk, and Essex ; also in 
 Worcestershire, Somerset, Wilts, and the West Riding. Yery 
 rare or absent in Devon and Cornwall. 
 
 Griffin. — Most numerous in the contiguous counties of Bucks 
 and Warwick, and afterwards in the counties immediately around, 
 also extending westward to Devon and Somerset. Not found in 
 the northern half of England. In Domesday this name occurs in 
 Cheshire, Hereford, and Cornwall. In the reign of Edward I. it 
 occurred in Shropshire, Oxfordshire, and Hunts, etc. (Hundred 
 Rolls.) 
 
 G-RiFPiTH — Griffiths. — These names are very numerous in 
 Wales, which, in fact may be regarded as their home. In the 
 English counties on the Welsh border (Shropshire, Hereford, and 
 Monmouth), though only half as frequent, they are, however, to 
 be found in considerable numbers. In the next line of counties, 
 represented by those of Gloucester and Worcester, their frequency 
 has rapidly decreased. Northamptonshire represents the limit of 
 their migration eastward, no substantial advance having been 
 made into other parts of England. The circumstance that these 
 two names possess only half the relative frequency of Evans and 
 Davies in their common home in Wales explains in a great 
 measure why they have not obtained such a hold in England as 
 has been obtained in the instances of the more common Welsh 
 surnames. 
 
 Hall. — Distributed all over England. Two principal areas of 
 greatest frequency : one in the north of England in the counties 
 of Northumberland and Durham, where it attains the greatest 
 relative frequency, extending, however, in moderate numbers 
 across the border into central Scotland ; the other in the midland 
 counties, especially in Derbyshire. Rarest in the south-east and 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 37 
 
 sontb-west of England, and in Wales. In Essex its place is taken 
 bj Halls. 
 
 Hammond. — This name has two principal areas : one in the 
 south-eastern and eastern coast counties of England south of the 
 Humber, Kent, Suffolk, and Norfolk containing the name in the 
 greatest frequency; the other, a less important area, situated 
 in the counties lying on and in the vicinity of the Welsh border, 
 Cheshire possessing the largest number. Evidently this surname 
 has characterised the eastern coast counties of England for several 
 centuries. Derived from Hamo, a well-known Domesday personal 
 name, we find it in the form of Hamo, Hamon, Hamond, Ham- 
 mund, etc., during the reign of Edward I. in the same eastern 
 coast counties where it is now established, namely in Norfolk, 
 Kent, and Lincoln ; it also occurred at that time as Hamon in the 
 county of Cambridge. (Hundred Rolls.) The circumstance of 
 this name having been established in the same part of England 
 since the thirteenth century is one of considerable interest. 
 
 Harding. — Mostly confined to the south-west of England, being 
 at present best represented in Somerset and Wilts. Its dis- 
 connected occurrence in other parts of England is, however, 
 noticeable. 
 
 Hardy. — This name has its principal home in the adjacent 
 counties of Leicester, Rutland, Notts, Lincoln, and Derby. Its 
 further distribution is mostly confined to the east coast counties 
 from the Scottish border to the mouth of the Thames. We learn 
 from the Hundred Rolls that six centuries ago, Hardi or Hardj 
 was also an east country name, occurring then in the counties of 
 Norfolk, Beds, Cambridge, Hunts, etc. Hardie is the Scottish 
 form of the name, but it is neither a common nor a characteristic 
 name in Scotland. 
 
 Harris — Harrison. — These names, considered together, are 
 distributed over England and Wales. Each, however, has its 
 own area of frequency, Harrison in the north and Harris in the 
 south, whilst they wage a sharp contest for supremacy in the 
 
 midlands A line drawn across England through the cities 
 
 of Lincoln and Chester will define the northern border of the 
 area of Harris. This name is at present most numerous in 
 Monmouthshire and South Wales, in the southern midland 
 counties of Oxford, Northampton, Warwick, and Worcester, and 
 in the west of England, especially in Cornwall and Devon. It is 
 less frequent in the eastern portion of its area, that is to say, from 
 
SS HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Lincolnsliire south to Kent Harrison is most numerous in 
 
 Westmoreland, Lancashire, Yorkshire, and Lincolnshire. Further 
 south we find it invading in numbers the area of the Harrises 
 and fighting for the supremacy in the midland shires, victorious 
 in some, as in those of Derby and Stafford, waging an equal 
 contest in others, as in the county of Notts, and completely out- 
 numbered in the advance southward into the counties of 
 Warwick and Worcester. Pushing on, however, in greatly 
 diminished numbers, the Harrisons have established outposts on 
 the borders of the English Channel. 
 
 In this struggle between the Harrises and the Harrisons, it is 
 evident that the former have been worsted. The Harrises, in 
 fact, have been entirely on the defence. Not only have they 
 been unable to make any successful inroads into the northern 
 territory of the Harrisons, but they have not prevented their 
 foes from forcing a way through their ranks and reaching the 
 south coast. 
 
 Hart. — This name is found in the centre and east of England, 
 as, for instance, in Leicestershire, Cambridgeshire, and Sufiblk. 
 It is isolated in the north of England in the county of Durham, 
 and in the North and East Ridings ; also frequent in Gloucester- 
 shire, and to a less extent in Wilts. The name has evidently had 
 'different Origins. Probably the numerous Harts who are said to 
 have come over into England from Germany may explain the 
 origin of the Harts in the counties on the east coast of England. 
 Many Jewish families ])ear the name. 
 
 Harvey. — Well distributed over England south of a line drawn 
 from Hull to Chester. North of that line its frequency abruptly 
 ceases. It is best represented in Essex, Hants, and Kent, and 
 then in Corwall, Devon, Staffordshire, Notts, Norfolk, and Suffolk. 
 Its preference for the coast counties, especially those in the south- 
 east of England from Kent to Norfolk, is to be remarked. This 
 name in the reign of Edward I. took the form of Hervey and 
 Hervi, and was found in London and Cambridgeshire. (Hundred 
 Rolls.) Herve was an ancient Norman personal name. Harvey 
 is also found in many parts of Scotland. 
 
 Hawkins. — Characteristic of the west of England, being best 
 represented in Somerset, Gloucestershire, Wilts, and adjacent 
 counties, but not extending north of Staffordshire. 
 
 Hill. — Pretty generally distribnted over England, except in 
 the counties north of Yorkshire and Lancashire. Relatively 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 39 
 
 scarce in fhe south-eastern counties, where its place is taken by 
 Hills. At present it is densest in the midlands and in the south- 
 west of England, being most numerous in Derbyshire, Leicester- 
 shire, Rutland, Staffordshire, Worcestershire, and Lincolnshire, 
 and in the counties of Devon, Somerset, Gloucester, and Oxford. 
 It reappears in Scotland, especially in the southern half. 
 
 Holmes. — Widely distributed over England, but rare in the 
 south, especially in the south-west. The northern half of England 
 evidently possesses its home, or rather its homes ; in the counties 
 of Durham and Derby, in the West Riding, and in Lincolnshire, 
 occur the greatest numbers of the name. 
 
 Howard. — This name has its principal home in the eastern 
 counties south of the H umber, being best represented in Norfolk, 
 Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, and N^otts. It has another 
 home in Lancashire, Cheshire, and adjacent counties. There is 
 considerable difference of opinion concerning its origin. Lower 
 and Ferguson consider it as of Norwegian origin, Havard or 
 Haavard having been a common personal name amongst the 
 Northmen. Bardsley similarly thinks that it is a corruption of 
 Harvard or Here ward, Laing, as quoted by Lower, also regards 
 the name as left by the Northmen in East Anglia and Northum- 
 berland. The explanation given by Taylor in his "Words and 
 Places," is less romantic. He regards Howard as, like Hayward, 
 a corruption of Hogwarden, the title of the officer in charge of the 
 swine in the common forest pastures or "dens." The Howards, 
 according to Taylor, first came to notice in the Weald (Kent and 
 Sussex), though we also know that they existed in Norfolk before 
 the thirteenth century, when they first rose to eminence. Camden, 
 the most important witness of all, places Howard amongst the 
 names in use in Engiand at the time of the Conquest. In all 
 probability this na.me has had more than one origin. Its 
 derivation from Hogwarden appears a little far-fetched ; but it 
 seems very likely that in a few localities it is a corruption of 
 Hayward, a south country name, though whether Hayward is 
 derived from Hogwarden is quite another question, concerning 
 which I express my doubts, there being a more probable explana- 
 tion in the very sound of the word. Howard and Hayward are 
 not often associated, but it is especially noticeable that in Suffolk, 
 where both names are frequent, the intermediate form of Haward 
 occurs. The establishment of the Howards in the east coast 
 counties and in their vicinity makes it probable that, as suggested 
 
40 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 by Ferguson, Lower, Bardslej, and Laing, thej may be in most 
 cases, in that part of England, the representatives of the ancient 
 Havards, Harvards, and Haavards, of the Northmen. The Howards 
 of Lancashire and Cheshire have had probably a different origin, 
 it being singular that Haworth, Howarth, and Howorth, are also 
 Lancashire names, being, in fact, almost confined to that county, 
 where they are very numerous. The explanation of the origin of 
 the Lancashire Howards will have to include that of the Lan- 
 cashire Haworths, Howarths, and Howorths. (See under 
 "Lancashire," in the case of Haworth, etc.) 
 
 Hudson. — The principal centres of this name are in Norfolk, 
 Derbyshire, and Yorkshire, whence it has spread to adjacent 
 counties. It is absent, or conspicuously rare, in the south of 
 England, south of a line drawn through the cities of London and 
 Worcester. 
 
 Hughes. — Very frequent in North Wales and fairly numerous 
 in South Wales, Herefordshire, and Shropshire. Advancing into 
 England in a south-east direction towards the metropolis, it has 
 obtained a firm hold in Wilts, whilst Hants and Oxfordshire con- 
 tain its outposts. 
 
 Humphrey — Humphreys. — Rarely found north of a line drawn 
 from the Wash to the Dee. Humphrey is confined to the eastern 
 half of the area, in Berks, Norfolk, Surrey, Sussex, etc. Hum- 
 phreys characterises the western half, being most numerous in 
 North Wales, and after that in Shropshire, Gloucestershire, Wilt- 
 shire, etc. Both are rare or absent in the four south-western 
 counties. 
 
 Hunt. — Well distributed through England, except in the 
 north, where its place is supplied by Hunter, which has the same 
 signification. It is best represented in the south of England, 
 especially in the county of Dorset, and after that in those of 
 Wilts and Somerset. It has also more than one stronghold in the 
 midlands, as in the counties of Worcester, Derby, Notts, and 
 Leicester. 
 
 Hutchings — Hutchinson. — Hutchings is found mostly in the 
 south-west of England, especially in Somerset. Hutchinson is 
 confined to the north, being most numerous in the county of 
 Durham, and also frequent in Noi-thumberland, Cumberland, and 
 in the North and East Ridings. Hutchison occurs over a large 
 part of Scotland, but is rare in the north. 
 
 Jackson. — Although found nearly all over England, it is best 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 41 
 
 represented in the north beyond the H umber and the Dee, 
 especially in Cumberland and Westmoreland, Lancashire, York- 
 shire, and Cheshire. It is also characteristic of the midlands, 
 though less numerous there than in the northern counties, Derby- 
 shire, Leicestershire, Rutlandshire, Notts, Staffordshire, Warwick- 
 shire, and Worcestershire containing several of the name, and 1 
 should here add Lincolnshire. Further south its frequency 
 lessens rapidly, and it is of rare occurrence in the south coast 
 counties. The Jacksons have also advanced into the southern 
 part of Scotland from the English border, and are well established 
 in Renfrewshire and the neighbouring counties. 
 
 James. — The principal home of this name is in South Wales 
 and Monmouthshire. Lower tells us of a very ancient Pembroke 
 family possessing an estate successively held by thirteen persons 
 bearing the name of William James. The name is also frequent 
 in Shropshire and Herefordshire on the Welsh border, and in the 
 neighbouring counties of Gloucester and Stafford. It is also 
 numerous in the south-west of England, especially in Somerset, 
 Dorset, and Cornwall. In the eastern counties it nearly dis- 
 appears, but it reappears in the north, though in no great 
 numbers. The affix of " son " is rarely found in England in 
 connection with James, except in the northern counties, as in 
 county Durham. Jamieson is a widely-spread Scottish name, but 
 is rare in the north of Scotland. 
 
 Jeffery — Jeffertes — Jeffreys. — These are essentially south 
 of England names, Wilts being their principal home. It is 
 remarkable that Jeffery is most numerous in the four south-west 
 counties; whilst Jefferies and Jeffreys are most prevalent in the 
 other parts of the area of distribution. The place of these names 
 in the north of England is taken by Jefferson. Jeffs is a Cheshire 
 variety. 
 
 Jenkins. — This name has its home in South Wales and Mon- 
 mouthshire, where it is very numerous. Like other Welsh names 
 it has spread itself to the southward and eastward, though not 
 nearly to the extent of some of the other common names of the 
 Principality. In Cornwall it occurs in numbers, generally in the 
 form of Jenkin. Its isolated appearance in Kent is somewhat 
 remarkable. In the northern part of England, especially in 
 Lancashire and Yorkshire, its place is supplied by Jenkinson. 
 
 Johnson. — With the exception of the south-western counties, 
 where it is absent or conspicuously rare, this name is distributed 
 
4:% HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 all over England, but in much less numbers in tbe south than in 
 the midlands and in the north. The counties most conspicuous 
 for the number of Johnsons are Cambridge, Cheshire, Derby, 
 Durham, Lancashire, Leicester and B-utland, Lincoln, Norfolk, 
 Northumberland, Notts, Stafford, Yv^arwick, and York. It is 
 suggested by Lower that this name has often been confounded 
 with the Scottish name of Johnston or Johnstone, which is very 
 common south of the Forth and the Clyde, especially in the 
 border counties of Dumfries and Berwick. This suggestion is 
 probably correct ; for, bearing in mind the very extensive inter- 
 change of names that has occurred between the two countries, it 
 would otherwise be difficult to explain why the Scottish Johnstons 
 and the English Johnsons should meet abruptly at the border in 
 such numbers. It is evident, therefore, that in the majority of 
 cases Johnston is the Scottish form of Johnson, though a few may 
 have taken the name from parishes in Dumfriesshire, etc. 
 
 Jones. — ]t is needless to remark that Jones is the most 
 characteristic of Welsh surnames, being especially frequent in 
 North Wales, where one out of every seven persons is thus named. 
 Having occupied the English counties on the Welsh border in 
 great force, the Joneses have advanced on the metropolis from 
 their home in North Wales, and after founding colonies en route, 
 in Northamptonshire and Bucks, they have pushed on to 
 the shores of Essex and Kent. In the counties north of 
 Lincolnshire and Lancashire Jones has not been able to obtain a 
 footing. 
 
 King. — Mostly confined south of a line drawn from the Wash 
 to the southern border of Shropshire. North of this line the name 
 rapidly diminishes in frequency, being absent from my list in 
 nearly all the counties thus marked olf . It is rare also in the 
 extreme south-west, in Devon and Cornwall. It is best represented 
 in Beds, Bucks, Suffolk, and Wilts. The name is sparingly 
 represented in Scotland. 
 
 Knight. — Well distributed over England south of a line drawn 
 from the Humber to the Dee. In the northern part of England 
 it is singularly rare. Sussex stands foremost for the number of 
 its Knights, and after it come, in their order, Hants, Leicester- 
 shire and Rutland, and Gloucestershire. In Norfolk and Suffolk 
 we have the form of Knights. 
 
 Lamb. — Pretty well dispersed over England, except in the 
 .south coast counties from Devon to Kent, in which it is uu- 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 43 
 
 represented in my list. At present it is most numerous in the 
 north of England, in the counties of Northumberland and 
 Durham. 
 
 Lane. — Absent or rare in the north and south-east of England. 
 Most numerous in the adjacent counties of Gloucester, Hereford, 
 and Worcestei', and to a less extent in Dorset. 
 
 Lawrence. — Characteristic of the southern half of England, 
 especially numerous in the south-west, where it is best represented 
 in Somerset, and then in the neighbouring counties of Dorset and 
 Gloucester. Lawrenson is a Lancashire name. Amongst the 
 derivatives of Lawrence are included Law, Lawes, Lawson, 
 Lawrie, Larkin, etc. In one form or another this ancient name is 
 scattered over England. 
 
 Lea — Lee.— Taking the two names collectively we observe 
 that they are distributed over the greater part of England, though 
 they are infrequent in the south-eastern counties south of the 
 Wash, and are rare or absent in the counties on the south coast, 
 excluding Devon. They are most numerous in the contiguous 
 counties of Shropshire and Cheshire. When we come to consider 
 their separate distribution we find that Lee is the most widely 
 dispersed and by far the most common of the two names. Lea is 
 confined to a limited and well-defined area, having its home in 
 Cheshire, Shropshire, and Warwickshire, and spreading only to 
 the counties immediately adjacent. On the other hand, Lee is 
 found over the larger part of England, possessing independent 
 centres in the counties of Northumberland and Durham in the 
 north, in Notts and the adjacent counties in the midlands, in 
 Shropshire on the Welsh border, and in Devonshire in the south- 
 west of England. Probably in counties such as Cheshire, where 
 Leigh is a frequent place-name, as well as a surname, it has often 
 been confounded with Lea and Lee. Lees is a midland name, 
 especially numerous in Staffordshire. 
 
 Lewis. — This name has its chief centre in South Wales and in 
 the adjacent county of Monmouth. It is next most frequent in 
 North Wales, Shropshire, and Herefordshire. Its main line of 
 migration from its Welsh home has been to the south-east, and 
 Berks and Hants represent the limits of its advance in that 
 direction. Its sporadic occurrence in Norfolk is to be remarked ; 
 here likely enough it has had an independent origin. 
 
 Lloyd. — Its home is in North and South Wales ; but it is also 
 frequent in the adjacent English counties of Shropshire, Here- 
 
44 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 ford, and Monmoutli. Its f iirtlier advance into England lias been 
 small. 
 
 Long. — This name is confined soutli of a line drawn west- 
 south-west from the Wash. It has evidently more than one home, 
 the principal one being in Wilts and the neighbonring county of 
 Gloucester; there is a second in Kent, and a third in Norfolk 
 and Suffolk and their vicinity. According to Camden, the Wilt- 
 shire Longs are descended from a very tall attendant of Lord 
 Treasurer Hungerford. However, we know that the Longs have 
 been established in this part of England for many centuries, since 
 we learn from the Hundred Rolls that the name was numerous 
 in Oxfordshire, as well as in Cambridgeshire, in the reign of 
 Edward I. 
 
 Lowe — Lowes. — Essentially a name of the midlands and 
 adjacent north-west counties, being most numerous in Derbyshire, 
 Warwickshire, and Cheshire. Lowes is the north of England 
 form, occurring in Northumberland and Durham, and in the 
 North and East Ridings in the form of Lowish. In Scotland 
 Low has an independent home in Aberdeenshire. 
 
 Marsh. — Distributed over the greater part of England, but 
 rare or absent north of Notts and Lancashire. It has several 
 centres, namely, in Cambridgeshire and Kent in the east, in 
 Lancashire in the north, in Shropshire in the west, and in Wilts, 
 Dorset, and Somerset in the south. Marsh is the name of a 
 parish both in Shropshire and Kent. Lower says that the 
 surname has existed in Kent since the 14th century. 
 
 Marshall. — Distributed over England, its great home being in 
 Notts and Lincolnshire, whilst there are less important homes in 
 Northumberland in the north and in Somerset in the south. The 
 name is of foreign origin. It was originally "Marechal," or 
 " Mare-schalks," the old name for a horse-groom or farrier, in 
 which sense it is still used in France. The post became dignified, 
 and with it the name ; but, as Lower remarks, it is probable that 
 the great majority of Marshalls derived their name from the 
 humbler occupation. The name has extended from the north of 
 England into central and southern Scotland. 
 
 Martin. — Distributed over the whole of England and possess- 
 ing several homes, the two principal being in the south-west, in 
 Cornwall, and in the south-east, in Sussex and Kent. Less im- 
 portant centres are in Worcestershire and Staffordshire, where the 
 Martins of the midlands mainly reside, and in Northumberland, 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 45 
 
 "whicli is the home of the north country Martins, who also extend 
 across the border into the southern half of Scotland. 
 
 Mason. — Scarcely represented, or absent, in the south ccast 
 counties and in the counties north of Lancashire and Yorkshire, 
 but common in most of the rest of England, its principal home 
 being in Cambridgeshire, and afterwards in Cheshire, Lancashire, 
 and Yorkshire. 
 
 Matthews — Matthew. — A line drawn across England from 
 the Humber to the Dee will mark the northern boundary of the 
 area of distribution of these names. Matthews is by far the 
 most frequent form of the name. It is found in varying 
 numbers in most of the counties south of this line, being less 
 common in the eastern half of the area, and having its principal 
 homes in the western portion in Herefordshire, Gloucestershire, 
 Monmouthshire, Wiltshire, and Cornwall. Matthew is mostly 
 characteristic of Suffolk. These names are but scantily repre- 
 sented in the north of England by the Mathisons, Mattisons, and 
 
 Matsons of Yorkshire Matts is a curious contraction found in 
 
 Leicestershire and Rutland. Matheson and Mathieson are found 
 in Scotland, but in inconsiderable numbers and w4th apparently 
 no definite distribution. 
 
 May. — This is a characteristic South of England name. Its 
 principal home is in Devon and Cornwall. Less important 
 centres are in Kent, Essex, Oxfordshire, and Berks. In the 
 Hundred Rolls of the time of Edward I. we find that in the form 
 of Le May it was numerously represented in Oxfordshire and 
 Cambridgeshire, and less so in Kent. 
 
 Middleton. — Excepting a few in Devon, this name may be 
 said to be practically unrepresented in the south of England. Its 
 principal home is in Warwickshire ; but it is also fairly numerous 
 in Derbyshire, jN'orthamptonshire, the West Riding, and Norfolk. 
 In nearly all the counties in which the surname occurs in any 
 numbers, Middleton is the name of parishes, townships, etc. The 
 Scottish Middletons have their home in Aberdeenshire. 
 
 Miles. — This name has a characteristic distribution in the 
 south of England, though absent, or rare, in the three south-west 
 counties of Cornwall, Devon, and Somerset. It has its principal 
 homes in Kent, Essex, Sussex, Dorset, Wilts, Gloucestershire, 
 and Monmouthshire, the northern limit of its area being in 
 Norfolk and Shropshire. It has been suggested by Bardsley and 
 Lower that this name is sometimes derived from Milo, a Norman 
 
46 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 personal name in Domesday. Lower thinks that it may be also 
 often a corruption of Michael. Judging, however, from the dis- 
 tribution in both cases, I should say that it has had little or no 
 connection with Mitchell as representing Michael. Rather I 
 wonld hold that it is connected with Mills, which has a similar 
 distribution ; and it is remarkable that in the three south-west 
 counties where Mills is absent or infrequent, being represented in 
 two of them by Mill, Miles is also absent or rare. 
 
 Miller. — There are three groups of Millers in England, the 
 Millers of the south, who have their principal home in Dorset, 
 where they are very numerous ; the Millers of the north, who 
 are found mostly in Lancashire, Durham, a,nd N'orthumberland, 
 and the Millers of the east, who frequent Essex and the adjacent 
 counties. This name, often in the form of Millar, is distributed 
 over a large part of Scotland, but is rare north of Aberdeenshire. 
 
 Mills. — This name is mostly confined to the southern half of 
 England. Its chief homes are in Essex, Kent, Sussex, Hants, and 
 Warwickshire. It is rare or infrequent in the south-west of 
 England, where, in Cornwall and Devon, its place is to some extent 
 supplied by Mill. 
 
 Mitchell. — Distributed over England, but far more frequent 
 in the south. Its home,_par excellence, is in the county of Cornwall, 
 where in nearly half the instances it is written Michell, though 
 the pronunciation is the same. Its other homes are in Sussex, 
 Wilts, and in the West Riding. Its prevalence in Cornwall is 
 due to the fact that several parishes and places in the county bear 
 the name of St. Michael in one form or another. Mitchell is also 
 a name numerous in most parts of Scotland, but is rare north of 
 Aberdeenshire. 
 
 Moore. — This name is distributed all over England excluding 
 the south coast, where, with the exception of Devon and Kent, it 
 is absent or singularly uncommon. Its principal homes are in 
 East Anglia, in Norfolk, Suffolk, and Cambridgeshire; in the 
 north, in Cheshire and Yorkshire ; in the western midlands, in 
 Worcester and adjacent counties ; and in the south-west of England, 
 in Devonshire. 
 
 Morgan. — South Wales and Monmouthshire are the great 
 homes of this name. North Wales and Herefordshire stand next 
 in the order of its frequency. This ancient Welsh name, in com- 
 parison with some other names of the Principality, has advanced 
 but little into England. It has obtained no footing in the north, 
 
EXGIJSH AND WELSH NAMES. 47 
 
 whilst the counties of Worcester and Gloucester represent 
 the limit of its advance into the midlands. It has, however, 
 firmly established itself in Hampshire, and to a less extent in 
 Somerset 
 
 Morris. — This name has evidently had more than one centre 
 of origin. Its principal home is in the counties bordering Wales 
 (excluding Cheshire), namely, Shropshire, Herefordshire, and 
 Monmouthshire, and afterwards in the Welsh counties themselves. 
 Thence it has spread over most of the midland counties, though it 
 may be doubted whether it has not had a partially independent 
 origin in Bucks, Leicestershire and Rutland, and Notts, How- 
 ever, an important and evidently an independent home has been 
 founded in Hampshire, where it is very numerous. According to 
 Lower, Morris, when found in Wales and in the adjoining 
 English counties, is derived from Mars, the Grod of War (Welsh 
 form Mawr-rwyce). In England it is undoubtedly often a cor- 
 ruption of Maurice, a name partly of Norman introduction. 
 Probably Moss, which, judging from its distribution, is more 
 often in England a corruption of Morris than a Jewish contraction 
 of Moses, should be included here. It is principally found in 
 Staffordshire, Worcestershire, and Essex. Morrison is a name 
 almost peculiar to Scotland, being only scantily represented in 
 England in Northumberland. 
 
 Neal — Neale. — This name is not found in the north of 
 England, but is scattered about the rest of the country. Its 
 chief homes are in Sussex and Warwickshire ; but probably also 
 the adjacent counties of Norfolk and Lincolnshire are more worthy 
 of being considered as homes than their numbers would imply. 
 In the reign of Edward I., the surname of Neel occurred in Beds, 
 Bucks, and Hunts. (Hundred Rolls.) 
 
 Newman. — Confined to the southern half of England and not 
 occurring in any numbers north of a line drawn west from the 
 Wash. It has evidently several homes, and is at present most fre- 
 quently found in Essex, Wilts, Gloucestershire, and Worcestershire. 
 This name signifies "a stranger." According to Lower, it is written 
 Nieuweman in Sussex documents of the I3th century. ' In 
 the same century it was of frequent occurrence, as Neweman, 
 in Cambridgeshire and Oxfordshire, and as Neuman it was also 
 then common in Norfolk and Essex (Hundred Rolls), in which 
 two counties it has been ever since established. 
 
 Newton. — This surname has a disconnected distribution in 
 
48 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 different parts of England, being nearly always derived from 
 the names of parishes, townships, and other localities in the 
 same county. It is best represented in the northern half of 
 England. 
 
 NiCHOLLS — Nichols. — Distributed over the greater part of 
 England except in the north, where its place is supplied by 
 Nicholson and JSTichol. The great home is in Cornwall. It is 
 afterwards frequent in Essex, Northamptonshire, Wilts, Devon, 
 Gloucestershire, and Norfolk. If we include Nicholas, in most 
 cases the original form of the name, Monmouthshire is especially 
 distinguished by its frequency. Although in the majority of 
 instances this name is, as just stated, evidently derived from 
 Nicholas, the name of the patron saint of boys, sailors, and parish 
 clerks in the early times (Bardsley), still it would seem probable 
 that in the eastern part of England, as in Norfolk and Essex, it 
 takes its rise from Nincole or Nicole, the Norman pronunciation 
 of Lincoln. Lower, quoting Sir F. Palgrave, gives this explana- 
 tion. This view is to some extent supported by the circumstance 
 that, in the 13th century, Nicoll in various forms occurred com- 
 monly in this part of England — in Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridge- 
 shire, and Lincolnshire (Hundred Rolls). Nicol and Nicoll are 
 names found over a large part of Scotland, though rare or absent 
 in the north. 
 
 Nicholson. — With few exceptions confined to the northern half 
 of England, being most frequent in Cumberland and Northumber- 
 land, and afterwards in Durham and in the adjacent parts of 
 Yorkshire. It is noticeable that Nixon, a contraction of this name, 
 is also restricted to the northern half of England, being most 
 numerous in Cheshire and Northumberland. From the north of 
 England the Nicholsons and Nicolsons have extended into the 
 Scottish border counties, especially into Dumfriesshire. 
 
 Norman. — This name has a disconnected distribution in dif- 
 ferent parts of England. It has evidently three or four indepen- 
 dent homes, the two principal being in Cambridgeshire in the east 
 and in Somerset in the west. It is remarkable that in the 13th 
 century this surname was very numerous in Cambridgeshire, 
 just as it is now ; then, also, it was similarly established in the 
 neighbouring county of Norfolk, and in the not far distant cne of 
 Bucks (Hundred Rolls). 
 
 Oliver. — Distributed over the greater part of England. Its 
 principal homes are as follows : — In the north, in Northumberland 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 49 
 
 and Darham, whence it extends into the Scottish border counties ; 
 in the west, in Herefordshire ; in the east, in Lincolnshire ; in the 
 south-west (including the contracted form of 01ver),in Cornwall ; 
 and in the south-east, in Kent and Sussex. The personal name 
 occurs in Domesday ; and as a surname it was represented in 
 Cambridgeshire and Oxfordshire in the reign of Edward I. 
 (Hundred Rolls.) 
 
 OsBOEN — Osborne. — This name occurred in England before the 
 Norman Conquest. It is confined south of a line joining the 
 Humber and the Mersey, and its principal area of distribution takes 
 the form of a belt crossing central England from East Anglia to 
 the borders of Wales. Though well represented also in the 
 south-west of England, especially in Somerset and Cornwall, 
 it is rare or absent in the other south coast counties, excepting 
 Sussex. 
 
 Page. — Characteristic of the southern half of England, Notts 
 and Shropshire representing its northernmost limits. It is most 
 numerous in the eastern part of its area, especially in the counties 
 of Essex and Sussex, and afterwards in Norfolk and Suffolk. 
 Oxfordshire is also conspicuous for the frequency of the name. 
 In the south-western counties, excluding Devon, it is rare. 
 
 Palmer. — With the exception of a scanty representation in 
 Cumberland and Westmoreland, this name does not occur in my 
 list in the counties north of a line joining the Humber and the 
 Dee. The modern representatives of the ancient pilgrims (the 
 ])almers of the Crusades, who carried a staff of palm-wood in 
 their hands) are, however, pretty generally distributed over the 
 rest of the country, having their principal home in the east of 
 England, especially in Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, and Kent, whei-e, 
 as we learn from the Hundred Rolls, they were numerous as far 
 back as the 13fch century, particularly in Norfolk and Hunts. 
 The midland home of the name is in Warwickshire and Worcester- 
 shire, whilst in the south-west of England they are best repre- 
 sented in Devon and Somerset. 
 
 Parker. — Distributed almost all over England, but absent or 
 conspicuously rare in the extreme south-western counties of Devon 
 and Cornwall. Its principal centres are in the northern half of 
 the country, the first in the West Riding and in the adjacent 
 counties of Lancashire, Derby, and Lincoln, and the second in 
 Northumberland, but it does not extend across the border. It has 
 also additional homes in the south of England, in Essex on the 
 
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50 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 east coast, in Monmoutlis'hire and Gloucestersliire in tlie west, and 
 in Hampsliire on the south coast. 
 
 Paesons. — A striking example of a purely south of England 
 name, not to be found in my list north of a line drawn west from 
 the Wash. It is represented in most of the southern counties, but 
 its great home is in Wilts, whilst it is also numerous in most of 
 the counties around this centre, namely, in Somerset, Dorset, 
 Hants, Oxfordshire, and Monmouthshire. 
 
 Payne — Paine — Pain. — Excepting Lincolnshire, where it is but 
 scantily represented, the different forms of this name do not occur 
 in England north of a line drawn west from the Wash.* They are 
 rare or absent in the south-western counties and in the western 
 midlands, excluding Herefordshire ; and are mostly crowded 
 together in the south-eastern quarter of England, especially in 
 Essex, Kent, Sussex, Hants, Cambridgeshire, and Bucks. Lower, 
 following other authorities, derives this name from Paganus or 
 Paganel, a common Norman personal name, which during the 
 Norman dynasty assumed the forms of Pagan, Paynel, Payen, and 
 Pain, and was then one of the commonest names in England. In 
 the 13th century it was well represented as Pain and Payn in 
 Cambridgeshire, Oxfordshire, and Suffolk, and as Payn alone in 
 Norfolk (Hundred Rolls), so that it would seem that Lowers 
 statement that the Norfolk Paynes have kept together in that 
 county since the 15fch century does not go far enough. We 
 learn also from the same source that one of the greatest colonies of 
 the Paynes is at East Grinstead. in Sussex, where for several 
 centuries they have been very abundant. The permanence of this 
 name in the south-east quarter of England is especially note- 
 worthy. It was numerous six centuries ago in counties where 
 it is still established, namely, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Norfolk, 
 and probably also Sussex. For an ingenious explanation of the 
 origin of this name through Paynel, Paganel, and Pagan I. must 
 refer the reader to an extensive footnote in Chapter XXI. of 
 Gibbon's " Roman Empire." 
 
 Pearce — Pearse — Pierce — Pearson. — Considering these names 
 together as different forms of the same surname we observe 
 that, although they are pretty numerous all over England, they 
 are decidedly less frequent in the eastern counties between the 
 
 * It is, however, remarkable that a colony of Paynes has been established 
 across the Scottish boi'der in Dumfriesshire. 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 51 
 
 Wash and tlie Thames. The great home of this surname is in 
 the south-western counties of Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, and 
 Gloucestershire. The principal centre in the north is in the 
 North and East Ridings ; whilst in the south-east of England, 
 
 in Kent, there is an important and independent home When 
 
 we consider separately the distribution of the Pearses, Pearces, 
 and Pierces, and the distribution of the Pearsons, we find that the 
 usual geographical distinction prevails between the forms of the 
 name that have and have not the Scandinavian termination of 
 ** son." Excluding the singular exception of Kent, Pearson is, 
 generally speaking, characteristic of the north of England and 
 of the midlands, being most frequent in the North and East 
 Ridings of Yorkshire, and afterwards in Warwickshire, North- 
 umberland, Cumberland, and Westmoreland. On the other hand, 
 the Pearces, Pearses, and Pierces are confined to the part of 
 England south of a line joining the Humber and the Dee. 
 Although well scattered about, they are by far the most frequent 
 in the south-west, Cornwall possessing the greatest number, whilst 
 Devon, Somerset, and Gloucestershire are next distinguished. Of 
 the different varieties, Pearce, which much is the most common, is 
 generally distributed. Then comes Pearse, which is generally 
 characteristic of Devon and Somerset, whilst Pierce, which is 
 comparatively rare, is found mostly in North Wales and Sussex, 
 Pearcey being peculiar to Devon. 
 
 Perkins — Perkin — Perks. — Confined mostly to the southern 
 half of England, being most numerous in Warwickshire, Worcester- 
 shire, and South Wales. 
 
 Perry. — Restricted to the southern half of England. It has 
 two principal homes, one in the south-west, especially in Somerset, 
 Cornwall, and Gloucestershire, the other in the south-east, in 
 Essex. 
 
 Phillips — Phipps — Phelps — Phtlp — Phillipson. — Limiting 
 our attention in the first place to the distribution of Phillips, the 
 commonest form of Philip, we observe that it is confined to Wales 
 and to the part of England south of a line drawn from the Humber 
 to the Mersey, being by far the most numerous in the western half 
 of this area, including Wales, and being much less frequent in the 
 eastern part. Its great home is in South Wales and Monmouth- 
 shire, but it is also frequent in Herefordshire, Staffordshire, 
 
 Cornwall, and Devonshire If we include the several other 
 
 forms of the name, we find that Philip in its various shapes is still 
 
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52" UOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 mainly confined south of the line above given, the Phillipsons of 
 Northumberland being the only representatives of the name in the 
 north of England.* It will also be remarked that the main 
 features of the distribution are the same, its comparative scantiness 
 in the eastern half of its area and its frequency in the western half, 
 including Wales. In some counties the contractions and corrup- 
 tions of Philip often take the place of Phillips, the commonest and 
 least altered form, and are associated with it in others. Thus, the 
 frequency of the name of Phelps gives Somerset a pre-eminence 
 that it would not have obtained from Phillips alone. Phelps and 
 Phipps similarly raise the counties of Gloucester and Worcester 
 considerably in the scale. The absence or rarity of Phillips in 
 Warwickshire and Northamptonshire is supplied, or compen- 
 sated for, by Phipps ; and Cornwall receives from Philp a 
 further lift in position. Taking all the forms of the name of 
 Philip together, we find that they distinguish different regions 
 and counties in the following order : first comes South Wales and 
 Monmouthshire, then Cornwall and Gloucestershire, then Here- 
 fordshire and Worcestershire, then Staffordshire, and after it 
 
 Devon and Somerset There are a few distant derivatives of 
 
 the names of Philip, which I think should be separately treated, to 
 wit, Philpot and Philpots, which are chiefly south of England 
 names. Phippen or Phippin is a Somerset form. However, I am 
 now entering into debatable ground, and can only here remark 
 that the more distant derivatives of Philip do not affect the main 
 features of its distribution already discussed. The Philippos of 
 Norfolk and Suffolk I have not included, there being something 
 suspicious, indicating an independent origin, in the terminal o. 
 
 Porter. — Not found in my list north of Lancashire and 
 Lincolnshire, but scattered irregularly over the rest of England, 
 being best represented in Somerset, Oxfordshire, Leicestershire, 
 Rutlandshire, Essex, Norfolk, and Lancashire. This name was 
 numerous in Cambridgeshire, Hunts, and Norfolk in the reign of 
 Edward I (Hundred Kolls). 
 
 Potter. — Mostly confined, in the first place, to the midlands, 
 where it is especially characteristic of Derbyshire and North- 
 amptonshire ; and, in the second place, to the east coast counties 
 between the Wash and the Thames, particularly in Essex and 
 Norfolk. Not found in my list in the north of England, excluding 
 
 Philips is not an uncommon name in different parts of Scotland. 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 53 
 
 the Kortli and East Ridings, and absent or uncommon in the 
 counties on the south coast. 
 
 Powell. — Its great home is in Herefordshire, but it is also 
 verj frequent in Monmouthshire, Shropshire, and South Wales. 
 Thence it advances across England, reaching the counties of 
 Sussex and Norfolk, and establishing itself also in Dorset and 
 Berks. Powell is the contraction of Ap-Howel, the son of Howel 
 or Howell, a common name in Wales. It is, in truth, remarkable 
 that the names of Howell and Howells have, in a general sense, 
 the same distribution as Powell. They mostly characterise South 
 Wales and Monmouthshii'e, and to a less extent Shropshire, 
 Herefordshire, and, strangely enough, Norfolk. The isolated 
 colony of the Norfolk Howells and Powells invites some further 
 explanation. (See under " Howell" in Norfolk.) 
 
 Peatt. — Excluding the North and East Ridings, where it has 
 an independent but less important home, this name is most 
 characteristic of the south-eastern quarter of England and of 
 the counties adjoining. It is most frequent in Sussex, Suffolk, 
 and Oxfordshire, and in the neighbouring counties, such as 
 Cambridgeshire, Essex, etc. Prat was a very common surname 
 in the I3th century in much the same part of England as 
 that in which we now find it, particularly in Cambridgeshire, 
 Oxfordshire, and Hunts. Praet in Anglo-Saxon signified canning. 
 
 Price, etc. — This name has its great home in Herefordshire7 
 and afterwards in South Wales, Monmouthshire, and Shropshire. 
 Rees, Reece, and Ap-Rees in the form of Preece (hence also 
 Price) have much the same distribution. The possessors of these 
 names have advanced but little into England beyond the Marches, 
 Wilts representing, in the number of its Prices, the limit of their 
 substantial progress towards the metropolis. 
 
 Procter — Proctor. — This surname does not occur in my list 
 south of a line joining the mouths of the Thames and the Severn. 
 Though scattered about in most of the other parts of England, 
 it is eminently characteristic of Lancashire and the West Riding. 
 
 Read — Reed — Reid, — I will first treat of the different forms 
 of this name. Of these. Read and Reed are by far the most 
 
 frequent, the first having somewhat the advantage Bead does 
 
 not occur north of a line drawn from the Humber to the Mereey. 
 Though it is irregularly scattered about the rest of England, its 
 principal homes are in the east in the adjoining counties of 
 Norfolk, Suffolk, and Cambridge, and in the south in Wilts and 
 
54 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Dorset Heed compensates for the absence or rarity of Read in 
 
 different counties in a remarkable manner. Thus, its principal 
 home is in Cornwall and Devon, where Read is scantily repre- 
 sented. In the same way it takes the place of Read in the north 
 of England, being especially well represented in the counties of 
 Northumberland and Durham. It is rare or absent in East 
 Anglia, where Head has one of its most important homes, and 
 for a similar reason it is uncommon or absent in Wilts and 
 Dorset. In counties where it is not very numerous, it is often 
 
 associated with its rival Eeid ib associated with Reed in the 
 
 north of England in the counties of Durham and Northumberland, 
 but is much less numerous. It finds its principal home across 
 the border, and is very common over a large part of Scotland, but 
 not north of Aberdeen. It is remarkable that, whilst in the 
 " Northumberland Court Directory for 1879 " there are more 
 Reids than Reeds, in the list of farmers there given the Reeds 
 are twice as frequent as the Reids. Perhaps the difference in the 
 spelling may sometimes signify a rise in the social scale. More 
 probably, however, it may be explained by the supposition that 
 most of the Scottish Reids that cross the English border would 
 belong to the gentry and not to the more stay-at-home Scottish 
 
 yeomen We thus see that Read is most characteristic of the 
 
 East Anglian group of Norfolk, Suffolk, and Cambridgeshire, and 
 also of Wilts and Dorset. Reed has its principal homes in 
 Cornwall and Devon, and in the counties of Northumberland and 
 Durham; whilst Reid is a Scottish^ immigrant in the two last- 
 named northern counties. 
 
 Taking the three varieties of the name together, we observe 
 not only that they are far more characteristic of the southern half 
 of England than of the northern half, but that those of the north 
 are separated from those of the south by a neutral region, where 
 the name is absent or rare, a region comprising a large area of 
 the midlands. Taking Derbyshire as its centre, this neutral region 
 includes the surrounding counties of Lancashire, the West Riding, 
 Notts, Leicester and Rutland, Oxford, Warwick, Worcester, and 
 Shropshire, none of which occur in my list, whilst Staffordshire 
 can scarcely be excepted, since its representatives of the name are 
 comparatively few. Assuming that in the vast majority of cases 
 this name is the old English form of "Red," we can here come 
 upon an interesting ethnological point, the elucidation of which 
 I prefer to leave to those who have specially studied this question 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 55 
 
 of the races of Britain. Dr. Beddoe, in his work on the subject, 
 supplies an explanation of this peculiar prevalence of the Red 
 Men in the southern half of England : " the natives of South 
 Britain," as he informs us, " at the time of the Roman Conquest 
 partook more of the tall blond stock of Northern Europe than of 
 the thickset, broad-headed, dark stock," established in other parts 
 of Grreat Britain. (See under " Russell.") 
 
 Reeye — Reeves. — Confined to the southern half of England, 
 and not extending north of a line drawn from the Wash to the 
 Mersey. Best represented in Wilts, Kent, Sussex, Suffolk, Nor- 
 folk, and Northamptonshire ; but infrequent in the south-western 
 counties. 
 
 Reynolds. — Its area of distribution is confined, for the most 
 part, to the central part of England extending to the eastern 
 counties between the Wash and the Thames. It is rare or absent 
 in the south coast counties, excluding Cornwall, and excepting a 
 scanty representation in Lancashire it does not occur north of a 
 line drawn from the Humber to the Mersey. Shropshire, Norfolk, 
 Wilts, and Cornwall are its principal homes. This name takes its 
 origin from Rainhold, a Teutonic personal name of great antiquity. 
 As Reynald it was well represented in the reign of Edward I. in 
 Oxfordshire, Norfolk, and Suffolk (Hundred Rolls), in which last 
 two counties the name is still established. 
 
 RiCHAEDS. — Not found in the north of England beyond Notts, 
 and also rare or absent in the east coast counties, in both of which 
 regions its place is supplied by Richardson. Thus restricted, it is 
 mostly crowded into the western half of England, and is very 
 common also in Wales. Its great centres are in Cornwall, Wales, 
 and Monmouthshire. 
 
 Richardson. — Essentially a north of England name, extending 
 across the border into Dumfriesshire, and also, but to a less extent, 
 characteristic of most of the east coast counties as far south as 
 Kent and Sussex. The counties of Cumberland, Westmoreland, 
 Durham, Northumberland, and the North and East Ridings of 
 Yorkshire contain the greatest number of the name; and the 
 frequent occurrence of the contracted form of Ritson in the three 
 first-named counties gives greater accentuation to its northern 
 home. Next distinguished for the name of Richardson are Notts, 
 Lincolnshire, and Essex. This name takes the place 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 
 
56 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Notts, wliicTi may be regarded as lying between the two areas, 
 the names are never associated in any numbers in the same county. 
 Their combination in l^otts gives that county further pre-eminence 
 
 in respect of the different varieties of Richard as a surname 
 
 The distributions of the various forms of Dick, the nickname of 
 Richard, such as Dicks, Dixon, Dickens, Dickenson, etc., etc., 
 require a separate treatment. 
 
 Roberts. — A name rare or absent in the northern counties, 
 where it is partially represented by that of Robertson, of North- 
 umberland, a name very numerous over the most part of Scotland. 
 The great home of Roberts is in North Wales, and next in order 
 come South Wales, Shropshire, Monmouthshire, and Cornwall. 
 It is scattered over the rest of England, but is least common in 
 the eastern counties. The Proberts (Ap-Robert) increase its 
 frequency in Monmouthshire and Herefordshire, and, to a less 
 extent, in South Wales. 
 
 Robinson. — Distributed all over England, except in the south- 
 west, where it is either absent or extremely rare. Its great home 
 is in the northern half of the country, the numbers rapidly 
 diminishing as we approach the south of England. Northamp- 
 tonshire may be characterised as the most advanced stronghold 
 of the Robinsons on their way to the metropolis. Robson, which 
 is, I suppose, a contraction of this name, is essentially a north of 
 England name, being very numerous in Northumberland and 
 county Durham, and extending in diminished numbers across the 
 border into the shires of Roxburgh and Dumfries. 
 
 RoGEES. — Rare or absent in England north of a line drawn 
 from the Dumber to the Mersey. Scattered over the rest of 
 England and also Wales, but generally infrequent in the eastern 
 counties, being by far the most numerous in the western half of 
 its area. It is most common in Herefordshire and Shropshire, 
 and also in Cornwall. The counties next distinguished are Bucks 
 and Sussex. Its only representatives in the north of England are 
 the Rogersons of Lancashire.* Lower says that there is an ancient 
 family of Rogers in Shropshire dating back to the time of 
 Edward II. 
 
 Rose. — This name has at least two centres : one in the south 
 
 * Eodger is the Scotch form, it has no definite distTibution. In England we 
 only find it occasionally, as in the case of Rodgers in Derbyshire. 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 57 
 
 in Dorset, Oxfordshire, and Wilts, the other in the northern 
 midlands in ^otts. It was common in Oxfordshire as far back 
 as the 13th century (Hundred Rolls). 
 
 Russell. — With the exception of the Kussells of the T^orth 
 and East Ridings of Yorkshire, this name is confined to the 
 southern half of England. Its principal centres are in the 
 south-east quarter of the country, especially in Cambridgeshire, 
 Kent, Sussex, and also in Hants. In the 13th century this was 
 a very common surname, being numerous in Cambridgeshire, 
 Oxfordshire, and Hunts, and also well represented in Shropshire, 
 Wilts, Gloucestershire, Devon, and Lincolnshire (Hundred Rolls). 
 Lower and Bardsley speak of this name as originally borne by 
 persons having a red (fair) complexion. However, it is not 
 improbable that the Russells of Dorset, Somerset, and Hants 
 may derive their name from Hugh de Rosel, who came over with 
 the Conqueror, and was granted possessions in Dorset (Lower). 
 Russell is a common name over a large part of Scotland, except 
 in the north. 
 
 Sanders — Saundees. — The two varieties of this name are con- 
 fined south of a line drawn from the Humber to the Dee, being 
 well scattered over the part of England thus defined. The name 
 is best represented in Devon, and after that in Dorset, Bucks, and 
 Cambridgeshire. In the north of England its place is taken by 
 Sanderson, which is most numerous in the counties of Durham 
 and Northumberland. 
 
 Scott. — Irregularly scattered over England. Though the 
 Scotts are permanently established in the south coast counties, as 
 in Devon and Kent, and, including the Scutts, in Dorset, their 
 great home is in the counties on either side of the Scottish border, 
 in Northumberland and Cumberland on the one side, and in the 
 counties of Berwick, Roxburgh, and Dumfries, on the other side, 
 and they are also numerous in southern Scotland south of the 
 Forth and the Clyde. (See under " Scotland " in the Appendix.) 
 Sharp — Sharpe. — This name is rare or absent in the south- 
 west of England and in the south coast counties, excluding Kent. 
 It is also, generally speaking, infrequent in the north, except in the 
 West Riding and in Cumberland and Westmoreland. It is mostly 
 crowded into Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Rutlandshire, and 
 Notts, extending also into the adjacent counties ; but it is also 
 fairly numerous in Kent. In Scotland it finds its home in Perth- 
 shire in the form of Sharp. 
 
58 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Shaw. — The great home of this name is in the West Riding, 
 Cheshire, and Lancashire, and in the neighbouring northern 
 midland counties of Derby, Stafford, and Notts. It is rare or 
 absent in the south of England, excepting Sussex, and is similarly 
 infrequent in the eastern coast counties south of the Wash. " Shaw " 
 in Anglo-Saxon signified a small wood. In counties where the 
 surname is numerous, as in Lancashire and Yorkshire, the name is 
 attached to places. The Shaws are fairly represented in Scotland, 
 but not in the northern part. 
 
 Shepherd — Sheppard, etc. — This name is distributed over the 
 greater part of England; but is absent or infrequent in the 
 eastern counties south of the Humber. Its chief centres in the 
 north are in Westmoreland, Lancashire, and the North and East 
 Ridings ; in the midlands, in the counties of Warwick, North- 
 ampton, and Notts ; and in the south-west of England in the 
 contiguous counties of Somerset and Gloucester. It is remarkable 
 that its deficiency in the eastern counties is to some extent 
 sapplied by the Sheppersons of Cambridgeshire. Shepherd also 
 is established in Scotland, but has no definite distribution, and is 
 by no means numerous. 
 
 SiMMONDs — Simmons — Simonds — Simons — Symonds — Symons. — • 
 This name in its various forms has evidently two origins. 
 Grenerally, it would seem to be derived from Simon, a name of 
 Norman introduction and represented by Simund in Domesday ; 
 but there is much to support the opinion of Mr. Lower that it is 
 in not a few cases a corruption of Seaman which, as Seman, is very 
 common in the records of the Cinque Ports, and other places on 
 the coasts of Kent and Sussex. The instance is adduced by him 
 of a Sussex family of Simmons resident at Seaford for three-and-a- 
 half centuries, in which we can trace all the changes of the name 
 from Seaman and Seman, its earliest forms in the sixteenth 
 century, to Simmons, as it is now spelt : they are as follows : — 
 Seaman, Seman, Seamans, Semons, Simons, Simonds, Symonds, 
 Simmonds, Symmonds, Simmons. It is also remarkable that 
 at the present day Seaman is a name mostly restricted to 
 Norfolk and Suffolk, in which two counties Symonds is also well 
 represented. 
 
 The several varieties of the name arrange themselves readily 
 into two groups, Simmonds and Simmons being most numerous 
 in Cornwall and Sussex, and afterwards in Bucks, Oxfordshire, 
 Berks, and some of the adjacent counties ; whilst Simons, Symons, 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 59 
 
 Symonds, etc., have their great home in Cornwall, but are also 
 fairly numerous in Devon, Dorset, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, and 
 in some of the neighbouring counties. The localities of the various 
 forms of the two groups are noticed in the alphabetical list. 
 
 When we come to consider the combined distribution of all the 
 forms, we find that this name is essentially characteristic of the 
 southern half of England and especially of the coast counties. It 
 has three centres, the principal being in the south-west in Corn- 
 wall, the second being in Sussex, the third in Suffolk and Cam- 
 bridgeshire, from which centres it has spread to the counties 
 adjacent. 
 
 Simpson. — Characteristic of the northern half of England. 
 Yorkshire is its great home, it being very numerous in the IS'orth 
 and East Ridings. In the surrounding counties of Durham, 
 Lancashire, Cheshire, Stafford, and Derby, it is also well repre- 
 sented. Though it has established itself in some measure in 
 Suffolk and Essex, it is with these exceptions eminently a name of 
 the northern counties and northern midlands. It is represented 
 over a large part of Scotland, but is rare in the north. 
 
 Smith. — This familiar name is universally distributed, but its 
 relative frequency varies greatly in different parts of England. 
 It is least frequent in the three south-west counties of Cornwall, 
 Devon, and Somerset, where, it may be truly said, the Smiths do 
 not flourish. It is also similarly infrequent in Wales. Its great 
 home is in Worcestershire and in the adjacent counties of 
 Gloucester, Warwick, and Stafford. It is also very numerous in 
 Essex, in the east of England. In the extreme north it is rather 
 less frequent ; but it extends in numbers across the border, and is 
 established over the greater part of Scotland, being most numerous 
 in the counties south of the Forth and the Clyde. If we divide 
 England into three parts by two lines, joining the Thames with 
 the Severn, and the Wash with the Dee, we shall observe that the 
 Smiths are most numerous in the middle division, less frequent in 
 the northern division, and least numerous in the south. 
 
 Spencee. — Absent or rare in the north and south of England. 
 Most numerous in the midlands, especially Warwickshire, and 
 afterwards in ^Northampton shire, Derbyshire, and Notts. 
 
 Stephens — Stevens. — Mostly confined soath of a line drawn 
 west from the Wash, being represented in the counties north of 
 that line by Stephenson and Stevenson. Its great home is in 
 Cornwall, and there are secondary centres in Sussex, and in South 
 
60 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Wales and in the adjoining Englisli county of Hereford. The 
 name is said to liaye been introduced after the Conquest. In 
 Cornwall it is of very ancient date, as is evidenced by the family of 
 Stephens of Tregeuna, who, according to Lower, are the descend- 
 ants of the Stephyns of St. Ives in the. reign of Edward lY., their 
 name being written then in the singular. 
 
 Stephenson — Stevenson.— Confined for the most part to the 
 northern half of England, being especially frequent in county 
 Durham, and afterwards in the North and East Ridings and North- 
 umberland, lb is also well established in Lincolnshire, and has made 
 a substantial advance into the midlands as fa,r as Warwickshire. 
 Strangely enough it has an independent home in Sussex and Berks, 
 where Stevens is also common. Generally speaking, however, it 
 is absent or rare in the southern part of England, where its place 
 is supplied by Stephens and Stevens. The Stevensons extend in 
 force across the Scottish border, but do not usually reach beyond 
 the Forth and the Clyde. 
 
 Stone. — Excepting its establishment in Derbyshire, this name 
 is mostly restricted to the south of England and is especially at 
 home in Berks and Bucks, and in the south-western counties of 
 Somerset, Dorset, and Devon. It has probably in most cases a 
 local origin, as in Somerset, Bucks, Kent, etc.^ where there are 
 parishes and villages thus called. 
 
 Sutton.-^ — Scattered about in different parts of England, and 
 best represented in Cheshire, Lancashire, Staffordshire, Norfolk, 
 Kent, Wilts, etc. Sutton is a very common name of parishes, 
 villages, etc., and probably the surname has been in nearly every 
 case in the first place thus derived. We learn from the Hundred 
 Rolls that six centuries ago the surname was numerous in Notts, 
 Shropshire, Somerset, and also in Lincolnshire and Kent. 
 
 Taylor. — Distributed all over England, but comparatively 
 scarce in all the south coast counties, excluding Kent. In the 
 English counties, near and on the Scottish border, it is also rela- 
 tively infrequent, yet it extends in fair numbers across the border, 
 and is found over most of Scotland. In Wales it is rare or absent. 
 Its principal homes in England are to be found in the great 
 industrial counties of Lancashire, Derbyshire, Notts, and Warwick- 
 shire, and in the West Riding. It is also numerous in Lincolnshire. 
 Six centuries ago this surname occurred in various forms, as 
 Taylir, Taylur, Tayllour, etc. (Hundred Rolls). 
 
 Thomas. — The great home of this name is in Wales, more 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 61 
 
 especially in South Wales, whence the name has spread in num- 
 bers into the adjacent English county of Monmouthshire, and to 
 a less extent into Herefordshire and Shropshire. In the English 
 counties forming the next line, it has, if we exclude Gloucester- 
 shire, obtained but little hold. Its further advance into England 
 has been on a small scale, and it is probable that its isolated 
 occurrence in the distant counties of Essex, Yorkshire, etc., may 
 be explained on independent grounds. It has, however, a secon- 
 dary but evidently an original home in Cornwall, where the name 
 abounds. 
 
 Thompson. — This name is distributed over the greater part of 
 England, but is rare or absent in the south (south of a line joining 
 London and Bristol). Its great home is in the north, in the region 
 north of a line connecting the Humber with Morecambe Bay, and 
 ^Northumberland in particular is pre-eminent for the number of its 
 Thompsons. It extends in force in its Scottish form of Thomson 
 across the border into Dumfriesshire, Roxburghshire, and is very 
 numerous over a large part of Scotland, but particularly in the 
 region south of the Forth and the Clyde. As we trace it south- 
 ward from its northern home, we find its numbers rapidly diminish- 
 ing. It is, however, well represented in the midlands. Further 
 south, again, as above remarked, it becomes rare or dies out 
 altogether. 
 
 Turner. — This name is distributed over the greater part of 
 England, but is infrequent or absent in the north beyond Lanca- 
 shire and Yorkshire. It is well represented in the midlands, 
 especially in Derbyshire, Notts, and Staffordshire, and is also 
 numerous in Lancashire. In the eastern counties it has its great 
 centre in Suffolk and afterwards in Norfolk. In the south of 
 England it is less frequent, but has two independent homes in 
 Sussex and Devonshire. The prevalence of this name may pro- 
 bably be explained, as Bardsley suggests, by the circumstance that 
 until the close of the 16th century, the "turner" made most 
 of the best household vessels, such as mugs, jugs, etc., only those 
 in rough and common use being made of clay. Since this name 
 often prefers to gather in industrial counties, we are not surprised 
 to find that it has its Scottish home in the Greenock and Glasgow 
 districts, though it is not numerous. 
 
 Walker. — This name is mainly characteristic of the midlands 
 and of the north of England. It is comparatively infrequent in 
 the counties between the Wash and the Thames. It is absent or 
 
62 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 rare in tlae sontliern part of England soufh of a line joining tbe 
 moiitlis of the Thames and the Severn. Its great home in the 
 midlands is in the counties of Derby and Notts. In the north it 
 is most frequent in Durham and Yorkshire. It crosses the Scottish 
 border, not by way of Northumberland, where it is infrequent, but 
 through Cumberland into the county of Dumfries, and it is fairly 
 represented over Scotland, except in the extreme north. In 
 Chapter I. I have referred to the general distribution of names 
 connected with the cloth trade. Walker, which is derived from 
 the Anglo-Saxon word "wealcere," a fuller, is synonymous with 
 Tucker. In a statute of Elizabeth, a person of this occupation is 
 referred to as " Clothe-Fuller, otherwise called Tucker or Walker " 
 (Bardsley). The early fashion was to tread out the cloth; and 
 even now in the north of England fuller's earth is called 
 " walker's clay." It is remarkable that the absence or rarity of 
 Walker in the south of England is supplied by Tucker and 
 Fuller. Tucker takes its place in the south-west, and, in fact, 
 in almost all the southern counties as far east as Hants and Wilts. 
 Fuller takes its place in the south-eastern counties of Kent and 
 Sussex. 
 
 Walton. — Usually a north of England name, especially charac- 
 teristic of Cumberland and Westmoreland, Durham, and Northum- 
 berland. It is in most cases derived from the names of places in 
 the county. 
 
 Ward. — This name, though scattered over a large part of 
 England, is gathered together in greatest numbers in Yorkshire, 
 Lincolnshire, and in the midland counties, especially those of 
 Leicester and Rutland, Notts, Derby, Stafford, Warwick, North- 
 ampton, Cambridge, etc. It is infrequent in the four northernmost 
 counties of England, and is similarly absent or relatively uncommon 
 in the southern counties to the south of a line joining Bristol and 
 London. The name signifies a ward or keeper, and we find it with 
 this meaning in such compound names as Woodward, the old title 
 of a forest-keeper. 
 
 Warren. — This name is mostly confined to the southern half 
 of England, more especially to Dorset and the south-western 
 counties and to Cambridgeshire and the adjacent eastern coanties. 
 It thus possesses two principal homes, one in the west of England 
 and the other in the east. It also occurs sporadically in Cheshire 
 and Staffordshire. Six centuries ago the name, in one form or 
 another, was frequent in the east of England. We learn from the 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 63 
 
 Hundred Rolls that in those ancient times Warin was charac- 
 teristic of Cambridgeshire, and that Warenne was very common in 
 Norfolk, in both of which counties the name is still well repre- 
 sented. Warenne was then also very frequent in Lincolnshire, 
 and was also represented in Sussex. The present east country 
 Warrens possess the name, if not the blood, of the Norman family 
 of de Warene, the members of which in the time of William the 
 Conqueror received great possessions in the east of England in 
 Sussex, Surrey, Suffolk, Norfolk, etc. Probably also the M^est 
 country name of Warren has a similar origin, though it has been 
 suggested that it may sometimes be a contraction of "warrener," 
 a keeper of a rabbit-warren, an improbable suggestion, since 
 occupative names ending in " er," as Tanner, Skinner, Barber, 
 Tayler, etc., etc., are not subject to such abbreviations. 
 
 Watson. — The principal home of this name is in the north of 
 England, especially in the county of Durham and in the North 
 and East Ridings. It is also fairly numerous in the northern 
 midlands, as in Derbyshire and Notts. Further south it rapidly 
 diminishes, though it has several representatives in Cambridsre- 
 shire ; and in the southern counties it is absent or rare, excepting 
 Sussex, where it has obtained a hold. In the south and west of 
 England its place is supplied by Watts. It extends in force across 
 the Scottish border, and is found over a large part of Scotland, 
 but is more especially characteristic of the region south of the 
 Forth and the Clyde. 
 
 Watts. — A name confined south of a line drawn west from 
 the Wash, but especially characteristic of the three south-western 
 counties of Somerset, Gloucester, and Wilts, and of the counties 
 adjacent to them. It is represented by Watson in the northern 
 half of England. Singularly enough, it reappears in the north of 
 Scotland in Aberdeenshire and its vicinity. 
 
 Webb. — This name is confined south of a line drawn from the 
 Wash to the Dee. It is most numerous in Somerset and Wilts, 
 in the west of England ; but is also well represented in Suffolk 
 in the east of England and in Northamptonshire in the midlands. 
 (See Chapter I. for the general distribution of the names connected 
 with the cloth trade.) 
 
 Webster. — The Websters have their principal home in Derby- 
 shire and afterwards in Yorkshire and Lancashire. They are also 
 fairly represented in the eastern counties between the Humber 
 and the Thames. {See Chapter I. for the general distribution of 
 
64 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 the names connected with the cloth trade.) Webster is also a 
 scattered but not a very frequent Scottish name. 
 
 Wells. — This is an ancient English name which was repre- 
 sented commonly by Welles in tbe counties of Oxford and Cam- 
 bridge in the reign of Edward I. (Hundred Rolls.) It is at 
 present most numerous in the south of England, in Oxfordshire 
 (as of old), Wilts, Berks, Sussex, and Kent. It has, however, an 
 independent home in Lincolnshire, and extends northwards into 
 Yorkshire and Lancashire. 
 
 West. — This name is scattered about in different parts of 
 England, both in the west and in the east, and its distribution 
 gives only a slight support to the suggestion that it was originally 
 given to persons who came from the west. At all events, such 
 an explanation can scarcely apply to the Wests of Cornwall. It 
 is, however, noticeable that the counties in which the name is 
 perhaps best represented, namely, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, North- 
 amptonshire, and Sussex, occur in the eastern half of England. 
 
 White. — Distributed over the greater part of England, but 
 relatively infrequent in the extreme north and in most of the 
 eastern counties, and mostly crowded together in the south-west 
 and in the midlands. The south-west of England is, however, the 
 principal home of the name, the counties of Devonshire, Somerset, 
 Dorset, Wilts, and Hants being especially remarkable for the 
 number of Whites. Derbyshire and Worcestershire are the chief 
 centres of the midland Whites, but the name is also well repre- 
 sented in Warwickshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, and Bucks. 
 There would appear to be also secondary centres in the North 
 and East Ridings and in Kent. Although comparatively infre- 
 quent in the extreme north of England, it has established itself 
 in fair numbers in Scotland south of the Forth and the Clyde ; 
 and there the Whytes have their home, being half as numerous 
 as the Whites. It is probable that in the great majority of cases 
 this name is derived from the Anglo-Saxon "hwit," referring to 
 the fairness of the complexion; and, in fact, we find it Latinized 
 as Albus in the Hundred Rolls of six centuries ago. It should 
 not, however, be forgotten, as Lower also points out, that it may, 
 in some instances, have taken its origin from the Anglo-Saxon 
 " hwita," an armourer or swordsmith, of Canute's time. 
 
 Wild — Wilde. — This ancient English name is mostly confined 
 to the northern midlands, its principal homes being in Derbyshire, 
 Notts, and the West Riding, whence it has spread to the counties 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. ^5 
 
 around. Ulric Wilde was the name of a Domesday tenant ; and 
 the surname similarly spelt was represented in Hunts in the reign 
 of Edward I. 
 
 Wilkinson. — This name is almost entirely confined to the 
 northern half of England, as defined by a line drawn west from 
 the Wash. It is best represented in Northumberland, Durham, 
 Yorkshire, and Lancashire, and is also fairly numerous in Notts, 
 Lincolnshire, and Cheshire. Its absence or scarcity in the south 
 of England is but poorly compensated for by Wilkins. 
 
 Williams. — The great home of this name is in Wales and 
 Monmouthshire. Thence it has extended in considerable numbers 
 into Herefordshire, Shropshire, and Gloucestershire. Its place in 
 the northern half of England is to some extent supplied by 
 Williamson, bat much more commonly by Wilson. It has an 
 independent home in Cornwall, where it exists in numbers. As 
 we cross England eastward from the Marches we find that the 
 name rapidly diminishes, though it has succeeded in reaching the 
 counties on the east coast as well as those in the south-east angle 
 of the country. 
 
 Williamson. — This name is for the most part confined to the 
 northern half of England, though it has an isolated centre in the 
 southern half in Bucks. It is at present most numerous in 
 Cheshire. Extending across the Scottish border it is found over 
 a large part of Scotland, though in no great numbers. 
 
 Wilson. — Distributed over the whole of England, except in 
 the region south of a line joining the mouths of the Thames and 
 the Severn, where it is absent or rare. It is most crowded in the 
 northern half of the country, being there numerous in all the 
 counties, especially in the North and East Ridings of Yorkshire,* 
 and in Cumberland and Westmoreland ; but it has two centres in 
 the southern half of the country, in Worcestershire and Cam- 
 bridgeshire. It extends in force across the Scottish border, and is 
 very numerous in the region south of the Forth and the Clyde. 
 
 Wood. — This name has established itself in the greater number 
 of the English counties; but its home, par excellence, is in the 
 region comprised by Yorkshire, Cheshire, and the northern mid- 
 land counties of Derbyshire, Notts, Staffordshire, and Leicester- 
 shire. It has, however, also an independent and important home 
 
 * The Wilsons, of Broomliead, in the West Riding, resided there from the 
 13th to the 18th century (Lower). 
 
 F 
 
fifi HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 in the south-east of England in Kent and Sussex. Except in 
 Devonshire, it cannot be said to be at all frequent in the south- 
 western counties. In the extreme north of England it is fairly 
 represented ; but it has crossed the border in scanty numbers, 
 and though scattered about Scotland it has obtained no great 
 hold. It is supplemented by Woods in Lancashire, Norfolk, 
 Suifolk, etc. 
 
 Woodward. — This ancient name is mostly confined to the 
 midlands, being best represented in Worcestershire, Derbyshire, 
 and also, but to a less extent, in most of the counties adjacent 
 to them. It is absent or rare in southern England, south of a line 
 joining the mouths of the Thames and the Severn ; and it is 
 similarly infrequent or not permanently established in northern 
 England, north of Yorkshire. The Woodwards, or " forest- 
 keepers," the Wodewards of the Hundred Rolls, were, in the 
 reign of Edward I., numerous in Essex and Oxfordshire, where the 
 surname still remains, and they were also at that time represented 
 in Bucks. 
 
 Wright, — This name is distributed over England, but is com- 
 paratively infrequent in the counties on the south coast, and in 
 the northern counties north of Yorkshire. It exists in densest 
 numbers in the counties lying between the Wash and the Thames, 
 being especially numerous in Norfolk, Suffolk, and Essex, and 
 also, but to a less extent, in Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire. 
 In the midlands it is nearly as crowded, and has its chief centres 
 in Warwickshire, Derbyshire, and Leicestershire, etc. It is also 
 very frequent in Lincolnshire and Cheshire, and is somewhat less 
 numerous in Lancashire and Yorkshire. The Wrights have 
 established themselves in Scotland, though in no great numbers, 
 and not usually north of Perthshire. 
 
 Young. — Distributed over the English counties, but most 
 numerous in the south of England, especially in Gloucestershire, 
 Somerset, Dorset, Hants, and Kent. Its centre in the north is 
 in Northumberland and Durham. In the midlands it is scattered 
 about in no great numbers ; and in Norfolk and Suffolk it is 
 supplemented or represented by Youngs. Over a large part of 
 Scotland, but especially south of the Forth and the Clyde, Young 
 is numerously to be found. 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 
 
 67 
 
 NOTES ON SOME OF THE CHARACTERISTIC NAMES 
 OF THE ENGLISH AND WELSH COUNTIES. 
 
 BEDFORDSHIRE. 
 
 Note. — The asterisk before a name indicates that though it is 
 characteristic of the conntj the name is more numerous else- 
 where. 
 
 ^Brown 
 
 Q-ENEEAL Names (30-40 counties). 
 
 *Cook *Smith 
 
 
 Common Names (20-29 counties). 
 
 ^Bailey 
 
 King 
 
 
 ^ r Sanders 
 1 Saunders 
 
 *Cooper 
 
 
 
 
 Regional Names 
 
 (10- 
 
 -19 counties). 
 
 ^ / Daniel 
 . Daniels 
 
 *George 
 
 
 *Payne 
 
 ^ r Osborn 
 L Osborne 
 
 
 ♦Pratt 
 
 *Day 
 
 
 
 
 DisTBiCT Names 
 
 (4-! 
 
 9 counties). 
 
 *Anstee 
 
 ^Gibbons 
 
 
 *LoTell 
 
 *Barnard 
 
 ♦Godfrey 
 
 
 *Peck 
 
 *Bradshaw 
 
 ♦Hopkins 
 
 
 *Piggott 
 
 *Crouch 
 
 *J efferies 
 
 
 *Wooton 
 
 ^ f Dickens 
 I Dick ins 
 
 *Judd 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 F 2 
 
68 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 County Names (2-3 counties). 
 
 *Attwood 
 
 *Eame3 
 
 *Mayhew 
 
 *Blundell 
 
 *Farrar 
 
 Odell 
 
 ■■*Eoswortb 
 
 *aadsden 
 
 Olney 
 
 *Crawley 
 
 *Jane8 
 
 *Titma8 
 
 *Draper 
 
 Joyce 
 
 
 Pecui*tat« Names (confined mostly 
 
 to this county). 
 
 Battams 
 
 Fensom 
 
 Negus 
 
 Breary 
 
 Foil 
 
 Quenby 
 
 Brightman 
 
 Hallworth 
 
 Scrivener 
 
 Buckmaster 
 
 Harradine 
 
 Scroggs 
 
 Claridge 
 
 Hartop 
 
 Stanbridge 
 
 Cranfield 
 
 Inskip 
 
 Stanton 
 
 Darrington 
 
 Kempson 
 
 Timberlake 
 
 Dillamore 
 
 Maiden 
 
 Whinnett 
 
 Duncombe 
 
 Mossman 
 
 
 NOTES ON SOME OF THE CHARACTERISTIC BEDFOEDSHIEE 
 
 NAMES. 
 
 (The names are arranged in alphabetical groups, but not necessarily in alpha- 
 betical order in each group.) 
 
 Authorities indicated hy the following ahhreviations : — 
 
 H. R. indicates Hundred Rolls. 
 Coll. „ " Collect. Topogr. et Gen." (Nichols) 
 
 H. „ Harvey's " Hundred of Willey." 
 
 L. „ Lower's " Patronymica Britannica." 
 
 M. „ Matthiason's " Bedford." 
 
 Sp. „ " Contributors to the Defence of the Country at the time 
 
 of the Spanish Invasion in 1588" (B. M. B 474). 
 
 A— D. 
 
 At the end of last century Mr. Thomas Battams owned Stays- 
 more, in the parish of Carlton, where the family still remain ; 
 Mr. T. Battams was a churchwarden of Turvej in 1815 (H.).,.... 
 
BEDFORDSHIRE. 69 
 
 Blundell is also a Lancashire name, and reference to it will be 
 found under that county. The Blundells of Cardington and else- 
 where in the county of Bedfordshire were an influential family 
 during last century; and one of them served as high sheriff in 
 
 1731 (H.) The BoswoRTHS possess the name of more than one 
 
 Leicestershire parish The Cranfields derive their name from 
 
 a manor or a parish in Bedfordshire The name of Claridge 
 
 is probably a form of the ancient name of Clarice, which was 
 represented in the Dunstable district of Beds, as well as in 
 Cambridgeshire and Oxfordshire, in the 13th century (H. B.). 
 
 The Brearys were York merchants in the 17th century, 
 
 and filled the office of lord mayor in 1611, ]623, and 1669 
 
 (Drake's " Eboracum ") Brightman was the name of the 
 
 vicar of Hawnes in the reign of James I. (Coll.) The 
 
 distinguished family of Crawley lived at Nether- Crawley, 
 
 Luton, in the 17th century (" Bibl. Topog. Brit.") The 
 
 DuNCOMBES of Beds and Bucks in the 16th and 17th centuries 
 were gentry of note and position, whose names occur among 
 the list of contributors to the fund collected at the time of 
 the expected invasion of the Spanish Armada in 1588 (Sp.). 
 Those of Bedfordshire lived at that time at Battlesden and other 
 places, and served as sheriffs for the county (H.). The Dun- 
 combes or Doncombes of Bucks lived in the lt5th century at Grreat 
 Brickell, Barliende, Wingrave, Dinton, and East Claidon (Lips- 
 comb's "Bucks") Darrington is the name of a Yorkshire 
 
 parish The Dillamores of Bedfordshire are probably connected 
 
 with the Dallimores or DoUimores of Watford and St. Stephens, 
 Herts (Cussan's "Hertfordshire"). 
 
 E— P. 
 
 The West Riding of Yorkshire would seem to be the principal 
 home of the Farrars or Earrers, though the name has long been 
 known in this county. There was a gentle family of Farrar at 
 Harrold in the 17th century (H.). Erauncis Earrer was a 
 Bedfordshire gentleman who contributed £25 for his country's 
 defence at the time of the expected invasion of the Spanish 
 
 Armada in 1588 (Sp.) The present representatives of the 
 
 name of Eoll probably possess an ancestor in Robert Eole, whose 
 name occurs on one of the bells of Pavenham Church as church- 
 warden in 1663 (H.) Hartop, or Hartopp, is an old east 
 
70 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 country name going back to the 14th century : more than one 
 
 line of baronets bore the name (L.) Tnskip is the name of a 
 
 township in Lancashire Joyce, a name also established in 
 
 Essex and Somerset, has long been found in Beds. In the 
 17th century the name of Joyce or Joyes occurred in Felmersham 
 and Renhall (H.). Thomas Joyce was vicar of Hawnes in the 
 
 reign of Charles II. (Coll.) The Maldens evidently derive 
 
 their name from Maulden, a Bedfordshire parish Odell is the 
 
 name of a Bedfordshire parish, the seat of the ancient barony of 
 Wodhull or Wahull, and, in fact, the parish is also called 
 Woodhill. As a surname it has long been known in the county. 
 There was a family of the name in Stagsden in the 17th 
 century, and W. Oddell was a parishioner of Turvey in the reign 
 of Anne (H.). Stephen Odell was a Bedford gentleman who, in 
 1788, gave his estate in Goldington, with his house and premises 
 in Mill Lane, Bedford, for the benefit of the minister of the Old 
 
 Meeting and the poor of the congregation (M.) Paeadine was 
 
 the name of a gentle family of Bedford in the 17th century; 
 the name is now rare, but its memory is perpetuated in the 
 
 charitable bequests of that borough (M.) Haeradine is a 
 
 scarce Bedfordshire name Olney is the name of a town in 
 
 Bucks. It is an ancient Bucks surname, occurring in that county 
 as well as in Oxfordshire, as Olnei and Olneye in the 13th 
 century (H. R.). The personal name of Olnei is found in Domesday 
 for Bucks (L.). There are representatives of the name in Hert- 
 fordshire Several of the bailiffs of Godmanchester, Hunts, last 
 
 century, bore the name of Negus (Fox's " Godmanchester"). 
 
 R— Z. 
 
 A gentle family of Sceivenee resided last century at Potters- 
 
 pury, Northamptonshire (Baker's "Northamptonshire").. 
 
 Stanbeidge is the name of a Bedfordshire village. Hugo Stan- 
 bridge was rector of Campton in the reign of Elizabeth (Coll.). 
 
 TiTMAS is an ancient name in this part of England. It occurs 
 
 as Tittmus in the adjacent county of Hertfordshire. Tytemers, 
 a name found in the adjoining county of Cambridgeshire in the 
 13th century (H. R.), is evidently the early form of Titmas 
 
 or Tittmus Timbeelake was the name of a family of King's 
 
 Langley, Herts, in the seventeenth century (Cussan's " Hertford- 
 shire ") WoOTTON is the name of a Bedfordshire parish. 
 
BERKSHIRE. 
 
 71 
 
 BERKSHIRE. 
 
 Note. — The asterisk before a name indicates that though charac- 
 teristic of this countj the name is more relatively numerous 
 elsewhere. 
 
 
 General Names (30-40 counties) . 
 
 
 *Smith 
 
 
 
 Common Names (20-29 counties). 
 
 *Bennett (Wantage) =*Cooper 
 
 *Mattliew8 (Newbury) 
 
 ^Chapman 
 
 =*King 
 
 *otevens 
 
 
 Regional Names (10- 
 
 -19 counties). 
 
 * Butler 
 
 * Lawrence 
 
 *Stone (Abingdon) 
 
 *Day 
 
 *May 
 
 * Wells 
 
 ^Elliott 
 
 ^ r Simmonds 
 
 
 
 L Simmons 
 
 
 
 District Names (4-9 counties). 
 
 *Blake 
 
 *Heatli 
 
 *Platt 
 
 Bowyer (Bracknell) *Hedges 
 
 *Pullen 
 
 *Chureli 
 
 *Hobbs 
 
 *Thatcher (Newbury) 
 
 Dewe 
 
 Humfrey 
 
 *Wliitfield (Faringdon) 
 
 *Dodd 
 
 ^rpiggott 
 
 L Pigoc 
 
 Willis 
 
 Goddard 
 
 
 
 County Names (2- 
 
 3 counties). 
 
 Ayres 
 
 *Clack 
 
 Lovelock 
 
 Baverstock 
 
 *Cornish 
 
 Riclieus 
 
 Beesley 
 
 ;Fidler 
 teventon) L Vidler 
 
 *Tubb 
 
 Betteridge (S 
 
 *Waldron 
 
 ■ Caudwell 
 \Cauldvvell 
 
 *Gunter (Newbury) * Wiggins 
 
 *Hickman 
 
 
72 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Pectfliae Names (confined mostly to this county). 
 
 Adnams 
 
 Frogley 
 
 Lyford 
 
 Benning 
 
 Froome 
 
 Maslen 
 
 Buckeridge 
 
 Halfacre 
 
 Napper 
 
 Bunce 
 
 Headington 
 
 Pither 
 
 _ '' Corderoy 
 . Corderey 
 
 Izzard 
 
 Povey 
 
 Keep 
 
 Shackel 
 
 Crockford 
 
 Kimber 
 
 Tame 
 
 Dormer 
 
 Lanfear 
 
 Tyrrell 
 
 Fairtliome 
 
 Lay 
 
 Wilder 
 
 Freebody 
 
 Lonsley 
 
 
 NOTES ON SOME OF THE CHAEACTERISTIC BEEXSHIEE 
 
 NAMES. 
 
 (The names are arranged in alphabetical groups, but not necessarily in alpha- 
 betical order in each group.) 
 
 Authorities indicated hy the folloiviny abbreviations : — 
 A. indicates Ashmole's "Berkshire." 
 
 CI. 
 Co. 
 H.R. 
 L. 
 
 Sp. 
 
 Clarke's " Hundred of Wanting." 
 Coate's " Reading." 
 Hundred Rolls. 
 
 Lower's " Patronymica Britannica." 
 
 " List of Contributors to the Spanisli Armada Defence 
 Eund in 1588 " (Brit. Mus. B 474). 
 
 A— F. 
 
 Blake is a south of Engla.iid name, found most frequently 
 in Wiltshire, Cornwall, Berkshire, and Oxfordshire. It was long 
 known and is still found in Reading; the mayors of that town 
 
 in 1683, 1710, and 1720 bore the name (Co.) The name of 
 
 BowYEE, which is also established in other counties, finds its 
 present home in this county in the district of Bracknell. Robert 
 Bowyer, who was mayor of Reading in 1558, also represented that 
 
BERKSHIRE. 73 
 
 town in Parliament (Co.) The name is still in the town John 
 
 BucKERiDGE of this countj contributed £25 towards the fund 
 collected in 1588 for the country's defence against the Spanish 
 
 Armada (Sp.) Beoberwick is an old Berks name, now rare or 
 
 extinct in ihe county. A gentle family of this name resided at 
 
 Langford in the 17th century (A.) The Bunburts, a family 
 
 now scantily represented, played an important part in the 
 
 history of Reading during the 17th century (Co.) Amongst 
 
 the ancient Berks families of distinction no longer represented in 
 the county are the "Fetiplaces of Childrey and Appleton, and the 
 
 EsTBURTS of Lambourne in the 14th and 15th centuries (A.) 
 
 The notable family of Dunch of Little Wittenham in the IGth 
 century (A.) possess few, if any, descendants in our own 
 
 time The Dewes, however, are an exception to this rule. 
 
 A gentle family of Dewe lived at Ardington in the 17th 
 
 century (A.). The name is also found in other counties 
 
 The CoRDEROTS were a gentle family numerously represented in 
 Chute, Wilts, in the 16th and 17th centuries; and those of 
 the name who had settled elsewhere often found their resting- 
 place in the church of their Wiltshire home. Edward Corderoy 
 of Andover, for instance, was buried there in 1635, and William 
 Corderoy of Clatford, was buried there in 1636 (Coll. Top. et Gen.). 
 Robert Corderoy was mayor of Devizes, Wilts, in 1592 (Bull's 
 
 "Devizes"). Cowderoy Park is a seat in Sussex The present 
 
 Froomes are probably connected in their descent vrith the Fromes, 
 
 a Reading family early last century (Co.) The Fairthornes 
 
 may be descendants of the ancient family of Frethorne, the 
 possessors of an estate in Childrey from the 13th to the 15th 
 century (CI.). There is a place named Fairthorne in Hamp- 
 shire The Dormers were lauded gentlemen in Oxfordshire in 
 
 the time of Elizabeth, and the family was ennobled in 1615, 
 Peterley House, Bucks, being in its possession in the 17th century 
 (Napier's " Swyncombe " and Wing's "Steeple Barton"). A 
 Leicestershire family of Dormer in the 17th century settled after- 
 wards in Ireland (Nichols' "Leicestershire"). 
 
 G— K. 
 
 The Gastrells, an ancient family of gentry holding the manor 
 of East Garston in the 16th and 17th centuries (A.), have 
 apparently but few descendants in the present day Geering 
 
74 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 is the name of another old family now rarely represented in 
 the county. There was a family of gentry of this name at 
 
 Denchworth in the 17th and 18th centuries (CI.) The ancient 
 
 name of Gojddard, which was represented by Godard in Domesday 
 (L.), is, with the exception of its representatives in Derby- 
 shire, now mostly confined to the southern half of England. It is 
 most numerous in Berks, Suffolk, Hants, and Dorset, and is also 
 established in Norfolk, Middlesex, and Wilts. In the 13th 
 century it occurred as Godard in Bucka, Middlesex, Cambridge- 
 shire, and other counties (H. R.). Probably some of the Berkshire 
 Goddards are of Wiltshire origin. The father of a gentle family of 
 this name, who was buried in Hungerford Church in the middle of 
 the 1 7th century, came from Standen Hussey, Wilts (A.). Suffolk 
 has been for centuries the principal home of the name in East 
 Anglia (see under " Suffolk," " Dorset," " Wilts," and " Hamp- 
 shire.") GuNTER is a name that was represented in Oxfordshire 
 
 in the I3th century (H. B.), and two centuries earlier there were 
 tenants named Gunter and Gonter mentioned in Domesday. In 
 Berkshire the name has long been known. It is now found at 
 Newbury. Nicholas Gunter was mayor of Beading in 1618, 1626, 
 1627, and 1628 (Co.) ; and in 1624 a gentleman of this name was 
 buried in Kentbury Church (A.). Farther back still, in the reign 
 of Henry YI., the Gunters were Berkshire gentlemen (CI.). 
 Colonel Gunter, who was a zealous adherent of Charles II., 
 belonged to a family living at Racton, Sussex, in the 16th and 
 17th centuries, and hailing from Gilleston in Wales before that time 
 (Lower's "Sussex). (See under "Wales.") The name also occurs 
 in Gloucestershire, and a reference will be found to it under that 
 
 county The ancient families of Hobye of Bisham and Holcott 
 
 of Buckland (A.), seem to have left but few descendants at the 
 
 present day John Kimber, senior alderman of Newbury, died 
 
 in 1793 at the age of 85; pursuant to his will twelve almshouses 
 were built in Newbury at an expense of nearly £2,000 ('"History 
 of Newbury "). Kimber is still a Newbury name. Nicholas 
 Kimber was mayor of Marlborough, Wilts, in 1711 (Waylen's 
 "Marlborough"). In 1818 died Mr. John Kimber, an old farmer 
 of Chailey, Sassex, who was noted for his expensive tastes in the 
 purchase of costly books and scientific instruments (Lower's 
 
 "Sussex") Kendrick is the name of an old Berkshire family 
 
 of influence, now scantily represented in the county. The Kendricks 
 played an important part in Reading history in the 16th and 17th 
 
BERKSHIRE. 75 
 
 centuries, and in 1682 Sir William Kendrick was high sheriff 
 for the county (A. and Co.). 
 
 L— Z. 
 
 Lanfear is a name that was represented by De Lanfar, or 
 
 De Lanfare, in London in the reign of Edward I. (H. R.) 
 
 Lyford is the name of a Berkshire hamlet. Thomas Lyford was a 
 
 Berkshire gentleman living in the reign of Henry YI. (CI.) The 
 
 name of Tapper may find its explanation in similar names that 
 occur in the Hundred E/olls ; in the 13th century John le 
 Naper lived in Essex, and Jordan le Nappere in Oxfordshire 
 
 (H. R.) The name of Platt was represented in the county 
 
 250 years ago (A.) Tame is a name that was represented 
 
 by De Tame in Bucks and Oxfordshire in the 13th century 
 
 (H. B.). As De Thame, it occurs in Domesday The name of 
 
 Tyrrell in one form and another was in early times much more 
 common than it is at present. As Tyrol and Tirol it occurred in 
 Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Oxfordshire, and Devonshire in the 
 reign of Edward I. (H. B.). In the 15th and 16th centuries the 
 distinguished families of the Tyrrels of Bucks and the Ty rolls 
 of Suffolk seem to have been the two principal stocks. Those of 
 Suffolk, who resided at Gipping, were descended from Sir John 
 Tyrell of Heron, Essex, in the reign of Henry VI., and they claimed 
 also to be the descendants of Sir Walter Tyrrell or Tiril, who 
 accidentally shot William Rufus. The Tirrells or Terrells were a 
 Beading family in the 17th and 18th centuries, and tilled the 
 office of mayor in 1668, 1680, 1699, and 1712. The name is 
 still in the town (Lipscomb's " Bucks," Hollingsworth's " Stow- 
 
 market. " Coate's " Reading ") Waldron, a name also established 
 
 in Wiltshire and Worcestershire, was a well-known name in Win- 
 chester last century; ten mayors of that city between 1727 and 
 
 1754 bore the name (Milner's "Winchester") The ancient 
 
 family of the Yachells, of Colley and Warfield, is now but 
 scantily represented ; during the 17th century the Yachells were 
 
 important citizens of Reading (A. and Co.) Wilder is an 
 
 old Reading name; William Wilder was mayor in 1651, and a 
 second William Wilder held this office in 1714 (Co.). The name is 
 still in the town. 
 
76 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 BUCKmGHAMSHmE. 
 
 Note. — The asterisk indicates that a name, though characteristic 
 of the county, is more relatively numerous elsewhere. 
 
 G-ENEEAL Names (30-4-0 counties). 
 
 r Clark 
 L Clarke 
 
 *Smith 
 
 ^Taylor 
 *White 
 
 Common Names (20-29 counties). 
 
 Adams 
 
 *Jones 
 
 / Sanders 
 L Saunders 
 
 *Brooks 
 
 King 
 
 *Chapman 
 
 *Morris 
 
 *Stevens 
 
 *Hill 
 
 Eogers 
 
 *Young 
 
 
 Eeg-ional Names 
 
 (10-19 counties). 
 
 Curtis (Aylesbury) ^ J Paine 
 
 *Kose 
 
 Elliott 
 
 I Payne 
 
 *Stone 
 
 Griffin (Aylesbury) ^Perkins 
 
 Williams 
 
 *Hawkins 
 
 *Keeves 
 
 
 DiSTEiCT Names (4-9 counties). 
 
 ♦Anderson 
 *Baldwin 
 
 *Franklin 
 ^Garrett 
 
 /Keen Henley-on- 
 . Keene (Thames,Oxon 
 
 *Bennett 
 *Coates 
 
 Gee 
 Goodman 
 
 ♦Kirby 
 Mead 
 
 Crook (Thame) 
 
 * Greaves 
 
 Mumford 
 
 Crouch 
 
 *Gough 
 
 Nash 
 
 J Dickens 
 L Dickins 
 
 Harper 
 Hedges 
 
 ♦Sharman 
 *Townsend 
 
 *East 
 ♦Faulkner 
 
 Higgins 
 Hobbs 
 
 
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. 
 
 County Names (2-3 counties). 
 
 . Batchelor 
 
 Guy 
 
 Puddephatt 
 
 Beeson 
 
 *Hawes 
 
 (Chesliam) 
 
 Belcher 
 
 "Healy 
 " . Heley 
 
 Band 
 
 Biggs 
 
 ^Beading 
 
 Bliss 
 
 Holt (Aylesbury) 
 
 *Kidgway 
 
 Dalton 
 
 Judge 
 
 Seymour 
 
 Deverell 
 
 ' Lambourn 
 - Lamburn 
 
 ^ fToovey 
 1 Tovey 
 
 Bodwell (Tliame) 
 
 Eggleton 
 
 Lines 
 
 *TreadwelI 
 
 Gadsden 
 
 Parrott (Aylesbury) 
 
 *Weller 
 
 Goss 
 
 Pitcher 
 
 Whiting 
 
 Q-urney 
 
 Priest 
 
 
 Peculiae Names (confined mostly to this county). 
 
 Belgrove 
 
 Horwood (Tring) 
 
 Tapping 
 
 Boughton 
 
 Ing 
 
 Tattam 
 
 Brazier 
 
 Kingham (Ayles- 
 
 Tofield 
 
 Dancer (Winslow) 
 
 bury) 
 
 Tomes 
 
 r Darvell 
 I Darvill 
 
 Plaistowe 
 
 Tompkins 
 
 Purssell 
 
 Varney 
 
 Dover 
 
 Boads (Aylesbury) 
 
 Viccars 
 
 Dwight 
 
 ■ Sare 
 Sear 
 
 Warr (Buckingham) 
 
 Edtnans 
 
 Willison 
 
 f Fountain 
 L Fountaine 
 
 Slocock 
 
 Wilmer 
 
 Stratford 
 
 Wooster 
 
 Ginger 
 
 - Syratt 
 
 
 Gomm 
 
 ■ Syrett 
 
 
 Holdom 
 
 -Sirett 
 
 
 NOTES ON SOME OF THE CHABACTERISTIC BUCKINGHAM- 
 SHIRE NAMES. 
 (The names are arranged in alphabetical groups, but not necessarily in alpha- 
 betical order in each group.) 
 
 Authorities indicated hy the following abbreviations : — 
 H. B. indicates Hundred Rolls. 
 Lips. „ Lipscomb's " Buckinghamshire." 
 
 Sp. „ " Names of the Nobility, Gentry, and others who contri- 
 
 buted to the defence of this country at the time of the 
 Spanish Invasion in 1588 " (Brit. Mus., B 474). 
 W. „ Willis's " Buckingham." 
 
 Lower's " Patronymica Britannica " has been also employed. 
 
78 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 A— F. 
 
 Belcher is a name also found in Oxfordshire and Berks. The 
 mayor of Cambridge in 1732 was thus named (Carter's " Cam- 
 bridgeshire ") Bliss also occurs in the counties of Oxford and 
 
 Northampton, immediately adjacent. There was a John Bliss n 
 
 Bucks as far back as the time of Edward I. (H. R.) Boughton 
 
 is a common name of places, especially in the eastern counties 
 
 The Dancers of Winslow and its vicinity are probably connected 
 in their descent with the mayors of Buckingha,m in 1669, 1687, 
 
 and 1693, all of whom bore the name of Greorge Dancer (W.) 
 
 The name of Darvell or Darvill was to be found in the 
 county in the 17th century. There was a Thomas Darvall, of 
 Wendover, in 1656 (Lips.), and a William Darvell in Langley in 
 
 1699 (Gyll's "Wraysbury") The Deverells, who are also 
 
 represented in Oxfordshire, possess an ancient Bucks name. 
 There was a William de Deverell in the hundred of " Segelawe," 
 in the reign of Henry III. (H, R.) ; and the Deverells were 
 landed gentry in Swanbourne in the 17th and 18th centuries 
 
 (Lips.) Fountain or Fountaine is another old Bucks name. 
 
 John Fountaine, gent, of this county, contributed £25 to the 
 fund collected for his country's defence at the time of the 
 expected invasion of the Spanish Armada in 1588 (Sp.). The 
 rector of Little Woolston in 1649 was also called John Fountaine. 
 An old family of the name long resided in Stoke Hammond, 
 several of the members being buried in the church between 1650 
 and 1709 (Lips.) ; the name is still represented in that parish. 
 
 G— H. 
 
 The old family of the Gingers, of Hampden Parva, were 
 numerously represented there two centuries ago, and probably had 
 been established there long before, the registers previous to 1672 
 
 having been lost (Lips.) The Gadsdens evidently came 
 
 originally from the neighbouring county of Hertford, where there 
 
 are places of the name. The surname also occurs in Beds 
 
 GoMM is an ancient nsme in this part of England, and, as Gom, 
 occurred in Cambridgeshire six centuries ago (H. R.). There was 
 a James Gomme in Rowsham, Bucks, in 1724; and another James 
 Gomme, an eminent antiquarian, of High Wycombe, in this 
 county, died in 1825. The wife of Sir William Maynard Gomme, 
 K.C.B., who was himself probably of this stock, was buried at 
 Stoke Poges in 1837 (Lips.) The name of Go ss is now best 
 
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. 79 
 
 represented in the Aylesbury district. In the 13th century 
 Gosse was a common Bucks name, occurring in Stoke Goldington, 
 
 Raven stone,., and in other parts of the county (H. R.) The 
 
 GuRNEYS are also established in the neighbouring counties of 
 Beds and Herts ; but Bucks has long been the principal home of 
 the name. De Gurney, or De Gournay, or De Gorney, was the 
 name of a powerful titled Backs family that flourished during 
 the 12th and 13th centuries. Sfcone- with - Bishopstone has 
 been for many generations a residence of the name. In 1470 a 
 Gurney was buried in the church, and in 1620 a Gorney was also 
 buried there ; whilst the name was still well represented in 
 the locality at the end of last century. Two centuries ago 
 some gentlemen of the name of Gurney owned property in 
 Stewkley (Lips.). In the 13th century Norfolk was also noted 
 for the number of Gurneys or Gurnays there resident; and 
 the name at that time was also well established in Somerset, in 
 
 the west of England (H. R.) The Goughs, of Steeple Barton, 
 
 Oxfordshire, were one of the oldest landed families in that county 
 
 (Wing's "Steeple Barton") Hedges is a name that has at 
 
 present its principal home in Bucks, though it also occurs in the 
 surrounding counties of Berks, Hertford, and Oxford. Last 
 century a family of gentry bearing this name resided at Cub- 
 lington, in Bucks, and there were then others of the name in 
 Stewkley and Whitchurch (Lips.). The name still occurs in 
 
 Stewkley Horwood, which is a very old Bucks surname, being 
 
 originally derived from parishes thus called in the county, is found 
 there as far back as the 14th century. During the last 200 
 years there have been several of the name in Buckland (Lips.). 
 The Hor woods are at present most numerous in the vicinity of 
 
 Tring Healt is a name that was represented last century in 
 
 Leicestershire, particularly in Melton Mowbray and in the neigh- 
 bouring part of the county (Nichols' " Leicestershire "). In our 
 own day it is mostly found in Bucks, and also in Lincolnshire. 
 
 There is a place thus called in Yorkshire Holdom is an ancient 
 
 name that occurred in Norfolk in the reign of Edward I. (H. R.) 
 
 Holtom now occurs in Worcestershire The Holts, of Bucks, 
 
 are, for the most pai-t, gathered together in and around Aylesbury. 
 The name occurred as Le Holt in the county six centuries ago, 
 and also in the eastern counties of Norfolk, Essex, and Kent 
 (H. R.). Lancashire is also another great home of the name of 
 Holt, which also extends into Cheshire. 
 
80 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 I— P. 
 
 Ing is an ancient clerical name in the county. Roger Inge 
 ■was rector of Maid's Moreton in 1291 ; and John Inge was vicar 
 
 of Stanton-Barrj in 1425 (Lips.) The Kinghams of Aylesbury 
 
 and its vicinity possess the name of a parish in the neighbouring- 
 county of Oxford; and bhe Lambourns, or Lamburns, similarly 
 derive their name from a town in the adjacent county of Berks, 
 where representatives of the name still occur ; we find Lambourns 
 
 also in Oxfordshire The name of Mumford, which is also to be 
 
 found in Essex and Warwickshire, and in the distant county 
 of Cornwall, occurred as De Mumford in Bucks in the 13th 
 century. Simon de Mumford, or Munfort, then lived in Twyford 
 
 (H. R.) The old Bucks county family of Plaistowe during the 
 
 17th century owned much property in Wendover, Lee, and 
 other places. Many of the family were buried at Wendover and 
 Lee, from 1672 until the present century (Lips). There are 
 
 places of the name in Essex, Kent, and Sussex Aylesliary, or 
 
 its vicinity, is the present home in Bucks of the name of Parrott. 
 Joseph Parot, who was for fifty years principal land- steward of 
 the Grenville family, died in 1810 (Lips.) (see under " Oxford- 
 shire ") PuRSSELL is one of the oldest of Bucks names. From 
 
 1350 to 1373, Robert de Pursele owned property in Warmston 
 and Haddenham ; and in the early part of the following century 
 a family of Pursel or Purcel held property in Bierton. In 1606 
 there was a John Pursell in Oving, and in 1634 there was a Roger 
 Pursell in Padbury (Lips.). Edward Purcell was mayor of 
 Buckingham in 1687 and 1697 (W.). During the early part of 
 last century several of the name of Pursell or Purcell were buried 
 in Burnham Church, including the family of Richard Pursell, 
 
 gent (Lips.) Nash is another ancient Bucks name, probably 
 
 derived originally from the township of that name in the county. 
 Hugh atte (at or of) I^ash was the rector of Wexham in 1397 ; 
 R. Nasshe owned land in Haddenham in 1487 ; and Thomas 
 Nasshe possessed land in Kingsey in 1445 (Lips.). The name is 
 now also found in Surrey and Herts, as well as in Gloucestershire. 
 
 (See under "Gloucestershire.") The origin of the name of 
 
 PuDDEPHATT is also referred to under " Hertfordshire." Ches- 
 bam, in Bucks, is the great home of the Puddephatts in our own 
 time. Walter Podefat lived at " Tomb'ge," Bucks, in the 
 13th century (H. R.). The name is probably a corruption of 
 
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. 81 
 
 Pejtever or Pettypher, the name of mayors of Wycombe in the 
 16th and 17th centuries (Langley's " Des borough Hundred"). 
 
 R— Z. 
 
 The name of Rand occurred in Lincolnshire 600 years ago 
 
 (H. R.) The name of Sear or Sare has long been in the county. 
 
 At the beginning of last century there was a family of Sare in 
 Oving. Richard Scare, of Great Missenden, and previously of 
 Hawridge Court, was high sheriff of Bucks in 1712 ; he evidently 
 belonged to an old gentry family of Hawridge two centuries ago 
 
 (Lips.) The Seymours were a very old and distinguished 
 
 historical Bucks and Wilts family Those who bear the name 
 
 of Syratt, or Syrett, or Sirett, possess a na,nie that was found in 
 the county before the Norman Conquest. Siret or Syred, a thane 
 in the time of Edward Confessor and a " man of Earl Harold," 
 owned the manor of Stoke Poges, whilst his retainers held land in 
 Little Missenden. S inert was a thane who at that time possessed 
 land in Clifton Reynes (Lips.). Syryt was also a Norfolk name 
 in the 1.3th century (H. R.). Coming to modern times, I should 
 remark that the present representatives of the name in the county 
 may be connected in their descent with Mr Thomas Sirett, who, 
 whilst in the employment of Mr. Westcar, of Creslow, Whit- 
 church, in 1811, was accidentally killed by a cow (Lips.) A 
 
 family named Tattam has resided at North Marston since last 
 
 century (Lips.) The name of Tompkins occurred in Soulbury in 
 
 the 16th century. Nathaniel Tomkins, Esq., who married a Miss 
 Waller in 1624, attained notoriety from his connection with the 
 Waller plot ; Thomas Tomkins, chaplain to Archbishop Sheldon, 
 was rector of Monks Risborough in 1671 ; John Tomkins was 
 rector of Wolston-Parva in 1734 ; and in 1782, Henry Tompkins, 
 Esq., of Weston Turville, was deputy-lieutenant of Bucks 
 
 (Lips.) Cartwright Wilmer was rector of EUesborough in 1686 
 
 (Lips.). The Wilmers of London, who were merchants of last 
 century, were descended from the Wilmers of Northamptonshire ; 
 they owned the manor of North Bemflet, Essex (Morant's 
 " Essex "). The Wilmers of Sywell, Northamptonshire, in the 
 17th century, one of whom received the honour of knighthood, 
 came, in the time of James I., from the Wilmers of Riton or 
 Ryton, Warwickshire (Bridges' " Northamptonshire "). 
 
 G 
 
82 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 
 
 Note. — The asterisk before a name denotes that, though charac- 
 teristic of this county, it is more relatively numerous 
 elsewhere. 
 
 Geneeal Names (30-40 counties). 
 
 Brown 
 ■Clark 
 . Clarke 
 
 Green (March) Smith 
 *Hall *Wilson (Wisbech) 
 Johnson *Wright 
 
 
 Common Names (20-29 counties). 
 
 *Carter (St. Ires) Mason Saunders 
 *Chapman (Cambridge) *Moore (Cambridge) *Ward (Wisbech) 
 
 Ellis Palmer (Ely, Soham) *Watson 
 *King Eead 
 
 
 Eegional Names (10-19 counties). 
 
 ^Barrett 
 
 *Cross (Cambridg 
 
 *Day 
 
 *Howard 
 
 *Marsh . *Eeynolds (Cambridge) 
 e) Norman Russell (Wisbech) 
 ^ fPain 
 I Payne 
 
 
 District Names (4-9 counties). 
 
 *Bland fHopkinl Peck 
 Bull I Hopkins J ^■^^y>' Pigott (Cambridge) 
 Christmas Kent Pollard 
 *Coe *Lister Prior 
 *Fitch Lucas r Tebbit 
 *Gee *Mann (Soham) i Tibbett 
 *Gifford Morton (March) LTibbit 
 Godfrey (Wipbcoh) *Peaoock Wall'« (Cambridge) 
 
CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 
 
 83 
 
 County Names (2-3 counties). 
 
 Ambrose (Cambridge) 
 
 Flanders (Ely) 
 
 Nix 
 
 Askew 
 
 Golden 
 
 Oakey 
 
 Benton 
 
 Graves (Cambridge) 
 
 Papworth 
 
 Blunt 
 
 Hawes (Soham) 
 
 Peek 
 
 *Collet 
 
 Hopper (Whittlesey) 
 
 Pentelow 
 
 Crisp 
 
 Kidman 
 
 Searle 
 
 Driver (Ely) 
 
 Kisby 
 
 *Wakelin 
 
 Few 
 
 T/eonard (Sobam) 
 
 Westley 
 
 pECULiAE Names (confined mostly to this county). 
 
 Bays 
 
 Cbivers (Cambridge) 
 
 Clear (Royston) 
 
 CoUen (Sobam) 
 
 Coxall 
 
 r Dimmock 
 
 I Dimock 
 Doggett (Cambridge) 
 Elbourn (Royston) 
 Frohock 
 Fullard 
 
 Fyson 
 r Ground 
 I Grounds 
 r Haggar 
 L Hagger 
 
 Hurry 
 
 Ivatt (Cambridge) 
 
 Jonas 
 
 Maxwell 
 
 Murfitt 
 
 Mustill (St. Ives) 
 
 Purkis 
 
 E-uston (Chatteris) 
 
 SalHs (Ely) 
 
 Shepperson 
 
 Skeels 
 
 Stockdale (Wisbech) 
 
 Thoday 
 
 Vawser (March) 
 
 Wayman 
 
 Yarrow 
 
 NOTES ON SOME OF THE CHARACTERISTIC CAMBRIDGESHIRE 
 
 NAMES. 
 
 (The names are arranged in alphabetical groups, but not necessarily in 
 alphabetical order in each group.) 
 
 Authorities indicated hy the following ahhreviafions : — 
 
 Blom. indicates Blomefield's " Collectanea Cantabrigiensia." 
 Carter „ Carter's " Cambridgeshire." 
 Cooper „ Cooper's " Cambridge." 
 H. R. „ Hundred Rolls. 
 Watson „ Watson's " Wisbech." 
 
 G 2 
 
84 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 A— C. 
 
 Blunt is an ancient Englisli name that in the forms of Le Blnnt 
 and Le Blund was represented in this county, as well as in IS'orfolk, 
 Lincolnshire, Oxfordshire, and Wiltshire, in the 13th century (H.R.). 
 It is now also established in Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, 
 
 and Rutlandshire Coe is a characteristic East Anglian name, 
 
 and reference will be found to it under "Nokfolk," "Suffolk," 
 and "Essex." It may, however, interest the Cambridgeshire Goes 
 to learn that in 1766, the wife of Henry Coe, shoemaker, of 
 St. Sepulchre's, Cambridge, was safely delivered of two sons and 
 two daughters ; the father, midwife, nurses, and sixteen gossips, 
 went to the church in procession to attend the baptism, and were 
 accompanied by *' an incredible number of people " : three of the 
 children died within twenty months, but the fourth was alive in 
 
 1808 (Cooper) Collen is a name established in the Sohara 
 
 district. The name of De Collen occurred in Hunts in the 13th 
 century (H. R.)...... Christmas is a name also found in Hunts, 
 
 Surrey, and Hants. It is an ancient name in the eastern counties, 
 and in the 13th century it was still established in the form 
 of Cristemasse in Cambridgeshire and Hunts, and there were a 
 few of the name in Essex (H. R.). In 1433 John Crystmasse w^as 
 
 a gentleman of Morden-Steeple in this county (Carter) Crisp 
 
 is an ancient East Anglian name. It occurred commonly in 
 Cambridgeshire and Hunts in the 13th century, Crysp being 
 then a rare form of the name (H. R.). In Norfolk, where it is 
 still established, it was represented as far back as the 14th 
 century, and further reference will be found to it under that 
 county. There was a gentleman of Connington, Cambridgeshire, 
 bearing the name of Thomas Crispe in 1433 (Carter). However, 
 in later times, an important family of Crispe established itself in 
 Kent. The Crispes, of Quekes, in Birchington, Kent, who possessed 
 the manor of Quekes in the 16th and 17th centuries, filled the 
 office of high sheriff of Kent in the reigns of Henry VIII. and 
 Elizabeth, and Nicholas Crispe of this family about those times 
 received the honour of knighthood ; there were several branches 
 of this family, of which that of West Ham, Essex, in the 17th 
 century, was said to be one ; the Crispes of Quekes are said to 
 have descended from an ancient family of Stanlake, Oxfordshire 
 (Hasted's " Kent "). In the 17th century a gentle family of Crisp 
 resided at Marshfield, Gloucestershire (Bigland's " Gloucester- 
 shire "). 
 
CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 85 
 
 D— G. 
 
 The DiMMOCKS or Dimocks of this connty possess the name of 
 an ancient and distinguished family of Scrivelsby, Lincolnshire. 
 The Dymokes of Scrivelsby held the office of Champion of England 
 from the time of Richard II. until the present century (Allen's 
 
 *' Lincolnshire ") The name of Driver is well represented in 
 
 the district of Ely. It is also established in Lancashire and 
 Yorkshire. In the 17th century a gentle family of the name 
 resided at Avening, Gloucestershire (Rudder's " Gloucestershire"). 
 The DoGGETTS of Cambridge possess a name that has charac- 
 terised the county since the reign of Edward I. (H. R.). Its 
 early form is Doget. In 1500 John Dogget was provost of King's 
 College, Cambridge (Blom.). Lower says that it is an old London 
 name; but Cambridgeshire is evidently its original home, as it 
 was commonly represented there in the 13th century (H. R,). 
 From Cambridoeshire the Doggetts have extended to adjacent 
 counties, John Doggett was the registrar of Sudbury, Suffolk, in 
 
 1658 (Whitley's '* Sapcote ") Frohock was the name of a 
 
 Cambridge alderman in 1688 (Cooper) and of the mayor in 1703 
 
 (Blom.) Thomas Ground, of Whittlesea, was high sheriff in 
 
 1790; and Thomas Grounds was one of the trustees of the public 
 charities of March, near Wisbech, early this century (Watson). 
 
 The Godfreys have one of their principal homes in the east 
 
 of England, in Cambridgeshire, Beds, Herts, Leicestershire, etc. ; 
 and it is remarkable that six centuries ago the name in one form 
 or another was still common in Cambridgeshire, and also occurred 
 in the adjoining counties of N"orfolk and Lincoln (H. R.). Wisbech 
 is the residence of the name in this county. The Godfreys of 
 the west of England are gathered together in the counties of 
 Somerset and Gloucester. 
 
 H— isr. 
 
 The Haggars or Haggers are probably connected in their 
 descent with the Hagars, who were lords of the manor of Bourn 
 in the 17th and 18th centuries (Carter). In the 13th century 
 this name occurred as Hacgard in Suffolk, and as Hagha in 
 Lincolnshire (H. R.) The Hoppers are at home in the Whit- 
 tlesey district. Le Hopper was a Cambridgeshire surname in the 
 reign of Edward I. (H. R.) Hurry is at present a Cambridge- 
 shire name ; but a family of Urry resided in Lincoln in the 16th 
 
86' HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 and 17th centuries, members of which on three occasions filled 
 the office of sheriff of the city (Stark's "Lincoln"). There was 
 a Simon Urri in Oxfordshire in the 13th century (H. R.). (See 
 
 Hampshire, under "Urry.") The Ivatts are now established 
 
 in the Cambridge district. William Ivatt was churchwarden of 
 Hardwick in the reign of Charles I. (Carter). The name of 
 Ivette occurred in the adjoining county of Hunts in the 13th 
 
 century (H. R.) Lucas is a name established in various parts 
 
 of England. It was represented in this county as well as in 
 
 Norfolk in the reign of Edward I. (H. R.) The name of 
 
 MusTiLL has its present home in the St. Ives district on the 
 borders of Cambridgeshire. The name of Mustel occurred in the 
 hundred of Stowe in this county in the 13th century (H. R.). 
 
 The mayors of Nottingham in 1617, 1630, and 1636, bore the 
 
 name of Nix (Thoroton's "Notts ") ; and Nix was one of the early 
 bishops of Norwich. This name occurred in Oxfordshire in the 
 reign of Edward I. (See under " Surrey.") 
 
 P— R. 
 
 Papworth is the name of parishes in Cambridgeshire and 
 Hunts, and these are the two counties to which the surname is 
 
 mostly confined The name of Peck is not only established in 
 
 Cambridgeshire, but in the surrounding counties of Norfolk, 
 Suffolk, and Beds, and also in Notts. Pick is the Lincolnshire 
 form of the name, and Pigg is its form in Herts.* In the 
 13th century Peck occurred in Lincolnshire, Hunts, and Bucks, 
 and Pick, Picke, and Pik in Cambridgeshire, Oxfordshire, Wilts, 
 and Shropshire (H. R.). Peck was the name of the church- 
 warden of Long-Stow, Cambridgeshire, in 1643 (Carter) Peek 
 
 is evidently in most cases another form of Peck or Pick. It occurs 
 as such also in Devonshire, and as Peake in Norfolk and Stafford- 
 shire. The Peekes w^ere a Cambridge family 200 years ago 
 (Blom.). Peke was a Cambridgeshire and a Wiltshire name 
 in the 13th century (H. R.) Pigott is a name also repre- 
 sented by Piggott in Herts, Beds, and Berks, in which last county 
 Pigot also occurs. In the 13th century Pikot was a common 
 name in Cambridgeshire, and Pigot and Picot were frequent in 
 
 * See remarks under Pigg in " Hertf ordslih-e." 
 
CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 87 
 
 Lincolnshire, whilst Pigot also occurred in Shropshire. Lower 
 says that the Pigotts of Edgmond, Salop, came from Prestbury, 
 Cheshire, in the 14th century. According to the same autho- 
 rity Picot occurred as a personal name in Domesday times in 
 Cambridgeshire and Hants. There was a John Pigot, gent., of 
 Aviton, Cambridgeshire, in 1443 (Carter). At present the Pigotts 
 
 of this comity have their home in and around Cambridge 
 
 PoLLAED is a name established in different parts of England. It 
 has been in Cambridgeshire for several centuries, and was nume- 
 rous in the county in the reign of Edward I., when there were 
 also a few of the name in Lincolnshire, Kent, and Essex (H. R.). 
 
 There is a memorial to Mary PuRKis in Wisbech church, 
 
 bearing the date of 1734 (Watson). Purkace was a Lincolnshire 
 
 name in the 13th century (H. R.) The Rustons are mostly 
 
 found around Chatteris. They bear the name of a Norfolk parish. 
 There was a De Ruston residing in Cambridgeshire 600 years 
 ago (H. R.). 
 
 s— z. 
 
 The Searles have long been a Cambridge family. Edward 
 Searle was a common councillor in 1749 (Carter), and Henry 
 Serle was mayor in 1562 (Blom.). Serle was a Cambridgeshire 
 name as far back as the 13th century, when it was also re- 
 presented in Oxfordshire and Wiltshire (H. R.). The Searles 
 
 have also an independent home in Cornwall and Devon 
 
 Vawser is a name well represented in and around March, where 
 it has probably been established for a considerable time. Early 
 this century Robert Vawser was one of the trustees of the March 
 
 public charities (Watson) Wallis, a name established in 
 
 various parts of England, has its home in this county in and 
 around Cambridge, where it has long been known. The mayor 
 in 1596 and an alderman in 1611 bore this name (Cooper). 
 
88 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 CHESHIRE. 
 
 Note. — The asterisk indicates that, though characteristic of this 
 county, the name is more relatively numerous elsewhere. The 
 places in brackets are the districts in which a name is most 
 frequent, and in some cases the district extends into the next 
 county. 
 
 GrENEEAL NAMES (30-40 counties). 
 Johnson *Taylor 
 
 
 *Kobinson 
 
 Common 
 
 \Iacclesfield) 
 
 
 Wright 
 
 ^ r Bailey 
 Bayley 
 Carter 
 Cooper (] 
 
 r Names (20-29 counties). 
 
 Jackson * Mason 
 r Lea (Middlewich, Moore 
 Nantwich) *Wood 
 LLee (Chester) 
 
 Kegional Names (10-19 counties). 
 Barratt (Sandbach) *Howard Sutton 
 
 Dawson 
 
 Newton 
 
 *Wilkinson 
 
 Ford 
 
 *Shaw 
 
 Williamson 
 
 DiSTBiCT Names (4-9 counties) 
 
 , 
 
 Barber 
 
 *Gee 
 
 Nixon 
 
 Barlow 
 
 Hewitt 
 
 *Pickering 
 
 *Beard 
 
 Holland (Northwich) 
 
 Kutter (Tarporley) 
 
 Booth 
 
 Horton (Northwich) 
 
 Slack (Macclesfield) 
 
 Buckley (Manchester) 
 
 Latham 
 
 *Slater 
 
 *Bullock (Macclesfield, 
 
 ' Leach , 
 '. Leech (Knutsford) 
 
 L Steele 
 
 Stockport) 
 
 Burgess 
 
 Lightfoot (Chester) 
 
 *Stubbs (Knutsford) 
 
 Clayton (Stockport) 
 
 Lomas 
 
 *Wade 
 
 Dale 
 
 Lowe 
 
 Wainwright 
 
 *Dodd 
 
 Maddock (Chester) 
 
 *Whittaker 
 
 Eaton 
 
 Massey 
 
 *Willis 
 
 Faulkner (Whitchurch) 
 
 r Moreton (Northwich) 
 L Morton 
 
 ^Woolley 
 
 *Fryer 
 
 Worthington 
 

 CHESHIRE. 
 
 m 
 
 CoTJNTT Names (2-3 counties). 
 
 Bancroft 
 
 Fidler (Stockport) 
 
 Percival 
 
 Beckett 
 
 *Fitton 
 
 Piatt (Knutsford) 
 
 Beech 
 
 Frith (Northwich) 
 
 *Rigby 
 
 *Billington 
 
 Glarner 
 
 Eoyle 
 
 Bostock (Cougleton) 
 
 *Garnett 
 
 Swindells (Stockport) 
 
 Brereton 
 
 Gerrard 
 
 ^ Thomason 
 
 . Thomasson (Nant- 
 
 Brocklehurst (Stock- 
 
 *Heathcote 
 
 port) 
 
 Hitchin 
 
 wich) 
 
 ^ r Clialloner 
 . Challiner 
 
 Hough 
 
 J Thorley 
 1 Thornley 
 
 Hulme 
 
 Cheetham 
 
 *Kelsall 
 
 Venables 
 
 rciifE 
 
 L Cliffe 
 
 Lawton 
 
 *Vernon (Nantwich) 
 
 Leigh 
 
 ^ rWalley 
 1 Whalley 
 
 *Cookson 
 
 _ ■ Neild 
 " - Nield 
 
 Comes (Nantwich) 
 
 Warburton 
 
 Darbyshire 
 
 Newport 
 
 Windsor 
 
 Darlington (Chester) 
 
 OUerenshaw 
 
 Worth (Crewe) 
 
 Drink water 
 
 (Stockport) 
 
 
 Peculiar Names (confined mostly to this county). 
 
 Acton 
 
 Done 
 
 Hopley 
 
 Adsliead 
 
 Dooley 
 
 Houlbrook 
 
 All man 
 
 Dutton (Nantwich) 
 
 Huxley 
 
 Ankers 
 
 Eden 
 
 Jefes 
 
 Ardern 
 
 Erlam 
 
 Jepson 
 
 Astbury 
 
 Etchells (Macclesfield) 
 
 Kennerley 
 
 Aston 
 
 Furber (Nantwich) 
 
 Kinsey 
 
 Basford 
 
 Gallimore 
 
 Leah 
 
 Baskerville (Chelford) 
 
 Gleave (Northwich) 
 
 Leather 
 
 Basnett 
 
 r Goddier 
 L Goodier 
 
 Littler 
 
 Bebbington (Nantwich) 
 
 Major 
 
 Birtles 
 
 Gresty 
 
 Marsland (Manchester) 
 
 Blackshaw 
 
 Hankey 
 
 •Minsball 
 .MinshuU 
 
 Boffey (Nantwich) 
 
 rHassall 
 ".Hassell 
 
 Bolshaw 
 
 Mottershead 
 
 Bracegirdle (Knutsford) Henshall 
 
 fMounfield 1 (^rewe) 
 LMountfieldi^ 
 
 Brad dock (Maccles- 
 
 Hickson 
 
 field) 
 
 ■ Hockenhall -» 
 
 Mullock 
 
 Broadhurst 
 
 . Hocie.hull (^-*- 
 I Hocknell J ' 
 
 Newall 
 
 B roster 
 
 Noden 
 
 Callwood 
 
 Hollinshead (Middle- 
 
 Norbury 
 
 Cash 
 
 wich) 
 
 Oakes 
 
 Chesters 
 
 Hooley 
 
 Okel 
 
90 
 
 HOMES OP FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Oulton 
 
 Siddorn 
 
 Trickett 
 
 Pimlott 
 
 Snelson 
 
 Trueman (Macclesfield) 
 
 Pownall 
 
 Spro3ton (Nantwich) 
 
 Urmston 
 
 Priestner (Altrincham) 
 
 Stelfox 
 
 Wheelton (Maccles- 
 
 Eathbone 
 
 Stockton 
 
 fieM) 
 
 Eavenscroffc 
 
 Summerfield 
 
 Whitelegg 
 
 Eowlingson 
 
 Swinton 
 
 Whitlow 
 
 Euscoe 
 
 Tapley 
 
 Witter 
 
 SandbacK 
 
 Thompstone (Maccles- 
 
 • Woodall 
 
 Scriigg 
 
 field) 
 
 ■WooUam 
 . Woollams 
 
 Sheen 
 
 Thornhill (Crewe) 
 
 Shone (Whitchurch) 
 
 Tickle 
 
 Wych 
 
 Shore 
 
 Timperley (Manchester) Yarwood 
 
 NOTES ON SOME OF THE CHAEACTEEISTIC CHESHIEE 
 
 NAMES. 
 
 (The names are arranged in alphabetical groups, but not necessarily in alphs 
 betical order in each group.) 
 
 Anthorities indicated hy the following abbreviations :^ 
 
 E. indicates Earwaker's " East Cheshire." 
 H. „ Hemingway's " Chester." 
 
 H. E. „ Hundred Eolls. 
 M. „ Mortimer's " Hundred of Wirral." 
 
 O. „ Ormerod's " Cheshire." 
 
 Y. ,, Yates' " Congleton." 
 
 Sp. „ ** Contributors to the Defence of this Country at the time of 
 the Spanish Invasion in 1588 " (Brit. Mus., B. 474). 
 
 A— B. 
 
 The Actons, who are common in east Cheshire, take their 
 
 name from a township in the county The Adsheads or 
 
 Adsheds were established in Prestbury parish during the 16th 
 and 17th centuries (E.) The name of Ankees was repre- 
 
CHESHIRE. 91 
 
 sented by Anker in Titherington in the reign of Edward III. (E.). 
 
 There is a river called Anker in north-east Warwickshire 
 
 Aldersey, an old Chester municipal name, is now rare in the 
 county. Several of the mayors and sheriffs of this city dur- 
 ing the 16th and 17th centuries bore the name (H.) The 
 
 Ardernbs ■ are a very old and distinguished Cheshire family 
 dating back to the 13th century : there are several branches, the 
 Ardernes of Aldford, Alvanley, and Harden, being the main stock 
 (0.). The name of De Ardern or De Arderne was in the 13th 
 century dispersed over many parts of England, occurring in 
 Yorkshire, Derbj'shire, Warwickshire, Leicestershire, Oxfordshire, 
 
 Essex, and Somerset (H. R.) The Cheshire Astons and 
 
 AsTBURYS derived their names from parishes in the county : two 
 ancient families, thus named, carried their descent back to the 
 
 12th and 14th centuries respectively (O.) The Cheshire 
 
 Bancrofts have their principal homes in Cheadle, Stockport, and 
 Marple, in which last place they have held land since the time of 
 Elizabeth ; in Cheadle, Bancroft is an ancient name, the rector of 
 the parish in 1449 being thus called ; there were yeomen of 
 the name there in the 17th century (E.), The Bancrofts are 
 also established in Derbyshire and the West Riding. (See under 
 
 "Derbyshire ") The Basfords take the name of a township in 
 
 the county A branch of the very ancient and distinguished 
 
 family of Baskerville, which claims royal descent, possessed 
 the manor of Old Withrington from the 13th to the 18th 
 century (0.). The Herefordshire stock, members of which were 
 high sheriffs of that county in the 15th and 16th centuries, 
 carries its pedigree back to the reign of Edward I. (Dun- 
 cumb's "Herefordshire"). The Baskervilles were repre- 
 sented in Shropshire in the 13th century (H. R.). In 
 Staffordshire the name has been corrupted to Baskey field. In 
 Cheshire the Baskervilles are now mostly found in the Chelford 
 
 district William Birch Basnett, Esq., resided at Llanwarne, 
 
 Herefordshire, about 1770 (Duncumb's " Herefordshire ") : Will. 
 Basnet, the faithful servant of President Bradshawe who con- 
 demned Charles I., and presumably a Stockport, or at least a 
 Cheshire man, received £30 according to his master's will (E.) 
 
 The Bebbingtons derived their name from a Cheshire parish. 
 
 The ancient family of De Bebington held the manor of that name 
 for several generations up to the time of Richard II. ; a younger 
 branch settled at Nantwich, and one of its members lost six sons 
 
92 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 on the field of FJodden in 1513 (M.). The Bcbbingtons have still 
 their principal home in the Nantwich district, where they are 
 
 numerously represented Beckett is an old name in the county. 
 
 Captain George Becket, of Nantwich, was born in 1644. The Rev. 
 George Becket was vicar of Eastham in the reign of Charles II. 
 
 (0.). There are also Becketts in Norfolk and Notts Birtles 
 
 is the name of a Cheshire township, with which an ancient family 
 of the name was connected as far back as the reign of Edward I. 
 
 (O.) The Booths, of whom there are many distinct and ancient 
 
 families, those of Dunham, Mollington, Mottram, Twemlow^ etc., 
 have played a great part in the history of the county (0.). The 
 name is also numerous in Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and the West 
 
 Riding The Bostocks, who are best represented in the Congle- 
 
 ton district, derive their name from a Cheshire township. The 
 ancient family of Bostock, that held the manor of the same name 
 during the 15th century, branched off into different lines which 
 w^ere scattered over the county in the ranks of the minor gentry 
 and substantial yeomen (0.). There was a gentle family of 
 the name in Earn don during the 17th century (Coll. Top. et 
 Gen. )..... .The Bracegirdles were an old Cbeadle family, one of 
 
 the members being rector of Billing, Northamptonshire, in the 
 reign of Elizabeth; in 1749, Thomas Bracegirdle was a Cheadle 
 churchwarden (E.). The name is at present most at home in the 
 
 Knutsford district, but is still to be found in Cheadle The 
 
 very ancient and distinguished family of Brereton held the 
 Brereton estates in the place of that name from the 13th to the 
 18th century (0.). (See under "Shropshire.") The Broad- 
 hursts have long been inhabitants of Prestbury and Gawsworth 
 
 (E.) The Brosters were long connected with Macclesfield and 
 
 the neighbouring township of Bosley. The mayors of Maccles- 
 field in 1543, 1587, and 1608, bore this name. John Broster was 
 a Bosley yeoman in 16 15 (E.). The Brosters were mayors of 
 Chester in 1662, 1752, and 1791, the mayor in 1791 being Peter 
 
 Broster (H.) The Buckleys of Cheshire have been for probably 
 
 200 years in the parish of Mottram-in-Longdendale (E.). The name 
 is at present best represented on and near the Lancashire border 
 in the vicinity of Manchester, but it is also established in the 
 counties of Derby, Lancashire, Stafford, Worcester, and in the 
 AVest Ridiug. 
 
CHESHIRE. 93 
 
 C— F. 
 
 The family of Cash or Cashe was represented in Gaws worth 
 in the middle of the 15th century. The namt; was established in 
 Wilmslow at a later date (E.). In the West Riding the name 
 
 takes the form of Cass The name of Chaloner or Challiner 
 
 in different forms has long characterised this part of England. It 
 is now best represented in Cheshire and Staffordshire. Last 
 century it was a common Derbyshire name, as, for instance, 
 in Brimington (Glover's " Derbyshire.") In the 18th century, 
 as Le Chalouner, Le Chaluner, and Le Chalnnner, it occurred in 
 
 Derbyshire, Shropshire, and Cambridgeshire (H. R.) The 
 
 ancient and very distinguished family of Done possessed the manor 
 of Utkinton from the time of King John to the reign of Charles I. ; 
 
 it was afterwards established at Flaxyards and Duddon (0.) 
 
 Stockport was long, and is yet, the home of the Dooleys (E.) 
 
 The Drinkwaters* have their principal home in Cheshire; but 
 they are also established in Derbyshire and Gloucestershire. Peter 
 Drinkwater was a Chester alderman in 1631 (O.). There was 
 a John Drinkewat in Shropshire in the 13th century (H. R.). 
 
 (See under "Oxfordshire.") The Duttoxs of Dutton were a 
 
 very old and distinguished family, and were associated with the 
 township of that name from the time of William the Conqueror to 
 the reign of Charles II. (0.). John and Rowland Dutton, evidently 
 of this family, were two Cheshire gentlemen who contributed £25 
 a-piece to the Spanish Armada fund in 1588 (Sp.). The Duttons 
 
 are now numerous in the Nantwich district The Cheshire 
 
 Batons take their name from townships of the name in the county. 
 The Eatons of Eaton, a very old and distinguished family, are 
 
 probably the parent stock (0.) The Erlams e^ndently hailed 
 
 orio-inally from Irlam, a village in Lancashire Etchells is the 
 
 name of a Cheshire township Fitton, once a very frequent 
 
 Cheshire name, is now more numerous in Lancashire. The Fittons 
 of Gawsworth carry their pedigree back to the 14th century (E.). 
 
 {See under "Lancashire.") The Furbers have their home 
 
 in the Nantwich district. In the form of Le Fnrbur the name 
 
 urred in Northumberland, Oxfordshire, and Cambridgeshire 
 
 occ 
 
 m 
 
 the 13th century (H. R.) Drakeford is (me of those 
 
 * Camden, writing 300 years ago, explained Drinkwater as a corruption of 
 Derwentwater. 
 
94 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Cheshire names which are now rare in the county. Several of the 
 mayors of Congleton in the 17th century bore this name (Y.). 
 
 G-K. 
 
 Marton has long been the home of the Gallimoees (E.) 
 
 The Gereaeds were an ancient and titled Cheshire family. The 
 Lords Gerard of Gerards Bromley from the 16th to the 18th 
 century were descended from the Gerards of Ince in Lancashire ; 
 the Gerards of Kingsley and Crewood came from Hawarden in 
 Flintshire in the time of Edward I. (0.) (See under " Lancashiee "). 
 
 The aDcient family of Gleave or Gleyve held a freehold in 
 
 High Legh from the 13th to the 17th century ; one of the family, 
 William Gleaye, a London alderman, bequeathed £500 in 1665 
 to the parish of Woodchurch for the building and endowment 
 of a school (0. and M.). The Gleaves are at present at home 
 
 in the Northwich district The name of Goddiee or Goodier 
 
 has long been in the county. In 1525, James Goodier of Barnston 
 gave a sum of money for the purchase of 20 yoke of oxen for the 
 use of the poor of Woodchurch (O.). The name was represented 
 in Northenden early in the 16th century, and Wilmslow and 
 
 Etchells have also been among its principal homes (E.) The 
 
 name of Hankey was represented in Churton in the beginning of 
 
 the 16th century (E.) The ancient family of Hassall or 
 
 Hassell possessed the lordship of the manor of the name as far 
 back as the reign of Edward II. ; in later times a branch has 
 
 established itself in Nantwich (0.) Henshall was the name of 
 
 a tenant at Bramhall in the reign of Charles I. (E.). Hensall is 
 
 a township in the West Riding The Hockenhulls or Hocken- 
 
 HALLS, an ancient knightly family, were lords of the manor of 
 Hockenhull from the reign of Henry III. to the beginning of 
 last century, when they removed to Shotwick (0.). Richard 
 Hockenel was sheriff of Chester in 1491 (H.). The name, which 
 is sometimes contracted to Hocknell, is now best represented in 
 
 the Nantwich district Cheshire is the great home of the 
 
 Hollands, who are especially numerous in the North wich district. 
 The name occurs in several parts of England, as in Staffordshire, 
 Worcestershire, Oxfordshire, Notts, etc., and in all the east coast 
 counties from Lincolnshire to Kent ; in the last-named county 
 it takes the form of Hollands. A gentle family of Holland that 
 
CHESHIRE. 95 
 
 resided at Denton, Lancashire, in the 16tli and 17tli centuries, 
 owned property in Cheshire, and some of them in the reign of 
 Charles II. were buried at Nether Peover (0.). (See under 
 " Kent.") Holland is the name of parishes and districts in 
 Lincolnshire and Essex, and Hoyland of parishes and townships 
 in the West Riding. De Hoyland and De Hoylaund were 
 
 common Lincolnshire surnames in the I3th century (H. R.) 
 
 The HoLLiNSHEDS, who were in possession of Hoi Unshed, an estate 
 in Sutton, from the 13th to the 16th centnry, are evidently the 
 principal family stock (0.). The present Hollinsheads are most 
 
 numerous in the Middlewich district Randle, son of Mr. John 
 
 HOPLET of Farndon, was baptized in the parish church in 1790 
 (Coll. Top. et Gen.). Samuel Hopley, poet, of Duckington and 
 Malpas, "left this life in hope of a better" in 1769 (O.), and 
 the name is still in the district The Hoolets were a Maccles- 
 field family last century, John Hooley being mayor of that town 
 in 1748 (E.). The name is still, or was very recently, in the town. 
 Hoole is the name of places in Cheshire, Lancashire, and York- 
 shire. Hooley Hill is a village in south-east Lancashire The 
 
 Cheshire Hortons take their name from a township in the county. 
 
 They are best represented in the Northwich district The 
 
 Cheshire Hulmes take their name from a parish in the county 
 
 (See under "Lancashire") The ancient family of Huxley 
 
 owned the manor of Huxley during the 13th and 14th centuries 
 
 (0.) The Kelsalls of Cheshire take their name from villages 
 
 in the county. A family of Kelsall resided at Bradshaw Hall, 
 Cheadle, from 1550 to 1817 (0.). (See under "Lancashire") 
 
 The KiNSEYS possessed part of the manor of Blackden from 
 
 the 16th to the present century (0.) Amongst old Cheshire 
 
 names now rare in the county are those of Gamul, Glegg, and 
 Ince. The Gamuls were mayors of Chester during the 16th and 
 17th centuries (H.). The Gleggs of Gayton were an ancient and 
 distinguished family, now mostly represented amongst the gentry 
 (M.). The Inces, who derived their name from the Cheshire 
 parish, were mayors of Chester in the 17th century (H.). 
 
 L— M. 
 
 The Lathams are a very old and distinguished Cheshire 
 and Lancashire family, that took its name from Lathom in 
 Lancashire. Their Cheshire home was at Astbury from the 
 
96 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 14th to the 16th century; afterwards they resided at Con- 
 gleton (0.). For six centuries they presided with little inter- 
 
 riiption over the civil government of Lancashire (Lower) 
 
 Lawton is a Cheshire parish which gave its name to an ancient 
 
 family in the county (E. or 0.) Samuel Leah was an alderman 
 
 of Macclesfield in 1688 (E.) The Leighs or Leghs are old and 
 
 often distinguished Cheshire families that carry their pedigrees 
 several centuries back ; amongst the principal stocks are those of 
 Lyme, Adlington, and High Leigh (0.). The Leghs of Lyme are 
 connected with those of Haydock in Lancashire, an ancient 
 knightly family. (See under " Lancashire.") High Leigh and 
 
 Little Leigh are Cheshire villages The Littlers possessed 
 
 Wallerscote Manor in the 16th century; John Littler was 
 mayor of Chester in 1603, and the name is still in the city ; the 
 name of Litler was represented in Tarven at the beginning of the 
 
 17th century (0.) A family of Lowe has been settled in 
 
 Upton for several hundred years (M.) Malbon, a name now 
 
 rare in the county, was the name of several mayors of Congleton 
 between 1685 and 1720 (Y.), and there have been Malbons in the 
 
 town in the present generation .Cheadle has long been the 
 
 home of the Marslands ; there was a Stockport family of this 
 name last century (E.). At present the name is established on and 
 near the Lancashire border in the neighbourhood of Manchester. 
 
 The Masseys have their principal home in Cheshire, whence 
 
 they have spread to the neighbouring counties. There are many 
 families, often distinct, as, for instance, the Masseys of Grafton, 
 Poole, Backford, Puddington, Sale, etc., who carry their pedigrees 
 back three centuries and more (0.). The name of Massey is 
 frequent in the list of the mayors and sheriffs of Chester from the 
 15th to the 19th century (H.). 
 
 The Cheshire Mortons take their names from townships in 
 
 the county. An ancient family of the name lived in the county. 
 
 .MiNSHULL is the name of parishes and townships in Cheshire. 
 
 The Minshulls of Minshull were an influential family as far back 
 as the time of Edward lY. (M. and 0.). Geffrie Minshull of this 
 county contributed £25 to the Spanish Armada fund in 1588 
 (Sp..) John Minshull was the name of the mayor of Chester in 
 1657 and 1711 (H.), and the name is still in that city. Minshall 
 
 is also a common form of the name The parent stock of 
 
 the MoTTERSHEADS took its name from the family estate in Mot- 
 tram St. Andrew in the 13th century : branches subsequently 
 
CHESHIRE. 97 
 
 settled in Prestbuiy and Macclesfield (E.), in whicli last locality 
 
 the name is now mostly found The Mullocks possess an 
 
 ancient name, which in the form of Mulloc occurred in Cambridge- 
 shire in the 13th century (H. R.). 
 
 N— R. 
 
 The JSTewalls take their name from Newhall a Cheshire town- 
 ship Hugh NoDEN was a merchant taylor of London to whom 
 
 James II. granted land in Bermuda (Hotten's " American Emi- 
 grants") The NoRBURYS, who possess the name of a Cheshire 
 
 township, have principally been established in Alderley parish (E.) 
 
 Oakes is an old Cheshire name. Its chief homes are in 
 
 Marton and Siddington (E.) The manor and township of 
 
 OuLTON gave a name to some ancient Cheshire families (0.). 
 Oulton was the name of the mayor of Chester in 1665, 1686, 
 
 and 1700 (H.) Prestbury and Marple were the principal 
 
 homes of the Pimlotts- in the 17th and 18th centuries (E.), 
 and Prestbuiy still has the name.. Pimblett is the present 
 Lancashire form of the name. However, during the first half of 
 last century a family of Pimlot owned the house and demesne of 
 
 Barcroft, Lancashire (Whitaker's "Whalley") The Pownalls 
 
 have long been gathered together in the parish of Wilmslow, which 
 contains Pownall Hall and its demesne, whence the ancient family 
 of Pownall of the 18th century derived its name (E. and O.) 
 
 There were Rathbones in Prestbuiy 200 years ago (E.). 
 
 Richard Rathbone was mayor of Ches-ter in 1598, and Thomas 
 Rathbone was sheriff of that eity in 1790 (H.) The Ravens- 
 crofts have assumed the name of a Cheshire township The 
 
 ROYLES were in the parish of Prestbury in the 16th century (E.). 
 Ryle was the name of a very ancient Stockport family ; Ryles 
 was the name of a family that held the Styall estate, Wilmslow, 
 in the 16th century (O.). Royle is still a Prestbury and a 
 
 Stockport name. (See under " Lancashire ") Rutter or Roter, 
 
 is the name of an ancient and influential family of Kingsley, 
 where they owned considerable estates from the 13th to the 
 17th century (O.). The name of Rutter is now best repre- 
 sented amongst the farmers around Tarporle}'-, which is only some 
 seven or eight miles from Kingsley, so that we may repeat the 
 remark made by Ormerod about 70 years ago " that the descendants 
 are still living (as yeomen) and day labourers within the precincts 
 
 H 
 
08 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 of tlie feudal power of their ancestors." The name is also 
 established in the counties of Northumberland, Durham, and 
 Lincoln, and in the North and East Eidings of Yorkshire. As 
 Rotar, Rotur, and Ruter, often preceded by " Le," it occurred in 
 Shropshire, Oxfordshire, Hertfordshire, and in other counties in 
 the 13th century (H. R.). Rutter is the old German word for 
 a soldier (L.). 
 
 S— T. 
 
 The township of Sandbach gave its name to an ancient Cheshire 
 family which flourished up to the 13th century (0.). Richard 
 
 Sandbach was curate of Congleton in 1772 (Y) John Scragg 
 
 was mayor of Congleton in 1579 (Y.). In 1624 there was a Thomas 
 
 Scragge of Wilmslow and Withington (E.) The name of Shone 
 
 has its present home in the Whitchurch district. Robert Shone 
 
 was sheriff of Chester in 1676 (H.) George Shore was one of 
 
 the Royalist delinquents of Macclesfield who were fined or had 
 
 their properties sequestrated in the time of Cromwell (E.) The 
 
 present Slacks of this county have their principal home in the 
 Macclesfield district. In 1662 Nicholas Slack held an estate 
 called Dunge in Kettleshulme ; Mr. Hewitt Slack was a Stockport 
 surgeon in the first half of last century (E.). The Slacks are also 
 established in Derbyshire, Cumberland, Staffordshire, and Notts, 
 and further reference will be found to them under one or more of 
 those counties. This is an ancient name ; it designates the site of 
 a Saxon royal residence in the north division of the West Riding, 
 and as a surname it was represented by Adam Slach in Cambridge- 
 
 shir3 in the time of Edward I. (H. R.) Snelson, a Cheshire 
 
 township, gave its name to an ancient family which held land 
 
 there in the 14th century (E.) The Sprostons derived their 
 
 name from a township in the county. Their present home is 
 in the Nantwich district. Robert Sproston ViSiS mayor of Chester 
 
 in 1638 (H.) The Stocktons take their name from a Cheshire 
 
 township The name of Swindells in this county has mostly 
 
 been confined to Stockport parish, and especially to the townships 
 of Marple and Disley, from the reign of Henry VIII. to the present 
 day ; Swindells wastlie name of a sergeant in Colonel Bradshawe's 
 regiment (raised in the Macclesfield Hundred) at the battle of 
 Worcester in 1651 (E.). The name of Swindell is characteristic of 
 Derbyshire, and both varieties occur in the intermediate county of 
 
CHESHIRE. . 99 
 
 Stafford SwiKTON is the name of a town both in Lancashire 
 
 and Yorkshire Amongst the old names now rare in the 
 
 county is that of Snead or Snetd. During the 15th and 16th 
 centuries there was a Chester family of this name, members of 
 which frequently filled the office of mayor and also represented the 
 
 city in Parliament (H.) Tapley is another form of Tabley, the 
 
 name of Cheshire townships. There was an ancient family of the 
 
 name of Tabley (0.) The Tickles probably derived their name 
 
 from Tickhill, a town in the West Riding. Richard de Tickhill 
 was bailiff of York in 1325, and William Tickill filled the same 
 office in 1379 (Drake's "Eboracum"). In the 13th century 
 there were persons of the name of De Tikil or De Tichil in Notts 
 
 (H. R.) The TiMPERLBYS, who are now established on and near 
 
 the Lancashire border in the vicinity of Manchester, derive their 
 name from the neighbouring township of Timperley. They were 
 
 long resident in Cheadle (E.) Trickett is an ancient name. As 
 
 Triket it was represented in the 13th century in Bedfordshire 
 
 and Norfolk (H, R.) Throppe is one of those old Cheshire names 
 
 that are now rare in the county. Some of the mayors of Chester 
 bore the name in the 17th century (H.). 
 
 U— Z. 
 
 The Urmstons, who derived their name from a Lancashire 
 township, owned a small estate in Wilmslow during the 16th 
 and 17th centuries; Geoffrey Urmeston, gent., possessed Winkle 
 
 Grange in Winkle in the reign of Elizabeth (E.) The ancient 
 
 and notable family of Venables is now established, as it has been 
 for ages, in Cheshire and Shropshire, and it also occurs in North 
 Wales. The parent stock seems to be that of Kinderton in 
 Cheshire, of which the family possessed the lordship from the time 
 of William the Conqueror to the end of the 17th century ; Gilbert 
 de Venables was the Norman founder of this family (O.). The 
 Shropshire representatives were probably derived originally from 
 the Cheshire stock. Thomas Venables was a Cheshire gentleman 
 who contributed £25 to the Spanish Armada Fund in 1588 (Sp.). 
 
 (See under "Shropshire") The Warburtons derived their 
 
 name from the Cheshire parish. Warburton is one of the most 
 frequent of characteristic Cheshire names. One of the families 
 carries its pedigree back to the times of Edward VI. (0.). In the list 
 of Cheshire contributors to the Spanish Armada Fund in 1588 we 
 
 H 2 
 
ICO . HO.^JES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 find the name of Peter Warburton for £21, and that of the Ladie 
 Warburton for £25 (Sp.). Probably the Lancashire Waiburtons 
 hailed originally from Cheshire. John Warburton, the antiquary 
 and Somerset Herald, who died in 1759, was born at Bury in 
 
 Lancashire ("Baines' "Lancashire") The Whalleys and the 
 
 Wallets evidently derive their name from the Lancashire parish 
 
 of Whalley, and the Cheshire township of Whaley The name 
 
 of Whitelegg has been represented in Northenden ever since the 
 
 reign of Henry YIII. ; it is also an old Cheadle name (E.) 
 
 The ancient family of Worth, which derived its name from the 
 village of Worth, owned estates in Titherington from the 14th to 
 
 the 17th century (E.) The Worths of this county are now best 
 
 represented in the Crewe district. The name is also established in 
 Lincolnshire. There are villages thus called in Kent and Sussex. 
 
 The WoRTHiNGTONS, who posscss the name of a Lancashire 
 
 township, belong to an old and wide-spread Cheshire family. They 
 have been represented in Northenden for nearly three centuries 
 (E.). The Lancashire Worthingtons have long been associated 
 with Manchester and its vicinity. Dr. Worthington, a noted 
 divine of the 17th century, was born in Manchester in 1G17; 
 Samuel Worthington, Esq., was a Salford boroughreeve in 1750 
 
 (Baines' "Lancashire") Wych is a very old and a sometimes 
 
 distinguished Cheshire name. The original family of Wyche 
 owned property in Davenham from the 14th to the 16th century, 
 when it came into possession of estates in Alderley, where the 
 family found a home until the middle of last century, and their 
 descendants continue to reside in the neighbourhood as small 
 farmers and farm labourers (E.). Wyche is the name of parishes 
 
 in Worcestershire Vardon is an old Congleton name which is 
 
 now rare in the county. Several of the mayors of Congleton 
 during last century bore this name (Y.). 
 
CORNWALL. 
 
 101 
 
 CORNWALL. 
 
 Note. — The asterisk before a name indicates that, tliougli it is 
 characteristic of this county, the name is more numerous 
 elsewhere. The names of places in brackets refer to the 
 districts where the surname is most common, and in some 
 cases a district may be in two counties. 
 
 General Names (30-40 counties). 
 ♦Harris Martin 
 
 
 Common Names (20-29 counties). 
 
 Andrew 
 
 Matthews 
 
 Roberts (Helston and 
 
 /Bennett 
 
 rMichell (Hayle and 
 
 Penzance) 
 
 - Bennetts (Penzance) -{ G-rampound Eoad) 
 
 Rogers (Helston and 
 
 Chapman 
 
 L Mitchell (Truro) 
 
 West Cornwall) 
 
 *Hill 
 
 Phillips 
 
 Stephens 
 
 *James 
 
 Reed 
 
 Williams 
 
 
 Regional Names (10-19 counties). 
 
 Gilbert 
 
 May 
 
 Richards 
 
 Harvey 
 
 Niciiolls 
 
 Semmens (Penzance) 
 -Simmons (Redruth) 
 
 / Jenkin 
 L Jenkins 
 
 Oliver 
 
 •Osborne 
 
 Symons 
 
 *Knight 
 
 Pearce 
 
 Thomas (Helston and 
 
 ^Lawrence 
 
 *Perrj 
 
 Penzance) 
 
 *Mars]iall 
 
 Reynolds 
 
 
 
 District Names (4-9 counties] 
 
 1. 
 
 Artlmr (Grampound Cock 
 
 *Gill (Truro) 
 
 Eoad) 
 
 Daniel 
 
 Goodman 
 
 Bate (Bodmin) 
 
 Davey 
 
 * Hancock 
 
 Blake (Wadebridge) / Daw 
 
 Hellyar 
 
 Bowden 
 
 LDawe 
 
 Hicks 
 
 Brewer 
 
 *Deiini8 
 
 ♦Hooper (Liskeard) 
 
)2 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAM! 
 
 ES. 
 
 Jeffery 
 - Jeffrey 
 
 
 Pollard 
 
 *Vincent 
 
 
 Pryor (Helston) 
 
 *Walli8 
 
 Johns 
 
 
 Row (Penryn) 
 
 Warne 
 
 *Kent 
 
 
 Rowe (Helston and 
 
 rWilcock 
 
 Key (Wadebridge) 
 
 West Cornwall) 
 
 * I Wilcocks 
 
 Mumford 
 
 (Scilly) 
 
 Sampson 
 
 -Willeocks, etc. 
 
 r Parkin 
 
 
 Sargent (Liskeard) 
 
 Woodcock (Scilly) 
 
 Parkyn 
 
 
 
 
 County Names (2-3 counties). 
 
 Bassett 
 
 Hitchins 
 
 *Prowse (Penzance) 
 
 *Batten 
 
 r Hocken 
 
 Quick (Penzance) 
 
 Best 
 
 i Hockin 
 
 Raby (Liskeard) 
 
 Blewett 
 
 I Hocking (Helston) 
 
 Roach 
 
 Blight 
 
 Honey 
 
 Robins 
 
 Box 
 
 ■ Hosken 
 
 Searle (Grampound 
 
 Bray 
 
 - Hoskin 
 
 Road) 
 
 Broad (Liskeard) 
 
 -Hosking (Penzance) 
 
 Sleeman 
 
 *Cann 
 
 Jewell 
 
 Snell (Liskeard) 
 
 Cory 
 
 Kelly 
 
 Spear 
 
 Crebor 
 
 *Langdon 
 
 Spry 
 
 Downing 
 
 Lyne 
 
 Uglow 
 
 *Ede 
 
 *Maynard 
 
 Yarcoe (St. Austell) 
 
 Glanville ( Grampound 
 
 *Northcott 
 
 ' Veal 
 '.Veale 
 
 Eoad) 
 
 Northey 
 
 Grills 
 
 Parnell 
 
 Willoughby 
 
 *Haslam 
 
 Paull 
 
 ♦Wills 
 
 Hendy (Helston) 
 
 *Prout 
 
 Wise 
 
 Peculiar jS^ames (mostly confined to this county). 
 
 Benny 
 
 {Berriman 
 Berryman (Hale) 
 Bice 
 Biddick 
 Blarney (Grampound 
 
 Road) 
 Boaden (Helston) 
 Boase 
 Bolitho 
 
 Borlase 
 
 Brendon 
 
 Br en ton 
 
 Budge 
 
 Bullmore 
 
 Bunt 
 
 Burnard 
 
 Cardell (St. Columb) 
 
 Carlyon (Helston) 
 
 Came 
 
 Carveth 
 
 Cawrse (Liskeard) 
 
 Chenoweth 
 
 Clemow 
 r Clyma 
 I Clymo 
 *Coad 
 r Cobbledick 
 I Cobeldick 
 
 Congdon 
 

 CORNWALL. 
 
 103 
 
 Couch 
 
 Kestle 
 
 Peter 
 
 Cowling 
 
 Kevern (Helston) 
 
 Pethick 
 
 Crago 
 - Cragoe 
 
 Kitto (Launceston) 
 . Kittow 
 
 Philp 
 
 Pinch 
 
 Craze 
 
 Kneebone 
 
 Polkinghorne (Red- 
 
 Crowle 
 
 Laity (Marazion) 
 
 ruth) 
 
 Cundy 
 
 Lander 
 
 Prisk (Redruth) 
 
 Curnow (Penzance) 
 
 Lanyon 
 
 j-Raddall 
 \ Raddle 
 
 Dingle (Callington) 
 
 Lawry 
 
 Dunstan (Truro) 
 
 Lean 
 
 Kapson 
 
 Dunstone (Penryn) 
 
 Liddicoafc 
 
 " Retallack 
 . RetaUick 
 
 Eddy 
 
 Little John 
 
 Eva 
 
 Littleton (Bodmin) 
 
 Rickard 
 
 Ereethy 
 
 Lobb. 
 
 Rodda (West Corn- 
 
 Galtey 
 
 Lory 
 
 wall) 
 
 Geach 
 
 Lugg (Helston) 
 
 Roose (Camelford) 
 
 G-eake 
 
 Lyle 
 
 Rosev(!are (Devon- 
 
 Gerry 
 
 Mably (Wadebridge) 
 
 port) 
 
 Gillbard 
 
 ' Maddaford 
 . Maddiver 
 
 Rosewame (Hayle) 
 
 Glasson (Helston) 
 
 r Roskelly 
 L Roskilly 
 
 Ooldsworthy 
 
 Magor 
 
 Grigg (St. Austell) 
 
 Mayne 
 
 Rouse 
 Rowse 
 
 Grose 
 
 J Morcom 
 I Moikam 
 
 Gynn (Launceston) 
 
 Rundle (St. Columb) 
 
 Hambly 
 
 Moyle (Helston) 
 
 Runnalls (Bodmin) 
 
 Hawke 
 
 Mutton (Liskeard) 
 
 Sandercock (Strattou) 
 
 Hawken 
 
 Nance (Scilly) 
 
 Sandry (St. Issey) 
 
 Hawkey 
 
 r Gate* (Helston) 
 I Oats 
 
 Scantlebury (Lofct- 
 
 Hayne (Camelford) 
 
 withiel) 
 
 Hearle (Truro) 
 
 /Odger 
 ^ OdgerR 
 
 Seccombe 
 
 Henwood 
 
 Skewes 
 
 Higman 
 
 Old 
 
 Spargo 
 
 Hodge (Helston) 
 
 Olver 
 
 Tamblyn (Liskeard) 
 
 Hollow (Penzance) 
 
 - Opie (Redruth) 
 
 Tinney 
 
 Hotten (Grampound 
 
 ■ Oppy (Perranarwor- 
 
 Tippett 
 
 Eoad) 
 
 - thai) 
 
 Toll 
 
 Ivey 
 
 Pascoe (Truro and 
 
 Tom 
 
 Jane 
 
 towns near) 
 
 Tonkin (Penzance) 
 
 Jasper 
 
 Paynter 
 
 Trebilcock 
 
 r Jelbarl (Penzance) 
 \jelbert 
 
 Pearn 
 
 Tregear 
 
 Pedlar 
 . Pedler 
 
 r Tregellas 
 1 Tregelles 
 
 Jenkin 
 
 Jose 
 
 Pender (Scilly) 
 
 Tregoning 
 
 ■ Julian 
 . Julyan 
 
 ■Pengelly (Penzance) 
 '.Pengilly (Helston) 
 
 Treleaven 
 
 Treloar (Helston) 
 
 Keast 
 
 l^enna 
 
 r Treraain 
 \ Tremayne 
 
 Kerkin (St. Austell) 
 
 Penrose 
 
104 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Trenibath (Penzance) 
 Treriee (Helston) 
 Tresidder 
 Trethewey (Q-ram- 
 
 poimd Koad) 
 Treyail 
 Treweeke 
 Trewhella (Hayle) 
 Trewin 
 
 Tripcony (St. Kev«m) 
 Trounson 
 
 r Trudgen -| 
 
 \ Trudgeon I ^^^"' 
 
 iTrudgianJ ^^"^^) 
 
 Truscott (Grampound 
 Eoad) 
 f Tyack 
 iTyacke 
 
 Uren (Lelant and 
 Eedmth) 
 
 Yellenoweth 
 
 Venning (Launceston) 
 
 Verran (Gwennap) 
 "Vivian 
 
 Vosper (Launceston 
 Wearne 
 Wellington 
 Whetter 
 Wickett 
 Woodley 
 Woolcock 
 
 Yelland (Gr&mpound 
 Eoad) 
 
 NOTES ON SOME OF THE CHARACTERISTIC CORNISH NAMES. 
 
 (The names are arranged in alphabetical groups, but not necessarily in 
 alphabetical order in each group.) 
 
 Authorities indicated hy the following abbreviations : — 
 
 A. indicates Allen's " Liskeard." 
 
 G. „ Davies Gilbert's " Cornwall." 
 
 L. 
 M. 
 P. 
 
 Sp. 
 
 Lower's "Patronymica Britannica." 
 Maclean's " Deanery of Trigg Minor." 
 Polwhele's " Cornwall." 
 
 Contributors to the fund collected for the national defence 
 in 1588 (Brit. Mus., B. 474). 
 
 The ancient and distinguished family of Bassett was repre- 
 sented in the county as far back as the reign of Edward III., when 
 Sir Williara Bassett, a gallant officer in the French wars, owned 
 the estate of Tehidj and the town of Redruth, the men of Redruth 
 being his vassals. The ancient Bassetts of Cornwall, Devonshire, 
 and Staffordshire were of the same stock, and were connected on 
 the female side with the Piantagenets ; in fact, in the reign of 
 
CORNWALL. 105 
 
 James I. one of the Devonshire family made some pretensions to 
 the English crown (P.)- (/See under "Kent" and "Staffordshire ") 
 
 Batten is an estate in the parish of North Hill, Cornwall, 
 
 where an ancient gentle family of the nam.eonce resided (G.)- (^^^ 
 
 under " Devonshire ") The Blewetts were wealthy Marazion 
 
 merchants last century. The Bluetts of Little Golan last century 
 belonged to the ancient knightly family of Bluet or Blewet of 
 Holcombe, Devon, in the reign of James I., a Devonshire family 
 dating back to the 14th century (Westcote's and Polwhele's 
 
 "Devonshire") The well-known Cornish family of Bolitho 
 
 of Penzance has long been represented in West Cornwall. In 
 1640, Alexander Bolytho was a member of the Helston corpo- 
 ration (Gr.). William Bolithoe was sheriff of Exeter in 1693 
 
 (Izacke's "Exeter") Blight is the name of an old Bodmin 
 
 family that resided there as far back as the beginning of the 
 16th century ; Bligh or Blighe was the early form of the name. 
 There were Bodmin mayors of the name during the 16th, 17th, 
 
 and 18th centuries (M.) Borlase is the name of another old 
 
 and distinguished Cornish family for ages resident at Pendeeu. 
 Sir Walter Borlase was made a knight- banneret by Edward IV. 
 after the battle of Barnet (P.)- I^r. Borlase, author of "The 
 Antiquities of Cornwall," was born at Pendeen, St. Jast, in 1695 
 
 (G.) Brendon was the name of an ancient family of the 
 
 Brendon estate, St. Dominick (L.) Henry Brenton, weaver, of 
 
 St. Wenn, died in the reign of George I. at the age of 103 (P.)- 
 
 Broad, though established in other parts of England, as in 
 
 Dorset and Cheshire, has long been a Cornish name. Brode is its 
 early form. In 1588, John Brode of this county contributed £25 
 to the National Defence Fund collected in anticipation of the 
 invasion of the Spanish Armada (Sp.). John Broad owned 
 Menkee in St. Mabyn in 1758 (M.). In 1806, Robert Broad, a 
 pupil at Truro School, delivered one of the customary orations at 
 the annual prize-giving (P.). The name is now best represented 
 
 around Liskeard There lived a family of Budge, at Darley, in 
 
 Linkinhorne, early in the 17th century (M.) ; the name is still in 
 
 the district Robert Bunt owned a tenement in Lancarfe manor, 
 
 Bodmin parish, in 1653 (M.), and his name still occurs in the 
 district. The name of Bount occurred in the parish of Egloshayle 
 
 in 1569 (M.) The Burnards were a Blisland family in the 
 
 reign of Elizabeth, when they owned the 300 acres comprised in 
 the moor called Hawkestor and Druglett ; there are still yeomeu 
 
106 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 of the name in Blisland (M.) The old Cornish families of 
 
 Bewes are now scantily represented in the county. For more 
 than 200 years they possessed considerable estates in St. Neot, 
 Duloe, and other localities, and from this stock are derived the 
 
 Plymouth families of the name (A.) Amongst the ancient and 
 
 distinguished Cornish names now scantily found in the county are 
 those of Arundel and Bellot. 
 
 C— D. 
 
 Carne is an old Cornish name. Tn the 17th century there was 
 a gentle family of the name in St. Austell, and at the same time 
 ihere was a yeoman family in St. Kew (M.). It is also an old 
 Bodmin name (M.). ; and it was represented in St. Bury an last 
 century (P.). There was an old family of Carne at Camborne in 
 the 16th century, said to be a branch of the Carnes of Glamorgan- 
 shire ; they came into possession of Tresilian, in N'ewlyn, by 
 
 marriage (G.) Carl YON is the name of an old Cornish family 
 
 of distinction. There'was a gentle family of Carlyon at Mena- 
 guins in the 17th century, and the name has been established in 
 the parish of Bodmin since the reign of Henry VI. (M.). At 
 present the name is best represented in the neighbourhood of 
 
 Helston The name of Cawrse is established in Liskeard and 
 
 its neighbourhood. John Cawse was mayor of Plymouth in l(i37 
 
 (Worth's "Plymouth") The old family of Carveth of the 16th 
 
 and 17th centuries resided on its estate of Carveth or Carverth in 
 
 Mabe parish (G.) Clymo and Clemow are old Cornish names. 
 
 There was a Richard Clemowe in Redruth in 1500 (G.) ; and a 
 Nicholas Climo, cordwainer, at Bodmin, in 1748 (M.) ; the name 
 
 still occurs in both these towns Coad is another old Cornish 
 
 name. The Codes of Morval in the 16th century belonged to an 
 ancient family (P.). In 1588, John Coade, a gentleman of Corn- 
 wall, contributed £25 to the Spanish Armada Fund (Sp.) There 
 
 were two of the members of the Helston corporation in 1640 of the 
 name of Cock (G.). The name was represented in Penryn last 
 
 century (P.) Cory is an old Bodmin name ; during the 16th and 
 
 17th centuries there were mayors of the name (M.) Cowling, 
 
 of which the early forms are Coulin and Coiilyng, is a very ancient 
 name in the parish of Bodmin, going back as far as the reigns 
 of Edward I. and Edward II., when members of the family sat in 
 parliament as burgesses for the borough (M.). As Cowlyng, 
 
CORNWALL. 107 
 
 we find the name in Eglosliayle (where it is still represented) 
 
 in the reigns of Henry VIII. and Elizabeth (M.) Couch was 
 
 the name of an old family of gentry of Lawhitton in the 16th and 
 1 7th centuries ; they also owned the manor of Pendavy in Eglos- 
 
 hayle parish (M.) Cundy is another old Bodmin name. 
 
 Cundye and Condy were the names of mayors of that town in the 
 16th century (M.) In the 17th century there was a gentle family 
 of the name at St. Goran, a member of which, Richard Cundy, left 
 an annual Christmas gift for the poor of Bodmin (M.) In the 17th 
 and 18th centuries the Condys were Tavistock merchants (Worth's 
 
 "Tavistock Records") Dagge and Deeble are old Cornish 
 
 names now scantily represented in the county. The Dagges were 
 well known in Bodmin in the 17th century, when four of the 
 mayors bore the name (M.). In the 17th century the Deebles of 
 Quethiock and the Debells of Longco, near Looe, two numerous 
 
 families, joined the Society of Friends (A.) The old Liskeard 
 
 family of Dennis, hailing originally from Devonshire, supplied 
 twelve mayors to the town between 1680 and 1732, and its repre- 
 sentative in parliament in 1733 (A.). {See under " Dennis " in 
 Devonshire.) 
 
 E— G. 
 
 The Edgecumbes, of Cotele in Calstock, and of Mount Edge- 
 cumbe in Maker, have a very distinguished history, and were 
 sixteen times sheriff of Cornwall and Devon from 1487 to 1640 
 (G.) In the I6th, 17th, and 18th centuries, the Edgecombes were 
 
 Tavistock merchants (Worth's " Tavistock Records ") Freathy, 
 
 a farm in St. John's parish in the hundred of East, was probably 
 the original home of the family of Freethy (G.) Thomas Frethy, 
 of Perranuthoe, emigrated to St. Christophers in the West Indies 
 in 1633 (Hotten's " American Emigrants "). James Freethy was a 
 
 member of the corporation of Marazion in 1768 Giddy, an old 
 
 Truro name, is now rare in the county Genn is a rare Cornish 
 
 name (L.). Genefer Genn held part of the Barton of Helland in 
 Blisland parish in 1758 (M.). (See under "West Riding of York- 
 shire.") There is a name of Gynn well represented around 
 
 Launceston. (See under "Hertfordshire") Glanville is a 
 
 name that has now its Cornish home around Grampound Road. 
 The Glanvils were a very ancient and distinguished Tavistock 
 family. Sir John Glanville, of Tavistock, was one of the first 
 
108 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 lawyers in the reign of Charles I. John Glanvill, of Catchfrench, 
 was on the Commission of the Peace for the county of Cornwall at 
 the death of George I,, and Francis Glanville held the same office 
 
 in 1803 (P.)- (See under " Devonshiub ") Grose was a name 
 
 well known in the county in the 16th and 17th centuries. The 
 family of Grose or Grosse hailed originally from Liskeard, but 
 resided afterwards at Camborne and Budock, where they flourished 
 for five generations (A.). Ezekiel Grosse, gent., of Trelodevus, 
 Camborne, bought the manor of Rosemodres in the reign of 
 Elizabeth for £700 (P.)- Ezekiel Grosse, attorney-at-law, of 
 Golden, Camborne, and of Rosewarne, in the reign of Charles I , 
 was a commissioner for the county in Cromwell's time (P. and G.). 
 Edward Grose was mayor of Truro in 1674 (P.)- Grose is also an 
 old Bodmin name, the earliest form being Le Gros, which was the 
 name of one of the burgesses for the borough in parliament in the 
 
 reign of Edward I. (M.) Gerry is a name now found in the 
 
 border districts of Callington and Launceston. In the 17th 
 century a gentle family of Gerry resided across the border in 
 
 Tavistock (Worth's "Tavistock Records") There was an old 
 
 and distinguished family of Grylls of Tavistock (Devon) and 
 Lanreath (Cornwall) in the 17th century; two high sheriffs of 
 the county then bore the name (P.). A branch of this family 
 settled at Helston last century (G.). Benallack, in Constantine 
 parish, came into the possession of a family of Grylls in 1671. 
 
 H— J. 
 
 Hambly is an old name of the 17th century in the parishes 
 of St. B reward, Egloshayle, and Bodmin ; in the last two 
 h)calities it is still represented (M.). Giles Hambley, Esq., was 
 one of the commissioners for the county in the time of Cromwell 
 
 (P.) Mr. Joseph Hawkey was an attorney-at-law of St. Columb 
 
 in the reign of Charles II. Just two centuries ago there was a 
 Reginald Hawkey, of Trevego, attorney-at-law (G.). The 
 
 Hawkeys were also old families of Lostwithiel and Liskeard 
 
 Richard Hawke was one of the Cornish commissioners in the time 
 of Cromwell (P.) Hearle is a name that has long been con- 
 nected with Truro and Penrjn, and is now especially well 
 represented in Truro and its vicinity. Henry Herle was the 
 name of the mayor of Truro in 1690, and in 1704 ; Thomas Hearle 
 was mayor in 1747 and in 1763 (P.). The Hearles of Penryn were 
 
CORNWALL. 109 
 
 influential people ; Thomas Hearl, of this town, Avas on the 
 Commission of the Peace for the county at the death of George I. ; 
 and David and John Hearle held similar offices in 1803 (P.). A 
 younger branch of this family settled at Prideaux, in Luxulyan, 
 and at Trelawney, in Pelynt (Gr.)- Trelissick for a time came into 
 the possession of a Mr. Hearle, of Penryn, by marriage, last century 
 (G.). This is a very old Cornish naine. John Herle was sheriff 
 of Cornwall in 1425, and Edward , Herll held the same office 
 in 16-17 (P.). If, as Gilbert says, the Hearles came originally 
 from West Hearle, in Northumberland, they must have come into 
 
 Cornwall at an ancient date Henwood was a name in 
 
 St. Endellion in the middle of last century (M.). Hugh Henwood, 
 
 Esq., of Levalra, St. Ewe, died in 1733 (G.) Hitchings was 
 
 the name of one of the commissioners of the county in the time of 
 
 Cromwell (P.) Hodge was for a long time a Bodmin name; 
 
 there were mayors of the name at the end of the 17th cen- 
 tury (M.) Jewell was the name of a member of the Truro 
 
 corporation about the middle of last century, and of a com- 
 missioner of the county in the time of Cromwell (P.). The name 
 
 is still in the town Ivey is a name that has been represented 
 
 in Egloshayle, in the forms of Ivy and Ivye, as far back as the 
 
 reign of Henry VIII. (M.) Jane was the name of the rector of 
 
 Truro a century ago, and of one of the county commissioners in 
 Cromwell's time (P.). Both these personages belonged to the 
 notable Liskeard family of the 17th century, members of which 
 represented that town in parliament in the reign of Charles I. (A.). 
 
 K— L. 
 
 The Kestells of Kestell, in the parish of Egloshayle, were an 
 ancient and influential family that held their estate from the reign 
 of Edward I. until 1734 (M.). John Kestell was mayor of Bodmin 
 in 1549 (M.). The name now is often written Kestle Knee- 
 bone was the name of a part owner of the manor of Pencarrow, 
 
 Egloshayle, in 1585 (M.) Krrrow was an old Egloshayle name 
 
 (M.) The Laitys, who are numerous in the district of 
 
 Marazion, evidently derive their name from Laity, a part of 
 
 Wendron parish Christopher Lander held Higher Pengelly, 
 
 Blisland, in 1758 (M.). The Landers, well known as African 
 explorers in the early part of this century, were born at Truro of 
 humble parentage Lanton is an old Cornish name of distinction. 
 
110 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 The Lanyons of Lanyon, in the parish of Gwinear, a seat which 
 they held as late as last centDry, are probably one of the oldest 
 families of the name. Their ancestors are said to have come 
 over from Lannion, in Britfcan}^, and to have settled in Cornwall 
 in the reign of Edvs^ard II. (G.). It is strange, however, that 
 the Lanyons should have given their name to their estate, when 
 so many Cornish family names can be proved to have been 
 derived from the family estate or from the locality of the family 
 residence. Lanihorne is another old place-name in the county 
 
 Lawry is a name found in different parts of the county. A 
 
 Liskeard family of the name during last century supplied three 
 
 mayors to that town (A.) St. Columb has been the home of the 
 
 LiDDicOATS during the last 300 years. John Liddicott, of 
 St. Columb, emigrated to St. Christophers, in the West Indies, 
 
 in 1633 (Hotten's '*' American Emigrants ") The name of Lobb 
 
 was represented in St. Kevern parish a century ago, and a gentle 
 family of Lobb resided in Kenwyn 200 years ago (P.), where the 
 name still remains. In 1584, William Lobb, of Cardinham, 
 Bodmin, leased for 999 years West Downe, part of the manor of 
 
 Lancarfe, to the Crossman family (M.) John Lyle was one of 
 
 the same six men who rang the bells in Launcells tower both at 
 
 the coronation and at the jubilee of George III. (G.) The 
 
 Ltnes have been connected for more that 200 years with Liskeard. 
 One of the family was rector of Liskeard last century, and the 
 Lynes, father and son, were at that time masters of the school in 
 the town. Philip Ljne, LL.D., was in the Commission of the 
 
 Peace for the county in 1803 (A. and P.) The Langdons were 
 
 represented in Keverell in the 17th century (A.). The Langdons 
 of Langdon, in the parish of Jacobstow, Cornwall, are referred to 
 
 by Gilbert as an ancient family The LuGGS are now established 
 
 in the Helston district. There was a Barnstaple family of this 
 name in the 17th century, to which the mayors of that town in 
 1614 and 1661 belonged (Cribble's "Barnstaple "). 
 
 M— 0. 
 
 Matnard was originally a Devonshire name, and it is still 
 
 established in that county. {See under "Devonshire") 
 
 Cuthbert Maynk, a Cornishman, who was chaplain to Francis 
 Tregian, Esq., was executed as a papist at Launceston in 1577. 
 Tregian escaped with his life, but not with his freedom, and his 
 
CORNWALL. Ill 
 
 estates were sequestrated, and his family ruined (P.). Their 
 descendants can only blush for the bigot's act of three centuries 
 ago. Zachary Majne, a noted Cornish divine, died at Exeter, the 
 
 place of his birth, in 1694 (P.) During the latter part of last 
 
 century there was a Captain Magor, of Chace water (P.) 
 
 MoYLE was the name of a distinguished family of gentry residing 
 at Bake, near St, Germans, during the 16th, 17th, and 18th 
 centuries. John Moyle, of Bake, was high sheriff for the county 
 in 1737, and Sir Walter Moyle held the same oifice in 1671 
 (G. and P.). The name is at present numerous in the neighbour- 
 hood of Helston More than one family of IS'ance has taken the 
 
 name of the place of its residence. Nans of Nans was a Cornish 
 gentleman in the reign of James I. (P.). Nance is the name of 
 an estate in lUogan parish, the seat last century of an old family 
 of the name (L.). The name was also represented in St. Kew 
 during last century (G.). John Nance, of Grampound, was a 
 justice of the peace in 1703 (P.). The name is now well repre- 
 sented in the Scilly Islands, and it also occurred there in the 17th 
 century, when Mr. Nance introduced in 1684 the making of help^ 
 
 for glass manufacture Opie, or Oppy, is an old Cornish name, 
 
 the tirst having its present home in the neighbourhood of Redruth, 
 and the latter in Perranarworthal. John Opie, the great historic 
 painter, was a St. Agnes man; he was born there in 1761, and 
 his mother died there in 1805 at the age of 94 (P.). Opye was 
 the form of the name in the 15 th century, and Op pie at a later 
 date. Opy was a name well known in Bodmin during the 16th 
 and 17th centuries, when several mayors bore the name (M.). 
 Richard Opie was mayor of Plymouth in 1699 (Worth's 
 
 "Plymouth") The name of Mutton has its present home in 
 
 the district of Liskeard. In the latter part of last century 
 
 Mr. Richard Mutton resided at Falmouth (P.) Oats is an old 
 
 name in Perranzabuloe ; there were wealthy farmers of the name 
 
 there in the 17th and 18th centuries (G.) Maddaford was a 
 
 common name amongst the yeomen of Tavistock in the 17th and 
 18th centuries (Worth's "Tavistock Records"). It is now 
 established as Maddaver across the Cornish border in Launceston 
 and Callington, and in their neighbourhoods. 
 
 P— R. 
 
 Pascoe is an old and distinguished Penzance name. Erasmus 
 Pascoe, of Trevassick, Phillack, was sheriff of the county 
 
112 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 in 1720 (Gr. and P.). William Pascoe was major of Truro in 
 1758, and Thomas Pascoe was on the Commission of the Peace for 
 the county in 1803. William Pasco w, of this county, contributed 
 £25 to the National Defence Fund at the time of the expected in- 
 vasion of the Spanish Armada in 1588 (Sp.). The name is at present 
 
 established around Truro and in the neighbouring towns One 
 
 of the most ancient families of the name of Penrose resided at 
 Penrose, Sithney, in the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries ; members 
 of this family were sherijffs of the county in the 16th century (G.). 
 There was a gentleman of the name at Lefeock in the reign of 
 Charles II. (G.) There are other places and other distinct 
 
 families of the name in the county There were several old 
 
 Cornish families of the name of Paynter ; one of them held 
 Trelissick 200 years ago, and there is a more recent family of 
 Boskenna (G.). John Paynter was mayor of Plymouth in 1498, 
 
 1508, and 1516 (Worth's "Plymouth") Pender, is an old 
 
 Cornish name. Pendre is an estate in St. Bnryan, where the 
 family of Pender or Pendre resided until the reign of Henry VI. 
 (G.) The Pendars were seated at Trevidar, in the same parish, 
 for upwards of five centuries, and were traditionally of the same 
 stock as the Penders or Pendres (G.). Benjamin and Francis 
 Pender were on the Commission of the Peace for the county in 
 1803 (P.). One of the present homes of the names is in the 
 
 Scilly Islands The name of Pethick, or, as it was occasionally 
 
 written, Pethek, was established in the 16th century and in later 
 times in the parishes of St. Tudy, Trevalgar, and Tintagel (M.). 
 
 There is a village called Little Petherick, near Padstow 
 
 Pengelly is the name of an estate in the parish of St. Neofc, 
 anciently the property of the family of Pengelly (L.). There is a 
 liamlet of the name in St. Teath. The Pengellys are now mostly 
 found around Penzance, and the Pengillys around Helston. In 
 1797, Honor Pengelly, aged 90, was buried at St. Hilary (P.) ; 
 and the name of Pengelly was represented in Penzance last 
 
 century. Polkinghorne is the name of an estate in the parish 
 
 of Gwinear, where the old gentle family of Polkinghorne resided 
 from the 13th to the 17th centuries (G.). Redruth is still the 
 
 post-town of their descendants Boskilly is the name of an 
 
 estate in the parish of St. Kevern, the ancient residence of the 
 Roskillys (L.). The name was represented in this parish a 
 
 century ago (P.), and still remains The Rosewarnes were a 
 
 Truro family last century, Henry Rosewarne being mayor of the 
 
CORNWALL. 118 
 
 town in 1774 (P.) Rouse or Rowse is the name of an ancient 
 
 Cornish family of Halton. Antony Rouse or Rowse, of Halton, 
 was high sheriff in the reign of Elizabeth, and Sir Anthony Roas 
 was recorder of Launceston in 1620. There was a Robert Rowse, 
 gent., of Wutton, in the time of James I. Captain Rouse was 
 governor of St. Mawes Castle in Cromwell's time (G. and P.). 
 
 Roose is a name now found around Camelford Rundle is an 
 
 ancient Cornish name. Hole in St. N^eot has been for eight 
 generations the residence of a family of this name (G.). At 
 present the Rundles are best represented in the neighbourhood of 
 St. Columb. The name has also been long established across the 
 Devonshire border. William Rundell was mayor of Plymouth in 
 the reign of Henry YIIl. (Worth's "Plymouth"), and the 
 Rundles were Tavistock churchwardens in the time of William 
 and Mary (Worth's "Tavistock Records "). A family of Rundle 
 held Willestrew Manor, Lamerton, in the reign of Henry VIII. 
 (Worthy's " Devonshire Parishes "). 
 
 S— T. 
 
 Amongst the old Cornish families now scantily represented is 
 that of ScoBLE. The Scobles or Scobells have flourished in Corn- 
 wall and Devon, both in knightly and gentle degree, since the 13th 
 
 century (L.) Seccombe was the name of a gentleman who 
 
 owned Pelrew in St. Ewe parish early last century (G.) The 
 
 ancient family of Skewys resided at Skewys, a manor in the parish 
 of Cury, in the reign of Henry VIII. ; and about that time a 
 member of the family held the office of sheriff of the county 
 (G.). A family of Skewys owned Penalmicke manor, Stithians, 
 in the 16th and 17th centuries (G.) One of the com- 
 missioners for the county in Cromwell's time bore the name of 
 Sleeman (P.). Thomas Sleman, of St. Hilary, emigrated to the 
 
 West Indies in 1634 (Hotten's " American Emigrants ") The 
 
 Cornish families of Spry hail originally from Devonshire, and came 
 into the county of Cornwall in the reign of Henry VII. (M.). (See 
 under "Devonshire.") They found a home in Blisland, and a 
 branch of the family established itself at Place, near St. Mawes. 
 The Sprys and the Pyes sided with Cromwell and made themselves 
 in consequence unpopular amongst the Cornish Royalists, who 
 were wont to exclaim, after the style of the Litany, " From 
 
 the Pyes and the Spryes, good Lord, deliver us!" (M.) 
 
 I 
 
114 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Tamblyn Is a name at liome in the Liskeard district. The name of 
 Tamlyn occurred in Widecombe near Ashburton, Devon, in the 
 
 16th and 17th centuries (Dymond's "Widecombe") The 
 
 TipPKTTS were represented in St. Wen during the 17th century by 
 the family of Tippet or Tebbot (G,). There was a Traro family 
 of Tippet during last century, Stephen Tippet being mayor in 
 
 1749 (P.). The name is still in the town Tonkin is an old 
 
 Cornish name now best represented in the district of Penzance. 
 The Tonkins of Trevaunance, who carried their pedigree back to 
 the 14th century, possessed a distinguished member of their family 
 in Thomas Tonkin, at one time member of parliament for Helston, 
 whose extensive manuscript collections concerning the parochial 
 history of the county have been largely used by Polwhele and 
 Davies Gilbert in their histories of Cornwall : he died in 1742 
 (G. and P.). Tonkin was a common name in St, Kevern parish a 
 hundred years ago (P.). A branch of the Trevaunance family 
 was long connected with Mullion, where the name yet remains 
 
 (Harvey's " Mullion") Tregeare, in the parish of Crowan, was 
 
 the seat of the ancient family of Tkegeaee : Richard Tregeare was a 
 sheriff of the county in the reign of Anne (G.). The name is still 
 
 found around Penzance Tregellas or Tregelles was a name 
 
 well represented in St. Agnes a century ago (P.)- It has obtained 
 
 some note in later times One of the oldest and most distinguished 
 
 families of Tremayne is that of Heligan (P.)- Tliis name recalls 
 more than one deed of daring in which the Cornish Tremaynes 
 have taken part. During the siege of Pendennis, in Cromwell's 
 time, Lieutenant-Colonel Tremayne of Heligan escaped by swim- 
 ming through the enemy's fire from one of the blockhouses to 
 Trefusis Point (P.). A branch of the Tremaynes of Cornwall 
 has been seated in Lamerton, Devon, for many centuries (Worthy's 
 
 "Devonshire Parishes") There is a slab in Bodmin church to 
 
 Nicholas Teebilcook, who died in 1724 (M.) The ancient name 
 
 of Trewhella is now best represented in the district of Hayle. 
 For seven generations before 1620 the family of Trewolla resided 
 at Trewolla, in Gorran parish ; and in 1688, Christopher and John 
 Trewhella and James Trewhelow resided in Towednack parish 
 (G.). Trewolla was the name of the mayor of Truro in 1683 (P.) 
 Trethewey is a name now found in the neighbourhood of Gram- 
 pound Road. In the reign of Charles IL, John Trethewey, Esq., 
 together with the Earl of St. Albans, Lord Berkeley, and others, 
 received a grant of territory in America (Hotten's "American 
 
CORNWALL. 115 
 
 Emigrants") Truscott is a nnmerous name in the district of 
 
 Grrampound Road. A family of Truscott resided in Tavistock in 
 
 the reign of Elizabeth (Worth's "Tavistock Records") The 
 
 name of Tripcont was well represented at Polspriden and Port- 
 hallow in St. Kevern parish a century ago (P.), and it is still 
 established in the parish. In the 16th century a family of gentry 
 of this name had possession of the manor of Laneseley in Gulval 
 
 (G.) The wealthy and flourishing Cornish family of Tregiak, 
 
 or Trugeon, or Trudgen, as it was variously spelt, owned extensive 
 estates in Cornwall, Devon, and Somerset, in the 16th century. 
 Their estates, including those at G-olden, Probus, and at other 
 places in this county, were confiscated in the reign of Elizabeth, 
 and the family ruined (P.). {See under " Mayne.") It would 
 seem that persecution did not banish their name from the country ; 
 and let us trust that their kindred is also preserved in the 
 Trudgians, Trudgeons, and Trudgens of the neighbourhood of 
 
 Penzance Tyacke is the name of a Cornish family of con- 
 
 siderable antiquity : their name is to be found amongst the 
 gentry in 1573 (L.). "William Tyack was escheator of the 
 Leeward Islands in the reign of James II. (Hotten's "American 
 Emigrants"). 
 
 u— z. 
 
 UsTiCKE is now a rare name in the county. Botallack was the 
 home of the family for centuries ; but the mineral wealth of the 
 estate seems to have been for the most part developed by the 
 Boscawen family, the subsequent possessors of the property : in 
 thej 17th century there was a family of the name at Lea, in St. 
 
 Baryan (Gr.) Richard Veale was mayor of Truro in 1679; and 
 
 in 1797 Richard Yeall, aged 88, was buried in St. Hilary (P.). 
 A family of Yeale resided at St. Stephens, in this county, in the 
 
 time of Cromwell (Worth's " Tavistock Records.") The ancient 
 
 and distinguished family of Vivian has many branches : that of 
 Trelowarren has been established in the county for seven centuries. 
 
 The Yennings are best represented in the district of Launces- 
 
 ton. Richard Venning was one of the same six men who rang 
 the bells in Launcells tower, both at the coronation and at the 
 
 jubilee of George III. (G.) The name of Vosper is now 
 
 established in the neighbourhood of Launceston. Mr. Vospar, or 
 Vospur, owned Trewoofe in Buryan in the reign of Charles I. : 
 
 I 2 
 
[ 
 116 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 John Vosper was the name of the mayor of Liskeard in 1601, 1611, 
 and 1625 (A.). The name was also to be found across the 
 border in Tavistock in the 17th and 18th centuries : Henry Vosper 
 was a Tavistock churchwarden in the time of Cromwell, and 
 Henry Vosper w^as a gentleman of the same town in the reign 
 
 of Anne (Worth's "Tavistock Records") Woolcock is an 
 
 old Cornish name that was represented in St. Hilary and Redruth 
 in the 16th century (Gr.). One of the underleaders of the Cornish 
 rebellion in 1549 bore the name (P.)- In 1805 there was yet living 
 at Nantablan, near Bodmin, an old lady of the name of Elizabeth 
 Woolcock, who, at the age of 105, " rode single to Bodmin Church, 
 
 a distance of three miles, and back again to dinner" (P.) 
 
 The ancient knightly family of Wise of Mount Wise in Stoke 
 Damerel (Devonport) was one of the oldest families in the west 
 of England : one of this family was high sheriff of Devonshire in 
 1612 (Worthy's "Devonshire Parishes"). The name is now 
 common on the Cornish border in the Launceston district. 
 
CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORELAND. 117 
 
 CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORELAND. 
 
 Note. — The asterisk indicates that a name, though characteristic 
 of the county, is more numerous in other parts of England. 
 
 S. implies that a name is found over a large part of Scotland, but more 
 
 particularly in the southern half. 
 S. F. implies that it occurs south of the Forth and the Cljde. 
 C. S. ■ „ „ in central Scotland. 
 
 B. „ „ in the Scottish border counties. 
 
 G-. S. ,, „ general in Scotland. 
 
 N. S. „ „ in northern Scotland. 
 
 General Names (30-40 counties). 
 
 Brown, S. *Clark *Smith, S. F. 
 
 Browne (Windermere) Kobinson Wilson, S. F. 
 
 Common Names (20-29 counties). 
 
 Harrison Eiehardson (Carlisle), B. Thompson, S. 
 
 Jackson, S. F., C. S. Shepherd, a. S. Watson (CarUsls), S. 
 
 Regional Names (10-19 counties). 
 
 Atkinson Dixon Nicholson, B. 
 
 Barnes (Dickson, C. S., S. F.) *Scott, S. F., B. 
 
 *Bell (Carlisle), S. F., B. Fisher, Gt. S. Walton (Carhsle) 
 
 Dawson, C. S. G-ibson, S. F. *WilUamson, S. 
 
118 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 DiSTEiCT Names (4r-9 counties). 
 
 *Archer 
 
 Armstrong (Carlisle), B. 
 *!Bainbridge (Burton-in- 
 Xendal) 
 
 Benson 
 *Braitliwaite 
 *Carr (Carlisle) 
 
 Davidson (Carlisle), S. 
 *Fawcett 
 
 G-raham (Carlisle), 
 
 S.F., C.S. 
 *Hodgson 
 *Hutchison 
 (Hutchison, S.) 
 ^ f Kitchen 
 l Kitchin 
 
 Lancaster 
 *Lightfoot 
 
 Little, B. 
 
 Nelson 
 
 Eeay 
 ♦Slack (Carlisle) 
 
 Sowerby 
 r Steel, S.F. 
 L Steele 
 *Teasdale (Carlisle) 
 
 Todd, S. F. 
 
 County Names (2-3 counties) . 
 
 Airey 
 Backhouse 
 Bowman 
 
 Bownass (Carnforth) 
 *Bramwell (Carlisle) 
 Coulthard (Carlisle) 
 (Coulthart in "Wigtown- 
 shire) 
 Dodgson 
 Ellwood 
 
 Fell 
 
 Ferguson, G. S. 
 ♦Oarnett 
 
 Hetherington (Carlisle) 
 *Hilton 
 
 Hogarth (Kendal) 
 
 Irying (Carlisle), B. 
 
 Jefferson (Wigton) 
 r MilHcan 
 iMilligan, B. 
 
 r Moffat, B. 
 L Moffat 
 
 Musgrave 
 
 Park 
 
 Kitson 
 fEook 
 I Kooke 
 
 Strickland 
 
 Swinburn 
 
 Tyson 
 
 Fecuiiab Names (confined mostly to this county). 
 
 r Beattie, B. 
 I Beaty 
 
 Burns, C. S. 
 
 Carruthers, B. 
 r Dalzell 
 LDalziel, S. F. 
 
 Donald, Gt. S. 
 
 Faulder (Carlisle) 
 
 Fearon 
 
 Fleming, S. F., C. S. 
 
 Johnston, S. F., B. 
 
 Martindale 
 
 Mossop (Carnforth) 
 
 Mounsey 
 
 Pattinson (Carlisle) 
 Koutledge 
 
 rsim 
 
 ISimm 
 Spotterswood 
 Thomlinson (Carlisle) 
 Topping 
 
CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORELAND. 119 
 
 NOTES ON SOME OP THE CHARACTERISTIC NAMES OF 
 CUMIiERLAND AND WESTMORELAND. 
 
 (The names are arranged in alphabetical groups, but not necessarily in alpha- 
 betical order in each group.) 
 
 Authorities indicated hy ihe follovoing ahhreviations : — 
 
 F. indicates Ferguson's " Estates and Families of Cumberland." 
 
 H. „ Hutchinson's " Cumberland." 
 
 H.R. „ Hundred Rolls. 
 
 J. „ Jefferson's " Carlisle." 
 
 L. „ Lower's '* Patronymica Britannica." 
 
 N. „ Nicholson's "Kendal." 
 
 N. B. ,, Nicholson's and Burn's " Westmoreland and Cumberland.' 
 
 A— D. 
 
 AiREY is an old Cumberland name (L.) The Arm- 
 strongs are referred to under Northumberland Backhouse 
 
 was the name of the mayors of Carlisle in 1738, 1744, 1748, 
 and 1758 (J.). {See under " Durham.") The Bainbridges 
 of Westmoreland have their present home in the district 
 of Burton-in-Kendal. In the reign of Henry YIII., Arthur 
 Bainbrigge had a grant of land in Westmoreland of the value 
 of £4,000 per annum (Glover's "Derbyshire"). {See under 
 
 "Durham" and "Yorkshire, North and East Ridings.") 
 
 Benson was the name of the Mayor of Kendal in 1644j (N) 
 
 Braithwaite is a characteristic north of England name, occurring 
 in Westmoreland, Cumberland, Yorkshire, and Lancashire. A 
 Cumberland parish and West Riding hamlets are thus called. An 
 ancient Westmoreland family of Brathwaite or Braithwaite 
 resided at Ambleside, near Kendal, in the 16th and 17th cen- 
 turies, and afterwards at Warcop and Burneside ; to this family- 
 belonged Richard Brathwaite, the poet, who was born in 1588 
 (N. and N. B.). The mayors of Kendal in 1746, 1791, 1820, and 
 1825, bore the name (N.), which is still represented in the town. 
 Christopher Braithwaite was mayor of Ripon in 1711 (Gent's 
 "Ripon"). De Bratvvayt was a Yorkshire surname in the 
 
120 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 13th century (H. R.) The name of Bownass has its present 
 
 home in the Carnforth district. Bowness is a Cumberland parish, 
 
 and a Westmoreland town The Scottish name of Carkuthees 
 
 was originally derived from a hamlet in Dumfriesshire 
 
 Cardew, a family name now rare in these counties, was the name 
 of an ancient manor in Dalston, Cumberland, of which the De 
 Cardews, or Cardews, were the lords as far back as the 12fch cen- 
 tury (H.) Brougham is one of the most ancient of names in 
 
 these parts, but is not now sufficiently numerous to be inserted 
 in my list. The Broughams have owned for ages in the West- 
 moreland parish of Brougham the manor and seat of that name. 
 De Burgham was the usual form of the family name until the 16th 
 century ; after that we find it more often written Browham and 
 Brougham; the name occurs frequently in the list of the sheriffs 
 of Westmoreland and Cumberland from the 14th to the present 
 century, but there were Broughams in Brougham before the Con- 
 quest (H.). The lineage and distinction of the race are still 
 preserved in this region in the noble house of Brougham and Vaux, 
 
 founded by Henry Brougham, the famous Lord Chancellor 
 
 The CouLTHARDS of Carlisle, and those of the county of Durham, 
 probably hail from the ancient Scottish family of Coulthart, of 
 Coulthart, in Wigtownshire, the home of the family for many 
 centuries (L.). During last century several of the mayors of 
 Carlisle bore this name (J,). Dalzell or Dalziel is the name of 
 an ancient Scottish family, of which the Earl of Carnwath is 
 chief; the name occurs in the south of Scotland, and was originally 
 
 taken from the barony of Dalziel, on the Clyde (L.) Amongst 
 
 old Carlisle names now rare in this region is that of Blenner- 
 HASSETT. Between 1375 and 1623 several of the representatives 
 and mayors of Carlisle bore this name (J. and L.). Blennerhassett 
 is a Cumberland township, 
 
 E— J. 
 
 Elwood or Ellwood was the name of a border clan in the 
 
 reign of Elizabeth (L.) Fleming was the name of a well-known 
 
 Kendal family in the reigns of Elizabeth and James 1. ; they left 
 bequests for the town, and filled the office of mayor in 15^8 and 
 1607 (N.). The Flemings held Beckermet and Rotington in the 
 
 16th century (F.). Scotland is the present home of the name 
 
 Garnett is an old Kendal name ; the recorder in 1610 and the 
 
CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORELAND. 121 
 
 major in 1689 were thus called (N,). The name is still in the 
 
 town. There are Garnetts also in Lancashire and Cheshire 
 
 Gilpin, a name now rare in the conntj, though still lingering in 
 Kendal and Carlisle, was the name of a family of Scaleby Castle 
 during last century, long honourably connected with Carlisle ; to 
 this family belonged the famous Bernard Gilpin, in the reign of 
 Elizabeth, who refused the Bishopric of Carlisle ; Sir J. D. Gilpin 
 was mayor of Carlisle in 1806 and 1820 ; the Gilpins of Kendal, 
 in the 16th and 17th centuries, filled tbe office of mayor 
 
 (N. H. J.) The Hethekingtons, who have their present home 
 
 in Carlisle and its neighbourhood, belong to an ancient border- 
 family that often produced persons of note ; in the reign of 
 Henry VIII. George Hethrington, as king's bailiff, " kept watch 
 and ward" in the parish of Kirklinton, on the west marches (H.)- 
 Ambrose Hetherington was vicar of Kendal in the reign of 
 Elizabeth (N".). Four mayors of Hull (Yorkshire) last century 
 
 bore the name of Etherington (Tickell's "Hull ") The Hiltons 
 
 are now best represented in Westmoreland and Lancashire. The 
 baronial family of Hilton Castle, in the county of Durham, 
 flourished in the 14th century (L.). There are places of the name 
 
 in Westmoreland, Yorkshire, Shropshire, Durham, etc Tbe 
 
 HoGAETHS of Kendal take their name from a place in the county. 
 The name is also represented in Northumberland, and also in the 
 North and East Ridings of Yorkshire, where it usually takes the 
 form of Hoggart. Hoggard was the name of three of the mayors 
 of Beverley, in the East Riding, last century (Poulson's 
 " Beverlac "). Hoggard was the name of several Notts free- 
 holders 200 years ago (Harl. MS., 6846) Johnston, a common 
 
 family name in the south of Scotland and on the Scottish border, 
 is the name of a town in Renfrewshire and of a parish of Dum- 
 friesshire. 
 
 L— Z. 
 
 The two notable Cumberland families of Lowther, of Lowther, 
 and Lamplugh, of Lamplugh, are amongst the oldest in that 
 county ; their names frequently figure in the list of sheriffs of 
 Cumberland from the 14th to the 16th century (H.). The 
 Lowthers, however, are not now numerous enough to be placed in 
 my list, but Lowther Castle is still in the family ; whilst the Lam- 
 plughs, who are now rare in their early home, have their present 
 
122 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 abode in the Hull district of Yorkshire, and are referred to under 
 that county The Mob fats or Moffatts, who are best repre- 
 sented on the Scottish side of the border, derive their name from 
 
 a parish on the borders of Dumfriesshire and Lanarkshire 
 
 Martindale is the name of an old Cumberland family dating back 
 to the 14th century, and holding much property in that shire up 
 to the 17th century and later (F.). An ecclesiastical district in 
 Westmoreland is thus called Mounsey was the name of a well- 
 known ancient family of Patterdale, Westmoreland, owning con- 
 siderable possessions there ; the representative of the family in 
 the middle of last century was known as the *' King of Patter- 
 dale " (H.) The MuSGEAVES, of Musgrave, in Westmoreland, 
 
 were a fine old border race, dating back to the time of John, and 
 frequently supplying sheriffs of Cumberland and Westmoreland 
 from the 14th to the 16th century (H. and L.). The Musgraves 
 of Lincolnshire, who are referred to under that shire, may be 
 
 derived from this ancient family The Pattinsons, who have still 
 
 their home in Carlisle and its neighbourhood, on several occasions 
 during the first half of last century held the office of mayor of 
 
 that city (J.) Nelson is a name found in Cumberland and 
 
 Westmoreland, Lancashire, Yorkshire, Lincoln, and Norfolk. The 
 naval hero of the name was son of a Norfolk rector. Nelson is a 
 
 Lancashire town Redman, an ancient name in Westmoreland 
 
 and Cumberland, originated from Redmain, part of a township in 
 West Cumbei'land. From the 14th to the 16th century members 
 of the family were frequently sheriffs of these counties. De 
 Redman, De Redeman, and De Redmain were usually the early 
 forms of the name ; Redman, of Redman, was sheriff of Cumber- 
 land in the reign of Richard II. ; between 1649 and 1760 six 
 mayors of Kendal bore the name of Redman (N., N. B., and H,). 
 The name is now infrequent in these counties. The Redmans and 
 Redmaynes of the West Riding, and the Readmans of the North 
 and East Ridings, who are referred to under those regions, 
 
 evidently hailed originally from the ancient Cumberland family 
 
 The name of Sowerby is mentioned under the North and East 
 
 Ridings of Yorkshire The Spotterswoods derived their name 
 
 originally from the barony of Spottiswoode, in Berwickshire, 
 where the ancient family of the name had its seat (L.) West- 
 moreland has been for ages and is yet the home of the Stkicklands, 
 an important knightly Catholic family resident at Sizergh, near 
 Kendal, since the LSth century. The Stricklands of Sizergh Hall 
 
CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORELAND. 123 
 
 were zealous Catholics in the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries. The 
 mayors of Kendal, in 1764 and 1773, belonged to this family. 
 Great Strickland, a Westmoreland parish, in very early times gave 
 a home and a name to this race ; but the ancient spelling was 
 Stirkland or Styrkland, and we read of a Sir Walter de Stirk- 
 land in Morland parish in this county in the reign of Henry III. 
 (L. N. Whitaker's " Richmondshire "). The name is now well 
 represented in the Preston district of Lancashire, and in the North 
 
 and East Ridings Swinburne was the name of an old gentle 
 
 family of Huthwaite, Cumberland, in the 16th century, and long 
 before (F.). The Cumberland Swinburnes were perhaps derived 
 from the Northumberland Swinburnes, an ancient knightly family 
 owning the township of Swinburne, in that county, as far back as 
 the 13th century (L.). A few of the name of Swinbourne now 
 
 occur in Essex Topping was a Norfolk name in the 13th century 
 
 (H. R.). 
 
124 
 
 HOMES OP FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 DERBYSHIRE. 
 
 Note. — Tlie asterisk indicates that, thougli the name is character- 
 istic of the county, it is more relatively numerous elsewhere. 
 The district in which the name is most frequent is sometimes 
 stated ; but where the district is on the border it may take 
 the name of a town in the next county. 
 
 General Names (30-40 counties). 
 
 Allen (Derby) 
 
 Hall (Derby, Sheffield) 
 *Johnson 
 *Eobinson (Sheffield) 
 
 Smith (Derby) 
 
 Taylor 
 
 Turner (Chesterfield) 
 
 *White 
 
 *WUson (Sheffield) 
 
 *Wright (Derby) 
 
 Common Names (20-29 counties) . 
 
 *Bailey (Derby) 
 Bennett (Stockport) 
 Cooper 
 
 *Harrison 
 
 Hill 
 *Jackson 
 Walker (Derby) 
 
 *Ward (Sheffield) 
 *Watson (Derby) 
 *Wood (Derby) 
 
 EEaiONAii Names (10-19 counties). 
 
 *Barker 
 
 *Elliott (Sheffield) 
 Fletcher (Chapel-en- 
 
 le-Frith) 
 Fox 
 
 Goodwin 
 Holmes 
 
 '^Hudson (Stockport) 
 
 *Lamb 
 
 *Osborne (Derby) 
 
 Potter 
 
 Shaw (Chesterfield, 
 Derby) 
 
 * Spencer (Derby) 
 *Stone 
 
 Webster 
 
 Wild 
 
 Woodward (Derby) 
 
DERBYSHIRE. 
 
 125 
 
 District Names (4-9 counties). 
 
 *Appleby (Ashborne) 
 
 Archer (Derby) 
 
 Ashton (Sheffield) 
 *Barber 
 
 Beard 
 *Bland 
 
 Booth (Derby, Man- 
 chester) 
 *Bradshaw 
 
 *Bull (Burton-on-Trent) 
 *Clayton (Chesterfield) 
 *Coxon (Derby) 
 fDakin (Buxton) 
 LDaykin (Alfreton) 
 *Eaton 
 
 Flint 
 
 Frost 
 
 Grarratt (Derby) 
 aoodall (Derby) 
 Grould (Ashborne) 
 G-regory (Sheffield) 
 Hancock (Chesterfield) 
 
 *Hardwick (Chesterfield) 
 Hodgkinsou (Derby) 
 Howe (Sheffield) 
 
 *Key (Chesterfield) 
 Lomas (Stockport) 
 Lowe (Chesterfield) 
 Marriott (Stockport) 
 Mellor 
 
 Milner (Chesterfield) 
 Morley (Derby) 
 Naylor 
 
 Needham (Sheffield) 
 *Newbold 
 
 Radford (Derby) 
 *Riley (Derby) 
 
 Sheldon (Derby) 
 
 Sims 
 
 Slack (Derby) 
 
 Slater (Derby) 
 
 Swift (Chesterfield) 
 
 Thorpe (Sheffield) 
 
 Tomlinson (Derby) 
 rWain 
 I. Wayne 
 *Wainwright 
 
 Woolley 
 
 Yates (Derby) 
 
 County Names (2-3 counties). 
 
 Bagshaw (Sheffield) 
 *Bancroft (Derby) 
 *Bargh (Chesterfield) 
 *Beresford 
 
 Bingham (Sheffield) 
 *Booker 
 
 Bower (Chesterfield) 
 
 Bowler (Derby) 
 
 Bown 
 
 Bramwell 
 
 Brassington (Derby) 
 
 Brough (Derby) 
 
 Bunting (Ashborne) 
 
 Buxton (Derby) 
 
 Camp (Derby) 
 
 Carrington 
 
 Clay 
 
 Critchlow 
 *Cro8Bland 
 rDeayillel^j)^, ) 
 iDeville J ^ ^' 
 
 J Horobin 
 
 L Horrobin 
 Little wood 
 
 Marsden (Chesterfield 
 Millward (Ashborne) 
 Mosley (Buxton) 
 *Mycock (Buxton) 
 Oldfield 
 *011erenshaw 
 
 JPegg 
 
 Edge (Derby) 
 
 Eyre (Sheffield) 
 *Finney 
 
 Frith 
 
 Froggatt (Chesterfield) 
 r Furness t 
 
 Gadsby 
 r G-illman. 
 
 \ ailman j regg 1 . 
 
 Greatorex I Pegge / ^^^^^^^ 
 r G-rindey Platts (Sheffield) 
 
 L Grrindy *Poyser (Derby) 
 *Hague Prince (Derby) 
 
 *Hallam (Sheffield) Redfern 
 
 Heathcote f Rowbotham 
 
 Hibbert L Rowbottom 
 
 Higginbottom (Man- *Salt (Derby) 
 
 Chester, Stockport) *Siddall 
 r HoUingsworth "1 /j)ej.by) ^^^^^ (^^^rby) 
 1 HoUingworth J Spendlove (Derby) 
 
 Hopkinson (Chester- Stafford 
 
 field) 
 
126 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Stretton (Derby) 
 
 Swindell 
 JTwigg 
 I Twigge 
 
 Unwin (Sheffield) 
 
 *Vieker8 (Sheffield) 
 Wheeldon (Derby) 
 Widdowson (Cheater- 
 field) 
 Wilmot 
 
 Wilton (Ashborne) 
 r Winfield 
 L Wiugfield 
 
 Woodhouse (Derby) 
 
 Yeomans 
 
 Peculiah Names (confined mostly to this county). 
 
 Alton (Belper) 
 
 Hartle 
 
 Saint 
 
 Bark 
 
 Hawley 
 
 Seal (Derby) 
 
 Barnsley 
 
 Henstock 
 
 Shacklock (Chester- 
 
 Beardsley 
 
 Housley 
 
 field) 
 
 Biggin (Sheffield) 
 
 Hulland 
 
 Sherwin 
 
 Boam (Derby) 
 
 Jerram (Derby) 
 
 Shirt (Buxton) 
 
 Bowmer (Derby) 
 
 Joule 
 
 Sidebottom 
 
 Briddon 
 
 Knifton (Derby) 
 
 Skidmore 
 
 Brocksopp 
 
 Xnott (Manchester) 
 
 Smedley 
 
 Broomhead 
 
 Limb (Alfreton) 
 
 Spalton 
 
 Burdikin 
 
 LitchBeld 
 
 Staley 
 
 Byard (Derby) 
 
 Longden 
 
 Staniforth 
 
 Chadfield (Ashborne) 
 
 Ludlam 
 
 Stoppard 
 
 rClewesl^j^^^ ) 
 L Clews J ^ ^^ 
 
 Lynam 
 
 Mallinder (Chesterfield) 
 
 Storer 
 ' Tagg 
 
 Copestake 
 
 Marchington 
 
 r Towndrow 
 ■< Townrow 
 I. Townroe 
 
 Crookes (Chesterfield) 
 
 Marples (Chesterfield) 
 
 Cupit 
 
 " Maskery 
 . Maskrey 
 
 Cutts (Chesterfield) 
 
 Turton 
 
 Drabble (Chesterfield) 
 
 Mortin 
 
 - "^^^ 1 (Sheffield) 
 L Tymm / 
 
 Dronfield 
 
 Murfin (Derby) 
 
 Eley 
 
 Nadin 
 
 Udall (Ashborne) 
 
 Else 
 
 Oakden (Derby) 
 
 Wager 
 
 Eearn CDerby) 
 
 Outram (Sheffield) 
 
 Wallwin (Bakewell) 
 
 Fitcbett 
 
 Peat 
 
 Waterfall 
 
 ' Foulke 
 
 Plackett (Derby) 
 
 Waterhouse 
 
 . Fowke 
 
 ' Pursglove 
 . Purslove 
 
 Wetton 
 
 Fretwell (Chesterfield) 
 
 Wheatcroft 
 
 Gent (South Norman- 
 
 Eains (Derby) 
 
 Whittingham 
 
 ton) 
 
 Renshaw 
 
 Wibberley 
 
 Gratton (Derby) 
 
 ■Revell 
 -Revill 
 
 Wigley (Ashborne) 
 
 Gyte 
 
 Winson 
 
 Hadfield 
 
 Rowarth (Sheffield) 
 
 Wragg 
 
 Handford 
 
 
 
DERBYSHIRE. 127 
 
 NOTES ON SOME OF THE CHAEACTEEISTIC DEKBYSHIRE 
 
 NAMES. 
 
 (The names are arranged in alphabetical groups, but not necessarily in 
 alphabetical order in each group.) 
 
 Authorities indicated hy the following abbreviations .— 
 
 G-. indicates Griover's " Derbyshire." 
 
 H. „ Hall's " Chesterfield." 
 
 H. R. „ Hundred Eolls. 
 
 L. ,, Lower's " Patronymica Britannica." 
 
 P. „ Pilkington's " Derbyshire." 
 
 Sp. " List of Contributors to the Spanish Armada Fund 
 
 in 1588" (Brit. Mus., B 474). 
 W. „ Wood's " Eyam." 
 
 A— C. 
 
 Tlie ancient and distingnislied family of Alsop were seated at 
 Alsop-in-the-Dale, in the parisli of Ashbonrn, at the time of the 
 Korman Conquest, and there they continued for 19 or 20 gene- 
 rations (L.). Of this family there are numerous branches, of 
 which the Allsopps of Burton form one (G.)* There was a 
 Richard de Alsop of Shropshire in the 13th century (H. R.). 
 The name is also found in the surrounding counties, but Derby- 
 shire is its great home The Applebys of Derbyshire, who have 
 
 their home in the Ashbourn district, take their name from a 
 
 parish on the Leicestershire border The Ashtons of this 
 
 county, who are numerous on the Yorkshire border, similarly 
 
 derive their name from places in Derbyshire The Altons, who 
 
 are now represented in the Belper district, possess the name of 
 
 a Staffordshire parish Amongst the old Derbyshire names now 
 
 rare is that of Abney, which is taken from a place in the county. 
 Willesley, or Wilsley, was for some centuries the seat of this 
 family, and there they resided as far back as the reign of 
 Henry VI. ; one of the family was high sheriff of the county 
 in 1656 (P.)- The Abneys of Leicester in the 17th century, 
 who on four occasions filled the office of mayor (Throsby's 
 "Leicester"), probably hailed originally from the Derbyshire 
 
128 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 stock...... Derby shire is the great lioine of the Bagshaws, who 
 
 have preserved a distinguished name since the 15th centary, when 
 they resided at Abney and Wormhill (G.). John Bagshaw of 
 Hucklow was high sheriff in 1696, and Richard Bagshaw of 
 Castleton held the same office in 1721 (P.)- During last century 
 the home of the principal family was in Chapel-en-le- Frith, but 
 the name was also then established in Bake well (G.). The 
 Bagshaws are now most numerous near the Yorkshire border in the 
 vicinity of Sheffield. In the 13th century the name of De Bagge- 
 
 soure occurred in Shropshire (H. R.) The well-to-do family of 
 
 the Bancrofts of Chellaston resided in that village for more than 
 800 years, and from this stock came Bancroft the poet, who flourished 
 in the reign of Charles I. (G.)- ^^ ^^® early part of the present 
 century the descendants of the Chellaston Bancrofts were consider- 
 able freeholders at Sinfin and Barrow (G.)., and the name still 
 
 occurs in those localities. (See under " Cheshire.") Bargh and 
 
 Bark are two allied Derbyshire names. The former is found in 
 
 the vicinity of Chesterfield The Derbyshire Beards possess the 
 
 name of a hamlet in the parish of New Mills The Beresfords 
 
 of Derbyshire are a branch of a very ancient and distinguished 
 Staffordshire family, to which reference will be found under that 
 county. Amongst the principal Derbyshire branches are those of 
 
 Ashbourn and Broadlow Ash (G.) The Biggins take their name 
 
 from a parish in the county The Binghams, who derive their 
 
 name from a town in Notts, are characteristic mainly of the 
 adjacent counties of Derbyshire and Notts. In Derby, the 
 Binghams have long been members of the Corporation, and their 
 name is familiar in the commercial history of that town ; the 
 mayors of Derby in 1750, 1757, and 1760 bore this name (G.). 
 Derbyshire is the principal home 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 Bowers were 
 then numerous and well known in Chester6eld ; about 200 years 
 ago one of the aldermen bore the name (G.). The name is also 
 represented in the neighbouring counties of Cheshire and Notts 
 
 The BowNS have independent homes in the counties of Derby 
 
 and Somerset. In the 13th century they were represented in Sussex 
 
 and Beds Bradshaw Edge is a township in the parish of Chapel- 
 
 en-le-Frith, and this seems to have been one of the principal homes 
 of the Bradshaws in this county ; but the name has been associated, 
 and often in a distinguished manner, with the county ever since the 
 
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 DERBYSHIRE. 129 
 
 15tli century, when Roger and Thomas Bradshaw represented 
 Derbyshire in Parliament. Amongst the other branches in the 
 county are the Bradshaws of Brampton and the Bradshaws of 
 Marple (G.). In the list of high sheriffs of the county occur the 
 names of Bradshaw of Marple in 1701, Bradshaw of Brampton in 
 1717, and Bradshaw of Holbrook in 1777 (P.)- The name is more 
 numerous in Lancashire and N'orfchamptonshire, and further refer- 
 ence will be found under those counties Although Derbyshire 
 
 was originally the home of the Brassingtons, where they derived 
 
 heir name from a township near Wirksworfch, the name is now 
 
 more numerous across the Staffordshire border in the district 
 
 of Stoke-upon-Trent The Broomheaps or Bromeheads resided 
 
 at Bubnell Hall in Baslow in the 17th century, and there Robert 
 Broomhead died in 1698 at the age of 60 (Gr.). Robert Broomhead 
 of Bretton Clough, who died in 1764 at the age of 95, and was 
 buried at Eyam (W.)., may or may not have been his son. 
 Broomhead was a common name in Notts in the 17th century 
 (Thoroton's " N^otts''). Bromhead is an estate in Hallamshire in 
 
 the West Riding The name of Brough, which has long been 
 
 established in Derby and its neighbourhood, is derived from town- 
 ships in the county. Nathaniel Brough, gent., was churchwarden 
 of St, Werburgh's church, Derby, in 1699; and in 1723 Theodosia 
 Brough left a bequest for ten poor widows of St. Werburgh's parish 
 (G.). The name is also established in the adjacent county of Stafford. 
 Brough was also an ancient Lincoln name, and it is probable that 
 the Lincoln Broughs originally hailed from Brough, a township in 
 the East Riding. De Brough was the name of the sheriff of Lincoln 
 in 1390 ; Robert Brough was mayor of that city in 1400 ; and the 
 
 sheriff in 1556 also bore this name (Stark's "Lincoln") 
 
 Borrow was a common Derbyshire name in the 17th century, and 
 was then well represented in the town of Derby (G.)- ^^ i^ ^^^ 
 
 scarce in this form, but Borough is still a Derby name The name 
 
 of Bunting, which now has its home in the Ashbourn district in 
 this county, is also established in Norfolk and Essex. In the 13th 
 century this name occurred, usually as Bunting or Buntyng but 
 sometimes as Buntig or Buntyg, in Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Suffolk^ 
 Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, and Sussex (H. R.). It still 
 
 remains in Norfolk, and occurs also in Essex The Booths of 
 
 Derbyshire, who have their homes in the Derby district and in the 
 north-western corner of the county, take their name from hamlets 
 
 in the shire Buxton, or Buckston, was the name of an ancient 
 
 K 
 
130 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 gentle family in the 13th century, of Buxton or Bawkestone, and 
 afterwards of Brassington, and then of Bradbourne, where they 
 have resided for 200 years (G.)- ^ family of the name lived in 
 Eyam in the times of Charles II. (W.). Jedediah Buxton, the 
 renowned calculator, was born at Elmton, near Chesterfield, in 
 the reign of Anne. The Buxtons are now mostly found in the 
 Derby district. The name is also to be found established in the 
 neighbouring county of Staffordshire. A Norfolk parish is also 
 
 thus called The Derbyshire Camps are now established in the 
 
 Derby district. (See under " Hertfordshire.") 
 
 D— F. 
 
 The Dakins of Buxton and the Daykins of Alfreton possess an 
 ancient Derbyshire name. The family of Dakeny or De Akeny 
 followed William the Conqueror into England, and in the 13th 
 century they were settled in Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, and Bedford- 
 shire, where they held possessions ; in the 15th century they were 
 established in Herts, Derbyshire, and Yorkshire ; and in Derby- 
 shire the Dakins owned lands in Chelmorton, Fairfield, and 
 Wollow in the reign of Edward TV. (G.). The ancient motto 
 of this widely-spread race was " Stryke Dakeyne, the Devil's in 
 the Hempe," an allusion to an incident in a sea-fight prior to 
 the reign of Edward YI. (L.). In the 17th century a family of 
 Dakeyne resided in Stubbing- Edge, and another family of Dakin 
 then lived in Castleton ; the name was also established in Chester- 
 field last century (G.). Daking is a Suffolk form of the name. I 
 am inclined to think that the name of Le Dekene (The Deacon ?), 
 which occurred in Lincolnshire, Norfolk, and Suffolk in the 13th 
 century (H. R.), may have sometimes given rise to the name in 
 East Anglia and elsewhere. At all events, it is remarkable that 
 Deakin, a name now peculiar to Staffordshire, should be associated 
 in that county with Dakin, and that the (apparently Latinised) 
 form of Daykenus occurred in Hunts in the 13th century (H. R.) 
 
 Drabble is a name now found around Chesterfield. Last 
 
 century it was represented in Eyam (W.). In the forms of Drabel, 
 Drabil, and Drapol it occurred in Warwickshire and Cambridge- 
 shire in the 13th century (H. R.) The name of Eaton, which in 
 
 Derbyshire is taken from villages in the county, has long been 
 represented in Derby. For several generations the Batons of that 
 town were engaged in the wool-combing and dyeing trade, and 
 
DERBYSHIRE. 131 
 
 lived in tlie Bridgegate ; during last century they filled the offices 
 of mayor and alderman of Derby, and held the post of keeper 
 
 of the county jail (G.) William Else was a copyholder of 
 
 Bonsall in the reign of James I. (G.). John Elus lived in the 
 
 wapentake of Wirksworth in the time of Edward I. (H. R.) 
 
 The Eyres, who are now most numerous on and near the Yorkshire 
 border of the county in the vicinity of Sheffield, bear an ancient 
 Derbyshire name. The wide-spreading and often distinguished 
 family of Le Eyre were settled at Hope in the reign of Edward I. 
 Padley was afterwards their home, and in the 17th century one of 
 the principal branches was seated at Holme Hall, from which the 
 Eyres of Notts took their origin. New bold was afterwards a home 
 of the family (H.). In the list of high sheriffs of Derbyshire 
 occur the names of Robert Eyre of Highlow in 1658, William Eyre 
 of Holme in 1691, and Henry Eyre of Rowter in 1723 (P.). In 
 the 13th century the name of Le Eyre was also represented in 
 
 Cambridgeshire and Essex (H. R.) The name of Edge is well 
 
 represented in the Derby district. Several of the boroughreeves 
 of Manchester bore this name last century (Baines' " Lancashire") 
 
 The Fearns are most numerous in the Derby district. Henry 
 
 Feme was the name of a Bonsall copyholder in the time of 
 James I., of a gentleman of Kniveton in the 17th century, and of 
 a gentleman of Snitterton who was Receiver- General of the 
 Customs in the reign of George I. (G.). The name is still to be 
 
 found in Bonsall The Finxeys have their principal home on 
 
 the StaffiDrdshire border in the Ashbourn district. Edward Finey 
 of Coates Park was high sheriff of Derbyshire in 1690 (P.). Last 
 century a gentle family of this name resided at Fulshaw, Cheshire; 
 Samuel Finney of Fulshaw, who died in 17^8, was enamel-painter 
 to the Queen (Ormerod's "Cheshire"). (See under "Stafford- 
 shire.") The name of Fitchett was represented by Fichet in 
 
 Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, and Devon in the 13th century (H. R.) 
 Amongst the ancient knightly families now scantily repre- 
 sented in the county is that of Foljambe. The Foljambes of 
 Walton, in the parish of Chesterfield, frequently served as high 
 sheriffs of Derbyshire in the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries; in 1633 
 Walton Hall and its estate passed out of the family (H.). Early 
 this century the Foljambes came into the possession of the Broad- 
 low Ash estate (G.) The noted family of Fox of Derby came 
 
 originally from Grete in Warwickshire, where the parent family 
 resided daring the 15th and 16th centuries; they settled in Derby 
 
 K 2 
 
132 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 about 200 years ago (Gr.) The Fretwells are now represented 
 
 in the Chesterfield district. Mrs. Fretchvile of Stanley was one 
 of the Derbyshire contributors to the fund collected for the 
 defence of the country at the time of the Spanish invasion 
 in 1588, her donation being £25 (Sp.). Fritwell is the name 
 of an Oxfordshire parish, and a family of De Fretewelle or De 
 
 Fretewell resided in that county in the 13th century (H. R.) 
 
 Amongst the Eyam families who suffered heavily during the 
 plague in 1666 was that of Frith (W.). Samuel Frith, of Ba^nk 
 Hall, was high sheriff of Derbyshire in 1781 (P.)- Tli® name is 
 also established in the Northwich district of Cheshire, and in tlie 
 
 county of Somerset The Froggatts, who derive their name 
 
 from a hamlet in the village of Curbar, are principally represented 
 in the Chesterfield district. Eyam possessed a family of the name 
 in the last century and in the early part of the present century 
 (W.). Thomas Froggatt, of Calver, yeoman, died in 1710 (G.). 
 The name is also established in Herefordshire... ...Furness is a 
 
 name which has been established in Eyam since the reign of 
 Charles IL, and probably from an earlier date : in the present 
 century it has attained some note : Richard Furness, the poet, was 
 born at Eyam in 1791, and the distinguished engineer of the 
 Thames Embankment hails from the Eyam stock (W.). The 
 name occurred as De Furnes, De Furneys, and De Furneus, in 
 Lincolnshire, Norfolk, and Cambridgeshire in the 13th century 
 (H. R.). In Derbyshire it is more usually written Furniss than 
 Furness, and we find it most numerous on and near the Yorkshire 
 border in the vicinity of SheflB.eld. 
 
 G— H. 
 
 The Gadsbys take their name from a parish in the adjoining 
 
 county of Leicester The Gells, a distinguished Derbyshire 
 
 family of Hopton, honoured with a baronetcy by Charles I., and 
 frequently serving as high sheriff of the county, have resided at 
 Hopton from the time of Elizabeth to the present century (P.). 
 The name has long been known in Derby (G.), but it is not now 
 
 common in the county The name of Gent is now represented in 
 
 South Normanton. The Gents of Moyns Park, Essex, have been 
 in that county since the 14th century (L.). The name occurred 
 
 in Hunts in the 13th century (H. R.) The name of Gilman or 
 
 GiLLMAN is also established in the adjacent county of Stafford. 
 
DERBYSHIRE. 133 
 
 Gilmin or Gilmyn occurred in Oxfordshire and Cambridgesliire in 
 the 13th century (H. R.). The Gillmans are said to have come 
 over with the Conqueror, and to have originally settled in Essex 
 
 (L.) Amongst the old Derby names that are now scantily 
 
 represented, is that of the distinguished family of the Gisbornes, 
 who traced their lineage back to John Gisborne, mayor of Derby 
 in 1659, and were resident in that town for about 150 years (G.) 
 
 The Grattons take their name from a Derbyshire township. 
 
 John Gratton was a copyholder of Bonsall in the reign of James I. 
 
 (G.), and the name is still established there The Derbyshire 
 
 name of Greatorex is evidently derived from Great Rocks, a 
 hamlet in the parish of Wormhill. Greatrix and Gratrix are now 
 Lancashire forms of the name. James Greatrex was a borough- 
 reeve of Manchester in 1758 (Baines' "Lancashire"). The name 
 
 is also found in Staffordshire Derbyshire is the great home of 
 
 the Gregorys, who, however, are also established in different parts 
 of the country, Northamptonshire ranking next to Derbyshire in 
 this respect, but they are rare or absent in the east of England and 
 in the northernmost counties. In Derbyshire they have been 
 established for many centuries ; the Eyam family of Gregory carry 
 their descent back to the times of Edward II. (W.). A Warwick- 
 shire family of the name begin their pedigree with John Gregory, 
 lord of the manors of Eresely and Asfordby, Leicestershire, in 
 the 13th century (L.) ; and about that time the name was also to 
 
 be found in Bedfordshire and Bucks (H. R.) The Hadpields 
 
 take their name from a Derbyshire parish The Hagues of 
 
 Derbyshire probably hail from Stavely Hague. Robert Hague 
 
 was mayor of Derby in 1746 (G.) Handford, or Honpord, is a 
 
 town in Cheshire where there lived in the 15th and 16th centuries 
 the knightly family of Honford of Handford (Ormerod's " Che- 
 shire "). A Staffordshire chapelry is also thus called The 
 
 Hancocks are now confined to the western half of England, south 
 of the Mersey, and characterise most of the counties from the 
 Land's End in Cornwall to the Peak in Derbyshire. They seem to 
 attain a greater frequency in the south-west of England and in 
 Derbyshire than in other parts of their area. On referring to the 
 Hundred Rolls we find that six centuries ago, namely, in the 13th 
 century, Hancock was represented in Shropshire in the forms of 
 Hancoc and De Hancoc. Robert Hancock was lord mayor of 
 York in 1488 (Drake's "Eboracura"). Coming to Cheshire, we 
 learn from Earwaker that a Richard Hancok resided in East 
 
134 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Cliesliire in tlie reign of Henry YI. En Derbyshire it is most 
 numerous in the Chesterfield district, and was established in Ejara 
 in the reign of Charles II. (W.). We find the name in Glouces- 
 tershire in the 17th century (Atkyn's "Gloucestershire ") ; and I 
 have not found it in Wiltshire before the 16th century. Hancock 
 •was the name of the mayors of Salisbury in 1606, 1639, and 1644 
 (Easton's " Mayors of Salisbury"). The name was in Westbury, 
 Wilts, in the 17th century, and in Warminster in the same county 
 during last century (Hoare's "Wiltshire"). Hancock was a 
 Glastonbury name in the 17th century, but it has probably 
 characterised the county of Somerset for several centuries ; it was 
 represented in Taunton a hundred years ago, and is still found in 
 that neighbourhood. North Devon has long been a home of the 
 name ; a gentle family of Handcock resided at Combmartin in the 
 16th and 17th centuries (Westcote's "Devonshire"); Edward 
 Hancocke represented Barnstaple in parliament in 1602 (Gribble's 
 "Barnstaple"). In 1573 John Hancocke was mayor of Poole, 
 
 Dorset (Sydenham's " Poole ") The ancient and distinguished 
 
 Chesterfield family of the Heathcotes, who have received more 
 than one baronetcy, have held property in that locality since the 
 reign of Edward IV. ; they resided in Chesterfield from the 16th 
 to the 18th century, and frequently served as mayor of the town ; 
 one of the family was lord mayor of London last century (G.). A 
 family of Heathcott or Heathcote resided in Bakewell last centur}'-; 
 to this family belonged Michael Heathcott of Petersburg, Virginia, 
 who was buried at Bakewell in 1792; Mr. Heathcote, who died in 
 1828, had been a Bakewell churchwarden for forty years (G.). A 
 family of the name resided in Black well last century (G.). The 
 name still survives in Chesterfield and Bakewell. Heathcote is a 
 hamlet in the parish of Biggin. The name is also established in 
 
 Cheshire The name of Hollingsworth or Hollingworth, which 
 
 now has its home in the Derby district, is derived from a manor in 
 
 Cheshire The Derbyshire name of Housley would seem to be 
 
 a form of Ouseley, the name of a family of considerable antiquity 
 in this part of England, the original home of the principal stock 
 being in Shropshire, whilst the line of baronets of this name hail 
 
 from Northamptonshire (L.) The Hullands take their name 
 
 from places in the county Hunloke was the name of an 
 
 ancient and distinguished line of baronets resident at Winger- 
 worth Hall for more than 300 years (H.). The name is not now- 
 frequent in the county. 
 
DERBYSHIRE. 135 
 
 J— L. 
 
 Jerram is a name found in Derby and its vicinity. Charles 
 Jerrani gave £100 in 1715 for the use of the poor of Breaston 
 
 (G.) The Derbyshire name of Joule may perhaps be a form 
 
 of Youle, a name well known in connection with the Chesterfield 
 corporation 200 years ago (Gr.)- ^^ ^^^^ was a Cambridgeshire 
 name in the 13th century (H. R.) Knifton, a name now repre- 
 sented in the Derby district, is a form of Kniveton, the name of a 
 Derbyshire parish. The Knivetons were a distinguished knightly 
 family in the county for many centuries. The Knivetons of 
 Bradley, the senior branch of the family, owned the manor of 
 Bradley for centuries, and as far back as the reign of Edward I. ; 
 in the reign of James I. this manor was in the possession of the 
 junior branch, the Knivetons of Mercaston, who served as high 
 sheriffs of the county in 1490 and 1614, and were rewarded with 
 
 a baronetcy (G.) Knott is a name which was represented in 
 
 the 13th century, as Knotte and Knot, in Shropshire, Hunts, and 
 
 Norfolk (H. R.) Lomas is a name very numerous on the 
 
 Cheshire border and in the vicinity of Stockport in that county. 
 
 It was represented in Bonsall last century The principal home 
 
 of the Lowes is in Derbyshire and Cheshire, whence they have 
 extended to the adjacent counties of Lancashire and Shropshire, 
 and they are also established in many of the midland counties, as 
 in Warwickshire, Staffordshire, Notts, etc. In Derbyshire, they 
 are numerous in the Chestei-field district. An old Denby family 
 of the name, to whom has belonged a considerable estate in Denby 
 since the 15th century, are said to have come in the reign of 
 Henry VI. from Macclesfield, in Cheshire, where the name is still 
 
 numerous (G.) Robert Ludlam was a Roman Catholic priest 
 
 of this county, who suffered martyrdom for his religion at Derby 
 in 1588 (W.)- Ludlam was the name of a Barlborough family in 
 the 17th century (G.). Thomas Ludlam, of Whirlow, was a 
 Roman Catholic priest in the reign of Elizabeth (W.). 
 
 M— 0. 
 
 The name of Mauples, which may be taken from the East 
 Cheshire town or township of Marple, is now best represented in 
 the Chesterfield district. In 1 784, John Marples rented a farm at 
 Stavely Hague of the Chesterfield Corporation (G.), and his name 
 
J 36 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 is still represented there. Thomas Marple was a copyholder of 
 Bonsall in 1620 (Gr.). The name of Marples occurs in the list o£ 
 
 Notts freeholders in 1698 ("Harl. MS..," 6846) The Derbyshire 
 
 Marsdens are numerous in the Chesterfield district. There are 
 townships of the name in Yorkshire and Lancashire, where the 
 
 surname is also established The Marchingtons take their name 
 
 from a Staffordshire township The Mellors of Derbyshire 
 
 take their name from a township in the county. The Mellors 
 of Ideridgehay, where the family were represented from the 15th 
 to the 18th century, have beePx for centuries connected with the 
 borough of Derby; and on the occasion of the election, in 1637, 
 of Henry Mellor as the first mayor of Derby, Bancroft, the Derby- 
 shire poet, complimented him in an epigram, which thus con- 
 cludes : — " As Mel or manna shall your name be sweete " (G.). 
 There are still Mellors in Derby. The name is very numerous in 
 
 the adjacent county of Stafford Amongst the ancient and 
 
 distinguished Derbyshire families now scantily represented in 
 the county is that of Mbynell. The De Meignell's of Langley, 
 in the 13th and 14th centuries, were descended from De Mesnil, 
 a Norman of the 11th century (G.). The Meynells of Bradley, 
 who claim to hail originally from Yorkshire, are descended from a 
 London alderman, who bought Bradley in 1655 (*' History of 
 
 Ashbourne") Milnes is another Derbyshire name, once more 
 
 frequent than it is at present. It has been an Ashover name for 
 nearly 200 years ; and it was the name of well-known gentlemen 
 and merchants of Chesterfield in the 17th and 18th centuries 
 
 (G.,). It still occurs in the Chesterfield, district The name 
 
 of Millward is best represented in the Ashbourn district. The 
 Milwards of Snitterton filled the office of high sheriff of the 
 county in 1635 and 1680 (P.). Henry Mil ward of Sinfin, gent., 
 who died in 1615, and left a large family, had a tablet erected 
 to him in St. Werburgh's church, Derby; John Milward was 
 buried in the same church in 1689. Robert Milward died at 
 Alsop-in-the-Dale in 1711, at the age of 60 (G.). The name of 
 Millward also occurs in Staffordshire. Like Woodward it is a 
 name of occupation. Le Milleward was a Hunts name in the 
 
 I3th century (H. R.) The Morleys of Derbyshire, who take 
 
 their name from a parish in the county, are established in the 
 
 Derby district Mortin is a very ancient Eyam name. A 
 
 family of Mortin suffered heavy losses during the prevalence of 
 the plague in Eyam in the reign of Charles II. : as far back 
 
DERBYSHIRE. 137 
 
 as the reigns of Henry III. and Edward I., the family of De 
 
 Morteyne, or De Moretien, were lords of Eyam (W.) The 
 
 jj resent Derbyshire name of Nadin was represented by Nadon, in 
 
 Cambridgeshire, in the 13th century (H. R.) Some of the 
 
 Naylors of Derbyshire are probably connected in their descent 
 with Christopher Nayler of Derby, who, in 1666, left bequests 
 for the poor of the parishes of St. Alkmund and St. Michael in 
 
 that town (Gr.). The name is still in Derby The Derbyshire 
 
 Newbolds have taken the name of a parish in the county. There 
 were N'ewbolds in Beighton two centuries ago (Gr.)- ^^^^ 
 Needhams of Derbyshire, who are best represented on the 
 Yorkshire border in the vicinity of Sheffield, probably take their 
 name from N^eedham in that county, whence also the Earls of 
 Kilmorey take their name (L.). John and Thomas I^Teedham 
 were Bonsall copyholders in 1620 (Gc.). The name is also fre- 
 quent in Lincolnshire. A Norfolk parish and a Suffolk town are 
 
 thus called The Oldfields of Derbyshire take the name of a 
 
 Cheshire township. De Oldfield was the name of a Cheshire 
 family, that owned Oldfield manor in the 14th century, and were 
 originally of French extraction. There are also representatives 
 
 of the name in Norfolk Ollerenshaw, like Renshaw, also a 
 
 Derbyshire surname, is derived from Renishaw, a township in the 
 county. The name occurs in the annals of Derby, and is still 
 
 found in the district The Outrams are t best represented in 
 
 North Derbyshire, and on the Yorkshire border in the vicinity 
 of She^.<ild. Joseph Outram was mayor of Hull in 1775 (Tickell's 
 " Hull "). (See under " Notts.") 
 
 P— S. 
 
 The name of Pegg or Pegge is now mostly represented in the 
 neighbourhood of Derby, and but scantily in Ashbourn, which was 
 the home of the name in the early part of the 17th century, when 
 the Pegges were a prosperous gentle family of that place. In 
 1669, Christopher Pegge, Esq., of the Middle Temple, left by will 
 his house in Ashbourn, together with lands in Ashover and Win- 
 gerworth, for the erection of almshouses in Ashbourn ; and in 
 1666 Edward Pegg, of this place, left a bequest for the poor (G.). 
 To this Ashbourn family belonged Edward Pegge, who in the 
 reign of Charles II. came into possession of the Beauchief estate, 
 near Norton, by marrying the heiress of the Strelley family, and 
 
138 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 there his descendants lived during last century (Gr.). The Pegges 
 of Beauchiffe served as high sheriffs of the county in 1667 and 
 1739 (P.). The Rev. Samuel Pegge, of Whittington, was a 
 Derbyshire antiquarian a century ago (P.)- Pegg and Peggi were 
 Oxfordshire names in the 13fch century (H. R.). Pegg is also a 
 
 Norfolk name The Renshaws take the name of a Derbyshire 
 
 township John Revell was a Chesterfield alderman in the 
 
 early part of last century (H.), George Revill, of Normanton, 
 was a gentleman who contributed £25 to the Armada fund in 1588 
 (Sp.). Robert Revell, of Carnfield, was high sheriff of Derbyshire 
 in 1700 (P.). The name is still to be found in Chesterfield., 
 Revel was a name found in Cambridgeshire, Somerset, and Wilts 
 
 in the 13th century (H. R.) The Rileys of Derbyshire are 
 
 numerous in the Derby district. It is an old Eyam name, and was 
 
 represented there in the reign of Charles II. (W.) RowBOTTOM 
 
 was an Eyam name in the reign of Charles II. (W.) The Seals 
 
 of the Derby district may hail originally from Seal, a Leicester- 
 shire parish close to the Derbyshire border The Shacklocks 
 
 have their present home in the Chesterfield district. Hamo 
 Shakeloc lived in Cambridgeshire in the 13th century (H. R.) 
 
 The Sheldons of this county, who are numerous in the Derby 
 
 district, take their name from a village in the shire. The 
 Sheldons of Eyam were a family of some substance in the reign of 
 Charles II. (W.). Sheldon Hall is a seat in the Warwickshire 
 parish of Sheldon, where an ancient family of Sheldon once 
 
 resided (L.) Sherwin was a well-known name in Nottingham 
 
 two centuries ago. Between 1623 and 1716, five mayors of that 
 town bore this name (Deering's "Nottingham"). Sherewind was 
 
 a Cambridgeshire name in the 13th century (H. R.) The 
 
 SiDDALLS of this county were represented in Eyam in the 17th 
 
 and 18th centuries (W.) Skidmore may or may not be a form 
 
 of Scudamore, an ancient Herefordshire name. The Skidmores 
 were established in Eyam in the 17th and 18th centuries, where 
 several of them were killed by the plague in 1666 (W.). De 
 Skidemore and Skidemore were Wiltshire names in the 13th 
 
 century (H. R.) The Slacks of Derbyshire are numerous in 
 
 the Derby district. In 1674, Arthur Slack gave £40 to the town 
 of Buxton (G-.) ; and about the same time Robert Slack resided at 
 Hayfield in this neighbourhood (Earwaker's " East Cheshire "). 
 The name is still represented in the Buxton district on the 
 Staffordshire border. Slack is the name of a place in the parish 
 
DERBYSHIRE. 130 
 
 of Ashover. Thomas Slack was rector of Bolton, Yorkshire, in 
 
 1680 (Whitaker's " Craven"). (See under" Cheshire.") Spend- 
 
 LOVE has been a Derbyshire name for six centuries and more. 
 There was a William Spendelove of Essebourn (Ashbourn) in this 
 county in the reign of Edward I. (H. R.). The name is still mostly 
 found in the Derby district. Suckling Spendlove, attorney, was 
 mayor of Beverley, in the East Riding in 1745 and 1760 (Poul- 
 son's "Beverlac"). In the time of Edward I. Spendelove was a 
 name also found in Cambridgeshire, Hunts, and Oxfordshire 
 
 (H. R.), and the name still occurs in Northamptonshire 
 
 ^Stafford was the name of an ancient and wealthy Eyam family 
 resident at the Hall from the time of John to the reign of Eliza- 
 beth (W.) Snmuel Storer was churchwarden of St. Alkmund's 
 
 church, Derby, in 1624 (G.), and the name is still in the town 
 
 The Strettons, of Derbyshire, take their name from a parish in 
 the county, and the Strettons of Leicestershire similarly derive 
 
 their name from a place in that county The Swifts of this 
 
 shire are best represented in the Chesterfield district. William 
 Swyft lived in Derby town 600 years ago (H. R.). The Rev. J. 
 Swift, minister of Baslow, died in 1766 (G.). (See under " Lanca- 
 shire.") 
 
 T— Z. 
 
 Tabberer is an old Derby name (G.), now rare in the county 
 
 Tagg was an Oxfordshire name in the 13th century (H. R.). 
 
 Samuel Towndrow, of Chesterfield, died in 1779 (G.). The name 
 is still in the town. Thomas Townrow was mayor of Lincoln in 
 
 1671 and 1693 (Stark's "Lincoln") The Turtons take their 
 
 name from a town in the south-east part of Lancashire The 
 
 TwiGGES, of Holme, were a distinguished family last century. 
 John Twigge, of Holme, near Bakewell, was high sheriff of the 
 county in 1767 (P.)« Nicholas Twigge, of Holme or Holme Hall, 
 who died in 1760, purchased in 1754 the estate of Broadlow Ash, 
 where his descendants resided till early in this century, when it 
 passed into the hands of the Foljambe family, their kinsmen (G.). 
 
 Udall is a name now found in the Ashbourn district. A 
 
 family of Udall, or Wedalle, owned the manor of Chingford 
 Comitis, Essex, in the reign of Elizabeth (Morant's "Essex") 
 
 The Waterfalls are named after a Staffordshire parish 
 
 The source of the name of Waterhouse is a little doubtful. 
 Waterhonses is the name of a place in the neighbouring county of 
 
140 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Stafford, and of a village in the county of Durham. De Watenhon 
 was a IS'otts family name in the 13th century (H. R.). An ancient 
 Lincolnshire family of Waterhouse traced their descent from Sir 
 Gilbert Waterhouse, of Kirton, in the reign of Henry III. (L.). 
 Another ancient family of Waterhouse lived at Halifax in the 
 West Riding ; a branch, to which belonged the vicar of Bradford 
 in the middle of the 17th century, was located at Tooting, Surrey, 
 
 in the time of James I. (James' " Bradford ") The Wbttons 
 
 possess the name of a Staffordshire parish, the Whittinghams that 
 of a Lancashire township, and the Wheatceofts that of a hamlet 
 in the Derbyshire parish of Crich. Wheatcroft was a name 
 represented in Ashover in the reign of George I. (G,). The name 
 
 is still in the district The Widdowsons are now found in the 
 
 Chesterfield district. In Domesday times, William Wido's-son 
 (Wido being probably a personal name) was a tenant-in-chief in 
 Wilts, Somerset, and Gloucestershire (L, )...... The Wigleys are 
 
 now found in the Ashbourn district. Richard Wiglie was a copy- 
 holder of Bonsall in the reign of James I. (G.), and his name still 
 
 occurs in the district For 350 years, the Derbyshire Wilmots, 
 
 who have been honoured with three baronetcies, have been settled 
 at Derby or at Chaddesden in its neighbourhood (G.). Robert 
 Wilmot, of Osmaston, was high sheriff of Derbyshire in 1689 (P.)- 
 There were Wilmots in Cambridgeshire in the 13th century 
 
 (H. R.). {8ee under " HERTFORDsmRE ") The Winfields, or 
 
 WiNGFiELDS, take their name from Derbyshire parishes. The 
 Wingfields, of Wingfield in Suffolk, were a very distinguished 
 family in the 14th and 15th centuries (L.). The surname also 
 
 occurs in Herts The Derbyshire Woodhouses are named after 
 
 hamlets in the county. A gentle family of the name resided in 
 Crich last century (G.). The Woodhouses are now at home in the 
 Derby district. The surname also occurs in Herefordshire and 
 Shropshire, and there are villages and hamlets of the name in 
 
 Shropshire, Staffordshire, and the West Riding The Woolleys 
 
 take the name of a Derbyshire township. William and Edward 
 Woolley were copyholders of Bonsall in the reign of James I. (G.). 
 
 George Wragg repaired the bell-frame of St. Alkmund's 
 
 church, Derby, in 1627 (G.). Wragge and Ragge were the names 
 of Eyam families in 1666 (W.). Jonathan Wragg was a tanner of 
 Chesterfield in the middle of last century (G.) : and his name 
 occurs still in the town. Ragge was a surname found in the 
 neighbouring county of York in the reign of Edward I. (H. R.). 
 
DEVONSHIRE. 
 
 141 
 
 DEVONSHIRE. 
 
 Note. — The asterisk denotes that a name, tliough characteristic of 
 the county, is more relatively niimerons elsewhere. The 
 district-homes of the names are placed in brackets, and in 
 some cases, where they lie on the border, the districts may be 
 named after a town in the next county. 
 
 *JE[arris 
 
 General Names (30-40 counties). 
 
 *Turner White 
 
 Common Names (20-29 counties). 
 
 
 Adams (Kingsbridge) 
 
 EUis ^Phillips 
 
 
 Baker 
 
 Hill (South Molton) Reed 
 
 
 *Brooks 
 
 Lee (Crediton) ^ f Sanders 
 *Moore ». Saunders 
 
 
 Carter 
 
 
 Cole (Tavistock) 
 
 Palmer (Lifton) 
 
 
 Eegional Names (10-19 counties). 
 
 
 *Ball 
 
 Harding (Barnstaple) *Richard8 
 
 (Barn- 
 
 Berry (Barnstaple) 
 
 *Harvey (Exeter, More- staple) 
 
 
 Dunn (Barnstaple) 
 
 ton Hampstead) *Stone 
 
 
 *Elliott 
 
 *Hawkins *Symons 
 
 
 Ford 
 
 May * Warren (H 
 
 oniton) 
 
 French (Ashburton) 
 
 jPearce *Watts (Barnstaple) 
 
 *ailbert (Holsworihy) 
 
 1 Pearse 
 
 
 DiSTEiCT Names (4-9 counties). 
 
 
 Anstey 
 
 ^ r Daw *aale (Tiverton) 
 
 *Eond 
 
 I Dawe r Hellier 
 Dennis (Barnstaple) iHellyer 
 
 
 Bowden 
 
 
 *Coles 
 
 Drake Hancock 
 
 
 *Daniel (Holsworthy) 
 
 *DunTung (Okehampton) Hooper 
 
 
 ^ r Davey 
 -Davy 
 
 *Dyer (Barnstaple) Horton (Tvybridge) 
 
 ♦Farmer (Honiton) *Hutchings 
 
 
142 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 *Jeffery (Bideford) 
 Lake 
 
 Leach. (Morcliard 
 Bishop) 
 *Manii (Ashburton) 
 Manning (Chulmleigh, 
 
 South Molton) 
 *Nott 
 
 Partridge (Morchard 
 Bishop) 
 
 *Pike 
 *E.owe 
 
 Short 
 
 Skinner (Barnstaple) 
 *Stacey (Holds worthy) 
 
 Summers (Honiton) 
 
 Swain (Axminster) 
 Thorn [(Barnstaple, 
 
 Thornel^^^t^^^^ 
 
 L South Molton) 
 
 Tucker (Barnstaple) 
 *Waller 
 * Walter (Bideford) 
 
 "Webber (Chumleigh, 
 South Molton) 
 *Weeks 
 r Willcock 
 I Willcocks 
 *Wyatt 
 
 County Names (2-3 counties). 
 
 *A7ery 
 
 Ay re (South Molton) 
 
 Badcock 
 
 Banbury 
 ("Batten (Honiton) 
 L Batting (Exeter) 
 ^ JBeare 
 L Be re 
 
 Blackmore (Honiton) 
 
 Brock 
 
 Buckingham (South 
 Molton) 
 
 Cann 
 *Ch apple 
 
 Cleave 
 ^'Cornish (Newton 
 
 Abbott) 
 *Cory 
 
 Creber (Horrabridge) 
 
 Crocker 
 
 Down 
 *Drew (Okeham )ton) 
 
 Farrant (Wellington) 
 *Ferris (Totnes) 
 
 Fulford 
 
 Glanville 
 
 Gribbings 
 *Glass (Exbourne) 
 
 Goodridge (Totnes) 
 
 G-oss 
 
 G-reenslade (Tiverton, 
 South Molton) 
 
 Grills 
 *ilal]ett 
 
 Haydon (Exeter) 
 fHeal 
 L Heale 
 f Hearn 
 l Hern 
 
 *Hodder (Kingsbridge) 
 *Hodge (Newton 
 Abbott) 
 
 Hurford 
 
 Isaac 
 
 *Jewell (Bideford) 
 *E:elly 
 *Langdon 
 
 Loveridge (Axminster) 
 
 Marks (Honiton) 
 
 Maynard 
 
 Medland 
 
 Mortimer 
 J Newberry (Honiton) 
 I Newbery 
 
 North cott 
 *Parnell (Totnes) 
 
 Passmore (South 
 Molton) 
 ("Peek 
 L Peeke 
 
 Pickard (Bideford) 
 r Pile 
 L Pyle (Exeter) 
 
 Pitts 
 / Prouse 
 L Prowse 
 *Quick 
 *Ilisdon 
 
 Kowell (Newton 
 Abbott) 
 
 Rowland 
 
 Sage (Ottery St. Mary) 
 
 Salter (Exeter) 
 *Searle 
 
 Shears 
 *Sleeman (Holsworthy) 
 
 Sloman (North Taw- 
 ton) 
 
 Snell 
 
 Snow 
 
 Sparks 
 *Spear 
 
 Spiller (Axminster) 
 
 Spry 
 
 Squire (Barnstaple) 
 
 Steer (Ivybridge, 
 Kingsbridge) 
 
 Strong (Exeter) 
 *Tanton (Great Torring- 
 
 ton) 
 *Tapp 
 
 Trickey (Exeter) 
 *Turpin 
 *Uglow (Launceston) 
 
 Venn 
 / Vicary 
 l Vickery 
 
 Westlake 
 *Wickett 
 
 Wills (Newton 
 Abbott) 
 
 Yeo 
 
DEVONSHIRE. 
 
 143 
 
 Peculiar Names (confined mostly to this county) . 
 
 Addems (Exeter) 
 
 Alford 
 
 Amery 
 
 Auning (Starcross) 
 
 Arscott 
 
 Babbage (Chulmleigh) 
 
 Balkwill (Kingsbridge) 
 
 Balm an 
 
 Balsdon (Higli Hamp- 
 ton) 
 
 Bastin 
 
 Bater (Chulmleigh) 
 
 Beedell (Tiverton) 
 
 Beer (Barnstaple) 
 
 Besley (Tiverton) 
 
 Bickle 
 
 Blatchford 
 f Blowey 
 t Bloye 
 
 Bolt (Ottery St. Mary) 
 
 Boundy 
 
 Bovey 
 
 Bradridge (Ivybridge) 
 
 Bragg 
 
 Braund (Brand is 
 Corner) 
 f Brayley 
 I Breayley 
 
 Bridgraan (High 
 Hampton) 
 
 Brimacombe 
 
 Broom (Honiton) 
 
 Bucknell 
 f Burgoin 
 I Burgoyne 
 
 f Burrough (Honiton) 
 t Burrow 
 
 ChafPe (Plympton) 
 J Chamings 
 I Chammings 
 J Channin 
 I Channing 
 
 Chave (Tiverton) 
 
 Cheriton 
 
 I (Tiverton) 
 
 J Chowen 
 L Chown 
 
 Chubb 
 
 Chugg (Ilfracombe) 
 
 Cleverdon (Bideford) 
 
 Coaker (Horrabridge) 
 J Cockram 
 I Cockeram 
 
 Colwill 
 r Coneybeare 
 J Conybear 
 I Connibeer 
 
 Coombe (Crediton) 
 
 Copp (G-reat Torrington) 
 
 Courtice 
 
 Crang (Barnstaple) 
 
 Crimp 
 
 Crocombe (Barnstaple) 
 
 Cuming (Exeter) 
 
 Dallyn (Barnstaple) 
 
 Damerell 
 
 Darch (Barnstaple) 
 
 Dare (Axminster) 
 
 Dart 
 
 Dayment 
 r Densem 
 I Densham 
 
 Dicker 
 r Dimond (Honiton) 
 L Dymond 
 
 Doble (CuUompton) 
 
 Doidge (Tavistock) 
 
 Dommett (Axminster) 
 
 Dufty 
 fEarl 
 L Earle 
 
 {Easterbrook 
 Estabrook 
 Eggins 
 / EUacott 
 I Ellicott 
 Elaton 
 Elworthy (South 
 
 Molton) 
 Endacott (Exeter) 
 
 r Eveleigh 
 L Evely 
 
 Fairchild 
 
 Fewings 
 
 Foale 
 
 Foss (Kingsbridge) 
 
 Friend (Exbourne) 
 
 Furneaux 
 J Furse 
 L Furze 
 
 G-ammon (Ilfracombe, 
 Barnstaple) 
 
 Grerman 
 
 Gidley 
 
 Gillard 
 
 Gloyn 
 
 Gorwyn (Exeter) 
 
 Grendon 
 
 Halse 
 
 Hamlyn (Ashburton) 
 
 Hannaford (Kings- 
 bridge, Ashburton) 
 r Ilartnell 
 I Hartnoll 
 
 Hayman 
 
 Headon 
 
 Health 
 
 Heaman (Dolton) 
 
 Heard 
 
 He d don (Stratton) 
 
 Heggadon (Lew Down) 
 
 Helmer (Kingsbridge) 
 
 Hext (Ashburton) 
 
 Heyward 
 
 Hey wood (Bideford) 
 
 Hockridge (Bideford) 
 
 Honniball (Honiton) 
 
 Hookway 
 
 Hurrell (Ivybridge, 
 
 Kingsbridge) 
 Huxham 
 Huxtable (Barnstaple, 
 
 Ilfracombe) 
 
lU 
 
 H0MI5S OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Irish 
 
 Isaacs 
 
 Jackman 
 
 Kerslake 
 
 Kingwell (Ivybridge) 
 
 Knapman (Exeter) 
 
 Lambshead 
 
 Lang 
 
 Langman (Roborough) 
 
 Langworthy 
 
 Lear 
 
 Lerwill (Barnstaple) 
 
 Lethbridge 
 
 Letheren 
 
 Ley (South Molton) 
 
 Lidstone (Kingsbridge) 
 
 Little Johns (Bideford) 
 r Loosemoor 'i (South 
 L Loosmoor J Molton) 
 
 Lovering (Barnstaple) 
 
 Luscombe (Ivybridge, 
 Kingsbridge) 
 
 Luxton (Wemb worthy, 
 Winkleigh) 
 
 Madge (Exbourne) 
 
 Manley 
 
 Maunder 
 J Melhuish 
 L Melluish 
 r Metherall 
 I Metherell 
 
 Mildon (Tiverton) 
 
 Mill 
 r Millman 
 L Milman 
 
 r Mogford (Soutb Molton) 
 I Mugford. 
 
 Mortimore (Exeter) 
 
 Mudge 
 f Naneekivell 
 < Nancekeville 
 l Nankevil 
 
 Nether way 
 
 Newcombe 
 
 Norrish (Crediton) 
 
 North am 
 
 Northmore 
 
 Nos worthy (Exeter) 
 Oldreave 
 . Oldreive 
 Paddon 
 Palfrey 
 Palk 
 
 Parkliouse 
 Pavey 
 Pearcey (Honiton) 
 
 Slader (North Molton) 
 
 Slee 
 
 Sluggett (Brandis 
 
 Corner) 
 Smale (Exbourne) 
 j-Smallbridge 
 J Smallridge (Barn- 
 I staple) 
 ^Smaridge 
 
 Pen warden (Hols worthy) Smerdon (Ashburton) 
 Perkin Smyth. 
 
 Perrin Soby 
 
 Petherbridge (Barn- Soper (Kingsbridge 
 staple) Newton Abbott) 
 
 Petherick (Holsworthy) J Spurrell 
 
 {Pinhay 
 Pinhey 
 
 Powlesland (Okehamp- 
 ton) 
 J Prettejohn 
 I Prettj John (Kingsbridge) 
 
 Pring (Honiton) 
 
 Pugsley (Barnstaple) 
 
 Pym (Honiton) 
 
 Quance (Great Torring- 
 ton, Barnstaple) 
 
 Habjohns (CuUompton) 
 r Raymont (Winkleigh) 
 I Raymount 
 
 Eeddaway (Okehamp- 
 ton) 
 
 Eeddicliffe 
 
 Better (Ottery St. Mary) 
 
 Rew (Exeter) 
 
 Ridd (Barnstaple) 
 
 Routley 
 
 Seldon (Barnstaple) 
 
 Sellek (Ottery St. Mary) 
 
 Sereombe 
 
 Seward (Exeter) 
 
 Shapland (South Mol- 
 ton) 
 J Sharland 
 I Shorland 
 
 Sherrill (Ivybridge) 
 
 Sherwill (Ivybridge) 
 
 Shopland 
 
 Spuria 
 
 Squatjce 
 
 Stanbury 
 
 Stidston (Kingsbridge) 
 
 Stonenian 
 
 Tanoock 
 
 Taverner (Exeter) 
 
 Toms 
 
 Tope 
 
 Tozer 
 
 Tremlett (Crediton) 
 
 Trick 
 
 Trott (Honiton, 
 
 CuUompton) 
 Trude 
 Tuckett 
 Tally 
 Underhay 
 Underhill 
 Vallance 
 Vanstone (Bideford, 
 
 High Hampton) 
 Venner 
 r Voaden 
 I Vodden 
 Vooght (Newton 
 
 Abbott) 
 Wadland 
 
 Wakeham (Ivybridge) 
 Ware 
 Waycott 
 Were (Tiverton) 
 
DEVONSHIRE. 145 
 
 Westacott (Barnstaple) fWliiteaway Wonnacott (Brandis 
 
 Westaway I Wliiteway Corner) 
 
 Westcott (North Widdicombe (Totnes) WooUand 
 
 Molton) Willing (Kingsbridge) Wotton 
 
 r Western 1 (Barnstaple) J Withecombe J Wrayf ord 
 
 IWestreni (Ilfracombe) Iwitheycombe IWreford 
 Wheaton Witheridge Wroth (Kingsbridge) 
 
 NOTES ON SOME OF THE CHAEACTERISTIC DEVONSHIEE 
 
 NAMES. 
 
 (The names are arranged in alphabetical groups, but not necessarily in 
 alphabetical order in each group.) 
 
 Authorities indicated hy the following abbreviations : — 
 
 " Parish of Ashburton in 15th and 16th Centuries." 
 
 Dunsford's "Tiverton," 
 
 Dymond's " Widecombe." 
 
 G-ribble's " Barnstaple." 
 
 Harding's "Tiverton," 
 
 Hundred Rolls, 
 
 Izacke's " Exeter." 
 
 Lower's " Patronymica Britannica." 
 
 Polwhele's " Devonshire." 
 
 Prince's " Worthies of Devon," 
 
 List of Contributors to the National Defence Fund at the 
 
 time of the Spanish Invasion of 1588 (Brit, Mus., B 474). 
 Westcote's " Devonshire in 1630." 
 Worthy's " Ashburton," 
 Watkins' "Bideford." 
 Webb's '' Exmouth." 
 Worthy's " Devonshire Parishes," 
 Worth's " Plymouth," 
 Worth's " Tavistock Records," 
 
 Note. — Such old works as Pole's ''Description" and Risdon's "Survey" of 
 Devon are largely digested in many of the vrorks above quoted, I have 
 only space to treat the county in sample fashion. There are numerous 
 other valuable works on Devonshire which the reader might consult. 
 
 A, indicates 
 
 D. 
 
 
 »y- 
 
 
 G, 
 
 
 H, 
 
 ?5 
 
 H. R, 
 
 
 I. 
 
 
 L. 
 
 
 P, 
 
 „ 
 
 Pr. 
 
 
 Sp. 
 
 
 W. 
 
 
 W. A, 
 
 ,, 
 
 Wat, 
 
 
 Webb 
 
 
 W.D, 
 
 
 W. P. 
 
 
 W, T, 
 
 „ 
 
146 HOMES OP FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 A— B. 
 
 The Alfords take their name from a Somerset parish, and the 
 Ansteys are named after parishes in the north division of Devon- 
 shire Arscot or Arscott v^^as the name of several gentle 
 
 families in the county in the 16th and 17th centuries. There 
 were the Arscots of Hols worthy, Annery, Tidwell, and Tetcot (W.). 
 Arthur Arscott, a Devonshire gentleman, contributed £25 to the 
 Armada fund in 1588 (Sp.). Arscot was the name of a church- 
 warden of Ashburton in 1500 (A.) Robert Avery, of Devon, 
 
 gave £25 for the defence of his country against the Spanish 
 
 Armada in 1588 (Sp.) The name of Babbage is now best 
 
 represented in the Chulmleigh district. Charles Babbage, the 
 
 celebrated mathematician, was born near Teignmouth in 1792 
 
 The R-ev. Samuel Badcock, the eminent divine, was born at South 
 Molton in 1747, the son of a butcher, and the name still belongs 
 to that trade in the town. There was a William Badecok in 
 
 Cambridgeshire in the 13th century (H. R.) The Devonshire 
 
 Balls now occur mostly in the Bridestow district. The Balles of 
 Higher Harcombe, Chudleigh, where they resided up to the 17th 
 century, were amongst the most ancient and influential families of 
 the district : from them sprang the Balles of Mamhead and Ash- 
 combe, several of whom were buried in Ashcombe churchyard in 
 
 the 17th and 18th centuries (Jones' " Chudleigh ") Amongst 
 
 the old Devonshire families now scantily represented are those of 
 Bampfield or Bamppylde. Those at Poltimore and Hestercombe 
 in Devon and Somerset were amongst the most distinguished, and 
 the knightly family of Poltimore, Devon, in the 17th century, 
 held that estate as far back as the reign of Edward I. (W.) (Col- 
 linson's " Somerset "). Richard Bamfield, a Devonshire gentle- 
 man, contributed £25 to the Armada fund in 1588 (Sp.). Thomas 
 Bamfield was chamberlain of Exeter in 1654 (I.), and Bamfield 
 was an Exmouth name in the time of Charles I. (Webb) . Weston 
 
 Bampfylde is a Somersetshire parish The Battens are now 
 
 established in the Honiton district, and the Battings in the Exeter 
 district. There was a Joel Batin in the hundred of Wonford as 
 far back as the 13th century (H. R.). The name also occurs in 
 Cornwall, and is referred to under that county. Somersetshire, 
 however, would appear to be the ancient home of the name, and 
 for six centuries the name has been established there, though 
 now scantily represented : the original De Beteyns or Batyns of 
 
DEVONSHIRE. 147 
 
 Somerset, deemed to be of Flemish origin, were amongst tlie 
 leading merchants of the county in the reign of Edward I. (L.) 
 
 Bellew is an old, though now a rare, Devonshire name. 
 
 When Polwhele wrote his history of the county nearly a century 
 ago, the Bellews had been lords of the manor of Stockleigh- 
 English for more than 150 years, John Bellew being then in posses- 
 sion, William Bellew was steward of the city of Exeter in 1720 
 (I.). Henry Bellew was mayor of Barnstaple in 1805 (G.), and 
 
 the name is still in that neighbourhood The Besleys were a 
 
 well-known Tiverton family during last century, and the name 
 still has its home in that town and its neighbourhood. John 
 Besley was mayor in 1783, and the name occurs several times in 
 
 the list of Tiverton churchwardens of the 18th century (D.) 
 
 The name of De Bickel was established in the Teignbridge hundred 
 600 years ago (H. R.), and the Bickles are yet found in the 
 neighbouring Tavistock hundred. Bykehille was in the 13tli 
 century a place in the hundred of Abdick and Bulstone, Somerset 
 
 (H. R.) Blatchford, or rather Blackford, was a common name 
 
 in Littleham, Exmouth, in the 17th century (Webb) The 
 
 Blackmores are now numerous in Honiton and its neighbourhood. 
 There is (or was) an epitaph in the Middle Temple church to 
 Mark Blackmore, son of Mark Blackmore, of Harpford, in the 
 county of Devon, gent. (Dugdale's " Orig. Jur."), which cannot 
 bear a later date than the early part of the 17th century, A 
 family of the name lived in Exmouth last century: in 1746 
 Mr. Blackmore " leaded ye tower ;" and in 1771 and 1811 William 
 and John Blackmore were clerks of Exmouth Chapel (Webb). 
 Blackmore and Blackmoor are places in Essex, Wilts, and other 
 counties. Blakemore is now a Shropshire surname. Blakema and 
 De Blakemor were surnames in Bucks, Oxon, and Essex six 
 
 centuries ago (H, R.) Blagdon was the name of an important 
 
 old Tiverton family of the 17th and 18th centuries, now scantily 
 represented : the mayors of that town in 1683, 1701, and 1740, bore 
 
 this name (D.), Blagdon is a place in Somersetshire Boundt 
 
 is an old Ashburton name, Bounde was the name of two Ash- 
 burton churchwardens in the reigns of Henry VIII, and Elizabeth 
 (A.), John Bounde, of Plymouth, left in 1642 a bequest for the 
 
 poor of Ashburton (W, A.) The Boveys originally took their 
 
 name from parishes in the county. Nicholas Bovey was mayor 
 of Barnstaple in 1451 (G.). The mayors of Plymouth in 1466 
 and 1523 bore this name (W. P,). Edward Bovey, of London, 
 
 L 2 
 
148 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 mercliaiit, left a bequest in 1709 for the poor of Staverton (W.A.)* 
 
 The Beadridges are found in the district of Ivybridge. 
 
 Thomas Bradridge, of Kingston House, left a bequest for the poor 
 
 of Staverton in 1805 (W. A.) At the close of last century, 
 
 John Bragg, or Bragge, Esq., held the manor of Thorncombe,* 
 which, with the demesne of Sadborow, the family of Bragge had 
 held as a barton since the reign of Elizabeth (P.)- The Bragges 
 
 are still seated at Sadborow John Brayley, or Brailey, was a 
 
 Tiverton churchwarden in 1756 (D.) John Bridgeman, bishop 
 
 of Chester in the 17th century, was born at Exeter: his father 
 was high sheriff of Exeter in 1578 (Pr.). The Bridgmans are 
 
 now established in the High Hampton district The Brookings, 
 
 a family now scantily represented in the county, were established 
 in Plymouth in the 16th century : the mayors in 1511, 1573, and 
 
 1584 bore this name (W. P.) The Brooms are numerous in 
 
 the Honiton district The Buckinghams are well represented in 
 
 the South Molton district. There was an old Exeter family of 
 Buckenham, members of which three times filled the office of 
 mayor in the reign of Henry VIII. (I.). The name is still well 
 
 established in this city The name of Burgoyne, or BuRGOiN, has 
 
 been represented for centuries in the county. William Burgoyn 
 was chamberlain of the city of Exeter in 1496, and William 
 Burgoyn was sheriff of that city in 1537 (I.). In the 16th and 
 17th centuries a gentle family of Burgoin resided at Bideford 
 (W.) ; and in the reign of George I., Thomas Burgoyne was a 
 Bideford gentleman (Wat.). In fact, as far back as the time of 
 Henry VIII., Jeofferie Burgin was a Bideford townsman (Wat.). 
 During the 16th and 17th centuries a gentle family of Burgoin 
 flourished in the hamlet of Zeal near South Tawton (P. and W.). 
 Robert Burgoine, Esq., was a Tiverton chnrchwarden in 1654 
 (D.). In the 13th century this name, in the forms of Burgoyn 
 and Burgojne, occasionally preceded by " De," occurred in Bed- 
 fordshire, Cambridgeshire, Gloucestershire, and Somerset (H. R.). 
 The Burgoyns in the east of England were at that distant period 
 important families, and it is stated by most of the Devonshire 
 antiquarians and historians that the Devonshire stock hailed 
 originally from Bedfordshire. If this is true, the migration must 
 have occurred at a very early date, since not only, as I have 
 
 * Thorncombe was originally a Deyonshire parish, but now it is included i 
 Dorset. 
 
DEVONSHIRE. 149 
 
 observed above, were high official positions in the city of Exeter 
 held by the Bargoyns in the reigns of Henry VII. and Henry VIII., 
 a circumstance itself not indicative of recent immigration, but as 
 far back as the reign of Edward I. the name was represented in 
 the west of England in the counties of Somerset and Grloucester 
 (H. R.). According to Lower, the signification of the name 
 
 implies the origin of the family in Burgundy Bristowe is an 
 
 old, though a rare, name in Devonshire. It is probably a corruption 
 of Bridestow, a place in the county. One of the Ashburton church- 
 wardens in the reign of Henry VII. bore this name (A.). The 
 name is now established in Lincolnshire. 
 
 C. 
 
 The Canns may have originally taken their name from Cann, 
 a parish in Dorset. Jasper Cann was vicar of Tavistock in 1682 
 (W. T.). William Cann was mayor of Bristol in 1648, and Sir 
 Robert Cann was mayor of that city in 1662 and 1675 (Barrett's 
 '' Bristol"). The name is also represented across the border in Corn- 
 wall, and is also established in ]!^orfolk The Carews were one 
 
 of the most ancient and distinguished of Devonshire families, but 
 the name is now uncommon in the county, and, therefore, does not 
 occur in my list. The first Carews, said to be of Norman blood, 
 came into the county from Wales in the 13th century (H. R.) 
 
 Caunter is one of those old Devonshire names, now rather 
 
 scantily represented in the county, which, since it has for the most 
 part received slight notice in the county histories, deserves more 
 particularly my attention. In the 16th and 17th centuries the 
 Caunters were numerous in the county. John Caunter was one 
 of the Ashburton churchwardens in 1577 (A.). Thomas Caunter 
 of Stannerton (evidently Staverton), who contributed £25 to the 
 Armada fund in 1588 (Sp.), was probably the Thomas Caunter of 
 Gulwell in Staverton, who in 1592 left a bequest for the poor of 
 Ashburton (W. A.). Robert Caunter, gent., was buried at Ash- 
 burton in 1643 (W. A.). In the 16th and 17th centuries, the 
 Caunters were also established in Tavistock (W. T.) and Wide- 
 combe (Dy.). The name is still to be found in Ashburton and 
 
 Widecombe In the 16th century the Chappells were an Exeter 
 
 family, the mayors of that city in 1569, 1579, and 1588, bearing 
 the name (I.). Last century there was a well-known Barnstaple 
 family of Chappell, and in the reigns of the first three Georges not 
 less than six of the mayors bore this name (G.). The Chappells 
 
150 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 iire still represented in Barnstaple and Exeter Chave is an old 
 
 Tiverton name, and the Chaves still have their home in that town 
 and its neighbonrhood. In the list of Tiverton churchwardens, 
 
 the name of Chave occurs for the years 1733 and 1747 (D.) 
 
 The Cheeitons take their name from parishes and hamlets in 
 
 Devonshire and Somerset Robert Chubb was mayor of Exeter 
 
 in the reign of Henry VII. (I.). William Chnbb was a Tavistock 
 "vitteler " in the time of Cromwell (W. T.) ; and the name is still 
 
 in the Tavistock district The Coakees are now numerous in 
 
 the Horrabridge district. There are Somerset parishes called 
 Coker, with one of which a family of the name was associated as 
 
 early as the 13th century (L.) Robert Cockram was mayor of 
 
 Barnstaple in 1520 (C), and the name is still well established in 
 
 North Devon in the South Molton district Amongst the old 
 
 and distinguished knightly families now scantily represented in 
 the county is that of Coffin. The principal stock, of which there 
 were many branches, owned the manor of Alvington from the 12th 
 
 to the 17th century (Pr.) The Conetbeaes were an Ashburton 
 
 family last century; Samuel Coneybear was a clockmaker there 
 
 in 1790 (W. A.); and the name is still in the district The 
 
 COPLESTONS or Coplestones, amongst the oldest of notable Devon- 
 shire families, now, however, scantily to be found, possessed their 
 principal stock in the Coplestons of Copleston and Warleigh ; in 
 the 17th century there were several branches, namely, those of 
 Bow, Bicton, Otterham, Bideford, etc. (W.). When a national 
 fund was being collected at the time of the expected invasion of 
 the Spanish Armada in 1588, three Devonshire gentlemen of this 
 
 name contributed £100 between them (Sp.) The Devonshire 
 
 families of Coenish are now best represented in Newton Abbot and 
 its neighbourhood. George Cornish was commander of one of the 
 Bideford ships engaged in the Newfoundland trade in the reign of 
 William III. (Wat.). Richard Cornish was mayor of Barnstaple 
 in the reign of Anne (C). William Cornish, a Welshman, who 
 settled at St. Issey, Cornwall, in the reign of Mary, is said to have 
 been the ancestor of the St. Issey family of the name (Gilbert's 
 
 "Cornwall") The Copps have now their home in the Great 
 
 Torrington district. Coppe was a common name in Littleham, 
 Exmouth, in the 17th century (Webb), and even now the name is 
 
 not uncommon in the town By tradition, Ceocker is one of 
 
 the most ancient of Devonshire names. An old Devonshire saw 
 runs thus : 
 
DEVONSHIRE. 151 
 
 " Crocker, Cruwys, and Coplestone, 
 When the Conqueror came, were at home." 
 
 During the 15th, 16fch, and 17th centuries, the Crockers of Lynham 
 in Yealmpton were a knightly family, and filled the office of high 
 sheriff of the county (W. and Pr.). The name was established in 
 Tavistock and Ashburton in the 15th and 16th centuries (W. T. 
 and A,). Sir Hugh Crocker was mayor of Exeter in 1641 (I.). 
 
 The name is also established in Dorset and Somerset The 
 
 Crocombes, who are now represented in the Barnstaple district, 
 
 possess the name of a Somersetshire parish Cruse or Cruwys 
 
 (sometimes modernised as Crews) was the name of a very ancient 
 and distinguished Devonshire family of N^etherex, now scantily 
 surviving in the county, as at Ashburton (W. A.). The name is 
 associated with those of Crocker and Coplestone in the old saw 
 
 before mentioned Cudlipp is another old Devonshire name that 
 
 is not so numerous in the county as it once was. From the 15th 
 to the 17th century the name was very common amongst the 
 gentry, merchants, and yeomen of Tavistock and its vicinity 
 (W. T.) The CuMiNGS have their home in Exeter audits neigh- 
 bourhood. Comyn is the early form of the name, and as such it 
 was represented in Tiverton in the 16th century (D.), Comyns 
 was the name of an old gentle family of Huish Champflower, 
 Somerset, in the 17th and 18th centuries. Comyn was a name found 
 in Wiltshire and Gloucestershire in the 13th century (H. R.). 
 
 D. 
 
 Damerell is said to be a corruption of D' Albemarle, the name 
 of an ancient family owning the manor of Milton, in Marytavy, 
 from the 11th to the 13th century, from whom the parishes of 
 Milton Damerel and Stoke Damerel, in part derived their names 
 
 (W. D.) In the 13th century the name of Daniel or Danyel 
 
 occurred in Kent, London, Hunts, Oxfordshire, Devonshire, and 
 Derbyshire (H. R.). In our own time it is established, either 
 as Daniel or Daniels, in Cornwall, Devonshire, Gloucestershire, 
 Worcestershire, South Wales, Kent, Norfolk, and Bedfordshire. 
 In Devonshire the name of Daniel is now best represented in the 
 Holsworthy district. There was a John Daneyll, of " Brighe 
 broke," in the hundred of Wonford, Devon, in the I3th century 
 (K. B.) Deeble is an old name in the west of England. 
 
152 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Edward Deeble was mayor of Plymouth in 1727 and 1739 (W.P.). 
 
 (/See under " Cornwall.") Densham is an old Tiverton name, 
 
 and it still occurs in that neighbourhood. Two Tiverton church- 
 wardens, in 1686 and 1725, bore the name of Richard Densham, 
 and in 1734 Richard Densham was mayor of the town (D.). To 
 this family belonged Thomas Densham, an old and much respected 
 
 Bampton lawyer, lately deceased Dennis is an ancient name in 
 
 Devonshire, In the reign of Henry II. an influential family of 
 Le Deneis resided at Pancrasweek, in the hundred of Black 
 Torrington, and from them sprang the knightly family of Dennis, 
 of Blagdon and Manaton, and the families of Dennis of Holcomb- 
 Burnell, CoUiscombe, etc., in the 16th and 17th centuries (W, A. 
 and W.). Dennis was a Bideford name in the 16th and 17th 
 centuries, Anthony Dennis, of Orleigh, being mayor in the reign 
 of James 1., whilst Robert Dennis was a Bideford alderman 
 somewhere about this period (Wat.). Thomas Dennys was mayor 
 of Barnstale in the time of Cromwell, and Nicholas Dennys was 
 deputy-recorder of that town in the reign of Charles II. (C)* 
 The principal home of the name in this county is still to be found 
 
 in Barnstaple and its neighbourhood Derry is a rare name in 
 
 the west of England. John Derry was mayor of Plymouth in 1557 
 and 1563 (W. P.), and the name is still prominently connected 
 
 with that town The name of Doble now has its home in the 
 
 Cullompton district. Dobil and Dobel were Norfolk names in the 
 reign of Edward I. (H. R.). In the same reign De Dobel was a 
 Sussex name, and in the 16th century the family ranked with the 
 
 gentry of the county (L.) The name of Doidge, which still has 
 
 its principal home in Tavistock and its neighbourhood, has long 
 been connected with that town. Two churchwardens of Tavis- 
 tock, in 1670 and 1671, bore this name. In 1705, Richard 
 Doidge, gent., resided at Whitchurch, near this town ; and Thomas 
 Doidge was a gentleman of Tavistock in 1733 (W. T.). Doidge 
 is the name of an old gentle family of Milton Abbot, dating back 
 to times before the 16th century, and still represented (W. D.) 
 
 The name of Drake has long been associated with this county. 
 
 Sir Francis Drake, the Elizabethan hero, was born at Crowndale, 
 Tavistock, in 1541. He was the first of the line of baronets of 
 Buckland-Monachorum, but the baronetcy became extinct about 
 1736 (P.)- Westcote refers to the ancient gentle family of Drake 
 of Ash-in-Musbury, in the 16fch and 17th centuries. In the 17th 
 century a gentle family of Drake resided at Spratshayes, 
 
DEVONSHIRE. 153 
 
 Exmoutli (Webb). Henry Drake was mayor of Barnstaple in 
 1679 (Gr.). Drake is also found numerously represented in the 
 neigbbouring county of Dorset. Further reference to this name 
 
 will be found under " Norfolk." Amongst old Tiverton names, 
 
 now scantily to be found in the county, but still surviving in 
 this town, are Duckham* and Dunsfokd. The Duckhams were 
 Tiverton churchwardens in 1691, 1703, and 1743. The Dunsfords, 
 who derived their name from a parish in tbe county, were well 
 known in Tiverton last century; one of them was mayor in 1737, 
 and their name occurs frequently in the list of churchwardens 
 
 for that century (D.) The present home of the Devonshire 
 
 DuNNiNGS is in Okehampton. John Dunning, the first Lord 
 Ash burton, took his title from his native town, where he was born 
 
 in 1731, the son of an attorney (W. A.) Amongst the rare old 
 
 Barnstaple names is that of Delbeidge. Some of the Barnstaple 
 mayors bore this name in the reign of James I. (Gr.). 
 
 E— G. 
 
 Amongst the martyrs of the Monmouth rebellion of 1685 was 
 Henry Easterbrook, who met his death on the scaffold at Chard 
 
 ("Western Martyrology ") Ellacott or Ellicott was the 
 
 name of a gentle family of Exeter in the 16th. and 17th centuries 
 (W.), members of which held the office of sheriff of that city in 
 1578 and 1601 (I.). Henry Ellicott, who was sheriff of Exeter in 
 1578, and Henry Ellacott, a Devonshire gentleman who con- 
 tributed £25 towards the Armada fund in 1588 (Sp.), were 
 probably one and the same. The name yet survives in this city 
 
 John Elston was sheriff of Exeter in 1718 (I.). Elson was 
 
 a common name in Exmouth in the 17th century (Webb), and 
 
 the name of Elston is yet there The Elworthys, who are 
 
 now at home in the South Molton district, probably take their 
 
 name from a Somersetshire parish The Eveleighs or Evelys 
 
 may be connected in their descent with the old gentle families of 
 West Evelegh, Clist St. Lawrence, and Holcomb, in Ottery 
 St. Mary, in the 16th and 17th centuries (W.). The name still 
 
 survives in Ottery St. Mary Fairchild is an old Barnstaple 
 
 name, still represented in the neighbourhood. The mayors of that 
 town in 1678, 1718, and 1725, bore this name (G.) The name 
 
 * This name is now established in Monmouthshire. 
 
154 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 of Feeris is now best represented in the Totnes district. There 
 was an old Barnstaple family of this name in the 17th century, 
 members of which served as mayor of the town in 1632, 1638, 
 and 1646 (Gr.). Richard Ferris (the mayor in 1632) and his 
 
 descendants owned the Middleton estate in Parracombe (G.) 
 
 Foss is now a Kingsbridge name. Robert Foss owned lands in 
 
 Barnstaple in 1674 (G.) The Devonshire home of the name 
 
 of Feench is in the Ashburton district The Fulfoeds of 
 
 Fulford, in the parish of Dunsford, are a very ancient and dis- 
 tinguished Devonshire knightly family, dating back to the 12th 
 
 century (W. and P.) Furneaux was originally a Somersetshire 
 
 name. The knightly family of De Furneaux, of Norman extrac- 
 tion, were lords of Ashington, Somerset, in the 13th and 14th 
 centuries, and served as sheriffs of that county (Collinson's 
 "Somerset"). Thomas Furneaux was vicar of Ashburton in 
 1501 (W. A.), and Thomas Furneaux was an Ashburton church- 
 warden 1532 (A.) The name of Fuese or Fueze is taken fix)m 
 
 hamlets in the county. In the reign of Richard I. a family of 
 this name owned the Furse estate in the parish of Spreyton (L.). 
 A gentle family of Furse, now extinct, resided in Dean Prior 
 
 in the 16th and I7th centuries (W. A.) Amongst the names 
 
 now rare in the county is that of Fownes. The mayors of 
 
 Plymouth in 1596 and 1610 bore this name (W. P.) Gammon 
 
 is now a common name- in North Devon, in the districts of 
 Ilfracombe and Barnstaple. Two Tiverton churchwardens, in 
 
 1720 and 1751, bore this name (D.) The Gidleys of Gidleigh, 
 
 an ancient and an honourable family, came into the possession of 
 the manor of Holcombe, Winkleigh, in the 17th century, and 
 there they have since resided or held property. Bartholomew 
 Gidley was a prominent supporter of Charles II. before the 
 
 Restoration (Worthy's "Winkleigh") The Glanvilles were 
 
 an ancient and distinguished knightly family of Halwel House, in 
 Whitchurch, near Tavistock, where they resided for 800 years. 
 They have been familiarly connected with Tavistock for more than 
 four centuries (W. T. and Pr.). The name still occurs in the 
 town and neighbourhood. A branch of the family has long 
 established itself in Cornwall, and further reference to the name 
 
 will be found under that county The present home of the 
 
 name of Glass in this county is in the Exbourne district. 
 Nicholas Glass was the name of the mayor of Barnstaple in 1787, 
 and 1804 (G.). Glass was the name of two Tiverton churchwardens 
 
i 
 
 DEVONSHIRE. 155 
 
 in 1723 and 1724 (D.). The name is also established in Wilt- 
 shire The GooDRiDGES are now represented in the Totnes 
 
 district. In 1588, Nicholas Goodridge, of this county, sub- 
 scribed £50 towards the fund collected for the defence of his 
 
 country against the Spanish A.rraada (Sp.) The mayors of 
 
 Exeter in 1395 and 1407 bore the name of Grendon (I.). Thomas 
 Grendyn was one of the Ashburton churchwardens in 1482 (A.). 
 There are places of this name in Bucks, and De Grendon was a 
 
 Bucks surname in the 13th century (H. R.) William Green- 
 
 SLADE was mayor of Barnstaple in 1695, and Philip Greenslade 
 was mayor in 1703 (G.). The name is now most numerous in 
 Tiverton and South Molton, but is still scantily to be found in 
 the Barnstaple district ; there are also Greenslades in Somerset. 
 
 During the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries, Grills or Grylls 
 
 was a notable name amongst the gentry and merchants of 
 Tavistock and its neighbourhood (W. T.). The Cornish branch 
 
 is referred to under that county Sampson Jerman left a 
 
 bequest for the poor of Widecombe-in-the-Moor in 1669 (W. A.). 
 The name of German is now to be found amongst the farmers of 
 South Molton, and that of Germon amongst the gentry of Newton 
 Abbott. 
 
 H— K. 
 
 Halse was the name of an eminent family of Kenedon in 
 Sherford parish, near Kingsbridge, during the 15th, 16th, and 
 17th centuries; to this family belonged a Justice of the Common 
 Pleas and a Bishop of Lichfield, both of whom lived in the reign 
 of Henry VI. (Pr.). Matthew Halse was a churchwarden of 
 Littleham, Exmouth, in 1730 (Webb), and the name still occurs 
 in the town. Halse is a Somei'set parish, and an old Taunton 
 family bore the name in the 16th century (Toulmin's "Taunton"). 
 
 The Hamlyns are numerous in the Ashburton district, where 
 
 they have long been located, especially in the parish of Widecombe. 
 In the 16th and 17th centuries Hamlyn was a common name in 
 Widecombe; in the 17th and 18th centuries a family of Hamlyn 
 owned the manor of Dunstone and the farm of Black slade ; and 
 Chittleford, also in Widecombe parish, was the home of a family 
 of the name in the reign of Charles I. (W, A. and Dy.). Hamlyn 
 
 was the name of the mayors of Exeter in 1468 and 1499 (I.) 
 
 Ham is a " west-country " name, most numerous in Somerset, but 
 also found in Devon and Cornwall. William Ham, gent., was 
 
156 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 buried in the soutli aisle of Tiverton Church, in 1534 (D.) 
 
 Hannaford is a common name in the neighbouring districts of 
 Kingsbridge and Ashburton. It was a frequent name in Wide- 
 combe in the 16th and 17th centuries (Dy.). Henry Hanniford 
 
 was bailiff of Exeter in 1485 (I.) Hartnell or Hartnoll is 
 
 an old Tiverton name. George Hartnoll, gent., left a bequest 
 for the poor of Tiverton in 1662 (H.). For the years 1621, 1627, 
 1665, and 1746 we find the name of Hartnoll in the list of 
 Tiverton churchwardens (D.). Mr. Nicholas Hartnoll, butcher, 
 
 was burnt to death in Tiverton in the fire of 1591 (D.) Heard 
 
 is an old Bideford name of the 16th and 17th centuries, still 
 represented in that town and its neighbourhood. William Heard 
 was a Bideford alderman in 1610, John Heard was mayor in 
 
 1619, and Walter Heard was mayor in 1627 (Wat.) The 
 
 Heddons, who are to be found in the Stratton district, have taken 
 
 the name of a Devonshire hamlet The ancient gentle family of 
 
 Hele, or Heale, of South Hele, in the parish of Cornwood, gave 
 rise to most of the numerous families of Hele that flourished 
 in the 16th and 17th centuries at Wembury, Newton Ferrers, 
 Holbefcon, Fleet, Exeter, etc. ; some of them possessed knightly 
 honours, and supplied high sheriffs to the county (W.). The 
 
 name usually occurs now in the forms of Heal and Heale The 
 
 name of Hext is now established in the Ashburton district. A 
 gentle family of this name resided at Kingston early in the 17th 
 
 century (W.) Hodder was a frequent name in Exmouth in 
 
 the 17th century (Webb.) The name is now represented in the 
 
 Kingsbridge district Incledon, a name now scantily represented 
 
 in the county, was a Barnstaple name in the reigns of Anne and 
 Greorge I. ; Robert Incledon was mayor of that town in 1712 and 
 
 1721 (G-.) Thomas Irish, who died in 1627, was "Yicarius 
 
 Presbyter Choralis " of Exeter Cathedral (P.) Isaac is also 
 
 an old Exeter name still represented in that city. Isacke 
 or Isack was the name of the mayor of Exeter in 1665, and 
 of two chamberlains of the city in 1653 and 1693 (I.) In the 
 reign of Edward I. John Isaak lived in Wiltshire and Walter 
 Isaac in Oxfordshire (H. R.), and the name occurs in Domesday. 
 Devonshire is now the great home of the name, Isaacs being a rare 
 form found in this county, but the name is also represented in 
 
 Gloucestershire Jewell was the name of a gentle family of 
 
 Bowden in the parish of Berry-Narbor or Berryn-Arbor, near 
 Ilfracombe, in the 16th and 17th centuries ; to this family belonged 
 
DEVONSHIRE. 157 
 
 John Jewell, the noted Bishop of Salisbury, who was born at 
 Berryn- Arbor in 1522 (W. and Pr.). The name is now well 
 represented in the Bideford district, but still occurs in Berry- 
 
 Narbor. It has also long been a Cornish name Kerslake is 
 
 an old Tiverton name, and it is still to be found in the town. 
 Burgesses of that town bore this name in the reign of James I. 
 (H.), and Abraham Kerslake was a Tiverton churchwarden in the 
 time of Charles II. (D.), Christian Kerslake left a bequest for 
 
 the poor of the town in 1620 (H.) The Kellys are one of the 
 
 oldest of West of England families. They have been seated in 
 the Devonshire parish of Kelly near the Cornish border, since the 
 12th century, and have held the manor and advowson since that 
 time (L. and P.). In the 13th century John de Kelli held the 
 manor of Hevetruwe or Heavitree (H. B.), which was sold by 
 Mr. Kelly in 1773 (Risdon's "Devonshire"). The surname is 
 also established in Cornwall where we find an estate named Great 
 Kelly in the parish of Egloshayle ; whilst Kelly Bray is a Cornish 
 
 village The Knapmans are well represented in the Exeter 
 
 district. Alexander Knapman of this county contributed £25 for 
 the defence of his country at the time of the expected invasion of 
 
 the Spanish Armada in 1588 (Sp.) Kempthoen was the name 
 
 of an old gentle family of Tunacombe, Morwenstow, on the 
 Cornish border, in the 16th and 17fch centuries; a celebrated 
 Admiral of the 17th century belonged to this family (Pr.). The 
 Kempthornes of Mullion, Cornwall, whose descendants still reside 
 in that parish, belonged to a branch of the same stock; they settled 
 in Mullion in the 16th century (Harvey's "Mullion"). 
 
 L— M. 
 
 The Lakes of Devonshire may take their name from a hamlet 
 near Okehampton. In the 17ih century the name was established 
 in Bideford. There was a John Lake of Bideford in the reign of 
 James I., and Thomas Lake in the time of William III. com- 
 manded one of the Bideford ships engaged in the Newfoundland 
 trade (Wat.). The name is still in the neighbourhood. A certain 
 Roger de la Lake resided in the reign of Edward I. in the ancient 
 Clifton Hundred of Devon (H. R.). This name will be found in 
 
 other counties. Lake is a Wiltshire parish The Langworthys 
 
 were established in Ashburton and its neighbourhood in the 16th 
 and 17th centuries. Alexander Langworthy was an Ashburton 
 
158 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 churchwarden in 1563 (A.) ; and the name was represented in 
 
 Widecombe in the 16th and 17th centuries (Dy.) Christopher 
 
 Lethbridge, mayor of Exeter in 1660, was a wealthy merchant of 
 that city ; he was born at Walston, in the parish of Clansburgh, 
 
 near Okehampton (Pr.). Lethbridge is still an Exeter name 
 
 The Leys are at home in the South Molton district. An old gentle 
 family of Ley resided at Trehill iii Dunchideock in the reign of 
 George I. ; but in 1735 most of the Leys were carried off by 
 an epidemic, and but one son, who was at Exeter School, escaped 
 
 to perpetuate the name (P.) The Loverings are now represented 
 
 in the Barnstaple district, and 300 years ago they were still to be 
 found in this part of North Devon. There was a John Levering of 
 Bideford in the reign of Elizabeth, and in the reign of William 
 III. John Levering commanded one of the Bideford ships 
 engaged in the Newfoundland trade (Wat.). Loveringe was 
 
 a common name in Exmouth in the 17th century (Webb) 
 
 The LuscoMBES, who are now numerous in the neighbouring 
 districts of Ivybridge and Kingsbridge, probably in most cases 
 in the first place derived their name from a hamlet in Harberton 
 parish, near Totnes. Luscombe is also an estate near Dawlish, 
 that belonged to an ancient family of the same name, and there 
 they resided in the reign of Henry Y., and probably much earlier, 
 since there was a Hugh de Luscombe in the county in the reign 
 of Edward I. (L.). Henry Luscombe of this county contributed 
 £25 to the Spanish Armada fund in 1588 (Sp.). Ashburton 
 possessed a family of Luscombe in the reign of Henry YIII. ; 
 the name occurs twice in the list of Ashburton churchwardens 
 of that reign (A.). Chudleigh also owned a family of the name 
 
 in the time of George 1. (P.) Lybbe is a name that was 
 
 represented in Tavistock in the 15th and 16th centuries (W. T.). 
 
 Libby is a rare Cornish name Mann was an old and numerous 
 
 Widecombe name in the 16th and 17th centuries, and it still has 
 its principal home in the county in that neighbourhood (Dy.). 
 
 Marks was the name of a family of Bideford merchants in 
 
 the 17th and 18th centuries; John Marks was a noted Bideford 
 surgeon in the reign of Anne (Wat.). At present, however, 
 
 Honiton is the principal Devonshire home of the name There 
 
 was a Thomas Maunder of Calverleigh in 1684 (H.) Maynard 
 
 is an ancient and distinguished Devonshire name. In the reign 
 of Edward III. John Maynard of Axminster was appointed 
 governor of Brest Castle, in Brittany : Sir John Maynard, born 
 
DEVONSHIRE. 159 
 
 at Tavistock in 1602, was one of the greatest lawyers of his time ; 
 the name was represented in Lamerton, near Tavistock, in the 
 reign of Edward IV. (W. T.). The Maynards had considerable 
 property in Devonshire, and intermarried with several important 
 families in the West of England (Polwhele's "Cornwall"). The 
 
 name is also established in Cornwall Melhuish or Melluish 
 
 is a very ancient Devonshire name. In the Hundred Rolls we 
 read of Elenora de Melhywys, of Melhywys, a seat in the barony 
 of Okehampton. Thomas Melhinche of this county (evidently 
 a misprint for Melhuishe) contributed £25 for the defence of his 
 country at the time of the invasion of the Spanish Armada in 
 1588 (Sp.). A gentle family of Melhuish resided at Witheridge 
 in the I6th and 17th centuries (W.). Richard Melhuish was 
 a Tiverton churchwarden in 1656 (D.). Richard Melhuish was 
 mayor of Barnstaple in 1708 (G.). The name still occurs in 
 
 Witheridge and Tiverton Metherell is an old manor in 
 
 Staverton (W. A.). Richard Metherell was mayor of Barnstaple 
 
 in 1797 (Gr.), and the name is still in the district Mr. Zachary 
 
 MuDGE was master of the Bidef ord grammar school in the reign 
 of Anne (Wat.). 
 
 N— P. 
 
 Nancekivell, or Nancekeville, or T^ankevil, is at present an 
 established Devonshire name ; but last century there was a 
 Cornish family of the name. Two of the Cornish Nankivells 
 filled the office of mayor of Truro in 1785 and 1787; the incum- 
 bent of Piranzabulo in 1783 was the Rev. Edward IS'ankivell ; 
 Dr. John Nankivell of this Cornish family practised in London 
 about a century ago : writing of the family some 85 or 90 years 
 since, Polwhele remarked that " quiet good sense and social 
 good humour seem to characterise the Nankivells " (Polwhele's 
 
 " Cornwall ") [N'ewcombe is an old Devonshire name. Richard 
 
 Newcomb was twice mayor of Barnstaple in the reign of Henry 
 VI. (G.). In the 16th and 17th centuries, a gentle family of 
 Newcombe resided at Great Worthy, in Teignton-Drew (W.). 
 The name was well known in Exeter from the 16th to the 18th 
 century, and l!^ewcomb was the name of the Exeter mayors of 
 1612, 1703, and 1713 (I,). Ashburton also possessed a family 
 of the name in the 16th century, l^ewcomhe being the name of 
 the Ashburton churchwardens of 1550 and 1569 (A.). The name 
 
1(50 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 still survives in Exeter and Barnstaple Noreish is a name 
 
 well represented in the Crediton district. Richard Norris was 
 
 mayor of Barnstaple in 1442 (Gr.) The NorthA-MS take their name 
 
 from a parish in the county The Northcotts of Devonshire 
 
 originally took their name from several hamlets in the county. 
 The principal family is that of the very ancient and distinguished 
 house of Northcote of Pynes (P.), which received its baronetcy 
 in 1620, and was lately ennobled in the person of Sir Stafford 
 
 Northcote. The name is also established in Cornwall The 
 
 NoswORTHYS are now at home in the Exeter district. John 
 Nosworthy was mayor of that city in 1521 (I.). Nosworthy is 
 also an old name in the Ashburton district, Notsworthy being 
 a manor in Widecombe (Dy.). John Noseworthy was an Ash- 
 burton churchwarden in 1503 (A.), and John Nosworthy was 
 rector of Manaton 200 years ago (W. A.). This was also an old 
 Cornish name in the 16th and 17th centuries: it was borne by 
 a justice of the peace of the county in the reign of Elizabeth, 
 by a mayor of Truro in the reign of Charles I., and by a high 
 
 sheriff in the time of Cromwell (Polwhele's "Cornwall") 
 
 The Notts have been established as gentry and substantial 
 yeomen in Swimbridge for more than 300 years (Kelly's " Devon- 
 shire Directory ") The OxENHAMS were an old South Tawton 
 
 family (P.)- Here belonged John Oxenham, one of the Eliza- 
 bethan navigators and the companion of Drake. The name is 
 
 now scantily represented Palfrey was a common Exmouth 
 
 name in the 17th century (Webb) Palk or Palke was for 
 
 centuries a common name amongst the yeomen of Ashburton, 
 Little Hempston, Staverton, and that neighbourhood, and from 
 the Ashburton Palkes sprang the line of Devonshire baronets of 
 the name (W. D.). Palke was an old Widecombe name in tlie 
 16th and 17th centuries (Dy.) (Widecombe being near Ash- 
 burton). The name still occurs in Staverton and Ashburton, 
 In the 13th century, Palke was also a Cambridgeshire name 
 (H. R.) Amongst old Devonshire names now scantily repre- 
 sented in the county is that of Parminter. It was long connected 
 with Barnstaple. Richard Parminter was mayor in 1498, and 
 Richard Parminter was deputy recorder of the said town in 1755. 
 J, Parminter was a substantial Barnstaple townsman in 1727 
 (C). The name is still to be found in Barnstaple and its neigh- 
 bourhood. According to Lower, Parmentier is the old French 
 word for a taylor ; and in the Hundred Rolls it takes the forms 
 
DEVONSHIRE. 1 61 
 
 of Parmentar and Parmenter, occasionally preceded by " Le," and 
 occurring in Cambridgeshire, Oxfordshire, Norfolk, Kent, etc. 
 .......In this county the Parnells have their home in the Totnes 
 
 district. William Parnell was a well-to-do Barnstaple townsman, 
 in the reign of Charles I. (G.). The Parnells are now principally 
 seated in Devon and Cornwall, bnt there are a few in Cambridge- 
 shire The Passmores are now mostly found in the South 
 
 Molton disti^ict. For ages the name has been mainly confined to 
 the area including Tiverton and South Molton. There was a 
 Robert .Passemer in the hundred of Tiverton in the reign of 
 Edward I. (H. R.) In the 16th and 17th centuries there lived 
 sm ancient and gentle family of Passemore, of Passemere-Hay.^, 
 Tiverton, and of Sutton in Halberton (W.). John Pasmore was 
 a Tiverton churchwarden in 1655 (D.). Passmore was also a 
 
 common Exmouth name in the 17th century (Webb) Paty 
 
 was the name of Ashburton churchwardens in 1500, 1541, and 
 1566 (A,). Two Tiverton churchwardens, in 1716 and 1745, 
 bore the name of Patey (D.)- It is now scantily represented 
 
 in the county Peake was an Exmouth name in the 17th 
 
 (entury: Simon Peake was vicar of Littleham, Exmouth, in the 
 time of James I. (Webb). In the forms- of Peek and Peeke the 
 name still occurs in the county. East Peek is a part of tLe 
 
 parish of Tetcott The Pearceys are now mostly established 
 
 in the Honiton district. A knightly family of Pearcehay held 
 part of the manor of Talaton in this neighbourhood in the reign 
 of Edward IV. (P.) ; so it may be said that, in one form or 
 another, the name has cliaracterised the district for at least four 
 
 centuries Peard is an old, though a rare, Devonshire name. 
 
 Oliver Peard was the name of the mayors of Tiverton in 1721, 
 1743, and 1755 (D.). During the 16th and 17th centuries several 
 of the mayors of Barnstaple bore this name, and the Peards also 
 represented that town in Parliament in the reigns of James I. and 
 
 Charles I. (G.) Pile or Pyle is a name that has long been 
 
 associated with Exeter and its neighbourhood. George Pyle was 
 sheriff of Exeter in 1620 (I.). Pile was a common name in 
 Exmouth in the 17th century (Webb). The name still mostly 
 
 gathers round Exeter and its district John Pym was bailiff of 
 
 Exeter in 1688 (I.). The Pyms are now represented in the 
 Honiton district. John Pym, the noted republican in thd time 
 of Charles I., was born in 1584, of a well-to-do Somersetshire 
 family, that traced its pedigree back to Philip Pym, of Brymmore, 
 
162 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Somerset, in the reign of Edward IV. (L.) The Pethericks, 
 
 of Holsworthy, have taken the name of a Cornish village. In 
 
 Cornwall the snrname is usually contracted to Pethick 
 
 Amongst the old Tavistock families now scantily represented is 
 that of Pointer, or Poynter. Prom the I6th to the 18th century 
 this name occurred frequently amongst the gentry and merchants 
 
 of that town (W. T.) Prouse or Prowse is a very ancient 
 
 Devonshire name. In the reign of Edward I., Le Prouz was the 
 name of a resident in the barony of Plympton (H. R.). The 
 ancient knightly family of Prouz, of Chagford, was still surviving 
 in the 17th century (W.). In the 16th and 17th centuries a 
 gentle family of Prouse, cr Prowse, resided at Exeter, and 
 supplied more than one mayor to that city (W. and L). Prowse 
 was a name well established in Tiverton in the 16th and 17th 
 centuries : in 1598, Edward Prowse, of Pilyv/ell, in the parish 
 of Tiverton, gave £20 to the poor (H.). Prowse is a frequent 
 name in the list of burgesses and churchwardens of Tiverton 
 during the 17th century (D, and H.). During the 17th and 
 18fch centuries a distinguished family of Prowse resided at 
 Axbridge, Somerset; one of the family last century was five 
 times elected knight of the shire for the county of Somerset 
 (Collinson's "Somerset"). Prowse is also a name established 
 
 in Cornwall, in the Penzance district Pugsley is a very 
 
 ancient Barnstaple name : John Pugsley was the name of three 
 of the early mayors — namely, in 1355, 1468, and 1474, and the 
 name occurs in the annals of the town for the 17th century (Gr.). 
 Barnstaple is still the home of the name, although some fifteen 
 generations have passed away since the stirring days of Cressy 
 and Poictiers, when John Pugsley was mayor. 
 
 Q-S. 
 
 Quick is a name better represented in Cornwall than in this 
 county. In the 17th century this name occurred amongst the 
 burgesses and churchwardens of Tiverton (D.)., and it is still 
 established in the town. John Quick was a commander of one of 
 the Bideford ships engaged in the Newfoundland trade 200 years 
 
 ago (Wat.) Peter Beddicliffe, yeoman, held the manor of 
 
 Cudlipptown in the parish of Petertavy for a few years about a 
 century ago (W. D.). The name is still in that part of the parish. 
 RiSDON was the name of an old gentle family of Bableigh, 
 
DEVONSHIRE. .163 
 
 Parkham, in fhe IGtli and 17th centuries (W.). ; it still occurs in 
 this part of North Devon Though RowE is a numerous Devon- 
 shire name, it is far more numerous in Cornwall. It should, 
 however, be noted that the Rowes of Lamerton are reputed to be 
 one of the most ancient stocks of Rowe in the west of England 
 
 (W. D.) Nathaniel Rowland was an Exeter merchant in the 
 
 reign of George I. (P.)- Tbe name is still in the city Sage is 
 
 a name found in the district of Ottery St. Mary in this county. 
 It is also found in Somerset. Le Sage was an Oxfordshire name 
 
 in the 13th century (H. R.) Salter is a common name in the 
 
 Exeter district The Salterns, now scantily represented in the 
 
 county, were an old Bideford family in the 16th and 17th centuries 
 
 (Wat.) The Seldons are still at home in the Barnstaple district. 
 
 The mayors of that town in 1664 and 1692 bore this name (G.) 
 
 The name of Sellek is now represented in Ottery St. Mary 
 
 and its neighbourhood. In the early part of the 17th century 
 there was a Tiverton family of Sellake, and we find this name in 
 
 the list of Tiverton churchwardens for 1612 and 1634 (D.) 
 
 Seward is a numerous name in the Exeter district. In the 17th 
 century there was an old Exeter family of Seaward : to this 
 family belonged Sir Edward Seaward, formerly mayor of Exeter, 
 who died in 1703 at the age of 70 (P.). A knightly family of 
 Seaward, perhaps the same, resided at Clyst S. George Court in 
 
 the 17th century (Ellacombe's "Clyst S. George") Sharland 
 
 was a well-known Tiverton name in the 17th and 18th centuries, 
 and occurs frequently in the list of Tiverton churchwardens for 
 those times (D. and H.). It is still represented in the town. 
 
 Shebbeare was an old Bideford name in the 16th and 17th 
 
 centuries (Wat.). It is now scantily represented Sherman is 
 
 another old North Devon name, now somewhat rare. John and 
 Richard Sherman were Bideford aldermen in the reign of Charles 1. 
 (Wat.). Gabriel Sherman held lands in Barnstaple in the reign 
 of Charles II. (G.) A family of the name lived at Neiston, in 
 Ottery St. Mary, in the 17th century (Pr.)... ...The Sherwills and 
 
 Sherrills, who are in both cases established in the district of 
 Ivy bridge, take the name of a Devonshire parish. Nicholas 
 
 Sherwill was mayor of Plymouth in 1637 (W. P.) Short is an 
 
 old Bideford name. John Short was a Bideford churchwarden in 
 1575, and John Short was a Bideford alderman in 1610 (Wat.). 
 
 The name is still in the town The Sladers are now established 
 
 in the North Molton district. In the reign of James I. there was 
 
 m2 
 
164 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 a gentle family of this name in Bath in North Tawton parisli, 
 hailing recently, according to Westcote, from Barondown in Kent. 
 
 The Smerdons are still mainly to be found in Ashbnrton and 
 
 the neighbourhood, a district they have frequented for many 
 generations. A family of this name resided in Widecombe in the 
 16th and 17th centuries (Dy.)- The Rev. Thomas Smerdon was 
 master of the Ashburton grammar school in the middle of last 
 century (W. A.). There were Smerdons in Tavistock in the 
 15th century (W. T.) Snbll is a characteristic west of Eng- 
 land name, having its home in Devon and Cornwall. John 
 Snell, vicar of Heavitree, and formerly resident canon of Exeter 
 Cathedral, died in 1679, at the age of 70 ; his son, John Snell, 
 who died at an advanced age in 1717, was three times mayor of 
 Exeter, and represented that city in Parliament (P.). There are 
 Snells still in this city. Oliver Snell was sheriff of Bristol in 
 1623 (Barrett's "Bristol"). The Cornish Snells are represented 
 in the district of Liskeard. Snel was a name found in Oxford- 
 shire, Derbyshire, and Shropshire in the 13th century (H. B.). 
 
 There are a few Snells in Suffolk The Snoavs are now found 
 
 in Devon, Essex, and Staffordshire. In the 13th century the name 
 was represented in the form of Snou in Wilts, Bucks, Oxford- 
 shire, Suffolk, and Cambridgeshire (H. B.) The Sopers are 
 
 now found in the districts of Kingsbridge and ISTewton Abbott. 
 John Soper was an Ashburton churchwarden in the reign of 
 Henry YII, (A.). Peter le Sopere lived in Cambridgeshire in the 
 
 13th century (H. R.) Sparke was the name of a gentle family 
 
 of Plymouth in the 16th and 17th centuries : John Sparke was 
 mayor of Plymouth in 1583 (P. and W. P.). Sparke was the 
 name of two Ashburton churchwardens in the reign of Elizabeth 
 (A.). Sparks is now the usual form of the name in Devon and 
 
 Somerset The Sprys were estabhshed in Tavistock in the I7th 
 
 and 18th centuries (W. T.), and they still occur in the district. 
 
 (6^ee under "Cornwall.") The Spurrells, or Spurles, may 
 
 have originally taken their name from Spurwell in the parish of 
 
 Werabury Squire is a numerous name in Barnstaple and its 
 
 neighbourhood. The mayors of that town in 1353 and 1471 bore 
 this name (G.) The Stacets are represented in the Holds- 
 worthy district. The name occurred in Tavistock in the 13th and 
 
 in the 14th century (H. R. and W. T.) Joan Stanbury gave 
 
 £20 to the poor of Barnstaple in 1772 (G.). The Stanburys are 
 Btill established in this neighbourhood. 
 
DEVONSHIRE. 165 
 
 The Tollers were Tavistock merchants in the 17th and 18th 
 
 centuries (W. T.). Toller is a Dorset village Tothill or 
 
 TuTHiLL is a name now rare in the county. The mayors of 
 Exeter in 1552, 1668, and 1677 bore this name (I.). In 1755 
 Thomas Tothill, Esq., of Dolbeare, aged 60, was buried at Ash- 
 burton (W. A.). A few of the name still reside in Exeter. Tothill 
 
 is a Lincolnshire parish The Tozers hav^e been established in 
 
 Asliburfcon for more than two centuries (W. A.). Moses Tozer 
 was an Ashburton tradesman 200 years ago : a family of the name 
 lived there last century, and the name is still to be found there. 
 (W. A,). Henry Tozar, native of North Tawton, was an eminent 
 
 17th century divine (Pr.) The Tremlbtts are now found in 
 
 the Crediton district. Nicholas Tremlett, a Tiverton clothier, who 
 was a churchwarden in 1623, left in 1652 a bequest for the poor 
 artificers of Tiverton (H. and D.) The Trotts are now estab- 
 lished in the neighbouring districts of Honiton and Cullompton. 
 John Trott, one of the martyrs of Monmouth's rebellion in 1685, 
 died on the scaffold at Bridgewater (" Western Martyrology "). 
 
 Tucker is a very characteristic west of England name. Its 
 
 great home is in Devonshire, and it is especially numerous in the 
 Barnstaple district. It is also found in numbers in Somerset, and 
 occurs too, but much less frequently, in Cornwall, Dorset, Hants, 
 and Wilts. Tucker was the west of England name for a fuller as 
 recently as the 17th century, and in some places in the west 
 fulling-mills are still called tuck-mills or tucking-mills. Tucking- 
 mill, a village near Camborne, in Cornwall, thus derives its name. 
 
 TuRPiN was a common name in Exmouth in the 16th and 17th 
 
 centuries. William Turpin was churchwarden of Littleham in 
 1575 (Webb). Turpin is also an ancient east of England name ; 
 further reference to it will be found under " Essex." 
 
 V— Z. 
 
 Charles Venn was mayor of Barnstaple in 1761 (G.). Venn 
 is a Devonshire place-name. There are a few Venns in Somerset. 
 
 William Venner was a Crediton gentleman in the time of 
 
 Cromwell (P ) ; the name is still in the town The Wadlands 
 
 were an ancient family of Bideford merchants of the 16th and 
 irtli centuries. Mr. Thomas Wadland was six times mayor of 
 
16(3 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Bideford in the reigns of James I. and Charles I. Richard 
 Wadland commanded one of the Bideford ships engaged in the 
 Newfoundland trade in the reign of William III. (Wat.). This 
 branch of the family, according to Watkins, became extinct a 
 century ago. The name, however, still survives in Barnstaple and 
 
 other places around The WakehAx\is, who are numerous in the 
 
 district of Ivybridge, possess the name of a village in the neigh- 
 bouring county of Dorset The Westcotts are now established 
 
 in the North Molton district. Westcote was the name of an 
 old gentle family of Shobrook that dated back to the reign of 
 Henry YIIL (W.). The Westacotts are at home in Barnstaple 
 and its vicinity. Martin Westacot was a Barnstaple man in the 
 reign of Anne (Gr.) Westacott is the name of hamlets in North 
 Devon. There are also hamlets named Westcott in the county. 
 In fact, Westcott and Westcote are common place-names in the 
 south of England. Wescott is the Somerset form of the surname. 
 
 Westlake is an old Barnstaple name. Thomas Westlake was 
 
 mayor in 1618; and in 1636 Katherine Westlake of Barnstaple, 
 widow, left a yearly bequest for the poor artificers of the town 
 
 (G.). There is a place thus called in Ermington parish 
 
 Wheaton was a frequent Exmouth name in the 17th century 
 
 (Webb), and it still occurs in the town Amongst the old 
 
 Devonshire knightly families now scantily represented in the 
 county is that of Whyddon of Chagford in the 16th and in the 
 
 17th century (P.) The Whiteways or Whiteaways bear an 
 
 ancient Devonshire name, John de Wyteweye, of the Teignbridge 
 hundred in the reign of Edward L, is referred to in the Hundred 
 Rolls. An ancient estate in Kingsteignton, near Chadleigh, is 
 called Whiteway, and a family of Whiteway resided in Chudleigh 
 in the 16th and 17th centuries (Jones' " Chudleigh " and West- 
 cote's " Devon "). The name was established in Ashburton in the 
 16th century, Whytewaye being the name of Ashburton church- 
 wardens in 1589 and 1578 (W. A. and A.). The name is still 
 
 represented in Chudleigh and Ashburton The Willings are 
 
 represented in the Kingsbridge district. Willing was a Bucks 
 
 name in the reign of Edward I. (H. R.) The Widdicombes and 
 
 WiTHECOMES or WiTHEYCOMBES have taken the names of parishes 
 and villages in the county. Lawrence Wethecombe was an Ash- 
 burton churchwarden in 1538 : there was a John Wideycombe in 
 Ashburton in 1729 (W. A.). The names still occur in this neigh- 
 bourhood and in the Totnes district The Wkefords possessed an 
 
DEVONSHIRE. 167 
 
 estate in the parisli of Hennock in the 16th century (P.)- Wrey- 
 ford was the name of Ashburton churchwardens in 1507, 1544, 
 and 1575 (A.). The name is now well represented in the adjacent 
 
 district of Newton Abbott The Wottons were a landed family 
 
 of Inglebourne, in the parish of Harberton, in the 16th and 17lh 
 
 centuries (Dy.) Wroth is at present a Kinssbridge name. 
 
 Wroth was the name of a line of baronets of Petherton Park, 
 
 Somerset, in the 17th century (Collinson's "Somerset") 
 
 Amongst the ancient Devonshire gentle families that still linger 
 in the county are those of Yarde. The Yards of Bradley in High 
 Week were considered an ancient family 250 years ago (W.). The 
 Yardes of the Whiteway estate in Kingsteignton, and of Culver 
 House, Chudleigh, belong to one of the most ancient of Devon 
 
 families (Jones' " Chudleigh ") The Yeo family have lived on 
 
 the estate of the Duke of Bedford in Swimbridge for the last 300 
 years (Kelly's " Devonshire Directory "). 
 
168 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 DORSETSHIRE. 
 
 N'oTE. — The asterisk indicates tliat a name, tliouo;1i characteristic 
 of the county, is more numerous elsewhere. 
 
 G-ENEEAL Names (30-40 counties). 
 *Sm-:tli White 
 
 Common Names (20-29 counties). 
 
 Andrews (Blandford) 
 Bennett 
 
 ^rCole 
 L Coles 
 Hunt 
 
 ^Kead 
 
 *Saunders 
 
 *Young 
 
 Regional Names (10-19 counties). 
 
 Barnes 
 
 *Bishop 
 Cox 
 *Cross 
 *Curti8 
 
 {Dean 
 Deane 
 
 *Ford 
 
 Miller 
 
 ♦Fowler 
 
 *Parsons (Sherborne) 
 
 *Lane 
 
 Eose 
 
 * Lawrence 
 
 *Stone 
 
 *Mar..h 
 
 ♦Symonds 
 
 *Miles 
 
 Warren 
 
 DiSTBiCT Names (4-9 counties). 
 
 Abbott 
 
 *aale 
 
 
 Norton 
 
 Bartlett 
 
 *God<iard 
 
 
 *Perrett 
 
 Bentley (Chartl 
 
 *aould 
 
 
 *Pike 
 
 Burt 
 
 Groves 
 
 
 ^ r Randall 
 L Randell 
 
 Cave 
 
 Hiscock (Shaftesbury) 
 
 Drake 
 
 ♦Hodges 
 
 
 Whittle 
 
 Frtiinpton 
 
 Jeffeiy 
 
 
 

 DORSETSHIRE. 
 
 loy 
 
 County Names (2-3 counties] 
 
 1. 
 
 Baverstock 
 
 *Guy 
 
 *Pitman 
 
 Eudden (Wimborne) 
 
 *Hibberd 
 
 ■ Rendall 
 . Rendell 
 
 Churcliill 
 
 Hoare 
 
 Cobb 
 
 *Laver 
 
 Roper 
 
 Crocker 
 
 Lush 
 
 Senior 
 
 Dibben 
 
 Mullins 
 
 Strange 
 
 Dunning 
 
 Paul 
 
 *Vine 
 
 Galpia 
 
 
 
 Peculiar Names (confined mostly to this county). 
 
 Antell 
 
 Gillingham 
 
 Munckton 
 
 Bailam 
 
 Guppy 
 
 Peacli 
 
 Bastable 
 
 Hames 
 
 Pomeroy 
 
 Besent 
 
 Hann 
 
 Rabbetts 
 
 Bowditch 
 
 Hansford 
 
 Ridout (Blandford) 
 
 Brickell 
 
 Hayter 
 
 Ross 
 
 Brine (Shaftesbury) 
 
 Homer (Dorchester) 
 
 Rossiter 
 
 Bugg (Sherborne) 
 
 Honeyfield 
 
 Saraways 
 
 Bugler 
 
 Hounsell 
 
 Scutt 
 
 Caines 
 
 Jesty 
 
 Shute (Gillingham) 
 
 Cake 
 
 Kellaway 
 
 Spicer 
 
 Chilcott 
 
 Keynes 
 
 Sprake 
 
 Cluett 
 
 Kingman 
 
 Studley 
 
 Domiiiy 
 
 Larcombe 
 
 Swaffield 
 
 Dorey 
 
 I^egg 
 
 Symes (Dorchester) 
 
 Dunford 
 
 ' Lodder 
 -Loder 
 
 Topp 
 
 Durcien 
 
 Trowbridge 
 
 Ensor 
 
 Mayo 
 
 Tuffin (Shaftesbury) 
 
 Tifett 
 
 Meaden 
 
 Wakely (Beaminster) 
 
 Fooks 
 
 Meatyard 
 
 Walden 
 
 Foot 
 
 Meech 
 
 Wareham 
 
 Gatehouse 
 
 Milledge 
 
 Wrixon 
 
 Genge 
 
 
 
 NOTES ON SOME OF THE CHARACTERISTIC DORSETSHIRE 
 
 NAMES. 
 (The names are arranged in alphabetical groups, but not necessarily in alpha- 
 betical order in each group.) 
 
 Authorities indicated hy tlie jolloioing ahhreviations : — 
 
 E. indicates Ellis' " Weymouth and Melcombe Regis." 
 
 H. „ Hutchins' " Dorsetshire." 
 
 H. R. „ Hundred Rolls. 
 
 L. ,, Lower's '' Patronymica Britannica." 
 
 S. „ Sydenham's " Poole." 
 
170 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 A— C. 
 
 The family of Bowditch anciently held in part a manor and 
 farm in Chardstock, which bore their name. John Bowditch, of 
 Chardstock, gent., had property there in the time of Elizabeth 
 
 (H.) The Brines of the neighbourhood of Shaftesbury had a 
 
 representative of their name in Marnhull 300 years ago The 
 
 Buddens owned property in Hoi well, Cranbourne parish, in the 
 reign of Elizabeth ; and in the middle of last century there was a 
 family of the name in the neighbouring village of Ashmore (H ). 
 At present the home of the name is in and around Wimborne, so 
 that it would seem that it has only shifted some seven or eight 
 
 miles in three centuries The family of BuGG, of the vicinity of 
 
 Sherborne, have probably an ancestor in John Buggo, who owned 
 land in West Tyneham some time in the 16th century (H.). Both 
 Bugg and Bugge were not uncommon names in Oxfordshire in the 
 reign of Edward I. (H. R.) ; and Lower suggests, with the great 
 probability of his surmise being correct, that this name is a form 
 of the Saxon names Bucge and Bogue. This explanation is also 
 advanced by Ferguson in his " Surnames as a Science." He refers 
 to Anglo-Saxon landholders named Buga and Bugga, and tells us 
 that these names, together with Bucge, are also ancient German 
 names. In fact, at the present day we find Bugge as a surname 
 both in Germany and Scandinavia. To return, however, to the 
 English representatives of the name, we learn from Deering's 
 " N'ottingham," that in the reign of Mary I., the Bugges, as 
 Merchants of the Staple, were persons of considerable note in the 
 town of I»I"ottingham. The Rev. H. Bugg was incumbent of 
 
 Bleasby, Notts, in 1751 The Burts owned the estate of Worths 
 
 in Catstock from the time of Charles II. to the end of last century, 
 when they sold it. There was a gentle family of Burt in Poor- 
 stock last century (H.) In the troublous year of 1645, there 
 
 were sequestrated in this county an estate in Whitchurch Canoni- 
 corum belonging to Mr. William Chilcot, and the impropriation 
 called St. Luke's, in the parish of Burton Bradstock, belonging to 
 Lieutenant-Colonel Chilcott ; this last fell into the hands of a Mr. 
 Chilcott in 1650, who afterwards sold it (H.). Chilcott is the 
 name of a tithing in Somerset, and there are places named Chilcote 
 
 in Derbyshire and Staffordshire The distinguished Dorset 
 
 family of Churchill, whence sprang the Duke of Marlborough, 
 
 resided at Mintern in the 16th and 17th centuries For Caines 
 
 see under " Keynes." 
 
DORSETSHIRE. 171 
 
 D— G. 
 
 The DiBBENS, of Manston, flourished in the 17th and 18th 
 centuries. Thej were patrons of the living of Fontmel between 
 1700 and 1812, and the rectors were members of the family. Early- 
 last century they also held a farm in Beaminster (H.) Through- 
 out the 18th century the family of Dore, the ancestors, I conclude, 
 of the present family of Dorby, held the Povington estate in West 
 Tyneham ; in 1722 there was a Robert Dore of Liraington, Somer- 
 set (H.) Devenish is an old Dorset name, though not now 
 
 sufficiently frequent to be placed in my list. A gentle family of 
 Devenish resided at Gillingham in the 17th century (H.). Deven- 
 ish was the name of a Weymouth chief magistrate in 1828 (E.) 
 
 Deake is a characteristic Dorset name.. A gentle family of 
 
 Drake owned Childhay manor, Broad Windsor, in the reign of 
 Charles I. ; and John Drake was a West Chelborough gentleman 
 
 in the reign of Charles II. (H.) The Ensoes, of Dorset, may 
 
 be descended, like the Ensors of RoUesby Hall, Norfolk, from the 
 Edensors of Staffordshire, who derived their name from a Derby- 
 shire parish (L.) In the reigns of Elizabeth and James I., a 
 
 Dorset family of Dunning held land in Brockhampton, Buckland; 
 the Dunnings of Beaminster in the last century owned Chaple 
 Marsh farm; Henry Dunning, M.D., of Beaminster, died in 1762 
 (H.). The Dunnings are also established in Devon, Warwickshire, 
 
 and Yorkshire The Fifetts, of Dorset, are evidently descended 
 
 from the ancient family of Fif-hide, that held land in the present 
 parish of Fifehead Neville in the reign of Edward III., and owned 
 the patronage of the living, A century ago this parish was more 
 correctly spelt Fifehide Nevil, as indicating the number of hides 
 it contained. In 1781 died John Fifed, of West Orchard, in Great 
 Fontmel (H.). In mediaeval times we find the surname of Fifhide 
 or Fif hyde in Oxfordshire and Wilts, as at the close of the 13th 
 
 century (H. R.) The family of FoOKS probably descend from 
 
 the family of Foukes, to whom was leased during the 17th century 
 a part of the manor of Simondsbury, which passed out of their 
 hands in 1694. This old Dorset family, says Hutchins, derived 
 their descent from " gentlemen of good esteem in Staffordshire." 
 
 The name of Foot was represented by a family in Mapouder 
 
 parish in the latter half of last century; and at the same time 
 there lived Joseph Foot, M.D., in Castleton, near Sherborne (H.), 
 There were Galpins in Marnhull, Obberton, and Blandford, 
 
172 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 during last century ; and a vicar of Portisham in tlie time of 
 
 Charles II. bore this name (H.) ; the name is still in Marnhull 
 
 The GiLLiNGHAMS evidently derive their name from the Dorset 
 town thus called. In 1695 Roger Gillingham, Esq., of the Middle 
 Temple, founded a school and almhouse in Wimborne Minster;. 
 
 and the name was represented last century in Holwell (H.) 
 
 GoDDARD was tlie name of a Gillingham family in the 17th century 
 (H.). Richard Goddard was mayor of Poole in 1559 (S.). The 
 
 name is still in Gillingham. (See under " Wilts," etc.) For 
 
 nearly four centuries, in fact as far back as the parish registers 
 enable us to trace the name, the principal home of the Guppts has 
 been in Dorset, close to the Somerset and Devon borders, as shown 
 by the wills in Somerset House ; several families of well-to-do 
 yeomen bearing this name resided in Halstock, South Perrott, 
 Cheddington, and Frampton, during the 16th and 17th centuries. 
 Pickyeate, Pykeyeate, or Picket, in South Perrott, was the 
 residence of a family of Guppy or Guppie as far back as the reign 
 of Elizabeth, and the name has since been frequent in the South 
 Perrott registers until within the last twenty years. Prom Dorset 
 the name extended into the surrounding counties of Somerset, 
 Devon, and Wilts, in the last two of which it is now very rare or 
 extinct. A family of Guppy resided at Farway, Devon, from the 
 beginning of the 17th century (perhaps earlier) until a generation 
 ago ; to this stock belonged the Guppys of Sidbury Castle in the 
 early part of this century. Somerset has long known the name. 
 Amongst the martyrs of the Monmouth rebellion in 1685 were 
 William and Justinian Guppy, of Taunton, who were transported 
 t(; Barbadoes, and died both of them on the voyage ; w^hilst Roger 
 Guppey was executed at Bridgwater ( Ho tt en's " American Emi- 
 grants;" "Western Martyrology "). A gentle family of Guppy 
 resided at Chard last century, and to the Somersetshire Guppys 
 belonged the founder of the present engineering firm at Naples. 
 It is remarkable that after nearly 400 years the name yet lingers 
 around its old Dorset homes in Halstock and South Perrott ; a few 
 of the name are still to be found in Somerset. The extinct Wilt- 
 shire family is referred to under that county. 
 
 H— K. 
 
 The Hanns of Dorset may find an ancestor in Robert Hann, 
 gent., of Corfe, Somerset, who owned a farm in Worth Maltravers 
 
DORSETSHIRE. 173 
 
 probably early last century (H.) Hugli Hansfoed, wlio died in 
 
 Loders in 1677, made a benefaction of four acres for the poor of 
 the parish ; Robert Hansford was churchwarden of Loders in 
 
 1786 (H.). The name is still in Loders The family of Hayter 
 
 had an estate and seat in East Creech, Knolle parish, in the 17th 
 and 18th centuries ; but in 1770 it passed out of their hands. 
 During the latter half of last century there were two well-known 
 Shaftesbury squires of this name, and the name is still in that 
 town. The great tithes of Sydling St. Nicholas, in the first 
 quarter of last century, were held by a Mr. Hayter. John Hayter, 
 son of the rector of Sutton Mandeville, Wilts, lived for balf a 
 century in Melbury Abbas, and died in 1770; his son (apparently) 
 
 was churchwarden of Melbury Abbas, Dorset, m 1786 (H.) 
 
 The Dorset HisCOCKS ai^e mostly gathered around Shaftesbury. 
 The name, which is still well represented in Wilts, occurred in the 
 parish of Berwick Saint John in that county in the middle of the 
 
 17th century (Hoare's "Wilts") The Homees of Dorchester and 
 
 its neighbourhood possess an ancient Dorset surname. According 
 to Lov/er, there was a Thomas de Homere in 1338 who held lands 
 in this county ; Homer is also the name of an ancient Staffordshire 
 family, and there is a hamlet thus called in the adjoining county 
 of Shropshire Giles Hounsell was chief magistrate of Wey- 
 mouth and Melcombe Regis in the reign of Charles I. (E.). 
 
 Hounsell is still a Weymouth name The Kellawats probably 
 
 take their name from a parish in Wilts. The Kelways or Kella- 
 ways were an ancient family of Chilfrome, where they lived during 
 the first half of the 16th century, and at the same time one of the 
 name owned land in Long Bridy and AUington (H.). In the 
 latter part of the 15th century, William Kelway, gent., held land 
 in Sherborne parish, and " seems to have been ancestor to a family 
 after seated at Lillington " (H.). Through last century there was 
 a well-to-do family at Piddle Hinton bearing this name (H.). 
 Joseph Kelloway, one of the martyrs of the Monmouth rebellion in 
 1685, met his death on the scaffold at Somerton in Somersetshire 
 
 ('' Western Msft-tyrology ") The ancient family of Keynes 
 
 owned the manors of Stoke Wake, Candel Wake, and Hull, as 
 well as estates in Wilts, during the 15th and 16th centuries. 
 Still further back, they owned part of the manor of Combe Keynes 
 during the 14th century (H.). This name was usually spelt 
 Keynes, but sometimes Kaines, so that probably the present Caines' 
 of this county hail from the same stock The Dorset Hulls 
 
174 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 probably derive tlieir name from a place in the county Havy- 
 
 LAND was tlie name of fifteen mayors of Poole from 1494 to 1569 
 (S.). The name is now rare in the county. 
 
 L-Q. 
 
 The nam.e of Legg was represented in Stourminster last century ; 
 and a gentleman named Henry Bilson Legge owned property 
 
 at the same time in Chilfrome (H.) The family of Lodder 
 
 or LoDER probably takes its name from Loders, a Dorset parish. 
 About the middle of the 17th century, Andrew Loder, of Dor- 
 chester, gent., came into possession of the Osehill estate in 
 Wotton Glanvile, audit remained in the family until 1728. There 
 was a family of Loder in Stourton Candel about the middle of 
 
 last century (H.) Some well-known merchants of Shaftesbury 
 
 in the last century bore the name of Lush ; and in 1 796 one of 
 
 them was mayor of that town (H.) The name of Mayo was 
 
 represented in Great Fontmel in the latter half of last century. 
 About the same time, Mr. George Mayo, of Lower Compton, 
 
 owned the West Holway estate in Catstock (H.) The name of 
 
 Meatyard, in the form of Meatyeard, occurred in Gillingham in the 
 beginning of last century (H.). According to Lower, Mete-yard 
 
 was the mediaeval name for a measuring stick In 1730, Thomas 
 
 Meech, M.D., came into possession of the manor of Little Bridy : 
 during last century the same family held estates in Charminster 
 and Stratton, and were patrons of the living of Long Bridy (H.). 
 
 In 1645 a family of Mullins or Mullens, still repiesented in 
 
 the locality, owned land in Wimborne Minster; and during the 
 latter half of the 16th century the family of Mullens or Molyns 
 
 possessed the manor of West Hall in Folke (H.) The Dorset 
 
 MuNCKTONS may find a kinship with the Rev. C. Monckton, master 
 of a school at Liskeard, in Cornwall, in the early part of last 
 century (Polwhele's "Cornwall") John Pittman was a pro- 
 minent Poole townsman in the reign of Charles II. (S.)., and the 
 
 name is still in the town Last century Mr. William Gaisford 
 
 Peach owned Hide farm in Bere Regis (H.) The name of 
 
 Paul, in the form of Paull, was represented in the 17th century in 
 
 Drempton and I^etherway in Broad Windsor (H.) Pomeroy 
 
 is an ancient Devonshire surname, and the name of a parish (Berry 
 Pomeroy) in that county. From the Conquest to the reign of 
 Edward Vl. the powerful and ennobled family of De Pomeroy 
 
DORSETSHIRE. 175 
 
 owned the manor of Berry Pomeroy and macli other property in 
 that county (Worthy's " Ashburton "). There are still a few of 
 the name in Devonshire. 
 
 E— Z. 
 
 The present family of Ridout, of the vicinity of Blandford, 
 possess namesakes or kinsmen in the Rideouts of Shrowton of last 
 century. About a hundred years ago the Rev. P. Rideout, of 
 Hooks Wood, Farnham, owned a farm in Ewern Minster (H.). 
 
 The Dorset name of Ross is probably a variation of Russ, a 
 
 name that has characterised the adjacent county of Wilts for 
 
 many centuries Samways is an old Dorset name. There seem 
 
 to have been two or three principal stocks. In the first place, 
 there was a gentle family of the name in Beaminster 200 years 
 ago ; and there was a family of Samways of Broadway in the 17th 
 century that attained some note, and sprang from Henry Samways 
 of Bincombe, who lived about the beginning of the 16th century 
 (H.). The family of Samways, of Toller Fratrum and Winter- 
 bourne St. Martin, in the 17th century, claimed descent from 
 John Samways, of Dorchester, who lived in the middle of the 
 previous century (H.). Robert Samwise was chief magistrate of 
 Weymouth and Melcombe Regis in 1517 (E.). Samways is still 
 
 a Weymouth and a Dorchester name The Dorsetshire Scutts 
 
 may represent the Somersetshire Scotts, but the name as such has 
 long characterised Dorsetshire. Skutt was the name of eleven 
 mayors of Poole from 1621 to 1742 (S.)., and as Scutt it still 
 
 occurs in the town The Shutes of Gillingham bear the name 
 
 of an old Devonshire family and of a Devonshire parish A 
 
 family of Senior lived in Marnhull last centnry (H.), and still 
 
 reside there The Spicers lived in Bishop's Candle or Caundle 
 
 Bishop last century (H.), and still reside there. Several of the 
 mayors of Exeter bore this name from the 16th to the 18th 
 
 century (Izacke's "Exeter") Several of the mayors of Bide- 
 
 ford, Devon, in the 17th centurj^ bore the name of Strange 
 
 (Watkins' " Bideford ") Spurrier was the name of seven 
 
 mayors of Poole during last century (S.). It is now rare in the 
 
 county Joseph Swaffield was the name of the chief magistrate 
 
 of Weymouth in 1745, 1752, and 1764 (E.) In 1588, John 
 
 Studley of Petersham, gent., gave £25 to the fund collected for 
 the national defence against the Spanish Armada. A family of 
 
176 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 tiiis name owned Wantsley farm in Broad Windsor two centuries 
 ago (H.), and the name is still in the district. Studley is the 
 
 name of places in the counties of Wilts, Oxford, etc Symes, 
 
 which, is at present well represented a,round Dorchester, is an old 
 Dorset name. In the 17th century a family of Symes resided at 
 and owned property in East Melplash in Netherbury; but last 
 century the family lived also in Beaminster, one of them, Richard 
 Symes, barrister-at-law, who died in 1783, being a great lover of 
 antiquities (H.). The name is still in Netherbury and Beaminster. 
 
 The Dorset family of Topp probably belong to the ancient 
 
 Wiltshire family of Topp, now extinct, that held the manor of 
 Stockton in Wilts from before the Reformation until the close of 
 last century, when it passed by marriage into the possession of 
 Robert Balch, Esq., of St. Audries, Somerset (Hoare's "Wilts"). 
 The Thowbridges evidently took their name from the well- 
 known Wiltshire town; whilst the Warehams similarly derived 
 their name from a town in Dorsetshire. Hutchins gives the 
 
 pedigree of an ancient family of Warliam of Osmington A 
 
 family named Whittle lived in Stourton Candel last century : 
 Jt)hn Whittle was a churchwarden there in 1786 (H.). 
 
DURHAM. 
 
 177 
 
 DUEHAM. 
 
 Note, — The asterisk indicates fhat a name, thongli characteristic 
 of this conntj, is more numerous elsewhere. The capital 
 letters following a name are explained under the list of 
 Cumberland names. 
 
 *Brown, S. 
 *HalI, S. 
 *Johnson 
 
 General Names (30-40 counties). 
 
 Robinson 
 *Smith, S. F. 
 
 *Taylor, S. ' 
 * Wilson, S. F. 
 
 Common Names (20-29 counties). 
 
 f Foster 
 
 Reed 
 
 Walker, S. 
 
 I Forster 
 
 (Reid in Scotland, S.) 
 
 Watson, S. 
 
 *Harrison 
 
 Richardson, B. 
 
 ♦Wood, S. 
 
 *Jackson, S. F., C. S. 
 
 ♦Shepherd (Darhngton), 
 
 ♦Young (Durham) 
 
 *Lee 
 
 a.s. 
 
 
 *Parker 
 
 ♦Thompson, L. 
 (Thomson in Scotland, S.) 
 
 
 Regional Names (10-19 counties). 
 
 ♦Atkinson 
 ♦Bell, S. F., B. 
 ♦Dawson (Darhngton), 
 
 C.S. 
 ♦Dixon 
 
 (Dickson in Scotland, 
 C.S., S. F.) 
 ♦Dunn, S. F. 
 
 Elhott, B. 
 
 Gibson, S. F. 
 
 ♦Hardy 
 
 (Hardie in Scotland, 
 
 G.S.) 
 ♦Hart 
 ♦Holmes 
 ♦Lamb 
 ♦Miller, S. 
 ♦Newton 
 ♦Nicholson, B. 
 
 ♦Oliver, B. 
 ♦Scott, S. F., B. 
 ♦Simpson, S. 
 
 Stephenson (Darling- 
 ton) 
 
 Stevenson, S. F. 
 
 Walton (Darlington) 
 
 Wilkinson 
 ♦Williamson, S. 
 
178 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 DiSTEiCT Names (4-9 counties). 
 
 ♦Anderson, Gf-. S. 
 Bainbridge (Darling- 
 ton) 
 *Coulson 
 
 {Crow 
 Crowe 
 Davison 
 
 (Davidson in Scot- 
 land, S.) 
 Dobson 
 ♦Dodds, S. F. 
 J Emmerson (Darlington) 
 I Emerson 
 
 =*Graliam, S. F., C. S. 
 
 Hodgson 
 
 Hull 
 
 Hunter, a. S. 
 
 Hutchinson 
 
 (Hutchison in Scot- 
 land, S.) 
 
 Lawson, S. 
 
 Parkin 
 ♦Peacock 
 ♦Pickering 
 ♦Robson, B. 
 
 Butter 
 
 Sanderson 
 
 Snowdon 
 ♦Sowerby (Darlington) 
 ^r Storey 
 I Story 
 
 ♦Thornton (Darlington) 
 ♦Todd (Darlington), S. F. 
 
 Tweddell 
 *Wade 
 
 Whitfield 
 
 Adamson, S. F. 
 r AUinson 
 \ Allison 
 ♦Angus, S. 
 
 Blackett 
 ♦Blair, S. F. 
 
 Blenkinsop 
 
 Collingwood 
 
 CoUinson 
 
 Cui-ry 
 
 (Currie in Scotland, 
 S. F.) 
 
 Dent (Darlington) 
 
 Dowson 
 ♦Drvden 
 
 Errington 
 ♦Featherstone 
 ♦Fothergill 
 
 County Names (2-3 counties). 
 
 (jribbon 
 ♦Hedley 
 ♦Henderson, S. 
 ♦Heslop 
 ♦Jobson 
 ♦Laws 
 
 Longstaff 
 
 Lowes 
 
 Lowrey 
 
 Maddison 
 J Maugham 
 I Maughan 
 
 Meek 
 ♦Milburn 
 ♦Nixon 
 
 Pattison 
 
 (Patterson in Scot- 
 land, S.) 
 
 ♦Potts 
 
 Eaine 
 ♦Ridley 
 ♦Bitson 
 
 Snowball 
 ♦Stobbs 
 ♦Swinburne 
 
 Tate (Sunderland) 
 
 (Tait in Scotland, B.) 
 r Tindale 
 L Tyndal 
 ♦Turnbull, B. 
 
 Vickers (Darlington) 
 ♦Wallace, S. F., C. S. 
 ♦Waugh, B. 
 
 Wheatley 
 ♦Winter 
 
 Peculiar Names (confined mostly to this county). 
 
 Applegarth 
 
 Burdon 
 
 
 &reenweU 
 
 Beadle 
 
 Callender 
 
 
 Heppell 
 . Hepple 
 
 Bruce, S. 
 
 Coatsworth 
 
 (Darling- 
 
 " Bullman 
 . Bulman 
 
 ton) 
 
 
 Hewitson 
 
 Eggleston 
 
 
 Hopps 
 
Jameson 
 -Jamieson, S. 
 
 jjurvnivivi. 
 
 Mallam (Sunderland) 
 
 Surtees 
 
 Pallister 
 
 Tarn 
 
 Kirkup 
 
 Pease 
 
 Tinkler 
 
 Kirton 
 
 Proud 
 
 Walburn 
 
 MacLaren, C. S. 
 
 Quelch 
 
 Weai-mouth 
 
 Makepeace 
 
 Shotton 
 
 
 179 
 
 NOTES ON SOME OF THE CHARACTERISTIC DURHAM 
 
 NAMES. 
 
 (The names are arranged in alphabetical groups, but not necessarilj in alpha- 
 betical order in each group.) 
 
 Authorities indicated hy the following abbreviations : — 
 
 B- indicates Brewster's " Stockton-on-Tees." 
 
 H. R. „ Hundred Rolls. 
 
 L. „ Lower's " Patronjmiea Britannica." 
 
 Long. „ LongstafPe's " Darlington." 
 
 S. „ Surtees' " County of Durham." 
 
 Note. — Hutchinson's " County of Durham" would be a most useful work 
 if it possessed an index. 
 
 A— C. 
 
 Applegarth, a word signifying " orcliard," was probably afc 
 one time a more generally distributed surname than it is at 
 present. As A.ppelgar and Le Appelgart it occurred in Bucks and 
 
 Essex in the 13th century (H, R.) Bainbridge is a name that 
 
 is also well represented in one form or another in the neighbour- 
 ing counties of Yorkshire and Westmoreland. {See under those 
 counties.) The old family of Bainbrigg of the county of Durham 
 dates back to the 15th century; and last century several mayors 
 of the city of Durham bore the name of Bainbridge (S.), which is 
 yet represented there. At present the name is mostly established 
 in the Darlington district. In fact Bainbridge has been a 
 Darlington name since the time of Elizabeth (Long.). It lias also 
 
 N 2 
 
180 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 been established in Stockton-on-Tees since the middle of the 16th 
 century, when John Baynbridge was mayor (B,). There is a seat 
 
 called Bainbridge in the county The name of Backhouse has 
 
 been notably connected with Darlington both in the past and in 
 
 the present century (Long.). (See under "Cumberland") In 
 
 the reign of Henry YIII., the name of Bulman occurred in Black- 
 well, Darlington, and in Bipon (Long.) Blackett is a name 
 
 that was represented in the county as far back as the reign of 
 Edward III., when Richard de Black-heved or Blackhead was 
 forester of Stanhope, near Darlington (L.). The name is also to 
 
 be found amongst the existing N'orthumberland gentry Blen- 
 
 KINSOP is the name of an ancient border family, and there is a 
 township thus called in Northumberland. At present, however, 
 the principal home of the name is in the county of Durham, where 
 a family of Blenkinsop held the manor of Birtley during the 15th 
 and 16th centuries (S.). Blenkinsop was a Darlington name last 
 
 century (Long.), and is still represented there Burdon is the 
 
 name of two townships in the county. From the end of the 15th 
 to the close of the 18th century eighteen mayors of Stockton-on- 
 Tees bore this name (B.), which is still represented in the town. 
 Darlington also has possessed the name ever since the 14th 
 
 century, when it was written " De Burdon" (Long.) The old 
 
 gentle family of Bracken bury, of Grainford, in the 16th and 17th 
 centuries (Walbran's " Gainford") is now scantily represented in 
 
 the county. (/See under " Lincolnshire ") The Collingwoods 
 
 belong to an ancient Northumberland family that flourished at 
 Eslington for centuries (L. and S.). During the last ,300 years, 
 however, the Collingwoods have formed an important family in the 
 county of Durham, which may now be considered the home of the 
 
 name (S.) Curry is a name that was represented by Corry in 
 
 the adjacent county of Cumberland in the 13th century (H. B.) 
 
 There was a Ralph Coatsworth in 1613 in Darlington 
 
 (Long.), and Darlington is still the home of the name. 
 
 D— H. 
 
 The Dents have been established in Darlington since the reign 
 of James I. (Long.). The name is also represented in Yorkshire 
 nnd in Herefordshire ; and there are places thus called in the 
 
 West Riding and Northumberland Eggleston is a name which 
 
 was represented by Eggliston or Egleston in Northumberland in 
 
DURHAM. 181 
 
 the reign of Edward I. (Inquisitions). There is a town thus called 
 
 in the county of Durham The Emeksons, who lived at Hill 
 
 Close House, Darlington, for centuries (Long.), are still repre- 
 sented in that town and its neighbourhood The Erringtons 
 
 held property in the parish of Elton as far back as tlie reign "of 
 Elizabeth (S.). The name is also established in Northumberland. 
 
 Brringden is the name of a place in Yorkshire Greenwell is a 
 
 very ancient Durham surname. According to Lower, the Green- 
 wells belong to a wide-spread and ancient family descended from 
 Gulielmus Presbyter, who in 1183 held the lands of Greenwell in 
 the parish of Walsingham in the county of Durham. The Green- 
 wells of Stobilee, who carry their pedigree back to the beginning 
 of the 16th century, seem to have been one of the principal stocks 
 in modern times ; the property of Broorashields has been for four 
 
 centuries in the possession of a branch of this family (S.) 
 
 Heppell or Hepple is the name of two townships in Northumber- 
 land In the 17th century the Hutchinsons held property 
 
 around the city of Durham ; at that time they were the most 
 numerous and respectable of the yeomanry of the village of Bishop 
 Middleham, but in the 18th century many of them migrated to 
 
 Stockton and Whitton in the same county (S.) The Hodgsons 
 
 are at present most numerous in this county and in the adjacent 
 parts of Yorkshire. As far back as the 15th century they were 
 
 more numerous in Northumberland than they are at present 
 
 The Peatherstones have been for ages one of the principal Wear- 
 dale clans (Denham's " Slogans of the North"). 
 
 K— Z. 
 
 The KiRTONS were numerous in Lincolnshire in the 18th 
 century (H. R.), deriving their name from a place in that county. 
 At present they are comparatively rare in their original home, and 
 
 are mostly found in the county of Durham The Lawsons of 
 
 Nesham Abbey in this county trace their pedigree four centuries 
 back (S.) ; but the name is also established in the other northern 
 
 counties The Maddisons were an old county family of influence, 
 
 and to them the punning epithet of the Mad Maddisons was once 
 applied. Those of Saltwellside trace back their descent for three 
 
 centuries (S.). The name is also established in Lincolnshire 
 
 Longstaff has been a Darlington name since the reign of James I. 
 (Long.) The notable family of Pease, which has been con- 
 
182 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 nected with Darlington since the last century, hailed originally 
 
 from the vicinity of Wakefield in the West Riding (Long.) In 
 
 1780, a patent was granted to Thomas Proud, of Darlington, for a 
 drill for sowing turnips (Long.). The name is still in the town. 
 
 Raine, a name known all up and down Teesdale, has long 
 
 been connected with Darlington in this county and with T^ew- 
 castle in Northumberland ; it has been established in Darlington 
 
 since the 16th century (Long.) Thomas Snowdon was mayor of 
 
 Hartlepool in 1699 (Sharp's "Hartlepool") The name of 
 
 QuELCH occurs only in my list for the county of Durham. The 
 rector of Hackford, Norfolk, in the reign of James L, bore this 
 
 name (Blomefield's "Norfolk") Surtees is the name of an 
 
 ancient family in the county that reckons amongst its ancestors 
 Barons of the Palatinate, as far back as the 12th century, the name 
 signifying " on the Tees " The name of Tweddell is also estab- 
 lished in Northumberland, Camberland, Westmoreland, and the 
 northern part of Yorkshire ; but its form varies considerably. 
 (See under *^' Northumberland.") The Tweddellsof Thorpthewles 
 in the county of Durham, and of Threepwood in Northumberland, 
 
 carry their descent three centuries back (S.) Northumberland 
 
 is the original home of the Tindales or Tindalls, and reference 
 will be found to them under that county Shotton and Wear- 
 mouth are the names of places in the county Walton, a name 
 
 now numerous in the Darlington district, has characterised Wear- 
 dale forages (Denham's " Slogans of the North "). 
 
ESSEX. 
 
 183 
 
 ESSEX. 
 
 Note. — An asterisk before a name denotes that, though character- 
 istic of the county, the name is more relatively numerous 
 elsewhere. 
 
 Brown 
 r Clark 
 I Clarke 
 
 General Names (30-40 counties). 
 
 * Green 
 Smith 
 
 Wright 
 
 
 Common Names (20-29 counties) . 
 
 ♦Baker 
 
 ♦Chapman *Ellis 
 
 Carter 
 
 ♦Cole *Parker 
 
 
 Eegional Names (10-19 counties). 
 
 * Arnold 
 
 Harvey ♦Payne 
 
 Barritt 
 
 ♦Mills Perry 
 
 *Bird 
 
 Newman ♦Porter (Colchester) 
 
 * Cross 
 
 ♦NichoUs Potter 
 
 French 
 
 Page ♦Richardson 
 
 Gardiner 
 
 
 
 Attenborough 
 Bacon 
 Barnard 
 Bright 
 Church 
 ♦Cock 
 Deunis 
 
 DiSTEiCT Names (4-9 counties). 
 
 Fitch 
 J Garratt 
 I Garrett 
 ♦Hicks 
 
 Manning 
 ♦Moss 
 
 ♦Partridge 
 
 Pettitt 
 
 Rayner (Halstead) 
 
 Salmon 
 ♦Welch 
 
 waiis 
 
184 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 CoFNTT Names (2-3 counties). 
 
 Bass 
 
 Eagle 
 
 
 *Snow 
 
 ^ f Blomfield 
 1 Bloomfield 
 
 *Goodchild 
 
 (Halstead) 
 
 Thurgood 
 
 Hearn 
 
 
 Turpin 
 
 Blyth (Colchester) 
 
 Joslin 
 - Josling 
 
 
 Unwin 
 
 Brand 
 
 
 *WagstafE 
 
 Chaplin 
 
 Joy 
 
 
 Wakelin 
 
 Clayden 
 
 *]Srunn 
 
 
 Westwood 
 
 Cowell 
 
 Seabrook (Kelvedon) 
 
 Wiseman 
 
 *Deek8 
 
 
 
 
 Peculiae Names (confined mostly to this county). 
 
 Bash am 
 
 'Ketley 
 . Kettley 
 
 Eaven 
 
 Beddall 
 
 Eickett 
 
 Belcham 
 
 Lagden (Brentwood) 
 
 Eoot 
 
 Bentall (Chelmsford) 
 
 Littlechild 
 
 Euffle 
 
 Byford 
 
 Lucking 
 
 Savill 
 
 Cant (Colchester) 
 
 Marriage 
 
 Scruby 
 
 Caton 
 
 Maskell 
 
 Shave 
 
 Challis 
 
 Matthams 
 
 Sorrell 
 
 Christy (Chelmsford) 
 
 Meeson 
 
 Spurgeun 
 
 Dowsett 
 
 Metson 
 
 Staines 
 
 Eve 
 
 r Milbank 
 L Millbank 
 
 Stock 
 
 Eairhead 
 
 Strutt 
 
 Felgate (Colchester) 
 
 Mott 
 
 Sweeting 
 
 Fenner 
 
 Muggleston 
 
 ' Taber 
 . Tabor 
 
 Folkard (Colchester) 
 
 Nottage 
 
 Oowlett 
 
 Pannell 
 
 Thorington 
 
 Halls 
 
 r Parish 
 l^Parrish 
 
 Tilbrook 
 
 Hasler 
 
 Tofts (Bishop's Stort- 
 
 Hockley 
 
 Patmore 
 
 ford) 
 
 Housden 
 
 Pegrum 
 
 Tween 
 
 Hutley 
 
 Pilgrim 
 
 Wenden 
 . Wendon 
 
 Kemsley 
 
 Pledger 
 
 
 Quilter 
 
 Whitlock (Halstead) 
 
ESSEX. 185 
 
 NOTES ON SOME OF THE CHARACTERISTIC ESSEX NAMES. 
 
 (The names are arranged in alphabetical groups, but not necessarily in alpha- 
 betical order in each group.) 
 
 Authorities indicated by the folloioing abbreviations : — 
 
 C. indicates Cromwell's " Colchester." 
 
 H.R. „ Hundred Rolls. 
 
 J. „ Johnson's *' Great Totham." 
 
 L. „ Lower's " Patronymica Britannica." 
 
 M. „ Morant's " Essex." 
 
 P. „ Pahn's " StifPord." 
 
 Sp. „ Contributors to Armada Fund in 1588 (Brit. Mus., B 474). 
 
 W. „ Wright's " Essex." 
 
 I 
 
 A— D. 
 
 The Attenboeoughs possess the name of a parish in Notts, in 
 
 which county the surname also has a home Bacon is a very 
 
 ancient surname in this county. Knightly families of Bacon or 
 Bacune held manors in the 13th and 14th centuries in the parishes 
 of Dengie and Mountnessing, manors which seem to have taken in 
 each case the name of Bacon from their early lords (M.). Bacon 
 was the name of the mayor of Colchester in 1657 and 1695 (C). 
 Probably the original Bacons of Essex branched off long ago from 
 the great Suffolk family of Bachun, Bacun, or Bacon, itself 
 descended from a Norman stock in the 11th century (L.). In the 
 13th century, Bacun was a common name in Suffolk and Oxford- 
 shire, and less so in Norfolk and Gloucestershire (H. R.). Bacon 
 is now also established in Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Derby- 
 shire Basham is the common pronunciation of Barsham, the 
 
 name of parishes in Norfolk. De Basham was a Norfolk surname 
 in the 13th century (H. R.)...Bass is also a Leicestershire name, 
 Basse occurred in Cambridgeshire and Oxfordshire in the 13th 
 century (H. R.). Edward Bashe held the manor of Botelers 
 
 in Prittlewell parish, Essex, in the reign of Elizabeth (M.) 
 
 The Belchams take their name from Essex parishes named 
 Belchamp. Daniel and John Belsham occupied the Lofts estate 
 in the parish of Great Totham between 1738 and 1781 (J.), and 
 
 the name is still in the district The Bentalls are numerous in 
 
 the Chelmsford district. Benhall is the name of a parish in 
 
186 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Suffolk The Rev. Thomas Brand, rector of Leaden Roding, 
 
 who died in 1654, was the ancestor of Timothy Brand, Esq., of the 
 Hide, iDgatestone, who was high sheriff of the county in 1721 
 (M. and W.). A gentle family of this name, of Polstead Hall, 
 Suffolk, in the 17th and 18th centuries, also owned in Essex the 
 estates of IS'etherball in West Bergholt and Mevaromes in Frating 
 (M.). The name was represented in Lincolnshire and Oxfordshire 
 in the 13th century (H. R.). There is a Lincolnshire parish 
 
 thus called. The surname also now occurs in Herts The 
 
 Catons of Essex are probably a branch of the ancient family 
 of Caton or Catton of Norfolk, where they were located from 
 time immemorial until the middle of last century (L. : Blome- 
 field's "^Norfolk "). Catton is a Norfolk parish, in which lies 
 
 Catton Hall Thomas Challis occupied the Sawns estate in 
 
 Great Totham a hundred years ago (J.). De Challes and De 
 Challers were Cambridgeshire names in the 13th century (H. R.) 
 
 In the 16th century the family of Church or Churche held 
 
 the manor of Wood ham-Mortimer ; and in the 17th century, Mr. 
 William Church owned part of the Arnolds estate in Lamborn 
 
 parish (M.) The Claydens possess the names of parishes in 
 
 Suffolk and Bucks In 1728, Charles Coe occupied the estates 
 
 of Osey Island and Chigboroughs in Great Totham (J.). Further 
 references to this ancient East Anglian name will be found under 
 
 "Norfolk," "Suffolk," and "Cambridgeshire" Cornelius 
 
 Deeks or Deekes held the Stockhall estate in Ulting in the reign 
 
 of George T. (M.). Suffolk is also a home of the name Hugh 
 
 Dennys, Esq., held estates in Maldon in the 16th century (M.). 
 The name of Dennis occurs still in Maldon. 
 
 E— J. 
 
 The name of Eve has long been known in Roding. John Eve 
 held the manor of Keeres or Caros in that parish in the time of 
 Charles I. ; Richard Eve held land in Roding in the middle 
 of last century (M). Richard Eve was buried at Bulphan in 
 1785 (P.). Six centuries ago there were Eves in Suffolk, and the 
 name was also then found in Norfolk, Beds, Cambridgeshire, and 
 
 Hunts (H. R.) The Fairheads were represented in Hunts in 
 
 the 13th century, when William Fairheird lived in that county. 
 
 The Felgates arc now represented in the Colchester district. 
 
 In the time of Edward the Confessor, Felaga was the name of 
 
ESSEX. 187 
 
 a bolder of half a hide of land in Ashwell in Finchingfield parish 
 
 (M.) The Fenners in past time seem to have been more 
 
 numerous on the south side of the Thames. The owners of Fenn 
 Place, Worth, Sussex, were called Atte Fenne for several genera- 
 tions before the time of Henry VI., when they took the name 
 of Fenner; a Kentish branch took the name of Fenour (L.). For 
 a short time, either in the reign of Elizabeth or in that of 
 James I., Sir Greorge Fenner owned Virles and Newick-house 
 
 in Thurstable hundred (M.) The name of Fitch has long been 
 
 established in Essex. In the 16th century, the Fytche or Fitche 
 family, originally of Widdington, resided at Little Canfield and at 
 Brason-head in Lindsell ; they owned the manor of Canfield, and 
 a member of the family was afterwards knighted (M.). John 
 Fitch occupied the Rook Hall estate in Great Totham in 1788 
 (J.). Thomas Fytch of Danbury was high sheriff of Essex 
 in 1767 (M.). Fitche was a Norfolk name in the 13th century 
 
 (H. R.) The FoLKARDS are now established in the Colchester 
 
 district. Folcard, an eminent Flemish scholar, was abbot of 
 Thorney, Cambridgeshire, in the 11th century (L.). There was a 
 
 John Folkard in Bucks in the 13th century (H. R.) The 
 
 HoCKLETS take their name from an Essex parish Amongst the 
 
 old Essex names now rarely represented in the county is that 
 of HONYWOOD. The ancient and distinguished Kentish family of 
 Honywood took its name fiom Henewood or Hunewood in the 
 parish of Postling in Kent, where they lived in the reign of 
 Henry II. ; the Essex branch dates from early in the 16th 
 century, and was located at Marks' Hall, near Coggeshall, in the 
 17th century; the wife of the founder of this branch died in 1620 
 
 at the age of 93, having lived to see 367 descendants (J.) 
 
 JOSLIN or JoSLiNG is a corruption of Jocelyn, Josceline, or Josselyn, 
 the name of an ancient knightly Essex family oE Hyde Hall that 
 held the manor of High Roding and other extensive estates in this 
 and the surrounding counties as far back as the 16th century (M.). 
 The name is also established in the adjoining county of Suffolk. 
 
 The Essex name of Joy was represented by Joye in the 
 
 13th century in Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Hunts, Bucks, and 
 Oxfordshire (H. R.). 
 
 K— M. 
 
 KiNGSMAN is the name of an old Essex gentle family, now 
 scantily represented in the county, as at Rochford (P.). For 
 
188 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 three centuries tlie Kingsmans resided at Burnliani, and at Ardern 
 Hall in Horndon, and in tlie reigns of George I. and Greorge II. 
 
 they served as high sheriffs of the comity (P.) The Lathums 
 
 of Stifford, in the 16th and 17th centuries, were an old gentle 
 
 family, now rarely represented in the county (P.) Lucking 
 
 is another form of the ancient Essex name of Lnckyn. Amongst 
 the Essex gentlemen who contributed to the fund collected for 
 the defence of the country at the time of the expected invasion 
 of the Spanish Armada in 1588 were Henry Luckyn, a donor of 
 £25, and William Luckyn, a donor of £50 (Sp.) Mashbury 
 manor was in the possession of this family in the 16th century, 
 and Lukyn was then an Occasi(mal form of the name (M.) The 
 Luckyns of Messing Hall, and of Little Waltham and Chicknall- 
 Smeley, in the 17th century, possessed a baronetcy and served 
 as high sheriffs of Essex ; from them sprang the ennobled house 
 
 of Grimston (M.) The Mannings were, in the 13th century, 
 
 represented by the Manings in Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Hunts, 
 Lincolnshire, etc. (H. R.). Now they have their principal homes 
 in Essex and Devon, and are also established in Cheshire, North- 
 amptonshire, and Gloucestershire William Marriage of Brom- 
 
 field, where the name is still represented, owned the manor of 
 Fulbornes, in the parish of Great Lees, in the early part of last 
 
 century (M.) Maskell is probably a contraction of Mascherel, 
 
 the name of an ancient family that possessed much property in 
 the county in the 11th century: from the Essex Mascherels 
 sprang the noble family of De Hastings (M.). We find the namo 
 as Maskerel in tbe adjoining county of Suffolk in the ISth 
 century (H. R.). It has been suggested that Mascall, a com- 
 paratively rare name in Kent and Sussex, was originally Marscal, 
 since, in a family deed of the 16th century, it occurs as Marscal 
 (L.). In the 13th century, Le Marscal was a common name in 
 Norfolk and Cambridgeshire (H. R.), and not improbably Marscal 
 is an intermediate form between the modern Marshall and the 
 mediaeval Mareschal, but as to its being the original form of 
 
 Maskell in Essex, I must express a decided doubt Milbank 
 
 was the name of the mayor of Colchester in 1661 (C.) 
 
 Amongst the oldest and most distinguished of Essex families is that 
 of MiLDMAT, now scantily represented in the county, where it has 
 been established since the 15th century: during the 16th, 17th, 
 and 18th centuries the Mildmays were frequently high sheriffs of 
 Essex (M.) The Motts have found a home in this county for 
 
ESSEX. 189 
 
 at least 600 years. In the 13th century the name of Motte 
 occurred in Bradfield in this county (H. R.). From the 14th 
 to the 17fch century there resided a notable gentle family of 
 Mott at Shalford; some of the members lived at Brainfcree, in 
 the same neighbourhood, in the 16th and 17th centuries; Sherne 
 Hall, Shalford, was in the possession of the family in the 17th 
 century (M. and W.). Robert Mott, an Essex gentleman, con- 
 tributed £25 towards the defence of his country at the time of 
 the expected Spanish invasion of 1588 (Sp.) Robert Mott was 
 an alderman of Colchester in 1583 (M.) Samuel Mofct was mayor 
 of Colchester in 1686 and 1693 (C.) The name is still in 
 Braintree. Motts and Mote are old manorial estates in the 
 county (M.). In the 13th century, Motte, sometimes written 
 Mot, was a common Cambridgeshire name, but it also occurred 
 then in Essex, Hunts, Kent, Bucks, and Oxfordshire (H. R.) 
 
 The Meesons possess the name of a Shropshire parish, and 
 
 the MuGGLESTONS have a name which suggests that of a township 
 (Mucklestone) on the borders of Staffordshire and Shropshire, 
 but whether these are mere coincidences or not I cannot say. 
 
 N— P. 
 
 NoTTAGE is another form of Nottidge, the name of a Bocking 
 family of note, one of whose members was high sheriff of Essex 
 
 early in this century (W.) An ancient family of Pannell, or 
 
 Paynell, held the estate of Pannells-Le-Hill in Redgwell, from 
 1385 to 1613 (M.), and the name is still in the parish. Paynel 
 was a name found in most parts of England in the 13th century 
 
 (H. R.) The name of Pettitt, or Pettit, in one form and 
 
 another, is now found in Suffolk, Essex, Kent, Beds, and Sussex. 
 As Petit and Petyt, occasionally preceded by "Le," it was 
 established in much the same part of England six centuries 
 ago, though its area was then more extended, the name being 
 then represented in Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridge- 
 shire, Beds, Herts, Essex, and Oxfordshire — Suffolk and Oxford- 
 shire containing the greatest number (H. R.). George Pettyt 
 was mayor of Hertford in 1652 and 1661 (Tumor's "Hertford"). 
 John Pettit occupied the Rook Hall estate in Great Totham 
 parish, Essex, in 1728 (J.). David Pettyt, Esq., of Wanstead, 
 Essex, who died in 1745, aged 75, was the youngest son of George 
 Pettyt, of Ottford, Kent (M.). In Kent the name has long been 
 
]90 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 establislied. Petyt was a common clerical name in the county in 
 the 15th century, and at that time a family of Petyte owned 
 property in Stockbury ; in the 16th and 17th centuries the 
 Pettits owned the Dandelion estate in Thanet (Hasted's "Kent"). 
 In the 15th century Petit was a clerical name in Norfolk : a 
 Norwich family bore this name in Queen Mary's reign, and a 
 family of Petit lived in Diss in that county last century (Blome- 
 
 field's "Norfolk") Pilgrim is an ancient East Anglian name, 
 
 which was represented in Norfolk and Suffolk in the 13th century 
 
 (H. R.) The Pledgers may, perhaps, derive their name from 
 
 Pledgen, an Essex hamlet Amongst the old and distinguished 
 
 knightly families of Essex now rarely represented in the county 
 is that of PoYNTZ, of North Ockendon, in the 16th and 17th 
 centuries (P.)- 
 
 R— S. 
 
 Six centuries ago, the Ravens were represented in the neigh- 
 bouring counties of Cambridge, Bedford, and Huntingdon (H. R.)- 
 
 The Rayners have characterised the East Anglian and 
 
 adjacent counties for 600 years and more. At present they are to 
 be found in Essex, Su:ffiolk, Norfolk, and Notts. In the 13th 
 century the name occurred in the form of Reyner, and occasionally 
 of Rayner, in Essex, Norfolk, Hunts, Lincolnshire, and also 
 Oxfordshire (H. R.). The Halstead district is their present home 
 in Essex. John Rayner held 50 acres of land in Stanway in the 
 middle of last century (M.) . John Rayner was mayor of Colchester 
 in 1678 (C). Several of the Norfolk clerics bore this name in 
 the 14th and 15th centuries; Walter Rayner was a member of 
 the Common Council of Norwich in 1687 : Richard Rayner lived 
 in Hevingham in the same county in the reign of Elizabeth 
 
 (Blomefield's "Norfolk") Rickett is probably a corruption 
 
 of De Ricote, a name that occurred in Hunts and Oxfordshire in 
 
 the 13th century (H. R.) Root is evidently another form of 
 
 Wroot, a Lincolnshire surname, and the name of a Lincolnshire 
 
 parish Geffrey Ruffle was tenant of Wickham Hall in the 
 
 middle of last century (M.), and the Ruffles are still in the parish. 
 
 The name of Savill has been for a long time established in 
 
 Essex. Savil or Savel was the name of an Essex gentleman in 
 the reign of Charles I. (Farmer's "Waltham"). The Savilles 
 owned Stisted Hall during last century, Samuel Saville residing 
 
k 
 
 ESSEX. 191 
 
 there in 1762 (M. and W.). The Essex family may perhaps have 
 been a branch in the past of the Yorkshire Saviles, one of the 
 most illustrious of the East Riding families, where they have 
 
 existed since the 12th century (L.) Sayer was the name of 
 
 an old Colchester family of wealth and municipal consequence 
 in the 16th century (C.)- During the 14th century the Sayer 
 family of Coppeford held of the King 82 acres of land in the 
 village of Lachingdon (M.). The name is now scantily represented 
 
 in the county. {See under " Sayees " of Sussex.) The Scrubys 
 
 perhaps hail originally from Scrooby, a parish in Notts The 
 
 Seabrooks of Essex are at present numerous in the Kelvedon 
 district, and the name was represented in that part of the county 
 200 years ago, when there was a Colchester family of the name, 
 one of its members being mayor of the town in 1691 (C). A 
 family of Seabrooke lived in Aveley in the reign of James I. (P.). 
 The Uphall estate, Barking, was in the possession of a family of 
 Seabrooke in the 17th and 18th centuries, but before the present 
 century the estate passed into other hands (W.). (See under 
 "Hertfordshire ")...... SiLVERLOCK was the name of a gentle 
 
 family of Stifford in the 16th and 17th centuries (P.)- The name 
 
 is now rare The Sorrells belong to an old Essex family. A 
 
 family of Sorrel or Sorell possessed Hide Hall, Great Waltham, 
 and other properties in that parish from 1650 to 1738, when the 
 estates passed out of the direct male line ; to this family belonged 
 the living of Stebbing (W.). William Sorrell was an Essex 
 gentleman who contributed £25 for the defence of his country 
 at the time of the Spanish invasion of 1588 (Sp.). The name still 
 occurs in Gi'eat Waltham. In the 13th century the name of 
 Sorel occurred in Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Bucks, Oxfordshire, 
 
 and Devon (H. B.) The name of Spurgeon maybe a corruption 
 
 of Spigurnel, the name of an ancient family owning the manor 
 of Stondon, Essex, in the 13th and 14th centuries (W.). 
 Spygurnel and Spigurnel were Norfolk names in the 13th century, 
 and Spugin occurred in Cambridgeshire at the same period 
 (H. B.). According to Camden, a "spigurnel" was a sealer of 
 writs, an office hereditary for a time to the Bohuns of Midhurst, 
 Sussex. John Spurgeon was mayor of Yarmouth in 1698, and in 
 1762 Mr. Spurgion lived at Anmere in the same county of 
 
 Norfolk (Blomefield's "Norfolk") Staines is the name of a 
 
 town in Middlesex The Stocks take the name of an Essex 
 
 parish. Mr. Stock, gent., owned Philpots farm in Boding-Murell 
 
192 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 in the middle of last century (M.) Strutt is an old and often 
 
 distinguished Essex name. The Strutts held lands in Wickham 
 St. Pauls in the 15th, loth and 17th centuries (M.). Sir Denner 
 Strutt, baronet, of Little Warley Hall, in 1641 owned the manor 
 of Little Warley (M.) ; Mr. John Strutt, of Bilej Mills, in 1743 
 came into the possession of an estate in Snoreham parish (M.), 
 which his descendants have held up to recent times (W.). 
 Maldon was represented in Parliament in the middle of last 
 century by John Strutt of Terling and by his son early in the 
 present century, a family since ennobled (W.). John Strut of 
 Hadley, Suffolk, held the manor of Picotts in Ardley parish, 
 Essex, in the 17th century (M.). Strutt was a common name in 
 Derbyshire last century, especially in Blackwell; the Strutts of 
 Derby then obtained eminence for their inventions in connection 
 with the weaving trade (Glover's "Derbyshire"). In the 13th 
 century the name of Strut or Strutt was represented in Cambridge- 
 shire, Norfolk, and Wilts (H. R.) The Sweetings were 
 
 represented in Norfolk in the 13th century by the Swetynes 
 (H. R.). 
 
 T— Z. 
 
 William Tabor, Doctor of Civil Law, who died in 1611, held 
 
 considerable property in Alresford parish (M.) The Thoring- 
 
 TONS possess the name of parishes in Essex and Suffolk 
 
 A family of Thurgood held the Sawcemeres estate in Manuden 
 parish during Elizabeth's reign, but shortly afterwards the estate 
 passed out of the family (W.). Edward Thorowgood held the 
 manor of Majlerds, Havering, in the reign of Charles 11. ; and in 
 the same reign Sir Benjamin Thorowgood, lord mayor of London, 
 owned the manor of Woodford ; Catlyn Thorogood of Daweshall, 
 Lambourn, was high sheriff of Essex in 1729: Selby Thorowgood, 
 Esq., had an estate in Alresford in the middle of last century 
 (M.). A Herts family of Thorowgood obtained a grant of arms 
 last century (L.), and the name of Thirgood or Thurgood 
 is still found in that county. Alice Thurgod lived in Bedford- 
 shire in the 13th century (H. R.) Tilbrook is the name of a 
 
 Bedfordshire parish. There was a William de Tilbroc in Lincoln- 
 shire in the reign of Edward I. (H. R.) The name of Tofts is 
 
 now best represented in the district of Bishop's Stortford. Tofts 
 is a Norfolk parish, and De Toftes was a Norfolk surname in the 
 
ESSEX. 193 
 
 13th century (H. R.). Two parishes in Cambridgesliire and 
 Lincolnshire are called Toft The name of Turpin was repre- 
 sented in Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, Oxfordshire, and Wilts, 
 in the 13th century (H. R.). In the reign of Mary, George 
 Turpin, Esq., bought the manor of Clay brook, Leicestershire, from 
 Thomas Lucey, Esq., of Charlecote, Warwickshire (Macaulay's 
 " Claybrook "). The name is also now represented in Devonshire. 
 
 Unwin, in the forms also of Unwine, Unwyne, and Unwyn, 
 
 occurred in Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Hunts, and Lincolnshire, in 
 the 13th centurj* (H. R.). Besides occurring in Essex, the name 
 
 is now established in Derbyshire Wakelin or Wakeling is an 
 
 ancient East Anglian name, now found in Essex, Suffolk, and 
 Cambridgeshire, and occurring 600 years ago in Norfolk and 
 Lincolnshire (H. R.). John Wakling was parish clerk of (xreat 
 
 Totham, Essex, in 1742 (J.) The Whitlocks are now best 
 
 represented in the Halstead district. In the 17th century 
 Bulstrode Whitelock, one of Cromwell's commissioners, owned 
 
 the manor of Blunts-hall, Witham (M.) The Wendons and 
 
 Wendens derive their names from parishes in the county The 
 
 Wisemans of Essex, belonging to the distinguished families of 
 Rivenhall, North end. Great Baddow, Felstead, etc., played an 
 important part in the county in the 16th and 17th centuries, and 
 frequently served as high sheriffs. Among-st the Essex gentlemen 
 who contributed towards the Armada Fund in 1588 were Ralph 
 Wiseman, a donor of £100 ; William Wiseman of Brodokes, a donor 
 of £50 ; and John Wiseman of Stisted, who contributed £25 (Sp.). 
 The name of Wisman occurred in Cambridgeshire and Norfolk in 
 the 13th century. After a lapse of six centuries, the Wisemans 
 have still their home in mijch the same part of England, namely, 
 in Norfolk and Essex. (^See under " Noefolk.") 
 
11)4 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 GLOUCESTERSHIRE. 
 
 Note. — The asterisk indicates that a name, though characteristic 
 of the county, is more numerous elsewhere. In the case of 
 border-names the home may extend into the next county. 
 
 *Allen 
 ' Clark 
 . Clarke 
 
 Q-ENEEAL Names (30-40 counties). 
 
 Cook *White 
 Smith 
 *Taylor 
 
 *Bailey 
 Bennett 
 Davis 
 Hill 
 
 Common Names (20-29 counties). 
 
 ♦James f Shepherd 
 Matthews L Sheppard 
 *Parker *William8 
 Young 
 
 ^Cox 
 
 Eegional Names (10--19 counties). 
 
 Hawkins (Gloucester) *Newman 
 
 Ford 
 
 ^Knight 
 
 
 Pearce 
 
 Fowler 
 
 Lane 
 
 
 *Perry 
 
 aibbs (Chipping Sod- 
 
 *Lawrence 
 
 
 ^Stephens 
 
 bury) 
 
 *Long 
 
 
 Watts 
 
 Hart (Newnham) 
 
 *Mnes (Colef 
 
 ord) 
 
 *Woodward 
 
 DiSTEiCT Names 
 
 (4-9 counties). 
 
 Anstey 
 
 Hale 
 
 
 *Pope 
 
 Baldwin 
 
 *Handcock 
 
 
 ' PuUen (Chippenham) 
 \Pnllin 
 
 Barton 
 
 *Hobbs 
 
 
 *Bullock (aioucester) 
 
 Holloway 
 
 
 *Katclifee 
 
 • Burroughs 
 
 *Hooper 
 
 
 Savage 
 
 Burrows 
 
 *Hopkins 
 
 
 *Tanner 
 
 Butt 
 
 *Keen 
 
 
 r Weekes 
 1 Weeks 
 
 Chandler 
 
 *Machin 
 
 
 Criunp 
 
 *Nash 
 
 
 *Wilcox 
 
 Daniels 
 
 Phipps (St] 
 
 roud) 
 
 
 Dowding 
 
 *Poole 
 
 
 
GLOUCESTERSHIRE. 
 
 195 
 
 County Names (2-3 counties). 
 
 Alvis 
 
 Herbert 
 
 p Nelmes 
 ■ Nelms 
 
 Alway 
 
 Hewlett 
 
 Blackwell 
 
 pHiatt 
 
 ♦Ponting 
 
 Boulton 
 
 J Hiett 
 
 Prout (Stonehouse) 
 
 Brain 
 
 1 Hyatt 
 
 RimeU 
 
 Cam 
 
 '-Hyett 
 
 *Rudge 
 
 Camm 
 
 Holborow 
 
 Sparrow 
 
 Coldicott 
 
 Loveridge 
 
 Stanley 
 
 Drew 
 
 *Mace 
 
 Surman 
 
 Gaunter 
 
 Meadows 
 
 Teague 
 
 Hartland 
 
 Merrett (Stonehouse) 
 
 Warner 
 
 Peculiae Names (confined mostly to this county) . 
 
 Artell 
 
 Hanks 
 
 Eugman 
 
 Ballinger 
 
 Hatherell 
 
 Rymer (Chepstow) 
 
 Biddle 
 
 Hewer (Fairford) 
 
 Selwyn 
 
 Blandford 
 
 Hignell 
 
 Shields 
 
 Browning 
 
 Holder 
 
 Shipp 
 
 Bubb 
 
 lies 
 
 Shipway 
 
 Cadle 
 
 ' Kilminster 
 . Kilmister 
 
 Staite 
 
 Clutterbuck 
 
 Stinchcombe 
 
 Comely 
 
 Limbrick 
 
 Theyer 
 
 Cornock 
 
 Lusty 
 
 Till (Thornbury) 
 
 Croome 
 
 Minchin 
 
 Trotman 
 
 Cullimore 
 
 Minett 
 
 Tuffley 
 
 Dobbs 
 
 New 
 
 Vick (Stonehouse) 
 
 DowdesweU (Stroud) 
 
 Niblett 
 
 Vimpany 
 
 Tawkes 
 
 Organ 
 
 Wadley 
 
 riook 
 
 Parslow 
 
 Werrett 
 
 Fluck 
 
 Pegler 
 
 Wintle (Gloucester) 
 
 Flux 
 
 Penson 
 
 Wintour 
 
 Game 
 
 Priday 
 
 Witchell 
 
 Gazard 
 
 Eadway 
 
 Yeend 
 
 G-oulding 
 
 Ricketts 
 
 
 Goulter 
 
 Righton 
 
 
 2 
 
196 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 NOTES ON SOME OF THE CHARACTEEISTIC aLOUCESTERSHIRE 
 
 NAMES. 
 
 (The names are arranged in alphabetical groups, but not necessarily in alpha- 
 betical order in each group.) 
 
 Authorities indicated hy the following abbreviations: — 
 
 A. indicates Atkyns' " Gloucestershire." 
 Bar. „ Barrett's " Bristol." 
 Bigl. ,, Bigland's " Gloucestershire." 
 F. „ Fosbrooke's " Q-loucester." 
 
 H. R. „ Hundred Rolls. 
 L. „ Lower's " Patronymica Britannica." 
 
 R. 5, Rudder's " Gf-loucestershire." 
 
 Sp. „ Contributors to the Spanish Armada Fund in 1588 (Brit. 
 Mus., B. 474). 
 
 A— B. 
 
 Alway and Aekell are Gloucester shire names. Alway was 
 the name of a family of gentry in Hawkesbury in the 17th and 
 18th centuries (Bigl.) ; whilst Arkell, a surname numerous in the 
 county, was the name of the patron of the living of Bodington a 
 
 century ago (R.) The Bubbs have for centuries frequented 
 
 this part of the country. Bubbe was a Wiltshire name in the 
 reign of Henry III. (H. R.). A Bubb was sheriff of the city of 
 Gloucester in 1653 (R.) ; and the mayor of Bristol in 1697 bore 
 this name (Bar.). A family of gentry thus called lived in Staple- 
 ton 200 years ago (R.). Bubb is still a Gloucester name 
 
 A family of Brain held lands in the parish of Little Dean from 
 the time of Elizabeth up to last century (A.), and the name still 
 occurs there. The Brains also owned the manor of Stanton 
 300 years ago (R.). This is an ancient English name: it was 
 
 represented in Hunts in the reign of Edward I. (H. R.) The 
 
 Ballingers have lived in Charlton King's for two centuries 
 
 (Bigl.) During the last century the Biddles were numerous 
 
 in Caudle Green (Bigl.). Two Staffordshire gentlemen, named 
 Biddall or Biddull, gave £25 apiece to the Spanish Armada fund 
 
GLOUCESTERSHIRE. 197 
 
 in 1588 (Sp.) Browning is an old and often distinguished 
 
 county name : there was an ancient family of this name at Cowley, 
 where they long resided (A.) Blackwell is an old Gloucester- 
 shire surname, perhaps originally derived from the parish of 
 
 Blackwell in the neighbouring county of Worcester The 
 
 Blandfords may take their origin from one of the Dorset 
 parishes of that name Amongst the names that once charac- 
 terised this county, but are now rare, I may refer to that of 
 Arrowsmith : there was a Cirencester family thus called during 
 the 17th and 18th centuries (Bigl.) ; and in the same century 
 several of the mayors and churchwardens of Tetbury bore this 
 
 name (Lee's " Tetbury ") The Baldwins are now established 
 
 in Gloucestershire, Bucks, Lancashire, Warwickshire, Herts, 
 I^orfolk, and Suffolk. In the 13th century they were numerous 
 in Cambridgeshire, Hunts, and Oxfordshire, and there were a few 
 in Shropshire. The Baldwins of Shropshire were for several 
 centuries connected with Shrewsbury and Ludlow (Wright's 
 '■'Ludlow," etc.). 
 
 C— D. 
 
 Lower says that the family of Clutterbuck settled in England 
 from the Low Countries at the time of the Duke of Alva's per- 
 secution of the Protestants during the reign of Elizabeth. How- 
 ever this may be, there was a Thomas Cloerterbooke, sheriff of 
 Gloucestershire in 1586 (R. or L.) ; and two Gloucestershire 
 gentlemen of the name of Clutterbuck, resident at Kingstanley 
 and Alkerton, contributed £25 apiece towards the defence of 
 their country at the time ,of the expected Spanish invasion in 
 1588. We go yet further back and find a Clowterbuck mayor of 
 Gloucester city in 1545 (R.) ; whilst Clutterbuck was the name 
 of the incumbent of Stanton in 1571 (A.). In truth the Clutter- 
 bucks have been a distinguished Gloucestershire family for three 
 centuries and more ; Stroud, Stanley, Frampton, and Cirencester 
 having been their principal homes (R.). There was a mayor of 
 Gloucester of this name in 1646 (R.), and there was a mayor of 
 Bristol named Stephen Clutterbuck in 1739 (Bar.). The Clut- 
 terbucks of Punchknoll, Dorset, during last century, were said to 
 hail originally from Devonshire, their ancestor having been a 
 sea officer in the reign of William III. (Hutchins' "Dorset"). 
 In Gloucestershire the name is still represented in Gloucester 
 
198 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 and Stroud. (See under "Hertfordshire.") The Cornocks 
 
 (anciently Curnocks) belong to families that were resident at 
 Goldwick, Berkeley, and Nibley during the 17th and 18th cen- 
 turies (Bigl.). The name is still in Berkeley The Cables 
 
 may find an ancestor in Christopher Cadle, who made a bene- 
 faction to the poor of Abston in 1662 (R.). Cadel was a surname 
 in Oxfordshire and Sussex at the close of the 13th century 
 
 (H. R.) The COLDICOTTS bear a name that in different forms 
 
 belongs to several parishes in this part of the country Cam, 
 
 or Camm, a surname in Acton last century, and in Newport in 
 the previous century (Bigl.), is evidently derived from the parish 
 
 of that name in the county Two hundred years since, a 
 
 Bristol alderman, who was also member of Parliament for that 
 city, bore the name of Crump (Bar.). The Crumps were mayors 
 of Gloucester during the first half of last century (R.), and 
 about the same time the name was represented in Chedworth 
 and Oldbury (Bigl.). Crump is still a Bristol and a Gloucester 
 
 name The name of Croome was common in Cromhall and 
 
 Horsley during last century, and there was at the same time a 
 family of gentry of that name in Cirencester (Bigl.). In the 
 form of Croume we find it in the adjacent county of Oxford, at 
 
 the end of the 13th century (H. R.) Dowding was the name 
 
 of a sherifE of Bristol in 1690 (Bar.) The Dowdeswells of the 
 
 Yicinity of Stroud bear the name of a Gloucestershire parish or 
 
 township DoBBS was the name of a Gloucester citizen in 1642, 
 
 whose corn was seized by the Roundheads.* Amongst the 
 
 names now extinct or rare in the county I should refer to Collet, 
 which was numerous last century ; but the neighbouring county 
 of Oxford has evidently long been one of the principal homes of 
 the name. The following gentle families have also become rare 
 or extinct, the Chinns of Newnham, the Chestees of Almonds- 
 bury, both of whom flourished during the 17th and 18th centuries, 
 together with the Donings of Pyrton and Nursehill (Bigl.). 
 Most of the Creeds seem to have returned to their original home 
 in Somerseii : at all events, they are not so common as they were 
 in the county of Gloucester. Driver was also a common name 
 amongst the gentry of Avening during the last and the previous 
 
 century (Bigl. and R.) Thomas Cullimore was a Tetbury 
 
 churchwarden in 1679 (Lee's " Tetbury "). 
 
 * Washbourne's " Bibliotheca Gioucestrensis." 
 
GLOUCESTERSHIRE. 19.9^ 
 
 E— K. 
 
 The Flooks, or Plucks, are probably descended from a family 
 of Fluck that lived at the Oak, Deerhurst, 200 years ago (Bigl.), 
 
 in which locality the Flucks yet rem.ain Gunter was a name 
 
 represented in Almondsbury last century. It has been found 
 for many centuries in this part of England. We i&nd it in the 
 adjacent county of Oxford at the close of the 13th century 
 (H. R.) ; and early in the 18th century a family of this name 
 owned the Priory, Abergavenny, in the neighbouring county of 
 Monmouth (Duncumb's "Herefordshire"). (See under "Berk- 
 shire " and "Wales.") The Hartlands possess a name sugges- 
 tive of their origin in North Devon. The surname, however, 
 has been long in Gloucestershire. It was borne by a bailift' of 
 Gloucester in 1474, and by a mayor of the city in 1517 (R.)- 
 It has also crossed the border, and established itself in Hereford- 
 shire The HiATTS, Hyetts, etc., who seem to revel in the 
 
 various spellings of their name, descend from forefathers well 
 known in the county during the last century. Hyett was the 
 name of a mayor of Gloucester in the reign of Anne (F.), and 
 
 the name is still in that city Hanks was the name of a family 
 
 possessing an estate in the parish of Church Down in the reign of 
 
 Elizabeth (R.) ..Holborow is a name that was well represented 
 
 in Boxwell last century : there were two surgeons of the name of 
 Holbrow, one at Newington Bagpath, and the other at Minchin 
 
 Hampton, early in the same century (Bigl.) Iles is an old 
 
 Gloucestershire surname, Thomas lies, a clothier of Minchin 
 Hampton, died in 1686; and a family of gentry of this name 
 lived at Chalford, in the same parish, during the early part of 
 last century (Bigl.). The incumbent of Salperton in the middle 
 
 of last century was thus named (A,) The name of Kilmister 
 
 was represented in Alderley last century (BigL) Amongst the 
 
 old families of gentry now scantily represented, I should refer 
 to the Gladwins of Naunton (Bigl.), the Gunnings of Cold 
 Ashton, during last century (BigL), and the Huntleys of Boxwell 
 
 (Bigl.) IsGAR is an old Gloucestershire name (BigL) 
 
 Godsell, a name now rare in the county, but represented by the 
 Godsalls and Godsells of the neighbourhood of the city of 
 Hereford, was an established name in Kingswood (co. Gloucester) 
 during the 17th and 18th centuries, where a family of clothiers 
 thus called resided (BigL) Frankcomb is an old Gloucestershire 
 
200 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 name, now mostly confined to the adjacent county of Wilts. 
 (See under "Wiltshire.") The mayors of Gloucester in 1461 
 and 1574 bore this name (F.), which, however, is now rare in 
 the county. 
 
 L— P. 
 
 Sir Richard Lim brick was taken prisoner at the battle of 
 Wakefield in 1460 and beheaded at Pontefract (Tickell's " Hull "). 
 
 N^URSE, a name rare in the county, has been established in 
 
 Gloucester ever since the reign of Charles I., when Luke I^urse 
 was mayor of the city (P.) The name of Loveridge was repre- 
 sented by Loverich in the adjacent county of Oxford in the reign 
 of Edward I. (H. R.) The Merretts, now numerous in Stone- 
 house and its vicinity, were represented in Haresfield early^ last 
 century (Bigl.). A Gloucestershire gentleman of the name of 
 Merriiit contributed £25 towards the defence of his country at 
 the time of the expected invasion of the Spanish Armada in 
 
 1588 (Sp.) MiNCHiN was a name well represented in Bar- 
 
 ringtou Magna during last century (Bigl.) : it was probably 
 derived in the first place from the parish of Minchin Hampton in 
 
 the county Minett is at present mostly a Gloucestershire name ; 
 
 but in 1698 there were freeholders named Minitt in Notts (HarL 
 
 MS. ,^846) TTblmes and Nelme were common names in Berkeley 
 
 during the 17th and 18th centuries (Bigl.) ; an old family of gentry 
 bearing tho first name then resided in that parish (A.). Nelme 
 was the name of a sheriff of the citj of Gloucester in 1635 (R.) 
 and of a Bristol distiller early last century (Bar.) : during the 
 last century it was represented in Newent and in Abbenhall 
 
 (Bigl.) There vras a family named Organ in Horfield early 
 
 lafet century (Bigl.). Waylen, in his "History of Marlborough, 
 Wilts," mentions Katharine Organ of that town in 1532. John 
 Organ was a Berkshire gentleman who contributed £25 for the 
 defence of his country at the time of the expected invasion of 
 
 the Spanish Armada in 1588 (Sp.) The Parslows are probably 
 
 connected with the Purslows in Uley parish during last century 
 
 (A.) The present Peglers were represented by a family called 
 
 Peglour in the parish of Uley 200 years ago (A.). Pegler was a 
 name in Stroud parish in the middle of last century (R.), and 
 
 the name is still there Poole was the name of a prominent 
 
 Gloucester citizen in the 15th century (R.) Between 1372 and 
 
GLOUCESTERSHIRE. 201 
 
 1407, eight of the bailiffs of Gloucester bore the name of Pope 
 
 (F.). The name is still in that city The Pontings were once 
 
 numerous in this county, but they are now found in the adjacent 
 
 county of Wilts (Bigl.) Amongst the families, now scantily 
 
 to be found in. the county, but well established during the 17th 
 and 18th centuries, are those of Phillimoeb and Packer: the 
 Phillimores were engaged in the cloth-trade in Cam parish, 
 where the name still survives ; whilst the Packers resided in the 
 
 parish of Kempsford (Bigl.) Nash is an old Worcestershire 
 
 name, the family of Nash of St. Peter's, Droitwich, dating back 
 to the IGth century. Nash was the name of a Worcester alderman 
 in 1590 and of the mayor of that city in 1633 (Nash's " Worcester- 
 shire ") NiBLETT is a name not so common now as it was last 
 
 century ; there were then several families thus called in Haresfield 
 
 (Bigl.), where the name still remains Machin, a name at 
 
 present most numerous in Notts, was a well-known Gloucester- 
 shire name in the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries ; there were then 
 families of gentry of the name in Gloucester, Bicknor English, 
 
 and Acton (F. R. and Bigl.) The Pridays of Gloucestershire 
 
 are probably connected with the old Evesham family of Preedy, 
 across the Worcestershire border, which supplied nine mayors to 
 that town between 1716 and 1825 (May's "Evesham "). 
 
 R— S. 
 
 During the I7th and 18th centuries a family of the name of 
 RiCKETTS resided in North Leach (Bigl.) The Rymers of Chep- 
 stow and its vicinity are probably connected with a family of 
 clothiers, called Rimer, who lived in Minchin Hampton early last 
 
 century (Bigl.) The Rimells bear an ancient name: there 
 
 was a De Rimel in Essex in the reign of Edward I. (H. R.) 
 
 Selwyn is another ancient name which has been established for 
 more than three centuries in this county. The Selwius or Selwyns 
 were lords of the manor in the parish of Matson from the 16th to 
 the 18th century (A.). Wilham Selwyn of Kingestanley and 
 Richard Selwyn were two Gloucestershire gentlemen who con- 
 tributed £25 apiece to the fund raised at the time of the expected 
 invasion of the Spanish Armada in 1588. Selwyn was the name of 
 the mayors of Gloucester in 1675, 1727, and 1736 (F.). During the 
 16th and 17th centuries the Selwyns of Sussex owned the parish of 
 Friston (Lower's " Sussex "). In the form of Selveyn the name was 
 
202 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 represented in CambridgRsliire in the reign of Edward I. (H. R.). 
 
 The SuRMANS were the owners of an estate in Tredington in 
 
 the middle of last century (A.) ; and about the same time a family 
 of gentry of the name resided in Cheltenham (Bigl.). William 
 Packer Snrraan^ Esq., was bailiff of Tewkesbury in 1759 (Dyde's 
 "Tewkesbury"). The name is still in Tredington and Chelten- 
 ham. {See under "Surrey.") The Staites were established 
 
 in Tewkesbury in the 17th century, and the name is still in the 
 town. William Steight was bailiff of Tewkesbury in 1699 and 
 1707 (Dyde's "Tewkesbury"). Thomas Staite of Aston Somer- 
 ville died in 1720 (Bigl.). During last century the name of 
 Steight occurred in Ashton-under-Hill, and at the same time a 
 family of gentry thus called lived at Pannington, Ashchurch 
 
 (Bigl.) Savage is an ancient Gloucestershire name, which was 
 
 represented as Savage or Sauvage in this county as well as in 
 Wilts, in the reign of Edward I. In that reign it was also nume- 
 rous in one form or the other in Cambridgeshire and Norfolk, 
 
 where it is still established (H. R.) Shipway is a name that 
 
 occurred in the 17th century in Beverstone, and in the 18th 
 century in Charfield (Bigl.). Shipweye was a Kentish name in 
 the 13th century (H. R.) Stinchcombe is an ancient Gloucester- 
 shire surname evidently derived in the first place from the parish 
 of that name in the county. There was a yeoman thus called in 
 Hawkesbury 200 years ago ; and last century the name occurred 
 in Acton and Cromhall (Bigl.). There are still Stinchcombes in 
 
 Cromhall and Hawkesbury The Rudges of Micheldean have 
 
 resided in that locality since the 17th century (Bigl.). The name 
 
 is now more nunjerous in Herefordshire and Worcestershire 
 
 The Radways may derive their name from a parish of that name 
 in the adjacent county of Warwick; and the Rightons perhaps 
 from a Yorkshire parish so called. 
 
 T— Z. 
 
 Trotman is the name of an ancient family of gentry established 
 in the parish of Cam during the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries 
 (Bigl.), and still represented there. Three Gloucestershire gentle- 
 men of this name contributed £25 apiece towards the national 
 fund collected at the time of the expected invasion of the Spanish 
 Armada in 1588 (Sp.). Mr. Throgmorton Trotman, a London 
 merchant 200 years ago, belonged to the Cam family; Samuel 
 
GLOUCESTERSHIRE. 203 
 
 Trotman was patron of the living of Siston last century (A.). 
 
 The name was represented in Mbley last century (Bigl.) The 
 
 TuFPLEYS may derive their name from a place of that name near 
 
 Gloucester The Wintles of Gloucester and its neighbourhood 
 
 probably possess an ancestor in Christopher Windle, who was 
 incumbent of the parish of Side in 1592 (A.). The Wintles were 
 influential Gloucester citizens last century (R.) ; at the same time 
 there was a family of the name in Long Hope (JBigl ). Tl)is 
 surname may hail originally from the north, Windle being the 
 name of a Lancashire township and Windhill of a district in 
 
 the West Riding The Wintours belong to a distinguished 
 
 Gloucestershire family. Sir William Wintour, who was a famous 
 admiral in the reign of Elizabeth, owned the manor of Lidney 
 
 or Lydney (A.), where the name still remains Werrett and 
 
 WiTCHELL are ancient surnames ; the first occurred in Cambridge- 
 shire in the reign of Edward I., and at the same time there was 
 
 a Roger de Witchele in Oxfordshire (H. R.) The Yicks of 
 
 Stonehouse were represented in Minchin Hampton and Berkeley 
 
 early last century (Bigh) Amongst the names once common 
 
 in the county but now rare I should mention that of Trigg. 
 
 L 
 
204: 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 HAMPSHIRE. 
 
 Note. — The asterisk indicates that a name, thongli characteristic 
 of the county, is more relatively numerous elsewhere. 
 
 Allen (Basingstoke) 
 *Brown 
 
 GrENEBAL Names (30-40 counties). 
 
 White 
 
 *HalI 
 *Smith 
 
 Common Names (20-29 counties). 
 
 *Adams 
 Andrews 
 
 * /Cole 
 . Coles 
 
 Morris (Newport) 
 *Parker 
 
 Bailey 
 *Baker 
 
 Cooper 
 *Hunt 
 *E:iug 
 
 *Webb 
 *Young 
 
 Kegional Names (10-19 counties). 
 
 *Amold 
 
 Harvey 
 
 Barnes 
 
 Knigbt 
 
 Butler (Winchfield) 
 
 *Mills 
 
 *Ford 
 
 *Parsons 
 
 ;jj J Pain (Mieheldever) 
 L Payne 
 Russell 
 
 DiSTEiCT Names (4-9 counties). 
 
 *Crook 
 
 Judd 
 
 *North 
 
 *aale 
 
 Kent 
 
 *Philpot (Southampton) 
 
 Ooddard 
 
 *Lock (Newport) 
 
 Way 
 
 *Hull 
 
 f Munday 
 L Mundy 
 
 
 
 

 HAMPSHIRE. 
 
 
 County Names (2-3 counties). 
 
 Bone 
 
 /Canning * Hi llier 
 . Cannings HoUis 
 
 f Bojes 
 
 I Boys 
 
 Chase Silvester 
 
 *Bridger 
 
 FoUett (Basingstoke) Tubb 
 
 *Cane 
 
 Gosling Withers 
 
 205 
 
 Pecxjliae Names (confined mostly to this county). 
 
 Abbinett 
 
 • Drewitt 
 
 Potticary 
 
 Amey (Petersfield) 
 
 Drudge (Newport) 
 
 Rumbold 
 
 Attrill (Godshill) 
 
 Edney 
 
 Seaward 
 
 Ayles (Eingwood) 
 
 Fay (Romsey) 
 
 Southwell 
 
 Barfoot 
 
 Fitt 
 
 Stares 
 
 Blackman (Bishop's 
 
 JoUifi'e 
 
 Stride (Southampton) 
 
 Waltham) 
 
 Lavington 
 
 Turvill 
 
 Broomfield 
 
 Light 
 
 Twitchin 
 
 Budd 
 
 Mew 
 
 Whitcher 
 
 Clift (Basingstoke) 
 
 Poore 
 
 Witt (Fordingbridge) 
 
 Cobden 
 
 Portsmouth 
 
 
 NOTES ON SOME OF THE CHARACTERISTIC HAMPSHIRE 
 
 * NAMES. 
 
 (The names are arranged in alphabetical groups, but not necessarily in 
 alphabetical order in each group.) 
 
 Authorities indicated hy the following abbreviations : — 
 
 H. R. indicates Hundred Rolls. 
 
 Long. „ Longcroft's " Hundred of Bosmere. 
 
 M. „ Milner's "Winchester." 
 
 W. ,> Woodward's " Hampshire." 
 
206 HOMES OP FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 A— H. 
 
 Barfoot is an old Hampshire name. Five mayors of Win- 
 cliester between 1691 and 1743 bore the name of Barfoote or 
 Barefoote or Barefotte (M.). Barfot or Barefot was a Cambridge 
 name in the 13th century (H. R,.) The Budds were a well- 
 known Winchester family in the early part of the 1 7th century ; 
 they filled the office of mayor and made bequests for the poor (M. 
 and W.). Winchester still has the name. In the forms of Bud, 
 Budd, and Budde, the name occurred in Oxfordshire and Somerset- 
 shire in the reign of Edward I. (H. B.) The Beoomfields 
 
 possess the name of parishes in Somerset and Kent The Clifts 
 
 are now established in the Basingstoke district. Mr. Clift owned 
 
 Netley early last ceatury (W.) The mayor of Winchester in 
 
 1464 was named William Chase (M.). A gentle family of 
 Chase resided at Yartee, near Chard, in Somerset, in the 17th 
 
 century (Peirce's "Bath ") Richard Edney was elected mayor 
 
 of Marlborough, Wiltshire, in the reign of Anne (Waylen's 
 "Marlborough"). Amongst the martyrs of the Monmouth 
 rebellion in 1685 was Henry Edny, who was executed at Porlock 
 
 (" Western Martyrology ") Fitt is a name that was represented 
 
 by Fitte in Suffolk and Cambridgeshire in the 13th century 
 
 (H. R.) The FoLLETTS of the Basingstoke district possess the 
 
 name of the notable family of Foliot, or Fullet, or Foillet, that 
 flourished in Hants, Devon, and Herefordshire, from the 12th 
 
 to the 14th centuries (W.) Goddard was the name of two 
 
 representatives of Southampton in Parliament in the reign of 
 Elizabeth. Henry Goddard, gent., resided at Battramsley in the 
 reign of Charles II., and at the same time a gentle family of the 
 name lived in Winchester; there was a Goddard in Strathfieldsaye 
 in the reign of Edward III. (W.). Edward Goddard, gent., resided 
 at Eastwood Hay, Hants, in the beginning of the 17th century 
 (Ashmole's "Berkshire"). Further particulars concerning the 
 Goddards of other counties will be found under " Berks," 
 
 "Suffolk," "Wilts," etc Denzill Hollis, Esq., of Dorsetshire, 
 
 was a prominent supporter of Cromwell ; Daniel Hollis lived in 
 Cowes in the reign of Anne (W.), and the name is still in that town. 
 
 J— P. 
 
 The well-known Petersfield family of Joliffe were lords of 
 that manor from 1737 (W.), until the present century (W.). 
 
HAMPSHIRE. 207 
 
 The Isle of Wight is now the home of the name. John Joliffe 
 of Petersfield was in the middle of last century the mortgagee 
 of "the Home Farm and the disparked park" in the manor 
 
 of Harting, Havant (Long.) Hampshire is at present the home 
 
 of the JuDDS, but there are a few of the name in the adjacent 
 county of Wiltshire. In the 13th century Jud was a name well 
 represented in Oxfordshire and Lincolnshire (H. R.). (See under 
 
 "Wiltshire.") Richard Kent was bailiff of Lymington in 
 
 1508. The Kents were a well-known Romsey family 200 years 
 ago, of which town they were considerable benefactors ; the name 
 was also established in Winchester last century, and in the early 
 part of the same century a customary tenant of Cranbury bore the 
 
 name (W.) The original Lavingtons probably took their name 
 
 from parishes in the adjoining counties of Sussex and Wilts. 
 Lavington was the name of one of the customary tenants of 
 Cranbary early last century; George Lavington, Bishop of 
 Exeter in the middle of last century, was educated at Win- 
 chester College (W.) In the beginning of the 17th century 
 
 Andrew Mundt or Munday owned the manor of Nursling, which 
 
 shortly passed out of the family by marriage (W.) George 
 
 PoTTiCART, gent., lived at Southampton in the reign of Charles II. 
 (W.). Jeffry Poticary, gent., was married to Mistress Mary Pyke, 
 at Bedwyn Magna, Wilts, in the reign of Charles I. (Coll. Top. et 
 Gen.) PouNDE is the name of an old family of Drayton posses- 
 sing much property in the county in the 15th and 16th centuries 
 (Long.). The name is now rare in the county Henry Ports- 
 mouth, a Hampshire gentleman, was in 1737 one of the trustees 
 
 under the Roads Act for the county (W.) A record of the 
 
 sterling qualities of Robert Poore, gent., who died in 1640, is 
 preserved in an epitaph in the church of St. Bartholomew Hyde, 
 Winchester, which thus runs : — 
 
 " Let men detracte, 
 Say what they can, 
 Hee livd and dyed 
 An honest man." 
 
 John Poor held land in Andover in 1702; about 300 years ago 
 Philip Poore lived at Devington, Wilts (W.). Poore is still an 
 
 Andover name The Pophams of Popham in this county were 
 
 an ancient knightly family, going back to the time of Edward I. 
 (Collinson's " Somerset "). They are now scantily represented. 
 
208 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 R-Z. 
 
 RuMBOLD is an ancient name. As Rumbold and Rnmbald 
 it occurred in Bucks and Cambridgeshire in the 13th century 
 
 (H. R.). Rumbolds-Wjke is a Sussex parish The name of 
 
 TuBB is also represented in Berkshire. Tnbbe was a Somerset 
 
 name in the 13th century (H. R.). Turvill is another ancient 
 
 Hants name. In 1398 the Turvyles held land in Botley, Hants, 
 from the Earl of March (W.). There was a De Turvill in 
 Wiltshire in the reign of Henry III. (H. R.), In the 16th 
 and 17th centuries a gentle family of Turvile resided at Aston 
 Flamvile, Leicestershire (Biblioth. Topogr. Brit.). Turvile or 
 
 Turville is a parish and a seat in Bucks The Steides are now 
 
 established in the Southampton district. John Stride lived at 
 Fawley in 1340, and the Strides were numerous in Nursling 
 
 parish last century (W.), where the name is still represented 
 
 The TwiTCHiNS were represented by Andrew Twichin, who owned 
 South Barnard Field, Southampton, in the reign of George I. 
 
 (W.). Twitchen is a Devonshire parish Whitcher was a 
 
 common name in Nursling last century. The Whitchers, origi- 
 nally the Wheatears or Whityers, came into the county early in 
 the 17th century ; for 200 years and more they maintained the 
 position of wealthy Hampshire yeomen, and their descendants are 
 now landowners around Winchester ; now and then some of the 
 name entered the professions (W.) James Withers, a trades- 
 man of Alresford, gave £20 to the poor in 1G80; in 1648 the 
 manors of Bentley and Alverstock were sold to George Wither 
 for £1,185 ; L. B. Wither was a Newnham justice a century 
 
 ago (W.) The Witts are at present well represented in the 
 
 district of Fordingbridge. De Witt was an Oxfordshire name 
 
 in the 13th century (H. R.), Urey is an old Isle of Wight 
 
 name not so common there now as it was in the 17th century, 
 when several of the gentry and farmers bore the name (Worsley's 
 " Isle of Wight "). The name of Hurry is now found in Cam- 
 bridgeshire. There was a Simon Urri in Oxfordshire in the 
 13 th century (H. R.). 
 
HEREFORDSHIRE. 
 
 209 
 
 HEREFORDSHIRE. 
 
 Note. — The asterisk before a name indicates that, though charac- 
 teristic of the county, the name is more relatively numerous 
 elsewhere. 
 
 *Hall 
 
 General Names (30-40 counties). 
 
 Smith *Taylor 
 
 Common Names (20-29 counties). 
 
 Bennett 
 
 Davies 
 
 Edwards 
 
 Jones 
 
 Matthews 
 
 Morris 
 
 Rogers 
 
 ^ r Stephens 
 
 1 Stevens 
 
 *ffill 
 *Janie8 
 
 Phillips 
 
 Williams 
 
 *Hughes 
 
 Lane 
 *Lewi8 
 
 B/EOioisrAL Names (10-19 counties). 
 
 *Lloyd Powell 
 
 ♦Morgan 
 Oliver 
 
 Price 
 
 
 DiSTEicT Names 
 
 (4-9 counties). 
 
 Barnetfc 
 
 *Maddox 
 
 *Pritchard 
 
 ' Beavan 
 - Be van 
 
 Meredith 
 
 Preeee 
 
 Nott 
 
 Prosser 
 
 *Crump 
 
 *Parry 
 
 Watkins 
 
 *Dale 
 
 « fPhilpotfe 
 -Philpofcts 
 
 *WaU 
 
 *Griffith8 
 
 
 Hodges 
 
 
 
 Addis 
 
 Barrell 
 
 Baylis 
 
 f Beaman 
 
 I Bemand 
 
 r Bonner 
 
 I Bonnor 
 
 Farr 
 
 County Names (2-3 counties). 
 
 *Froggatt Norgrove 
 
 *Gough Pitt 
 
 r Gwilliam *Probert 
 L Gwillim Prothero 
 
 *Jay Rudge 
 
 Merrick Woodhouse 
 
 , r Nelmes *Yapp 
 1 Nelms 
 
210 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Pecfliae Names (confined mostly to this county) . 
 
 Allcott 
 
 Hancorn 
 
 Paniers 
 
 . Panniers 
 
 Apperley 
 
 Hobby 
 
 Banfield 
 
 Hoddell 
 
 Pantall 
 
 Borrow 
 
 Maddy 
 
 Scud a more 
 
 Bodenham 
 
 Mailes 
 
 Sirrell 
 
 Bounds 
 
 Mainwaring 
 
 Skerrett 
 
 Bromage 
 
 Marfell 
 
 Skyrme 
 
 Callow 
 
 Meadmore 
 
 Soutli 
 
 Eckley 
 
 Monnington 
 
 Tudge 
 
 Embrey 
 
 Ockey 
 
 Yale 
 
 Oodsall 
 
 Orgee 
 
 Welson 
 
 aodsell 
 
 
 Went 
 
 In the case o£ a few of the above names I am able to gire the neighbour- 
 hoods in which they are most frequent. Thus : Apperley, Berrow, Dale, 
 G-odsall or Grodsell, Paniers or Panniers, Pearce, and Skyrme are found mostly 
 around Hereford, Marfell and Scudamore occur in the district of Boss, 
 Farr in that of Pontrilas, Froggatt in that of Tenbury, and Griffiths in and 
 around Leominster. The Beavans are numerous around Hereford, and the 
 Bevans around Leominster. 
 
 NOTES ON SOME OF THE CHARACTERISTIC HEREFORDSHIEL 
 
 NAMES. 
 
 (The names are arranged in alphabetical groups, but not necessarily in 
 alphabetical order in each group.) 
 
 Authorities indicated hy the folloining abbreviations :^ 
 
 D. indicates Duncumbe's *' Herefordshire." 
 
 H.R. „ Hundred Rolls. 
 
 L. „ Lower's " Patronymica Britannica. 
 
 P. „ Price's " Hereford." 
 
 T. „ Townsend's " Leominster." 
 
HEREFORDSHIRE. 211 
 
 A— J. 
 
 Appeeley is an old Herefordshire surname, probably derived 
 from the hamlet of that name in the neighbouring county of 
 Gloucester. There were Apperleys in Linton 200 years ago, and 
 during the reign of Charles II. Thomas Apperley, gent., lived at 
 Eaton Tregose. In the last century, a gentle family of Apperley 
 resided in Withington (D.). At present the Apperleys are mostly 
 gathered together in the vicinity of Hereford, but there a-re still 
 
 representatives of the name in Withington From the reign of 
 
 Henry YI. to that of Charles II., the Bodenhams, who take their 
 name from the parish of that name, were county squires and filled 
 
 on more than one occasion the office of sheriff (D.) Allcott is 
 
 an ancient surname on the Welsh border. During the reign of 
 Edward I., the name of Alecot or AUecot was represented in 
 
 the hundred of Conede in Shropshire (H. R.) Bonnor was a 
 
 common Herefordshire name. A family of gentry of this name 
 resided during the last century at Woodends and Eccleswall Court, 
 and early in this century at Hereford (D.), where the name yet 
 remains. Two centuries ago, there was a family of gentry named 
 Bonner in Combe St. Nicholas, in the county of Somerset (Collin- 
 son's "Somerset"). Bonner, the noted Bishop of Queen Mary's 
 reign, was born of humble parentage, at Hanley, Worcestershire. 
 
 (See under " Surrey.") The Barrells of Herefordshire were in 
 
 the 13th century represented in the adjoining county of Shropshire 
 
 by the Barels or Barells (H.R.). (^S'ee under " Suffolk.") The 
 
 name of Caswell only occurs in my list for Lincolnshire in the 
 form of Cass well. During the 17th and ]8th centuries, however, 
 Caswell or Caswall was a very notable name in Leominster in this 
 county: this Leominster family supplied several bailiffs or mayors 
 to the town as well as representatives in Parliament : Sir George 
 Caswall, who represented this town in 1720, lost his estates through 
 the South Sea Scheme (T.). Caswell is the name of a Somerset 
 
 tithing and of a Dorset hamlet Thomas Crump was mayor of 
 
 Hereford in 1610 (P.), and the name is still in the city. The 
 Crumps are also established in Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, 
 and Monmouthshire, and further reference to them will be found 
 
 under one or more of those counties Eckley was the name of 
 
 the sheriff of the county in 1740 (D.) Amongst the many 
 
 names of note during the 11th, 15th, and 16th centuries, which 
 have since become rare or extinct in the county, mention should 
 
 P 2 
 
212 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 be made of Cachepoll and Hakluit. The Hakluits were pro- 
 minently connected with. Leominster durins; the 16th century, 
 filling the office of mayor and representing that town in Parlia- 
 m.ent : they lived for 200 years at Eaton Hall near the town : 
 their ancestors were sheriffs of Herefordshire in the reign of 
 Edward I., and Richard Haklnyt, prebendary of Westminster, but 
 better known as the chronicler of the early voyages, was of this 
 stock (T.). In the reign of Edward I., Walter Hakelutel was 
 connected with the adjoining county of Shropshire (H. R.) ; and 
 in the time of Edward II., John Hekelut was connected with 
 Rutland (Wright's "Rutland "). In the 14th and 15th centuries, 
 a family of Hakluyt held the Duchy or Hakluyt manor in Hallaton, 
 Leicestershire (Curtis' "Leicestershire"). The name was also 
 in those early times connected with Hampshire (Woodward's 
 "Hampshire") Hobby or Hobib was the name of a dis- 
 tinguished Leominster family in the reign of Henry VIII. , itself 
 a branch of the Hobys of Badland, Radnorshire : from the 
 Leominster family sprang a line of baronets that became extinct 
 
 in 17(36 (T.) Jay was the name of the bailiff or mayor of 
 
 Leominster in 1602 and 1674 (T.). The name is still in the town. 
 
 The Godsalls or Godsells of Hereford and its vicinity maybe 
 
 connected in their descent with a Gloucestershire family of 
 Godsell engaged in the cloth trade at Kings wood during the 17th 
 and 18th centuries (Bigland's "Gloucestershire"). 
 
 K— Z. 
 
 Maddox and Maddy are at present Hereford names, associated 
 in the past with the history of the corporation of that city ; 
 Maddox was the name of four mayors during the first half of last 
 century, whilst Benjamin Maddy was mayor of the city in 1790 
 
 (D.). (See under "Wales.") Herefordshire is the principal 
 
 home of the Merediths, who are also to be found in North and 
 South Wales, Shropshire, Monmouthshire, and Gloucestershire. 
 Several of the mayors of Hereford in the 16th and 17th centuries 
 
 bore this name (P.) ]N"elmes was the name of the bailiff or 
 
 mayor of Leominster in 1652 and 1721 (T,). (See under 
 
 " Gloucestershire.") Nash is now an uncommon name in the 
 
 county. In 1651, 1676, 1716, and 1722, the bailiff or mayor of 
 Leominster bore this name (T.), and the name is still in the town. 
 
 (See under "Gloucestershire.") Philpott and Philpotts were 
 
 the names of five mayors of Hereford between 1587 and 1673 (P.)- 
 
k 
 
 HEREFORDSHIRE. 213 
 
 These names are still in that city. They are well established in 
 
 other counties, as in Shropshire, Kent, Hants, etc The founder 
 
 of the Mainwaring family is said to have come over with the 
 Conqueror ; and his descendants, who spread themselves over 
 Cheshire and the adjacent counties, often included persons of 
 eminence (L.). During the 17th and 18th centuries, the Main- 
 warings were lords of the manor of Annesley, in the parish of 
 
 Rolleston, CO. Stafford (Shaw's " Staffordshire ") The Meericks 
 
 or Meyricks have long been established in this county as well as 
 in the adjacent county of Shropshire. Charles Merrick of Weston 
 (Heref.) contributed £25 toward the fund raised in 1588 to resist 
 the invasion of the Spanish Armada. Richard Meyrick was 
 bailiff or mayor of Leominster in 1558 (T.). In 1742, Thomas 
 
 Meyrick was buried in Hope Mansell church (D.) The Mon- 
 
 NiNGTONS, who probably derive their name from the parish of that 
 name, were a distinguished family in the county during the ]5th 
 and 16th centuries, when they occupied the position at different 
 times of sheriff : a Monnington was mayor of the city of Hereford 
 
 in the reign of Edward IV. (D.) Norgrove was a name 
 
 represented m Bromyard more than 200 years ago (D.) The 
 
 family of Paniers or Panniers of Hereford, or its vicinity, bear 
 an ancient English name : there was an Edith Panier in Cam- 
 bridgeshire during the reign of Edward I. (H. R.) During 
 
 the 17th and 18th centuries there were tradesmen of the name of 
 RuDGE in Dean Michel, in the adjoining county of Gloucester 
 
 (Bigland's " Grloucestershire ") Skyrme is also an ancient 
 
 English surname : the Skyrmes of Hereford may find ancestors in 
 the Skermes of Oxfordshire in the reign of Edward I. (H. R.). 
 
 Isaac Skjrme was mayor of Hereford in 1772 (D.) The 
 
 ScuDAMORES for ccnturies were a distinguished and powerful 
 county family, occupying at intervals the office of sheriff during 
 the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries, and representing the city of 
 Hereford in Parliament for many years during the last century. 
 They appear as county gentry in the reign of Edward I. (D. & L.). 
 
 Ross is the locality in which the name is now most frequent 
 
 The ScARLETTS were a Leominster family in the 17th century, and 
 bailiffs or mayors in 1618, 1635, and 1664 were thus named (T.). 
 
 The name is now rare in the county Woodhouse is a name 
 
 that was represented by a gentle family in the county in the reign 
 
 of James II. (D.) Yale is an old Leominster name. The 
 
 bailiffs or mayors in 1611, 1780, 1800, and 1826, bore this 
 name (T.). 
 
214 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 BERTFORDSHIIIE. 
 
 Note. — The asterisk denotes that, though characteristic of the 
 county, the name is more relatively numerous elsewhere. 
 
 Clark 
 
 Geneeal Names (30-40 counties) . 
 
 Smith * tVriglit 
 
 Bailey 
 
 Common Names 
 
 Chapham 
 *Davis 
 
 (20- 
 
 -29 
 
 counties). 
 
 *Saundev 
 
 Eegional Names (10-19 counties. 
 * Atkins *Gray 
 
 
 DisTEiCT Names (4- 
 
 -9 counties). 
 
 *Aldridge 
 
 *Giddins 
 
 *Nash 
 
 ♦Dickinson 
 
 *Mead 
 
 Prior 
 
 
 County Names (2- 
 
 3 counties). 
 
 *Batchelor 
 
 Grange 
 
 *Rowley 
 
 Camp 
 
 Janes 
 
 Sale 
 
 Cannon 
 
 *Line8 
 
 *Seabrook 
 
 Childs 
 
 Pearman 
 
 *SilTester 
 
 Coggin 
 
 I*igg 
 
 Sworder 
 
 *Cornwell 
 
 Piggotfc 
 
 *Thirgood 
 
 Dorrington 
 
 # f Puddephatt 
 ".Puddifoot 
 
 # r Willmott 
 1 Wilmot 
 
 *Farr 
 
 Finch 
 
 
 

 HERTFORDSHIRE. 
 
 
 Peculiar 
 
 Names (confined mostly 
 
 to this county). 
 
 Acres 
 
 Hankin 
 
 Parkins 
 
 Ashwell 
 
 Ivory 
 
 Patten 
 
 Bonfield 
 
 Kingsley 
 
 Sears 
 
 Campkin 
 
 Kitchener 
 
 Tittmusa 
 
 Chalkley 
 
 Mardell 
 
 Vyse 
 
 Chennells 
 
 Orchard 
 
 Walby 
 
 Clinton 
 
 Overell 
 
 Woollatt 
 
 215 
 
 NOTES ON SOME OP THE CHARACTERISTIC HERTFORDSHIEE 
 
 NAMES. 
 
 (The nam^ are arranged in alphabetical groups, but not necessarily in alpha- 
 betical order in each group.) 
 
 Authorities^ indicated hy the following abbreviations : — 
 
 Ch. indicates Chauncy's " Hertfordshire." 
 
 CI. „ Clutterbuck's " Hertfordshire." 
 
 Cus. „ Cussans' " Hertfordshire." 
 
 H. R. „ Hundred Rolls. 
 
 L. „ Lower's " Patronymica Britannica. 
 
 T. „ Tumor's " Hertford." 
 
 Acres is an old name in Ayot St. Lawrence (Cus.) The 
 
 AsHWELLS, who derived their name originally from the Herts 
 parivsh thus called, have been for many centuries represented in 
 this county. William Ashwell owned laud in Stapleford in the 
 reign of Richard II. (CI.) ; and a monk of St. Albans in the time 
 of Henry VI. bore also the name of William Ashwell (Ch.). 
 Charles Ashwell, Esq., of Grenada, and formerly of Ayot St. 
 Lawrence, died in 1798 (Cus.). The name of George Ashwell, 
 Esq., occurs on the slab of a family vault in the church of St. 
 
 Michael's, but without a date (Cus.) Appleyaed is now a rare 
 
 name in the county. The Appulyards or Apleyards were an old 
 
216 HOMES OF FAMHiY NAMES. 
 
 knightly family of Bigrave in the 15th and 16th centuries, where 
 they owned both the manor and the living (Cus.). Applegarth is 
 
 at present the north of England form of this name Bonfield 
 
 is an old name in St. Paul's, Walden (Cns.) Camp is a name 
 
 that has been for six centuries characteristic of this part of 
 England. It was represented in the adjoining counties of Bedford 
 and Cambridge in the 13th century (H. R,.). In the county of 
 Herts, Camp is an old Sandon name (Cus.). John Camp was 
 thrice Mayor of Hertford in the middle of last century (T.). 
 There are also Camps in Derbyshire. Campkin is an old Clothall 
 name; there have been also Campkins at Datch worth during the 
 
 last and the present century (Cus.) Cannon is an old name in 
 
 this county, both at Nast Hyde in St. Peter's and at Clothall ; 
 there was a John Canon of Ware or Shenley in the time of Henry 
 YI. (Cus.). In the 13th century the name occurred, usually in 
 the form of Canon, in Oxfordshire, Hunts, Cambridgeshire, etc. 
 (H. R,.). There are a few representatives of the name in Somerset. 
 
 In the 14th and 15th centuries the Earls of Huntingdon, who 
 
 bore the family name of Clinton, owned the manor of Linsey, 
 Herts. In the reign of Henry VIII. John Clynton of Yardley 
 held some land in that parish ; and there was a Robert Clinton of 
 
 C<»ttered, in the reign of James I. (Cus.) The Clutterbucks of 
 
 this county during last century hailed from Hinton, Gloucester- 
 shire, in the previous- century (Cus.). To the Clutterbucks of 
 Herts belonged the antiquary who wrote the history of the county 
 
 quoted in this book. (See under "Gloucestershire.") The 
 
 name of Coggin was represented by Coggin and Cogan in the 
 adjacent county of Cambridge in the 13th century (H. R.). 
 
 Cogan or Coggan is now a Somerset name The Cornwells of 
 
 this county may be connected in their descent with John Cornwall, 
 Esq., of Yardley, Herts, and Stebbing, Essex, in the 16th century 
 (CI.). Early in the 15th century, John Cornwall was a gentleman 
 of Willesden, Middlesex (Cus.). The name of Cornwell also 
 
 occurs in Cambridgeshire and Sussex. (See under " Sussex.") 
 
 The DoRRiNGTONS were an old gentle family of Kelshall in the 17th 
 century (Cus.). There is a parish of the name in Lincolnshire, 
 
 and a township in Shropshire is thus called Dimsdale, a name 
 
 now rare in the county, is an old Hertford name ; the Dimsdales 
 frequently filled the office of mayor from the reign of Charles II. 
 to that of Anne; a member of this family, distinguished as a 
 physician and as an advocate of inoculation, was made a Baron 
 
HERTFORDSHIRE. 217 
 
 bj the Empress of Russia. Dimsdale is a name tliat has its home 
 at Bedale in Yorkshire (T.). 
 
 E— I. 
 
 Fare is an old Hatfield name (Ciis.). The name is also now- 
 represented in Herefordshire and Lincolnshire The family of 
 
 Finch of Redheath, Watford, during last century, had been in that 
 neighbourhood since the reign of Henry Vill. (Cus.). The name 
 of Finch was well represented in the eastern counties of Norfolk, 
 Lincoln, Cambridge, and Bedford, in the reign of Edward I., and 
 there were at that time a few of the name in Shropshire (H. R.). 
 
 It now occurs also in Gloucestershire and Worcestershire Gape 
 
 is an old St. Albans name, now rare in the county though still in 
 that town ; several mayors of St. Albans bore the name in the 
 
 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries (CI.) Geange is an ancient 
 
 English surname. It is also represented in the West Riding and 
 in Bucks. Two centuries ago John Grange was patron of the 
 living of Widford, Herts, and Francis Grange was the incumbent 
 
 (Cus.). This is a common place-name in England Gravenor 
 
 was a Hertford name in the 16th and 17th centuries; several of 
 the mayors in the reigns of Elizabeth and James I. bore the name 
 
 (T.). It is now rare in the county Gynne was the name of a 
 
 Stevenage family in the 16th and 17th centuries, the source of 
 several bequests to the poor of the parish (CL). The name is now 
 
 rare in the county. {See under " Cornwall.") Hankin has been 
 
 a Hertfordshire name for several centuries, and is an old name in 
 Baldock, Sandon, and Ashwell ; Hugh Hankyn was placed on an 
 Inquisition in the parish of Clothall in the reign of Edward III. 
 (Cus.). In the 17th century a family of Hankin resided in 
 Harwich, Essex ; and in 1603, 1609, 1644, and 1655, the mayor of 
 
 Harwich bore the name (Taylor's "Harwich") IvORY is an 
 
 ancient name in this county. It has been represented at Harpenden 
 three centuries and more (Cus.). In the first half of last century 
 there was a Watford family of this name ; and Thomas Ivory held 
 land of the Dean of Westminster in Wheathampstead in the reign of 
 Anne (Cus.) About 1650, Robert Ivery was receiving £80 a year 
 from Thomas Willshire, incumbent of Welwyn, "to serve the 
 cure " ; the mayors of St. Albans in 1631, 1653, and 1664, were 
 named Robert Ivory (CI.). John Ivorie was rector of Ayot St. 
 Peter in 1630, Edmund Ivorie of Henslow being the patron;' 
 
218 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Robert Tvory was owner of the manor of Brooks, Stevenage, for a 
 short time in the reign of Elizabeth ; he may have been the 
 Robert Ivery who was an Offley freeholder in that reign (Cus.). 
 Probably this name is a modern form of Ivri or De Ivery, the 
 name of a Norman family that held the manor of Ambrosden, 
 Oxfordshire, in the 11th century (L.) ; and concerning this early 
 family we also learn from Warton's " History of Kiddingtou " that 
 ample possessions in Oxfordshire were granted by William the 
 Conqueror to Robert De Iveri, a Norman adventurer. 
 
 J— 0. 
 
 The KiNGSLEYS have been long established in this county, A 
 family of this name held the patronage of the living of Willian 
 in the reign of Anne, and a person of the name filled the living 
 in 1725 (CI.). There were Kingsleys in Hitchin in the 17th 
 century ; and the Kingsleys hold the estate of Rose Hall in the 
 parish of Sarratt in the 16th and 17th centuries (Cus.). The 
 name is still represented in Hitchin. There are places of this 
 
 name in Cheshire, Hampshire, and Staffordshire There was a 
 
 family of Kitchener at Chells in Stevenage parish last century 
 
 (Cus.), and the name is still in the parish Lines was the name 
 
 of an old family of Harpenden in the 17th century, and the name 
 still occurs in that locality. Joseph Lines held land of the Dean 
 of Westminster in Wheathampstead in the reign of Anne (Cus.). 
 
 Manisty or Manesty, a name now rare in the county, was the 
 
 name of a Hertford family which supplied two mayors to that 
 
 town in the reign of James I. (T.) Makdell or Mardall is an 
 
 old Wheathampstead name (Cus.). Mardele is a Hertfordshire 
 
 manor Orchard is an ancient name in this county. William 
 
 Ordgor held land in Hatfield in the reign of Edward I., and Adam 
 Orgar held land in Stevenage in the time of Charles I. (CL). 
 The arms of Orchard are quartered on a memorial in Aldenham 
 church that bears the date of 1650 ; in 1811 Thomas Orchard 
 made a small annual bequest for the oldest widow of Sawbridge- 
 worth " not being a dissenter " (Cus.). In the reign of Edward I., 
 Orchard and Oregare were Oxfordshire names, Orgar was found in 
 Cambridgeshire, and De la Orcharde occurred in Somerset (H. R.). 
 If it were not that Appleyard was an old Herts name and that 
 Applegarth, its synonym, was represented in the 13th century in 
 the surrounding counties of Essex and Bucks (H. R.), I should 
 
HERTFORDSHIRE. 219 
 
 be inclined to think that the name of Orchard might have liad 
 more than one origin. It is, however, remarkable that Prince, in 
 his " Worthies of Devon," speaks of Orgar as Duke of Devon- 
 shire in the 9th century Overall or Overell is an old Ardeley 
 
 name (Cus.). John Overell or Overhall who was rector of Cley 
 Hull in 1603, was afterwards Bishop of Litchfield and then of 
 Xorwich (Ch.). 
 
 P— R. 
 
 In 1778 William Parkins, son of Richard Parkins of Newing- 
 ton Butts, Surrey, came into the possession of the manor of Chis- 
 field; Sir William Parkins, of Bushey, Herts, was noted for his 
 opposition to William of Orange. Parkyns is an old name in 
 
 Great Berkhampstead (Gas.) A family of Patten or Patine 
 
 resided near Chelmsford, Essex, in the 12th century, and the 
 Pattens of Bank Hall, Lancashire, claim to be from this origin 
 (L.). James Patten held the Woodwicks estate in Rickmans- 
 worth, Herts, apparently some time during last century (Cus.). 
 Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester in the reign of Henry VI., is 
 said to have changed his name from Patten to Waynflete, after his 
 birthplace in Lincolnshire, a common practice in those days, 
 
 according to Holinshed, amongst learned and spiritual men 
 
 Pearman is an old Weston name ; there are memorials to a family 
 
 of Pearman in San dridge churchyard (Cus.) Piggott is a name 
 
 that has been represented amongst all classes in this county for 
 many centuries, its early form in the 14th century being some- 
 times Picot or Picote. Further particulars concerning the past 
 and present distribution of this ancient name are given under the 
 
 Pigotts of Cambridgeshire The singular Herts name of PiGG 
 
 is evidently of the same origin as Peck, an ancient east country 
 name, which is represented by Pick in Lincolnshire and Pigg in 
 Herts. In the 13th century, Peck, Pick or Picke, Pik, Peke, 
 Peeke, Pig or Pigge, were frequent names, especially in the 
 east of England. Under the Pecks and the Peeks of Cambridge- 
 shire, I have referred to all these varieties, excepting the last. In 
 the 13th century. Pig was a Berkshire and a Norfolk name, and 
 Pigge occurred in Northamptonshire (H. R.). I regard all the 
 varieties enumerated above, from Peck to Pigg, as east-country 
 abbreviations of Piggott or Pigott, itself a form of Picot or 
 Pikot, an ancient personal name, which, according to Lower, was 
 
220 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 represented in Cambridgeshire and Hants in Domesday times, and 
 whicli existed as a surname in later times. With regard to Pigg, 
 it is very noticeable that it is established in a county like Herts, 
 which has been a home of the Piggotts for many centuries. It is 
 also remarkable that in the 13th and 14th centuries the names of 
 Pik, Pick, and Pigot, were associated in Shropshire (H. R. and 
 L.). Pigg is also a Northumberland name, especially characteristic, 
 
 I believe, of the vale of the North Tyne PudokphattIs an ancient 
 
 Herts and Bucks name, that at present is most numerous across 
 the Bucks border in the neighbourhood of Chesham. It was a 
 frequent name in Abbots Langley and in Sarratt, both in Hert- 
 fordshire, during the 16th and 17th centuries (Cus.), and it still 
 occurs in Sarratt. In Puddifoot, also a Herts name, it possesses a 
 modern corruption, whilst it is itself probably an altered form of 
 Pedefer (as suggested by Cussans), an Ippolitts name in the reign 
 of Edward III. (Cus.). The similar name of Pettipher is still 
 found in Oxfordshire, and further reference to this subject will 
 
 there be found The family of Rowley owned the manor of 
 
 Rush den in the beginning of the 17 th century; Francis Rowley, 
 a gentleman of Brent Pelham, died in 1686, at the age of 89 
 (Cus.). 
 
 S— Z, 
 
 Sale is a name that has been represented for ages in this 
 county. About the time of Edward I., Thomas, son of William 
 De la Sale, held twelve acres of land in Ickleford (Cus.). There 
 was a Robert De la Sale of St. Albans, in the reign of Edward III. 
 (CI.). George Sale, the translator of the Koran, was son of a 
 London merchant; he died at Great Marlow, Bucks, in 1737 
 (CI.). According to Cussans, the Hertfordshire Sales hailed from 
 Scotland nearly two centuries ago, and he mentions Francis Sale, 
 a gentleman who was married at Ash well in 1694. Their early 
 origin, however, may more probably be found within the limits of 
 this county. The present Sales hold extensive estates in Odsey 
 Hundred (Cus.). Sale is also a Derbyshire and a Staffordshire 
 name ; in the former county it has probably often been confounded 
 
 with Seal. Sale is a Cheshire township Seabrook is also an 
 
 Essex name, but it has been long established in Herts. Edward 
 Sebrok was a freeholder of Hitchin in the reign of Elizabeth 
 (Cus.). The name of Edward Seabrook figures in the list of the 
 
HERTFORDSHIRE. 221 
 
 majors o£ St. Albans as mayor for 1687, 1701, and 1729 (CI.). 
 Thomas and William Seabrooke beld land of the Dean of West- 
 minster in Wheathampstead in 1705 (Cus.). In the middle of last 
 centarj there was a gentle family of Seabrook at St. Peter's 
 (Cus.). The name is still in St. Albans and Wheathampstead. 
 
 The family of Sears, or Sayers as it was sometimes spelt in 
 
 early times, for many centuries up to the close of the last century 
 possessed landed estates in the adjoining county of Essex (L.). 
 
 TiTTMuss is an old name in Stevenage and Ippolitts (Cus.). 
 
 It is represented by Tifcmas in the adjoining county of Bedford, 
 and as Tyfcemers it occurred in Cambridgeshire in the 13th 
 
 century (H.R.) Walby is an old Hatfield name, and Woollatt 
 
 is an old Knebworth name (Cus.) Vyse is the name of an old 
 
 Elstree family (Cus.). John Vyse was vicar of Willian in the 
 
 reign of Henry VIII. (CI.) The Wilmots, who once possessed 
 
 Long Marston, were the ancestors of the Earls of Rochester (CI.). 
 An old gentle family of Willymot owned the manor of Kelshall in 
 the 17th century (Ch.). There is a tablet in All Saints' Church, 
 Hertford, to Sheirecliffe Willymott, gent., who died in 1723, at 
 the age of 24 (T.). Two Hertfordshire clerics bore the name of 
 Wilmot last century, a rector of Stapleton and a rector of 
 Digswell (CL). This name is also established in Derbyshire and 
 
 Somerset One of the most ancient of Herts names is that of 
 
 WiLSHEEE or Wylshere, now rare in the county. There have 
 been Wilsheres of the Frythe, Welwyn, from the 14th to the 
 present century (Cus.) ; and we find them there in our own day. 
 
222 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 HUNTINGDONSHIRE. 
 
 Note.- The asterisk indicates that a name, though characteristic 
 of the county, is better represented elsewhere. 
 
 G-ENEEAL Names (30-40 counties). 
 ''^Smitli 
 
 Eegional Names (10-19 counties). 
 Newton 
 
 
 County Names (2-3 counties). 
 
 ''Abraham 
 
 *England *Turnill 
 
 Bedford 
 
 *Fairy *Whiteman 
 
 Blott 
 
 *Pentelow 
 
 Brawn 
 
 Topham 
 
 
 Peculiar Names (mostly confined to this county). 
 
 Achurch 
 
 Humbley Mash 
 
 Bletsoe 
 
 JelHs Speecliley 
 
 Cheney 
 
 Ladds Spriggs 
 
 Corney 
 
 Lenton 
 
 Ekins 
 
 Looker 
 
 NOTES ON SOME OF THE CHARACTERISTIC HUNTINaDON- 
 SHIRE NAMES. 
 
 (The letters H. R. indicate the Hundred Rolls.) 
 
HUNTINGDONSHIRE. 223 
 
 A— Z. 
 
 The uame of Abraham has been represented in this county 
 since the reign of Edward I. (H. R.) (See under " Lincoln- 
 shire.") Cheney or Cheynet is an ancient name in the east of 
 
 England, but it is not of frequent occurrence now. In the 13th 
 century it was established in most of the eastern counties in the 
 forms of De Cheney, De Chenee, Le Cheny, etc., in Suffolk, 
 Cambridgeshire, Hunts, Norfolk, Beds, etc. (H. R.). The Cheyneys 
 of Boston, Lincolnshire, were well-known merchants of last 
 century, and frequently filled the office of mayor of the town 
 (Thompson's "Boston "). Cheney was an old Herts name in the 
 16th century, when Sir Thomas Cheney owned the manor of 
 
 Willian (Cussans' "Herts") Ekins was the name of a gentle 
 
 family owning, in the 17th and 18th centuries, Favell manor and 
 other properties in Northamptonshire, which w^ere sold in 1814 
 
 for £23,970 (Cole's "Weston Favell") The name of England 
 
 was represented in this county six centuries ago by Engelond 
 
 (H. E/.). (See under "Yorkshire, West Riding.") During 
 
 the last half of the 17th century several of the bailiffs of Godman- 
 cbester bore the name of Ladds (Fox's " Godmanchester '')...... 
 
 Lenton is the name of parishes in Lincolnshire and Notts. As a 
 surname it occurred in Hunts and Notts 600 years ago (H. R.). 
 
 Mash is a name that was represented six centuries ago in the 
 
 form of Masse, in the hundred of Norman Cross, in this county 
 
 (H. R.) Several of the bailiffs of Godmanchester, in the 17th 
 
 and 18th centuries, bore the names of Maile, Skeggs, Stocker, 
 and Trice or Tryce (Fox's " Godmanchester "). 
 
224: 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 KENT. 
 
 Note. — The asterisk indicates that a name, though characteristic 
 of this county, is more numerous elsewhere. 
 
 Brown 
 ^Cook 
 
 aENERAL Names (30-40 counties). 
 
 *Martin *Tajlor 
 Smith 
 
 Common Names (20-29 counties). 
 
 Chapman 
 *EUis 
 
 Palmer 
 ♦Rogers 
 
 Wood 
 * Young 
 
 Reqional Names (10-19 counties). 
 
 Austen 
 
 Harvey 
 
 * Pearson 
 
 *Bates 
 
 *Long 
 
 Reeves 
 
 Collins 
 
 Marsh 
 
 *Rus8ell 
 
 Day (Maidstone) 
 
 *May 
 
 *Sharp 
 
 Goodwin 
 
 Miles 
 
 Sutton 
 
 ^"Hammon 
 . Hammond 
 
 Mills 
 
 »WeUs 
 
 Paine 
 
 
 District Names (4-9 counties). 
 
 Alexander 
 
 Hills 
 
 Sampson 
 
 Barten 
 
 Jarvis 
 
 Skinner 
 
 Barton 
 
 *Jenner 
 
 *Walter 
 
 Bourne 
 
 *Kemp 
 
 ♦Waters 
 
 Butcher 
 
 rMonk 
 \Munk 
 
 Weeks 
 
 Champion 
 
 Wootton 
 
 Coleman 
 
 Philpott 
 
 
 ^Daniels 
 
 *Rolfe 
 
 
KENT. 
 
 225 
 
 County Names (2-3 counties), 
 
 Amos 
 
 Comes 
 
 Levett 
 
 Baldock 
 
 Cradduck 
 
 Marchant 
 
 Bartholome-iv 
 
 *auest 
 
 Mercer 
 
 Bassett (Seveuoaks) 
 
 Hickman 
 
 Neve 
 
 Bath 
 
 *Hilder 
 
 =^-Noakes 
 
 Brooker 
 
 Homewood (Asliforcl) 
 
 Pye (Eochester) 
 
 Cheesman 
 
 Hooker 
 
 Sloman 
 
 ClifPord 
 
 Jessup 
 
 *Standen 
 
 Collard 
 
 Kelsey 
 
 *Stedman 
 
 CoUison 
 
 Kennard 
 
 Tanton 
 
 Constable 
 
 Ledger 
 
 Terry 
 
 Peculiar Names (confined mostly to this county). 
 
 Ballard 
 Barling 
 Belsey 
 f Benstead 1 (Sitting- 
 L Bensted J bourne) 
 Bing ( 
 
 Boorman 1 
 
 Boulden J 
 
 Brenchley I 
 
 Brice (Canterbury) 
 Broadley (Hy the, Dover) 
 Buss 
 
 Chantler (Staplehurst) 
 Clinch (Sittingbourne) 
 Coultrip (Sheerness) 
 Coveney f 
 
 Crowhurst I 
 
 Curling (Faversham) 
 Dark 
 Dilnot 
 Dungey 
 I'agg 
 
 FiK (Canterbury) 
 Filmer 
 Finn 
 
 Fremlin J 
 
 Godden 1 
 
 Goodhew (Sittingbourne) 
 
 Grower 
 
 Hambrook 
 
 Harden 
 
 Hartridge 
 
 Hickniott (Staplehurst) 
 
 Hogben 
 
 Hogbin f 
 
 Holness L 
 
 Honess 
 
 Hollamby J 
 
 Hollands 1 
 
 Inge 
 
 Jarrett 
 
 Kingsnorth (Ashford) 
 
 Langridge 
 
 Larkin 
 
 Larking 
 
 Laslett 
 
 Leney 
 
 Love 
 
 Luck 
 
 Manwaring (Staplehurst) 
 
 Matcham 
 
 Maylam 
 
 Maxted 
 
 Millen 
 
 Milne 
 
 Minter (Faversham) 
 
 Miskin (Rochester) 
 
 Missing 
 
 Morphett 
 
 Murton 
 
 Neame (Faversham) 
 
 OfPen 
 
 Orpen 
 
 Oi'pin 
 
 Oyler 
 
 Pidduck 
 
 Pittock 
 
 Pilcher 
 
 Prebble 
 
 Quested 
 
 Eigden 
 
 Scoones 
 
 Seath 
 
 Shorter 
 
 SoUey 
 
 Solomon 
 
 Southoii 
 
 Stace 
 
 Stickles 
 
 Stunt 
 
 Stuppies 
 
 Swaffer (Ashford) 
 
 Tassell 
 
 Thirkell 
 
2Q 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Tickner 
 
 Unicume Whitebread 
 
 Tomkin 
 
 Vinson r Wiles 
 Wacher {wjles 
 
 Tompsett 
 
 Tufe 
 
 Waterman Witherden (Staplehurst,) 
 
 Usherwood 
 
 
 NOTES ON SOME OF THE CHARACTEEISTIC NAMES OF KENT. 
 
 Authorities indicated hy tTie following abbreviations : — 
 
 H. indicates Hasted's "Kent," a work sufficiently exhaustive for the pur- 
 pose of this work. 
 H. E. „ Hundred Rolls. 
 
 A— B. 
 
 The present family of Amos, establislied in the Faversham 
 district, probably can claim an ancestor in Thomas Amos, a 
 well-to-do yeoman of Ospringe, who in 1769 bequeathed £100 for 
 the poor of Molash (H.) The Alexandees of Kent were repre- 
 sented a hundred years ago by John Alexander, who owned Upper 
 
 Golsdon Farm, in Ash (H.) Baldock is an old Kent name. 
 
 The vicar of Reculver in 1594 was thus called, and the name was 
 represented in Aylesford at the end of the 17th century. During 
 the last century there were memorials to the Baldock family in 
 Lenham Church, and a hundred years since there were Baldocks 
 in Canterbury (H.) ; the name is also represented in Notts. 
 
 Baldock is a parish in Herts The Baelings belong to a very 
 
 old family in this county, who, when Hasted wrote in 1790, had 
 been in possession of Barlings, a manor in Egerton parish, from 
 the year 1500, and even before. There was a Mr. Barling who in 
 1670 left legacies to Cogan's Hospital, Canterbury. The name 
 was in Faversham a century ago (H.). Perhaps this old family 
 came centuries ago from the Essex parish which bears the same 
 name The Bassetts were an ennobled family in mediaeval 
 
KENT. 22-7 
 
 time ; they held the posts of constable of Dover and lieutenant of 
 Dover Castle in the reigns of John and Edward III. The rector 
 of Tunstall in 1368, and the rector of Lnddenham in 1580, bore 
 this name ; and in Elizabeth's time a Bassett held a messuage in 
 the village of Cowdham, in Dartford deanery (H.). The Kentish 
 Bassetts are now mostly gathered around Sevenoaks. (See under 
 
 *' CoENWALL " for an account of the Cornish Bassetts.) Ballaed 
 
 is another old Kent name. The Ballards owned Sapinton manor 
 from the time of Henry IV. until that of Philip and Mary. 
 Robert Ballard, butler of Richard II., received from his Sovereign 
 the manor of West Combe. In the reign of Henry YI., Thomas 
 Ballard, of Horton Parva, was one of the sheriffs of Kent (H.). 
 
 Baetholomew was the name of two county families of 
 
 Addington and Oxenhoath last century (H.) The BmCxS held 
 
 property in "Wrotham in the time of Elizabeth, and one of this 
 family was sheriff of Kent in the same reign. In the time of 
 James I. the Bings also owned property in Tunbridge, where the 
 name still remains ; and in this reign George Bing was mayor of 
 Dover, and also the representative of the city in Parliament. 
 There are several memorials of Bings in the church of St. John, 
 Margate, erected in the latter half of last century ; and in 1782 
 
 Mr. H. Bing owned Yokes Court, in Erinsted (H.) The family 
 
 of Belsey came into possession of Boswell Banks in 1777 (H.). 
 
 The Bensteads or Bensteds of Sittingbourne bear an ancient 
 
 Kent name; and we learn from Hasted that Merston in the reign 
 of Henry III. belonged to John de Banstede, Benstede being a 
 parish in Hunton parish. In 1486, Andrew Bensted was rector 
 of Stonar, Thanet ; and in 1511, Andrew Benstede was vicar of 
 Heme (H.). Binsted is also the name of places in Sussex and 
 
 Hants Beice was a Kent name in the reign of Edward I. 
 
 (H. R.). The name is at present best represented aroand 
 Canterbury. In 1677 a Mr. Brice presented a small amount of land 
 to the corporation of Dover for the relief of the plague-affected ; 
 and early last century John Brice purchased property in Eleham 
 
 (H.) Beoadley was a Dover name during last century. John 
 
 Broadley, a surgeon there, died in 1784, aged 79; his heirs 
 possessed the estate of Upper Hales, at the close of the century 
 (H.). The family still have their principal home in the same 
 
 locality, namely, in and around Dover and Hythe The 
 
 Beenchleys belong to an old and distinguished Kentish family, 
 possessing property in Brenchley in the time of Henry VT. In 
 
 Q 2 
 
228 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 the same reign Sir William Brencliley, chief justice of the King's 
 Bench, owned the manor of Benenden. The vicar of Ash in 1660 
 was thus named (H.). 
 
 C— D. 
 
 The Cliffords of Bobbing were an ancient Kentish family who 
 held the manor of Shorne during the 15th century; they were 
 descended from the Herefordshire Cli-ffords of Clifford Castle, who 
 
 are still represented in the county of Gloucester (H.) The 
 
 family of Clinch, now best represented in and around Sitting- 
 bourne, resided in Hernehill in this county during the 17th 
 
 century (H.), where the name still remains The Cuelings of 
 
 Faversham bear an old Thanet name ; we find a William Curlyng 
 in that locality in 1513 (H.). A century ago there was a Mr. 
 John Curling of Ham, who bought the Betshanger estate (H.). 
 
 The CoLLARDS of Kent may find an ancestor in Simon Colard, 
 
 who represented Dover in Parliament in the reign of Edward HI. 
 Christopher Collard was rector of Blactmanstone in the time of 
 
 Charles I. (H.) In the reign of Henry YIII., Richard Coveney 
 
 owned property in Maidstone parish ; and in the time of Mary, 
 
 Nicholas Coveney possessed property in Boxley (H.) The 
 
 Cradducks may claim connection with a gentle family of Cradock 
 in Luddesdowne in the middle of tbe 17th century ; Cradock was 
 
 the name of the vicar of Tong in 1672 (H.) The Kentish 
 
 Cheesmans date back to the 16th century. In the reign of Henry 
 VIII., John Cheseman held for a time the manor and parsonage of 
 Lewisham (H.), and Chiesman is still a Lewisham name. In 
 Elizabeth's time he represented New Romney in Parliament and 
 
 filled the ofiice of mayor (H.) The Crowhursts derive their 
 
 name from parishes of that name in the adjacent counties of 
 
 Surrey and Sussex William d'Arques, lord of Folkestone, who 
 
 came to England with the Conqueror, may, according to Lower, 
 
 have given rise to the Kentish name of Dark Dilnot was a 
 
 Sandwich name in the middle of last century ; and the name is 
 still in the district. John Dilnot of Sandwich a hundred years 
 
 ago owned Brook-house in Ash (H.) The name of Daniels was 
 
 represented 600 years ago by Daniel in the hundreds of Maidstone 
 and Worth (H. R.). 
 
KENT. 229 
 
 E— G. 
 
 Fagg is a very old Kentisli name. The Fagges of the 16th and 
 17th centuries were a family of influence and position, and had 
 their principal home at Chartham (H.). Lower, however, says 
 that they were also long connected with Rye in the adjacent 
 county of Sussex. Further back we have the Fagges at Willes- 
 borough in the 14th century (H.). A member of this family was 
 created a baronet by Charles II., and Sir John Fagg was vicar of 
 Sarre a hundred years ago ; during the first half of last century, 
 several of the family were buried in Ham church (H.). Fagg is 
 an ancient English name ; we find it six centuries since in Oxford- 
 shire and Somerset (H. R.) Fremlin is another old Kent 
 
 surname. Henry YIII. granted to John Fremling and his heirs 
 2J acres of land in Great Dawfield, Kemsing ; and in the reign of 
 Elizabeth, Gilbert Fremlin owned the mansion of Croft in Hartlip 
 
 (H.) The FiLMERS belong to a distinguished Kentish family 
 
 tliat had its home at East Sutton during the 17th century; some 
 of its members were baronets, and others were sheriffs of the 
 
 county (H.) The present family of Finn may be connected 
 
 with John Finn of Chilham in 1702 (H.) Goodhew, a name 
 
 now well represented around Sittingbourne, has long been found 
 in Kent. In the time of Henry VIII., John Goodhewe held pro- 
 perty in Seasalter and Hernehill, and in 1511 John Godhew was 
 master of Wye College ; in Elizabeth's reign, a Goodhugh owned 
 a manor in Sturry (H.). Richard Goodhugh of Tunbridge was 
 sheriff in 1697 ; and the family possessed the manor of Sheldhurst 
 
 in the reign of George I. (H.) Gower was the name of the 
 
 vicar of St. Stephen's in 1457 ; and John Gower had property in 
 Hollingborne in the time of Edward III. (H.). The noble family 
 
 of this name has been connected with this county Godden is 
 
 an ancient Kent surname. The vicar of Reculver in 1663 was 
 thus named, and in Folkestone church there is, or was, a memorial 
 to a Godden of the date of 1636 (H.). The Goddens held the 
 manor of Leyborne and much other property in the county during 
 the 16th century; and back in the 14th century we find a family 
 of De Godden holding the manor of Godden in Tenterden parish 
 (H.), where the surname yet remains. This is in fact an early 
 English surname, being represented in the forms of Godin and 
 Goding in the adjacent county of Sussex during the 13th century, 
 and occurring at the same time in the counties of Bucks, Oxford, 
 Cambridge, Somerset, etc. (H. R.). 
 
230 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 H— J. 
 
 The Hartridges of Hartridge, Oranbrook, were an ancient 
 family, one of the name occurring amongst the Conservators of 
 
 the Peace in the reigns of Edward III. and Richard II. (H.) 
 
 During last century the Hookees held properties in the parishes of 
 Biddenden and Great Chart. John Hooker of Little Peckham, 
 who was sheriff of Kent in 1712, belonged to the Hookers of Tun- 
 bridge, who came originally from Hants. In 1595 Hooker, the 
 
 ecclesiastical writer, held the living of Kingston (H.) Mr. 
 
 HoGBEN, who owned the Copthall estate in Aldington parish about 
 two centuries ago, may be an ancestor of the present Hogbens and 
 Hogbins. In 1712, Thomas Hogben of Aldington left bequests to 
 the poor; and in 1737 Mr. John Hogben of Ash (where the 
 Burname still remains) owned property in Wimlingswold parish 
 
 (H.) The noble house of Holland was connected with Kent 
 
 during the last two centuries. Long before this, however, in the 
 reign of Richard 11. , the Holands were the lords of Kent (H.). 
 
 In 1554, Andrew Holness, of Seton in Ickham parish, left 
 
 small bequests to the poor; and in 1667 Edward Holness was 
 
 lessee of Bramling manor in the same parish (H.) Inge is an 
 
 ancient Kentish name. In the reign of Edward IL, William de 
 Inge, a justice of the Common Pleas, held Ightham (Ickham) 
 manor; and John Inge was a justice in the same court in the time 
 of Edward III. (H.). The vicar of Petham in 1627 was thus 
 named; and in 1790 Mr. Peter Inge lived in the village of Little- 
 borne (H.). In the reign of Edward I. this surname occurred in 
 Hunts and Oxfordshire (H. R.) ; and we learn from Lipscomb that 
 Inge was a clerical name in Bucks in the 14th and 15th centuries. 
 
 The Kentish family of Jessup, a name also represented in 
 
 Essex, may possess a namesake, if not an ancestor, in Jessuppe, 
 the vicar of Preston church in 1579 (H.). There were two free- 
 holders of the name of Jesopp living at Mattersey, Notts, in 1698 
 (Harl. MS. 6846). 
 
 K-^L. 
 
 The Kelseys bear an old Kent name. The ancient Kelseys 
 possessed Kelsey, Beckenham, in the 13th and 14th centuries. In 
 1659 Colonel Kelsey represented Dover in Parliament, and was 
 lieutenant of Dover Castle (H.). A hundred years since, there 
 
KENT. 231 
 
 were Kelseys in Hawking parish (H.) The Kingsnorths of 
 
 Ashford and its vicinity bear the name of a Kentish parish; 
 whilst the family of Kennard may have a namesake or an ancestor 
 
 in the rector of Fordwich in 1619 (H.) Langridge is the name 
 
 of an ancient manor in Hailing. However, Lower remarks that 
 the Langridges of Sussex appear to be indigenous to that county, 
 
 the name of De Landrigg occurring there in the 14th century 
 
 A hundred years since, the principal family of Larkin lived 
 at Grove in Wickham parish, and there were then several 
 memorials to the family in the church ; the name was also repre- 
 sented last century in the parish of Bredhurst (H.) The 
 
 Levetts were the patrons of the living of Brenset in the time 
 of Elizabeth, and they also held it as incumbents (H.). In the 
 middle of last century, Francis Levett, Turkey merchant, died at 
 ISTethersole in the parish of Wimlingswold (H.). This is also a 
 
 Sussex name. {See under that county.) Love is an ancient 
 
 Kentish surname. Reginald Love held property around Chatham 
 and Rochester in the reign of Henry V. ; and in the time of 
 Henry y II I., Griles Love was a gentleman of Dover; John Love 
 was rector of Woodchurch in 1685 (H.). The Loves have long 
 been an old Staplehurst family of gentry ; a hundred years since 
 there were several inscriptions to this family, some of them 
 
 obliterated, in the church and churchyard (H.) Luck was the 
 
 name of the rector of Sevington in 1727 ; and in the reign of 
 Elizabeth, Richard Luck owned Newhall manor, Sheppey (H.). 
 
 M— N. 
 
 The Manwarings of the vicinity of Staplehurst may be con- 
 nected with the family that owned the manor of Waltham in the 
 time of Elizabeth: in the same reign one of this family waa 
 
 vicar of Petham (H.). (See under "Herefordshire.") The 
 
 Mercers were another old Staplehurst family. In 1730 the 
 Mercers of Hawkhurst bought the Newsted estate in Staplehurst, 
 which they still possessed when Hasted wrote in 1790. Mercer 
 was the name of one of the representatives for Canterbury in the 
 
 reign of Edward III. (H.) The Matchams may possess an 
 
 ancestor in Mrs. Catherine Matcham, to whom a memorial was 
 
 erected in Wye Church, dated 1713 (H.) The Morphetts may 
 
 be connected with Thomas Morphett, who was rector of Newenden 
 and Rolvenden in 1790, and with William Morphet, the rector of 
 
232 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 St. Andrew's, Canterbury, in the time of Elizabeth (H.) The 
 
 Neames are still established in Taversham. A century ago there 
 was a vault in Birchington church containing the remains of 
 
 several members of the family of Xeame of Gore-end (H.) 
 
 Neve is a very ancient name in this county, as well as in other 
 counties. Robert le Neve held Woldham Hall in the reign of 
 Edward I. (H.) In the first half of last century, Gabriel Neve, 
 attorney- at-law, lived at Hayes, near Bromley (H,). It is remark- 
 able that this surname, which is now usually spelt Neave in 
 Norfolk and Suffolk, has been for six centuries confined to the 
 same area. The Hundred Rolls inform us that during the reign 
 of Edward I. it occurred in the form of Le Neve in Norfolk, 
 Suffolk, and Cambridgeshire ; and, as shown above. Hasted alludes 
 to its being in Kent during the same reign. Even towards the 
 close of the 19th century its home is still in Norfolk, Suffolk, 
 
 and Kent The name of Noakes a century since was represented 
 
 in the parishes of Goudhurst and Faversham (H.). 
 
 0— R. 
 
 Philpott, a name occurring in several other counties, has long 
 been found in Kent. Philipotts is the name of an estate in Tun- 
 bridge, which, in the reign of Edward I., gave its name to the 
 family possessing it. Sir John Philipott, who was lord mayor 
 in the reign of Richard II., owned The Grange in Gillingham. 
 Henry Philpot represented Hythe in the time of Henry IV. 
 John Philipott, the Somerset Herald, and the author of " Kent 
 Illustrated and Surveyed," lived in the time of Charles I., and 
 was born at Folkestone. Robert Philpott was vicar of Bobbing 
 in 1690 ; and there were several Philpots in the parish of Crundal 
 
 early last century (H.) The Kentish Pidducks and Pittocks 
 
 may hail originally from Norfolk. Blomefield, in his history of 
 that county, mentions a gentleman named Piddock, of Brisingham, 
 
 200 years ago Swingfield church, a century ago, contained 
 
 several memorials to members of the family of Pilcher, who were 
 tenants of St. John's (H.). Last century there flourished a New 
 Romney family of this name, a member of which, Stephen Pilcher, 
 gent., who died in 1768, was four times bailiff of the Marsh (H.). 
 The names of Pilcher and Pilchere occurred in Cambridgeshire 
 
 n the reign of Edward I. (H. R.) In the past century, the 
 
 QuESTEDS held Elverden manor and Battle Hall, in Leeds parish 
 
KENT. 233 
 
 (Kent) ; and in the time of Charles I. Mr. Mark Quested, of the 
 Company of Fishmongers of London, owned the manor of Pen 
 
 Court, Hollinghorne (H.) The Rigdens bear an ancient Kentish. 
 
 surname. Robert Rigden owned the manor of Morton, Canter- 
 bury, for a short time in the reign of Henry VI. ; and during the 
 16th and 17th centuries the Rigdens owned part of the manor 
 of N'orth Court or Lower Hardres (H.). John Rigden, a native 
 of Canterbury, was incumbent of St. Mildred's church in that 
 city in the early part of last century ; and William Rigden was 
 the name of a Canterbury brewer in 1771 (H.). A hundred years 
 since, there were Rigdens in Faversham, Wingham, etc. (H.). 
 The name is still in Canterbury and Faversham, and in other 
 places in the county. 
 
 S— Z. 
 
 The Shortees have long been known in Kent. In 1688, the 
 ancient seat of Bybrooke, in Kennington, became the property 
 of Sir John Shorter, lord mayor of London : the family held it 
 until the middle of last century; but in 1790 it was uninhabited 
 
 and in ruins (H.) Sollet or Solly is an ancient Kentish 
 
 surname. John Solley owned Linacre manor, Whitfield, in the 
 reign of Edward III. : Pedding in Ash was the residence of this 
 family from the time of Elizabeth until 1748, and from them the 
 Sandwich SoUys have sprung (H.). Richard Solly, who was 
 thrice mayor of Sandwich in the early part of last century, owned 
 
 the estate of Great Poulders, Woodnesborough (H.) The 
 
 Stages are an old Tenterden family, resident there as far back 
 as the beginning of the 17th century: Sfcace was the name oE a 
 parliamentary representative for Hythe in the time of Edward 
 
 IV. (H.) The Stedmans may possess an ancestor in Canon 
 
 Stedman of Canterbury Cathedral in 1739, afterwards Archdeacon 
 of Norfolk (H.) ; and the Stunts may claim kinship with the 
 rector of Eythorne in 1569, who bore the name of Stynte (H.). 
 
 Tassell was the name of a gentle family in Linsted in the 
 
 early part of last century (H.) The Terrys or Terreys include 
 
 an old Thanet family of gentry, several of whom were buried in 
 
 IMonckton church in the latter half of the 17th century (H.). 
 In Elizabeth's time the Terrys held the manors of Bicknor and 
 Swanton Court; and in the same reign there lived a family of 
 r""""""' " 
 
234 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Shoreham. Much property was lield by the Terrys in the early 
 part of last century, when there were Terrys or Terreys of 
 Faversham, Brookland, Ospringe, Staplehurst, Trapham, etc. 
 (H.). It was also an old clerical name in the county. The 
 incumbents of Petham in 1664, of St. Mary church, Sandwich, 
 in 1622, and of Goodneston in 1736, were thus named (H.). 
 Terry is a name now also represented in Bucks and the West 
 Riding; and it is remarkable that, as far back as the reign of 
 Edward I., it occurred still in Yorkshire, and also in the counties 
 adjacent to Bucks, namely those of Oxford, Northampton, and 
 
 Hunts (H. R.) Thirkbll is a contraction of Thirkettle, an 
 
 ancient Scandinavian name, now found in Norfolk and Suifolk. 
 {See under " Suffolk.") Thurkil and Thurkill were Norfolk and 
 
 Cambridgeshire names in the 13th century (H. R.) The family 
 
 of Wateemaist owned property during last century in Rucking, 
 Halden, and Otham (H.). In 1696, Edward Waterman was vicar 
 
 of Hollingborne (H.) The Whitebeeads possess the name, if 
 
 not the blood, of Samuel Whitbread, who purchased an estate in 
 
 Woodnesborough in 1783 (H.) The Witheedens were an 
 
 ancient family of gentry, holding the manor of Eytchden, in 
 Bethersden, from the time of Henry VIII. until the close of last 
 century, when Hasted wrote. The present representatives of the 
 na.me are mostly confined to Staplehurst and its neighbourhood. 
 Withernden is the name of a Sussex manor. 
 
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LANCASHIRE. 
 
 235 
 
 LANCASHIRE. 
 
 Note. — The asterisk indicates that a name, though characteristic 
 of the county, is more niimeroiis elsewhere. 
 
 Geneeal Names (30-40 counties). 
 
 *Grreen 
 *Hall 
 * John son 
 
 *E.obinson 
 *Smith 
 Taylor 
 
 *Turner 
 *Wilson 
 *Wright 
 
 Common Names (20-29 counties). 
 
 Harrison 
 Jackson 
 
 Mason 
 Parker 
 
 Shepherd 
 ^Thompson 
 
 Eeoional Names (10-19 counties). 
 
 ^Atkinson 
 
 Ball 
 *Barne3 
 
 ♦Fisher 
 Gardner 
 Howard 
 
 r Procter 
 I Proctor 
 *Shaw 
 
 Berry 
 
 *Cross 
 
 *Marsh 
 *MiUer 
 
 *Spencer 
 ='*Webster 
 
 *Dixon 
 
 *Porter 
 
 Wilkinson 
 
 DiSTEiCT Names (4f-9 counties). 
 
 ^Ashton 
 
 *Bond 
 
 *Clarkson (Preston) 
 
 Baines 
 . Baynos 
 
 *Booth 
 
 Crook 
 
 Bradley 
 
 Dickinson 
 
 ^Baldwin 
 
 Bradshaw 
 
 Dobson (Preston) 
 
 Banks 
 
 *Braithwaite 
 
 r Fielden 
 1 Fielding 
 
 *Barlow 
 
 *Briggs 
 
 Blackburn 
 
 *Buckley 
 
 Glover 
 
236 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 *G-reenwood 
 
 Grundy (Maiicliester) 
 r Hayes 
 I Heyes 
 *Hodgkinson 
 
 * Hodgson 
 Holden 
 Houghton 
 
 * Hunter 
 *Kirkham 
 
 * Kitchen 
 Knowles 
 
 * Lancaster 
 
 *Latham 
 
 Law (Manchester) 
 *'Leach 
 J Lund 
 I Lunt 
 *Moon (Chorley) 
 
 Nelson 
 
 N"orris 
 
 Parkinson 
 
 * Pollard 
 Preston 
 
 * Rhodes (Preston) 
 ^'^ Riley 
 
 *Sanderson (Preston) 
 
 Slater 
 
 Stott (Manchester) 
 
 Sutton 
 
 Swift 
 *Tomlinson 
 ^Whitehead 
 rWhitaker 
 I Whittaker 
 *Whittle 
 *Wilcock 
 
 Woods 
 
 Yates 
 
 County Names (2-3 counties). 
 
 Ainsworth (Blackburn) 
 ^Appleton 
 [ Armistead 
 '• Armitstead 
 
 Ashcroft 
 
 Ashworth 
 
 Bamford 
 J Banister 
 I Bannister 
 
 Bargh 
 r Baron 
 l Barron 
 *Barrow (Ambleside) 
 
 Beesley 
 
 Billington (Preston) 
 
 Birchall 
 
 Birkett 
 
 Blundell 
 
 Boardman 
 
 Bolton ^ 
 
 # r Bownass 
 I Bowness 
 
 Bridge 
 * Burrow 
 
 Chad wick 
 
 Clegg 
 *Clife 
 *Collinson (Blackburn) 
 
 Cookson (Preston) 
 
 Cotham 
 
 Heap 
 
 - Cottam 
 
 Heaton 
 
 Coupe 
 
 Higham 
 
 *Cowell 
 
 Hilton (Oldham) 
 
 Crabtree 
 
 ■Kitchen 
 
 *Crossley * 
 
 ■ Hitchin 
 
 *Deacon (Preston) 
 
 "- Hitchon 
 
 *Dodgson 
 
 *Hodge 
 
 Draper 
 
 *Holcroft (Ormskirk) 
 
 Dugdale 
 
 *Holgate 
 
 / Edmondson 
 
 Holt 
 
 L Edmimdson 
 
 Hornby (Preston) 
 
 Ellison 
 
 *Hough 
 
 Fitton (Bury) 
 
 Howarth 
 
 G-arnett 
 
 ^Hoyle 
 
 Gaskell 
 
 *Hulme 
 
 L Gaskill 
 
 Hurst 
 
 ^Gerrard 
 
 Ireland 
 
 *arace 
 
 Jenkinson 
 
 G-ratrix 
 - Greatrix 
 
 Jolly 
 
 Kay 
 
 rHardacre 
 ; Hardaker 
 
 Kelsall 
 
 Kershaw 
 
 Hardiker 
 *-Hardicker 
 
 *Leeming 
 
 *Leigh 
 
 Hargreaves 
 
 Lord 
 
 ^Hartley (Burnley) 
 
 Marsden 
 
 Harwood (Over Dar wen) 
 
 Mather 
 
 Haslara (Bolton) 
 
 Mercer 
 
LANCASHIRE. 
 
 237 
 
 Morfc 
 
 Nightingale 
 
 Nuttall 
 *Oddie 
 r Ormerod 
 I Ormrod 
 *Park 
 
 Parr 
 
 Partington (Manchester) 
 
 Peet 
 
 Pennington ^ 
 
 Prescott 
 
 Pye 
 
 Raby 
 
 Rigby 
 *Royle 
 *Ru8hton 
 
 Salisbury (Preston) 
 *Schofield 
 
 Seed (Preston) 
 
 Shuttleworth 
 *Slinger 
 
 Speakman (Wigan) 
 J Stothert 
 L Stuttard 
 
 ^Strickland (Preston) 
 
 Sumner 
 
 Tinsley 
 
 Travis 
 * Tyson 
 *Waddington 
 *Warburton 
 
 Whalley 
 ^ J Wolf enden 
 L Woolfenden 
 *Worthington 
 
 Peculiar Names (confined mostly to this county). 
 
 Alker (Wigan) 
 
 Almond 
 
 Alty 
 J Aspinall 
 ^ Aspinwall 
 
 Atherton 
 
 Bamber (Preston) 
 
 Battersby 
 
 Bent (Manchester) 
 
 Bibby 
 
 Bleasdale (Preston) 
 
 iBleazard 
 Blezard 
 Blezzard . 
 Bonney 
 
 Bretherton (Preston) 
 Brindle 
 Bulcock 
 Butterworth 
 Caldwell 
 Cardwell 
 Cartmell 
 Catlow 
 Catterall 
 
 Caunce (Ormskirk) 
 Charnley (Preston) 
 Charnock (Ormskirk) 
 Collinge 
 Coward 
 Critchley 
 Crompton (Bolton) 
 
 Cropper 
 
 Culshaw (Ormskirk) 
 
 Cunliffe 
 
 Dagger (Preston) 
 
 Dearden 
 
 Dewhurst 
 
 Drinkall 
 
 Duckworth 
 
 Dunderdale (G-arstang) 
 
 Duxbury 
 
 Eastham 
 
 Eaves 
 
 Eccles (Preston) 
 J Entwisle 
 I Entwistle 
 
 Eairclough 
 
 Fazakerley (Ormskirk) J 
 
 Fish t 
 
 Forrest (Preston) r 
 
 Forshaw (Ormskirk) 1 
 
 G-ornall (Preston) 
 
 G-orst (Garstang) 
 
 G-reenhalgh (Middleton) 
 
 G-regson 
 
 G-rimshaw f 
 
 {Hacking I 
 
 Hakin 
 
 Halliwell r 
 
 Halsall (Ormskirk) J 
 Hardman (Preston) | 
 Haworth *• 
 
 Hay dock (Blackburn) 
 
 Hayhurst 
 
 Haythornthwaite 
 
 (Lancaster) 
 Hesketh 
 
 Hesmondhalgh (Preston) 
 Higson 
 Hindle 
 Horrocks 
 Huddles ton 
 Ibison 
 
 Iddon (Preston) 
 Kellett 
 
 Kenyon (Blackburn) 
 Kilshaw 
 Lawrenson 
 Leaver 
 Lever 
 Livesey 
 Livesley 
 Longton 
 Long worth 
 Lonsdale 
 Lyon 
 Lythgoe 
 Lithgoe 
 Maden 
 Margerison 
 Margerson 
 Marginson 
 Margison 
 
238 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 IMartland (Ormskirk) 
 
 Mashiter 
 r Maudsley 
 I Mawdsley 
 
 Mayor 
 
 Molyneux 
 
 Newby 
 
 Nutter 
 
 OUerton 
 
 Pemberton 
 
 Pendlebury (Bolton) 
 
 Pickup 
 
 Pilkington 
 
 Pilling 
 
 Pimblett 
 
 Polliti 
 
 Pomfret 
 
 Postlethwaite 
 
 Rainford 
 
 Ramsbottom 
 
 Rawcliffe 
 
 Rawlinson 
 
 r Riding 
 I Ryding 
 
 Rimmer (Ormskirk) 
 
 Rogerson 
 j- Rosbotham 
 ■I Rosbottom 
 L Rosebotham 
 J Rossall 
 I Rossell 
 
 Rothwell 
 
 Saltliouse 
 
 Scholes 
 
 Seddon 
 r Sefton 
 
 LSephton (Ormskirk) 
 J Shacklady 
 L Sbakelady 
 
 Sharpies (Blackburn) 
 f Sharrock 
 I Shorrock 
 
 Silcock 
 
 Singleton (Preston) 
 
 Stan worth (Burnley) 
 
 Starkie (Burnley) 
 
 Stuart 
 
 Swarbrick 
 
 Tattersall (Burnley) 
 
 Threlfall 
 
 Topping 
 
 Townson 
 
 Tyrer 
 
 Unworth. 
 
 Wallbank 
 
 Walmsley (Preston) 
 
 Walsh 
 J Wareing 
 I Waring 
 
 Whipp 
 
 Whiteside 
 
 Winder 
 
 WinStanley 
 
 Worsley 
 
 NOTES ON SOME OF THE CHARACTERISTIC LANCASHIRE 
 
 NAMES. 
 
 (The names are arranged in alphabetical groups, but not necessarily in alphe 
 betical order in each group.) 
 
 Authorities indicated hy the following abbreviations : — 
 A. indicates Abram's " Blackbvirn." 
 
 B. 
 
 
 B. 
 
 L. 
 
 F. 
 
 
 F. 
 
 a. 
 
 F. 
 
 K. 
 
 H. 
 
 
 Har. 
 
 H. 
 
 L. 
 
 H. 
 
 R. 
 
 L. 
 
 
 W 
 
 . W, 
 
 Sp 
 
 
 Baines' "Lancashire." 
 
 Baines' " Liverpool." 
 
 Fishwick's " Rochdale Parish. Registers." 
 
 Fishwick's " Q-arstang " 1 Chetham Society's 
 
 Fishwick's " Kirkham " J " Remains." 
 
 Hardwick's " Preston." 
 
 Harland's " Manchester Court Leet Records." Chetham 
 
 Society's "Remains," 
 " History of Lancaster." 
 Hundred Rolls. 
 
 Lower's " Patronymica Britannica." 
 Whitaker's " Whalley." 
 "Contributors to the Defence of this Country at the 
 
 time of the Spanish Invasion in 1588 " (Brit. Mus., 
 
 B. 474). 
 
LANCASHIRE. 239 
 
 The AiNSWORTHS, wlio derive their name from a LancasMre 
 township, are at present most niimeroas in the Blackbarn district. 
 The Ains worths of Plessington, an ancient family, came into the 
 possession of the manor of Plessington in the reign of Henry YI. 
 Another ancient family of the name lived in the vicinity of Bolton. 
 Henry Ainsworth, the eminent biblical scholar of the 16th and 
 17th centuries, belonged to the Plessington family : whilst Robert 
 Ainsworth the celebrated lexicographer of the 17th and 18th 
 
 centuries hailed from the Bolton stock (B.) Alker, a name 
 
 evidently derived from the Lancashire parish of Altcar, is now 
 
 best represented in the district of Wigan Anderton is an old 
 
 Lancashire name now scantily represented in the county. The 
 Andertons took their name from a Lancashire township and 
 estate, which last they possessed in the 16th century (L.). The 
 Andertons of Anderton in the time of James I. branched off into 
 two gentle families, those of Euxton and Lostock (B.). Richard 
 Anderton, a York surgeon, died in 1666, aged 59 (Drake's 
 
 "Eboracum"). A Cheshire township also bears this name 
 
 The Appletons of Lancashire have taken the name of a village in 
 the county. The surname is better represented in the l!^orth and 
 
 East Ridings of Yorkshire The Ashworths are named after 
 
 a township in the county Aspinall or Aspinwall occurs in 
 
 various forms as an old Clitheroe and Standen name of the 16th 
 and 17th centuries. Aspenhalgh, Aspinhaugh, Aspinall, Aspin- 
 wall, such are the principal forms and gradations of a name 
 originally signifying " an aspen mead." Standen Hall has been in 
 the possession of a family of the name since last century (W. W.) 
 There were Aspinalls of Royshaw, Blackburn, in the 17th century. 
 (A.). A gentle family of Aspinwall that once resided at Aspin- 
 wall, a house in Aughton parish, lived at Hale daring last century 
 
 (B.). The name is still in Aughton and Blackburn Ashton is 
 
 also a Lancashire place-name. The Asshetons belonged to a 
 notable family that for many centuries played a conspicuous part 
 in the county ; the Asshetons of Dawnham and Midleton, going 
 back to the 15th and 16th centuries, were amongst the oldest 
 
 branches (W. W.) Atherton is still the name of a Preston 
 
 family, members of which several times filled the office of mayor 
 during last century (H.). There is a Lancashire township of this 
 name. 
 
240 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 B. 
 
 The Bambees have their present home in the Preston district. 
 
 Bamber-bridge is the name of a Lancashire village In the 17th 
 
 century there was an old family of Bamford of Bamf ord House ; 
 there was also another family of Bamford Hall (B.). Jerome 
 Bamford held land in the Mealegate in the manor of Manchester 
 during the reign of Elizabeth (Har.). The name was well estab- 
 lished in Rochdale parish in the 16th century (F.), and still occurs 
 there. There is a Lancashire village thus called The Banis- 
 ters or Bannisters, who have been for ages in the Burnley 
 district, possess a very ancient Lancashire name. Bank Hall was 
 for centuries the manorial residence of the Banastres or Banisters, 
 an ancient and distinguished family possessing the lordship of the 
 manor of Bretherton as far back as the reign of Edward III. (B.). 
 They are said to have come from Prestatyn in North Wales in the 
 reign of Henry II. (Hill's " Langton "). The Banisters of Bank 
 retained their eminence in the 16th and 17th centuries, and served 
 at times as high sheriff of the county (B.). Henry Bannester and 
 Nicholas Banester of Lancashire contributed £25 apiece to the 
 national fund collected at the time of the expected invasion of the 
 Spanish Armada in 1588 (Sp.). Banastre was the name of two 
 bailiffs and a mayor of Liverpool in the reigns of Elizabeth and 
 James I. (B. L.). Christopher Banister was one of the Lancashire 
 men who were included by Charles II. in his list of " intended 
 Knights of the Royal Oak," an Order, however, never instituted ; 
 his estate was valued at £1,000 per annum (B.). (8ee under 
 " Sussex.") There was an influential family of Banastre at 
 Hadnall and Smethcott, Shropshire, from the 12th to the 14th 
 
 century (Eyton's "Shropshire") The Lancashire Barlows 
 
 included an ancient knightly family of Barlow Hall, near Man- 
 chester, in the 16th and 17th centuries, and carried their pedigree 
 back to the reign of Edward I. ; the Bishop of Lincoln in the year 
 
 1610 belonged to this family (B.) The Lancashire Barrows, 
 
 who are named after a borough in the county, are best represented 
 
 in the Ambleside district The Baitersbys derive their name 
 
 either from an estate or from a township in the county of York, 
 the former of which was long in the possession of the family (L.). 
 Thomas Battersbee was one of the Manchester boroughreeves in 
 
 1760 (B.) BiBBY was the name of a tenant in Over Darwen 
 
 before the reign of Henry VIII. (W. W.) The Billingtons of 
 
LANCASHIRE. 241 
 
 Preston possess the name of a Lancashire township ; they are also 
 
 represented in Cheshire and Staffordshire The Bleasdales of 
 
 Preston are named after a chapelry in the county, Lawrence 
 Bleasdale was master of the Clitheroe grammar-school in 1748 
 
 (W. W.) The Blundells were an ancient and distinguished 
 
 family of Crosby Hall in Sefton parish two centuries ago; they 
 held extensive property in that parish as far back as the reign of 
 Henry III. (B.). They are still seated in the parish of Sefton, but 
 reside now at Blundell Hall in Ince Blundell. Richard Blundell 
 of this county contributed £25 to the Spanish Armada Fund in 
 1588 (Sp.). Bryan Blundell was mayor of Liverpool in 1721 and 
 ,1728 (B, L.). Blundel is an ancient name in other parts of 
 England, having been represented in Shropshire, Oxfordshire, and 
 Bucks, in the 13th century (H. R.). The name is also now repre- 
 sented, though scantily, in Beds. Blundellsands is a place in 
 Lancashire There was a yeoman family of the name of Board- 
 man in Livesey during last century (A.). John Boardman, Esq., 
 was a boroughreeve of Salford in 1799. Thomas Boardman wa^ 
 a Manchester constable in 1764, and another of the name held the 
 
 same office in 1796 (B.) The Lancashire Boltons derive their 
 
 name from parishes of the name in the county Bradshaw is 
 
 the name of a township in this county where the Bradshaws, an 
 ancient and knightly family, have flourished since the time of the 
 Saxons ; the Bradshaws were lords of Haigh in the 14th century, 
 and to this county belonged the notable President Bradshaw of the 
 time of Cromwell (B. and L.). Reference to the Bradshaws of 
 Derbyshire and Northamptonshire will be found under those 
 
 counties The Brethertons of the Preston district are named 
 
 after a Lancashire township Brindle is the name of a parish 
 
 in the county Burrow is a Lancashire township The 
 
 BuTTERWORTHS were an ancient knightly family of Belfield in 
 Spotland from the loth to the 17th century ; they were lords of 
 the manor of Butterworth as far back as the reign of Henry II., 
 and from it they derived their name (W. W.). There were several 
 representatives of the name in Rochdale in the 16th century (P.), 
 and it still occurs there. Butterworth is a Lancashire township. 
 
 Amongst the old Lancashire families now rarely represented 
 
 in the county is that of Barcropt. There were Barcrofts of 
 Barcroft in the parish of Whalley from the 15th to the 17th 
 century (B.). A branch of this family held an estate in Black- 
 bum in the reign of James I. (A.) Bickersteth is an old 
 
 R 
 
242 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Liverpool name. From the 15th to the 17th century the name of 
 Bjkersteth or Bicksteth or Bixteth occurs several times in the 
 list of the mayors and bailiffs of the town (B. L.). Though rare 
 in the county, Bickersteth is still a Liverpool name. 
 
 C. 
 
 Cartmell was the name of four tenants in Garstang in the 
 reign of James I. (F. G.). There is a Lancashire parish thus 
 
 called Catlow is the name of an old manor, which gave its 
 
 name to the ancient family of De Catlowe or De Cattelowe in 
 
 Whalley parish during the 13th and 14th centuries (W. W.) 
 
 The Catteralls, who are now represented in Preston, derive their 
 name from a Lancashire township. Henry Catterall was guild- 
 mayor of Preston in 1602 (B.). In the list of Lancashire Roman 
 Catholics registered after the rebellion of 1715 occurs the name 
 
 of Catterall, a small estate-holder (B.) The Chadwicks of 
 
 Ohadwick in Rochdale parish are a very old and distinguished 
 family dating back from the present to the 14th century; the 
 hamlet of Chadwick has been in their possession since the family 
 was founded : Healey Hall has been for many centuries a seat of 
 the family (B. and L.). The name is common in the Rochdale 
 parish registers of the 16th century (P.), and still occurs in the 
 town. There are also Chadwicks of Staffordshire and Derbyshire ; 
 and there are places of the name in Worcestershire and Warwick- 
 shire The Charnocks, who have their present home in the 
 
 Ormskirk district, take their name from Lancashire townships. 
 Roger de Chernock was mayor of Liverpool in 1437 (B. L.). 
 Robert Charnocke was a Lancashire gentleman who contributed 
 £25 to the Spanish Armada Fund in 1588 (Sp.). A family of 
 Charnocke held land in Garstang in 1604 (F. G.). In the list of 
 the Roman Catholics of Lancashire registered after the rebellion 
 of 1715 occurs the name of Charnock in the case of a small land- 
 owner (B.). The knightly family of Charnock of Sharnbrook, 
 Beds, in the 16th and 17th centuries (Harvey's "Willey"), 
 probably sprang from the Lancashire stock ; Richard Charnock 
 of Bedfordshire, armiger, contributed £40 to the Spanish Armada 
 
 Fund in 1588 (Sp.) Clegg was the name of a very ancient 
 
 family of Clegg Hall near Rochdale ; but the estate passed out of 
 the family by marriage in the reign of Edward VI. (B.). The 
 name is common in the Rochdale registers of the 16th century 
 (P.), and it is still in the town. Richard Clegg was vicar of 
 
LANCASHIRE. 243 
 
 Kirkham, 1666-1720 (F. K.). Joshua Clegg was mayor of Liver- 
 pool in 1748 (B. L.). John Clegg was elected a Manchester 
 constable in 1781 (B.). Clegg is a Lancashire hamlet. The 
 
 surname is also established in the West Riding of Yorkshire 
 
 The CoTTAMS take their name from a Lancashire township. John 
 Cottam was a Lancashire Catholic who gave up his life for his 
 religion in 1582; Cotfcam was the name of a small estate-holder in 
 the county who was then included in the register of Papists after 
 
 the rebellion of 1715 (B.). {See under "Notts.") Coupe is 
 
 the name of a Lancashire township. Cowhope or Couhope or 
 Cuhope was the name of an enclosure in Rossendale forest, and 
 was also adopted as a surname in that district in the 15th century 
 (W. W.). Coupe was an Oxfordshire surname in the 13th century 
 
 (H. R.), and it also now occurs in Notts The Cowells of 
 
 Lancashire probably take their name from Cowhill, a district and 
 
 seat in Lancashire The Cromptons are best represented in the 
 
 Bolton district. They derive their name from more than one 
 township in the county. They were well established in the parish 
 of Rochdale during the 16th century (F.), and still occur there. 
 Peter Crompton was one of the constables of Manchester in 1767, 
 and Nathan Crompton filled the office of boroughreeve of that town 
 in 1791 (B.). Samuel Crompton, a weaver of Hall-in- the- Wood 
 near Bolton, made his family and his fortune by his invention 
 of the mule spinning-frame in 1775 (B.). The Derbyshire 
 Cromptons, a distinguished family of last century, were descended 
 from Abraham Crompton of Brightmet, Lancashire, in the reign of 
 
 James I. (Glover's "Derbyshire") Cropper was a common 
 
 Rochdale name in the 16th century (F.), and it yet remains in the 
 
 town Crossley is the name of an ancient gentle family of 
 
 Todmorden during the 14th and loth centuries and of Scaitcliffe 
 since the reign of Elizabeth (B.). The name was well established in 
 
 the parish of Rochdale during the 16th century (F.) The 
 
 CuNLiFPES belong to an ancient and a notable family originally of 
 Cunliffe Hill, but for the last 250 years of Wycoller Hall, in the 
 parish of Whalley (B.). Foster Cunliffe was mayor of Liverpool in 
 1716, 1729, and 1735; and Robert Cunliffe held the same office in 
 1758 (B. L.). Besides the seat, there is a Lancashire village of this 
 
 name Amongst the names now rare in the county is that of 
 
 Grosbie which was well known in connection with the Liverpool 
 mayoralty during the latter half of last century (B. L.), and is still 
 represented in that city. 
 
 R 2 
 
244 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 D— E. 
 
 The Daggers are "best represented in the Preston district. 
 Daggard was a Cambridgeshire name in the 13th century (H. R.). 
 
 Dearden, in one form or another, is an old name in the parish 
 
 of Rochdale, where it was well established during the 16th 
 century (F.) and where it still remains. In 1823 Rochdale manor 
 came into the possession of James Dearden, a Rochdale man, who 
 was descended from Elias de Duerden in the reign of Henry VI. 
 (W. W. and L.). Abel Deurden was a Rochdale lawyer in the 
 time of Charles II. ; and Robert Deardend was churchwarden of 
 Holme in 1793 (W. W.). In the 13th century Duredent or 
 Durdent was a Derbyshire name, and there were a few of the 
 name in Bucks (H. R.). Dearden is a place near Edenfield, Bury, 
 
 in Lancashire (L.) The Dewhursts were copyholders of 
 
 Beardwood Grreen and Billinge Carr, Blackburn, in the I6th and 
 17th centuries: William Dewhurst was the first governor of the 
 Blackburn grammar-school, in 1567 (A.); the name is still in 
 Blackburn. John Dewhurst was a Lancashire gentleman who 
 contributed £25 to the Spanish Armada Fund, in 1588 (Sp.). 
 Robert Dewhurst was a divine of Newchurch, in Rossendale, in 
 
 1650 (W. W.) Duckworth is the name of a seat in Whalley 
 
 parish. John Duckworth was minister of Haslingden in 1681 
 (W. W.). A family of Duckworth resided at Empingham, 
 Rutlandshire, in the 16th and 17th centuries : the vicar in the 
 
 reign of Elizabeth bore this name (Blore's "Rutland") 
 
 DuGDALE was the name of a Clitheroe family in the reign of 
 Elizabeth, to which belonged Sir William Dugdale, the celebrated 
 antiquary of the 17th century, whose father settled with his family 
 at Shustoke, Warwickshire (B.). There were Dugdales of Great 
 JIarwood, Blackburn, last century (A.). The name is still in 
 Clitheroe and Blackburn. Dugdale is a North Staffordshire 
 
 hamlet. (See ander the "West Riding of Yorkshire") 
 
 DuNDERDALE has been a Garstang name for the last three centuries. 
 John and Richard Dunderdale were Garstang tenants in 1604; 
 and in 1734, John Dunderdale was gentleman sidesman for the 
 Bamaker Quarter of Garstang parish (F. G.). Dunnerdale is a 
 
 Lancashire township The Duxburts take their name from a 
 
 township in the county Eccles is the name of a Lancashire 
 
 parish. The surname is most numerous in the Preston district. 
 The Entwistles or Entwisles originally derived their name 
 
LANCASHIRE. 245 
 
 from the Lancashire township. The Entwisles of Entwisle were 
 an ancient and very distinguished family : Sir Bertine Entwisell, 
 one of the heroes of Agincourt, and high sheriff of Leicestershire 
 and Warwickshire in 1483, belonged to this family : the later 
 representatives have been seated at Foxholes since the 16th 
 century (B.). The name was represented in Manchester a hundred 
 years ago (B.). 
 
 F— a. 
 
 Fairclough has long been, and is still a Liverpool name. 
 Thomas Fa3^erclough was mayor of Liverpool in 1544 (B. L.). 
 There was a gentle family of Fairclough of Fairclough Hall, 
 
 Herts, in the 17th century (Clutterbuck's "Hertfordshire") 
 
 The Fazackeeleys or FAZAKEELEYS,who are at present at home in the 
 Ormskirk district, have taken the name of a Lancashire township. 
 Roger Fazakerley was mayor of Liverpool in 1530 (B. L.). Robert 
 Fazakerley was a Lancashire Catholic of the early part of last 
 century, whose estate was valued at £187 (B.). Nicholas 
 
 Fazackerley represented Preston from 1735-1767 (H.) Fitton 
 
 is an ancient Lancashire name now mostly characteristic of the 
 district of Bury. The Fittons were lords of Great Harwood in 
 the 12th and 13th centuries ; and in fact in that early period the 
 name occurred in various forms in the extensive parish of 
 Whalley, such as, Fittun, Fitun, Fitton, Fyton, Phiton, Phitun, 
 etc. : Roger Fitton of Martholm, Harwood, gave a bell to Stanlaw 
 Abbey, apparently in the 16th century (W. W. and A.). The 
 
 Cheshire Fittons are referred to under that county The name 
 
 of FoRSHAw is best represented in the Ormskirk district. There 
 was a William de le Forsire of Shropshire in the 13th century 
 
 (H. R.) Alexander Garnett was mayor of Liverpool in 1559 
 
 (B. L.). An ancient family of Gernet held the manor of Heysham 
 in the 13th century (B.). The name is also represented in West- 
 moreland and Cheshire Gerrard or Gerard is a very old 
 
 Lancashire name. The Gerards of Bryn were lords of the 
 manor of Brindle from the 14th to the 16th century : this dis- 
 tinguished family stands amongst the foremost of the Lancashire 
 families, both in early and in more recent times, and received a 
 baronetcy from James I. : the Gerards of Gerard Hall, Aughton, 
 in the 16th and 17th centuries, were probably a branch of the 
 Gerards of Bryn (B.). Miles Gerrarde of this county contributed 
 
246 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 £25 to tlie Spanish Armada Fund in 1588 (Sp.). Sir George 
 Gerard represented Preston in Parliament in 1628 (H.) Tlie 
 Cheshire Gerrards are referred to under that county. In the 13tli 
 century, Gerard was a name much more widely distributed than 
 
 it is at present (H. R.) The Greenhalghs, who are best 
 
 represented in the Middleton district, derive their name from a 
 Lancashire township. During the 15th century, the Grenehalghs 
 of Brandlesome were hereditary bailiffs of Tottington, and during 
 the two succeeding centuries they gained and retained the position 
 of gentry (W. W.). The name of Thomas Greenhalgh occurs in the 
 list of intended Knights of the Royal Oak, amongst those of other 
 Lancashire gentlemen, the annual value of his estate being there 
 placed at £1,000 : this Order, however, which Charles II. intended 
 
 as a reward for his followers, was never founded (B.) Gregson 
 
 was a Preston name from the 16th to the 18th century : Josiah 
 
 Gregson was guild-mayor of that town in 1702 (B.) The 
 
 Grimshaws take their name from a Lancashire township. The 
 family was once widely spread in Pendle Forest, one branch of it 
 dates back to IsTicholas Grimshaw of Heyhouses in the time of 
 Elizabeth, and his descendants resided at Oakenshaw, Clayton-les- 
 Moores (W. W.). Some of the mayors of Preston during the 
 latter half of last century, and the early part of the present 
 century, also bore the name of Nicholas Grimshaw (H. )...... 
 
 Grundy is a common name in the Manchester district. The name 
 is also found in Herefordshire, Lincolnshire, and Notts. There 
 were Grundys in Leicestershire last century (Nichols' " Leicester- 
 shire "). Grindy and Grindey are Derbyshire and Staffordshire 
 names. 
 
 H 
 
 Hacking is the name of a seat in Whalley parish which was in 
 the possession of the ancient family of Del Hacking in the 13th 
 and 14th centuries (W. W.). The surname is sometimes now 
 
 corrupted to Hakin An old family of Halliwell once lived at 
 
 Pike House, Spotland; W. Halliwell was minister of Holme in 
 
 1793 (W. W.). There is a Lancashire township of the name 
 
 The Halsalls, who are most numerous in the Ormskirk district, 
 take their name from the parish of Halsall, where they once 
 resided and where they still reside. The Halsalls of Halsall were 
 connected with Liverpool in the reigns of Elizabeth and James I., 
 
LANCASHIRE. 247 
 
 Edward Halsall being mayor in 1579, whilst Sir Cuthberfc Halsall, 
 previously sheriff of Lancashire, was mayor in 1615 (B. L. and 
 
 W. W.) Hardman was a Rochdale name in the 16th century 
 
 (F.), and it still remains there. Joseph Hardman was a 
 
 Manchester boroughreeve in 1796 (B.) Hargreaves is an old 
 
 Lancashire name (W. W.). It is also common in the West 
 Riding, particularly in the Leeds district. There are two Cheshire 
 
 hamlets called Hargrave Haslam is an old Rochdale name of 
 
 the 16th century (F.) It also occurs in Derbyshire. Several 
 mayors and aldermen of Newark, Notts, in the 16th, 1 7th, and 18th 
 
 centuries bore this name (Shilton's " Newark ") The Harwoods 
 
 have their home in the Over Darwen district, and derive their 
 name from townships in the county. The name has probably 
 
 an independent home in Oxfordshire and Warwickshire 
 
 The Haworths or Howarths are very characteristic of Lanca- 
 shire, HowoRTH being of less frequent occurrence. The Haworths 
 of Great Ha worth, a very old gentle family, have resided in that 
 place for many centuries ; the Haworths of Higher Croft branched 
 off from them in the middle of the 17th century ; whilst those of 
 Sale in Cheshire belong to a still later branch (W. W.). Haworth 
 was a common Rochdale name in the 16th century (F.). Abraham 
 Hawarth was a Manchester boroughreeve in 1746 (B.). Haworth 
 is a place or a seat in the county, but I scarcely think that this is 
 a sufficient explanation of the frequency of a name which, in one 
 form or another, is borne by nearly one in every hundred of Lanca- 
 shire men. It is remarkable that Howard is a name nearly as 
 frequent in the county. The significance of this fact is referred 
 
 to in Chapter IL, under " Howard " The Hatdocks, who are 
 
 most numerous in the Blackburn district, take their name from 
 the township of Hay dock. An old gentle family of this name 
 held the manor of Hesandford or Pheasantford in the 16th, 17th, 
 and 18th centuries ; there were four generations of Simon Hay- 
 docks (W.W.). James Haydock was a Liverpool bailiff in 1507 
 (B. L.) ; and there was a Sir Gilbert de Haydock of this county 
 
 in the time of Henry Y. (B.) Heap and Heaton are Lancashire 
 
 townships. The Heatons of Heaton gave rise in early times to 
 
 the North Welsh family of the name (L.) The distinguished 
 
 family of the Heskeths of Rufford Hall carry their pedigree back 
 to the 13th century (B.). Probably to this family belonged 
 Robert Heskeith, a Lancashire gentleman who contributed £50 to 
 the Spanish Armada Fund in 1588 (Sp.). Hesketh is a Lancashire 
 
248 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 parish The Highams take their name from a hamlet in the 
 
 county The Lancashii-e Hiltons are best represented in the 
 
 Oldham district (See under "Westmoreland") For centuries, 
 
 Holcroft Hall, near Leigh, was the abode of the Holcrofts, a dis- 
 tinguished family, of which the Holcrofts of Hurst Hall in the 
 same neighbourhood in 1692 w^ere a branch ; the old residences 
 were, fifty years since, occupied as farmhouses ; in the reign of 
 Henry YIII., the Holcrofts were noted traffickers in monastic 
 property (B.). Thurstan de Holcroft was mayor of Liverpool in 
 1425, and John Holcroft filled the same office in 1644 (B. L.). 
 This name, however, in different forms is more characteristic of 
 Staffordshire. In Lancashire it is now best represented in the 
 
 Ormskirk district Lancashire is the great home of the Holdens. 
 
 The ancient gentle family of the Holdens, of Holden, Haslingden, 
 dates back to the 13th century ; from it there branched off in the 
 16th century the Holdens of Todd Hall in the same parish (W. 
 W.). The Holdens of Ewood, Livesey, date back to the reign of 
 Henry YIII. (A.). The Holdens of Aston, Derbyshire, who go 
 back to the beginning of the 17th century (Glover's " Derbyshire"), 
 
 may hail from the Lancashire stock The name of Holgate 
 
 probably has its home in the West Riding, where it is now also 
 established, and where the township of Holgate occurs. There is 
 
 also a Shropshire parish of the name The name of Holt has 
 
 been for centuries associated with dignity and opulence in the 
 parish of Rochdale. Stubley House was an early residence of the 
 family, but from 1640 to 1713, when they were warm adherents of 
 the Stuarts, the Holts lived at Castle ton Hall ; the Holts of Holt 
 Farm, Standish,in the 17th century, may have been a branch (B.), 
 Thomas Holt and Robert Holte, whose respective estates were 
 valued at £1,000 per annum, were amongst the Lancashire gentle- 
 men selected for the Knighthood of the Royal Oak by Charles II., 
 an Order, however, that was never founded (B.). The Holts of 
 Bucks are referred to under that county. Holt is a common place- 
 name in England, especially in the midland counties The 
 
 Hornets, who take the name of a Lancashire township, are best 
 represented in the Preston district. The surname is also well 
 
 established in the I^orth and East Ridings John Horrocks 
 
 from Horrocks Hall, minister of Colne, died in 1667, at the age of 
 77 (W. W.). Jeremiah Horrox, the eminent astronomer of the 
 17th century, was born in 1619 at Toxteth near Liverpool ; John 
 Horrocks founded the muslin manufacture in Preston in 1791, and 
 
LANCASHIRE. 249 
 
 afterwards represented the town in Parliament (B.). In the 13th 
 
 century there was a John Horroc in Bucks (H. R.) Hough is 
 
 the name of a seat and a place in this county, but the surname is 
 
 more characteristic of Cheshire The Houghtons are most 
 
 numerous in Lancashire, though they have been established in 
 several other counties, the name being evidently a place-name. 
 One of the principal stocks of the Lancashire Houghtons is that of 
 Little Pendleton, which dates back to the 15th century (W. W.). 
 
 The HuLMES of Hulme date back to the reign of Henry II. ; 
 
 the Hulmes of Halsall were lords of the manor of Maghull in the 
 1 6th and 17th centuries (B.). There was an old Manchester 
 family of this name in the reign of Elizabeth. Hulme Hall near 
 Manchester was a seat of the family (Har.). James Hulme was 
 constable of Manchester in 1752 ; Dauntsey Hulme, Esq., was a 
 Salford boroughreeve in 1797 (B.). The name is more charac- 
 teristic of Cheshire and Staffordshire Hoddlesden Hall, in the 
 
 ancient parish of Whalley, was probably the residence of the 
 Hoddlestons or Huddlestons of former times (B.). An old family 
 of Huddleston owned the manor of Westhall, Whittington (Whit- 
 taker's " Richmond ") . Huddlestone was a well-known name in 
 Lincoln from the 14th to the 16th century, during which period 
 six mayors and one sheriff of the city bore the name (Stark's 
 
 " Lincoln") The Lancashire Hursts have taken the name of a 
 
 town4n the county. 
 
 I— L. 
 
 The ancient and knightly family of Ireland were lords of the 
 manor of Hutte in Halewood in the time of John ; in the reign of 
 Elizabeth the family held this and other manors from the Earl of 
 Derby (B.). George and Lawrence Ireland were two Lancashire 
 gentlemen, evidently of this family, who contributed £25 apiece 
 to the Spanish Armada Fund in 1588 (Sp.). The name is also 
 found in Sussex and in the North and East Ridings of Yorkshire. 
 
 Kay is an old name in this county. It was well established 
 
 in Rochdale in the 16th century (F.) Kay was the name of the 
 rector of Mitton in 1604, and of the second founder of Bury 
 School early last century (W. W.). John Kay of Bury invented 
 the fly-shuttle in 1738 (B.). {See under the "West Riding op 
 Yorkshire.") The Kelletts take their name from townships 
 in the county The Kelsalls probably hail originally from 
 
250 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Cheshire, where there are villages o£ the name and where the 
 surname is also established. Thomas Kelsall was mayor of Liver- 
 pool in 1717 (B. L.) The Kenyons of Kenjon, a Lancashire 
 
 township, were lords of Kenyon in the 13th and 14th centuries 
 
 (B.) The name now has its home in the Blackburn district 
 
 Kershaw was a Manchester name in the reign of Elizabeth ; 
 Richard Kyrshaw was elected town " wayfce " (musician) in 15G2 
 (Har.). Kirshaw was a Rochdale name in the 16th century (P.) 
 and it still survives there. James Kershaw was 'minister of New 
 Church, Rossendale, in 1598 (W. W.). John Kershaw bequeathed, 
 in 1701, two estates for founding a free school at New Church (B.). 
 The name is still in New Church. Kirkshaw was an old form of 
 the name in the 15tli century (W. W.). The name is also estab- 
 lished in the West Riding The Lathams are referred to under 
 
 "Cheshire" The Leavers or Levers derive their name from 
 
 Lancashire townships. The Levers of Alkrington have been 
 seated at Alkrington Hall since the middle of the 17th century; 
 Sir Ashton Lever of this family attained note as a naturalist 
 last century (B.). The Leavers were established in Rochdale 
 
 parish in the 16th century (F The Leighs take their name 
 
 from the Lancashire town. The ancient and knightly family of 
 Legh, of Haydock, Lancashire, and of Lyme, Cheshire, carries 
 its pedigree back to the loth century (B.). The name is frequent 
 
 in Cheshire The Liveseys of Livesey Hall held the manor of 
 
 Livesey for 500 years (A.), and their name is still in the parish. 
 There was a Thomas de Livesey of Fenescholes in the loth 
 century (W. W.). Robert Livesey was a Manchester boroughreeve 
 
 in 1750 (B.) Longton, Longv^orth, and Lonsdale are the 
 
 names of townships and parishes in the county Lancashire is 
 
 the northern home of the Lords. The name was numerous in 
 Rochdale parish in the 16th century (F.). The Lords of the east 
 
 of England have their home in Suffolk The Lunds or Lunts 
 
 have their principal home in the West Riding, but they also occur 
 in Cheshire as well as in this county. John de Lunt and 
 Nicholas Lunt were bailiffs of Liverpool in 1402 and 1483 (B. L.). 
 
 M— 0. 
 
 The Marsdens take their name from Lancashire townships. 
 William Marsden was mayor of Liverpool in 1725 (B. L.). The 
 name is equally frequent in Derbyshire and in the West Riding 
 
LANCASHIRE. 251 
 
 Hichard and Samuel Mather, father and son, natives of 
 
 Lowton, were two noted Lancashire Nonconformist divines of 
 
 the 17tli century (B.) The Mawdesleys of Mawdesley possessed 
 
 the demesnes of Mawdesley from the 12th to the 17th century 
 
 (B.), and the name still occurs there William Mayor was 
 
 elected a Manchester constable in 1791 (B.) Mayer is a Stafford- 
 shire name The noble and very ancient house of Molyneux, 
 
 of Sefton, has been for several centuries one of the most powerful 
 
 and most distinguished of Lancashire families (B.) Mort is 
 
 also a Shropshire name. Adam Morte, the intrepid Royalist 
 mayor of Preston, was killed at the storming of that town in 
 
 1642 (B.) The Fairhurst Nelsons, who owned Fairhurst Hall, 
 
 Eccleston, during the last and in the present century, belong to 
 an ancient family, a branch of which held lands in Mawdesley 
 as far back as the reign of Richard II, Nelson is a Lancashire 
 town. Richard Nelson was mayor of Lancaster in 1512 (H. L.). 
 
 (See under "Cumberland" and "Westmoreland.") Newby is 
 
 the name of a Lancashire village Norris is a name that has 
 
 now its j)rincipal homes in Lancashire and Somerset. In the 
 13th century it was frequent in the forms of Noreys, Norreys, 
 Norries, and Norrays, often preceded by "Le," in Notts, Oxford- 
 shire, Norfolk, Yorkshire, Cambridgeshire, Hunts, Bucks, etc. 
 
 (H. R.) NuTTALL was a common name in Rochdale parish in 
 
 the 16th century (F.), and it still occurs there. There was a 
 gentle family of the name at Newhall-hay, in Rossendale, in the 
 17th century: Robert Nuttall Avas the name of a Bury gentleman 
 last century (it is still a Bury name), and of the owner of Hollins 
 in Accrington in 1734 : Nut tall is a place in the county, originally 
 written Nuthalgh (nut-field), and often corrupted to Nutto and 
 
 Nathow in old charters (W. W.) Nutter has the same 
 
 origin, from Nuthalgh, through Nuthow and Nutto. The Nutters 
 were master foresters and keepers of the Chace of Trawden in 
 the 15th century : in the time of Elizabeth one of the family was 
 steward of Pendle : Ellis Nutter was for 33 years master of 
 
 Burnley School during last century (W. W.) The master 
 
 of the Blackburn grammar-school in 1670 bore the name 
 Oddie (A.). The name is also established in the West Riding. 
 
 The ancient gentle family of Ormerod resided at Ormerod 
 
 House, Whalley parish, from 1311 to 1793 : amongst the branches 
 of this family are the Ormerods of Bary during last century, and 
 the Ormerods of Gambleside : Oliver Ormerod, of the parent 
 
252 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 stock, was a noted polemical writer in the reign of James I. (B.). 
 (See under " Cheshire.") 
 
 Parr is the name of a Lancashire township and manor whei-e 
 the Parrs have been settled since the 13th century (L.) They 
 
 are also represented in Notts and Lincolnshire The Part- 
 
 INGTONS are best represented in the Manchester district. There 
 is a Cheshire township thus called. There are also Partingtons 
 
 in Worcestershire Pemberton is the name of a Lancashire 
 
 township The Pendleburys, who possess the name of a town- 
 ship in the county, are now mostly found in the Bolton district. 
 In 1588 William Pendleburie of Wichford, Warwickshire, con- 
 tributed £12 to the Armada Fund (Sp.) The ancient and 
 
 influential knightly family of the Peis^ningtons were lords of 
 Pennington from the 11th century to the reign of Henry VL, a 
 monarch who numbered Sir John de Pennington amongst his 
 most trusted adherents (B.). In the first quarter of the 17th 
 century there was a gentle family of the name at Mitton Magna 
 
 (W. W.). The name is also established in Cheshire The 
 
 Pickups derive their name from Pickup Bank, or Piccopbanke, a. 
 village in Whalley parish. In the 16th century the Piccopps 
 lived at Lower Darwen, a family with which the Piccops of 
 Eccleshill in the succeeding century were connected : from early 
 in the 17th century the Pickops have beld their own estate on 
 
 the borders of Livesey and Tockholes (A.) The Pilkingtons 
 
 originally took their name from the Lancashire township. The 
 Pilkingtons of Pilkington, from whom the Yorkshire Pilkingtons 
 are derived, were a distinguished Lancashire family during the 
 15th century : the Pilkingtons of Rivington, a powerful knightly 
 family of considerable antiquity, traced their pedigree back to 
 the reign of Henry I. ; they lost much of their possessions after 
 the battle of Bosworth (B.). There was a gentle family of this 
 
 name in Manchester in the reign of Elizabeth (Har.) Pilling 
 
 is the name of a Lancashire township It would seem that the 
 
 Lancashire name of Pimblett is a corruption of the old Cheshire 
 
 name of Pimlot, which is referred to under " Cheshire " The 
 
 POLLITTS may possess an ancestor in John Pollett, minister of 
 
 Butterworth in 1660 (W. W.) Postlethwaite is still an old 
 
 Lancaster name : four of the mayors during last century bore 
 
LANCASHIRE. 253 
 
 this name (H. L.) The Pkescotts take their name from a 
 
 Lancashire parish; they are also represented in Cheshire 
 
 Lancashire is the home of the Pyes of the north of England, 
 whilst Kent is their home in the sonth. In the 13fch century the 
 name was represented in If^orfolk, Suffolk, Hunts, etc. (H. R.). 
 
 R— S. 
 
 Raby is also a Cornish name. Adam E-abye was parish clerk 
 of Blackburn in 1683 (A.). There was a Thomas Rabi in 
 Bedfordshire in the 13th century (H. R.). In Cheshire and 
 
 Durham there are townships of this name Rainfoed and 
 
 Rawcliffe are Lancashire townships Ramsbottom is a place 
 
 in Clitheroe and a hamlet near Bury: in the 16th century Sir 
 Henry Ramsbottom was a priest of Haslingden : in the 15th 
 century Margaret Remesbothome held land in Rossendale Forest 
 
 (W. W.) Rawlinson is an old name of note in the county. 
 
 The principal family of the name resided at Grreenhead, Coulton, 
 in the reign of Henry YII., and came into possession by marriage, 
 in the 17th century, of Moreside and Cark Halls in Cartmel; 
 another branch lived at Toddilbank House, Coulton, in the time 
 
 of Henry VII., and a third at Rusland Hall (B.) Rigby, a 
 
 characteristic Lancashire name, is also established in Cheshire. 
 Harrock Hall, in Eccleston parish, has been the residence of a 
 distinguished family of the name from the 15th to the present 
 century (B.). Edward Rigby was mayor of Liverpool in 1751 
 
 (B. L.) RossALL is an old Lancashire seat. Rosshall was an 
 
 ancient Shropshire manor, which gave its name to the knightly 
 family of De Rosshall or De Rossall, of the 13th century. (Eyton's 
 
 "Shropshire.") Richard Rothwell, the exorcist, was born 
 
 at Bolton in 1563 (B.). There is a Yorkshire parish of this 
 
 name Royle is the name of an ancient mansion in Whalley 
 
 parish (B.). (See under "Cheshire.") The Salisburys of 
 
 the Preston district take their name from Salisbury in the adjoin- 
 ing parish of Blackburn, where lived the old family of Salesbury 
 or Salebury, of Salesbury Hall, in the 13th century (B. and W. W.). 
 
 The Derbyshire Salisburys probably hail from Lancashire 
 
 Salthouse is a name now mostly confined to Lancashire. De 
 Sal thus was a Norfolk name in the 13th century (H. R.) ; there 
 is a parish of Salthouse in that county, and De Salthouse was 
 a common clerical name in that county in the 14th century 
 
254 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 (Blomefield's " Norfolk ")• Salthouse is a Norfolk parish The 
 
 old family of Schofield, of Schofield Hall, SpotlaTid,is now extinct 
 in the direct line (W. W.). Scolfeld was a common name in 
 Rochdale parish in the 16th century (F.). Abdie Scholfield was 
 
 churchwarden of Prestwich in 1645 (B.) Sefton or Sephtox 
 
 is the name of a Lancashire parish; the Sephtons are mostly 
 
 found in the Ormskirk district Sagar, or Segar as it is 
 
 infrequently spelt, is a name characteristic of the Burnley district. 
 The Bev. Charles Sagar was master of Blackburn School in 
 1655 (A.). In the 13th century Segar or Sigar was a name 
 found in Bucks, Cambridgeshire, Suifolk, Wilts, etc. (H. R.). 
 Shackladt or Shakelady is known in Lancashire as a cor- 
 ruption of Shackerley, a township in the county (L.). The 
 Shakerleys were a gentle family of Standish parish in the reign 
 of Henry YIII. Robert Shakerley held the Clitheroe mills from 
 
 the Crown in the reign of Edward IV. (W. W.) The ancient 
 
 family of Sharples once lived at Sharpies in Bolton parish (B.). 
 There was a Freckleton family of the name in the 17th century 
 
 (F. K.) Sharrock and Shorrock are old Lancashire names. 
 
 Thomas Shorrocks, Esq., was a Salford boroughreevein 1771 (B.). 
 John Shorrock was minister of Newchurch in Rossendale in 
 1767; De Shorrok and De Schorrock were names characteristic 
 of the original parish of Whalley in the 13th and 14th centuries 
 
 (W. W.) Shuttleworth is the name of a Lancashire village. 
 
 Shuttleworth Hall, in the parish of Whalley, was the original 
 seat of the family of the name before their removal, in the reign 
 of Richard IL, to Gawthorpe, where they still resided in the 
 17th century; fifty years ago the early seat of the family was 
 occupied as a farmhouse ; the Shuttleworths of Hacking, who 
 flourished from the 13th to the 16th century, were a branch of 
 this family (B. and W. W.). In 1588 Serjant Shuttleworth 
 contributed £25 to the Armada Fund (Sp.). The Shuttleworths 
 represented Preston in Parliament at different times during the 
 17th and 18ih centuries (H.). The name is also established in 
 the Leeds district of the West Riding. There is also a Derbyshire 
 
 village thus called The Singletons are numerous in the 
 
 Preston district. An ancient family of the name owned the 
 manor of Brockholes in the 16th century (B.). There are town- 
 ships thus called in the county The Starkies, who are prin- 
 cipally represented in the Burnley district, have not wandered 
 far from the ancient home of their name. The Starkies of 
 
LANCASHIRE. ^ 255 
 
 Huntroyde, in the parisli of Whalley, have a distinguished family 
 history, going several centuries back ; the Twiston branch dates 
 from the 17th century (W. W.). During last century there vras 
 
 a well-to-do Manchester family of the name (B.) The Stotts 
 
 were established in the parish of Rochdale in the 16th century 
 (F.), and still occur there; but they are now mostly found iu 
 the Manchester district. Thomas Stott was elected a Manchester 
 constable in 1768, and John Stott was a Manchester boroughreeve 
 in 1741 (B.). The name is also represented in Northumberland, 
 
 the West Riding, and Somerset The Swarbricks may possess 
 
 kinship with Mr. Swabrick, an eminent organ maker of Warwick 
 in the middle of last century. (Deering's " Nottingham.") 
 Swarbrick or Swarbrook has been a Chester name during the 
 
 last and the present century. (Hemingway's "Chester.") 
 
 The name of Swift is also established in Derbyshire, the West 
 Riding, and Notts- In the 13th century there were Swifts and 
 Swyfts in Derbyshire, Bucks, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, and 
 
 Suffolk (-H. R.) Seacome or Secum, Sturzaker or Stursacre, 
 
 and SuDALL or Sudell, are old Lancashire names now rarely 
 represented in the county. Seacome and Secum were the names 
 of mayors and bailiffs of Liverpool in the 16th and 17th centuries 
 (B, L.). The Sturzakers or Stursacres were a numerous and 
 well-to-do Garstang family, from the 16th to the 18th century; 
 they lived at Kirkland in the reign of Elizabeth (F. G.), and 
 still reside there. During the 17th and 18th centuries the 
 Sudalls or Sudells were at different times mayors and aldermen 
 of Preston ; they may have sprung originally from the same stock 
 as the present Siddalls or Siddells of Derbyshire and the North 
 and East Ridings. 
 
 T— Z. 
 
 The Tattersalls, who are now numerous in the Burnley district, 
 owned tbe Holme estate in the ancient parish of Whalley in the 
 14th century : in the reign of Henry VIII. there was a family of 
 this name at Rigge in the same parish (W. W.). In the 1.3th 
 century Tatsalle and Tatsal were characteristic Lincolnshire names, 
 and were evidently derived from Tattershall, a town in that county. 
 In Norfolk and Suffolk they were then represented mostly by De 
 
 Tatishale and De Tateshal (H. R.) The family of Threlfall 
 
 resided at Threlfall in the Fylde from the reign of Edward VI. to 
 
256 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 ttat of James I. (B.). Jolin de Threfalle held Crnmbilholme, 
 Bowland, in the time of Henry YI. (W. W.). Cuthbert Threlfall, 
 a Eoman Catholic, was a small estate-holder in the county in the 
 
 early part of last century (B.) Probably both the Lancashire 
 
 and the Lincolnshire Tinsleys derive their name from a township 
 
 in the West Riding The Toppings maybe connected in their 
 
 descent with William Toppyng, who held six acres of land in 
 
 Cliviger during the reign of Edward II. (W. W.) John and 
 
 Augustine Townson, two Lancashire men of eminent learning, 
 were associated in the 17th century with the Westphalian monas- 
 tery of Lamspring (W. W.). The Toulnsons were an old Lancaster 
 family, members of which filled the office of mayor in 1630, 1650, 
 and 1676 (H. L.). Townson is still a Lancaster name. Clement 
 Towlson held land in Bowland in the early part of the 17th 
 
 century (W. W.) Unswoeth is the name of a Lancashire 
 
 district. It was a common Rochdale surname in the i6th century 
 
 (F.) The Waddingtons have their principal home in the West 
 
 Hiding, where there are a seat and a village of the name 
 
 Wall BANK is an ancient Lancashire name. Walbonk was the 
 name of an hereditary tenant of Billington in the 14th century : 
 Adam de Walleboncke was vicar of Blackburn from 1317 to 1320 
 Richard del Wallebonck held land in Church, also in the 14th 
 century ; the Walbanks were a gentle family in Whalley parish in 
 1618 ; William Walbancke was headmaster of the Clitheroe school 
 in 1608 (W. W.). William Wallbank of Pleasington, was governor 
 of the Blackburn grammar-school in 1716 (A.). The occurrence 
 of this name in the same neighbourhood for centuries is remark- 
 able The Walmsleys, who derived their name originally from 
 
 a Lancashire township, are now very numerous in the Preston 
 district. There was an old and distinguished family of this name 
 at Dunk en Haigh or Dunkenhalgh, Blackburn, during the 16th 
 and 17th centuries : Sir Thomas Walmsley, of Dunkenhalgh, was 
 a judge of the Common Pleas in the reign of Elizabeth. Walmesley, 
 of Dunkenhalgh, was one of the intended Knights of the Royal 
 Oak, an Order, however, the institution of which by Charles II. 
 was never accomplished (B.). The Walmesleys of Coldcotes 
 branched off from the Dunkenhalgh stock in the 17th century 
 
 (W. W.) The Warbuetons are referred to under " Cheshiee," 
 
 the home of the name The Whalleys take their name from 
 
 the Lancashire parish : they are also established in Cheshire. 
 Thomas Whalley was elected a Manchester constable in 1745 (B ). 
 
LANCASHIRE. 257 
 
 Whiteside is an ancient name. Whitside or Whytside was 
 
 a Cambridgesliire name in the 13th century (H. R.) The 
 
 Whittakers or Whitakers are numerous in Lancashi]*e. From 
 the 14th to the IGth century a gentle family of this name lived 
 at High Whitaker or Whitacre in the vills of Simonstone and 
 Padiham, in the parish of Whalley : the Whitakers of Holme and 
 those of Henthorn branched off in the 15th century and those of 
 Healy about 1620 (W. W.). The name was frequent in the parish 
 of Rochdale in the 16th century (F.). During last century the 
 Whittakers were well-to-do Manchester townsmen (B.) . The name 
 is just as frequent in the West Riding and less so in Cheshire. 
 
 The home of the Winders is still in the northern part of the 
 
 county, in Garstang and Lancaster. The Wynders were tenants 
 in Garstang in the reign of James I. (F. G.). Robert Winder 
 was the name of the mayor of Lancaster in 1726, 1737, 1754, 
 
 and 1762 (H. L.) The Winstanleys, who take their name from 
 
 a Lancashire township, have long been known in Liverpool, and 
 still reside there. John Winstanley was mayor in 1553, and 
 Henry Winstanley filled the same office in 1752 (B. L.). There 
 was a Robert de Wynstanleghe of Rishton in the 14th century 
 (W. W.) ; and a gentle family of Winstanley lived at Branston, 
 
 Leicestershire, in the 17th and 18th centuries (L.) The 
 
 Wolfendens or Woolfendens, who are more numerous in the 
 West Riding, derive their name from a Lancashire township. The 
 Wolfendens were established in Rochdale in the 16th century (F.). 
 Although the Worthingtons take their name from a Lanca- 
 shire township, they are more numerous and have been longer 
 established across the Cheshire border, and will be referred to 
 
 under that county The Worsleys of Worsley, a distinguished 
 
 family, carry their pedigree back to the times of the Crusades, 
 when they possessed the manor of Worsley. In the reign of 
 Henry VIII. there was a branch of the family at Worsley Meyne, 
 Wigan, and another branch at Manchester, from which are 
 descended the Worsleys of Withington : Sir Robert Worseley was 
 deputy-lieutenant of the county in the reign of Elizabeth (B.). 
 James and Richard Worseley were two Lancashire gentlemen 
 who contributed £25 apiece to the Armada fund in 1588 (Sp.). 
 
258 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLANDSHIRE. 
 
 Note. — The asterisk before a name denotes that, though 
 characteristic of these counties, the name is more relatively 
 numerous elsewhere. 
 
 GrENEEAL Names (30-40 counties). 
 
 *Allen (Leicester) 
 Brown 
 
 r Clark 
 I Clarke 
 ♦Grreen 
 
 ♦Smith 
 Wright 
 
 
 Common Names (20-29 counties). 
 
 * Brooks 
 
 Hill |- Leicester 
 
 * Chapman 
 
 ♦Moore Ward < Melton Mow- 
 
 Cooper 
 
 ♦Morris I bray 
 
 
 ♦Wood 
 
 
 KfiGioNAL Names (10-19 counties). 
 
 ♦Arnold (Atherstone) *rreeman *Knight 
 
 Bates 
 
 G-ilbert Porter 
 
 Burton 
 
 ♦Hardy (Leicester) ^ f Sharp 
 Hart L Sharpe 
 
 Cross 
 
 »Fox 
 
 
 
 District Names (4-9 counties). 
 
 ♦Bacon 
 
 Fryer (Oakham) North 
 
 Brjan 
 
 Goodman ♦Stokes 
 
 Chamberlain 
 
 (Oak- Hatton Swain 
 
 ham) 
 
 ♦Haywood ♦Whittle (Melton Mow- 
 
 Farmer 
 
 • ♦Kendall bray). 
 
 County Names (2-3 counties). 
 
 AbeU 
 ♦Black 
 * Blunt 
 
 Bosworth 
 Burchnall 
 ♦Chester 
 
 ♦Clements 
 Cotton 
 Deacon 
 
LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLANDSHIRE. 
 
 259 
 
 Doubleday (Melton 
 
 , ■ Lovett 
 - Lovitt 
 
 
 Shelton 
 
 Mowbray 
 
 
 Simpkin 
 
 Freer 
 
 Orton 
 
 
 ♦Stretton 
 
 Groodson 
 
 *Pepper 
 
 
 Tailbj 
 
 ♦Hubbard 
 
 Pridmore 
 
 
 Tomblin 
 
 Herrick (Leicester) 
 
 Eowlett 
 
 
 Tjler 
 
 Peculiar Names (confined mostly to these counties). 
 
 Beeby 
 
 Freestone 
 
 
 Matts 
 
 Berridge (Lutter- 
 
 Geary 
 
 
 Musson 
 
 worth) 
 
 Gimson 
 
 
 Oldacres 
 
 Branson 
 
 Hack 
 
 
 Orson (Melton Mow 
 
 Burnabj 
 
 Henson 
 
 
 bray 
 
 Cobley 
 
 HoUier 
 
 
 Paget 
 
 Dalby 
 
 Jarrom 
 
 
 Pochin 
 
 Darnell 
 
 Jesson 
 
 
 Pretty 
 
 Dawkins 
 
 - Keetley r 
 Keightley \ 
 
 (Lough- 
 
 Royce 
 
 Dexter 
 
 borough) 
 
 Scotton 
 
 Dowell 
 
 Kirkman (Leicester) 
 
 Sheffield 
 
 Drackley (Leicester) 
 
 Lacey 
 
 
 Shipman (Melton Mow 
 
 Draycott 
 
 ■ Leadbeater 
 Leadbetter 
 
 
 bray) 
 
 ^ Eayrs 
 'Eayres 
 
 
 j-Toon 
 '.Toone 
 
 Loseby 
 
 
 Forryan (Leicester) 
 
 Macaulay 
 
 
 Wilford 
 
 Frearson 
 
 Mackley 
 
 
 Wormleighton 
 
 NOTES ON SOME OF THE CHARACTERISTIC NAMES OF THE 
 COUNTIES OF LEICESTER AND RUTLAND. 
 
 (The names are arranged in alphabetical groups, but not necessarily in 
 alphabetical order in each group.) 
 
 Authorities indicated hy the following abhreviations : — 
 
 B. indicates " Bibliotheca Topographica Britannica." 
 Bl. „ Blore's " Rutland." 
 
 C. J, Curtis' ** Leicestershire." 
 H. L. „ Hill's " Langton." 
 
 H. R. „ Hundred Rolls. 
 
 L. „ Lower's " Patronymica Britannica." 
 
 M. „ Macauiay's " Claybrook " (Leicestershire). 
 
 N. „ Nichols' " Leicestershire." 
 
 T. „ Throsby's " Town and County of Leicester,' 
 
 S 2 
 
260 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 A— B. 
 
 Abell has long been a Leicestershire name. John Abel resided 
 at Staunton Harold in the reign of Edward III. ; John Abell was 
 rector of Newbold Verdun in the time of Elizabeth ; John Abell 
 of Desford, owned 30 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, was buried at 
 Sutton Chaynell in 1784 (B.). This name is also established in 
 the neighbouring county of Derby. In the I3th century it 
 occurred as Abel in Beds, Bucks, Wilts, and Cambridgeshire 
 (H. R.). The Abells of Fordham and West Bergholt, Essex, 
 from the 14th to the 16th century, obtained their wealth in the 
 
 cloth trade (Morant's "Essex") The old Leicestershire family 
 
 of Bacon of Hinckley went back to the time of Elizabeth (N.). 
 
 (^See under "Essex.") The Beebys originally took their name 
 
 from a Leicestershire parish. In the reign of Henry III., Hugh de 
 Beby was rector of Willoughby Waterless, and William de Beby 
 was rector of Claybrook (N.). Between the reigns of Edward III. 
 and Henry Y., four mayors of Leicester bore the name of Bebye, or 
 Beebye, or De Beby (T.). William Beeby was a Gaddesby free- 
 holder in the time of Charles I. ; Richard Beeby and Elizabeth 
 Hubbert were married in Belgrave church in the reign of Charles 
 ir. ; in the middle of last century Francis Beeby was a proprietor 
 of land in Fleckney and a family of the name then lived at 
 
 Shenton (N.). The name is still in the city of Leicester The 
 
 Bereidges are now best represented in the Lutterworth district. 
 In the reign of Elizabeth, Dr. Berridge held the manor and the 
 
 advowson of the living of Kib worth Beauchamp (C.) The 
 
 BoswORTHS derive their name from Leicestershire parishes 
 
 The son of Clement Branson was baptised in Woodhouse church, 
 Leicestershire, in 1623 ; John Branson was master of the 
 
 Osgathorpe Free School at the beginning of this century (N.) 
 
 There was a family of Bryan in Husband's Bosworth, Leicester- 
 shire, last century (N.). Bryon was the usual form of the name 
 in the 13th century; it then occurred in Cambridgeshire, Hunts, 
 Bucks, and Norfolk (H. R.). In addition to Leicestershire, the 
 Bryans now characterise Derbyshire, Shropshire, Gloucester-shire, 
 
 and Oxfordshire Amongst the old Leicestershire names now rare 
 
 in the county is that of Brudenell. The Brudenells were a very 
 
LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLANDSHIRE. 261 
 
 distinguislied family in the 16tli and 17th centuries, and from 
 
 them sprang the noble house of Cardigan (N. and H. L.) 
 
 BuFWABY is an old Leicestershire name. From the 13th to the 
 15th century the Burnebys were an influential county family ; in 
 the 17th century the Burnebys or Burnabys possessed a family 
 vault in Asfordby church ; Burnaby was a well-known and some- 
 times a distinguished clerical name in Leicestershire during last 
 century (N.). The name of De Burneby was represented in 
 Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire in the 13th century (H. R.). 
 Burnby is a parish in the East Riding, and there are parishes and 
 townships called Barnby in Yorkshire, Notts, and Suffolk. 
 
 C— D. 
 
 The name of Cobley was represented in Hallaton, Leicester- 
 shire, last century ; in 1786, Sarah Cobley, of this place, fell into 
 
 a trance, and remained so for 24 hours (N.) The Colleys of 
 
 Griayston, Rutland, were a knightly family in the 16th and 17th 
 centuries (H. L.). The name is now rare in this part of England, 
 but is represented by Coley in Worcestershire, and by CoUey in 
 
 North Wales There are several old and sometimes distinguished 
 
 Leicestershire families of the name of Cotton. Staffordshire 
 appears to have been the principal home of the name, where the 
 De Cotons of Rid ware of the 14th and 15th centuries were known 
 in more modern times as the Cottons ; the following Leicestershire 
 families of the Cottons, those of Laughton, Dadlington, and 
 Broughton Astley, all claim descent from Thomas Cotton of 
 Staffordshire, in the reign of Henry YII. (N.). Other families 
 doubtless originated in Leicestershire. The name also occurs in 
 Herefordshire. In the 13th century there were De Cottons in 
 Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, and Shropshire (H. R.). There are 
 several parishes and townships called Cotton and Coton in the 
 midlands, especially in Staffordshire, and afterwards in Shrop- 
 shire, Leicestershire, Cambridgeshire, and also in Suffolk 
 
 Darnell, or rather Darnel, was a characteristic east-country name 
 in the 13th century, especially in Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridge- 
 shire, and Hunts (H. R.) Edward Dawkins owned some land in 
 
 Burstall in 1759; Michael Dawkin was a Thurnby freeholder in 
 
 1630 (N.) Dexter is an old Leicestershire name. William 
 
 Dexter held the Dutchy or Hakluyt Manor in Hallaton in the 15th 
 century (C). A gentle family of the name owned property in 
 
262 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Tliedin^worth in the reign of Elizabetli. William Dexter lived at 
 Worthington in the reign of Charles I. ; there were families of 
 the Dexters in Wartnaby and Abkettlebj in the 17th and 18th 
 
 centuries (N.) The Dalbts, who originally derived their names 
 
 from Leicestershire parishes, have long been known in the counties 
 of Leicester and Rutland. In the 14fth century, when several of the 
 clerics of these counties bore this name, William Dal by founded Oak- 
 ham Hospital ; Dalby was the name of the prior of Ulvescroft in the 
 reign of Henry YIIL (N.). There was a Loughborough family of 
 this name in the reign of Charles II. (Fletcher's " Loughborough "), 
 and there are Dalbys still in that place. John Dalby was mayor 
 
 of Leicester in 1789 (T.) The Doubledats have now their 
 
 home in the Melton Mowbray district. Doubleday and Dubbleday 
 were the names of Notts freeholders 200 years ago (Harl. MS., 
 6846). The name is also established in Norfolk, and Doubleday 
 was the name of the bailiff of Yarmouth in 1507 and 1521 
 
 (Blomefield's "Norfolk ") Dowell was the name of the vicar of 
 
 Melton Mowbray in 1690 ; John Dowell, a Leicestershire man, was 
 a scholar of Cambridge University in the time of Cromwell (N.). 
 Henry Dowell had property in Ullesthorpe in the parish of 
 
 Claybrook a century ago (M.) The Drackleys are now best 
 
 represented in Leicester and its neighbourhood. William Drakely 
 was a freeholder in Sutton Cheynell in the reign of Charles L 
 
 (N.) The Dratcotts were represented in the county of 
 
 Leicestershire in the time of Cromwell, when John Dray cot was 
 minister of Beby (N.). In the 13th century this name occurred 
 as De Draycote in Leicestershire, Oxfordshire, Somersetshire, and 
 Wiltshire. There are parishes, towns, and villages of the name in 
 Berks, Bucks, Somerset, Staffordshire, Wilts, and Warwickshire, 
 
 E— H. 
 
 The name of Eayrs or Eayres is probably a form of Ayre, 
 also an old Leicestershire name. Thomas Eayre, of Kettering, 
 Northamptonshire, a century ago was one of the founders of the 
 church bells of Norton (N.). Thomas Ayre was the name of the 
 mayor of Leicester in 1723 and 1744 (T.). Ayres is now a Berks 
 
 name, and Ayre is found in Devon The Forryans have their 
 
 home in the Leicester district. During the 17th and 18th 
 centuries a family of Foryan resided at Sketchley, Burbach or 
 Burbage. Richard Forryan was churchwarden of Burbach in 
 
LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLANDSHIRE. 263 
 
 1774 (N.). It may be that this name is an altered form of 
 Frewen, the name of an old and distinguished family of Leicester- 
 shire and Sussex, but originally hailing from "Worcestershire 
 
 (Whitley's " Sapcote ") William Fkearson lived in Worth- 
 
 ington about a century ago (N.) The name of Freestone was 
 
 represented in Tugby in the reign of Elizabeth (N.). Freiston 
 
 is a parish in South Lincolnshire Thomas Freer was 
 
 incumbent of Whitwell, Rutlandshire, in the reign of Charles I. 
 (BL). There were gentle families of the name in Great Wigston 
 and Blab J, Leicestershire, during last century. John Freer was 
 rector of Knossington in the reign of Anne (N.). One of the 
 name was mayor of Leicester about a century ago (T.). The 
 name also occurs in Yorkshire. Since Leicestershire, Rutland- 
 shire, and Yorkshire are all of them homes of both the Freers 
 and the Fryers, the two names are probably different forms of the 
 
 same name The Fryers of these parts are now best represented 
 
 in the Oakham district ; the name is also established in Cheshire, 
 
 Yorkshire, and Notts Geary was the name of the rector of 
 
 Swepston in the middle of the 17th century. Thomas Geary, 
 prebendary, was patron of the chapelry of Knighton in 1734. 
 There was a Lindley family of this name last century. William 
 
 Geary, an opulent farmer of Old Hays, died in 1795 (N.) 
 
 William Gimson owned land in Sharnford at the commencement 
 
 of this century (N.) Gutteridge is an old Leicester name. 
 
 Two mayors of that town last century bore the name (T.). The 
 
 name is now rare in these counties The name of Herrick or 
 
 Heyeick is, in one form and another, one of the most ancient of 
 Leicestershire names. The Heyricks have been represented in 
 Leicester and its vicinity for several centuries; there are many 
 branches of the family. Some of the mayors of Leicester in the 
 15th and 16th centuries bore the name of Heyrick. Mrs. Heyrick, 
 whose son became mayor of Leicester, died in 1611 at the 
 advanced age of 97, "having lived to see 142 children, children's 
 children, and their children." This Leicestershire family 
 descended from the Ericks, who were lords of Stretton after the 
 Conquest, and as far back as the reign of King John owned much 
 land near Leicester (T.). In Notts the name usually takes the 
 
 form of Herrick The Hensons were a Stamford family during 
 
 last century, Gregory Henson being the rector, and Robert 
 Henson, gent., the returning officer (N.). Robert Henson of 
 this town was married in 1708 (Bl.) James Hollier was a 
 
264 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 landowner in Hinckley at the commencenj.ent of this century 
 (N.). 
 
 J— M. 
 
 Jarrom is a name that was represented in the forms of 
 De Jarom, De Jarum, and De Jarun, in the adjoining county of 
 
 Lincoln during the reign of Edward I. (H. R.) Jesson was 
 
 the name of a minister of Prestwold in the reign of Elizabeth. 
 Two centuries ago Sir William Jesson resided at Burleigh Park, 
 Loughborough. Last century there was a Frisby family of the 
 
 name (N.) The Kirkmans have now their home in the 
 
 Leicester district. Richard Kirkman was rector of Little Ashby 
 
 in the reign of Henry VI. (N.) The Laceys bear a very old 
 
 Leicestershire name. Lacy was the name of an ancient and 
 powerful ennobled family in the county ; there was an old gentle 
 family of Lacy at Melton Mowbray (N.). The De Lacys were 
 numerous in Lincolnshire in the 13th century, and the name also 
 occurred then in the form of De Laci in Cambridgeshire, 
 
 Oxfordshire, and Shropshire (H. R.) The Leadbeaters or 
 
 Leadbetters were represented in Leicestershire in the time of 
 Charles 11. by Thomas Leadbeter, the vicar of Hinckley. The 
 name of Leadbetter was represented in Knossington and Barkston 
 a century ago (N.). Gonnilda le Ledbete lived in Bucks in the 
 
 13th century (H. R.) The Lovetts or Lovitts of Leicestershire 
 
 are probably offshoots of the distinguished Bucks family of the 
 name, to whom Liscombe has belonged since the 14th century. 
 The Norman ancestor of the Liscombe Lovetts had grants of 
 lands in Berks, Beds, Leicestershire, and other counties (L.). 
 The name was represented in Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, 
 Bucks, Devon, and other counties in the 13th century (H. R.). 
 
 Mackley and Macaulay are peculiar Leicestershire names. 
 
 De Makkeley was the name of a priest in the county in the 14th 
 century (N.). In the latter part of last century Aulay Macaulay 
 was rector of Rothley, and Angus Macaulay was the incumbent 
 of Clay brook (N.). Dr. Macaulay owned an estate in Gretworth, 
 
 Northamptonshire, in 1750 (Baker) Mould was the name of 
 
 an old and numerous gentle family of Appleby from the 16th to 
 the 18fch century, in whose patronage lay the living of that place 
 
 (N.) MussON is an old Leicestershire name. In the reign of 
 
 Charles I. Hugh Musson was a freeholder in Great Ashby, and 
 
LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLANDSHIRE. 265 
 
 William Musson was a freeholder in Rotherby. The rector of 
 Bottesford in the time of James I. bore this name. John Musson 
 was a gentleman of Woodhonse in the reign of Charles II. There 
 was a Burbach family of this name last century ; the incumbent 
 of Stretton Parva in 1774 was thus called. Mr. Musson held 
 property in Smockington early this century (N.). During the 
 last century there was a gentle family of this name at Little 
 Wigston, in the parish of Ciaybrook (M.). Two centuries ago 
 the name was represented in the adjacent county of Notts by 
 freeholders of Bingham, Hickling, and other places in that county 
 (Harl. MS., 6846). 
 
 N— P. 
 
 North was the name of a distinguished Leicestershire family 
 of the 17th century. Several of the clerics of the county last 
 century bore this name (N.). The Norths are also represented 
 
 in Hants, Lincolnshire, and Oxfordshire Orton is the name of 
 
 old Leicestershire gentle families. Those of Reresby date back 
 to the 16th century, and in the 16th and 17th centuries a family of 
 
 the name owned Lea Grange, near Twycross (N.) The name of 
 
 Paget has been for centuries connected with Leicestershire. Besides 
 the ennobled family of the name, there is the branch of Barwell, 
 
 which goes back to the 16th century (N.) The Paramores, an 
 
 old gentle family of Bagworth, Leicestershire, in the l()th and 
 17th centuries, are now rarely represented in the county (N.). 
 Richard Paramor of this family contributed £25 for the defence of 
 his country at the time of the expected Spanish invasion in 1588 
 (Sp.). Paramor was the name of very old Kentish families of 
 Ash, St. Nicholas-in-Thanet, Pordwich, Eastry, etc., now mostly 
 extinct (Hasted's "Kent"). In the 13th century the name of 
 Param'r occurred in Lincolnshire, and that of De Porremore in 
 
 Devonshire (H. R.) Pochin is the name of an old and often 
 
 very distinguished Leicestershire family. The Pochins of Barkby, 
 who date back to the 15th century, were on several occasions 
 during the 17th and 18th centuries appointed high sheriffs of the 
 
 county and knights of the shire (N.) The Peppers of Thur-^ "^^ 
 
 maston were an old and gentle family of the 16th and 17th J 2»"7 
 
 centuries (N.) Pridmore has long been a Leicestershire name. ' 
 
 The Pridmores held property in the parish of Ciaybrook in the 
 last and in the present century (M. and N.). There lived a 
 
266 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 farnilj of this name at Desford last cenfcurj (B.). William 
 Pridmore held property in Sharnford in 1811 ; Thomas Pridmore 
 was a Billesdon freeholder in 1775; John Pridmore was a free- 
 holder in Horninghold in 1630 i^-). John Pridmore of 
 Stockerston was married at Glooston in 1703 (H, L.). 
 
 R— Z. 
 
 Sir Ralph Rowlett or Rowlatt owned property in Leicester- 
 shire in the time of Henry Vlll. (N.), and in the same reign 
 Ralph Rowlet. perhaps the same person, held Whetstone Manor 
 (C). In 1775, John Rowlatt was a Drayton freeholder, and 
 Thomas Rowlatt was a Welham freeholder (N.). The name is 
 
 also established in the adjacent county of Northampton John 
 
 ScOTTON owned property in Sharnford parish in the first decade of 
 this century (N.), and John Scotten, perhaps the same person, 
 had property in Ullesthorpe, in the parish of Clay brook, about a 
 hundred years ago (M.). The name is still in the parish of 
 Claybrook. The Scottoris probably derive their name from a 
 Lincolnshire parish, but there are Yorkshire townships thus 
 called. De Scotton was the name of a Lincolnshire resident in 
 the reign of Edward I. (H. R. )...... The Sheltons evidently derive 
 
 their name from a parish in the adjoining county of Notts, in 
 which county the Sheltons are also established. Rowland Shelton 
 
 held land in Scale in the reign of James I. (N.) Stokes is a 
 
 name which has been for many centuries connected with this 
 county (N.). It is remarkable that in all the counties mentioned 
 in the alphabetical list as containing this name there are parishes, 
 townships, or hamlets called Stoke. (/Se^? "Northamptonshire.") 
 
 The name of Stretton was established in the parish of 
 
 Claybrook two centuries ago, when Thomas Stretton held land in 
 Wibtoft, and William Stretton, yeoman, held property in Great 
 Claybrook (M.). De Stretton was the name of a very ancient 
 Leicestershire family, dating back to the 12th century (N.). 
 There are places thus called in Leicestershire. The name is 
 also represented around Derby, and in Derbyshire there are 
 
 also places of the name In the 17th and 18th centuries Tailby, 
 
 sometimes written Tealby, was a common name amongst the 
 yeomen and gentry of Slawston (N.). The gentle family of 
 Tailby, of Skeffington Hall, Leicestershire, are descended from 
 George Tailbye of Slawston in the middle of the 17th century 
 
LEICESTEllSHIRE AND RUTLANDSHIRE. 267 
 
 (H. L.). Tealbj is a Lincolnshire parish Toone was the name 
 
 of an ancient Leicestershire family of Belton and Osgathorpe that 
 branched off at the end of the 16th century from the Toones of 
 Barton-on-Trent, in the neighbouring county of Stafford (N.). 
 Six of the heirs of the Osgathorpe and Belton Toones in the 17th 
 and 18th centuries bore the Christian name of Hamlet (N.). At 
 the beginning of this century William Toone owned a farm in 
 
 Merill Grange (N.). The name is still in Belton The 
 
 WiLFORDS take their name from a parish in the adjoining 
 
 county of Notts The Wormleightons take their name from 
 
 a Warwickshire parish. In 1675 Humphrey Wormeleighton was 
 granted by the master and poor brethren of Wigston's Hospital a 
 
 tenement in Walton (N".) Amongst the ancient Leicchteishire 
 
 names now rare in the county is that of Winterton, which is 
 derived from a Lincolnshire town. The Wintertons of Wibtofb 
 were an old gentle family holding property in Wibtoft, in the 
 parish of Claybrook, for 200 years, namely, during the 17th and 
 
 18th centuries (M.) Another name now rarely represented in 
 
 the county is that of Skipwith. The Skipwiths were for several 
 centuries a very distinguished Leicestershire family (N.). 
 
 i 
 
268 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 LINCOLNSHITIE. 
 
 Note. — The asterisk denotes that a name, thongh characteristic 
 of the county, is more relatively numerous elsewhere. 
 
 Q-ENERAL Names (30-40 counties). 
 
 Allen 
 
 ♦Johnson Taylor 
 
 Brown 
 
 Robinson Wright 
 
 f Clark 
 
 ♦Smith 
 
 I Clarke 
 
 
 
 Common Names (20-29 counties). 
 
 Brooks 
 
 Harrison ♦Richardson 
 
 Chapman 
 
 ♦Parker Ward 
 
 ♦Foster 
 
 
 
 Regional Names (10-19 counties). 
 
 ♦Atkinson 
 
 ♦Holmes J Stephenson 
 Marshall I Stevenson 
 
 Dawson 
 
 East 
 
 f Sharp Wells 
 
 I Sharpe ♦Wilkinson 
 
 Hardy 
 
 District Names (4-9 counties). 
 
 ♦Briggs 
 
 ' Everatt 
 -Everett 
 
 Kirk 
 
 Cartwright 
 
 ^ r Kitchen 
 Kitching 
 
 Croft 
 
 G-ibbons 
 
 - Davey 
 I Davy 
 
 Gosling 
 
 Naylor 
 
 ♦Grant 
 
 ♦Needham 
 
 - Emerson 
 
 ♦Graves 
 
 North 
 
 - Emmerson 
 
 Kemp 
 
 Swain 
 
 . Empson 
 
 Key 
 
 Winter 
 

 LINCOLNSHIRE. 
 
 
 
 County Names (2-3 counties). 
 
 Abraham 
 
 ^Creasey 
 . Cressey 
 
 *Parr 
 
 Baggaley 
 
 *Pepper 
 
 Bartholomew 
 
 Daft (Boston) 
 
 f Pindar 
 
 Baxter 
 
 ^Dalton 
 
 L Pinder 
 
 Beech a,m (Boston) 
 
 Franks 
 
 Priestly 
 
 Bellamy 
 
 *Grodson 
 
 Eoe 
 
 Belton 
 
 Q-oodacre 
 
 Skelton 
 
 •Benton (Boston) 
 
 *areenfield 
 
 Smithson 
 
 r Blanehard 
 
 Hand 
 
 *Sykes 
 
 . Blanshard 
 
 *Hind 
 
 Tinsley 
 
 Burkinshaw 
 
 Kirkby 
 
 ■ Traves 
 . Travis 
 
 " Burrell 
 -BurriU 
 
 Lingard 
 
 *Lockwood 
 
 Twidale 
 
 Campion 
 
 *Moody 
 
 Whitwortl 
 
 Clifton (Wisbech) 
 
 *Mountain 
 
 * Worth 
 
 ^Craven 
 
 Musgrave 
 
 
 269 
 
 Peculiar Names (confined mostly to this county). 
 
 Anyan 
 
 Bemrose 
 
 Bett (Wragby) 
 
 Blades 
 
 Blankley 
 
 Border 
 
 Borman 
 
 Bowser 
 
 Brackenbury 
 
 Bristow 
 
 Broughton 
 
 Brownlow 
 
 Brumby 
 
 Burkill (Brigg) 
 
 Burkitt 
 
 Butters 
 
 Cade 
 
 Cammack 
 
 Capes 
 
 Cass well 
 
 Chatterton 
 
 Codd 
 
 Collishaw 
 
 Coney 
 
 Cooling 
 
 Cottingham 
 
 G-aunt 
 
 Coupland 
 
 ■ Gilliart 
 
 Cranidge (Doncaster) 
 
 ■ Gilliatt (Boston) 
 
 Cropley 
 
 -Gillyatt 
 
 Cutforth 
 
 G^oodyear 
 
 Cuthbert 
 
 Groose 
 
 Dannatt 
 
 Grummitt (Bourn) 
 
 Daubney 
 
 Hay 
 
 Desforges 
 
 Herring 
 
 Dook 
 
 Hewson 
 
 ■ Dows 
 . Dowse 
 
 Hides 
 
 Hildred 
 
 Drakes (Market Raffen) 
 
 Hoyes 
 
 J Dre we ry 
 1 Drewry 
 
 Hoyles 
 
 Hutton 
 
 Dring 
 
 J Ingall 
 L Ingle 
 
 Drury 
 
 Dudding 
 
 r Laming 
 l Lamming 
 
 Elmitt 
 
 Elvidge (Lincoln) 
 
 r Leggett 
 1 Leggott 
 
 Epton 
 
 Evison 
 
 LUl 
 
 Forman 
 
 LiUey 
 
 Frisby (Peterborough) 
 
 Lynn 
 
 Frow (Boston) 
 
 Mackinder 
 
270 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Maidens (Boston) 
 
 Reeson (Boston) 
 
 Strawson 
 
 Marfleet 
 
 Rhoades 
 
 Stuble 
 
 Markham 
 
 Riggall 
 
 Temple 
 
 Mastin 
 
 Rippon 
 
 Thurlby 
 
 Maw (Rotherham) 
 
 Sardeson 
 
 Trafford 
 
 Mawer 
 
 Sargisson 
 
 Ullyatt 
 
 Merrikin (Grreat 
 
 Scarborough 
 
 Vinter 
 
 Grimsby) 
 
 " Scholey 
 . Scoley 
 
 Waddingham 
 
 Minta (Grantham) 
 
 Wadsley 
 
 Mowbray 
 
 J Scrimshaw 
 L Scrimshire 
 
 Wass 
 
 Odlmg 
 
 r Westerby 
 
 Westoby 
 
 Overton 
 
 Searson 
 
 Palethorpe 
 
 Sergeant 
 
 Whitsed 
 
 Patchett 
 
 Sharpley 
 
 Willey (Great 
 
 Pick 
 
 Sneath 
 
 Grimsby) 
 
 Pickwell 
 
 Stamp 
 
 Willows 
 
 Pocklington 
 
 Storr 
 
 Winn 
 
 Ranby 
 
 Stowe 
 
 Wroot 
 
 NOTES ON SOME OF THE CHARACTERISTIC LINCOLNSHIRE 
 
 NAMES. 
 
 (The names are arranged in alphabetical groups, but not necessarily in alpha- 
 betical order in each group.) 
 
 Authorities indicated hy the following abbreviations 
 A. indicates Allen's " Lincolnshire." 
 
 H.R. 
 O. 
 L. 
 P. 
 
 Sp. 
 
 St. 
 
 Sto. 
 
 T. 
 
 Hundred Rolls. 
 
 Oldfield's " Wainfleet." 
 
 Lower's " Patronymica Britannica." 
 
 Peck's " Annals of Stamford." 
 
 " Names of the Nobility, Gentry, and others who contributed 
 
 to the Defence of this Country in 1588" (Brit. Mus., 
 
 B. 474). 
 Stark's " Lincoln." 
 Stonehouse's *' Isle of Axholme." 
 Pishey Thompson's " Boston." 
 
LINCOLNSHIRE. 271 
 
 A— B. 
 
 The name of Abraham, wMcli now occurs mostly in Lincoln- 
 shire and Hunts, was found in these counties and in the counties 
 immediately adjacent to them in one form or another six centuries 
 ago. As Abraham it then existed in Lincolnshire, Hunts, and 
 Cambridgeshire; as Abbraham, Abraha, Abrahe, and Abrahee 
 in Suffolk; and as Abraam in Beds and Wilts (H. R.). Its 
 occurrence in Wilts is suggestive of its existence then in other 
 counties not so well illustrated in the Hundred Bolls. Stephen 
 Abraham possessed land in Skirbeck, Lincolnshire, in 1528 (T.). 
 
 Anyan is evidently a corruption of Enion or Enyon, the name 
 
 of a distinguished family of Flore, l^orthamptonshire, who came in 
 1623 from Honingham, in Warwickshire (Baker's " Northampton- 
 shire ") Bellamy is a name that has long been established in 
 
 Notts. It occurred in the adjacent county of Cambridge in the 
 reign of Edward I. (H. R.), and is at present to be found 
 
 in Hunts. (See under "Nottinghamshire.") The name of 
 
 Blanchard or Blanshard, which also occurs in the North and 
 East Ridings of Yorkshire, has long been in the county of 
 Lincoln. John Blauncherde of Lowthe gave £25 for the defence 
 of his country at the time of the expected invasion of the Spanish 
 Armada in 1588 (Sp.). Long before this, in the reign of Edward I., 
 we find the name of Blaunchard in the county (H. R.) ; in the reign 
 of Henry III. the name also occurred in Wilts (H. R.), and, in 
 fact, Blanchard or Blaunchard is also an old Wiltshire name, 
 occurring in the hundred of Warminster in the 16th century 
 
 (Hoare's "Wiltshire") Bracebridge, a name now rare or 
 
 extinct in the county, was a Lincoln name in the 17th century, 
 when there were mayors and sheriffs of the city thus called (St.). 
 
 Bracebridge is a Lincolnshire village The distinguished noble 
 
 family of Brownlow of Belton came first into the possession of 
 that estate in 1620 (A.). Two centuries ago there were free- 
 holders of the name in Thurgarton hundred in the adjacent 
 
 county of Notts (Harleian MS., 6846) The Brackenburys 
 
 evidently take their name from the Lincolnshire parish of 
 Brackenborough. John Brackenbury was mayor of Boston in 
 1719 (T.), and the name is still in the town. (See under 
 
 "Durham.") Thomas Bowser resided at Fish toft in che 
 
 reign of Charles II. (T.) John Broughton was mayor of 
 
 Boston in 1796 and 1808 (T.) ; the name is still in Boston 
 
272 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 There was a family of Bagley in Friskney last century (0.) 
 
 BuRRELL has long been a Lincolnshire name. In Cromwell's time, 
 Sir John Bnrrell of Dunsby and Redman Burrell, Esq., of Fulbeck, 
 compounded their estates for £687 and £770 respectively (0.). 
 The name is also now found in Norfolk. Burrell was the name of 
 a noted family of Kent and Sussex during the 15th, 16th, and 17th 
 centuries, and one of the Burrells of Beckenham, Kent, was high 
 sheriff of Kent in 1722 ; Northumberland is stated to have been the 
 home of the family in the reign of Edward I. (Hasted's " Kent"), 
 In 1748 Peter Burrell, Esq., of St. John's College, Cambridge, pre- 
 sented a statue of Glory to the University (Cooper's " Cambridge"). 
 
 c. 
 
 There were Cades in Freiston in the reign of Richard II. (T.), 
 bat the name of Cade occurred in this county at a still earlier 
 date, namely, in the reign of Edward I., when it was also 
 represented in the adjacent counties of Cambridge and Norfolk 
 as well as in Bucks (H. R.). Though at present it has still 
 its home in Lincolnshire, it has been, as Lower informs us in 
 his "English Surnames," for several centuries a common name 
 about Mayfield and Heathfield, Sussex ; and this author supplies 
 good reasons for bis belief that the notable Jack Cade, the rebel of 
 
 the reign of Henry YI., was a Sussex man The Cammacks have 
 
 long been in the county. Four mayors of Boston bore the name of 
 Cammock in the reign of James I. (T.). We find it also represented 
 in Stamford in the 17th century, Cammocke being the name of 
 Stamford aldermen in 1633, 1642, 1643, and 1649 (P.). Robert 
 Cammok of Sleeford contributed £25 to the Spanish Armada 
 
 fund in 1588 (Sp.) Campion was a common name in tbe 
 
 adjacent county of Cambridge in the reign of Edward I. (H. R.). 
 
 Capes was an Epworth name in the 16th century (Sto.), and it 
 
 still occurs there. There was a Thomas de Capes in Northampton- 
 shire in the reign of Edward I. (H. R.) Two centuries ago 
 
 there were freeholders of the name of Collishaw at Hickling 
 
 in the adjacent county of Notts (Harleian MS., 6846) John 
 
 Cooling of Newark, Notts, was a freeholder in 1698 (Harleian 
 
 MS., 6846). There is a Kentish parish of the name In the 
 
 16th century Richard and Thomas Coney, father and son, who 
 were Merchants of the Staple of Calais, owned the manor-house, 
 Basingthorpe (A.) ; the same Thomas Coney, who accumulated a 
 
LINCOLNSHIRE. 273 
 
 great fortune and was high sheriff of Rutland in 1573 (A.), gave 
 £100 towards the national fund collected for the defence of the 
 country at the time of the expected invasion of the Spanish 
 Armada in 1588 (Sp.). Another contributor was William Conj, 
 of Hunts. Sir Snetton Coney, of North Stoke, Lincolnshire, 
 compounded his estate in Cromwell's time for £2,648; there 
 was a William Coney, Esq., of Walpole, Norfolk, in 1630 (0.). 
 
 CoTTiNGHAM is the name of parishes in the counties of York 
 
 and Northampton Creaset, or Cressey as it is spelt in a few 
 
 instances, is an ancient Lincolnshire name. As Cressy it occurred 
 in this county, as well as in Norfolk and Kent, in the 13th century. 
 It is evidently derived from Crecy or Cressy in Normandy, but 
 was established in this country long before the famous victory of 
 
 Edward III. in 1346 Copledyke was the name of an old and 
 
 distinguished family of Harrington in this county during the 14th, 
 15th, and 16th centuries (A.). The name is now rare or extinct, 
 but it was one of considerable antiquity. In the 13th century, 
 De Cupeldick was a Lincolnshire name, and was represented then 
 
 in the wapentake of " Kykketon," Hoylaund (H. R.) lathe 
 
 16th century there was a gentle family of Chatterton at Lichfield, 
 Staffordshire, its members often serving as bailiff or mayor of that 
 
 city (Harwood's " Lichfield") George Cuthbert was major of 
 
 Boston in 1712 (T. )...... William Coupland was lord mayor of 
 
 York in 1553 (Drake's "Eboracum"). 
 
 D— F. 
 
 The principal home of the name of Daft is now to be found 
 in Boston and its neighbourhood. The name was represented in 
 
 the adjacent county of Notts in the 13th century (H. R.) 
 
 Dannatt is a slightly altered form of a Stamford name in the 17th 
 century ; Richard Dannalte or Danalt was an alderman of that 
 town in 1645 and 1655 (P.) Daubney is a very ancient Lincoln- 
 shire name. In the forms of Daubini and de Aubini it occurred in 
 the wapentake of Ness in the reign of Edward I., and as Aubeny 
 and Aubeney at the same time in other parts of the coanty 
 (H. R.) ; in the same reign we find Daubeney or Daubeny in Bucks 
 
 (H. R.) Dowse was a name represented in Ereiston in 1544 
 
 and in Wrangle in 1642 (T.) Dring was the name of the mayor 
 
 of Nottingham in 1651 and 1658 (Deering's "Nottingham"). 
 As Dreng, it occurred in Notts and Yorkshire in the 13th century 
 
 T 
 
274 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 (H. R.). There was a family of Dring in Marlborough, Wilts, in 
 
 the 17th century (Waylen's ''Marlborough") Drury, Drewry, 
 
 or Drewery, is an ancient Lincolnshire name. As Drary, and 
 occasionally as Drewery and Druery, it was established in this 
 county and in the adjacent counties of York and Cambridge in the 
 13th century (H. R.). Drewry was the name of the mayors of 
 Lincoln in 1543, 1754, and 1761 (St.), There were Drewrys in 
 Leake in the reign of Charles L (T.). The name is still estab- 
 lished in Lincoln and Leake. Thomas Drewree was rector of 
 Wroot in 1504 (Sto.) During the 17th century four or five of the 
 mayors of Nottingham bore the name of Drury (Deerlng's 
 "Nottingham"). There was an old and distinguished family of 
 Drury, of Rougham and Hawsted, Suffolk, in whose possession the 
 family estate had continued for 600 years (L.). ; this Suffolk 
 family apparently gave rise to the Drurys of Besthorp, Norfolk, 
 
 four centuries ago (Cullum's " Hawsted ") The name of Elmitt 
 
 was represented by Elmet in Yorkshire in the 13th century (H. R.). 
 
 The Empsons were a Boston family in the 17th century; the 
 
 mayor in 1646 bore the name (T.) The name of Eorman was 
 
 represented in Skirbeck in the reign of Richard II. (T.). The 
 Formans of Lincolnshire may possess an ancestor in William 
 Foreman, of Gainsborough in this county, whose son William was 
 
 lord mayor of London in 1539 (P.) The Frisbys, whose 
 
 market town is Peterborough, probably hail originally from 
 Leicestershire, where there is a parish of the name......FYDELL was 
 
 the name of several Boston mayors in the 17th and 18th centuries 
 (T.). It is now rare in the county. 
 
 G— L. 
 
 Gaunt is an ancient Lincolnshire name, which had its principal 
 home in the county six centuries ago, when it was very frequent ; 
 at the same time there were also a few of the name in Cambridge- 
 shire, Somerset, and other counties (H. R.). The Lincolnshire 
 Gaunts were a powerful family from the 11th to the 13th century 
 
 (T.) The name of Gilliart, Gilliatt, or Gillyatt is at present 
 
 mostly to be found in the neighbourhood of Boston. Thomas 
 Gilliat was one of those who made an inventory in 1671 of the 
 goods of Sir John Anderson, of Broughton, in this county (Stark's 
 "Gainsborough and Lea"). Gylliot or Gilliot was the name of 
 tbo lora mavors of York in 1464, 1474, and 1503 (Drake's 
 
LINCOLNSHIRE. 275 
 
 "EboracTim"). In the 13th century, Gillot, Gillote, and Gilot 
 were names found in Cambridgeshire and Hants (H. R.). Gillett 
 
 is now found in Oxfordshire and Kent Goobknap, a name now 
 
 rare in the county, was a well-known Lincoln name in the 17th 
 century, when there were mayors and sheriffs of the city that bore 
 
 the name (St.) Goodyear, which is now a Lincolnshire name, 
 
 was represented 600 years ago by Godyer in the adjacent county of 
 
 Hunts (H. R.) The Grummitts are now established in Bourn 
 
 and its neisrhbourhood. John Grimmitt was mayor of Boston in 
 1705 (T). There was a Vincent Grumet in Wiltshire in the reign 
 
 of Edward I. (H. R.) Hewison was a Freiston name in 1877 
 
 (T.), and it still occurs there Herring was a common Norfolk 
 
 name in the time of Edward I., when it was written Hering 
 (H.R.). (/See under " Hern " in Norfolk.) The Rev. Richard 
 Herring, who died in 1712, was vicar of the parish of Haxey in 
 
 this county for nearly forty years (Sto.) The Lincolnshire 
 
 name of Hoyes was represented by that of De la Hoyse in Norfolk 
 
 in the 13th century (H. R.) Hutton is the name of 26 parishes 
 
 and townships in England, several of which occur in Yorkshire. 
 
 The ancient name of Ingall or Ingle was represented by 
 
 Ingel and Ingal in the neighbouring county of Huntingdon in the 
 
 reign of Edward I. (H. R.) Kemp is a name for the most part 
 
 confined to the eastern coast counties of England, especially those 
 of Lincoln, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Kent, and Sussex. It was 
 well represented as Kempe in the same part of England, particu- 
 larly in Norfolk and Suffolk, in the 13th century (H. R.). It has 
 secondary and less important homes in the south-western counties 
 
 and in Cheshire Lilley and Lill are ancient Lincolnshire 
 
 names. There was a Hugh Lilly in the wapentake of " Asward- 
 hurn," South Lincolnshire, in the reign of Edward I. ; at the 
 same time the names of Lille and Lilie occurred in Oxfordshire 
 (H. R.). 
 
 M— 0. 
 
 The numerous and ancient families of Maw have been estab- 
 lished for the last 350 years, as substantial freeholders, in all the 
 principal places in the Isle of Axholme (the part of Lincolnshire 
 west of the Trent), and Epworth has long known the name (Sto.), 
 A family of gentry bearing the name resided in Epworth last 
 century, and as far back as 1478 a Robert Maw held one of the 
 chantries of Epworth church (Sto.). Three yeomen of the name 
 
 T 2 
 
276 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 took part in a riot of the commoners of Epworth. in the time of 
 Cromwell against the commissioner appointed to collect the new 
 land-taxes (Sto.). Richard Maw, farmer, lost buildings valued at 
 £L26 in a destructive fire at the village of Haxey in 1744; and 
 another Richard Maw, who was buried in Haxey in 1816, was an 
 alderman of the neighbouring town of Doncaster (Sto.). Maw, 
 Bishop of Bath and Wells, who died in 1629, was a Lincolnshire 
 man (Sto.). In the 13th century the name of Mawe was confined 
 to much the same part of England, more especially to Norfolk and 
 
 Suffolk (H. R.) Mawer was the name of a family that held 
 
 much property in Winthorpe and in other places in the county 
 300 years ago (0.). There were Mawers in Freiston in the reign 
 
 of Elizabeth (T.) The Markhams belong to an ancient family 
 
 of Markham, Notts (L.). Sir Robert Markham represented 
 
 Grantham in 1677 (A.) Moody is an ancient name that was 
 
 represented in the reign of Edward I. by Mody and Mudy in 
 Norfolk, and by Mody and Modi in Oxfordshire and Wilts (H. R.). 
 Probably the Suffolk and Yorkshire name of Mudd or Mudde is 
 another form of this name. {See under " Mudd " in Suffolk.) 
 Moody is a name that has also a home in the south and west of 
 England in Hampshire and Somerset. William Moody possessed 
 29 acres in Partney, Lincolnshire, in 1616 ; and there was a John 
 
 Moody, Esq., of Scremby, in this county, about 1750 (O.) The 
 
 very disfcingaished house of Mowbray, to which the dukedom of 
 Norfolk belonged in the reign of Henry VI., dates back in this 
 county to the 12th century (Sto.). We find the name in the 
 county in the Hundred Rolls. Mark Mowbray was sheriff of the 
 city of Lincoln in 1744 (St.), and Henry Mowbray was mayor of 
 
 Boston in 1656 (T.) The family of Musgrave originated at 
 
 Musgrave in Westmoreland where the name occurs as early as 
 King John ; the Musgraves formed a fine old border race from 
 which sprang a barony and three lines of baronets (L.). Less 
 than a century after the time of John, in the reign of Edward I., 
 we find this name in the forms of Musegrave, Masegave, and 
 
 Mosegave, in the county of Oxford (H. R.) The name of 
 
 Odling was represented by Odeline in Shropshire in the I3th 
 
 century (H. R.) Marfleet and Overton are the names of 
 
 Yorkshire parishes. Colonel Overton was governor of Hull in 
 
 Cromwell's time (Tickell's "Hull") Obbinson is an old Lincoln 
 
 name, but is now rare or extinct ; several mayors and sheriffs of 
 hho city bore the name in the 17th and 18th centuries (St.). 
 
LINCOLNSHIRE. 277 
 
 Patchett was a common clerical nam.e in the neighbouring 
 county of Leicester in the 16th and 17th centuries (ISTichols' 
 
 "Leicestershire") There were freeholders of the name of 
 
 Palethorpe at Newark and other places in I«[otts in 1698 (Harleian 
 
 MS., 6846). Palethorpe is a chapelry in Notts Parr was a 
 
 common name in Leverton between 1600 and 1650 (T.) 
 
 Pepper is an ancient name in the east of England. It is now at 
 home in Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Suffolk ; and six 
 centuries ago it occurred as Pepir and Peper in Lincolnshire, 
 Cambridgeshire, Hunts, and Norfolk (H. R.). In the churchyard 
 of St. John the Baptist, Stamford, there is the following singular 
 inscription on the tomb of William Pepper, who died in 1783 at 
 the age of 46 (A.) : — 
 
 ** Tho' hot my name, yet mild my nature, 
 I bore good-will to every creature ; 
 I brewed fine ale, and sold it too, 
 And unto each I gave his due." 
 
 I do not think that Richard Pepir (a namesake, if not an 
 ancestor, of William Pepper), who resided in the wapentake of 
 Ness in the county of Lincolnshire during the reign of Edward I. 
 (H. R.), would have accepted this interpretation of his name. In 
 truth, the Pipers of Essex might with almost equal reason claim 
 to possess a hot name, since they possess it in its Latin form ! 
 Probably Pepper and Piper, in the east of England at least, have 
 a common origin ; but mere similarity in sound with modern 
 words will not aid us in finding it: we must trace the differen' 
 forms of the same name as it occurs in the old parish registers 
 and in the historical records of a still earlier date. (See under 
 
 "Leicestershire.") Pick is another ancient name, which, as 
 
 Pick, Picke, and Pik, was represented in the adjacent county of 
 Cambridge, as well as in Oxfordshire, Wilts, and Shropshire, iii 
 the 13th century (H. R.). (See "Peck" under "Cambridge- 
 shire.") Pindar or Pinder has been a characteristic name of 
 
 Lincolnshire and Notts for at least six centuries, Le Pinder being 
 the ancient form of the name in Notts and in Glentham, Lincoln- 
 shire, in the reign of Edward I. (H. R.). Pynder and Pindar 
 were Leake and Benington names in the reign of Edward III. (T.). 
 A family of gentry named Pindar resided at Owston in the 17th 
 
 ^ 
 
27b HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 and IStli centuries (residing at Brumby Wood Hall last century), 
 one of the ancestors being Jobn Pindar, attorney, who lived in 
 the time of Charles II. (Sto.). (See nnder "Nottinghamshire.") 
 The PoCKLiNGTONS derive their name from a town in York- 
 shire PoppLEWiCK is an old Lincoln name, now rare or extinct: 
 
 during the 15th and 16th centuries some of the mayors and sheriffs 
 
 of the city bore the name (St.) Pinchbeck was a Boston name 
 
 in the 17th century, the mayor in 1661 bearing the name (T.). 
 It is now rare in the county, though still found in Boston. A 
 Lincolnshire village is thus called. 
 
 R— S. 
 
 Ranby was a Benington name in Elizabeth's reign (T.) 
 
 The RiGGALLS derive their name from Riccall, a Yorkshire village 
 
 on the left bank of the Ouse The name of Scrimshaw or 
 
 SCRIMSHIRE is probably a corruption either of " skirmisher " or 
 of its old English form of " scrymgeour." In the reign of 
 Edward I. there was a Henry le Eskyrmessur in Yorkshire, and 
 at the same time there was a Willinm Eschirmisur in Bedford- 
 shire (H. R.). Skrymsher was the name of an old Staffordshire 
 family that owned the manor of Norbury in that county from 
 the 16th to the 18th century (Nichols' " Leicestershire ") : two 
 Staffordshire gentlemen of this family contributed £25 apiece for 
 the defence of the country at the time of the expected invasion 
 of the Spanish Armada in 1588 (Sp.). Two centuries ago there 
 were freeholders of the name of Scrimshire at North Muscombe 
 and Newark in the county of Notts (Harleian MS., 6846). There 
 is a memorial in Wisbech church, Cambridgeshire, to William 
 Skrimshire, who died in 1814 (Watson's " Wisbech "),.,... Thomas 
 
 Serjeant was a Moulton gentleman in Elizabeth's reign (T.) 
 
 Skelton is an old Lincoln name, and still occurs there : the mayor 
 of the city in 1697 and the sheriffs of 1417 and 1691 bore this 
 name (St.). One of the first ministers of Salem, Massachusetts, 
 was Samuel Skelton, a nonconforming minister of Lincolnshire, 
 who went to America in 1629 (T.). There are Yorkshire parishes 
 
 and townships thus called More than one mayor of Boston in 
 
 the 17th century bore the name of Rhodes (T.). (See under the 
 
 "West Riding.") Stamp is at present chiefly a Lincolnshire 
 
 name ; but a family of the name has resided at Boxgrove, Sussex, 
 for three centuries (L.) Richard Starre, a Boston man in the 
 
LINCOLNSHIRE. 279 
 
 reign of Mary I. (A.) may be an ancestor of those who at present 
 
 bear the name of Store William Stowe of Holbiche (Holbeach) 
 
 contributed £25 to the Spanish Armada defence fund in 1588 
 
 (Sp.). Stow is a parish in Lincolnshire The name of De 
 
 Stublegh occurred in Essex in the 13th century (H. R.). At 
 present the surname of Stubley is mostly confined to Lincolnshire. 
 
 The ancient name of Swain, which is now best represented 
 
 in Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Derbyshire, and Devonshire, was 
 established in the form of Sweyn, rarely of Swayn, during the 
 13th century in Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, and Oxford- 
 shire, being most numerous in the last two counties (H. R.). In 
 the east of England it is probable that Swain is but the old Danish 
 name of Sweyn. In the time of the English Harold, his elder 
 brother bore the name of his maternal uncle, Sweyn, King of 
 
 Denmark ScuNE and Stoyin are two old Lincolnshire names 
 
 that are now rare or extinct. The Scunes were a Louth family 
 of master-masons at the beginning of the 16th century.* The 
 Stovins were an old Tetley family, attaining great position and 
 note daring last century, and hailing originally from the neigh- 
 bourhood of Sheffield (Sto.) William Sneath was a Boston 
 
 gentleman who was on the side of the Parliament in Cromwell's 
 time (T,). Snaith is still a common name in Boston. 
 
 T— Z. 
 
 T RAVES or Travis is an old Lincolnshire name, which, as 
 Travcrs, was represented in this county, as well as in Bucks, in 
 the 13th century (H. R.). Travis is also found in Derbyshire 
 
 and Lancashire The name of Ullyatt was represented in 
 
 Derbyshire last century : Ann Dean Uleyate left a large estate 
 in 18U2 for the support of Sunday schools in Chesterfield in that 
 county (Glover's "Derbyshire"). There was a gentle family 
 named Ulyat, of Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire, early in this 
 
 century (Watson's "Wisbech") The Wadsleys may possess 
 
 an ancestor in John Waddesley, a Boston householder in the 
 reign of Mary I. (A.) Wadsley is the name of a district in the 
 
 West Riding of Yorkshire Thomas and Henry Wass were 
 
 freeholders of Warsopp and North Muscombe, Notts, in 1698 
 
 Extracts from an old book referring to Louth Steeple " (Brit. Mus., B. 474). 
 
280 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 (Harleian MS., 6846). Joseph Wasse was rector of Aynho, North- 
 amptonshire, in 1711 (Baker's " Northamptonshire "). Christopher 
 Wase was mayor of Hertford in 1680 (Tarnor's "Hertford"). 
 Wass was a common name in Northallerton, Yorkshire, in the 17th 
 and 18th centuries (Ingledew's "Northallerton"). In the 13ch 
 century this name in one form and another was mnch more widely 
 distributed than it is at present : as Was and Waz it then occurred 
 in Oxfordshire and Wiltshire ; as Wase and Waze, in Norfolk ; as 
 Le Wase, in Bucks; and as De Was, in Northumberland (H. H.). 
 
 The present name of Willows was represented in the county 
 
 in the reign of Mary I. : Walter Willowe then held seven acres 
 
 of land in Wrangle, near Boston (A.) Winn has long been 
 
 a Lincoln name : a sheriff of the city bore the name in the 
 reign of Charles II., and there was another sheriff called Winn in 
 1807 (St.). The name was represented in Wrangle as far back as 
 the reign of Edward III. (T.). There are still Winns in Lincoln. 
 
 The names of Thurlby, Waddingham, and Wroot are taken 
 
 from parishes in the county Several of the bailiffs of Godman- 
 
 chester, Hunts, in the 17th and 18th centuries, bore the name of 
 Vintee (Fox's " Godmanchester "). 
 
MIDDLESEX. 
 
 281 
 
 MIDDLESEX. 
 
 Note. — The asterisk indicates that a name, thougli characteristic 
 of the county, is more numerous elsewhere. 
 
 Geneeal Names. 
 *Brown *STnith 
 
 ►Cole 
 
 Common Names. 
 *Hunt 
 
 Regional Names. 
 *Newman 
 
 ^King 
 
 DiSTEicT Names. 
 ^Gregory *Groddard 
 
 *Churehill 
 
 *Iyes 
 
 * Lawrence 
 
 County Names, 
 
 *Merrick 
 *Priest 
 
 Whittington 
 Woodman 
 
 Peculiak Names. 
 Ewer Woodland 
 
 I cannot pretend that the names given above give any ade- 
 quate idea of Middlesex family names. In the first place, the 
 great metropolis has appropriated, through its ever-extending 
 
282 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 suburbs, a large proportion of the county. In the next place, 
 it must be remembered that the population of this great city and 
 its suburbs has had a very motley origin, and that though, as 
 shown by Mr. Bard si ey in his interesting " Romance of the 
 London Directory," it possesses a peculiar element of old London 
 surnames, it must be largely composed of materials drawn from 
 the provinces and, to a not inappreciable extent, from abroad. 
 Then, the number of farmers, 400 in all, is so small that we have 
 but an uncertain basis on which to found any conclusions as to 
 the family names that have been attached to the soil of Middlesex 
 in past centuries. Still, however, I do not think it wise to 
 exclude my list of surnames for the agricultural part of this 
 county, and principally because I wish to avoid the appearance 
 of excluding anything seemingly inconsistent with the general 
 character of this work. 
 
 MONMOUTHSHIRE. 
 
 (-See under "Wales.") 
 
NORFOLK. 
 
 283 
 
 NORFOLK. 
 
 Note. — The asterisk indicates that a name, tbougli oharacteristic 
 of the county, is more numerous elsewhere. 
 
 GrENERAL NAMES (30-40 counties). 
 
 *Allen 
 
 rCook 
 * L Cooke 
 
 *Johnson 
 
 *Brown 
 
 Smith 
 
 r Clark 
 I Clarke 
 
 Green 
 
 Turner 
 
 *HaU 
 
 Wright 
 
 Common Names (20-29 counties). 
 
 * Chapman Moore 
 
 *£ing Palmer 
 
 ^Kead 
 
 Eegional Names (10-19 counties). 
 
 * Barker 
 
 Barrett (Norwich) 
 
 Bird 
 *Burton (Norwich) 
 *Cvoss 
 *Fi8her 
 
 *Hammond 
 *IIarvey (Norwich) 
 
 Howard (Norwich) 
 
 Hudson 
 *Long 
 *Middleton 
 
 *Nichols 
 
 *Page 
 
 *Potter 
 
 Reynolds (Norwicb) 
 
 Sutton 
 *West 
 
 District Names (4-9 counties). 
 
 Betts 
 
 Durrant 
 
 ^ r Hewett 
 1 Hewitt 
 
 *Bond (Yarmouth) 
 
 ' Everett 
 . Everitt 
 
 Coe 
 
 ^Howell 
 
 Crowe 
 
 Frost 
 
 *Humplirey 
 
 Daniels 
 
 *Fuller 
 
 Lake (Dereham) 
 
 *Drake (Attleborough) 
 
 *Goddard 
 
 Mann 
 
284 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 *Nelson 
 Norton 
 *Rayner 
 *Eeeve 
 
 *Rolfe 
 
 * Skinner 
 
 Self 
 
 *Vincent (Dereham) 
 
 Sewell 
 
 ^Waters 
 
 ^'Sharman 
 
 
 *Balls 
 
 Eeckett 
 
 Blomfield 
 *Blyih 
 J Breese 
 I Breeze 
 
 Buck (Norwich) 
 
 Bunting 
 
 Bush (Dereham) 
 
 Cann 
 
 Chaplin 
 
 Colman 
 
 Crisp 
 
 Denny 
 *Doubleday 
 
 Emerj (Dereham) 
 
 Farrow (Norwich) 
 *Grirling 
 *Grolding 
 
 Growing 
 J Hern 
 l Heme 
 
 County Names (2-3 counties). 
 
 Horn (Wisbech) 
 *Howlett 
 
 Hubbard 
 
 Ives (Norwich) 
 f Jacob 
 L Jacobs 
 JJolley 
 I Jolly 
 
 Knights 
 
 {Le Grice 
 Le G-rys 
 J Lemmon 
 I Lemon 
 
 Lincoln 
 *Ling 
 
 Makins 
 
 Mayes 
 
 MyhiU 
 
 Neave 
 
 Oldfield 
 
 Orford (Diss) 
 
 *Pegg 
 Philippo 
 r Porrett 
 t Porritt 
 
 Eackham 
 
 Kice 
 
 Riches (Norwich) 
 
 Rudd 
 
 Sayer 
 
 Seaman 
 
 Steward 
 *Thirkettle 
 r Thirtle 
 I Thurtle 
 •Tingey 
 
 Tuck 
 
 Walpole 
 
 Wharton 
 
 Wiseman 
 
 Youngman 
 
 Youngs 
 
 Peculiar Names (confined mostly to this county). 
 
 Abbs (Norwich) 
 
 Boddy 
 
 
 Dyball 
 
 /"Amies (Norwich) 
 -Amis 
 
 Brasnett 
 
 
 Dye 
 
 Bunu 
 
 
 Eglinton (Norwich) 
 
 Arthurton 
 
 Cann ell 
 
 
 Failes (Lynn) 
 
 Atthow 
 - Attoe 
 
 Case 
 
 
 Flatt 
 
 Claxton 
 
 
 Gamble 
 
 Banham 
 
 Copeman 
 
 
 Gapp 
 
 Batterham 
 
 Cossey 
 
 
 Gayford 
 
 Beales 
 
 Cubitt (Norwich) 
 
 Gaze (Norwich) 
 
 Beanes 
 
 CuUey 
 
 
 Gedge (Norwich) 
 
 Beck (Norwich) 
 
 Curson (Dereham) 
 
 Gooch 
 
 Bettinson (Wisbech) 
 
 Duffield 
 
 
 Goulder 
 

 NORFOLK, 
 
 Grreenacre 
 
 Minns 
 
 Heading 
 
 MuUinger 
 
 Howes 
 
 Nurse 
 
 Hiiggins 
 
 Plumblj 
 
 Ingi'am 
 
 Poll 
 
 Kerrison 
 
 Purdy 
 
 Lain (Wymondham) 
 
 Ringer 
 
 Land 
 
 Rising 
 
 Larwood 
 
 Kivett 
 
 Leader 
 
 Eix 
 
 Leeds 
 
 Eoofe (Lynn) 
 
 Lewell 
 
 Sands 
 
 Mack (Dereham) 
 
 Savory 
 
 Mallett 
 
 Scales 
 
 Milk (Dereham) 
 
 Sheringham 
 
 285 
 
 Shreeve (Norwich) 
 
 Slipper (Norwich) 
 
 Soame 
 r Spink 
 I Spinks 
 
 Starling 
 
 Stimpson 
 
 Thrower 
 
 Tooley 
 
 Utting 
 
 Warnes (Yarmouth) 
 
 Whalebelly 
 
 Whittleton (Norwich) 
 
 Woolston (Yarmoutli) 
 
 Wortley 
 
 NOTES ON SOME OF THE CHARACTERISTIC NORFOLK 
 
 NAMES. 
 
 Blomefield's "History of Norfolk" (Bl.) has supplied me with almost 
 sufficient materials. Lower's " Patronymica Britannica " (L.) and the Hundred 
 Bolls (H. R.) have also been employed. 
 
 A— B. 
 
 The family of Abbs is now best represented around Norwich. 
 The name has not strayed far during four centuries, since we 
 learn that an old Buxton family of Abbys or Abbes possessed 
 the manor of Levishagh in that parish, from 1480 to the end of 
 
 the following century (Bl.) The present families of Atthovv^ 
 
 and Attoe are probably the descendants of the Athows of Beech- 
 
 amwell, an important family 300 years ago (Bl.) Amies and 
 
 Amis are different forms of an ancient Norfolk name, which at 
 present has its home in and around Norwich, where the name has 
 been represented since Mary's reign, at which time it was spelt 
 Arays. John Amyas was a Norwich surgeon in the commence- 
 ment of last century ; and about this time Matthew Amyas was 
 a doctor and John Amyas an attorney in Hingham. Peter Amyes 
 
286 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 was rector of Castor in 1601 ; and there was a Thomas Amys of 
 Barton Turf, who died in 1511. Edmund Amys was prior of 
 Mountjoy, Heverland, in 1401, and in the 14th century Walter 
 Amyas was a Suffolk parson (Bl.). The name of Amys occurred 
 in the adjoining county of Cambridge at the close of the 13th 
 
 century (H. R.) Balls is an ancient Norfolk name, being of 
 
 common occurrence in the county in the reign of Edward I. ; it 
 was also then common in Lincolnshire, and less so in Suffolk, 
 Sussex, and Kent (H. R.). (See under "Suffolk," where the 
 
 name is also now numerous.) Banham is the name of a Norfolk 
 
 parish The Becks, who live now in numbers in the neigh- 
 bourhood of Norwich, possess a very ancient name. The earliest 
 mention, as far as I know, is that of a Flemish family of Bee that 
 held the manor of Eresby in Lincolnshire in the time of Domesday 
 (L.). We find the name as Bee in Lincolnshire in the 13th 
 century (H. R.), when the knightly family of Bee held property 
 also in Eriskney and Scremby (Oldfield's " Wainfleet ") ; and 
 the bishops of Lincoln and Norwich in the early part of the 
 14th century, who were two brothers of the name of De Beck 
 or Bek or Beke, are said to have descended from the Becks of 
 Eresby (Bl.). The original home of the Norfolk Becks was 
 probably at Beck or Beck Hall, a village in Beilingford parish, 
 where the family of De Bek or De Beck were lords of the manor 
 from the 12th to the 14th century (BL). It should, however, be 
 mentioned that the parishes of East and West Beckham in this 
 county may have been also homes of the name. We find 
 reference in the Hundred Rolls to the name of Bee in this 
 county in the 13th century. In 1349 the rector of Thorpe-by- 
 Haddiscoe was a De Bek (Bl.). Coming down to much later 
 times, we find that the Norfolk Becks or Beckes owned property 
 in Castleacre, Mintling, Geyton, and Flitcham at the beginning 
 of the 17th century; whilst Benjamin Beck was rector and 
 
 prebend of Norwich in 1708 (Bl.) One of the principal stocks 
 
 of the old and characteristic Norfolk name of Betts included the 
 family that possessed, in the 15th and 16th centuries, the manors 
 of Hastings Hall and Whitefoot in Irmingland (Bl.). This name 
 is also well represented in Lincolnshire, where it usually takes 
 the form of Bett; it is also present, though less numerous, in 
 
 the other east coast counties of Suffolk and Kent Bettinson 
 
 is at present a Norfolk surname occurring mostly in and around 
 Wisbech. There were freeholders named Bettison in Notts in 
 
NORFOLK. 287 
 
 1698 (Harleian MS., 6846.) Blomfield has long been a Norfolk 
 
 name. A family of gentry who resided in the parish of Fersfield 
 from the 16th to the 18th century, and who placed their origin 
 another century back in their pedigree, seem to have been one of 
 the principal stocks ; the learned author of the " History of 
 Norfolk," a work to which I am so greatly indebted, was rector 
 
 of Fersfield in 1736 (Bl.) Boddy is a Norfolk surname, said 
 
 to be derived from " boda," the Anglo-Saxon word for "mes- 
 senger " (L.)- Two incumbents of Buckenham Parva and 
 Hemlington, in the beginning of the 15th century, were named 
 Body (Bl.). The name of Body occurred in Cambridgeshire, 
 Hunts, and Oxfordshire in the 13th century (H. R ). In its 
 
 early form of Body it is also now represented in Cornwall 
 
 The Bonds are now represented in the Yarmouth district. This 
 is also an old Norwich and Walsinghani name (BL). In the 13th 
 century it occurred as Bond and Le Bonde in Norfolk, Suffolk, 
 Lincolnshire, etc. (H. B.). Besides Norfolk and Suffolk, where 
 the name has been established for some 600 years at least, Devon, 
 Somerset, and Lancashire are now important homes of the name. 
 
 (;See under " Somerset.") Bunting or Buntyng was a common 
 
 name among the Norfolk clergy in the 15th century ; at that time, 
 also, a family of the name lived at Framingham, near Norwich 
 (Bl.). In the 13th century it was still represented in Norfolk 
 (H. R.). The Buntings, according to Kemble, were an Anglo- 
 Saxon clan. Further particulars concerning the past and present 
 
 distribution of the name will be found under " Derbyshire " 
 
 The name of Breese or Breeze was represented in this county in 
 the reign of Henry YIII. by a parishioner of Hackford called 
 Breze (BL). The Norfolk name has probably not a common 
 origin with the North Wales name of Breese, which is a con- 
 traction like Preece, of Ap Bees The incumbent of Hedenham 
 
 in 1501 bore the name of Bunn ; and the rector of Bereford in 
 
 1637 was called Bun (Bl.) The name of Buck is now most 
 
 numerous around Norwich ; but it was represented in the county 
 as far back as the 13th century (H. H.). It also occurs now in 
 Suffolk and Notts. 
 
 0. 
 
 Cann was the name of a gentle family of Diss in the 17th 
 century (BL). The Cannells may possess an ancestor in Sir 
 
288 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 John Canel, who was rector of Wramplingham and patron of the 
 
 living in the reign of Hearj Y. (Bl.) There was a family of 
 
 Case in S waff ham 200 years ago, and the name is still in the 
 town; the rector of Erpingham in 1628 bore this name. Philip 
 Case was mayor of Lynn in 1764; and early last century, Mr. 
 Case, attorney, of Mildenhale, Suffolk, held property in Holm-by- 
 the-Sea (BL). This name occurred in Suffolk in the time of 
 
 Edward I. (H. R.) The Claxtons bear the name of a Norfolk 
 
 parish CoE is an ancient Norfolk name. There was a Beatrix 
 
 le Coe in the county in the reign of Edward 1. (H. R.). A family 
 of Coe owned property in Ashill and Saham at the beginning of 
 the 16th century (BL). The name is also now represented in 
 
 Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, and Essex. (See under " Suffolk.") 
 
 CossEY is an old Norwich name. In 1472, Henry Cossey, who 
 was afterwards rector of Wilby, was a noted friar of the Dominican 
 convent in Norwich ; and there were then others of the name in 
 that city. About the same time John Cossey was rector of 
 
 Congham (BL) Crisp is an ancient Norfolk name. In 1388, 
 
 E/ichard Crispe was patron of the living of Cockthorp, to which he 
 presented one of the family ; another Eichard Crispe was buried 
 in Frenze church in 1517 (BL) In 1648, the daughter of the 
 " Worshipfull Mr. Nic. Crispe, Marchant Adventurer of London," 
 was buried at Norwich (BL). Nicholas Crisp, Esq., was one of 
 the county commissioners for Cornwall in the time of Cromwell 
 (Polwhele's "Cornwall"). See under " Cambridgeshire," w^here 
 
 the name has been for six centuries The Cubitts of Norwich 
 
 and its neighbourhood bear an ancient name which has been 
 represented in that city since the 17th century. At the end of 
 the 15th century, Robert Cubit was abbot of Horning; and about 
 the same time the name of Cubet occurred in the adjacent parish 
 of Neatishead. In 1405, John Cubet was rector of Thorp-by- 
 Norwich ; and the name of Cubit occurs in the list of the ring- 
 leaders of the rebellion of the Norfolk " levellers " in 1382. This 
 name has long been a familiar clerical name in the county, several 
 benefices being held by Cubits in the early part of last century 
 
 (Bl.) In the reign of Elizabeth, Thomas Culley was mayor 
 
 and Joshua Culley was sheriff of the city of Norwich, where the 
 name yet remains ; in 1630, James Culley was curate of Surlingham 
 
 (Bl.) The CuRSONS of Dereham bear one of the oldest of 
 
 Norfolk names. The ancient family of this name held large 
 estates in the county from the 13th to the 15th century (BL). 
 
NORFOLK. 289 
 
 D— F. 
 
 Daniel or D any el was the name of a Norwicli family of 
 merchants in the 15th century, members of which filled the office 
 of mayor (Bl.). Daniell and Daniels are still ISTorwich names. 
 
 The Dennys have resided in Norfolk and Suffolk for centuries. 
 
 The Norfolk Dennys obtained considerable distinction in the 16th 
 century. Sir Anthony Denny, a favourite of Henry VIII., and 
 one of the characters of the play of Shakespeare which bears that 
 name, was son of Edmund Denny, baron of the Exchequer; Sir 
 Anthony was not only in possession of much property in the 
 county, in Ling and elsewhere, but he had a lease of the demesnes 
 of Waltham Abbey, Essex, and Sir Edward Denny of Waltham 
 Abbey was high sheriff of Herts in the last year of Elizabeth's 
 reign; the Dennys of Tralee Castle, Ireland, who have been 
 established in Ireland since the reign of Elizabeth, are descended 
 from Sir Edward Denny, grandson of the above Sir Anthony 
 Denny and uncle of Edward Denny, Earl of Norwich, a title long 
 since extinct; the Tralee Dennys received a baronetcy in 1782; 
 Sir William Denny was recorder of Norwich in the reign of 
 Charles I., and in the reign of William III. a gentle family of the 
 name lived at Raveningham, Norfolk (Bl. ; Cussans' " Hert- 
 fordshire ; " Clutterbuck's " Hertfordshire ; " Morant's " Essex ; " 
 Lodge's "Baronetage"). The name is still in Norwich. (See 
 
 under " Suffolk.") The Norfolk Drakes are now well established 
 
 in Attleborough and Norwich. The name was connected with the 
 municipality of Norwich as far back as the 15th century, and a 
 gentle family of Drake lived at Hardley in the time of Elizabeth 
 (Bl.). The name now occurs also in Dorset, Devon, and in the 
 West Riding. In the 13th century it was established in Lincoln- 
 shire, Hunts, and Cambridgeshire (H. R.). (/S^ee under " Devon- 
 shire " and "Dorset" for further particulars.) Duffield is a 
 
 very old clerical name in this county. It was borne by the rectors 
 of Blofield and Crimplesham in 1369 and 1397 and by the official 
 of the archdeacon of Sudbury in 1455, etc. (BL). At the beginning 
 of the 17th century, there was a family of Duffield in Attleborough 
 (BL). The name occurred in Lincolnshire in the 13th century 
 (H. R.). There are parishes and townships thus called in Derby- 
 shire and in the East Riding of Yorkshire Durrant has been 
 
 for ages a Norfolk name. In the reign of Henry VI., the Durants 
 or Duraunts held Hall Place Manor in South Lynn, and the name 
 
 U 
 
290 HOMES OP FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 is still in Lynn. A N'orwich family of Durrant was buried in St. 
 Bennet's church in that city between 1684 and 1706; and there 
 were marbles in Scothowe church to another family of Durrant 
 bearing dates between 1697 and 1723 (BL). This is an ancient 
 pre-Domesday name (L.), though according to Ferguson it came 
 with the Normans. It was represented by Darant and Duraunt 
 in this county, as well as in Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire, Bucks, 
 Kent, and Oxfordshire, in the time of Edward I. (H. R.). It also 
 
 occurs now in Suffolk, Sussex, Bucks, and Dorset The Dyballs 
 
 were a Norwich family 200 years ago, and the name has evidently 
 long been known in that city (Bl.), where it still remains. In 
 1611, Margaret Dybald was crushed to death with thirty-two other 
 persons in a panic occurring during a display of fireworks at 
 
 Norwich in celebration of the election of a new mayor (Bl.) 
 
 The Norfolk family of Dye may find an explanation of its name in 
 the existence during the reign of Charles I. of Mr. D'Eye of Eye 
 in Suffolk. The ancient family of D'eye of Scoulton, Norfolk, 
 claimed a descent of 300 years. Deye was once a common old 
 Norfolk name, bat it is now scarce. We find the name of Dye in 
 
 Bucks in the time of Edward I. (H. R.) The Eglintons of 
 
 Norwich and its vicinity bear the name of the rector of Baldeswell 
 in 1644, and of the rector of Sharington in 1758 (Bl.) ; and in the 
 same manner the Emerys of the neighbourhood of Dereham have 
 a namesake or an ancestor in the vicar of Rushall, Norfolk, in 1581 
 (Bl.). Emery is a form of the ancient personal name of Amory. 
 
 The name of Feost has been established in Norfolk ever since 
 
 the 13th century, when the Frosts resided here in numbers. In 
 the loth and 16th centuries Frost was a common name amongst the 
 Norfolk clerics (BL). The name also occurs now in other parts of 
 England, particularly in Derbyshire and Somerset. In the 13th 
 century it not only characterised Norfolk but also Cambridgeshire 
 and in a less degree Suffolk (H. R.). 
 
 G— H. 
 
 Thomas Gamble was vicar of Wroxham in 1719; and John 
 
 Gayford was bailiff of Yarmouth in 1689 (Bl.) Gapp is a name 
 
 that has been represented in Norfolk as far back as the 13th 
 century (H. R.). During the 14th and 15th centuries the Gappes 
 of Yarmouth frequently tilled the offices of bailiff and mayor 
 (Bl.) Gedge has been a Norwich name for centuries ; and at 
 
NORFOLK. 291 
 
 the present day it still finds its home in this city and its vicinity. 
 There was a fuller of this name buried in one of the Norwich 
 churches in 1467 ; William Gedge was a philanthropic Norwich 
 citizen in 1693 ; and Ambrose Gedge was a common councillor of 
 the city in 1742 (Bl.). Three centuries ago there was a family of 
 
 G-edge in Denton (Bl.) The family of Gowing may possess a 
 
 kinsman in Jeremiah Go wen, the rector of Shimpling in 1642 
 
 (Bl.) Hern or Herne has long been a Norfolk name. For 
 
 centuries the Hernes or Hirnes were a Norwich family; one of 
 the name was mayor early in the 17th century, and about the same 
 time a member of the family was knighted (BL). The name is 
 probably a contraction of Herring, an Anglo-Saxon clan-name 
 (according to Kemble), which, though found in Norfolk in the 
 past, is now mostly confined to Lincolnshire. Hurren is the 
 present Suffolk form of the name. It is also probable that the 
 Norfolk and Kentish name of Horn or Home has had in some 
 cases a similar origin. In Norfolk, Suffolk, Dorset, Durham, etc., 
 there are place-names beginning with Herring, and Heme is the 
 
 name of places in Kent, Hants, Hunts, etc The name of Horn 
 
 or HoRNE, at present well represented around Wisbech, is also 
 found in Kent. It was also represented in these two counties 
 in the 13th century, as well as in London, Suffolk, Sussex, Ox- 
 fordshire, Cambridgeshire, Hunts, Northamptonshire, and Wilts 
 
 (H. R). (See under "Hern.") Hubbard is a characteristic 
 
 Norfolk name. The early form of the name in this and the neigh- 
 bouring counties, both in Domesday times and in the centuries 
 immediately following, was Hubert, occasionally written Huberd 
 (H. E/.) ; and we find that Robert Hubert or Hoberd was rector 
 of Scarning at the close of the 14th century (Bl.) Thence, the 
 transition to Hubberd, and on to Hubbard is an easy one. In the 
 16thi century the living of Witton was in the gift of the family 
 of Hubbard or Hubberd (Bl.) ; and two Norfolk gentlemen of the 
 name (Hubbard and Hubberd) contributed £25 apiece towards 
 the Spanish Armada fund in 1588. The old distinguished Norfolk 
 family of Hobart, going back to the time of Henry YIIL, similarly 
 derived their name from Hubert or Huberd ; but their name is at 
 present but little represented in Norfolk, where Hubbard, as above 
 remarked, occurs in numbers The name of HuGGiNS was repre- 
 sented in the reign of Elizabeth by Robert Huggins, gent., of East 
 
 Bradenham (Bl.) Howell is an ancient name in this county. 
 
 By the prefix of Ap it has in Wales given rise to Powell : but 
 
 U 2 
 
292 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 both Howell and Powell are ancient East Anglian names. William 
 Howell held land in Wifton, Norfolk, in the reign of Edward III. ; 
 and in the following reign of Richard II. Margary Howel was 
 prioress of Flixton nunnery (Suffolk) (BL). In the time of 
 Henry VI. John Howel was vicar of Newton ; and in the reign 
 of Henry VII. John Ap Howel was prebend of Norwich (Bl.), 
 After this date the name of Powell, sometimes corrupted to 
 Powle, occurs in the county (Bl.) Powel, however, is an ancient 
 East Anglian name ; it occurred in Cambridgeshire and Suffolk in 
 the 13th century, whilst Howel was a Bedfordshire surname at 
 the same time (H. R.). Howell is a parish in the neighbouring 
 part of Lincolnshire, and very probably the East Anglian Howells 
 in many cases thence derived their name. Nor do I think that 
 the East Anglian Powels of the 13th century hailed from Wales, 
 though it is singular that John Ap Howel was prebend of Norwich 
 in the reign of Henry VII, Powell has only been a Welsh name 
 some three centuries. (See " Wales.") 
 
 I— L. 
 
 Ingeam was the name of a vicar of Narburgh two centuries 
 ago ; and much further back, in 1433, John Ingram was patron of 
 
 the living of Hempstead, where he owned property (Bl.) 
 
 ISABELL, occurring also in the different forms of Isabelles, Isbells, 
 etc., was a Norwich name in the 16th century (BL). Isbell is 
 now found in East Dereham and Attleborough. The name was 
 represented as Isabell and Ysabell in the same county in the 13th 
 century, as well as in Kent, Cambridgeshire, and Lincolnshire. 
 
 It is now rare or extincb in its early homes Nicholas Jacob 
 
 was rector of Burgh in 1419; and William Jacob was a cavalier 
 of Mendham in 1642 ; the name was also represented in Creeting 
 in Suffolk in 1648 (BL). Sir John Jacob was a Cambridgeshire 
 baronet in 1739 (Carter's "Cambridgeshire"). In the reign of 
 Edward I. we find this name in Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, and 
 
 Oxfordshire (H. R.) Jolly was the name of a Brisingham 
 
 gentleman in 1580 (B. L.) Land was the name of the rector 
 
 of Honing in 1630 ; and in the forms of Land, Lande, and Landa, 
 we find it in Essex and Lincolnshire in the 13th century (H. R.). 
 
 The Larwoods were Norwich merchants from about 1650 to 
 
 1750; and Abraham Larwood, one of the family, was sheriff of 
 the city in 1739 (BL) Leeder was the name of the rector of 
 
NORFOLK. 293 
 
 Hale clmrcli in 1566 (Bl.) Lewell, perhaps a contraction of 
 
 Llewellyn, was a name represented in Oxfordshire and Shropshire 
 
 in the 13th century (H. R.) The Lings derived their name 
 
 several centuries ago from the parish of Lyng in this county, one 
 of the first of the name having been a John de Ling of Norfolk in 
 the 13th century (H. E,.). These ancient De Lyngs or De Lings 
 were influential people ; one of them was chancellor of the diocese 
 in 1349, and another was bailiff of Norwich in 1370. Thomas Lyng 
 was rector of Catfield in 1506 ; and in the 16th and 17th centuries 
 Lyng and Ling were frequent clerical names in the county. I 
 omitted to mention that Jeff, de Ling, who combined the accom- 
 plishments of the antiquarian and historian with his duties as a 
 friar of the Franciscan convent in Norwich, was born at Lyng, 
 and died in 1390 (Bl.). The name is at present best represented 
 
 in the adjoining county of Suffolk Le Gets or Le GtRICE is a 
 
 very old Norfolk name : Sir Robert Le Grys of Langley, equerry 
 to Richard I., was the ancestor of the family of Le Grice of 
 Brockdish in the 1 6th century : Charles Le Grys was lord of the 
 manor of Helmingham last century (BL). 
 
 M— 0. 
 
 Makins was the name of the rector of Clippesby in 1513 (Bl.) 
 
 Mallett is a slightly altered form of a very ancient name in 
 
 Norfolk, where it has remained ever since the time of William the 
 Conqueror, when Roger Mallet or Malet, lord of Eye in Suffolk, 
 received an extensive grant of lands. The name of Malet was 
 common in the adjoining county of Lincoln as well as in the 
 
 distant county of Somerset in the reign of Edward 1. (H. R.) 
 
 The Manns have found a home in Norfolk, Suffolk, and Cambridge- 
 shire for at least six centuries, Man being the early form of the 
 name (H. R.). There was a family of Mann in Norwich at the 
 beginning of last century, and the name is still in the city. (See 
 
 under "Warwickshire.") The name of Minns was in the 
 
 county in the 16th century, when a widow bearing the name 
 
 married into the L'Estrange family of Hunstanton (Bl.) The 
 
 Norfolk name of Neave, or Neve, as it is written in a few 
 instances, was represented in this county, and also in the adjacent 
 counties of Cambridge and Suffolk, by Le Neve during the 
 
 13th century (H. R.). (See under "Kent.") Edmund Nurse 
 
 was a member of the corporation of Thetford in the middle of last 
 
294 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 century; and Clement Nurse was vicar of Tottington in 1616 
 (Bl.). Nurse is still a Thetford name. Nowers or De Nowers 
 was the ancient form of the name, and as such it occurred in the 
 loth century in Lincolnshire and Bedfordshire (H.R.). However, 
 it is probable, as Lipscomb points out, that the principal early 
 home of the name was in Bucks, where the family of De Nowers 
 possessed great influence in the 12th and 13th centuries, being 
 now represented in that county by the later names of Nourse and 
 
 Nurse The name of Oldfield is now established in Norfolk 
 
 and Derbyshire, and there are places thus called in Cheshire, 
 Herefordshire, and Worcestershire. James Oldfield was rector of 
 Stratton, Norfolk, in the reign of James II., and there was a Sir 
 John Oldfield of Spalding, Lincolnshire, in the reign of Anne (Bl.) 
 (^ee under " Derbyshire.") 
 
 P— R. 
 
 The name of Powell will be found referred to under Howell. 
 
 There resided at Norwich a distinguished family of Philippo 
 
 two centuries ago, which is still represented in the city. A certain 
 Ely Philippo had two sons, Elisha and Onias, of whom Elisha was 
 
 high sheriff of the county in 1675 (Bl.) Six centuries since, 
 
 the Norfolk family of Poll had representatives named Polle in the 
 
 county as well as in Cambridgeshire and Kent (H. R.) Purdy 
 
 is an ancient Norfolk name, which was also represented in Cam- 
 bridgeshire by Purde as far back as the 13th century. In 1610, 
 Edmund Purdye owned part of the manor of Stoke ; in 1479, 
 John Purdy was rector of Catfield ; and in 1471, the widow of 
 Robert Purdy was buried beside her husband in Aylesham church 
 (BL). A family of Purdey, holding property in Rockland St. 
 Andrew in the beginning of the 16th century, came from Bury in 
 Hertfordshire at the end of the previous century (Bl.). The 
 Purdys are still represented in Rockland St. Andrew and Ayle- 
 sham Rising was originally the name of Wood Rising, a parish 
 
 near Hingham, where the family of De Rising exercised the rights 
 of lordship in the 13th and 14th centuries (Bl.) The same family 
 held property in Greatmelton in the 13th century (Bl.) Rising 
 
 is also the name of a parish near Lynn Rivett is a very old 
 
 Norfolk name, belonging to an ancient family that held in the 14th 
 century the property known as Rivett's Manor in West Newton. 
 In 1570 John Rivet of Brandeston was patron of the livings of 
 
k 
 
 NORFOLK. 295 
 
 Moiilton Magna and Wacton and owned property there ; and Sir 
 Thomas Rivet, of Norfolk, was a London merchant about the 
 sam.e time (Bl.) Thomas Revet was mayor of Lynn in 1649 (Bl.) 
 
 Henry Rix was rector of Depham in 1713 ; Nic. Rix, master 
 
 of St. Giles' Hospital, Norwich, who died in 1675, was preceded 
 as steward or keeper of the same hospital by N ic. Rix, evidently 
 his father, who died in 1643 ; Rixe Avas the name of the rector of 
 Bodney in 1554 (Bl.). The name is still in Norwich. 
 
 Scales is an ancient Norfolk name, being common in the 
 county as far back as the 13th century, in the form of De Scales 
 or Le Scales (H, R.). In fach, from the 13th to the 15th century 
 the titled family of De Scales owned great possessions and held 
 
 a high position in the county (Bl.) Savory is now a Norfolk 
 
 name. In the 13th century, Philip Savery lived in Leicestershire, 
 and John Savary in Wiltshire (H. R.). A family of Savery held 
 property in Rawreth parish, Essex, in the 14th century (Morant's 
 " Essex "). Another family of Savery has long been estabb'shed 
 in Devonshire, having settled at Totnes early in the 16th century ; 
 in the 17th and 18th centuries this family resided at Shilston in 
 Modbury, and took an active part in the troubled times of the 
 Commonwealth and of the Revolution of 1688 ; one of the family 
 was high sheriif of Devon in 1619, and another member. Captain 
 Thomas Savery, E.R.S., who flourished at the end of the 17th 
 century, was the inventor of the first working steam-engine ; the 
 Devonshire Saverys are said to have come from Normandy 
 (Cotton's " Totnes "). Savary was also the name of a Huguenot 
 family established at Greenwich at the end of the 17th century, 
 hailing originally from Perigord, in the south of France, and still 
 
 represented by the Tauzia Savary s (Smiles' "Huguenots") 
 
 Sayer is a very ancient name in this county. As Sayer and Sayere 
 it occurred in Norfolk, Beds, and Hants in the 13th century 
 (H. R.) The Sayers of Pulham, Norfolk, an ancient family, from 
 which the Sayers of Eye, Suffolk, are derived, were lords of the 
 manor of Pulham in the 17th and 18th centuries (BL). Sayer 
 is also an ancient Essex name. (See under "Essex," " Yorkshire, 
 
 N. R.," and " Sussex.") Sewell is a very old Norfolk name, 
 
 going back to the 14th century Sheringham is the name of 
 
 a Norfolk parish The Slippers, of Norwich and its vicinity. 
 
296 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 bear the name of the old "sword slypers," the designation 
 employed in the Acts of James YI. for those whose occupation 
 was to whet swords (L.). Samuel Slipper was rector of Reydon 
 and Rising, and chaplain to the Duke of Norfolk, in the reign 
 
 of Charles II. (Bl.) Soame was a familiar name in Lynn during 
 
 the 16th and 17th centuries; and six mayors of the town bore 
 the name between 1514 and 1629. Soame was a distinguished 
 Norfolk name in the 17th century, in the early part of which 
 Sir Stephen Soame, lord mayor of London, owned Depedale and 
 Polsted Hall manor, in Burnham. Two hundred years since, 
 Colonel Edmund Soame owned Derham Grange, in West Derham. 
 About the same time lived Sir William Soame, of Thirlow Hall, 
 
 Suffolk (Bl.) Spink and Spines are still Norwich names. 
 
 Thomas Spink or Spynk was a notable Norwich citizen in the 
 14th century, and sat as one of its burgesses in Parliament. 
 Richard Spynk was another Norwich citizen in 1342. Spink 
 was the name of the vicars of Attlebridge and Wroxham in 1445 
 and 1472 (BL). The name of Spink occurred in Bedfordshire 
 
 and Northamptonshire in the 13th century (H. R.) In the 
 
 church of St. Peter, Mancroft, Norwich, there was a monument 
 to four persons, named Richard Starling, who died between 
 1690 and 1729 ; two of them were carpenters and one an attorney- 
 at-law (Bl.). Starling is still a Norwich name. Starlinc, accord- 
 ing to Lower, was a pre-Domesday personal name The present 
 
 family of Stimpson may possess an ancestor in John Stimpson, 
 
 who lived at Burston, in Diss, in 1742 (Bl.) Lower, quoting 
 
 Ferguson, states that the name of Sewlf (sea-wolf) occurs in a 
 charter of Canute. It is probably the original form of the name 
 of Self. (See under " Wiltshire.") 
 
 T— Z. 
 
 Tbirtle, Tiiurtle, and Thurtell, also found in Suffolk, are 
 contra.ctions of Thirkettle or Thurkettle, an ancient Scandinavian 
 name, still represented in Norfolk and Suffolk. (See under 
 
 "Suffolk.") The name of Thrower is said to be the masculine 
 
 form of "throwster," a woman who winds or throws silk (L.) 
 A person of this name was buried in St. Edmund's chu.rch, 
 Norwich, in 1681, and the name is still in that city ; the mayor of 
 Yarmouth in 1650, and the bailiff of the same town in 1582, were 
 thus named (Bl.) Tooley was a familiar name in Norwich in the 
 
NORFOLK. 297 
 
 16tli, 17tli, and 18th centuries, and it still occurs there. E-ichard 
 Tooly was sheriff of the city in 1594, John Toolej was mayor in 
 1638, and there was a N'orwich minister of the name of Tooley in 
 1677 ; Bernard Tooley, gent., was buried at St. Michael's church 
 in this city in 1706 (Bl.). There were Tooleys in Boston, 
 Lincolnshire, in the 17th century; the mayor in 1653 bore this 
 
 name (Thompson's "Boston") Tuck is an ancient Norfolk 
 
 name, which was represented in this county as well as in Lincoln- 
 shire in the 13th century (H. R.) Utting is another ancient 
 
 Norfolk name. A Norwich alderman who bore this name was in 
 1643 a prominent member of the cabal which led to the city 
 declaring for the Parliament against the King; however, when 
 Mr. Utting filled the office of mayor in 1647 he seems to have 
 changed his opinions, since he was imprisoned by his old friends 
 the E/Oundheads ; he was buried in Brandon church in 1658 
 (Bl.), The name is still in Norwich. Shottesham church 
 contains the mortal remains of John Utting, w^ho died in 
 1688, and also of his family; Henry Utting, gent., was buried 
 in Belaugh church in 1715 (Bl.). In the 13th century the 
 name of Uttyng occurred in Hunts (H. R.). It is said to 
 
 have been a personal name in early English times Walpole 
 
 is the name of parishes and villages in Norfolk. In the 13th 
 century the surname of De Walpol was represented in this 
 
 county, as well as in Suffolk and Cambridgeshire (H. R.) 
 
 Wharton is also a Suffolk name ; there is a Lincolnshire hamlet 
 thus called, and there were several freeholders of the name in 
 
 Notts in 1698 (Harleian MS., 6846) The name of Wiseman 
 
 was represented by Wisman in Norfolk in the 13th century 
 (H. R.). The Wisemans in the 16th and 17th centuries were 
 gentle families, owning considerable property in the county 
 (Bl.). (^ee under "Essex.") 
 
298 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. 
 
 Note. — The asterisk before a name indicates that, thongli char- 
 acteristic of the county, the name is more numerous elsewhere. 
 
 GrENEEAL Names (30-40 counties). 
 
 * Allen 
 Brown 
 Clark© 
 
 " Cook Robinson 
 
 . Cooke " Smith (Northampton) 
 
 ^Harris 
 
 
 Common Names (20-29 counties). 
 
 Ciiapman 
 
 :* r Shepherd *Webb 
 1 Sheppard 
 
 
 Regional Names (10-19 counties). 
 
 Adkins (Banbury) 
 ■ Barratt 
 - Barrett 
 *Berry 
 
 *Bird * Nichols 
 ^ J Gardener * Potter 
 1 Gardner *Spencer (Northampton) 
 Gilbert (Rugby) West 
 
 
 District Names (4-9 counties). 
 
 Ashby (Rugby) 
 Bradshaw 
 Cowley (Rugby) 
 Dickens 
 
 * Gregory (Banbury) Stokes 
 " Sargeant f Tebbitt (Rugby) 
 -Sargent I Tebbutt (Northampton) 
 *Savage Weston 
 
 
 County Names (2-3 counties). 
 
 Bonser (Oundle) 
 *Brawn 
 *Cockerill 
 
 Druce 
 *Emery 
 
 Fortescue 
 
 Hadland *Rowiatt 
 *Hawkes Smart 
 Lewin Tew 
 Lovell Thomason 
 Messinger (Towcester) Underwood 
 
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. 
 
 299 
 
 Peculiar Names (confined mostly to this county). 
 
 Aris 
 
 Gofe 
 
 Newitt 
 
 Barford (Towcester) 
 
 aolby 
 
 Panther 
 
 ■ Bazeley 
 . Bazley 
 
 G-oode 
 
 Roddis 
 
 G-ulliver 
 
 Scriven 
 
 _ ■ Bellaira 
 . Bellars 
 
 Hales 
 
 Siddons 
 
 Heygate 
 
 Spokes 
 
 Borton 
 
 Holton 
 
 Stops 
 
 Brafield 
 
 Hornsby 
 
 Turnell 
 
 Britten (Northampton) 
 
 Judkins 
 
 Vergette (Deeping) 
 
 Bromwich 
 
 Kingston 
 
 Warwick 
 
 Buswell 
 
 Linnell 
 
 Westley 
 
 Butlin 
 
 Mackaness (North- 
 
 Whitton 
 
 Chew (Oundle) 
 
 ampton) 
 
 Whitney 
 
 Painty 
 
 Main 
 
 Woolhouse 
 
 Drage (Northampton) 
 
 Mawle 
 
 Wrighton 
 
 Dunkley (Northampton 
 
 Measures 
 
 Wyman 
 
 aibbard 
 
 Montgomery 
 
 York 
 
 NOTES ON SOME OF THE CHARACTERISTIC NORTHAMPTON- 
 SHIRE NAMES. 
 
 (The names are arranged in alphabetical groups, but not necessarily in alpha- 
 betical order in each group.) 
 
 Authorities indicated hy the following ahhreviations : — 
 
 B. indicates Baker's " Northamptonshire." 
 
 Cy. „ Cypher's " Rothwell " or " Rowell." 
 
 H. R. „ Hundred Rolls. 
 
 L. „ Lower's " Patronymica Britannioa." 
 
 Wh. „ Whalley's " Northamptonshire " o£ Bridges. 
 
 I 
 
 A— B. 
 
 Aris is the modern form of an old Northamptonshire name 
 which has suffered by the change. In the reign of King John, 
 William of Arras, Advocate of Bethune, held the manor of 
 
300- HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Rotherstliorp (Wh,). John Arras was incumbent of Whiston in 
 1506 (Wh). Joseph Aris was a gentleman of Adson or Adstone, 
 who owned property in Blakesley about 200 years ago (B. and 
 Wh.j. The name is still in the parish. In the 13th century 
 
 De Araz was a London name (H. R.) The Ashbys and the 
 
 Baefoeds derive their names from parishes in the county. The 
 former name has its present home on the Warwickshire border in 
 the Rugby district; whilst the Barfords are found in the vicinity 
 of Towcester The name of Bazeley or Bazley was well repre- 
 sented in the county in the 17th and 18th centuries. In Upton 
 church there is a memorial slab to Richard Baslee who died 
 in 1729; and at the commencement of last century there was 
 a family of Bazlee in Daventry (B.), where the name still 
 occurs. Members of the family of Basely of Sywell were buried 
 
 in one of the Northampton churches early last century (Wh.) 
 
 The ancient family of Belers or Bellers held property in Brampton 
 and Cranford in the 14th and 16th centuries (Wh.). This family 
 came originally from Kirkby Bellers, Leicestershire, and some of 
 the members were sheriffs of Derbyshire and Notts, in the time of 
 Edward III. (" Bib. Topog. Brit."). The modern form of the name 
 is Bellaies or Bellaes The Bortons possess an ancient sur- 
 name which in the form of De Borton occurred in Lincolnshire, 
 
 Norfolk, and Dorsetshire during the 13th century (H. R.) 
 
 The name of Beadshaw has been established in Northamptonshire 
 since the 15th century (Wh.). The rector of Cosgrave in 1600 
 bore the name (B.). Further reference to this name will be 
 
 found under " Deebyshiee " and "Lancashiee." The Beafields 
 
 are named after a parish in the county. On a tomb in Blis worth 
 churchyard occurred the following inscription concerning Mary 
 Brafield, who died in childbirth in 1662, leaving a family of six 
 children behind her (Wh.) : — 
 
 " Thus I who strove to give my babe a birth, 
 Enter aga^ne my mother's womb, the earth." 
 
 Beawn is a name also found in the adjacent counties of Hunts 
 
 and Beds, as well as in Staffordshire ; it has long been known in 
 this county. John Brawne and his wife were buried in Towcester 
 church in 1740 ; John Brawne was also the name of an incumbent 
 
 of Brafield in the 15th century (Wh.) Beomwich is the name 
 
 of an old Daventry family. Mrs. Brorawich of that town held the 
 
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. 301 
 
 great tithes in the reign of Hanrj YIII. (Wh.) ; and the town 
 clerk of Daventrj at the beginning of last century bore this name 
 (B.). The name is still in the town. Probably the family 
 originally hailed from the parish of Bromwich, in the adjacent 
 
 county of Warwick Buswell is now a Clipston name, and it 
 
 was the name of an old and distinguished Clipston family during 
 the 17th and 18th centuries (Wh.). Sir George Buswell of 
 Clipston was created a baronet in 1660 (B.). The Buswells of 
 Westcot Barton, Oxon, were an important family last century 
 
 (Wing's "Westcot Barton") Butlin is a name with a curious 
 
 origin. From the 12th to the IStli century, the powerful 
 Northamptonshire family of Boutevilein or Butevilein held the 
 lordship of Cotesbrook. One of the earliest mentioned members 
 of the family is Sir William Boutevilein, the founder of Pipwell 
 Abbey in the reign of Henry II. (Wh.). Butvilleyn and 
 Botevileyn were other early forms of the name. After passing 
 through the shapes of Butvelin and Butellyn, the name appears 
 as Butlin in the 17th century. " Francis Butvelin, alias Butlin," 
 of HoUowell, gent., died in 1680 (Wh.) During the 17th and 
 18th centuries there were gentle families of Butlin residing at 
 Ravensthorp and Whilton (B.), and the name still occurs in 
 Ravensthorp. The name of Butevileyn also occurred in Somerset- 
 shire in the reign of Edward I. (H. R.). 
 
 C— F. 
 
 The name of Chew has its present home in the Oundle 
 district. The Chews of Dunstable, in the neighbouring county 
 of Bedfordshire, were a notable family in the 17th century; some 
 of them, who attained high position as London merchants, 
 preferred to be buried in the town of their birth. One of the 
 
 family was sheriff of Beds ("Bib. Topog. Brit.") Cockerill is 
 
 a name that probably has its original home in Yorkshire. During 
 last century a numerous family of the name resided in Wappen- 
 
 ham, Northamptonshire (B.) Cowley is the name of an ancient 
 
 Northamptonshire family that held Slyford manor in Yelvertoft, 
 and other property, during the 15th century (Wh.). The 
 incumbent of Holdenby in 1505 bore this name (Wh.). There 
 were families of Cowley living in Harpole and Kilsby in the 17th 
 and 18th centuries (B.). Thomas Cowley founded a school at 
 Donington, Lincolnshire, in 1718 (Allen's "Lincolnshire"). The 
 
302 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 name has its present home in this county on the Warwickshire 
 
 border in the Kugby district, and still remains in Kilsby 
 
 Dainty is evidently a form of Daintree, which represents the 
 popular pronunciation of Daventry, a Northamptonshire town. 
 The name was in Harleston at the end of the 17th century 
 (B.), and a family of Dainty resided at Orton, near Rowell, 
 
 from the 17th to the preseni: century (Cy.) Druce is a 
 
 corruption of Drueys or Le Drueys, a name occurring in the 
 adjacent county of Bucks, as well as in Wilts, in the 13th century 
 ^^H. R.) The DuNKLEY8 have their present home in North- 
 ampton and its vicinity. A family of the nqme held property in 
 Brington in the 15th century ; and a family of Dunckley resided 
 
 at Dodford last century (B.) Emery was the name of the 
 
 incumbent of Tiffield during the reign of Elizabeth (Wh.) The 
 
 name of Fortescue, which is also found in the adjacent county of 
 Hunts, had its origin with the distinguished Devonshire family of 
 the name that resided at Winston in that county as far back as 
 the reign of John (L.). The Northamptonshire Fortescues owned 
 part of the living of Pateshull in the time of Elizabeth, and last 
 century they owned the living of Rothwell (Wh.). 
 
 G— K. 
 
 In the reign of Elizabeth, Christopher GoFF was part-owner 
 with the Earl of Lincoln of Rodeston rectory (Wh.). There was 
 
 a Roger Goffe in Cambridgeshire in the 13th century (H. R.) 
 
 Henry Goode was rector of Weldon in 1684; William Good 
 
 claimed part of the manor of Kettering in 1652 (Wh.) 
 
 Gulliver was apparently a name of more frequent occurrence in 
 the past than it is in the present. In the 13th century it M^as 
 established in the form of Golafr' in the neighbouring counties 
 of Oxford, Buckingham, and Cambridge ; as Golaffre and Gulafre 
 in Norfolk; and as Gulafr' in Gloucestershire (H. R.). There 
 was a knightly family named Golafre in Oxfordshire during the 
 
 14th and 15th centuries (Kennett's " Ambrosden," etc.) Hales 
 
 is a very ancient name in this county, going back to the 13th 
 century (Wh.). Hale is the name of a manor on which the family 
 
 of De Hale resided in the 13th and 14th centuries (Wh.) 
 
 HoLTON was the name of the owner of the manor of Flore in 
 the 15th century (B.), and of the incumbent of Potterspury in 
 1568 (Wh.). There are parishes of the name in Oxfordshire, 
 
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. 303 
 
 Lincolnshire, etc William Judkins was bailiff of Daventiy in 
 
 1778 (B.). A family of Judkin resided afc Upper Heyford in the 
 17th and 18th centuries, and held land there as far back as the 
 
 reign of James I. (B. and Wh.) Kingston is an ancient and 
 
 often a distinguished name in this county. 
 
 L— P. 
 
 Lewin is a name also found in the adjacent county of Hunts. 
 It has been established in Northamptonshire since the reign of 
 Edward the Confessor (Wh.). John de Leune was incumbent 
 of Brington in the 14th century, and two incumbents of Sibertoft 
 and Maidwell in the following century bore the name of Lewin 
 (Wh.). In the forms of Lewin, Lewine, and Lewyn it occurred 
 in Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, and Lincolnshire in the reign of 
 
 Edward I. (H. R.) The name of Linnell has long been 
 
 established in this county. Nathaniel and Richard Lynnell held 
 land in Whilton in the reign of James I. ; and John Lynnell was 
 
 rector of Tiffield in the reign of Edward YL (B.) Lovell 
 
 is a name scattered about the southern half of England, but 
 Northamptonshire seems to have been one of its principal homes. 
 The Lord Lo veils of Titchmarsh and Snoscombe were distinguished 
 Northamptonshire noblemen from the 13 th to the 16th century ; 
 there are, however, several branches of the family, which include 
 the Lovells of Preston Capes, going back to the 16th century, and 
 the Lovells of Harleston, to which branch belonged Sir Salathiel 
 Lovell, baron of the Exchequer in the reign of Anne (B.). In the 
 form of Lovel this name was frequent in the 13th century in 
 Oxfordshire and Wiltshire, and it also occurred then in Kent, 
 
 Essex, Yorkshire, etc. (H. R.) A gentle family of Montgomeky 
 
 resided in Daventry last century; the ancient distinguished family 
 of De Montgomery held extensive estates in Ecton between the 
 
 13th and the 16th centuries (B.) The present representatives of 
 
 the name of Mawle are probably connected in their descent with 
 Mr. Maule, who had a farm in Ecton in the early part of last 
 
 century (Wh.) Panther is a form of " pantler," the old title 
 
 of master-baker, in old times a position of importance (L.) 
 
 Ponder, now rare in the county, was a Rovvell name during last 
 century (Cy.). 
 
304 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 R— T. 
 
 RowLETT (see under " Leicestershire ") was the name of the 
 
 incumbent of Sudborough in 1648 (Wh.) Scriven is an old 
 
 clerical name in the county. Two rectors of Harpole bore the 
 name in the first half of last century and at the close of the 
 previous century (B.), and one of the rectors of Twywell during 
 the past centary was similarly named (Wh.). There is a memorial 
 in Rowell church to Samuel Scriven, gent.., who died in 1713 at the 
 
 age of 23 (Cy.) Smart is an ancient name in this part of 
 
 England. It was well represented in Oxfordshire in the 13th 
 century (H. R.), and was a common name in Leicestershire in the 
 17th and 18th centuries. The Smarts of Ashby de la Zouche, 
 Leicestersbire, are descended from Ithiel Smart, vicar of that 
 place in the reign of Charles II., whose father resided at Preston 
 in Northamptonshire (Nichols' " Leicestershire "). The name was 
 represented in Great Glaybrook, Leicestershire, 200 years ago, 
 and there were Smarts of Huncote in the same county daring the 
 reign of Charles I., and Smarts of Thurleston, also in that county, 
 in the past century {ibid.). Smarte was the name of a rector of 
 Warden in Northamptonshire in the 15th century (B.). There 
 
 are also representatives of the name in Wiltshire Edmund 
 
 Spokes was incumbent of Brackley in 1543 (Wh.) Stokes is an 
 
 ancient name in this county. An old family of position bore the 
 name as far back as the 13th century, when there was a Peter de 
 Stokes of Dallington. Thomas Stokes, *' armiger," and some, if 
 not all, of the members of his family, which included four sons 
 and twelve daughters, were buried in the church of Ashby Ledgers 
 during the 15th century, Adrian Stokes by right of his wife 
 owned the living of Tifiield in 1575 (B.). The name is also estab- 
 lished in Leicestershire, Notts, Shropshire, Staffordshire, and 
 Worcestershire, and there are also a few of the name in Essex, but 
 it is for the most part now confined to the midlands. In the 13th 
 century it occurred in the form of De Stokes in Oxfordshire, 
 
 Bucks, Hunts, Suffolk, Yorkshire, and Lincolnshire (H. R.) 
 
 Tebbitt or Tebbutt is a name also found in the surrounding 
 counties. In Northamptonshire the name is best represented on 
 the Warwickshire border in the vicinity of Rugby and in the 
 Northampton district. Samuel Tebbutt left in 1730 an annual 
 
 bequest of six Bibles for the poor children of Rowell (Cy.) 
 
 Tew is a name that has probably been confounded with Chew, also 
 
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. 305 
 
 a Northamptonsliire name. George Tew was rector of Lodington 
 200 years ago, and John Tewe was the incumbent of Collingtre 
 
 in the reign of Henry VI. (Wh.) Trussell is the name 
 
 of a distinguished Northamptonshire family of the 14th and 
 15th centuries, now rarely represented in the county, that hailed 
 originally from Billesley, "Warwickshire, in the 12th century 
 (Wh.). 
 
 U— Z. 
 
 ^Northamptonshire is at present the principal home of the 
 Underwoods. Mr. Underwood of Higbam, attorney, owned a 
 manor in Irtlingborough last century. Richard Underwoode was 
 the incumbent of Barton Segrave in the reign of Henry VI. (Wh,). 
 The name also occurs in the neighbouring counties of Beds and 
 Bucks. In the 13th century Underwod or Underwode was a 
 common name, being mostly found in Oxfordshire, Hunts, Cam- 
 bridgeshire, Essex, Suffolk, Lincolnshire, etc. (H. E,.). There is 
 
 a Derbyshire township thus called Vergette, a name that now 
 
 has its home on the Lincolnshire border in the Deeping district, 
 was a well-known name in the city of Lincoln in the 16th, 17th, 
 and 18th centuries, during which period members of the family 
 held at different times the offices of sheriff and mayor of the city 
 
 (Stark's " Lincoln ") Francis Westley lived at Edgcote early 
 
 last century (B.). Roger Westelye was incumbent of Etton in 
 1559 (Wh.). There are parishes of the name in Cambridgeshire, 
 Suffolk, and other counties Whitney is the name of a Here- 
 fordshire parish John Whitton held land in Earningho in the 
 
 reign of Elizabeth (Wh.). There are parishes of the name in 
 
 Lincolnshire, Suffolk, etc Woolhotjse was the name of an 
 
 ancient family of gentry of Bolsover, Derbyshire, during the 15th, 
 16th, and 17th centuries (Glover's "Derbyshire") The North- 
 amptonshire Wymans are probably connected in their descent with 
 the Wyments, a Daventry gentle family in the 17th and 18th 
 centuries. Thomas Wyment was bailiff of Daventry in 1700 (B.). 
 Wimund was an Anglo-Saxon personal name (L.). Wymond and 
 Wymund occurred as surnames in Oxfordshire, Bucks, Gloucester- 
 shire, and Norfolk during the 13th century (H. R.) 
 
306 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 NORTHUMBERLAND. 
 
 Note. — The asterisk before a name indicates that, though the 
 name is well established in this county, it is more numerous 
 elsewhere in England. 
 
 S. after a name implies that it is found over a large part of Scotland, but 
 
 more particularly in the southern half. 
 S. F. implies that it occurs south of the Forth and the Clyde. 
 C. S. „ ,, 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 names are their homes in Northumberland, 
 
 except in one or two cases where the home lies between two counties. 
 
 Brown 
 * Green 
 Hall, S. 
 Johnson 
 
 S. 
 
 Gekeeal Names (30-40 counties). 
 
 **Martin, S. F. (Lang- *Smith, S. F. 
 
 ley-Mills) *Taylor, S. 
 
 *Kobin8on *Wnson, S. F. 
 
 Common Names (20-29 counties). 
 
 f Foster 
 
 LForster (Allendale) 
 
 *Lee 
 
 *Parker 
 
 J Eeed 
 L *Eeid, S. 
 *Kichardson, B. 
 
 Thompson, S. 
 (Thomson is the Scottish 
 form) 
 *Watson, S. 
 *Young, S. 
 
 * Atkinson 
 Bell, S. F., B. 
 Dixon 
 (Dickson in Scotland, 
 
 C. S., S. F.) 
 *Dunn, S. F. 
 / Elliot, B. 
 I Elliott 
 
 Eegional Names (10-19 counties). 
 
 Oliver, B. 
 ^Pearson 
 Scott, S. F., B. 
 
 *Gibson, S. F. 
 raray,S.F. 
 I Grey 
 *Harrison 
 
 Lamb 
 ^Marshall, S. F. 
 ^Nicholson, B 
 
 C. S. 
 
 ^Stephenson 
 *Stevenson, S. F. 
 
 * Walton 
 
 * Wilkinson 
 
NORTHUMBERL AND. 
 
 307 
 
 DiSTEiCT Names (4-9 counties). 
 
 Anderson, Gr. S. 
 
 Dodds, S. F. 
 
 Short 
 
 (Newcastle) 
 
 *Emmerson 
 
 Storey 
 
 Appleby 
 
 English 
 
 r Swan, S. F. 
 I Swann 
 
 Armstrong, B. (Halt- 
 
 *araham, S. F., C. S. 
 
 whistle) 
 
 *Hunter, a. S. 
 
 Teasdale 
 
 Arthur, S. F. 
 
 *Hutchinson (Hutchi- 
 
 Thornton 
 
 Carr 
 
 son in Scotland, S.) 
 
 Todd, S. F. 
 
 Charlton 
 
 *Little, B. 
 
 rTweddell 
 
 Coulson 
 
 Nixon 
 
 i Tweddle 
 
 Coxon 
 
 Pickering 
 
 LTweedle 
 
 J Davidson, S. 
 I Davison 
 
 Robson, B. 
 
 r Warden 
 L Wardle 
 
 *Rutter 
 
 Dickinson 
 
 ^Sanderson (Berwick- 
 
 ^Whitfield 
 
 Dodd 
 
 on-Tweed) 
 
 
 County Names (2-3 counties). 
 
 Angus, S. 
 
 *Jobson 
 
 fRea 
 L Reay 
 
 r Batey 
 iBaty 
 
 _ ■ Laurie, S. F. 
 . Lowry 
 
 /Riddell 
 'L Riddle 
 
 *Birkett 
 
 Laws 
 
 Black, a. S. 
 
 r Liddell 
 1 Liddle 
 
 Ridley (Carlisle) 
 
 Blair, S. F. 
 
 Robertson, Or. S. 
 
 Blenkinsop 
 
 *Lowes 
 
 Rowell 
 
 Burn 
 
 *Mather, B. 
 
 Rutherford, B. 
 
 Crawford, S. F. 
 
 Maughan 
 
 Snaith (Otterburn) 
 
 Douglas, B. 
 
 Milburn 
 
 Stobbs 
 
 Dryden 
 
 ^Moffatt, B. 
 
 'Stotherd 
 '.Stothert (Stoddart 
 
 *Errington 
 
 Murray, S. 
 
 Fenwick 
 
 Nichol, S. 
 
 Scotland, S. F.) 
 
 *Fergu8on, Gr. S. 
 
 Ord 
 
 ' Tait, B. 
 .Tate 
 
 Hedley (Otterburn) 
 
 ■ Patterson, S. 
 - Pattison 
 
 Henderson (Allen- 
 
 Turnbull, B. 
 
 dale), S. 
 
 Pigg 
 
 Urwin (form of the 
 
 Heslop (Hyslop in 
 
 Potts 
 
 Scottish Irvine) 
 
 Dumfriesshire) 
 
 Purvis, B. 
 
 Wallace, S. F., C. S. 
 
 *Hetherington 
 
 Rand 
 
 Waugh, B. 
 
 Peculiae Names 
 
 (confined mostly in England to this county). 
 
 Alder 
 
 Arkle (Morpeth) 
 
 Bewick 
 
 Allan, S. F. 
 
 Aynsley (Ainslie in 
 
 Bolam 
 
 Annett 
 
 Scotland, S. F.) 
 
 
 X 2 
 
308 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 J Bortliwick, B. 
 I Bothwick 
 
 Brewis 
 
 Brodie, S. F. 
 
 Bushby (Haltwhistle) 
 
 Cairns, S. F. 
 
 Carmicliael, S. 
 
 Cockburn 
 
 Common 
 r Cowan, S. F. 
 < Cowen 
 L Cowing 
 
 Craig, S. F. 
 
 Dand 
 
 Dinning 
 
 Enibleton 
 
 Faiibairn, B. 
 
 Gallon 
 
 Gilhespy (Newcastle) 
 (Grillespie in Soutli 
 Scotland) 
 
 G-lendinning, B. 
 
 Harle 
 
 Herdman 
 
 Hindmarsh 
 
 Hogg, B. 
 r Howey 
 I Howie, S. F. 
 
 Jobling 
 
 Laidler (Laidlaw on 
 Scottish border, 
 especially in Kox- 
 burghsliire) 
 
 Lumsden, N. S. 
 J Middlemas 
 I Middlemiss 
 
 Morrison, G-. S. 
 J Nevin 
 I Nevins 
 
 Ormston 
 
 Phniipson (Allendale) 
 
 Pringle, S. F. 
 
 Renton 
 
 Ben wick 
 
 Eoddam 
 
 Shanks, S. F. 
 
 Shield 
 
 Stewart, Gr. S. 
 r Stobart 
 L Stobert 
 
 Straughan (Alnwick) 
 (Strachan in North 
 Scotland) 
 fTelfer, B. (Falstone) 
 L Telford 
 
 Usher 
 J Wanlace 
 I Wanless 
 rWeddell 
 IWeddle 
 
 Younger 
 
 NOTES ON SOME OF THE CHAEACTERISTIC NOETHUMBEELAND 
 
 NAMES. 
 
 (The names are arranged in alphabetical groups, but not necessarily in alpha- 
 betical order in each group.) 
 
 Authorities indicated by the following abbreviations : — 
 
 B. indicates Brand's " Newcastle." 
 
 C. „ Charlton's " North Tynedale and its Four Surnames.' 
 
 D. ,, Denham's " Slogans of the North of England." 
 H. „ Hodgson's " Northumberland." 
 
 H. E. „ Hundred EoUs. 
 
 L. ,, Lower's " Patronymiea Britannica." 
 
 E. ,, Eaine's " North Durham." 
 
NORTHUMBERLAND. 309 
 
 Border Surnames. — Many of the Northumberland family 
 names are intimately connected with the history of the Border ; 
 and for this reason a brief reference to some of the border-clans 
 
 may be here appropriate Until the reign of James I., when 
 
 the two kingdoms were united and the border feuds ceased for 
 ever, the English and Scottish Borderers were hereditary foes, 
 each clan often matching itself with a particular opponent ; thus 
 the Fenwicks or Fenwykes of Northumberland were constantly at 
 war with the Elliotts on the other side of the Border, whilst the 
 Robsons of North Tyne in Northumberland were the old foes of 
 the Armstrongs of Liddisdale in Roxburghshire. The Robsons, 
 the Charltons, the Dodds, and the Milburns, were in the 16th 
 century the four principal graynes or clans that ruled in North 
 Tyne. Amongst the other Northumbrian clans were the Bewicks 
 of Bewick, the Tindales, the Spea-rmans, the Bowmans, the Blen- 
 kinsops of Blenkinsop, the Truewickes or Trewickes, and several 
 others. On the Cumberland side of the Border flourished the 
 Elwoods and the Musgraves, whilst the Hetheringtons were the 
 Warders of the western marches. Across the Border there were 
 also the Grahams of Netherby, the Rutherfords of Rutherford, 
 the Turnbulls, the Croziers of Liddisdale, and many others. 
 Most of the clans had their slogan or gathering-cry. That of the 
 Fenwicks — " A Fenwyke ! a Fenwyke ! a Fenwyke ! " — was never 
 heard in vain. Each clan, in truth, boasted of its readiness for 
 the fray, and on either side of the Border the same signal of 
 alarm, a wisp of burning straw raised aloft on the point of a 
 spear, spread far and wide its intelligence of an advance of the 
 Borderers. No other signal could so effectually arouse the 
 population of the Border : to quote the lines of Scott : — 
 
 " Ye need not go to Liddisdale, 
 For when they see the blazing bale, 
 Elliots and Armstrongs never fail." 
 
 Lay of the Last Minstrel. 
 
 During the reign of Henry VIII., as we learn from Dr. 
 Charlton's interesting paper on North Tynedale, there was almost 
 constant war upon the Borders, even when the monarchs of 
 England and Scotland were seemingly at peace with one another. 
 It was a war of reprisals, and was conducted in the most merci- 
 less fashion. In 1523, at the suggestion of the English King, a 
 
310 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 tremendous raid was made into Scotland from all parts of tlie 
 marches. The Earl of Northumberland, writing to the King 
 at that time, promises " to lett slippe secretlie them of Tindaill 
 and Riddisdaill for th' annoyance of Scotland. — God sende them 
 all good spede ! " However, thej soon found that they had set 
 loose forces which they could not restrain, and during the reign 
 of Elizabeth the men of Tynedale, Redesdale, and Liddisdale, 
 made the Border a constant scene of rapine and confusion. We 
 cannot wonder, therefore, that the Borderers were regarded as a 
 lawless race prone to robbery and sacrilege and reverencing neither 
 church nor king; yet it is somewhat remarkable that amongst 
 nicn so akin in their race-history, in their dialect, and in their 
 manners, there should be such bitter feuds. What we might 
 reasonably have expected in the Welsh Marches seems a little 
 inexplicable on the Scottish Border, since true Scotland termi- 
 nated at the Forth and the Clyde, whilst southern Scotland (as 
 we now know it) and northern England constituted for ages the 
 two kingdoms of Northumbria and Cumbria or rather of Strath- 
 clyde. Even after the .12th century, when the political boundary 
 received the limits which it has since in the main retained, southern 
 Scotland in great part preserved its English character in its laws, 
 language, and. manners. 
 
 This subject, however, will be found further examined in the 
 remarks on Scottish names forming the Appendix to this work. 
 Here, however, I may briefly point out that it would seem that 
 the old border warfare arose rather from political than from racial 
 antipathies ; and that it was too often fostered by the intrigues of 
 monarchs and the jealousies of the great northern chieftains. 
 Yet it cannot be doubted that circumstances greatly favoured the 
 independent spirit of the Borderers. Removed far from any 
 centre of government and but little affected by the civilisation of 
 large towns, living in a middle region often the scene of warfare 
 between two kindred nations, they may well have doubted as to 
 the side on which their allegiance lay. Their surroundings, also, 
 their bleak moorlands, their wild uncultivated dales, their broad 
 and often fenceless pasture lands, their glens, their burns, their 
 heather-covered fells, preserved an independence of character in 
 a people but little given to regular agricultural pursuits. In their 
 traditions and in their minstrelsies they were scarcely likely to 
 forget the deeds of their fathers ; deeds often associated with 
 particular localities, so that even now in these regions, which have 
 
NORTHUMBERLAND. 311 
 
 not altered much in their appearance in the lapse of centuries, 
 many a glen still preserves a legend, and almost every burn yet 
 babbles forth, to a Borderer's ear, its startling story. 
 
 " GATHERING ODE OF THE FENWICK." 
 
 By William Richaedson (1816), Published in Denham's 
 " Slogans of the North." 
 
 Pipe of Nortliumbria, sound ! 
 
 War pipe of Alnwicke ! 
 Wake the wild hills around, 
 
 Summon tlie Fenwicke : 
 Percy at Panim* war ; 
 
 Fenwicke stands foremost ; 
 Scots in array from far, 
 
 Swell wide their war host. 
 
 See, fierce from the border. 
 
 Wolf- like he rushes ; 
 Drives southward the Warder. 
 
 Grore-stream forth gushes : 
 Come Spearman, come Bowman, 
 
 Come bold-hearted Truewicke ; 
 Eepel the proud foe-man ; 
 
 Join lion-like Bewicke.f 
 
 From Fenwicke and Denwicke, 
 
 Harlow and Hallington : X 
 Sound bugle at Alnwicke, 
 
 Bag-pipe at Wallington : 
 On Elf hills th' alarm Wisp § 
 
 Smoulders in pale ray ; 
 Maids, babes that can scarce lisp, 
 
 Point trembling the bale-way. 
 
 * Referring to the Crusades. 
 
 t The Spearmans, the Bowmans, the Truewickes or Trewickes, and the 
 Bewickes were clans adherent to the interests of the Percys, and they are all, or 
 were recently, still represented. 
 
 t Four hamlets in Northumberland. 
 
 § A wisp of burning straw on the point of a spear. 
 
3J2 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Leave the plough, leave the mow, 
 
 Leave loora and smithie ; 
 Come with your trusty yew, 
 
 Strong arm and pithy 
 Leave the herd on the hill, 
 
 Lowing and flying ; 
 Leave the vill, cot, and mill, 
 
 The dead and the dying. 
 
 Come clad in your steel jack. 
 
 Your war gear in order, 
 And down hew or drive back 
 
 The Scot o'er the border ; 
 And yield you to no man. 
 
 Stand firm in the van-guard, 
 Brave death in each foe-man, 
 
 Or die on the green-sward. 
 
 A— D. 
 
 Alder was the name of proprietors in Prendwick, Ailnham, 
 and South Weetslade in 1663 ; early last century, George Alder, 
 
 Esq., resided at Prendwick (H.) Aekle is a very ancient name 
 
 in Northumberland. Arkil was the name of a great Northum- 
 brian baron in the 11th century (L.). Robert Arkle was a 
 proprietor in Earsdon in the reign of Charles II. (H.). The name 
 is now established in Morpeth and its neighbourhood. There are 
 
 hamlets thus called in the North Riding The Armstrongs, a 
 
 well-known border clan, had two homes, one on each side of the 
 border, namely, at Eskdale, in Cumberland, and at Liddisdale, in 
 Roxburghshire (L.). Their great home in the north of England 
 is in the Haltwhistle district, in Northumberland, but they are 
 also well represented in Cumberland, and occur in fair numbers in 
 the county of Durham. Newcastle has known the name for some 
 300 years (B.). The name is established still in the Scottish 
 border counties, especially in Dumfriesshire. The small colony 
 of Armstrongs in the south of England, especially in Kent, may 
 
 require a different origin Bellingham was the name of a 
 
 powerful North Tyne family that took its name from the place 
 thus called in that district; the name is now rare or extinct (C). 
 
 The Bewicks, an old border clan, flourished for ages at Old 
 
 and New Bewick, in North Northumberland (L.). The name is 
 still in those districts. Robert Bewick, who died in 1641, was a 
 
NORTHUMBEELAND. 313 
 
 mercliant-adventiirer of JSTewcastle, and was twice mayor of the 
 
 town (B.) The Blairs, of Northumberland, are probably 
 
 derived from the Blairs of Ayrshire, who are of great antiquity 
 (L.) ; and in a similar manner the Aynsleys probably hail from 
 
 the south of Scotland The Blenkinsops, of Blenkinsop Castle, 
 
 Blenkinsop, Northumberland, were an ancient family, celebrated 
 for their border feuds (L.). In the 16th century there were two 
 principal branches, the senior branch being seated at Blenkinsop 
 and the junior branch at Bellister (H.). The name is now rather 
 
 more numerous in the adjacent county of Durham Bowman was 
 
 the name of a border clan of Northumberland (C.) now scantily 
 
 represented in the county Bolam is a township in South 
 
 Northumberland. The De Bolams, an influential family of the 
 
 13th century, were lords of the manor of Bolam (H.) The 
 
 BoRTHWiCKS, an ancient Scottish family, took their name either 
 from a district in Selkirkshire or a parish in Edinburghshire (L.). 
 
 They held high office in Scotland a century ago Brodie is an 
 
 ancient Scottish name that has its principal home at Nairn (L.) 
 
 Carmichael is the name of a very ancient Lanarkshire family, 
 
 and of a parish in that county Craig is a common Scottish 
 
 surname found mostly south of the Forth and the Clyde 
 
 CocKBURN is a. local name in Berwickshire The Cowans, 
 
 Cowens, or CowiNGS of Northumberland, are represented by the 
 Cowans in the south of Scotland, particularly in Dumfries- 
 shire Crawford is an old Scottish surname now common in 
 
 the south-west quarter of Scotland The Charltons belong to 
 
 an ancient North Tynedale clan that has been seated at Hesleyside 
 and Charlton ever since the 13th and 14th centuries (C. and 
 
 L.) The Croziers, now rarely represented, belonged to an 
 
 old border clan seated at Liddisdale, Roxburghshire, in the 16th 
 
 century (D.) Dinneng and Dining were the names of proprietors 
 
 in Corbridge, Newbiggin, and in other places in the county during 
 
 the reign of Charles II. (H.) Dodd was the name of an ancient 
 
 clan of North Tyne (C), still represented in the district 
 
 Douglas was the name of one of the oldest and most powerful of 
 the Scottish noble families. The principal home of the name is 
 now in the Scottish border counties. 
 
 E— J. 
 
 The Elliots or Elliotts of the north of England and the 
 Scottish border counties belong to an old Scottish border clan, 
 
314 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 and in fact the name still has its principal home in the Hawick 
 district of Roxburghshire Embledon is the name of a North- 
 umberland township. An ancient family bore this name (H.) 
 
 Errington was the name of a very old Northumberland family 
 that took its name from the hamlet of Errington, the home of 
 the family as far back as the 13th century (H.). (See under 
 
 "Durham.") The Fairbairns are also established in the 
 
 Scottish border counties The Fenwicks or Fenwykes, an old 
 
 border clan, took their name from their ancient fastness near 
 Stamfordham, in Northumberland. This powerful clan was the 
 constant ally of the Percies (D. and L.). For four centuries 
 the Fenwicks were frequently represented amongst the high 
 
 sheriffs of Northumberland The Fetherstonhaughs of Fether- 
 
 stonhaugh Castle, an ancient family dating back to the 13th 
 century, and now scantily represented in the county, held the 
 manor of Fetherstonhaugh for twelve successive generations, when 
 
 their name and interest in it disappeared (H.) Gallon is an 
 
 old name in this county. The family of Galon or Galoun held 
 much property in Trewhitt and Pespole in the 14th, 15th, and 
 16th centuries; Hugo Galon resided at Trewhitt or Tirwhite 
 Castle in the reign of Henry YI. ; and a hundred years before, in 
 the reign of Edward III., we hear of a Hugo Gallon of Pespole ; 
 Giles Gallon, Esq., lived at Trewhitt in the reign of Elizabeth 
 
 (H.) GiLHESPY, the Northumberland form of the Scottish 
 
 Gillespie which has its home south of the Forth of the Clyde, is 
 
 a name now found in the Newcastle district The Glendinnings, 
 
 who have their home in the Scottish border counties, derive their 
 
 name from an ancient estate in Dumfriesshire The Greys of 
 
 Northumberland mostly belong to two ancient stocks, the distin- 
 guished family of Grey of Heaton and Chillingham, and the Greys 
 of Kyloe, both dating back to the 13th century and connected 
 
 with each other (R.) Harle of Kirkharle was the name of an 
 
 ancient and influential family (H.). In the 13th and 14th centuries 
 the. family of De Herle, as the name was then written, owned much 
 property in the county ; Thomas Harle was a proprietor in East 
 Matfen in the reign of Charles II. (H.). Kirkharle is a parish in 
 Northumberland, and Harle is the name of two townships in the 
 
 county Hedley is a township in Northumberland Heslop 
 
 was the name of several proprietors in the Hexham division in the 
 17th century (H) ; the name is still numerous in the Hexham 
 district. Hyslop is the form of the name in Dumfriesshire 
 
NORTHUMBERLAND. 315 
 
 -HiNDMAESH is an ancient name in this county. There was a 
 Walter Hindmers of Mitford in the 13th century ; Hindmers was 
 the name in the 17th century of proprietors in Little Benton, 
 Wallsend, and Burradon ; John Hindraarsh was a Newcastle 
 gentleman two hundred years since ; Edward Hindmarsh held 
 a farm at Nafferton, on the Derwentwater estate, in 1723 ; 
 Joshua Hindmarsh, constable of Comb Hill, obtained notoriety in 
 opposing the militia laws in the riotous year of 1761; the name 
 was in Elsden last century (H.) Hogg was the name of pro- 
 prietors in Greenhead and Acomb in the reign of Charles II. 
 (H.). In the 13th century the names of Hog and Le Hog 
 occurred in Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, and Oxfordshire (H. R.). 
 The Northumberland Hoggs, however, are evidently connected in 
 their origin with the Hoggs of the Scottish border counties. 
 Hocg, according to Ferguson, is an Anglo-Saxon man's name, 
 and from it have been derived the two kindred names of Hogg 
 
 and Hodge In the reign of Charles II., Andrew Jobling or 
 
 JoPLiNG held property in Shotley and Newlands (H.). 
 
 K— P. 
 
 Laidler is the Northumberland form of Laidlaw, a common 
 surname in the Scottish border counties, especially in the Hawick 
 district of Roxburghshire. Laidlaw is a place-name in Selkirk- 
 shire LiDDELL is a well-known Northumbrian name. For the 
 
 last two centuries the Liddells have frequently filled the offices of 
 
 high sheriff of the county and of mayor of Newcastle (B.) 
 
 LuMSDEN was the name of an ancient Berwickshire family that 
 took its name from an old manor in Coldingham parish, where they 
 lived until the 14th century, when they removed to Blanerne in the 
 
 same county (L.) Milburn was the name of an ancient family 
 
 ;;hat took its name from a township in the county and give rise to 
 the clan of the Milburns, one of the four principal clans that ruled 
 in North Tynedale in the IGth century (C). Milburn is still a 
 
 North Tynedale name Mitford was the name of an old 
 
 Northumbrian family that took its name from a place in the 
 
 county. The Mitfords are now scantily represented The Ords 
 
 have been connected with Northumberland for ages. The Ordes 
 of Orde were lords of the township of Orde as far back as the 
 12th century; from this main stock there branched off the Ords 
 of Newbiggin in the 15th century, the Ords of Longridge in the 
 
316 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 16th century, tlie Ords of Grindon in the 17th century, and the 
 Ords of Holy Island in the 17th and 18th centuries (R.). The 
 
 Ords of Grindon are still represented in that locality Oemston 
 
 or Ormiston is the name of a parish in Haddingtonshire, and of a 
 
 seat in Roxburghshire Richard Pigg was proprietor in Haydon 
 
 Bridge in 1663 (H.), where the name still remains Potts was 
 
 the name of an old Northumbrian clan (L.) The Pringles 
 
 have their principal home in the south of Scotland. 
 
 R— S. 
 
 The Rands possess the name of a Lincolnshire parish Re ay 
 
 and Rea are the Northumberland forms of a name confined mostly 
 to the north of England and the Scottish borders. Wray is its 
 form in York and its vicinity. In Cumberland we find Reay and 
 Ray; in the Scottish border counties Rae is the characteristic 
 form ; and in the distant county of Worcester there are a few of 
 the name of Rea. The Reays or Rays, who have held the Gill 
 estates in the parish of Bromfield, Cumberland, from the 13th to 
 the present century, are believed by Lower to be the ancient stock 
 
 of all the English Rays, Wrays, and Wreys The Rentons 
 
 possess the name of a town in Dumbartonshire and of seats in 
 
 Berwickshire and Haddingtonshire The Ren wicks are named 
 
 after a parish in Cumberland The Riddells or Riddles have 
 
 long been established in Northumberland. During the 16th and 
 17th centuries several of the mayors and sheriffs of Newcastle bore 
 the name of Rid dell (B.). The Riddells of Tillmouth were an 
 important family in the 13th and 14th centuries. An ancient 
 family of Riddell once lived at the seat of that name in Roxburgh- 
 shire (L.). Riddells- Quarter is a township in Northumberland. 
 The Cornish name of Riddle has evidently had an independent 
 
 origin Ridley is an ancient and an eminent Northumbrian 
 
 name. The line of baronets thus called belong to a Northumber- 
 land family that can trace its pedigree four centuries back. The 
 name is of frequent occurrence in the lists of the parliamentary 
 representatives and mayors of Newcastle (B.). Ridley is a 
 
 township in South Tyne The Robertsons of Northumberland 
 
 are probably derived from the Robertsons of Scotland who 
 
 are especially numerous in the Scottish border counties 
 
 Northumberland is the great home of the Robsons, particularly 
 the district of North Tyne, where they have been established since 
 
NORTHUMBERLAND. 317 
 
 the 12th or 13th century (C). They formed one of the four 
 principal clans of North Tyne in the 16th century, and were the 
 hereditary foes of the Armstrongs of Liddesdale on the Scottish 
 side of the border (C). Though scattered over Northumberland, 
 the Robsons are still numerous in North Tyne ; and in the parish 
 of FaJstone, where as " lairds " they have held property for some 
 400 years, they are yet well represented. The name has obtained 
 but little hold across the border, but it has extended southward 
 in force into the county of Durham ; it reaches Yorkshire in 
 
 diminished numbers, and dies out in Lincolnshire Roddam is a 
 
 Northumberland township which gave its name to an ancient 
 landed family in the county. Two mayors of Newcastle bore this 
 name at the close of the 17th century (B.), and the name is still in 
 
 that town Rutheeford is the name of an ancient border clan 
 
 seated for many centuries at Rutherford in Roxburghshire (L.). 
 The Rutherfords are still well represented in the Scottish border- 
 counties The name of Shanks has also a home across the 
 
 border in Lanarkshire A family of Sheild or Sheale held land 
 
 in the Hexham division in 1663 (H.). The present Shields are 
 
 still to be found in Hexham Speaeman is the name of an old 
 
 border clan (D.) now scantily represented in the county The 
 
 Swinbuenes for centuries possessed lands at Chollerton (C). (See 
 under " Cumbeeland.") 
 
 T— Z. 
 
 Thoenton is the name of a Northumberland parish. A 
 merchant- prince of Newcastle in the reign of Henry V. bore this 
 
 name The Tindales or Tyndales were a great border family, 
 
 dating back to the reign of Henry II., their early ancestors being 
 
 barons of Tynedale, a district in Northumberland (L.) The 
 
 Teuewickes or Teewickes were an old border clan (D.) now 
 
 scantily represented in the county Numerous as the Turnbulls 
 
 are still in Northumberland, they are yet better represented across 
 the border in Roxburghshire, especially in the Hawick district ; 
 and the name is also well established in the county of Durham. 
 Turnbull was the name of a champion of great stature, who was 
 killed at the battle of Halidon, where he fought under David Bruce 
 
 (L.) TwEDDELL, TwEDDLE, and Tweedle are corruptions of 
 
 Tweed-dale, of which Weddell and Weddle, also Northumbrian 
 names, are further contractions. In Cumberland we find Tweddle 
 
318 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 and Tweedle; in Durham, Tweddell; in Yorkshire, Tweddle and 
 Twidale; and in Lincolnshire and Notts, Twidale. (See under 
 
 "DuEHAM.") Samuel Weddell held property in Swinhoe in 
 
 the reign of Charles II., and John Weddle resided at Morpeth in 
 
 the reign of Henry YIII. (H.) Wanlace and Wanless are 
 
 names peculiar to Northumberland. There was a John Wanles of 
 the Byrkheds in 1523 ; Thomas Wanless was a tanner of Morpeth 
 in 1578 ; and a family of Wanlesse had property in Birkenside 
 and Makedon in 1663 (H.). These names are still established in 
 
 Morpeth Ussher or Uscher was the name of a family owning 
 
 property in Morpeth parish in the 14th and 15th centuries (H.). 
 
 Wallace is a name common in the south of Scotland The 
 
 Waughs, who are now established in England in the counties of 
 Northumberland and Durham, probably hail originally from the 
 Waughs of the Scottish border counties, where the name still has 
 its home, especially in Roxburghshire and Dumfriesshire. The 
 Waughs of Help, in Roxburghshire, held those lands from the 
 13th to the 17th century (L.). 
 
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. 
 
 319 
 
 NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. 
 
 Note. — The asterisk indicates that a name, though characteristic 
 of the county, is more numerous elsewhere. 
 
 G-ENEEAL Names (30-40 counties). 
 
 *Brown *Johnson Wilson 
 
 r Clark Smith *Wright 
 
 L Clarke Taylor 
 
 *Han (Nottingham) *Turner 
 
 
 Common Names (20-29 
 
 counties). 
 
 *Bailey 
 
 ♦Hunt (Newark) 
 
 Walker 
 
 ^Bennett (Newark) 
 
 ♦Jackson 
 
 ♦Ward 
 
 *Cooper 
 
 Lee (Newark) 
 
 ♦Watson 
 
 Foster 
 
 ♦Richardson 
 
 ♦Wood 
 
 
 Eegional Names (10-19 counties). 
 
 Burton 
 
 ♦Hardy 
 
 ♦Shaw (Nottingham) 
 
 *Chamber3 
 
 ♦Harvey 
 
 Shelton (Nottingham) 
 
 *Curti8 
 
 ♦Holmes 
 
 ♦Spencer 
 
 Fisher 
 
 ♦Howard 
 
 ^ rWild 1 
 1 Wilde J ^^^^^'^^^^"^^ 
 
 ♦Fletcher 
 
 ♦MarshaU 
 
 *Fox (Eetford) 
 
 ♦Rose 
 
 ♦Wilkinson 
 
 *Gibson 
 
 ♦Sharp 
 
 
 
 DlSTEiCT Names (4-9 counties). 
 
 Attenborough 
 
 ♦Grreaves 
 
 ♦Marriott 
 
 Baines 
 
 ♦Houghton 
 
 ♦Naylor 
 
 *Barlow 
 
 Kirk 
 
 ♦Stokes (Nottingham) 
 
 *Bradley 
 
 Kitchen 
 . Kitching 
 
 ♦Tomlinson 
 
 Briggs (Newark) 
 
 #r Welsh 
 ham) . Wesh 
 
 ♦Burrows 
 
 Machin (Netting] 
 
 *GiU 
 
 Meakin 
 
 ♦Woolley 
 
320 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 CouKTY Names (2-3 counties). 
 
 Adlington 
 r AUcock 
 ■ Alcock 
 
 Cocking 
 *Cottam 
 
 Cullen 
 
 Baguley (Nottingham) 
 Bartle 
 
 aodber 
 Godson 
 
 ^Bellamy 
 Bingham 
 Brett 
 
 G-oodacre 
 
 Greenfield 
 
 Hallam 
 
 Caudwell 
 
 Hatfield 
 
 Chappell 
 *Cheetham 
 Clay 
 
 ^ J Helmsley 
 
 1 Hemsley 
 
 Hickling 
 
 fHind 
 l Hinde 
 *Hopkinson 
 
 Kirkland 
 
 Maltby 
 
 Parr 
 *Pinder (Newark) 
 
 Plowright (Notting- 
 ham) 
 
 Wagstaff 
 *Weatherall 
 
 Peculiae Names (confined mostly to this county). 
 
 Annable 
 
 Farnsworth 
 
 Norwood 
 
 Barrowcliff 
 
 Fenton 
 
 Ogle 
 
 Bartram 
 
 Footitt 
 -Footit 
 
 '■ Oliphant 
 Olivant 
 
 Beardall (Nottingham) 
 
 Beecroft(Nottingham) 
 
 Gagg 
 
 ■ Paling 
 - Payling 
 
 Billyard 
 
 Gelsthorpe 
 
 Binge 
 
 Gunn 
 
 Paulson 
 
 Bingley (Ketford) 
 
 HardstafP 
 
 Peatfield 
 
 Blatherwick 
 
 Harpham 
 
 Pell 
 
 Broadberry 
 
 Hempsall (Newark) 
 
 Pickin 
 
 Buttery 
 
 Herrick 
 
 Plumtree(Nottinghara) 
 
 Byron 
 
 Herrod (Newark) 
 
 Quibell 
 
 Carver 
 
 Hickton (Mansfield) 
 
 Eadley 
 
 Challand 
 
 Holbrook 
 
 Eedgate 
 
 Cheshire 
 
 ' Howett 
 '.Howitt 
 
 Eoadley 
 
 Chettle 
 
 Selby 
 
 Collingham 
 
 Hurt 
 
 Staples (Nottingham) 
 
 Corringham 
 
 Huskinpon 
 
 Stendall 
 
 Cumberland 
 
 Keyworth 
 
 Straw 
 
 Darwin 
 
 r Leavers 
 . Leivera 
 
 Stubbins 
 
 Derry 
 
 Templeman 
 
 Doncaster (Newark) 
 
 Lindley 
 
 Truswell 
 
 Duckmanton 
 
 Merrills 
 
 Weightman 
 
 Eddison 
 
 Millinglon (Notting- 
 
 J Womb well 
 ".Woombill 
 
 Esam (Newark) 
 
 ham) 
 
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. 321 
 
 NOTES ON SOME OF THE CHARACTERISTIC NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 
 
 NAMES. 
 
 Authorities indicated by the following abbreviations : — 
 
 D. indicates Deering's " History of Nottingham." 
 
 Harl. „ Harleian MS. 6846 (Brit. Mus.). 
 
 S. ,, Shilton's " Newark." 
 
 Th. „ Thoroton's " History of Nottinghamsliire." 
 
 H. R. „ Hundred Rolls. 
 
 Lower's " Patronymica Britannica " may be consulted where the authority 
 has not been given. 
 
 A— B. 
 
 Attenboeough is the name of a Notts parisli The origin of 
 
 the name of Annablb is a little obscure. Although it may be 
 a form of Hannibal, of which one instance occurs in the county, 
 it may, on the other hand, have been originally derived from 
 Annables, a place in Herts. There was an ancient family of 
 Annabull at Harpenden, Herts, in the 15th century (Cussans* 
 " Hertfordshire"). Annable was the name of the vicar of Hem- 
 lington, Norfolk, in 1401 ; and Blomefield also informs us, in his 
 history of that county, that Sir Simon Anable w^as rector of St. 
 
 Bartholomew's, Norwich, in 1415 In the list of the freeholders 
 
 of this county in 1698 occur the names of Bellamy, Buttery, and 
 Blatherwick ; the Bellamys, of whom there were several on the 
 list, lived then in East Retford, and in other places in the county, 
 and Bellamy is still an East Retford name. (See under " Lincoln- 
 shire.") Robert Buttery of Widmerpool, and John Buttery of 
 Sutton are there mentioned ; and there was at that time a Joseph 
 Blatherwick of Lamley (Harl.). Blatherwick, it should be noted, 
 
 is the name of a parish in Northamptonshire Several Notts 
 
 surnames are derived from places in this and in the neighbouring 
 counties. Thus, Adlington and Baguley are the names of towns 
 in Cheshire, the first occurring also in Derbyshire as a surname, 
 and the last as a surname in Cheshire, where there are several 
 persons thus called. The Baguleys of Notts are at present mostly 
 gathered in and around the town of Nottingham. Bingham, which 
 
 Y 
 
322 HOMES OF family names. 
 
 is an old ITotts surname, is the name of a town in tlie county. 
 
 (See under "Derbyshiee.") Bingley is the name of a Yorkshire 
 
 parish : Retford, or its vicinity, is now the chief home of the 
 
 Bingleys Barteam is an ancient English name, occurring in 
 
 Bucks and Norfolk in the reign of Edward I. (H. R.) Tbe 
 
 Beetts of Notts probably possess their principal stock in a gentle 
 family seated at Broughton two hundred years ago (Harl.) and 
 still represented in that parish. Brett is also a Sussex surname 
 
 The Byrons belong to a very ancient and distinguished family 
 
 of Nottingham, ennobled by James I. ; and, as we also learn from 
 Dee ring. Sir John Byron was constable of Nottingham castle in 
 the reign of Henry VIII. Byron is still a Nottingham name. In 
 1698 there were several freeholders of the name of Byron in the 
 South Clay division of the county (Harl.). As far back as the 
 reign of Edwa,rd I. there was a Hugh de Byron in Notts ; but at 
 that time the name was also to be found, as Byrun and Birun, in 
 the neighbouring counties of York, Lincoln, and Norfolk, and as 
 
 Biron in Oxfordshire (H. R.) Amongst the ancient names of 
 
 the town of Nottingham, still represented there, though now rare 
 in the county, are those of Amyas and Alvey. In the 14th centuiy 
 there were Merchants of the Staple of the name of Amyas, one of 
 whom was mayor in 1334 (the name now takes the form of Amies); 
 and more than one mayor of Nottingham in the 16th century bore 
 
 the name of Alvey (D.) Brumjtt and Billiatt or Billiott are 
 
 also old Notts names, now rare in the county. In the 17th 
 century there were several freeholders bearing these names in the 
 county, the Brumitts being mostly resident at Treswell or Truswell 
 (Harl.). It is probable that the existing Notts name of Billyard 
 is an altered form of Billiatt or Billiott. 1 , ^j 
 
 C— D. 
 
 Chettle was a Bingham name a hundred years ago (Th.). 
 There is a Dorset parish thus called ; and an ancient family of 
 Chettle held property in Blandford St. Mary, Dorset, during the 
 
 16th and 17th centuries (Hutcbins' "Dorsetshire") Challand 
 
 is an old Notts name. John Challand was a freeholder of Rufl'ord 
 in 1698 (Harl.). Mrs. Chalands or Challands, who during the 
 early part of last century was noted in the town of Nottingham 
 for her skill in bone-setting, died at Edwalton near that town in 
 1744, having lived to see the sixth generation (D.). The name is 
 
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. 323 
 
 still in Xottingliam Clay has' long been a Notts surname. It 
 
 ■ was represented iu the parish of Hayton in the time of Henry VII. 
 (Th.). Hercules Clay was a mayor of Newark in the reign of 
 Charles I. (S.), and Clay is still a Newark name. The Clays of 
 Southwell during last century carried their pedigree back 200 
 years (Rastall's " Southwell"), and their name is yet in the town. 
 Six centuries ago Clay was a common name in the east of 
 England, especially in Essex, Lincolnshire, Hunts. Cambridgeshire, 
 and Beds (H. R.). It is still well established in Lincolnshire, as 
 
 well as in Notts and Derbyshire In the 17th century there 
 
 were several freeholders in the county bearing the name of Cottam 
 (Harl.). Lancashire is also the home of this name. There are 
 townships and hamlets of the name in Notts, Lancashire, Lincoln- 
 shire, and the East Riding Chappell was a common and 
 
 appropriate clerical name in the county during last century. The 
 rector of St. Peter's, Nottingham, in 1725, and the incumbents of 
 
 Barnby, Elston, and Thorp, in 1751, were thus named (D.) 
 
 CoLLiNGHAM is the name of a parish in this county, whilst 
 Caudwell is derived from the name of a Derbyshire township. 
 
 Cromwell, though now rare in the county, was a name borne 
 
 by several of the gentry and freeholders of Notts during the 17th 
 century (Harl.). De Crumwell was a Notts surname in the 13th 
 
 century (H. R.) The Derrys lived in Nottingham and Newark 
 
 during last century (D. and S.), and still reside there The 
 
 family home of the Darwins in the 17th century was at Cleaton 
 in Lincolnshire, and at Elston in Notts. From this stock sprang, 
 last century, the noted Derbyshire Darwins, to which branch 
 Charles Darwin, the great naturalist, belonged (Glover's " Derby- 
 shire "). Darwen is the name of some Lancashire parishes and 
 townships. 
 
 E— H. 
 
 The name of Esam is at present at home in and around 
 Newark. John Esam was a freeholder of Nor well in 1698 (Harl.). 
 
 Fenton was a Notts surname six centuries ago (H. R.). 
 
 There is a hamlet of the name in the county Thomas Gagg 
 
 was a freeholder at Misterton in 1698 (Harl.), where the name 
 yet remains. Gag and Gagge are ancient English names, 
 occurring in Hunts, Cambridgeshire, and Wilts, in the reign of 
 
 Edward I. (H. R.) Godber, which is also a Derbyshire name, 
 
 y2 
 
324 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 is evidently a contraction of Godbehere, of wliicli there is an 
 instance in the Notts Court Directory. Two centuries since there 
 were two Notts freeholders, named Godbear and Godbar, in 
 Warsopp and Arnold (Harl.). Godbehere was a Sussex surname 
 in the reign of Henry III Hallam, which is a common place- 
 name in the West Riding of Yorkshire and in Derbyshire, is a 
 surname also well represented on the Derbyshire border in the 
 vicinity of Sheffield. Humphrey Hallam was a freeholder of 
 
 Blyth, Notts, in 1698 (Harl.) Harpham is the name of a 
 
 Yorkshire parish; whilst Hardstaff is a Sherwood Forest 
 
 surname Two centuries ago there were several freeholders 
 
 bearing the name of Hemsley resident at Misterton, Willoughby, 
 
 East Leake, and at other places in the county (Harl.) 
 
 Herrick is an old Leicestershire name, and reference must be 
 
 made to that county Holbrook is an ancient surname in the 
 
 east of England. As Holebrok we find it six centuries ago in 
 Notts, Lincolnshire, Suffolk, and also in Northamptonshire 
 (H. R.) ; and as Houlbrook it now occurs in Cheshire. There 
 are parishes, etc., named Holbrook in the counties of Derby, 
 
 Warwick, Gloucester, Dorset, and Sussex Hurt is an ancient 
 
 Nottingham name. Richard Hurt was mayor in 1595, 1602, and 
 1609 ; and John Hurt was vicar of St. Mary's church in 1461 
 (D.). Hurt is still a Nottingham name. An ancient and 
 distinguished opulent family of this name resided at Ashbourne, 
 Derbyshire, from the 15th to the 17th century. The Hurts of 
 Kniveton, Casterne, and Alderwashley, in that county, were 
 younger branches of the same ("History of Ashbourne," and 
 Glover's "Derbyshire"). In the reign of Edward I. Hurt was a 
 common name in Oxfordshire, and it was also represented then 
 
 in Lincolnshire and Devonshire (H. R.) The Huskinsons were 
 
 freeholders in the county two centuries ago, and resided at 
 Cropwell Bishop and other places (Harl.). 
 
 I— P. 
 
 Keyworth is the name of a Notts parish, but the surname has 
 long been known in the county, and two centuries ago there were 
 
 freeholders thus called in Cottam and South Leverton (Harl.) 
 
 The LiNDLEYS and the Norwoods possess the names of places in 
 
 Yorkshire There was a Maltby, a freeholder of Newton, in 
 
 1698 (Harl.) ; in Derbyshire and Lincolnshire the surname also 
 
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. 325 
 
 occurs, and in the last county, and also in Yorksliire, Maltby is the 
 
 name of parishes and townships The Millingtons, who at 
 
 present are mostly gathered in and around I^ottingham, may 
 possess an ancestor in Gilbert Millington, gent., who was a free- 
 holder of Felley in 1698 (Harl.) ; there is a Yorkshire village of 
 
 this name The Machins of the neighbourhood of IS'ottingham 
 
 have representatives of their name in other midland counties. We 
 find the name amongst the freeholders of Notts in 1698 (Harl.) ; 
 it was well known in Gloucestershire in the 16th and 17th 
 
 centuries (Rudder's "Gloucestershire") The Pares of l^otts 
 
 are probably connected in their descent with three freeholders of 
 the name of Par who lived in Owtborpe two hundred years ago 
 
 (Harl.). {See under " Lancashire.") Pindbr has been a 
 
 characteristic name of Notts and Lincolnshire for six centuries, 
 and occurs in both counties as Le Pinder in the reign of Edward I. 
 (H. R.). In the 1 7th century there were several Notts freeholders 
 named Pinder, residing at Awkley, Misson, Akering, and other 
 places (Harl.). At present they are mostly to be found around 
 
 Newark, and are still represented at Misson Plumptre, a name 
 
 now rare in the county, though still occurring as Plumtree in 
 Nottingham, was one of considerable note in that town from the 
 14th to the 16th century, when it was borne by merchants of the 
 
 staple, doctors of medicine, and mayors (D.) Robert Outram 
 
 was a Newark alderman in 1625 (S.), and the name is still in that 
 town. (/S'ee under " Derbyshire.") 
 
 James Quibell was a freeholder of East Markham in 1698, 
 and in the same year John Redgate was a freeholder of Calverton 
 
 (Harl.) There was an octogenarian named Lydia Selby living 
 
 in Nottingham in 1744 (D.), and the name still occurs there. 
 Selby is the name of a town in the West Riding ; it was a common 
 Yorkshire surname, especially as Seleby, in the reign of Edward I. 
 
 (H. R.) John Straw was mayor of Lincoln in 1800 (Stark's 
 
 "Lincoln") In St. Nicholas church, Nottingham, a century 
 
 ago, there was a memorial inscription referring to ten children of 
 the name of Stubbings, eight of whom died as infants, whilst the 
 oldest was not more than nine years old. This is still a Notting- 
 ham name Staples is still a Nottingham name; four mayors 
 
 of the town bore this name in the 17th century (D.) Another 
 
32(5 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 name, now bnt little represented in tlie county, is tliat of Sais^some 
 or Sansum ; there were N'otts freeholders of the name in the 17th 
 century (Harl.). 
 
 T— Z. 
 
 James Templeman was a freeholder of Worksopp in 1698 
 (Harl.). This was a common Cambridgeshire surname in the reign 
 
 of Edward I. (H. R.) The Teuswells derive their name from a 
 
 parish, in the county. There was a freeholder of the name in 
 
 Littleborough in 1612 (Th.) Several mayors of Newark bore 
 
 the name of Twentyman in the 17th and 18th centuries (S.). The 
 
 name is now rare in the county Wagstafp is an old English 
 
 name that six hundred years ago occurred as Wagestaf and 
 Waggestaf in Norfolk and Oxfordshire (H. R.). Since those early 
 times one of the principal homes of the name has been in 
 Warwickshire, the Wagstaffes of Tachebrooke being a distin- 
 guished family in the 16th and 17th centuries ; but probably they 
 had been much longer in the county of Warwick, since an epitaph 
 relating to one of this family, who died in 1681, informs us that 
 he was "descended from the ancient family of the Wagstaffes of 
 Harbury," a place also in Warwickshire (Dugdale's " Warwick- 
 shire"). There was a family of the name in Boddington, JSTorth- 
 .amptonshire, in the 17th century (Baker's "Northamptonshire"). 
 At present the name is also established in Derbyshire and Essex. 
 
 WoMBWELL is the name of an estate in the West Riding. In 
 
 1698, three Notts freeholders, bearing the name of Wombell or 
 Woombell, lived at Ollerfcon, Warsopp, and Welhagh or Wellovv, 
 respectively (Harl.). The present bearers of the name in Notts 
 sjiell it as Wombwell or Woombill. As Wombell, it occurs in 
 the old registers of Haughley, Suffolk (Hollingsworth's " Stow- 
 
 market) " The Weatheralls of Notts are probably derived from 
 
 the old Lincoln family of the name, members of which were mayors 
 and sheriffs of that city in the 17tb and 18th centuries (Shark's 
 
 "Lincoln") Toplady and Teigge are two old Nottingham 
 
 names tbat are now but little represented in the county. The 
 mayors of 1653 and 1682 bore the name of Toplady ; whilst eight 
 mayors bore the name of Trigge during the half centurj" inter- 
 vening between 1693 and 1747 (D.) Wildbore is another Notts 
 
 name novv rare in the county. There were freeholders of the name 
 at Misterton and at other places in the county in 1698 (Harl.). 
 
OXFORDSHIRE. 
 
 32; 
 
 OXFORDSHIRE. 
 
 Note. — The asterisk indicates that, though characteristic of the 
 county, the name is more relatively numerous elsewhere. 
 
 Ge>^ebal Names (30-40 counties). 
 
 Cook 
 
 *Hall 
 Harris 
 
 *Smith 
 *Tavlor 
 
 *Tumer 
 
 * White 
 
 Common Names (20-29 counties). 
 
 *Bennett 
 *Davis 
 
 *Hni 
 
 *Kinej 
 
 * Matthews 
 *Roger8 
 
 Saunders 
 ^Walker 
 
 Regional Names (10-19 counties). 
 
 *Adkins 
 
 *May 
 
 ^ r Simmonds 
 I Simmons 
 
 *Austin 
 
 Page (Banbury) 
 
 *Cox 
 
 *Parsons 
 
 *Walton 
 
 *Fox (Banbury) 
 
 Porter 
 
 * Watts 
 
 *French 
 
 Pratt 
 
 Wells 
 
 *Grardner 
 
 *Rose 
 
 *West 
 
 *ariffin 
 
 
 
 DiSTuiCT Names (4-9 counties). 
 
 *Bartlett 
 
 Franklin 
 
 *Tanner 
 
 *Blake (Oxford) 
 
 Haynes 
 
 Townsend 
 
 ^Carpenter 
 
 ^Painter 
 
 Wheeler 
 
 *Coates (Oxford) 
 
 Bobbins 
 
 Wliitfield 
 
 *Coles 
 
 Salmon 
 
 
328 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 County Names (2-3 counties). 
 
 * Badger 
 
 *Belcher 
 
 Busby 
 
 Castle 
 Checkley 
 Cherry- 
 Clack 
 
 Collett (Oxford) 
 Fenemore 
 Fortnum 
 
 *(>ilks 
 
 aillett 
 
 Harwood 
 
 j" Hiatt 
 
 t Hyatt 
 
 r Hiorns 
 
 I Hivons 
 
 Kilby 
 
 Mace 
 
 Malin 
 
 Mansfield 
 
 Mountain 
 
 Parrott 
 
 Slatter 
 f Timms 
 iTims 
 
 Tredwell (Oxford) 
 
 Wiggins 
 
 Peculiar Names (confined mostly to this county). 
 
 Akers 
 
 Florey 
 
 
 Paxton 
 
 Aid worth 
 
 ■ Hatt 
 ' . Hutt 
 
 
 Pether 
 
 Arnatt 
 
 
 Pettipher 
 
 Batts 
 
 Hobley 
 
 
 Eowles (Bicester) 
 
 Blencowe 
 
 Hone 
 
 
 Sabin 
 . Savin 
 
 Breakspear 
 
 Honour 
 
 
 Buller 
 
 Loosley 
 
 
 Shrimpton 
 
 Calcutt 
 
 Louch 
 
 
 Spurrett 
 
 Chaundy 
 
 Lovegrove 
 
 
 Stanbra (Banbury) 
 
 Clapton 
 
 Luckett 
 
 
 Turrill 
 
 Clare 
 
 Midwinter 
 
 
 Tustain 
 
 Coggins 
 
 Neighbour (Tets 
 
 !Worth) 
 
 Widdows 
 
 Deeley 
 
 Nevell 
 
 
 Wilsdon 
 
 Edginton 
 
 Padbury 
 
 
 Witney 
 
 Filbee 
 
 Paxman 
 
 
 Woolgrove 
 
 NOTES ON SOME OF THE CHARACTERISTIC OXFORDSHIRE 
 
 NAMES. 
 (The names are arranged in alphabetical groups, but not necessarily in alpha- 
 betical order in each group.) 
 
 Authorities indicated hy the following abbreviations : — 
 B. indicates Beesley's *' Banbury." 
 Bu. „ Burn's " Henley-on-Thames." 
 D. ,, Dunkin's " Oxfordshire." 
 O. „ Giles' " Bampton." 
 H. R. „ Hundred Rolls. 
 J. „ Jordan's " Enstone." 
 
 K. „ Kennett's " Ambrosden, Burcester,' 
 L. ,, Lower's " Patronymica Britannica." 
 Wi, „ Wing's " Steeple Barton and Westcot Barton. 
 Wo. „ Wood's and Peshall's " OxforJ." 
 
 &c. 
 
OXFORDSHIRE. 329 
 
 A— B. 
 
 Aldwoeth is the name of a Berkshire parish. Henry 
 Aldworth, Chancellor of the Diocese of Oxford, died in 1699 
 (Wo.). The mayor of Bristol in 1592, 1609, and 1642 bore this 
 
 name (Barrett's "Bristol.") A family of Arnatt resided at 
 
 Lew, near Bampton, during the last and the present century 
 
 (G.) Belcher has long been an Oxfordshire name. It was 
 
 established in Enstone in the 16th and 17th centuries (J.)- 
 William Belcher, yeoman, of Steeple Aston, presented his son, 
 Thomas Belcher, to the incumbency of Westcot Barton in 1640 
 (Wi,). Samuel Belcher, apothecary, died at Deddington in 1668 
 
 (Marshall's "Deddington.") The Blencowes of Oxfordshire 
 
 are probably descended from the ancient family of the name 
 that resided at Mars ton or Merston, Northamptonshire, for many 
 generations, as far back as the reign of Henry YI. ; to this family 
 belonged Sir John Blencowe, a Judge of the Common Pleas, in 
 the early part of last century (Whalley's "Northamptonshire"). 
 The name has long been established in Banbury ; John Blincoe 
 was an assistant-burgess of that town in the reign of James I., 
 and in 1718 Thomas and John Blencowe, Esqs., were similarly 
 appointed assistant-burgesses (B.). In 1611 Anthony Blinkoe was 
 Chancellor of the Diocese of Oxford (K.). Blencowe is the name 
 of hamlets in Cumberland. The Blencowes of Blencowe were an 
 ancient Cumberland family, going back to the 14th century 
 
 (Hutchinson's "Cumberland.") The Breakspears of Henley 
 
 are evidently connected with Mr. Robert Brakspear, who was 
 
 mayor of Henley-on-Thames in 1804 (Bu.) During the 16th, 
 
 17th, and 18th centuries the Busbys of Hadford and Gagingwell 
 were well-to-do Enstone yeomen, who frequently tilled the office of 
 churchwarden and other places of trust (J.). William Busby was 
 one of the trustees for Lady Le Strange of Middleton in the reign 
 of Henry YI. (K.). William Busby, gent., was an assistant- 
 burgess of Banbury in 1718 (B.), in which town the name still 
 occurs. Busby is the name of a parish in the North Riding of 
 Yorkshire. I think, however, an explanation of the name will be 
 found nearer home, and the same remark applies to the Blencowes. 
 
 Amongst the names now rare in the county is that of Bumpus, 
 
 which was represented in Enstone parish in 1758 (J.). 
 
330 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 C~E. 
 
 Calcutt is evidently a contraction of Caldecott, wliicli in one 
 form and another is common as a place-name in this part of 
 England and is represented as a surname in Worcestershire, 
 Gloucestershire, etc. William Callcott of Williamscot left bequests 
 for the poor of Banbury in the 16th century (B.). The name was 
 represented in Enstone in the reign of Charles II. (J.). Anne 
 Calcot, a Quaker, was buried at Steeple Barton in 1706 (Wi.). 
 
 Checkley is the name of places in Staffordshire and Cheshire. 
 
 The surname of Checkley or Cheekley was represented in the 
 hundred of Warden, Northamptonshire, in the 17th century 
 (Baker's "Northamptonshire") Cherry is also a Northampton- 
 shire name. In the early part of the 17th century there was a 
 family of the name in Maidenhead, Berks (Ashmole's "Berk- 
 shire"). Benjamin Cherry, who died in 1785, was four times 
 mayor of Hertford, and left bequests for the poor; Benjamin 
 Cherry, his son (as I infer), who was town clerk of Hertford for 
 
 twenty years, died in 1817 (Tumor's "Hertford") Clack is 
 
 a hamlet in North Wiltshire Clapton is a common place-name 
 
 in the south of England...... Clare is an ancient Oxfordshire name. 
 
 In feudal times the De Clares were a very powerful family in 
 southern England (L.). In the 13th century the name of 
 De Clare or De Clar' was established in Oxfordshire, Norfolk, 
 Suffolk, Somerset, etc. (H. R.). A liberty in Pyrton parish, 
 Oxfordshire, a market town in West Suffolk, and a Devonshire 
 
 district bear the name of Clare The Colletts of this county 
 
 are mostly found in the Oxford district. The name of Collet 
 w^as represented in Oddington in the reign of Elizabeth (D.). 
 Collet was a common name in Gloucestershire during last century 
 (Bigland's "Gloucestershire"). There are now also Colletts in 
 Wiltshire and Collets in Cambridgeshire. In the 13th century 
 Colet was an Oxfordshire, Shropshire, and a London name. The 
 "colet" was the old English form of "acolyte," a church servant, 
 and it is remarkable that, as a rule, the homes of the Colletts 
 
 are, or have been, in the vicinity of ecclesiastical centres 
 
 The Drinkwaters have resided, as well-to-do Enstone yeomen, 
 at Gagingwell and Neat Enstone for about 30U years, namely, 
 during the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries (J.). (See under 
 *' Cheshire.") 
 
OXFORDSHIRE. 351 
 
 F— H. 
 
 The Fenemores have characterised Oxfordshire and Bucks for 
 at least six centuries. Thomas Fynnamore was a burgess of 
 Henlej-on-Thames in the reign of Henrj VIII. (Bu.). There 
 were several Fennimores or Yennimores in Wendeburj in the 
 reigns of James I. and Charles I. (D.). In the time of William 
 III. there was a Ffennimore in the parish of Enstone (J.). 
 Fjnnemore or Fynmore or Finnemore was a Reading name in the 
 16th and 17th centuries ; two mayors of Reading bore this name, 
 namely in 1577 and 1586 (Coates' " Reading " and Ashmole's 
 "Berkshire"). In the 13th century we find it as De Finemor in 
 Wilts, as De Finemere in Backs, as De Fineme in Oxfordshire, as 
 Fynamnr in Norfolk, and as Vinemer and Winemer in Cambridge- 
 shire (H. R.). Fennemere is a Shropshire hamlet, and De Fenne- 
 mere or De Fennemare was a Shropshire surname in the 13th 
 century (Ejton's " Shropshire "). Finnimore was the name of an 
 ancient township in or near Wetwang parish in the East Riding 
 of Yorkshire. Simon Fynimer was vicar of Hooton Paynel, 
 Yorkshire, in 1349 (Hunter's "South Yorkshire"). This name 
 well illustrates the variation of surnames; I have mentioned it 
 eighteen times and it has been spelt in seventeen different ways. 
 
 During the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries the name of 
 
 FoRTNUM, or Ffortnam as it used to be spelt, was established in 
 Enstone parish, both at Lydston and Neat Enstone (J.). The 
 Ffortnams, in fact, have been well-to-do yeomen since the time 
 
 of Elizabeth (J.). Fortnam is also a Worcestershire name 
 
 Oxfordshire has been for ages one of the principal homes of the 
 Franklins. The name, which in early times, as well as in those of 
 Shakespeare, often signified a freeholder, is also established in 
 Bucks, Berks, Beds, Herts, Essex, and Northamptonshire, so that 
 it may be said to occupy a somewhat circumscribed and continuous 
 area. In the 13th century its usual forms were Frankelayn, 
 Frankeleyn, Fraunkelayn, Fraunkeleyn, sometimes preceded by 
 "Le" and " De," Frankelin being rare (H. R.) ; it was then 
 especially numerous in Oxfordshire, and also in fair numbers in 
 Bucks and Wilts (H. R.), so that it would appear that in those 
 early times, as in our own day, Oxfordshire and Bucks stood fore- 
 most amongst the English counties for their proportion of the 
 
 Franklins (.^ee Alphabetical List) The name of Giles is now 
 
 rather more numerous in Warwickshire, and reference is made to 
 
332 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 it under that county Oxfordshire is now the principal home of 
 
 the GiLLETTS, but the name is also found in Kent. In Lincoln- 
 shire the name is represented by Gilliart, Gilliatt, and Gillyatt. 
 In the 13th century the name took the forms in Cambridgeshire 
 
 and Hunts of Gillot, Gillote, and Gilot (H. R.) Hatt and 
 
 HuTT may be in most cases a contraction of Hiatt, also an Oxford- 
 shire name. In the 13th century we find Hat in Oxfordshire and 
 Wilts, and Hut in Oxfordshire, where it is associated with LeHurt 
 
 (H. R.) Haynes is an old Oxfordshire surname The name 
 
 of HiOKNS or HiRONS was represented by Hyarne in Enstone 
 
 parish during the reign of Elizabeth (J.) In the early part 
 
 of last century the name of Irons occurred in the parish of 
 Kidlington, and at that time Master Irons was a noted character 
 in Merton (D.) The name of Hone occurred in Oxford- 
 shire, in the reign of Edward I., and also at that time John 
 Hone lived at Wallingford, Berks (H. R.). 
 
 K-P. 
 
 KiLBT is the name of a Leicestershire parish Looslet is the 
 
 name of a village in Bucks Louch is an ancient Oxfordshire 
 
 name. It was represented during the 13th and 14th centuries in 
 Radford, Iffley, and other places in the county by De Louch, De 
 Louches, De Louchis, De Leuches, and De Lusches (H. R., J., K.) 
 
 (Marshall's "Iffley.") Mace, now represented in Chipping 
 
 Norton, was an Oxfordshire name in the reign of Edward I. 
 (H. R.). Robert Mace of Bampton died in 1682 (G.). The name 
 
 is also established in Gloucestershire Mansfield is the name 
 
 of a town in Notts Midwinter has long been an Oxfordshire 
 
 name. In the 13th century, Gonnild Midewynter and Roger 
 Midewynt lived at Aston and Burton in this county (H. R.). The 
 name of Midenter occurred in Enstone about a hundred years ago 
 (J.). William Midwinter resided at Marlborough, Wilts, in the 
 reign of Henry YIII. (Waylen's "Marlborough"). The name 
 existed in North Leach, Gloucestershire, two centuries ago 
 
 (Bigland's "Gloucestershire.") The Oxfordshire Malins may 
 
 perhaps derive their name from Mailing, a Kentish as well as a 
 
 Sussex parish The Nevells of Oxfordshire may perhaps be 
 
 connected in their descent with the De Neviles or De Nevills, who, 
 in the reign of Edward I., were very numerous in the adjoining 
 
OXFORDSHIRE. 333 
 
 county of Wilts as well as in Lincolnshire (H. R.) Padbury is 
 
 the name of a parish in Bucks. Simon de Paclebur resided in 
 Oxfordshire, and Robert de Padeburi in Bucks in the 13th century 
 
 (H. R.) The name of Parrott, probably a form of Perrett or 
 
 Perrott, a common Somersetshire name, is better represented in 
 Bucks, and is referred to also under that county. Robert Perrot, 
 gent., of Oxford, who was buried in St. Peter's church in 1550, 
 was a son of G. Perrot of Haverford-West, Pembrokeshire. Simon 
 Parret, a proctor of Oxford University, died in 1584 (Wo.). 
 There was a gentle family of Parratt in the parish of Enstone 
 during the reign of Elizabeth (J.) The connection between the 
 present Perretts and the Parrotts is referred to under Somerset- 
 shire Paxton is the name of parishes in Hunts. De Paxton 
 
 was a common family name in Hunts in the 13th century (H. R.). 
 
 Pettipher is an ancient Bucks and Herts name, and further 
 
 allusion to it will be found under those counties in reference to 
 Puddephatt, which is probably a corruption of it. There was a 
 Bampton family of Pettifer last century (G.). The name of 
 Pettipher occurred amongst the labouring classes of Culworth, 
 Northamptonshire, a century ago (B.). The Rev. John Pettyfer, 
 or Pettifer, was vicar of Blakesley, Northamptonshire, early 
 last century (Baker's "Northamptonshire"). Cussans, in his 
 " Hertfordshire " suggests that in that county the name of 
 Pedefer (Pied-de-Fer ?), which occurred in Ippolitts, Herts, 
 in the reign of Edward III., was the original of Puddephatt, 
 a Bucks as well as a Herts name. This is probable, but at 
 any rate his suggestion is still more applicable to the origin 
 of Pettipher. 
 
 R— Z. 
 
 Sabin or Savin is an ancient name that was represented by 
 Sabin, Sabine, and Sabyn, in Cambridgeshire and Norfolk in the 
 13th century (H. R.). At that time, also, Le Saven and Le 
 Savener were Cambridgeshire names (H. R.). Bardsley suggests 
 that the last of these names is a corruption of Le Savonier (the 
 
 soap-seller); but concerning this I am doubtful Slatter, the 
 
 early form of which was The Slatter, was an Enstone name, from 
 the 14th to the 17th century, and in our own time Slater is a 
 
 common name in the parish (J.) Amongst the old Oxfordshire 
 
 names now rare in the county is that of Springall. During the 
 
334 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 17th century there was a family of this name at Henley-on- 
 Thames, members of which filled the office of mayor of that town 
 
 in 1611, 1690-94, and 1697 (Bu.) The name of Stanbka, 
 
 which is probably derived from a hamlet in Herts, is best 
 represented in the Banbury district Sheimpton was a well- 
 known name in Wycombe, Bucks. From the reign of James I. 
 to that of George III. sixteen mayors of Wycombe bore this 
 name ; six of these during the early portion of last century were 
 
 called Ferdinando (Langley's " Desborough Handred.") 
 
 TiMMS or Tims is an old Banbury name, which has long been 
 connected with the corporation of that town. Sarah Timms, a 
 Quakeress of Banbury, lay in prison for six months in 1655 for 
 " exhorting the priest to fear the Lord " (B.), a circnmstance 
 characteristic of the fanaticism of those " good old days." The 
 name was represented in the parish of Enstone 150 years ago (J.) 
 
 The TuRRiLLS were represented in this county, as well as in 
 
 Cambridgeshire, six centuries ago by the Torels (H. R.) The 
 
 TuSTAiNS, who are now represented in the Banbury district, 
 evidently derive their name from Taston or Tastau, a hamlet in 
 Spelsbury parish : De Torstan was the name of an Enstone family 
 in the 14th century (J.). The Tustians, a family of Puritans 
 residing in Banbury during the 17th century, refused, on religious 
 grounds, in 1629 to pay taxes for His Majesty's Household (B.). 
 
 The Tredwells or Treadwells are also represented in Kent. 
 
 The name of Treadwell occurred in Enstone parish 200 years 
 
 ago (J.). T. Treadwell was mayor of Oxford in 1758 (Wo.) 
 
 Richard Wydhose, of Essex, in the reign of Edward 1. (H. R.), 
 may be an ancester of the Oxfordshire families named Widdows. 
 Widdowes was an Enstone name as far back as the reign of 
 
 James I. (J.) Wiggins is an old Bampton name: William 
 
 Wiggins was buried there in 1758; Mr. and Mrs. Wigings, both 
 well advanced in years, were buried at Shiiford in 1727 and 1729 
 (G.) Amongst the old Oxfordshire names that are now com- 
 paratively rare in the county are those of Vaudry and Wisdom. 
 The Vaudry s, or Yaudries, or Vadries, or Fawdreys, were well- 
 to-do Enstone yeomen of Radford and Clevely, with a record of 
 300 years, since the 15th century, in those localities ; the Wisdoms 
 were old families of Enstone and Burford, dating back to the 
 15th' century (J.). Both these names are rare in these localities 
 now. Speaking of the origin of the name of Vawdrey, Lower 
 says, that the Cheshire Vawdreys are sprung from Sir Claud de 
 
RUTLANDSHIRE. 335 
 
 Vaadrai, who had lands in that county in the latter part of the 
 12th century (Vaudrai or Vaudrey is a place in France). The 
 name is not now frequent enough in Cheshire to be placed in 
 my list. 
 
 RUTLANDSHIRE. 
 
 (See under " Leicesteeshire.") 
 
336 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 SHROPSHIRE. 
 
 Note. — The asterisk before a name denotes that, though 
 characteristic of the county, the name is more relatively 
 numerous elsewhere. 
 
 G^ENERAL Names (30-40 counties) . 
 Brown *Cook 
 
 Common Names (20-29 counties). 
 
 Adams 
 Edwards 
 * James 
 Jones 
 
 r Lea 
 
 I Lee 
 Morris 
 Boberts 
 
 Rogers 
 *Ward 
 Williams 
 
 Eegional Names (10-19 counties). 
 
 Evans 
 
 Lloyd 
 
 Price 
 
 Griffiths 
 
 Marsh 
 
 Reynolds 
 
 ^Hughes 
 
 ^Morgan 
 
 Thomas 
 
 *Lewi8 
 
 Powell 
 
 
 
 DiSTEicT Names 
 
 (4-9 counties). 
 
 Bourne 
 
 *Howells 
 
 ^ fPhilpott 
 I Philpots 
 
 Bowen 
 
 *Humphreys 
 
 *Bradley 
 
 r Jarvis 
 I Jervis 
 
 *Preece 
 
 Bright 
 
 *Pugh 
 
 Cartwright 
 
 ^ J Maddock 
 . Maddocks 
 
 *Stokes 
 
 Corbett 
 
 Yaughan (Shrewsbury') 
 
 Downes 
 
 *Massey 
 
 *Wainwright 
 
 Farmer 
 
 ^Meredith 
 
 Wall 
 
 Gough 
 
 *Mosely 
 
 Whitfield (Whitchurch) 
 
 *Groves (Shrev 
 
 rsbury) *Owen 
 
 Woodcock (Shrewsbury) 
 
 Hay ward 
 
 *Parry 
 
 *Yatea 
 
 Higginson 
 
 
 
SHROPSHIRE. 
 
 337 
 
 County Names (2-3 counties). 
 
 *Ainswortli 
 r Beaman 
 I Beamand 
 
 Beeston 
 
 Bennion 
 *Brereton (Bishop's- 
 Castle) 
 
 Bromley (Shrewsbury) 
 
 Chester 
 
 Childe 
 r Dicken 
 I Dickin 
 *Dorrell 
 *rrank 
 
 Grittins (Shrewsbury) 
 
 Groom . 
 *Grwilliam 
 r Hamar (Clun) , 
 I Hamer 
 
 Hampson 
 J Hodnet 
 l Hodnett 
 *Marston : 
 
 Medlicott • 
 # J Merrick . 
 LMeyrick 
 *Mort 
 
 Norgrove 
 
 *Pardoe 
 
 Rudd 
 
 Shakeshaft 
 *Timmis 
 *Venables 
 *WaUey 
 
 Whiteman 
 
 Wilkes 
 * Windsor 
 *Woodhouse 
 
 Wyer 
 *Wynne 
 
 Yapp 
 
 Peculiar Names (confined mostly to this county). 
 
 Ashley 
 
 Felton 
 
 Mellings 
 
 Back 
 
 Fowles 
 
 Millichamp 
 
 Bather 
 
 G-rowcott 
 
 Minton (Shrewsbury) 
 
 Batho (Whitchurch) 
 
 Gwilt 
 
 Munslow 
 
 Beddoes 
 
 Heatley 
 
 Nock 
 
 Benbow 
 
 Heighway (Shrews- 
 
 Onions 
 
 Blakemore 
 
 bury) 
 
 Paddock 
 
 Boughey 
 
 Hinton 
 
 Pinches 
 
 Bowdler (Shrewsbury) 
 
 Home 
 
 Pitchford(Shrewsbury) 
 
 Breakwell 
 
 Hotchkiss (Church 
 
 Podmore 
 
 Brisbourne 
 
 Stretton) 
 
 Eavenshaw 
 
 Broughall 
 
 Inions 
 
 Eodenhurst 
 
 Cadwallader 
 
 In stone 
 
 Sankey 
 
 Cleeton 
 
 Jacks 
 
 Shuker (Shrewsbury) 
 
 Corfield 
 
 Kynaston 
 
 Tipton 
 
 Cureton 
 
 Lawley 
 
 Tit ley 
 
 Duce 
 
 Madeley 
 
 Warder (Bridgnorth) 
 
 Eddowes 
 
 Mansell 
 
 Wellings 
 
 Everall (Shrewsbury) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
338 " HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 NOTES ON SOME OF THE CHARACTEEISTIC SHROPSHIEE 
 
 NAMES. 
 
 The names are arranged in alphabetical groups, but not necessarily in alpha- 
 betical order in each group.) 
 
 Authorities indicated hy tlie following ahhreviations : — 
 
 E. indicates Eyton's *' Shropshire." 
 
 L. „ Lower's " Patronyniica Britannica." 
 
 Owen's and Blakeway's " Shrewsbury." 
 
 Phillips' " Shrewsbury." 
 
 Wright's " Ludlow." 
 
 Hundred Rolls. 
 
 ** Contributors to the Spanish Armada Fund in 1588." 
 (Brit. Mus., B. 474.) 
 
 O. 
 P. 
 W. 
 H.R 
 
 Sp. 
 
 A— B. 
 
 The ASHLEYS possess tlie name of a Staffordshire parish 
 
 The name of Batho or Bather, v/hich now has its home in the 
 Whitchurch district, may be a form of the 13th century name of 
 De Bathon, which at that period was common in Somersetshire, 
 and also occurred then in Gloucestershire and Devonshire (H. R.) ; 
 the early form was, as I infer, originally derived from the city of 
 Bath Several of the bailiffs or mayors of Leominster, Hereford- 
 shire, in the 17th and 18th centuries, bore the name of Bach. 
 Back is the usual Shropshire form (Townsend's " Leominster "). 
 
 Beddoes, which is a common Shropshire name, is evidently a 
 
 form of Ab-Eddoes or Ap-Eddoes, which in the shape of Eddowes, 
 without the prefix, is also a Shropshire name. Eddose was the 
 name of a Shrewsbury burgess in the reign of Henry III. (0.) 
 Ellis Beddoe was twice bailiff of Ludlow in the reigns of James I. 
 and Charles I. (W.) Benbow is the name of an ancient Shrop- 
 shire family, to which belonged Colonel Benbow, a zealous Royalist, 
 who met his death at Shrewsbury in 1651 for corresponding with 
 the King ; from this stock also came Admiral Benbow, who was 
 
 born at Cotton Hill, Shrewsbury, in 1650 (P.) Bennton is an 
 
 ancient Shrewsbury name, and is the contracted, form of Ab-Ennion 
 or Ap-Ennion, Enion being an old Welsh personal name. Robert 
 
SHROPSHIRE. 339 
 
 ap Egniou was one of the bailiffs of Shrewsbury in 1475 (P-)- 
 During the 17th century the Benyons were well-to-do Shrewsbury 
 townsmen, Charles Benyon being the name of the bailiff or the 
 mayor in 1625, 1634, 1644, and 1651 ; in the beginning of last 
 century. Dr. Benion was one of the leading ministers of the 
 Shrewsbury dissenters (0. and P.). The name is still in the 
 
 town The Shropshire Blakemoees probably derive their name 
 
 from Blakemere, a parish in the adjoining county of Herefordshire. 
 Blakemore was the name of a Shrewsbury painter, to whom the 
 town paid one shilling in 1502 for a view of Shrewsbury intended 
 to be presented to Henry VII. (0.). Reference to the similar 
 
 name of Blackmore will be found under "Devonshire." The 
 
 BowDLERS, who are now best represented in Shrewsbury and its 
 district, possess a very ancient Shropshire name. Ashford Bowdler 
 is the name of a parish and a seat near Ludlow, the seat being 
 held in the 12th and 13th centuries by the influential family of 
 De Budler or De Bowdler or De Boilers, lords of Montgomery and 
 of many places in Shropshire (W. and E.). In more recent times 
 the Bowdlers have been long connected with the corporation of 
 Ludlow, and persons of the name tilled the ofiice of bailiff of that 
 town in 1468, 1665, 1684, 1694, and 1712 (W.). Thomas Bowdler 
 
 was mayor of Shrewsbury in 1705 (P.) The Shropshire 
 
 Breretons, who were represented in Oswestry in the reign of 
 Elizabeth (O.), include an old family of position in the county : 
 they are probably a branch of the Breretons of Cheshire, which 
 
 is the home of the name. {See under " Cheshire.") The name 
 
 of Bromley, which is common amongst all classes in Shropshire, 
 is probably in most cases derived from the place thus called in the 
 county, but there is also a Staffordshire township of Bromley. 
 De Bromleye held estates in Leaton in the 14th century, and the 
 name of Bromeley was represented in Broughton in the 16th 
 century (E.). The Bromleys are now most numerous in the 
 
 Shrewsbury district The Shropshire Beestons possess the 
 
 name of more than one Cheshire parish : they are also repre- 
 sented in Derbyshire and Stafford. It is, however, noticeable 
 that Beetlestone is also a Shropshire surname, though of infrequent 
 
 occurrence The Broughalls take the name of a parish in the 
 
 county. Amongst the old Shropshire names which are now rare 
 in the county is that of Baugh. During last century there was a 
 gentle family of this name in Ludlow (W.). 
 
 z2 
 
340 HOMES OP FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 C— D. 
 
 Le Childe, or Le Cliyld, was the name of an old ShropsTiire 
 family of position : tlie name was represented in Penwardine in 
 1256, and there was a Richard le Childe in Diddlebury in 1318 
 (E.). Nicholas le Child was a bailiff of Shrewsbury in 1314 
 (0.). William Childe was a bailiff of Ludlow in 1758 (W.). 
 Childe is the present Shropshire form of the name : in Sussex, 
 Child and Childs are found. This was a common name in the 
 13th century in different parts of England. It was not only at 
 that time established in Shropshire, as I have above remarked, but 
 as Child and Le Child it was then frequent in Norfolk, Cambridge- 
 shire, and Oxfordshire, and in other counties (H. R.) There 
 was an old gentle family of Childe at Enstone, Oxfordshire, in 
 
 the 16th century (Jordan's "Enstone") Clebton is the name 
 
 of a Shropshire district Shropshire has been for centuries the 
 
 principal home of the Coebetts. Corbet was a common name 
 there in the 13th century, and, in fact, in the Hundred Rolls of 
 that date this county includes almost all of the name. The 
 ancient and powerful Shropshire family of Corbett dated back to 
 the time of Edward I. (L.). In the list of Shropshire contributors 
 to the fund collected at the time of the expected Spanish invasion 
 in 1588, occur the names of Jerom Corbett (£30), Edward Corbett 
 of Longmore (£25), and Alice Corbett of Stoke, widow (£50), 
 (Sp.). Since the reign of Henry V., the Corbetts or Corbefcs have 
 at various times filled the ofl&ce of bailiff or mayor of Shrewsbury, 
 one of the mayors of last century being Sir Richard Corbett, 
 baronet (P.)- After the lapse of many centuries the name is 
 still confined to counties adjacent to that of its early home, 
 namely, to Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Gloucestershire, and 
 
 Warwickshire The Shropshire name of Duce is probably a 
 
 corruption of Dews, a name which, as Dew (deprived of the 
 final s), occurs now in the neighbouring counties of Hereford 
 and Monmouth, and elsewhere. It is, however, noteworthy that 
 the name of Duce occurred in Hunts in the 13th century (H. R.), 
 In such a work as Eyton's " Antiquities of Shropshire," which 
 contains minute details of the powerful Shropshire families of 
 the 12th and 13th centuries, we find several names, such as 
 Carbonell and Cantilupe, scarcely represented now as family 
 
 names in the county Amongst Shropshire names at present 
 
 rare in the county are those of the Ludlow families of Colebatch 
 
SHROPSHIRE. 341 
 
 and Cupper, botli of which families during the 17th century 
 supplied bailiffs to the town (W.). The ancient family of De 
 Colebatch took its name from a Shropshire hamlet (E.). 
 
 E— K. 
 
 The Feltons take their name from a Shropshire parish 
 
 GiTTiNS is a characteristic Shropshire name at present most 
 numerous in Shrewsbury and its district, and associated with the 
 past history of that town. John Gryttyns was thrice bailiff of 
 Shrewsbury towards the close of the 15th century : Grittins was 
 the name of a master of the Free School of that town in the reign 
 
 of James I. (P.) Hinton is the name of a town and of hamlets 
 
 in the county. Thomas Hinton was a bailiff of Ludlow in 1708 
 
 v(W.) The HoDNETS, or Hodnetts, derive their name from the 
 
 Shropshire parish of Hodnet. During the 13th century there was 
 a powerful family in the county that took the name of De Hodeneti 
 from either the manor or the parish of the name (E. and H. R.) 
 
 Home was an Oxfordshire name in the 13th century (H. R.) 
 
 The Hosiers, who are now scantily represented, were anciently 
 
 connected with the corporations of Shrewsbury and Ludlow, both 
 
 as bailiffs and mayors (P. and W.) Hotchkiss is a characteristic 
 
 Shropshire name, and one especially numerous in the district of 
 Church Stretton. A headmaster of the Free School of Shrewsbury 
 during the reign of Queen Anne bore this name : Moses Hotchkies 
 was a corporal who was taken prisoner by the Parliament forces 
 
 at the capture of Shrewsbury in 1645 (0.) Inions is evidently 
 
 a form of Enion, a Welsh personal name The Instones may, 
 
 perhaps, derive their name from Enstone, an Oxfordshire parish. 
 
 The ancient Shropshire family of Kynaston derived its name 
 
 from a village in the county. The Kenestons or Kynastons of 
 Shropshire were so deeply implicated in the sanguinary struggle 
 between the Houses of York and Lancaster, that in 1487 an Act 
 of Parliament was passed against them (W.). |,Francis and 
 Roger Kynnaston of this county contributed £25 apiece to the 
 fund collected for the defence of the country at the timo of the 
 expected Spanish invasion in 1588 (Sp.). The Kynastons of 
 Otely Park, Ellesmere, had an altar tomb in Ellesmere Church, 
 bearing the date of 1590 (Collect. Top. et Gen.), and the family 
 still hold property in that district. During the 17th century the 
 Kynastons or Kinastons frequently filled the office of bailiff or 
 
342; HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 mayor of Shrewsbury (P.)- The gentle family of this name that 
 resided at Farndon, Cheshire, 200 years ago, was probably an 
 offshoot of the Shropshire stock (Coll. Top. et Gen.). 
 
 L— P. 
 
 Lawley is the name of a Shropshire district Mansell is the 
 
 name of two Herefordshire parishes. Edmund Mansell was a 
 member of the Common Council of Shrewsbury in the reign of 
 Charles II. (0.), and the name is still common in the town. 
 Mansel or Maunsel was a much more common surname in the 
 13th century than it is at present. It was then established in 
 Shropshire, Yorkshire, Norfolk, Oxfordshire, Wilts, Bucks, Hunts, 
 
 Cambridgeshire, etc. (H. R.) The ancient Shropshire family 
 
 of Medlicott, which took its name from a manor, flourished in 
 the 13th century (E.). The Medlycott family of Yen House, 
 Milborne Port, Somerset, origmally came from Shropshire (Phelps' 
 
 "Somersetshire.") The Millichamps have transformed their 
 
 name from Millichope, the name both of a seat (Millichope Hall) 
 in Munslow parish, and of an ancient Shropshire family of the 
 12th and 13th centuries; there was a Thomas de Millichope in the 
 county in the reign of Henry II., and in the time of Edward I. 
 there was a Roger de Milligehop, also in Shropshire (E. and H. R.). 
 
 The MiNTONS and the Munslows take their names from parishes 
 
 in the county Nock is an ancient Shropshire name. There was a 
 
 Richard Noc in this county in the 13th century, and at the same 
 time there was a William Noc in Oxfordshire (H. R.). Noke is 
 
 an Oxfordshire parish Onions is probably another form of 
 
 Inions, also a Shropshire name and above referred to. It is, 
 however, probable that away from the Welsh border this name, 
 as Lower suggests, may be a corruption of Unwin or Onwen, an 
 old personal name, which was represented in Cambridgeshire and 
 elsewhere in the 13th century by the surnames of Onwinne and 
 
 Onoinn (H. R.) Amongst the old Shropshire names now 
 
 scantily represented is that of Pride or Pryde. Bailiffs and 
 wealthy burgesses of Shrewsbury in the 13th and 14th centuries 
 bore this name (E. and 0.). 
 
 R— Z. 
 
 John RoDENHURST lived at Aston Rogers in the reign of Henry 
 VI. (E,). There was a Peter de Rodehurst in Wiltshire in the 
 
SHROPSHIRE. 343 
 
 time of Edward I. (H. R.). The Roden is a Shropshire river 
 
 RuDD is an ancient English name which is now represented as such 
 in Shropshire and Norfolk, and by Rood in Somerset. In the 
 13th century Rud was a Derbyshire name; Rudde occurred in 
 Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire, and Leicestershire, Rude in Shrop- 
 shire, and De Rude in Wiltshire (H. R.) The Shropshire 
 
 Sankeys may be descended from the ancient Lancashire family of 
 this name that dated back to the time of John (L.). There are 
 
 villages in Lancashire thus called Tipton is the name of a 
 
 Staffordshire town Titley is the name of parishes in Cheshire 
 
 and Herefordshire Amongst old Shropshire names now rare in 
 
 the county is that of Stitry, or occasionally Sturry, a frequent 
 name amongst the Shrewsbury bailiffs from the 13th to the 
 
 16th century (P.) The ancient and influential family of De 
 
 Venables or Venables was represented in the county in the 13th 
 
 and 14th centuries (E. and H. R.). (See under " Cheshire.") 
 
 The Vaughans, who are now well represented in Shrewsbury and 
 its neighbourhood, are referred to under " Wales." 
 
344 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 SOMERSETSHIRE. 
 
 Note. — The asterisk indicates that a name, though characteristic 
 of the county, is more numerous elsewhere. 
 
 Baker 
 
 Geneeal Names (30-40 counties). 
 
 *Grreen White 
 
 *Bennet« 
 /Brook 
 I Brooks- 
 Davis 
 
 CoMMow Names (20-29 counties). 
 
 Hill 
 *Hunt 
 *James 
 ♦King 
 
 *Palmer 
 Webb 
 Young 
 
 EiGiONAX NAiffES (10-19 counties). 
 
 Cox 
 
 Jeftery 
 
 ♦Pearce 
 
 Day 
 
 Lawrence (Crewkerne) 
 
 Perry (Wincanton) 
 
 ♦Griffin (Bristol) 
 
 *Marsh 
 
 ♦Porter 
 
 Harding 
 
 ♦Marshall 
 
 Sheppard 
 
 ■ Hawkings (Bumham) 
 . Hawkins 
 
 Norman 
 
 Stone 
 
 Osborne (Crewkeme) 
 
 ♦Watts 
 
 *Jefferie» 
 
 Parsons 
 
 
 DiSTEiCT Names (4-9 counties). 
 
 ♦Bartlett 
 
 ♦Cock 
 
 Bond (Taunton) 
 
 Coles 
 
 Brewer 
 
 r Coombes 
 \ Coombs 
 
 Bryant 
 
 ♦Butt 
 
 ■ Cousins X 
 'Cozens 1 (Taunton) 
 
 Carpenter 
 
 Champion 
 
 *Dow6ling 
 
 Dyer 
 
 ♦Francis 
 
 Frost (Bridgewater) 
 ♦Fry 
 ♦Gibbons (Batb) 
 
 Gifford 
 
 Godfrey (Bridgewater 
 
SOMERSETSHIRE. 
 
 345 
 
 *GouId 
 
 
 Lock 
 
 
 *Stacey 
 
 *Hancock 
 
 
 *Lovell 
 
 
 Stott (Wells) 
 
 Hard wick 
 
 
 # r Mead 
 . Meade 
 
 
 Talbot 
 
 Hajes 
 
 
 
 Thatcher 
 
 • Helliar 
 
 
 Millard 
 
 
 ^ r Thorn 
 t Thorne 
 
 . Hellier 
 
 
 Moon 
 
 
 ♦Hicks 
 
 
 Norris 
 
 
 *Tucker 
 
 Hoddinott 
 
 
 Perrett (B] 
 
 ddge water) 
 
 Vincent 
 
 *Hodge8 
 
 
 Pickford 
 
 
 Wall 
 
 Hooper 
 
 
 *Pike 
 
 
 *Wallis 
 
 Howe (Dulrerton) 
 
 rPooI 
 " . Poole 
 
 
 *Webber 
 
 *Hurford 
 
 
 
 * Weeks (Wells) 
 
 Hutchings 
 
 (Bridge- 
 
 Rich (Bridgewater) 
 
 Wilcox 
 
 water) 
 
 
 J Somers 
 1 Summers 
 
 
 *Wilkins 
 
 Jennings 
 
 
 
 Wyatt (Chard) 
 
 *£een 
 
 
 
 
 
 County Names (2-3 counties). 
 
 Balch (Bath) 
 
 ' Gl^ooden 
 . Grooding 
 
 Lockyer (Taunton) 
 
 Bawden 
 
 Longman 
 
 Beacham 
 
 *Grreenslade 
 
 Masters 
 
 Bere 
 
 J Haine 
 \ Haines 
 
 Moody 
 
 Body 
 
 ♦MuUins 
 
 Bown (Bath) 
 
 Hallett 
 
 Osmond 
 
 Boyce 
 
 Ham (Weston-super- 
 
 *Paull 
 
 Bradford 
 
 Mare) 
 
 Penny 
 
 Brake 
 
 r Hanham 
 I Hannam 
 
 Peters 
 
 ■ Burdge 
 . Burge 
 
 Phelps (Wells) 
 
 Heal (Bridgewater) 
 
 Pitman 
 
 Candy (Bath) 
 
 ♦Hewlett 
 
 ^jRendall 
 1 Rendell 
 
 Chappell 
 
 Hodder 
 
 *Collard 
 
 Hosegood 
 
 Ridler (Minehead) 
 
 Cornish (Taunton) 
 
 ♦Hoskins 
 
 Risdon 
 
 Creed (Grlastonbury) 
 
 House (Bridgewater) 
 
 Roe (Bridgewater) 
 
 Crees (Frome) 
 
 *Hu8sey 
 
 Sage 
 
 Curry 
 
 r Jacob 
 1. Jacobs 
 
 Sherrin (Langport) 
 
 Darby 
 
 Slade 
 
 Duckett (Weston- 
 
 Joyce 
 
 Small 
 
 super-Mare) 
 
 J Kiddell 
 
 Sparks 
 
 Dyke 
 
 L Kiddle (Bridgewater) 
 
 Spiller (Taunton) 
 
 Eames 
 
 Langdon 
 
 Tapp 
 
 England 
 
 Laver 
 
 Westlake 
 
 *Elower 
 
 *Ling (Bridgewater) 
 
 *Yeoman 
 
346" 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Pecultae Names (confined mostly to this county). 
 
 Amesbury (Bi'idge water) 
 
 Aplin (Chard) 
 
 Ashman 
 
 Arney (Bridgewater) 
 
 Baber (Bristol) 
 
 B adman 
 
 Bagg (Bridgewater) 
 
 Ban well 
 
 Barnstable (Bridge- 
 water) 
 
 Barrington (Taunton) 
 
 Batt 
 
 Bicknell 
 
 Binning (Yatton) 
 
 Bisdee 
 
 Board 
 
 Bowering 
 
 Brimble (Bristol) 
 
 Burch 
 
 Burston (Bridgewater) 
 r Carey 
 LCary 
 
 Chard 
 
 Churches (Wells) 
 
 Clapp 
 
 Clothier 
 
 Coate 
 r Cogan 
 I Coggan 
 
 Corner 
 
 Corp (Grlastonbury) 
 
 Cosh 
 
 Counsell 
 
 Croom 
 
 Crossman (Bridgewater) 
 
 Dampier 
 
 Denman 
 
 Denning 
 
 Derrick 
 
 Dibble (Bridgewater) 
 
 Dicks (Taunton) 
 f Diment 
 1 Dyment 
 
 Durston (Bridgewater) 
 
 Erered 
 
 Farthing 
 
 Fear (Bristol) 
 
 Floyd 
 
 Gare 
 
 Griblett (Glastonbury), 
 
 Greed 
 
 Haggett (Shepton 
 Mallet) 
 
 Hatch (Weston-super- 
 Mare) 
 
 Hebditch (Ilminster) 
 
 Hembrow 
 
 Hockey 
 
 Horsey 
 
 Hurd 
 
 Hurley 
 
 Isgar (Bridgewater) 
 
 Keedwell 
 rXeel 
 LKeirl (Bridgewater) 
 
 Kidner 
 
 Look 
 J Loveybond 
 I Lovibond 
 
 Loxton 
 
 Lutley 
 
 Mapstone 
 
 Meaker (Bridgewater) 
 
 Oram 
 
 Padfield (Bath) 
 
 Perham 
 
 Phippen 
 
 Pople (Weston-supef- 
 Mare) 
 
 Pot ten gee 
 
 Pow (Bath) 
 
 Puddy (Bridgewater) 
 
 Kawle 
 
 Eeakes 
 
 Rood 
 
 Rugg 
 
 Say 
 J Sealey "I (Wells and 
 ISealy j Bridgewater) 
 
 Singer (Frome) 
 
 Speed 
 
 Sperrihg 
 
 Spratt 
 
 Stallard 
 
 Steeds (Bath) 
 
 Stuckey 
 
 Sully 
 
 Summerhayes 
 
 S wanton 
 
 Sweet 
 
 Tarr 
 
 TatchelL 
 
 Tazewell (Bridgewater) 
 
 Teek 
 
 Tilley (Bridgewater) 
 
 Toogood 
 
 Treasure (Bath) 
 
 Tyley 
 r Vigar 
 \ Vigors 
 
 Vowles (Bristol and 
 Bridgewater) 
 
 Walrond 
 
 Wescott (Dulverton) 
 
 Winslade (Bridgewater) 
 
 Winstone 
 J Withey 
 1 Withy 
 
 Wookey 
 
 Yeandle 
 
SOMERSETSHIRE. 347 
 
 NOTES ON SOME OF THE CHARACTERISTIC SOMERSETSHIRE 
 
 NAMES. 
 
 (The names are arranged in alphabetical groups, but not necessarily in alpha- 
 betical order in each group.) 
 
 Authorities indicated hy the following abbreviations :■ 
 B. indicates Barrett's "Bristol." 
 
 c. „ 
 
 Collinson's "Somerset." 
 
 H. „ 
 
 Hotten's "American Emigrants." 
 
 H.R. „ 
 
 Hundred Rolls. 
 
 L. „ 
 
 Lower's " Patronymica Britannica." 
 
 P- „ 
 
 Phelps' Somersetshire." 
 
 Sp. „ 
 
 Contributors to National Defence Fund in 1588 (Brit. Mus. 
 
 
 B. 474). 
 
 T. 
 
 Toulmin's " Taunton." 
 
 w. „ 
 
 " The Western Martyrology." 
 
 A— B. 
 
 The Amesburys, who are mostly represented in theBridgewater 
 district, Have taken the name of a town in the neighbouring 
 
 county of Wilts The Aplins, who are now well established in 
 
 the Chard district, were represented in Glastonbury and other 
 parts of the county 200 years ago. John Aplin was mayor of 
 Glastonbury in 1706 (P.), and William Aplin was high sheriff 
 of Somerset in 1721 (C). A gentle family of the name resided 
 in Taunton last century (T.). There were also Aplins in Sutton 
 Walrond and Ewern Minster, in Dorset, during the 18th century 
 
 (Hutchins' "Dorset.") The Babers, who have now their home 
 
 in the Bristol district, have long been represented in that part 
 of the county. Benjamin Baber was mayor of Bath in 1677, 1687, 
 and 1700 (C). Francis Baber was an eminent physician of Chew 
 Magna, Somerset, about 200 years ago (Hoare's " Wiltshire "). 
 In Gloucester Cathedral there is an epitaph referring to " Francis 
 Baber, armiger, of the ancient family of Baber, in the county of 
 Somerset, who died in 1669 " (Bigland's " Gloucestershire "j. 
 There was a Baber married in 1628 in Oddington Church, Oxford- 
 shire (Dunkin's "Oxfordshire"). Francis Baber, chandler, 
 evidently of this Somerset family, embarked at Weymouth, in 
 
348 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 1635, for New England (H.). Since the Babers were considered 
 an ancient family in the county in 1669, they must rank amongst 
 
 the oldest of Somersetshire families The Baggs are now 
 
 established in the Bridgewater district. John Bagg, of Thorn- 
 comb, on the Devonshire border, was transported to Barbadoes, 
 for participating in the Monmouth rebellion in 1685 (H.). He 
 
 suffered in a cause which has since prevailed The nam.e of 
 
 Balch is now established in the Bath district. Probably the 
 Wiltshire branch of this family dates from Robert Everard Balch, 
 Esq., of St. Audries, Somerset, who, about a century since, came, 
 by marriage, into possession of the ancient estate of the Topp 
 
 family of Stockton, Wilts (Hoare's " Wiltshire ") The 
 
 Banwells take their name from a parish in the county, and the 
 BiCKNELLS from either Biekenhall or Bicknoller, two Somerset- 
 shire parishes Bere is not a very common Somerset name. 
 
 It is also found in Devon, together with Beere. Beer is a 
 Somerset tithing. In the 14th and 15th centuries the De Beres, 
 or De la Beres, were important families in the west of England, 
 the De Beres of Somerset serving as knights of the shire (P.). 
 The De la Beres of Dorset held large properties in that county 
 in the reign of Edward III. (Hutchins' " Dorset "), and in the 
 reign of Henry YI. the De la Beres were knights of Herefordshire 
 (Duncumb's "Herefordshire"). Richard Beere was abbot of 
 Glastonbury in the reigns of Henry VII. and Henry YIII. (P.). 
 In the 13th century this name, in the form of Le Bere and 
 occasionally of De Bere, was commonly represented in Cam- 
 bridgeshire, Norfolk, Hunts, Oxfordshire, etc. (H. R.) The 
 
 Barringtons take the name of a parish in the county. They 
 
 are best represented in the Taunton district Body has been 
 
 a west of England name for six centuries or more. In the 13th 
 century it was represented in Devonshire by William Body of 
 Aspton (H. R.), and now it is still established in the neighbouring 
 counties of Cornwall and Somerset. Amongst the martyrs of the 
 Monmouth rebellion none behaved more courageously on the 
 scaffold than Henry Body, a native of Lyme Regis, Dorset, who 
 had fought as a seaman in the naval battles of the time of 
 Charles II. (W.). In Cornwall the name has long been known. 
 Last century there was a Mr. Michael Body at St. Agnes : Body 
 was the name of the commissioner for the destruction of images 
 in the Cornish churches who was murdered, whilst thus employed, 
 at Helston, in 1549 (Polwhele's "Cornwall") The Bonds 
 
SOMERSETSHIRE. 349 
 
 have their principal homes in the west of England in Devon 
 and Somerset, and in the east of England in Norfolk and Suffolk ; 
 they are also established in Lancashire and Staffordshire. Six 
 centuries ago the name was still to be found in numbers in Norfolk 
 and Suffolk, as well as in the neighbouring counties of Lincoln, 
 Hunts, and Cambridge, and also in Oxfordshire, in the forms of 
 Bond and Bonde, often preceded by " Le " (H. R.). The Bonds 
 of Somerset are numerous in the Taunton district. {See under 
 
 "Norfolk.") The Burstons are now represented in the 
 
 Bridgewater district. John Buston, of Milverton, was transported 
 to Barbadoes for participating in the Monmouth rebellion in 1685 
 
 (H.) BusHELL is a name now scantily represented in the 
 
 county. Two hundred years ago there was a Bath family of this 
 name, members of which, on various occasions, filled the office of 
 mayor (Warner's " Bath "). The name is still in that city. 
 
 C— D. 
 
 The ancient and distinguished Somersetshire and Devonshire 
 families of Gary apparently, in most cases, hailed from the Carys 
 of Castle Cary, a knightly Somersetshire family of the 14th 
 century (Westcote's "Devonshire"). In the reign of Edward L 
 De Cari and De Cary were still Somersetshire names (H. R.), 
 and evidently their first representatives took the names of places 
 
 in the county The Chards take their name from a town in 
 
 the county Churches is a name established in the Wells 
 
 district ; it is on the face of it a corruption of Churchhouse, a 
 rare Somersetshire name, Churchus being an occasional inter- 
 mediate form CoGAN or Coggan is an ancient west of England 
 
 name. There was a John de Cogan, of Hunispull, Somerset, in 
 the reign of Edward I. (H. B.) ; and in the reign of Richard II., 
 William Cogan was sheriff" of the county (C). De Cogan was 
 a name found also in different parts of Devonshire in the time 
 of Edward I. (H. R.), and it has long been an old Tiverton 
 name, Humphry Cogan being a Tiverton mercer in the time of 
 Elizabeth (Harding's " Tiverton "). John Cogan, of Somerset, 
 
 contributed £25 to the Spanish Armada fund in 1583 (Sp.) 
 
 CoLLARD is a name which has long been known in Taunton and 
 the neighbouring district. John Collard was a Taunton clothier 
 
 in the reign of James I. (T.) Edward Counsell, of Allerton, 
 
 was transported to Barbadoes for participating in the Monmouth 
 
350 HO:\IES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 rebellion of 1685 (H.), a punislinient prononnced by history to be 
 no disgrace. Mr. John Counsel, of Mark, gave, in 1730, a sum 
 of £10, the interest to be distributed amongst tbe " second poor " 
 on Christmas Bay for ever (C). A family of Counsel lived at 
 Stoughton, in Wedmore parisb, last century (C). The name is 
 
 still represented in the parish of Mark The Creeds now have 
 
 their home in the Grlastonbury district. A family of this name 
 resided at Castle Cary last century: John Creed, who died in 
 1740, was vicar of that parish for fifty years ; Cary Creed, gent., 
 died there in 1751, at the age of 88 (P.)- The name is still in 
 Castle Cary. The Creeds are also established in Dorsetshire, and 
 they were numerous in Gloucestershire. Creed is a parish in 
 
 Cornwall The name of Crees is well represented in the district 
 
 of Frome. As Crees and Creese it is also numerous in Wiltshire, 
 and Creese similarly occurs in Worcestershire. In the 17th 
 century there was a gentle family of Crees in the town of Derby 
 
 (Glover's "Derbyshire") The Ceoomes take their name from 
 
 parishes in Worcestershire A family of Grossman resided in 
 
 Lympsham last century (C). {See under " Lobb " in " Cornwall.") 
 
 The name of Curry occurred as Curri in Oxfordshire in the 
 
 reign of Edward 1. (H. U.) The Dampiers are said to have 
 
 hailed originally from Dampierre in Normandy. Dam pier, the 
 famous navigator, was born in 1652, the son of a tenant-farmer 
 of East Coker, near Yeovil, Somerset ; and the name is still to be 
 found in the district of Chard. Henry Dampier was mayor of 
 Bristol in 1755 (B.). At the end of last century Mr. John 
 Dampier, of Wareham, Dorset, owned the greater part of the prin- 
 cipal manor of Swanwich in that county (Hutchins' " Dorset "). 
 There was a Richard de Damper in Lincolnshire in the 13th 
 
 century (H. R.) The name of Derrick was represented in 
 
 the 13th century by Derk, in Cambridgeshire (H. R.) The 
 
 name of Dibble is now represented in the Bridgewater district. 
 Thomas Dible, husbandman, embarked at Weymouth in 1635 for 
 New England (H.). There was a William Dibel in London six 
 
 centuries ago (H. R.) The Somersetshire Ducketts have their 
 
 home in Weston-super-Mare. William Duckett, Esq., lived at 
 Hartham, Wilts, in the reign of Charles II. (C). The name of 
 Duket occurred in Oxfordshire and in London in the 13th century 
 (H. R.). The name of Duckett or Duckitt is also established 
 
 around Doncaster, in the West Riding The Durstons, who 
 
 take their name from a parish in the county, are numerous in the 
 
SOMERSETSHIRE. 351 
 
 Bridgewater district. Amongst the martyrs of the Monmouth 
 rebellion in 1685 were Thomas and William Durston, who were 
 executed at Wells (W.). 
 
 E— J. 
 
 Jonathan England, one of the martyrs of the Monmouth 
 rebellion in 1685, was executed at Taunton (W.). (See under 
 
 the "West Riding.") In 1808, Mrs. Jane Faething died at 
 
 Taunton, aged 62 (T.) The Erosts are now numerous in the 
 
 Bridgewater district. (See undev "Norfolk.") Although the 
 
 Frys have their great home in Wiltshire, they are numerous in 
 
 Somersetshire Flower was the name of a gentle family at 
 
 Nunney early last century (C.) Amongst the old Somerset 
 
 names is that of Gapper of Wincanton, now scantily represented 
 in the county The Gibletts are still established in the Glas- 
 tonbury district. In the first half of last century a gentle family 
 of Giblet resided in the parish of Mark in the same neighbour- 
 hood (C). Gibelot was a Cambridgeshire name in the 13th 
 
 century (H. R.) The name of Gifford is now established in 
 
 Cambridgeshire, Hunts, Dorset, and Somerset. In the form of 
 Giffard it was common in the 13th century in Cambridgeshire, 
 I^orfolk, Suffolk, and Oxfordshire (H. R.). The early Giffards 
 were descended from the Giffards of Normandy, their first ancestor 
 in this country having received from William the Conqueror over 
 a hundred manors in different parts of England : there were four 
 principal families last century, those of Devon, Hants, Bucks, and 
 Staffordshire, the last named only now existing (L.). In the 17th 
 century there were old established gentle families of the name in 
 Devonshire, residing at Brightlegh, Weare, and Tiverton (West- 
 cote's "Devonshire.") One of the oldest families of Gooden in 
 
 this part of England is that of the Gooddens of Compton, just 
 over the Dorset border of Somerset, who are descended from John 
 Goodwyn of the time of Edward YI. (L,). Mr. John Goodden of 
 Bowerh6aton, in the beginning of last century, belonged to the 
 
 same stock (C.) Edward Hallett was high sheriff of the 
 
 county in 1741 (C.) John Hannam, Esq., held the manor of 
 
 Goathill in the time of Elizabeth (P.). Hanham is a hamlet in 
 
 the adjoining county of Gloucester The Hardwicks are 
 
 established in various parts of England, and in most cases they 
 
 have taken the name of a place in the county The surname 
 
 of De Hembury occurred in the adjoining county of Gloucester 
 
352 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 in the 13tli century (H. R.). Broad-Hembury is a Devonshire 
 parish, and perhaps the Somerset name of Hembeow is thus 
 
 derived Amongst the characteristic west of England names is 
 
 that of HoDDTNOTT, which has its principal home in Somerset, but 
 is also found in Worcestershire, Wilts, Dorset, Hants, etc., and 
 in the form of Hodnett in Shropshire. In Somerset it is an old 
 Nunney name : last century, there were graves belonging to the 
 family in the churchyard (C), and the name is still in the parish 
 
 House is a very common name in the Bridge water district. 
 
 Howse is the Wiltshire form of the name, and reference to its 
 
 origin will be found under that county Husset is an ancient 
 
 name in Somerset and Wilts, and further particulars concerning 
 its origin will be found under " Wilts kire." Laurance Hussey of 
 Wellington was one of the sufferers in the Monmouth rebellion of 
 1685 : he was .transported for ten years to Barbadoes (H.), and 
 let us hope tbat he returned to witness the triumph of the Pro- 
 testant cause Thomas Hurpord, one of the martyrs of the 
 
 Monmouth rebellion in 1686, was executed at Yeovil (W.) 
 
 The Rev. James Hurly, master of Taunton grammar school, and 
 incumbent-curate of Taunton St. James, died in 1783, at <he age 
 of 70, leaving six surviving children : he was born at Crowcombe 
 
 (T.) HosEGOOD is an ancient west of England name. At 
 
 present it occurs in Somerset and Devon. Six centuries ago it 
 was represented by Hosgod, Hosegod, and Osegod, in Gloucester- 
 shire, Wilts, and Oxfordshire, and in the eastern counties of 
 
 Norfolk and Essex (H. R.) Hutchings is a west of England 
 
 name, best represented in Somerset and Devon. A Wiveliscorabe 
 gentleman bore this name three centuries ago (C). It is now at 
 
 home in the Bridgewater district Jacob and Jacobs are now 
 
 Somersetshire names ; but these names have long been known in 
 the west of England. John Jacob, gent., was churchwarden of 
 Tavistock in 1662 (Worth's " Tavistock "), Two vicars of 
 Collingbourne-Kingston, Wilts, between 1675 and 1703, bore the 
 name of Jacobs (Coll. Top. et Gen.), and as Jacob it was 
 represented in Oxfordshire in the 13th century (H. R.). {See 
 under " Norfolk.") 
 
 K— P. 
 
 Keel and Keirl are Somersetshire names, the Keirls being at 
 home in the Bridgewater district. Amongst those who took up 
 the cause of their religion in the Monmouth rebellion of 1685 
 
SOMERSETSHIRE. 353 
 
 were Jolin and George Keele of Chilton, who were transported to 
 
 Barbadoes, the first named not surviving the voyage (H.) The 
 
 Lavers bear an ancient name, and are now established in Somerset 
 and Dorset. In the 18th century Le Laverd was an Oxfordshire 
 
 name, and Laver occurred in Cambridgeshire (H. R.) The 
 
 LoxTONS take their name from a village in the county. John 
 Lockstone, one of the martyrs of the Monmouth rebellion in 1685, 
 
 was executed at Stogumber (W.) Lutley is a township in 
 
 Worcestershire. The De Luttleys of Luttley, Staffordshire, 
 flourished in the time of Edward I. : from them sprang the 
 
 Luttleys of Shropshire and Herefordshire (L.) From the time 
 
 of Cromwell to the reign of George I. several of the mayors of 
 
 Bath bore the name of Masters (C.) Moggeridgb is a rare old 
 
 Somerset name. William Moggeridge, one of the martyrs of the 
 Monmouth rebellion in 1685, was executed at Bridgewater (W.). 
 
 The name of Moody was represented by Mody or Modi in the 
 
 neighbouring county of Wiltshire 600 years ago (H. R.). (See 
 
 under "Lincolnshire.") Moon is a corruption of De Mohun, 
 
 a distinguished Norman name, occurring in Somerset, Wilts, and 
 Devon, in the 13th century (H. R.). The De Mohuns were great 
 
 landed families in the west of England (L.) George Mullins 
 
 of Taunton, and Robert Mullins of this county, were transported 
 to Barbadoes, for taking part in the Monmouth, rebellion in 1685 
 
 (H.). (See under "Dorset.") Several of the Somersetshire 
 
 Pauls were implicated in the Monmouth rebellion of 1685, and 
 were transported to Barbadoes ; one of them was Robert Paul of 
 
 Ilton (H.) Perham is an ancient name in the south of England. 
 
 The De Perhams were represented in Wilts and Sussex in the 
 3 3th century (H. R.). John Periam, gent., of Milverton, died in 
 1 711, and John Periam was high sheriff of the county in 1737 
 (C). Several of the mayors of Exeter in the 16th century bore 
 the name of Perriam ; a member of this Exeter family was chief 
 baron of the Exchequer in the reign of Elizabeth (Westcote's 
 
 " Devonshire.") In the reign of Anne, John Penny, Esq., lived 
 
 at Charlton Musgrove, and at the same time a burgess of Glaston- 
 bury bore this name (P.) The Perretts and Perrotts are 
 
 most numerous in Somerset, and are also well established in the 
 surrounding counties of Dorset, Wilts, and Monmouth. They 
 take their name for the most part, as their distribution shows, 
 from the parishes of North and South Perrott, which lie on 
 the banks of the river Parret on either side of the boundary 
 
 2a 
 
354 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 between Somerset and Dorset. Robert Perrot, one of the martyrs 
 of the Monmouth rebellion in 1685, lost his life on the scaffold at 
 Taunton (W.). The name is now numerous in the Bridgewater 
 district. An ancient Pembrokeshire family of Perrot, to whom 
 belonged a lord-deputy of Ireland in the reign of Elizabeth, 
 derived their name from a place in Normandy, whence their 
 ancestor, as they believe, originally hailed (Fenton's " Pembroke- 
 shire"). However, I feel doubtful about this descent, as I have 
 already pointed out the home of this name in the west of England. 
 The Parrotts of Oxfordshire and Bucks, who are referred to under 
 those counties, probably also hail, in the first place, from the same 
 
 home on the borders of Somerset and Dorset The name of 
 
 Phelps is now numerous in the Wells district. It is also an old 
 
 Porlock name (Savage's " Carhampton.") The Phippens were 
 
 represented in Wedmore last century (C). William Phippen of 
 High Church, was transported to Barbadoes for participating in 
 
 the Monmouth rebellion of 1685 (H.) Pitman is a Somerset and 
 
 a Dorset name. Amongst the Somerset and Dorset men who were 
 transported to Barbadoes for espousing the cause of Monmouth 
 and the Protestant religion in 1685 were Henry and William 
 Pitman (H.). 
 
 R— S. 
 
 Rich is a characteristic west of England name, being most 
 frequent in Somerset and Wilts. Those of Somerset are most 
 numerous in the Bridgewater district, whilst those of Wilts are 
 most frequent in the Malmesbury district. Le Rich was the name 
 
 of a Hampshire family of the 14th century (L.) The name of 
 
 Rood was represented by De Rude in the adjacent county of Wilts 
 in the 13th century and by Rude at the same time in Shropshire 
 
 (H. R.) The name of RuGG was represented six centuries ago 
 
 by Le Rug and Le Rugge in Oxfordshire and Kent (H. R.). 
 
 Ruegg is an occasional form of the name The Sages were 
 
 established in Pensford last century (C.) The Says bear a 
 
 very ancient name. There flourished in Shropshire from the 11th 
 to the 14th century a powerful and ennobled family of De Say 
 (Eyton's "Shropshire"). Le Say and De Say were common 
 names in Cambridge, Suffolk, Kent, and London in the 13th 
 
 century (H. R.) The old family of Skrine of Bath-Ford is 
 
 now rarely represented in the county The Slades of Somerset 
 
SOMERSETSHIRE. 355 
 
 take tlie name of a hamlet in the county In " The Western 
 
 Martyrology " we learn that Mr. Joseph Speed of CuUiton 
 (Colyton in East Devon), one of the martyrs of the Monmouth 
 rebellion of 1685, met his death on the scaffold with Christian 
 
 fortitude The Sperkings have probably an ancestor in William 
 
 Spearing, who owned land in South Brent 200 years ago (C.) 
 
 Spiller was the name of a Taunton family last century (T.), and 
 
 the name is still represented in the town and district Amongst 
 
 the old Somerset names now scantily represented in the county is 
 that of Strode. The Strodes were numerous in the parishes of 
 Shepton Mallet and Pilton in the 17th and 18th centuries (C). 
 
 James II. granted the rectory and church of Dunkeswell, 
 
 Devon, to William Stuckt : a gentle family of Stuckey resided 
 at Abbot's Kerswell in East Devon early in the 17th century 
 (Polwhele's "Devonshire.")... Sully is an ancient west of England 
 name. In the 13th centurj^ it occurred as De Sully in Devon- 
 shire and as De Sulleye in Wilts, Gloucestershire, and Worcester- 
 shire (H. R.). Sir Raymond de Sully had lands in Huntspill, 
 Somerset, in the 14th century (C). William Sully, one of the 
 martyrs of the Monmouth rebellion of 1685, met his death on the 
 
 scaffold at Dunster (W.) Richard Sweet, another martyr of 
 
 the Monmouth rebellion of 1685, was executed at Minehead (W.). 
 Swete was the name of an ancient gentle family of Trayne, 
 Modbury (Devon), from the 16th to the 18th century (Polwhele's 
 " Devonshire "). In the 16th and 17th centuries there was an 
 Exeter family of Sweet, members of which frequently served as 
 mayors and bailiffs of the city (Izacke's " Exeter"). 
 
 T— Z. 
 
 The Talbots are now chiefly established in Somerset, Dorset, 
 Lancashire, and N'otts. The ancient and illustrious family of the 
 Talbots, dating back to Domesday times, were originally settled 
 in the Welsh Marches, and afterwards in Shropshire and Stafford- 
 shire, and then in Yorkshire (L.) The Tilleys or Tillys have 
 
 been established in the county ever since the reign of Richard I. 
 From the 12th to the 15th century the Tyllys or Tillys of Harptree 
 owned the manor of West Harptree, and in the reign of Henry VI. 
 they owned also the manor of Salty or Salthay (C). In 1688, 
 George Tilly of Pointingdon, gent., contributed £25 to the national 
 fund for the defence of the country at the time of the expected 
 
 2 A 2 
 
o56 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 invasion of the Spanish Armada (Sp.). Tilly was the name of a 
 family of Bristol merchants at the close of the 17th century (B.). 
 At present the Tilleys are most numerous in the Bridgewater 
 district. Since Tylly was an ancient form of the name, it is 
 probable that the Tyleys of Somerset hail from the same stock. 
 Harptree Tilly is an ancient Somerset tithing : Tilly is also the 
 name of a town in Normandy. The name has also long been 
 represented in Cornwall, where it may have had an independent 
 origin. James Tilly or Tillie of Pentilly or Pentillie was high 
 sheriff of Cornwall in 1734 (Polwhele's "Cornwall"), and the 
 
 name still occurs in Falmouth and its vicinity The name of 
 
 Treasure has its present home in the Bath district. In the 13th 
 
 century Tresor was a Wiltshire name Tripp is an old Somerset 
 
 name now rarely represented in the county. Isaac Tripp was one 
 of the martyrs of the Monmouth rebellion of 1685 (W.). There 
 was a family of Tripp at Dilton last century (Hoare's "Wilts"). 
 
 John Trickey, another martyr of the Monmouth rebellion in 
 
 1G85, met his death on the scaffold at Taunton (W.) The 
 
 Somerset names of Vigar and Yigars or Vigors were represented 
 in Oxfordshire in the 13th century by that of William Vigerus 
 
 (H. R.) Walrond is an ancient and notable name in the south 
 
 and west of England. In the 13th century it was common, in the 
 forms of Walrand, Walraund, Walerond, etc., in Wilts, and was 
 also represented in Somerset, Oxfordshire, Dorset, Devon, and 
 other counties (H. R.). Henry Walrond was high sheriff of 
 Somerset in 1594 (C). William Walrond, Esq., was buried in 
 Wells Cathedral in 1662 (P.). James Walrand, one of the martyrs 
 of the Monmouth rebellion in 1685, was executed at Ilchester 
 (W.). An ancient gentle family of Walrond resided at Childrey, 
 Berks, from the 14th to the 16th century (Ashmole's " Berk- 
 shire"). The Walronds of Bradfield in Ufl'culm, Devon, from 
 the 13th to the 17th century, and probably later, were a powerful 
 baronial family in the reign of Henry III. : from them sprang the 
 
 Walronds of Bovey (Westcote's "Devonshire.") Warry is a 
 
 name scantily to be found in the county. Thomas Warry was 
 vicar of Littleham, Exmouth, in the county of Devon, during the 
 reign of Anne (Webb's "Exmouth"). 
 
STAFFORDSHIRE. 
 
 357 
 
 STAFFORDSHIRE. 
 
 Note. — The asterisk indicates tliat a name, thougli characteristic 
 of the county, is more numeroas elsewhere- 
 
 Alien 
 Brown 
 »HaU 
 
 GrKNBBAL N^AMES (30-40 COUntics). 
 
 *Johnaon. 
 ♦Robinson 
 Smith 
 
 *Taylor 
 ♦Turner 
 
 CoMJCON IS" AMES (20-29 counties). 
 
 Adams 
 
 Hill 
 
 ♦Thompson 
 
 Bailey 
 
 ♦Jackson 
 
 ♦Walker 
 
 *Cooper 
 
 ♦James 
 
 ♦Ward 
 
 ♦Foster 
 
 ♦Phillips 
 
 ♦Wood 
 
 ♦Harrison 
 
 
 
 Eegional Names (10-19 counties). 
 
 Atkms (Stafford) 
 
 Goodwin 
 
 ♦Simpson (Stoke-on- 
 
 Ball 
 
 ♦Harvey (Rugeley) 
 
 Trent) 
 
 ♦Bates 
 
 ♦Shaw (Stoke-on- 
 
 ♦Sutton 
 
 ♦Burton 
 
 Trent) 
 
 
 
 DisxaiCT Names (4-9 counties). 
 
 ♦Beard 
 
 ♦Dale 
 
 ♦Meakin 
 
 Bentley 
 
 Crlover 
 
 Mellor 
 
 ♦Booth 
 
 G-ould (Stoke-on- 
 
 f Moreton 
 I Morton 
 
 Bourne 
 
 Trent) 
 
 Burnett (Stoke-on 
 
 Heath (Stoke-ou- 
 
 Moss 
 
 Trent) 
 
 Trent) 
 
 ♦Nixon (Stoke^n- 
 
 ♦Charlesworth 
 
 ♦Holland 
 
 Trent) 
 
 Cotterell 
 . Uotterill 
 
 XirkhaiUf 
 
 Ratcliflfe 
 
 Leea 
 
 ♦fiiley 
 
358 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Slack (Buxton) 
 ^ r steel 
 * 1 Steele 
 
 Stubbs 
 *Tomlinson 
 *Wain (Ashbourne) 
 
 Wardle (Stoke-on- 
 Trent) 
 *Woolley 
 
 County Names (2-3 counties). 
 
 Alcock 
 
 Barks 
 
 Bassett 
 r Beach 
 I Beech 
 
 Belfield (Stoke-on- 
 Trent) 
 *Bennion 
 f Beresford 
 
 < Berrisford (Stoke- on- 
 L Trent) 
 
 Bestwick (Ashbourne) 
 r Bloor 
 I Bloore 
 
 Bonsall (Ashhourne) 
 
 Bradbury 
 
 Brassington (Stoke-on- 
 Trent) 
 *Brough 
 *Bushy 
 *Buxton 
 *Chadwick 
 *Challiner 
 
 Cope (Stoke-on-Trent) 
 
 Corden 
 
 Critchlow (Ash- 
 bourne) 
 
 Deaville 
 
 Fairbanks 
 X Ferney hough 
 I Fernihough 
 
 Finney (Ashbourne) 
 
 Gilman 
 
 Grrindey 
 *Hand 
 
 Hine (Stoke-on-Trent) 
 r Holcroft -j (Stoke- 
 < Holdcroft > on- 
 L Houldcroft J Trent) 
 *Horobin 
 
 Hulme (Stoke-on- 
 Trent) 
 
 Jerris 
 
 Lockett 
 
 Lowndes (Ashbourne) 
 *Millward 
 
 Mountford 
 
 Mycock (Stoke-on- 
 Trent) 
 
 Oakley 
 
 Peake 
 
 Plant (Eccleshall) 
 
 Poyser (Stoke-on- 
 Trent) 
 
 Prince 
 r Eowbotham 
 I Kowbottom 
 
 Rowley 
 
 Rushton (Stoke-on- 
 Trent) 
 
 Salt (Ashbourne) 
 
 Shuffiebothara (Mac- 
 clesfield) 
 rSillito 
 L Sillitoe 
 ^f Swindell 
 I Swindells 
 
 Tim mis 
 
 Titterton (Stoke-on- 
 Trent) 
 
 Yernon (Eccleshall) 
 
 Warrington 
 r Wheeldon 
 ■< Whieldon (Stoke-on - 
 I Trent) 
 
 Yardley 
 
 Pbculiab Names (confined mostly to this county). 
 
 Ash 
 
 Batkin 
 
 Boulton 
 
 Averill (Stoke-on- 
 
 Beardraore 
 
 Bowers 
 
 Trent) 
 
 Bickford 
 
 Brindley 
 
 Bagnall (Stoke-on- 
 
 Boden 
 
 Brunt 
 
 Trent) 
 
 Boon 
 
 r Cantrell 
 T Cantrill 
 
 Bakewell 
 
 Bott 
 
 Baskejfield 
 
 Bould 
 
 Chell 
 
STAFFORDSHIRE. 
 
 359 
 
 1 Clewlow 
 
 Hollingsworth 
 
 Pyatt 
 
 L Clulow 
 
 Hollins 
 
 Sharratt 
 
 Clowes (Stoke-or- 
 
 Howson 
 
 Sherratt (Stoke-on- 
 
 Trent) 
 
 / Jeavons 
 L Jevons 
 
 Trent) 
 
 Colclough 
 
 Shelley 
 
 Corbishley (Stoke-on- 
 
 Keeling 
 
 Shemilt 
 
 Trent) 
 
 Kidd 
 
 Slienton 
 
 Cumberledge 
 
 Lakin 
 
 Shirley 
 
 Deakin 
 
 Leese 
 
 ■ Shoebotham 
 . Shoeboitom 
 
 Durose (Uttoxeter) 
 
 Leighton 
 
 Eardley (Stoke-on- 
 
 Lindop 
 
 Stoddard 
 
 Trent) 
 
 Lovatt 
 
 Swetnam 
 
 Elsniore 
 
 Loverock 
 
 Tomkinson 
 
 Fallows 
 
 " Lymer 
 
 . Limer 
 
 Torr 
 
 Farrall 
 
 Tunnicliff 
 
 Fern 
 
 Malkin 
 
 Turnock 
 
 Forrester 
 
 Marson 
 
 Warrilow 
 
 Gold straw 
 
 Mayer 
 
 Whitehurst 
 
 Hambleton 
 
 Mottram 
 
 Wilshaw 
 
 Hammersley 
 
 Myatt 
 
 Wint 
 
 Heler 
 
 Orpe 
 
 Wooddisse 
 
 Hodgkins 
 
 Parton 
 
 Woodings 
 
 NOTES ON SOME OF THE CHARACTERISTIC STAFFORDSHIRE 
 
 NAMES. 
 
 (The names are arranged in alphabetical groups, but not necessarily in alpha- 
 betical order in each group.) 
 
 Authorities indicated hy the following ahhreviations : — 
 
 E. indicates Erdeswick's " Staffordshire." 
 H. „ Harwood's " Lichfield." 
 
 H.R. 
 L. 
 
 S. 
 
 w. 
 
 Hundred Rolls. 
 
 Lower's " Patronymica Britannica." 
 
 Shaw's " Staffordshire." 
 
 Ward's *' Stoke-upon-Trent." 
 
360 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 A— B. 
 
 Alcock is an ancient English surname. There was an Alcoc in 
 Cambridgeshire in the reign of Edward I., and in the same reign 
 there was a John de Alcock of London (H. R.). In the middle of 
 the 17th century Egerton Alcocke lived in the parish of Haubury, 
 
 Staffordshire (S.). The name is also represented in Notts 
 
 The Ayerills of Stoke-on-Trent possess a namesake in Hugh de 
 
 Averle, who lived in Hunts in the 13th century (H. R.) The 
 
 Bagnalls, at present best represented in the district of Stoke- 
 on-Trent, were an ancient family of Newcastle- under-Lyme, 
 members of which filled at various times the office of mayor; 
 the family came into possession of the manor of Hanley 150 years 
 
 ago (W.). Bagnall is the name of a Staffordshire village The 
 
 Bassetts belong to an ancient and distinguished Staffordshire 
 family, members of which frequently occupied the office of high 
 sheriff in the 15th and 16th centuries (S.). Bassett is the name 
 of places in Leicestershire and Notts. Basset is, however, an old 
 English surname, and was represented in the 13th century in 
 Devonshire, Wiltshire, Oxfordshire, Essex, Leicestershire, Notts, 
 etc. (H. B.). The ancient Bassetts of Staffordshire are said to 
 come from the same stock as the Bassetts of Cornwall and Devon. 
 
 (/See under " Cornwall.") The Berrisfords or Beresfords, at 
 
 present best represented in the district of Stoke on- Trent, are the 
 descendiints of an ancient noble family that carried its pedigree 
 back to the 11th century, and possessed the manor and township 
 of Beresford in this county for several centuries (L.). There are 
 
 several branches of this family, one of which is in Derbyshire 
 
 Baskeyfield is evidently a corruption of Baskerville, the name of 
 an old distinguished Cheshire family. (See under " Cheshire.") 
 
 Boon is an old English name, represented in Cambridgeshire 
 
 in the 13th century (H. R.) There was a family of gentry of 
 
 the name of Bott in Dunstall 200 years ago (S.). The name 
 of Botte occurred in Norfolk, Lincolnshire, and Oxfordshire 
 
 in the 13th century (H. R.) Beardmore is a characteristic 
 
 Staffordshire name. Berdmore was the name of three vicars 
 of St. Mary's, Nottingham, in the first half of last century 
 
 (Deering's "Nottingham.") William Brindley, of Bradeley, 
 
 was tenant of "the Lady Stafford" in 1644 (E.). James 
 Brindley, the famous engineer of last century, was born at 
 Wormhill, Derbyshire, in 1716. A. Staffordshire village and a 
 
STAFFORDSHIRE. 361 
 
 Cheshire town bear the name Boulton, Bakewell, Bras- 
 
 siNGTON, and BoNSALL are the names of towns, townships, and 
 
 parishes in the adjacent county of Derby The Blooes or 
 
 Bloores similarly derive their name from Staffordshire townships. 
 
 The Bestwicks, who are now mostly gathered together in the 
 
 Ashbourne district, bear the name of townships in Lancashire and 
 Yorkshire. 
 
 C— D. 
 
 Caterbanck is an old Lichfield name, now rare in the coiinty. 
 Several bailiffs or mayors of that city in the 17th century bore the 
 
 name (H.) Cantrell was the name of the Chancellor of the 
 
 Diocese of Lichfield in 1503 (S.) There was a gentle family 
 of Cantrell at Wokingham, Berks, 200 years ago (Ashmole's 
 
 "Berkshire.") The Chadwicks belong to one of the most 
 
 ancient and eminent of Staffordshire families, known as tlie 
 Chadwicks of Eidware in this county, and of Callow in Derby- 
 shire, in which county they are still represented; they carry 
 their pedigree back for more than three centuries (Glover's 
 "Derbyshire"). There are hamlets of the name in Lancashire, 
 Worcestershire, and Warwickshire. In Lancashire the Chadwicks 
 
 have another, and probably an independent, home There are 
 
 two hamlets of the name of Chell in North Staffordshire. In 
 the 13th century there were persons of the name of Chelle in 
 Warwickshire, and of the names of Chel and Chele in Norfolk 
 
 and Lincolnshire (H. R.) Colclough is the name of an ancient 
 
 family that resided on the estate of their name at Wolstanton as 
 far back as the reign of Edward III. ; the Colcloughs were lords 
 of the manor of Hanley in the 17th century, and members of 
 the family received the honour of knighthood and possessed a 
 
 baronetcy (W.) The name is still in Hanley Cotton is a 
 
 very ancient Staffordshire name. The De Cotons of Ridware 
 during the 14th and 15th centuries spelt their name Cotton 
 in more modern times (Nichols' "Leicestershire"). The 
 Leicestershire Cottons came from this family. (See under 
 " Leicestershire.") The name is also represented in Hereford- 
 shire Staffordshire is the home of the Copes, who are most 
 
 numerous in the district of Stoke-on-Trent. In the reign of 
 Charles II., Jonathan Cope, of Rauton Abbey, was high sheriff 
 fur the county. The name is also represented in Cheshire and 
 
362 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Derbyshire. The ancestors of the line of baronets of this name 
 seem to hail originally from Oxfordshire. In the 13th century 
 the name was established in Backs, Beds, London, Suffolk, 
 
 Norfolk, Lincolnshire, etc. (H. R.) Deakin is an old Lichfield 
 
 name. Between 1728 and 1805 five mayors of that city bore the 
 name (H.). In 1631 Mr. Deakin of Lichfield left an annual 
 bequest of ten shillings for a sermon at St. Mary's, on the 
 Wednesday after Ash Wednesday (S.). The name still occurs 
 in the city. 
 
 E— L. 
 
 The Eardleys, who possess the name of a Staffordshire village, 
 
 are best represented in the district of Stoke-on-Trent The name 
 
 of Fern has its home in Derby and its neighbourhood, where it is 
 nearly always spelt Eearn, but anciently Feme. It has, however, 
 been long established in Staffordshire. There was an old and 
 distinguished family of the name at Crakemarsh (E.). John 
 Fern was mayor of Lichfield in 1775 and 1784 (H.), and the name 
 
 is still in that neighbourhood Finney is a name established on 
 
 the Derbyshire border in the Ashbourne district. Edward Fynney 
 was bailiff of Lichfield in 1619 and 1627, and Edward Ffinney was 
 sheriff of the city in 1641 (H.). The name was represented in 
 
 Burton-on-Trent 300 years ago (S.) Fernyhough is the name 
 
 of a Staffordshire estate long held by a family of the name (E.). 
 A curate of Stoke-on-Trent bore this name about a century ago 
 (W.), and it is in this locality that the Ferneyhoughs are now 
 
 mostly gathered. The name is also represented in Cheshire 
 
 HoLLiNS was the name of a firm of potters a century ago in 
 Stoke-on-Trent, where the name still remains (W.). Copwood 
 Hollins, Esq., resided at Mosslee in the early part of last century 
 
 (Pilkington's "Derbyshire.") Hollingsworth is the name of 
 
 places in Cheshire and Lancashire, and Hambleton of townships in 
 
 the West Riding and Lancashire Jevons is an old name in the 
 
 adjacent county of Shropshire. Samuel Jevon was mayor of 
 Shrewsbury in 1672 (Phillip's "Shrewsbury"). Jevans w^as the 
 name of the bailiffs of Ludlow in 1538 and 1593 (Wright's 
 
 "Ludlow.") The Keelings were a Staffordshire family in the 
 
 17th century (E.). The name of Kelin or Kelyng was represented 
 in Cambridgeshire and other counties in the 13th century (H. R.). 
 There was a Mr. Joseph Lakin of Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, in 
 
STAFFORDSHIRE. 365 
 
 1784 (W.). Peter de Lakyng lived in Oxfordshire in the reign of 
 
 Edward I. (H. R.) The Lovatts of Clayton were an ancient 
 
 family owning mnch property in that township in the 17th centnry 
 (W.). Mrs. Elizabeth Lovatt of Lichfield gave in 1631 the yearly 
 rent of an acre of land to pay for an annual sermon on the First 
 Sanday in Lent for ever (S,). The similar name of Lovett or 
 Lovitt occurs in Leicestershire and Herts. In the 13th centuiy 
 the name of Lovet was established in ISTorthamptonshire, Lincoln- 
 shire, Oxfordshire, and Devonshire (H. R.) The name of Lymer 
 
 or LiMER was represented by that of De Lymar in Northamptonshire 
 
 in the reign of Edward I. (H. K) There was a family of 
 
 LiNDOP in Shrewsbury during the first half of last century (Owen 
 and Blakeway's " Shrewsbury "), and there was a Robert Lyndop 
 of Shropshire in the 13th century (H. R.). 
 
 M— Z. 
 
 In the 16th century the distinguished family of Mountford 
 owned the manor of Aldrich (E.). The name is also represented 
 
 in Herefordshire Oakley is the name of a Staffordshire 
 
 manor The Peakes of Staffordshire were represented in 
 
 Shropshire in the 13th century by the Piks and Pickes (H. R.). 
 
 (See under "Cambridgeshire.") Pyatt was the name of an 
 
 old family of gentry of Streethay, in the reign of Charles I. (S.). 
 Pyott was often the early form of the name. Richard Pyott, 
 whose father was a London alderman, was high sheriff" of the 
 
 county in 1636 (E.) Mottram is the name of a town in 
 
 Cheshire The Plants are very numerous in the Eccleshall 
 
 district. The name of Plente occurred in the 13th century in 
 Hunts and Oxfordshire (H. R.). There are also now a few 
 
 representatives of the name of Plant in Suffolk and Shropshire 
 
 Salt, an ancient and a very common Staffordshire name, is 
 exceedingly numerous in the Ashbourne district, on the borders 
 of Derbyshire, in which county also it is well represented. Salt 
 is the name of a Staffordshire village and district ; and Salte of 
 Salte was the original ancestor of the family (S.). The Saltes 
 of Yoxall were a family of gentry 300 years ago ; in 1600 Mr. 
 Walter Salt left a bequest for the poor tradesmen of Lichfield 
 
 (S.), and the name is still in that city Rowley and Rushton 
 
 are the names of places in the county. The Rushtons are well 
 represented in the district of Stoke-on-Trent John Sheekat 
 
3fi4 HOMES OF FAMLY NAMES. 
 
 was major of Lichfield in 1776 (H.), and his name is still there. 
 
 A family of Shieley possessed large estates in Hanburj, 
 
 Staffordshire, in the 16th century (S.). The Shirleys of Eatington, 
 Warwickshire, have an ancient pedigree (L.). There were also 
 old distinguished families of the name in Leicestershire (S.)- 
 There are parishes and villages thus called in Warwickshire, 
 
 Derbyshire, etc Shelley is also an old Staffordshire name, 
 
 possibly in some instances confounded with Shirley. Richard 
 Shelley was incumbent of Wolstanton in 1643 (E.),. John Shelley 
 of Ranton, yeoman, was one of the Roman Catholics and non- 
 jurors of Staffordshire, who refused on religious grounds to take 
 the oath to George I. in 1715 (S.). Shelley is the name of a 
 
 town in the West Riding of Yorkshire Shenton is the name 
 
 of a Leicestershire township, and Waerington of a Lancashire 
 
 town Stubbs is a name also well represented in Cheshire, and 
 
 fairly represented in Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, and Hants. In the 
 13th century the name of De Stubbes or De Stubbis occurred in 
 
 Yorkshire (H. R.) Swetnam or Swetenham is an ancient name. 
 
 There was a family of Swetinam in Bucks in the reign of 
 Edward I. (H. R.) Probably the family of Tore came origi- 
 nally from the adjacent county of Warwickshire. The ancient 
 and honourable family of Torre or De Turre, that resided for 
 many generations at Westwood, near Haxey, Lincolnshire, came 
 in the reign of Henry IV. from Warwickshire (Stonehouse's 
 " Isle of Axholme.") The Whieldons or Wheeldons of Stafford- 
 shire are mostly gathered together in the- district of Stoke-on- 
 Trent, Francis Wheeldon, gent., was an opulent farmer of 
 
 Hounhill, Hanbury, in the latter half of last century (S.) 
 
 WiNT is an ancient name represented in Oxfordshire and Cam- 
 bridgeshire in the 13th century Yaedlby was the name of a 
 
 family of gentry of F'arndoni,. Cheshire, in the 17th century (Coll. 
 Top. et Gen.). 
 
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 365 
 
 SUFFOLK. 
 
 Note. — The asterisk indicates that a name, though characteristic 
 of the county, is more numerous elsewhere. 
 
 *Allen 
 r Clark 
 L Clarke 
 
 General Names (30-40 counties). 
 
 *Cook 
 
 *Grreen 
 
 *Smith 
 
 * Taylor 
 Turner 
 
 * Wright 
 
 Common Names (20-29 counties). 
 
 *Baker 
 *Cooper 
 
 King 
 * Moore 
 
 Eead 
 *Webb 
 
 Eegional Names (10-19 counties). 
 
 Chambers 
 
 *Hammond 
 
 ^Chapman 
 
 *Hart 
 
 Freeman (Stonham) 
 
 *Harvey 
 
 *Howard 
 
 *Pratt 
 
 *Symonds 
 
 DiSTEiCT Names (4-9 counties). 
 
 r Aldrich 
 1 Aldridge 
 
 Goddard 
 
 Harper 
 
 *Coe 
 
 Hayward 
 
 *Denni8 
 
 *Hills 
 
 *Durrant 
 
 Morley 
 
 Dyer 
 
 Partridge 
 
 ^ f Everett 
 I Everitt 
 
 *Peck 
 
 
 Pettit 
 *Reeve 
 f Rolfe 
 
 I Rolph (Brandon) 
 *Wain Wright 
 
 Woods 
 
366 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 County Names (2-3 counties). 
 
 Balls 
 
 Grooding 
 
 Mudd 
 
 Barrell 
 
 Groom 
 
 Nunn 
 
 Eloomfield 
 
 J Hatten 
 
 Peddar 
 
 *Back 
 
 [Hatton 
 
 Pepper (Wangford) 
 
 Capon 
 
 Howlett 
 
 Eush 
 
 Catclipole 
 
 *Hubbard 
 
 *Seaman 
 
 Catt 
 
 *Jolly 
 
 *Stanford (Wickham 
 
 ' Coppen 
 L Copping 
 
 *Kniglits 
 
 Market) 
 
 # fLe Grice 
 LLeGrys 
 
 Stedman 
 
 Deeks 
 
 Thirkettle 
 
 *Denny 
 
 Ling 
 
 Thurlow 
 
 Downing (Ipswicli) 
 
 *Lord (Bury St. Ed- Thurston 
 
 Fade 
 
 munds) 
 
 Tin gey 
 
 *Farrow 
 
 Makens 
 
 Yince 
 
 G-arrard 
 
 Matthew 
 
 *Wakelin 
 
 G-irling 
 
 May hew 
 
 Waller 
 
 Goodchild 
 
 Mutimer 
 
 
 Pecttliae Names (confined mostly to this county). 
 
 Aldous (Harleston) 
 
 Alston 
 
 Aves (Soham) 
 
 Baldry 
 
 Bendall 
 
 Blowers 
 
 Borrett 
 
 Button 
 
 Calver 
 
 Catling 
 
 Cattermole 
 
 Cobbold 
 
 Colson (Bury St. Ed- 
 munds) 
 
 Cracknell (Wickham 
 Market) 
 
 Cutting (Ipswich) 
 
 Debenham 
 
 Deck 
 r Feaveryear 1 (Harles- 
 L Feaviour J ton) 
 
 Finbow (Stowmarket) 
 
 Fincham 
 
 Meen 
 
 /Fisk 
 -Fiske 
 
 Nesling 
 
 Newson 
 
 Flatman 
 
 r Pendell 
 ' l Pendle 
 
 Fulcher 
 
 Garnham 
 
 Sawyer (Wickham 
 
 Gooderham 
 
 Market) 
 
 Grimsey 
 
 /Sheldrake 
 ".Sheldrick 
 
 Grim wood 
 
 Hadingham 
 
 Southgate (Needham 
 
 Haward 
 
 Market) 
 
 Hitchcock 
 
 Squirrell 
 
 Hurren 
 
 Stannard 
 
 Ingate (Halesworth) 
 
 Steggall 
 
 Jillings 
 
 Sturgeon (Bury St. 
 
 Juby 
 
 Edmunds) 
 
 Keeble 
 
 Thurman 
 
 Kemball 
 
 Tricker 
 
 Kerridge 
 
 Whitmore 
 
 Kerry 
 
 Wolton 
 
 Kersey 
 
 WooUard 
 
 Last 
 
 
SUFFOLK. 36: 
 
 NOTES ON SOME OF THE CHAEACTERISTIC SUFFOLK 
 
 NAMES. 
 
 (The names are arranged in alphabetical groups, but not necessarily in alpha- 
 betical order in each group.) 
 
 Authorities indicated hy the following abbreviations : — 
 
 Gt-. indicates Gage's " Suffolk." 
 
 H. „ HoUingsworth's " Stowmarket." 
 
 H. "R. „ Hundred Rolls. 
 
 Lansd. „ Lansdowne MSS., 5 and 7. 
 
 !<• M Lower's " Patronymica Britannica." 
 
 P. „ Page's " Supplement to the SufPolk Traveller." 
 
 S. „ Suckling's " SufPolk." 
 
 Sp. „ Contributions to Armada Fund in 1588 (Brit. Mus., B. 474) , 
 
 W. „ Wodderspoon's " Ipswich." 
 
 A— B. 
 
 Aldous is an ancient east country name whicli at present has 
 its principal home in and around Harleston in this county, though 
 still found in Ipswich and Stowmarket. Aldus was the name of 
 an Ipswich bailiff in 1654 (W.), and the name of Aldhuse was 
 established in Stowmarket in the reign of Elizabeth (H.). In the 
 forms of Aldus and Alduse it occurred in the reign of Edward I. 
 in Norfolk, Notts, Lincolnshire, and Oxfordshire (H. R.). We 
 learn from Blomefield's " Norfolk " that Aldous was the name 
 of the rector of Wreningham in that county in 1393, and that 
 Thomas Aldous of Starston, Norfolk, died in 1740 at the age of 
 
 100: Aldhouse is also an old Norfolk name Aldrich and 
 
 Aldridge are, for the most part, east country names, and they have 
 been so for six centuries and more. At present they occur mostly 
 in Suffolk, Norfolk, Surrey, Herts, and Berks, with a few in 
 Gloucestershire. In the 13th century they occurred in the forms 
 of Aldrich and Aldric in Norfolk and Cambridgeshire (H. R.). 
 
 Aldrich is an ancient personal name Barrell is still a 
 
 Stowmarket name. The Barrells were business people in that 
 
368 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 town in the reign of diaries I. (H.). Barrell is an ancient name 
 that is now mostly confined to Suffolk and Herefordshire. In the 
 form of Barel it occurred at Blakeburn, Suffolk, in the 13th century, 
 and as Barel or Barell at the same time in Shropshire (H. R.). Six 
 centuries ago, therefore, this name had much the same distribution 
 
 as it has at present Blowkks is a name that was represented in 
 
 the hundred of Blything in this county by Le Blowere in the 13th 
 century (H. R.). The Baldeys of Ipswich possess a very ancient 
 Suffolk name, which was well known in Ipswich and Stowmarket 
 in the 15th and 16th centuries : some of the name served as bailiffs 
 or mayors of Ipswich in the reigns of Henry VI. and Henry VIII. 
 (H. and W.). Sir Thomas Baldry, lord mayor of London in 
 1623, was the son of Richard Baldry^ of Stowmarket (P.). The 
 name of Baldri was represented in the neighbouring county of 
 
 Hunts in the 13th century (H. R.) The Bexdalls may derive 
 
 their name from the Suffolk parish of Benhall. De Benedhal was 
 
 a Shropshire name in the 13th century (H. R.) Balls, an 
 
 ancient name now confined to Norfolk, Suffolk, and Essex, was also 
 well established six centuries ago in the eastern counties, particu- 
 larly in Norfolk and Lincolnshire, and also in Suffolk, Kent, and 
 Sussex (H. R.). (See under "Ball "in Chapter II.) Bloom- 
 field or Blomfield, also a Norfolk name (see under "Norfolk"), 
 has long been found in Suffolk. Bailiffs of Ipswich in the reigns 
 of Edward IV., Henry VII., and Charles II., bore the name of 
 Blomfield (W.). William Blomfield was a gentleman of Little 
 Stonham, Stowmarket, in 1653 (H.). The name is still in Ipswich 
 and Stowmarket. In the reign of James I. the name of Bloomfield 
 occurred in the parish of Westley (G.). Robert Bloomfield, son 
 of a tailor, and author of the " Farmer's Boy," was born at 
 
 Honington, near Bury St. Edmunds, in 1766 One of the Suffolk 
 
 freeholders in 1561 was Borrett of Buddymyn (?) (Lansd.). The 
 name occurs on a monument in Cratfield church, bearing the date 
 of 1698 (S.). A family of Borrett, originally of Irish extraction, 
 resided in the 16th and 17th centuries in Stradbrook parish and 
 owned Stadhaugh in Laxfield (P) . The name is still in Stradbrook. 
 
 C— D. 
 
 Catt is an ancient east country name. It occurred in Norfolk 
 and Essex in the 13th century and remained a Norfolk name until 
 the 15th century and probably later (H. R., L.) (Blomefield's 
 
SUFFOLK. 369 
 
 " Norfolk "). Cat, Le Catt, and De Cat were its early forms. An 
 old Kent family bore the name of De Cat (L.). The name oE Catt 
 
 is also now established in Sussex Catchpole, a name also found 
 
 in ISTorfolk, signified a petty constable. It has been long in the 
 county of Suffolk. In the list of Suffolk freeholders in 156 L occurs 
 the name of Robert Catchpoll (of Hempstow ?) (Lansd.). Catch- 
 poole was the name of the vicar of Bramfield in 1695 (S.). 
 Cachepoll was a Hereford name in the 14th century, a mayor 
 and a representative of the city being thus called (Duncumb's 
 
 "Herefordshire") Capon and Catling are two Suffolk names 
 
 that were represented in the immediately adjacent counties as far 
 back as the 13th century, Capoun occurring in Cambridgeshire 
 and Capon in Norfolk, and Catelyn and Catoline in Cambridgeshire 
 (H. E«.). Richard Catelyn was lord of the manor of Woolver- 
 stone Hall, Suffolk, in the reign of Elizabeth ; an alderman of 
 Norwich in 1556 and the sheriff of that city in 1531 belonged to 
 a family, afterwards knighted by Charles I., that owned Wingfield 
 
 Castle (P.) CoBBOLD occurred as Corbold and Coebold in the 
 
 list of Suffolk freeholders in 1561 (Lansd.) Coppen or Copping 
 
 was represented in the 13th century in the counties immediately 
 adjacent, as Copping in Norfolk and Copin in Cambridgeshire 
 (H. R.). There was a George Copping in Ipswich in the middle of 
 
 the 16th century (W.), and the name is still in that town Coe, 
 
 an ancient name also now found in the surrounding counties of 
 Cambridge, Essex, and Norfolk, has long been found in this 
 county. James Coe of Orford, Suffolk, contributed £25 towards 
 the defence of the country at the time of the expected invasion of 
 the Spanish Armada in 1588 (Sp.). Coe was a common name in 
 Shere, Surrey, in the middle of last century (Manning's " Surrey "). 
 
 The Cuttings are at present at home in Ipswich and 
 
 its neighbourhood. Edward Cuttinge held land in Haughley, 
 
 Stowmarket, in the reign of Edward IV. (H.) Debenham is the 
 
 name of a Suffolk town ; but it is also an ancient Suffolk surname. 
 Two bailiffs (mayors) of Ipswich bore the name in the 15th 
 century (W.). In the 13th century there was a De Debenham 
 
 residing in Hunts (H. R.) The Suffolk name of Deck was 
 
 represented as Dec in Cambridgeshire six centuries ago (H. R.). 
 
 Denny has long been a Suffolk name. In the reign of 
 
 Edward III., Roger le Denney held the manor of Denneys in 
 Coddenham parish, which remained in the family for several 
 generations (P.). In 1541 Thomas Denny, Esq., owned Mells (P.) ; 
 
 2b 
 
370 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 and in 1562 the Dennys held, estates in Bramfield (S.). John 
 Denye resided at " Lakyngh " in the hundred of Lackford in the 
 
 13th century (H. R.). (See under "Noefolk.") The Downings 
 
 of Speckshall in the 17th century were a branch of the very 
 ancient Essex family of the name, a member of which was made 
 a baronet in 1663, whilst another was founder of Downing College, 
 Cambridge (P.). The Downings have their home now in Ipswich 
 and its neighbourhood. In South Elmham church there is, or was, 
 a monument to Dorcas Downinge, bearing the date of 1638 (S.). 
 
 E— G. 
 
 Eade is an ancient Suffolk name. In the form of Ede it 
 occurred in this county, as well as in Norfolk, in the reign of 
 Edward I., and in this form it was, at the same time, numerous in 
 the neighbouring county of Hunts (H. R.) Under " Sussex " 
 reference will be found to this name in that county. ^Eades is a 
 name now found in Bedfordshire, whilst Ede is found in Cornwall 
 
 The FiSKES orFiSKS are probably connected with the Fiskesof 
 
 the parish of Cratling in the 1 7th century : a monument to one of 
 the family in Cratling church bore the date of 1640 (S.). Rattlesden 
 was the home of an ancient family of Fiske, owning much property 
 
 in the county last century (P.) The Finchams of Fincham- 
 
 Hall, Norfolk, owned property in Brantham, Suffolk, in the 16th 
 
 century (P.) Fulcher, a Norman, owned much property in the 
 
 county at the time of the Conquest (P.)- The name of Fulcher 
 
 occurred in Lincolnshire in the 13th century (H. R.) The name 
 
 of Flatman probably originates from " flotmann," an Anglo-Saxon 
 word meaning "sailor." Floteman was a tenant in Yorkshire in 
 
 pre-Domesday times (L.) Garnham is an old Suffolk name. 
 
 Thomas Garnham of Westley in 1587 evidently possessed the 
 courage of his own beliefs. He was then deemed to be " one of the 
 froward soarte," misled by seditious ministers, and was excommu- 
 nicated for offences against the Church (G.) . We might regard him 
 now as a reformer. Robert Garnham was the name last century 
 of a rector of Hargrave (G.) and Nowton, and of a master of 
 Bury School (P.). John Garnham was a Stowmarket clothier in 
 the reign of Charles I. (H.) The name of Girling was repre- 
 sented in St. Andrews in this county in the beginning of the 17th 
 century. It has also long been established in Norfolk, and was 
 prominently associated with the municipal affairs of Lynn from 
 
SUFFOLK. 371 
 
 the reign of Elizabetli to that of Charles I., Gurlyn being the 
 name of five majors during that period. There were also Girlings in 
 Norwich in the 17th century (Blomefield's "Norfolk"). The name 
 also occurs as such in Essex, and in Kent in the form of Curling 
 
 Gooding was a Stowmarket name 300 years ago (H.), and the 
 
 name is still in the town Goddard has been for centuries a 
 
 characteristic Suffolk name. In the reign of Elizabeth several 
 freeholders in the county bore this name (Lansd.). In the 13th 
 century it occurred as Godard in the adjoining county of 
 Cambridge. (See under " Berkshire," etc.) 
 
 H— N. 
 
 The Hadinghams probably derive their name from a Cambridge- 
 shire parish Jolly was the name of a Southwold merchant 
 
 200 years ago. (See under "Norfolk.") The name of Juby 
 
 was represented in the county in the 13th century, by Elias Jubbe 
 
 of "Donewey," in Blything hundred (H. R.) Kersey is the 
 
 name of a Suffolk parish Kerridge was the name of a mayor 
 
 of Ipswich and of a rector of Horningsherth about a century ago 
 the name of Kerrich occurs in the records of Dunwich for 1299 
 (G., L., and W.). Thomas Kerrich owned Shelley manor in 1627 
 
 (P.). Kerridge is still an Ipswich name From the 15th to 
 
 the 17th century, Keeble, in the forms often of Keble, Kebill, 
 and Kebyll, was a common name amongst the gentry and trades- 
 men of Stowmarket (H.). Keeble is still a Stowmarket name. 
 William Keeble, a native of Newton, was rector of Ringshall in 
 1644 (P.). In the 13th century, Kibel, Kibbel, and Kebbel were 
 names found in the adjacent counties of Cambridge and Hunts, 
 as well as in those of Lincoln and Oxford (II. R.). There are 
 
 Kibbles now in Bucks and Warwickshire A family of Le 
 
 Grice or Le Grys formerly resided at the Hall, Browston (P.). 
 Further reference to this name will be found under "Norfolk," 
 
 its original home LmG also is essentially a Norfolk name, 
 
 and further reference to it will be found under that county 
 
 Mayhew was the name of the rector of Buxlow about 1500 (S.). 
 There are also Mayhews in Bedfordshire. Mehew was the name 
 of several bailiffs of Godmanchester, Hunts, last century (Fox's 
 
 " Godmanchester.") Mudd, a name found also in the North and 
 
 East Ridings of Yorkshire, is said to be derived from the Anglo- 
 Saxon " mod," signifying force, etc. Henry Mudde was a Suffolk 
 
 2b2 
 
372 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 freeholder in tlie reign of Elizabeth (Lansd.) ; and in the same 
 reign Simon Mudd was a townsman of Loughborough, Leicester- 
 shire (Fletcher's "Loughborough"). (8ee under "Moody," in 
 
 "Lincolnshire.") NuNN is an old Anglo-Saxon personal name. 
 
 In the reign of James I. the JN'unns had property in Southwood 
 (G.). Simon IS^unne of Ringsfield owned "Wryngeys in Beeston 
 in the reign of Henry VIII. (P.)- -Four centuries ago there was 
 a George Nunne in Hawsted (CuUum's "Hawsted"). The 
 Nunns are also now represented in Essex. 
 
 0— S. 
 
 The name of Peppee, which is further referred to under 
 " Lincolnshire," has its present Suffolk home in the "Wangford 
 
 district Rush was the name of a distinguished family owning 
 
 much property in the county last century (P.) Snape, a family 
 
 name now rare in the county, is the name of a Suffolk village, 
 where an ancient family of De Snape once resided. In the 13th 
 century the De Snapes were established in Norfolk and Suffolk, 
 and Henry de la Snape lived in Sussex (H. R.). (See under 
 
 "Yorkshire.") Stanford is now a Wickham Market name- 
 
 Last century a gentle family of Staniforth lived at JS'orton (P.). 
 
 Stannard, an ancient baptismal name, has been associated 
 
 as a family name with this county since the time of Edward the 
 Confessor; a bailiff of Ipswich in the reign of Henry YII. (W.), 
 and the rector of Lackford in the reign of James II. (G.)j bore 
 
 the name. It is still an Ipswich name The Sparrows have 
 
 been associated with the corporation of Ipswich from the 1 6th to 
 the present century, several of the name occurring in the list of 
 the early bailiffs and the modern mayors (W.). The name is still 
 
 in the town Seaman was the name of a Mendlesham yeoman in 
 
 1567 (H.) SouTHGATE, a name that now has its home in the 
 
 district of Needham Market, and in Stowmarket, was represented 
 by Sowgate and Suggat in Stowmarket in the reign of James I. 
 
 (H.) Steggall was the name of the rector of Hawsted a 
 
 century ago The old Suffolk family of Sturgeon held the 
 
 manor of Manston, Whepstead, from the beginning of the 16th to 
 the close of the last century (G.). "Maister John Sturgeon " was 
 governor of the company of Merchant Adventurers, when they 
 gave a princely reception to Philip of Spain on the occasion of 
 his taking possession of the Low Countries in 1540 (Allen's 
 
SUFFOLK. 373 
 
 ** Lincolnshire "). At present tlie name is best represented in and 
 around Bury St. Edmunds. An estate in Writtle parish, Essex, is 
 called Sturgeons or Turges Cassus (Wright's "Essex"). John 
 Sturgeon, or Strogeon, of Hitchin, Herts, was twice sheriff of 
 Hertfordshire and Essex in the reign of Edward lY. (Salmon's 
 *' Hertfordshire"). 
 
 T— Z. 
 
 The name of Thirkettle, as such and in its various contracted 
 forms of Thirtle, Thurtell, Thurtle, etc., is mainly characteristic 
 of Suflblk and !N"orfolk; but Thirkell is at present peculiar to 
 Kent. In one form or another it was common in the county 
 of Suffolk in the 16th century (S.) ; and the name was still 
 established in the eastern part of England six centuries ago, when 
 Thurkill and Thurkil were Cambridgeshire and N'orfolk names 
 (H. R.). (See under " N'orfolk.") This name came over with 
 the Danish Conquerors in the 9th and 10th centuries, when 
 several Danes thus called settled in this country. It was a 
 Danish Thurkill, lord of Kingston, Berks, who fell by the side of 
 the English Standard at the battle of Hastings. Thurcytel, an 
 English thane of Danish descent, behaved treacherously at a 
 battle in East Anglia, about the same time that Earl Thurkill 
 or Thurcytel, in 1009 headed a Danish invasion of the eastern 
 counties. The same Danish earl was afterwards made by Canute 
 Earl of East Anglia. Thirkill was the sacrist who witnessed the 
 miracle of the holy rood in Waltham Minster when Harold made 
 his vow before the battle of Hastings (Freeman's "Norman 
 
 Conquest.") The ancestors of the noble family of Thurlow of 
 
 Ashfield, Suffolk, lived in the 16th century at Burnham, Norfolk 
 
 (P.). Thurlow is a Suffolk parish The Thurstons belong to a 
 
 very ancient Suffolk family seated at Thetford at the time of the 
 
 Conquest (P.). Thurston is a Suffolk parish The Rev. Samuel 
 
 ViNCE, a noted Cambridge professor of last century, was born at 
 
 Fressingfield (P.) Whitmore is a name occurring only in my 
 
 list for this county, and probably the Suffolk Whitmores are 
 derived from the family of Sir G-. Whitmore of Ramsey Hall, in 
 Ramsey parish, Essex (in the time of Charles I.), who was the son 
 of a London merchant and a grandson of Richard Whitmore of 
 Charley, Shropshire (Morant's "Essex"). The Whitmores of 
 London, as we learn from Taylor's " Harwich," were prominent 
 citizens, and one of them was lord mayor in 1631. Their Shropshire 
 
374 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 ancestors Had been seated at Wliitmore or Whittimere, in 
 Claverley parish, as far back as the reign of Henry III., and from 
 this stock sprang the WMtmores of Apley, also in Shropshire (L.). 
 Another family of Whitmore lived for centuries at Thurstanton 
 Hall in Thurstanton parish in the adjoining county of Cheshire 
 (Mortimer's "Wirral"). Richard Whitmore of Caunton, Notts, 
 contributed £25 towards the defence of his country at the time of 
 
 the expected invasion of the Spanish Armada in 1588 (Sp.) 
 
 WoOLLAED, according to Lower, is a form of Willard, the name of 
 a family that has been established in Kent and East Sussex since 
 the 13th century. 
 
SURREY. 
 
 375 
 
 SURREY. 
 
 Note. — The asterisk indicates that, though the' name is charac- 
 teristic of the county, it is more numerous elsewhere. 
 
 *Brown 
 *Cook 
 
 GrENEEAL NAMES (30-40 COUllties). 
 
 *Martin *3mitli 
 
 *Baker 
 *Ellis 
 
 Common Names (20-29 covmties). 
 
 *K!ing 
 Lee 
 
 ^Mitchell 
 *Young 
 
 *GI-oodwin 
 *Howard 
 
 Regional Names (10-19 counties). 
 
 *Knight *Stone 
 
 *Chaiidler 
 Collyer 
 
 DiSTEiCT Names (4-9 counties). 
 
 Humphrey 
 *Nash 
 
 Sadler (Q-odalming) 
 Stacey 
 
 County Names (2-3 counties). 
 
 ^'Bonner 
 
 Muggeridge 
 
 Steer 
 
 Charman (Dorking) 
 
 *Nix 
 
 Weller (Dorking) 
 
 Jay 
 
 
 
376 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Peculiae Names (confined mostly to this county). 
 
 Csesar 
 
 G-osden 
 
 Tice 
 
 Charlwood 
 
 Puttock 
 
 Wonham 
 
 Chuter 
 
 Smithers 
 
 
 NOTES ON SOME OF THE CHAEACTERISTIC SUEEEY NAMES. 
 
 Attihorities indicated hy the following ahhremaiions : — 
 
 A. indicates Aubrey's " Surrey." 
 
 H. R. „ Hundred Rolls. 
 
 M. „ Manning's and Bray's " History of Surrey. 
 
 Nic. „ Nichols' " CoUec. Topog. et aeneal." 
 
 A— P. 
 
 Bonner is an ancient name also represented in Herefordshire. 
 As Boner and Bonere, it occurred in Oxfordshire and Hunts in the 
 
 reign of Edward I. (H. R.). {See under " Herefordshiee.") 
 
 In the registers of Croydon, Surrey, are found the names of 
 Susanna C^sar, daughter of John and Rebecca Caesar, born in 
 1695, and of John Caesar, vicar of the parish, who was buried in 
 1719. There were also other Caesars at Waddon in this parish 
 early last century (Nic). Probably the Caesars of Surrey were 
 originally connected with the distinguished knightly family of that 
 name of Benington, Herts, in the 17th and 18th centuries. The 
 Benington Caesars, originally named Adelmar, after their ancestor 
 the Count of Genoa, in the 9th century, subsequently adopted the 
 name of the mother of their Italian ancestor, a daughter of the 
 
 Duke de Cesa^rini (Salmon's "Herts.") The Charmans of 
 
 Dorking and its neighbourhood have representatives of their name 
 in the adjacent county of Sussex. They may, however, be con- 
 nected in the past with the ancient family of Charman of Risby, 
 Suffolk, that carries its pedigree back to the reign of Edward III. 
 
 (Gage's "Suffolk.") Charlwood was the name of the town 
 
 clerk of Kingston-on-Thames in 1688 (M.). A Surrey parish is 
 
SURREY. 377 
 
 thus called Chute R was the name of one of the churchwardens of 
 
 Byfleet in 1786 (M.) Jay is an old Farnham name of the 16th 
 
 century. Memorial plates belonging to this family, one of them dis- 
 playing the date of 1597, occur, or once existed, in Farnham church. 
 Thomas Jay of Middlesex, Commissary- General in the troubled 
 times of the first half of the 17th century, was buried at Richmond. 
 Probably enough he belonged to the Farnham Jays. The name is 
 also at present represented in Herefordshire and Norfolk (A.). 
 
 Nix was the name of a Newington tradesman in 1669 (M.). 
 
 It is likely that this family came originally either from Cambridge- 
 shire or Notts. {See under " Cambridgeshiee.") Puttock is a 
 
 very old English name ; and probably it is now to be found in 
 other eastern counties besides Surrey. It has, however, been long 
 in the county, since we learn that in 1687 Jane Puttock, of the 
 parish of A If old, received a certificate from her vicar to be touched 
 for the evil (M.). Six centuries ago we find this name still in the 
 east of England, occurring as Pnttoc and Piittock in Cambridge- 
 shire, and as Puttak in Kent (H. R.) ; and in truth Florence of 
 Worcester, writing in the 11th century, speaks of an Anglo-Saxon 
 named Puttoc. 
 
 R— Z. 
 
 The Steers or Steeres were a Newdegate family of gentry of 
 the 17th and 18th centuries; and one of the members was rector 
 of Newdegate from 1610-1660. The Steeres of Wootton parish in 
 the 17th century were evidently connected with them, and a 
 hundred years ago, Lee Steere, Esq., of Jayes, Wootton, owned 
 property in Newdegate. Steere was the name of a Southwark 
 tradesman in 1667 and of a churchwarden of West Clandon just 
 a century since. In 1750 there were Steeres in Guildford. (M. 
 and A.) This is an old east and south of England name. As 
 Le Ster it occurred commonly in the counties of Norfolk and 
 Cambridge during the reign of Edward I. as well as in Oxford- 
 shire ; and at the same time the name was represented in Sussex 
 
 and Somerset (H. R.) Tice was the name of the vicar of West 
 
 Clandon in 1470 (M.). The name was to be found in Bucks in 
 the reign of Edward I., and at the same time as Tyse in the 
 
 county of Hunts (H. R.) The Wellers of Dorking and its 
 
 neighbourhood possess an old Surrey name. Andrew Weller was 
 a Putney tradesman in the middle of the 17th century; and there 
 
378 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 were Wellers in the parishes of Horley and Cheam in the middle 
 of last century (M.). Weller, the mayor of Guildford in 1778, 
 had a namesake and probably a relative in his contemporary the 
 rector of Guildford and East Clandon (M.). It may be that the 
 Surrey Wellers are connected with or descended from the members 
 of the old Kentish family of the same name who owned Kingsgate 
 House, Rolvenden, in the reign of Charles I. and for several 
 generations afterwards (Hasted's "Kent"). Probably to the 
 Kentish Wellers belonged the Rev. Samuel Weller, rector of 
 Sandridge, Kent, who after being a pupil at Reading school 
 obtained a scholarship at St. John's College, Oxford, in 1700 
 (Coates' "Reading"). Tunbridge owned a family of the name 
 last century (Hasted). In our own time the name of Weller is 
 also found in Bucks. Burn, in his account of Henley-on-Thames, 
 mentions a Mr. Hugh le Teller who resided in that town in the 
 reign of Edward III., a circumstance which suggests the grave 
 reflection that the dictum of Mr. Weller, senior, concerning the 
 
 orthography of his name, was historically correct! Wonham 
 
 is the name of a manor in the county Though the Surmans 
 
 are at present scantily represented in Surrey, they formed a 
 numerous family in Christchurch in this county, in the 17th and 
 18fch centuries; Mr. John Surman was a London merchant who 
 died in 1712 (A.). At present the name is found in Gloucester- 
 shire and Oxfordshire. (See under " Gloucestekshiee.") 
 
SUSSEX. 
 
 379 
 
 SUSSEX. 
 
 Note. — The asterisk indicates that a name, though characteristic 
 of the county, is more numerous elsewhere. 
 
 Martin 
 
 G-ENEEAL Names (30-40 counties). 
 
 *Smitli *Turner 
 
 Common Names (20-29 counties) . 
 
 Baker *Mitcliell *Stevens 
 
 *Cooper Eogers *Wood 
 
 Eegional Names (10-19 counties). 
 
 *CoUins 
 
 Neale 
 
 *Pratt 
 
 *EUiott 
 
 rPage 
 L Paige 
 
 *Eussell 
 
 Knight 
 
 Simmons 
 . Simmonds 
 
 ^Miles 
 
 r Paine 
 I Payne 
 
 *Mill8 
 
 *Wells 
 
 District Names (4-9 counties). 
 
 Avery 
 
 *Crouch 
 
 *Lovell 
 
 Bourne 
 
 *Durrant 
 
 Moon 
 
 Brook 
 . Brooke 
 
 Pield 
 
 Eeeve 
 
 TuUer 
 
 Upton 
 
 *Burgess 
 
 Jenner 
 
 Walter 
 
 *Carr (Uckfield) 
 
 Kemp 
 
 *Weston 
 
 *Coleman 
 
 
 
380 
 
 HOMES OF FAMITiY NAMES. 
 
 County Names (2-3 counties). 
 
 Bannister 
 
 Farrant 
 
 Luff 
 
 Barrow 
 
 Goldsmith 
 
 Luxford 
 
 Booker 
 
 ^Greenfield 
 
 *Marchant 
 
 Bridger 
 
 Hampton 
 
 *Muggeridge 
 
 f Caine 
 LCane 
 
 Hard 
 
 IS'oakes 
 
 Harmer 
 
 Peachey 
 
 Catt 
 
 Hemsley 
 
 Piper 
 
 r Child 
 '.Childs 
 
 Hilder (Hawkhurst) 
 
 Stanford 
 
 Holman 
 
 J Stand en 
 1 Standing 
 
 ' Cornwall 
 - Cornwell 
 
 ^Ireland 
 
 Jupp 
 
 " Styl-es 
 '.Stiles 
 
 Duke 
 
 Kenward (Uckfield) 
 
 f Eade 
 -Eede 
 
 Langley 
 
 Westgate 
 
 Lemmon 
 
 Wickham 
 
 Eldridge 
 
 ^ r Levett 
 I Levitt 
 
 
 
 
 Peculiar Names (confined mostly to this county). 
 
 Akehurst 
 
 Gates 
 
 r Penf old 
 I Pennifold 
 
 Allcorn 
 
 Goacher (Horsham) 
 
 Ayling 
 
 Gorringe 
 
 Kapley 
 
 Aylwin 
 
 Haffenden (Heath- 
 
 Sayers 
 
 Barham 
 
 field) 
 
 Sinden 
 
 Bodle 
 
 Head 
 
 Sparkes 
 
 Boniface 
 
 Heaver 
 
 Stay 
 
 Botting (Billingliurst) 
 
 Hide 
 
 Sturt 
 
 Bourner 
 
 Hoadley 
 
 Suter 
 
 Challen (Midhurst) 
 
 Hoath 
 
 Tester (Hayward' 
 
 Chitty 
 
 Hobden (Hailsham) 
 
 Heath) 
 
 Churchman 
 
 Hobgen 
 
 Tobitt 
 
 Coppard 
 
 Honeysett 
 
 r Towes 
 L Towse 
 
 Corke 
 
 Hook 
 
 Cornford 
 
 Isted 
 
 Tribe 
 
 Diplock 
 
 Joyes 
 
 Yerrall 
 
 Dumbrell 
 
 KHlick 
 
 Wakeford 
 
 - Dumbrill 
 
 Leppard 
 
 Walder 
 
 Etheridge 
 
 Longley 
 
 Wickens (Tunbridg* 
 
 Evershed 
 
 Mannington 
 
 Wells) 
 
 Eogden (Chichester) 
 
 Message 
 
 Woodhams 
 
 Eunnell 
 
 Newington 
 
 _ • Wren 
 -Wrenn 
 
 Gander (Hayward's 
 
 Packham 
 
 Heath) 
 
 Pankliurst 
 
 
SUSSEX. 381 
 
 NOTES ON SOME OF THE CHARACTERISTIC SUSSEX NAMES. 
 
 (The names are arranged in alphabetical groups, but not necessarily in alpha- 
 betical order in each group.) 
 
 Authorities indicated hy the folloivhig aohreviations 
 C. indicates Cooper's "Winclielsea." 
 
 D. 
 
 Dallaway's " West Sussex." 
 
 H. C. 
 
 „ Hay's " Chichester." 
 
 H. L. 
 
 „ Horsfield's " Lewes." 
 
 Hoi. 
 
 HoUoway's " Rye." 
 
 H. R. 
 
 , Hundred Rolls. 
 
 H.S. , 
 
 , Horsfield's "Sussex." 
 
 L. 
 
 Lower's " Patronymica Britaunica." 
 
 L. S. 
 
 , Lower's " Sussex." 
 
 M. 
 
 , Moss' "Hastings." 
 
 Sp. 
 
 „ " Contributors to the National Fund at the time of the 
 
 
 invasion of the Spanish Armada in 1588" (Brit. Mus., 
 
 
 B. 474). 
 
 A— B. 
 
 Jolin Akehurst was mayor of Hastings in 1614 (M.), and the 
 
 name is stiU in the town The Allcorns probably possess an 
 
 ancestor in Thomas Alchorn, who leased an estate in Albourne 
 
 in 1620 (D.) The family of Ayling has been established in 
 
 Tillington and its neighbourhood for 300 years (H. S.). William 
 Ayling was in possession of part of the manor of Woolbeding in 
 the reign of Elizabeth, and in the reign of Henry VIII. Robert 
 Ayling was prior of Pyneham Priory (D.). Ay line was an 
 
 Oxfordshire name in the 13th century (H. R.) Aveey is a 
 
 name also represented in Bucks, Devon, and Somerset. It 
 occurred as Averey in Oxfordshire in the reign of Edward I. 
 
 (H. R.) The ancient name of Aylwin, or Eylwin, as it was 
 
 at times written in the middle ages, occurs in Domesday as a 
 personal name, and was represented as a family name six centuries 
 ago in Kent, Oxfordshire, Hunts, and Cambridgeshire (H. R.). 
 It has long been known in Sussex. In 1474 Henry Aylwin held 
 Chilgrove Manor from the Crown. The West Sussex family of 
 the name has been at home in the parish of Treyford since the 
 
382 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 latter part of tlie 16tli century : in 1535 John Aylwin held the 
 property of Canons in West Dean (D.). John Aylwin was mayor 
 of Chichester in 1654 (H. C), and the name is still in the town. 
 
 In the reign of Edward VI. the Bannisters or Banisters held 
 
 an estate in Beeding, West Sussex (D.). Thomas de Banastre, 
 apparently a Sussex man, distinguished himself in a naval fight 
 off Winchelsea in 1350 (C). The name is far more characteristic 
 
 of Lancashire The Sussex Barhams are probably connected 
 
 with the ancient Kentish family of Barham. In the 13th century 
 
 Baham was a Suffolk name (H. R.) Bodle is the name of 
 
 an ancient Sussex family, formerly called Le Bothel (L.) 
 
 Boniface is an old Sussex name that has characterised the county 
 
 since the 15th century (L.) John Booker was the principal 
 
 proprietor in Worthing in the reign of Anne (D.). The name 
 
 also occurs in Derbyshire The Bournes of Sussex derive their 
 
 name from a parish in the county Bridger is the name of an 
 
 ancient and influential family in the county that held property 
 in Ashurst and Warminghurst ; one of the family was high 
 sheriff 100 years ago (H. S.). The name is also established in 
 
 the adjacent county of Hampshire The family of Botting has 
 
 its present home in the district of Billinghurst. There was a 
 Nicholas Bottynge in Winchelsea in the reign of Elizabeth (C). 
 
 C— D. 
 
 Cane or Caine is one of the most ancient of Sussex names, 
 having been represented in the parish of Bipe from the time of 
 Edward the Confessor to the present day (L.). Cane appears in 
 Domesday for Sussex as a baptismal name (L.), and as a family 
 name Cane was also to be found in the 13th century in Oxford- 
 shire, Hunts, and Lincolnshire (H. R.). The vicar of Findon in 
 1725 bore the name of Cane (D.). It is also to be found in the 
 adjacent county of Hants ; whilst in Dorset it takes the form of 
 
 Caines The Sussex family of Catt may very probably be 
 
 connected with the old Kentish family of De Cat (L.). The name 
 has been established for many centuries in the eastern counties, 
 and further reference to it will be found under " Suffolk," in 
 
 which county it still occurs The name of Challen has its 
 
 present home in Midhurst and its neighbourhood. The Challens 
 were landed gentry of Selsey and Shermanbury in the 17th 
 and 18th centuries ; Stephen Challen owned property in Selsey 
 
SUSSEX. 383 
 
 in the reign of William III., which. |his descendant, the Hby. 
 
 J. G. Challen of Shermanbury, sold in 1797 (D.) According 
 
 to Manning's " Surrey," Chittt was a common name in God- 
 aiming in the 17th and 18th centuries. In Sussex it was 
 represented as far back as the reign of James I. by Henry Chitty, 
 who rented from Lord Berkeley the extensive demesnes of fche 
 
 manor of Bosham (D.) Cloudesley and Costellow are old 
 
 Chichester naraes that are now rare in the county. Between the 
 reigns of Charles II. and Anne several of the mayors of the town 
 
 bore these names (H. C.) Cornwell is a name also found in 
 
 Cambridgeshire and Herts. Robert Cornwelle was vicar of New 
 
 Shoreham in 1440 (D.). (See under "Herts.") Thomas 
 
 Crouch was mayor of Rye in 1693 (Hoi.) The Dumbrells 
 
 or DcMBRiLLS are probably connected in their descent with 
 Thomas Dumbrill of Horsham, in the reign of Charles II. ; there 
 is a slab to his memory in Horsham Church, bearing the date of 
 
 1678 (D.) The principal home of the Durrants in the past 
 
 was in the eastern counties, and further reference to the name 
 will be found under "IJ^orfolk." The name was represented 
 in the adjacent county of Kent in the 13th century (H. R.). 
 Three mayors of Hastings, Sussex, in the 16th century, bore 
 
 this name (M.) Between 1727 and 1754 Coppard was the 
 
 name of five mayors of Hastings (M.) Duke was the name 
 
 of an old influential Sussex family dating back to the reign of 
 Henry VI. (D.). There are also a few of the name in Dorset. 
 Duke is also a widely-spread name amongst the gentry of the 
 south of England, many of the families being connected and 
 bearing the same arms. From the Dukes of Power Hayes and 
 Otterton, Devon, sprang the Dukes of Wiltshire, who were 
 implicated in the rebellion of 1655, and are still represented 
 
 in Wiltshire and the neighbouring counties (Burke) The 
 
 DiPLOCKS are represented by the Duplocks and Du Placs in the 
 old parish registers of East Sussex. Du Plac, the earliest form 
 of the name, is evidently of French origin, and was probably 
 borne by one of the many ironworkers from France who settled in 
 the county in the 16th century (L.). 
 
 E-I. 
 
 The ancient name of Eade has long been in the county. In 
 1203 John Eade bought half a messuage for twenty shillings 
 
384 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 in the parisli of Steyning (D.)- {^^^ under " Suffolk.") 
 
 Between 1669 and 1697 four mayors of Hastings bore the name 
 of Hide (M.), whicli is still represented in that town. Gander 
 is a name that has its present home in the district of Hayward's 
 Heath. It was also a Hampshire name. John Grander was twice 
 mayor of Winchester in the reign of Henry VII. (Milner's 
 
 "Winchester.") The Goachees of Horsham may possess the 
 
 altered name of Francis Goater, mayor of Chichester in 1695 
 
 (H. C.) The name of Goeringe maybe derived directly from 
 
 the Sussex parish of Goring, or from the influential old Sussex 
 family of Goring, to which evidently belonged Henry Goringe 
 and George Goring, both of this county, who contributed £100 
 apiece for the defence of their country at the time of the expected 
 invasion of the Spanish Armada in 1588 (Sp.). In 1617 there 
 lived respectively at Amberley, Piddinghoe, and Rottiugdean, 
 three brothers named Goringe, but in a humbler condition of 
 
 life (L. S.) Grebbell or Geibble is the name of an old and 
 
 influential Rye family, now rare, members of which frequently 
 
 filled the office of mayor in the 17th and 18th centuries (Hoi.) 
 
 The family of Evershed, with those of Eldeidge and Hobden (of 
 
 Hailsham) had representatives in the county a century ago 
 
 The Haffendens of Heathfield belong to a branch of an old 
 Kentish family of the name ; Heathfield has been their home for 
 
 a series of generations (L.) The family of Heavee takes its 
 
 name from the Kentish parish of Hever N^otts is also the 
 
 home of the Hemsleys. The Rev. W. Helmsley was vicar of 
 
 Patching, Sussex, in 1475 (D.) Hilder, which is a Kentish 
 
 as well as a Sussex name, has its home in Hawkhurst. Hildare 
 
 was a Steyning name in the reign of Henry V. (D.) The 
 
 names of Hoath and Hoadley are evidently derived from the 
 Sussex parishes of East and West Hoathly. Dr. Benjamin 
 Hoadley, Bishop of Winchester, was the champion of the Low 
 
 Church in the reign of George II. (Milner's "Winchester.") 
 
 The IsTEDS belong to an old Sussex family conjectured to have 
 come from Eysted, in Sweden, and to have settled in Sussex 
 in the reign of Edward III. (L.). Thomas Isted was town clerk 
 of Winchelsea in 1610 (C). Ambrose Isted, citizen of London, 
 who died in 1692, was the son of Richard Isted, of Lewes, and 
 owned Ecton Hall, Northamptonshire, which his descendants 
 have held to the present century (Cole's " Ecton "). 
 
SUSSEX. 385 
 
 J— L. 
 
 Sussex is the principal home of the Jenners ; but the name 
 is also established in Kent, Wilts, and Gloucestershire. The 
 Jenners were " freemen " of Rye in the time of Charles II. (Hoi.), 
 
 and the name is still in the town Jupp is a Surrey as well as 
 
 a Sussex name. The name of Joop occurred in the parish of 
 Clapham in the reign of Henry IV. (D.). Just as Joop in this 
 part of England has been transformed into Jupp, so Joop and 
 Joope anciently in Wiltshire have been transformed into the 
 
 modern Jupe. (See under "Wiltshire.") The north-east 
 
 border of East Sussex has long been the great habitat of the 
 
 KiLLiCKS (L.) The Levetts or Levitts belong to an old Sussex 
 
 family of influence. In the reign of Elizabeth, Lawrence Levitt 
 held an estate in Annington (D.) ; and in 1588 John Levett, a Sussex 
 gentleman, subscribed £40 towards the fund collected during the 
 scare of the Spanish Armada (Sp.). Livett was the name of four 
 mayors of Hastings between 1506 and 1552 (M.). Reference to 
 
 the Levetts of Kent will be found under that county Langlet 
 
 is a place-name in the county John Luffe was incumbent of 
 
 Bury in 1723 (D.). Luff is probably a corruption of the Kentish 
 name of Love. The name of Lutfe occurred in Bucks in the 13th 
 
 century (H. R.) The Luxfords belong to an old Sussex family 
 
 (L.). Thomas Luxford of this county gave £25 to the fund 
 collected at the time of the expected invasion of the Spanish 
 
 Armada in 1588 (Sp.) Leppard was the name of a family that 
 
 held the manor of Bolney last century (L. S.) In the 17th and 
 
 18th centuries, eighteen mayors of Hastings bore the name of 
 LovELL (M.). (See under "Northamptonshire.") 
 
 M— S. 
 
 Peter Marchant was Constable of Lewes in 1724 (H. L.). 
 
 The name is also found in Kent The Newingtons have been 
 
 established in East Sussex since the 15th century (L.) 
 
 Packham is also an old Kentish name, and is evidently derived 
 
 from the Kentish parish of Peckham The Pankhursts take 
 
 their name from an estate in East Sussex The Peacheys 
 
 belong to a notable family, to which Baron Selsey belonged, that 
 held considerable estates in North Bersted and West Dean as far 
 back as the early part of the 17th century (D.) Penfold or 
 
 2a 
 
«V7 
 
 386 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Pennifold is an old Sussex name. Stephen Penfold was twice 
 major of Chichester in the reign of Charles II. (H. C), and the 
 name is still in the town ; at that time the Penfolds held large 
 estates in the parish of Angmering (D.) : Hugh Penfold owned 
 
 -^the Cis&bury estate, Pindon, in 1794 (L. S.) Piper was a 
 
 Sussex name in the 13th century (D.) Rapley was a Warnham 
 
 name in the 17th century : there is a memorial slab to one of the 
 
 name in the church, bearing the date of 1668 (D.) Sayers, 
 
 represented in Hertfordshire by Sears, is the name of an ancient 
 Essex family of landed gentry going back to the reign of 
 
 Edward 11 L (L.) The name of Stay occurred in Kingston 
 
 Bowsey in the reign of Edward II. (D.) Standen is also a 
 
 Kentish name. Standean is a Sussex hamlet. Abednigo Standen 
 was a " freeman " of Winchelsea in 1610 (C), and the name is 
 
 still in the town Sparkes was the name of the incumbent of 
 
 Middleton in the reign of Charles II. (D.) Sturt is a name 
 
 that was at one time more common in the southern counties than 
 it is at present. It occurred in Devonshire in the 13th century 
 (H. R.). There were Sturts in the parish of Angmering, Sussex, 
 
 two centuries ago (D.) Stanford is the name of a patish in 
 
 the county Milward is now a rare Sussex name; but between 
 
 1686 and 1824 it was borne by about fifty mayors of Hastings (M.). 
 
 T— Z. 
 
 The name of Tribe was represented in the parish of Shipley 
 
 in 1650 (D.) Verrall is an old East Sussex name well known 
 
 in Lewes in the 17th and 18th centuries, and still represented 
 there. Between 1686 and 1779 the Verrall s held on eight occa- 
 sions the office of Constable of Lewes, the last holder of the post 
 
 being Araunah Verrall in 1779 (H. L.) The farm of Lullington 
 
 manor was held by the family of Woodhams for many generations 
 (L. S.). Woodhams is the name of parishes in Essex and Bucks. 
 
 Wren or Wrenn is at present a Sussex name; but in the 
 
 13th century it occurred in Norfolk and Cambridgeshire (H. R.). 
 
 WiCKHAM is the name of a Sussex hamlet The name of 
 
 WiCKENS is numerously represented on the Kentish border in the 
 district of Tunbridge Wells. 
 
WARWICKSHIRE. 
 
 387 
 
 WARWICKSHIRE. 
 
 Note. — The asterisk indicates that a name, though characteristic 
 of the county, is more numerous elsewhere. 
 
 General Names (30-40 counties). 
 
 ♦Clark 
 
 *Hall 
 
 ♦Harris 
 
 •Johnson 
 Smith 
 
 Taj lor 
 Wright 
 
 Common Names (20-30 counties) . 
 
 *Cooper 
 * Jack son 
 
 ♦Palmer 
 ♦Thompson 
 
 ♦Walker 
 ♦Ward 
 
 Regional Names (10-20 counties). 
 
 Arnold 
 
 aibbs 
 
 fNeal 
 ■ Neale 
 
 Ball 
 
 Gilbert 
 
 ♦Bates 
 
 ♦Griffin 
 
 ♦Pearson 
 
 ♦Berry 
 
 Middleton 
 
 Perkins 
 
 ♦Cox 
 
 Mills 
 
 Spencer 
 
 Gardner 
 
 
 
 District Names (4-10 counties). 
 
 Ashford 
 
 f Garratt 
 I Garrett 
 
 ♦Lowe 
 
 ♦Bull 
 
 Mann 
 
 * J Cotterill 
 I Cotterell 
 
 Grant 
 
 ♦Mumford 
 
 ♦G-reaves 
 
 Richmond 
 
 ♦Corbett 
 
 ♦Eeath 
 
 Riley 
 
 Croft 
 
 Horton 
 
 ♦Townsend 
 
 Dunning 
 
 Lea 
 
 Whitehead 
 
 2 c2 
 
388 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Adcock 
 Badger 
 *Bomford 
 Burman 
 Canning 
 Cattell 
 
 CoFNTT Names (2-4 counties). 
 
 Gilks Kibble 
 
 Haddon Newbery 
 
 Hawkes . Oldham 
 
 r HoUyoak Parkes 
 
 \ Ho'yoak , Beading 
 Ivens 
 
 Pecitliae Names (confined mostly to this county). 
 
 Arch 
 
 ■ Hicken 
 '.Hickin 
 
 Murcott 
 
 Boddington 
 
 Kainbow 
 
 Burbidge 
 
 HoUick 
 
 Tibbetts 
 
 Chattaway 
 
 Ibbotson 
 
 Tidy 
 
 Crofts 
 
 r JefEcoate 
 1 Jephcotl 
 
 Trippas 
 
 Currall 
 
 Truelove 
 
 Edkins 
 
 Keyte 
 
 Warden 
 
 Elkington 
 
 Knibb 
 
 Weetman 
 
 Fitter 
 
 Ledbrook 
 
 ■ Wilday 
 ■ . Willday 
 
 Grimes 
 
 Moxon 
 
 Hands 
 
 
 
 In the case of a few of the above names we are able to give the districts in 
 which they are most common. Thus, Burman, at Tanworth, near Birmingham ; 
 Cattell, around Birmingham ; Hands and Ivens, around Rugby j Trippas and 
 Warden, around Coventry. 
 
 NOTES ON SOME OF THE CHARACTEEISTIC WARWICKSHIEE 
 
 NAMES. 
 
 Authorities indicated hy the folio loing abbreviations : — 
 
 D. indicates Dugdale's ** Warwickshire." 
 
 H. R. „ Hundred Rolls. 
 
 K. „ Xemble's '* Saxons in England." 
 
WARWICKSHIRE. 389 
 
 A— E. 
 
 Badger was a Warwickshire name in the reign of Henry VIII. 
 (D.). There was a Thomas le Bag^ere in the adjoining county of 
 
 Oxford in the 13th century (H. R.) The Burmans, who are 
 
 also represented in the adjacent counties of Northampton and 
 Worcester, have long been established in Warwickshire, and are 
 now mostly represented at Tanworth, near Birmingham, from 
 which latter place they may perhaps derive their name. More than 
 two centuries since they held property in the village of Wolscote : 
 William Burman, of that parish, who was a London woollen 
 draper, died in 1654 (D.). In St. Paul's church, Granborough, 
 there is, or was, an epitaph to Thomas Burman, of the Middle 
 Temple, late of Woolscot, who died in 1658 : his accomplishments 
 and pious living are thus recorded (D.) : — 
 
 " The love of Grod, of Church, and King, 
 Of country, parents, friends, and poore, 
 
 The bookes of law, the golden ring. 
 Of arts and sciences, and more 
 
 Than epitaphs or poetts can 
 
 Express, lyes buried in Burman." 
 
 In 1709 the Rev. Richard Burman was buried in the church of 
 Bourton-super-Dunsmore (D.-). The name was represented in the 
 
 adjacent county of Oxford in the reign of Edward I. (H. R.) 
 
 Amongst the numerous immigrants from surrounding counties, 
 who have assumed the names of their native parishes or of the 
 homes of their birth, there are the Boddingtons, who hail from 
 either Gloucestershire or Northamptonshire ; the Burbidges from 
 Burbage, either in Leicestershire or Wilts ; the Elkingtons from 
 Northamptonshire, and others. The Elkingtons of Elkingfcou, 
 Northamptonshire, were an ancient gentle family,, and from them 
 branched off the Elkingtons of Shawell, Leicestershire, in the 
 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries (Nichols' "Leicestershire "). John 
 Elkington, a Leicestershire gentleman, contributed £25 for the 
 defence of his country at the time of the expected invasion of the 
 
 Armada The Cannings bear the name of an Anglo-Saxon clan 
 
 that originally had its home in Wilts and Somerset (K.). The 
 name of Canning is still fairly represented in and near the original 
 home of the clan in Hants and Wilts. The Warwickshire Cannings 
 held property in Foxcote from the time of Henry VI. down to 
 
390 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 recent times (D.) Dunning is another Anglo-Saxon clan name; 
 
 and Dunnington, a Warwickshire hamlet, was probably the home 
 of the clan in this county (K.). The name was well represented 
 in Cambridgeshire in the reign of Edward I. (H. R.). {See under 
 
 " Yorkshire, N. and E. R.") The name of Cattell is now well 
 
 established around Birmingham : it is also found in the contiguous 
 county of Oxford. Six hundred years ago it occurred as Catel 
 and Katel in Bucks, Cambridgeshire, Hunts, Norfolk, and Lincoln- 
 shire (H. R.). 
 
 F-K. 
 
 The name of Fitter, according to Mr. Toulmin Smith (" Memo- 
 rials of Old Birmingham"), is a corruption of Vyterre, a name 
 
 that occurs in a Birmingham charter dated 1494 Hawkes, as 
 
 we learn from the authority just quoted, is an old Warwickshire 
 name, which was well represented in Birmingham during the 16th 
 century. The name of Gilks was common in the adjacent part of 
 Oxfordshire early last century, and it is still found in that county. 
 
 The family of Hands, now numerous in Rugby or its vicinity, 
 
 bear an ancient name, probably of Flemish origin, as for instance 
 from Hans : the name of Hande occurred in Beds and Bucks in 
 the reign of Edward I. (H. R.) Hollick is an evident corrup- 
 tion of HoLLTOAK or HoLTOAK, a name that occurs also in this 
 county as well as in Leicestershire. We learn from Dugdale that 
 Francis Holliok, incumbent of St. James' church, Southam, was 
 instituted in 1604 ; and that Fisher Holyoake, gent., and attorney- 
 
 at-law, was buried in this church in 1720 Grant is not always 
 
 a name that hails from the Scotch side of the border. There are 
 English Grants as well as Scotch Grants, To the former belong 
 those of Warwickshire, Lincolnshire, Dorset, and Devon, who 
 evidently are the present representatives of the numerous Le 
 Graunts occurring in the 13th century in the counties of Oxford, 
 Wilts, Lincoln, Notts, Norfolk, Essex, etc. (H. R.). The name of 
 Grant occurred in Warwickshire in the reign of Richard III. (D.). 
 
 Haddon is the name of parishes in the neighbouring counties 
 
 of Northampton and Hunts, in the former of which the surname 
 also occurs. In the 18th century it was a common surname in 
 
 Hunts and Oxfordshire (H. R.) Horton is also a local name 
 
 in Cheshire, Northamptonshire, and elsewhere The Keyts or 
 
 Keytes were originally a county family of considerable antiquity 
 
WARWICKSHIRE. 391 
 
 in Gloucestersliire. Througli not taking the oaths to Williaia and 
 Mar J, the Rev. Thomas Kejt, rector of Binton (co. Warwick), was 
 deprived of his living in 1690. He was succeeded by Richard 
 
 Keyte (D.) Kibble, a name at present also found in Bucks 
 
 and as Keeble in Suffolk, is an ancient name represented 600 
 years ago in different forms in the Hundred Rolls for Hunts, 
 Cambridgeshire, Oxfordshire, etc. (/See under the " Keebles " of 
 Suffolk.) 
 
 L— Z. 
 
 MuRCOTT is an old Warwickshire name. Henry Murcott, of 
 Cubbington, gent,, was buried in Southara church in 1686 : 
 Abraham Murcot, one of His Majesty's coroners, was buried in 
 the same church in 1718 (D.). This surname had originally a 
 local origin, being, in fact, taken from parishes and hamlets of 
 the name in the neighbouring counties of JsTorthampton, Oxford, 
 
 and Wilts Mann, though well represented in this county, has 
 
 its ancient and present home in the eastern counties. (See under 
 
 "Norfolk.") The Readings, who have their principal home in 
 
 this county, being also now found in Bucks and Oxfordshire, are 
 probably the modern representatives of the Rasdings, a Saxon 
 clan, that gave their name to their settlements in Derbyshire and 
 in the eastern counties (K.). 
 
392 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 WILTSHIRE. 
 
 Note. — The asterisk indicates that a name, though characteristic 
 of this county, is more numerous elsewhere. 
 
 G-ENEEAL Names (30-40 counties). 
 
 ♦Brown *Grreen 
 
 *Clark (Malmesbury) *Smith. 
 
 *Taylor 
 "White 
 
 Common Names (20-29 counties). 
 
 * Carter 
 *Hunt 
 *King (Salisbury) 
 
 Matthews (Chippen- 
 ham) 
 
 ♦Mitchell 
 Webb 
 
 Eegional Names (10-19 counties). 
 
 ♦Andrews 
 
 ♦Harding 
 
 Parsons (Salisbury) 
 
 Earnes 
 
 ♦Hawkins 
 
 Bead 
 
 Butler 
 
 ♦Lewis 
 
 Beeves 
 
 *Cole 
 
 Long 
 
 Eeynolds 
 
 ♦Collins 
 
 ♦Marsh 
 
 ♦Sutton 
 
 ' Dean (Heytesbury) 
 
 ♦Miles 
 
 Watts 
 
 - Deane 
 
 Newman 
 
 ♦Wells 
 
 *Francis (Trowbridge) 
 
 ♦Nicholls 
 
 
 DiSTEiCT Names (4-9 counties) 
 
 
 Alexander 
 
 ♦Cave 
 
 Giles (Devizes) 
 
 Anstey 
 
 r Combs (Salisbury) 
 1 Coombs 
 
 ♦Goddard 
 
 Blake (Chippenham) 
 
 Godwin 
 
 Bourne 
 
 ♦Crook 
 
 ♦Gough 
 
 ♦Bryant 
 
 Fry (Chippenham) 
 
 Hayward 
 
 ♦Carpenter 
 
 G-ay 
 
 ♦Hobbs 
 

 WILTSHIRE. 
 
 3' 
 
 / Jefferies 
 
 *Rieh (Malmesbury) 
 
 *WalIi8 
 
 . JefFerys 
 
 Sargent 
 
 * Waters (Salisbury) 
 
 *Judd 
 
 Sims (Trowbridge) 
 
 Weeks 
 
 Painter 
 
 Snook (Devizes) 
 
 Welch 
 
 *Perrett 
 
 Street (Salisbury) 
 
 *Wheeler 
 
 Pike (Shaftesbury) 
 
 Tanner 
 
 Wilkins 
 
 r Pulleu 
 LPullin 
 
 ♦Tucker 
 
 * Willis 
 
 
 
 County Names (2-3 counties). 
 
 *Baleh 
 
 ■ Hibbard 
 tffibberd 
 
 Pinniger 
 
 Bowles 
 
 Plummer 
 
 Bridges 
 
 Higgs 
 
 Pocock (Melksham) 
 
 Burrough 
 
 Hillier 
 
 Pouting 
 
 ■ Crees 
 . Creese 
 
 *Hiscock 
 
 Rawlings (Calne) 
 
 Hitchings 
 
 Redman 
 
 Ellison 
 
 r Holborrow 
 1 Holbrow 
 
 Simpkins 
 
 Ferris 
 
 Spackman 
 
 Few (Devizes) 
 
 Hussey 
 
 Stratton 
 
 Flower (Salisbury) 
 
 Large 
 
 Tuck 
 
 Fulford 
 
 *Lyne 
 
 Vines 
 
 Glass 
 
 Maidmenfc 
 
 *Waldron 
 
 Golding 
 
 Pickard (Trowbridge) 
 
 ^Whitlock (Salisbury) 
 
 
 *Pile 
 
 Wiltshire (Devizes) 
 
 Peculiar Names (mostly confined to this county). 
 
 Awdry 
 
 Beak 
 
 Bracher 
 
 Breach 
 
 Compton 
 
 Cottle 
 f Cuss 
 L Cusse 
 
 Doel 
 
 Eatwell (Calne) 
 f Frankcombe 
 I Frankcome 
 
 Freegard (Chippen- Hulbert (Malmes- 
 
 ham) 
 Freeth (Cricklade) 
 Garhck 
 
 bury) 
 Jupe 
 Keevil 
 
 Ghey 
 
 Kemble 
 
 Greenaway 
 
 Greenhill 
 
 Grist 
 
 Kinch 
 Knapp 
 Manners 
 
 Hathway 
 
 Henley 
 
 Howse 
 
 Maundrell (Calne) 
 ' Melsome 
 - Alilsom 
 
394 
 
 H' 
 
 OMES OF FAMILY 
 
 NAMES. 
 
 
 Minfey 
 
 Pickett 
 
 
 Sidford (Salisbury) 
 
 Mintv 
 
 Pincliin 
 
 
 Sloper 
 
 Morse 
 
 Puekeridge 
 
 
 Taunton (Salisbury) 
 
 Newth 
 
 Puddle 
 
 
 Titcombe 
 
 Odj (Swindon) 
 
 Pumming 
 
 
 Whatley 
 
 Parhaiu 
 
 Puss 
 
 
 
 NOTES ON SOME OF THE CHARACTERISTIC WILTSHIRE 
 
 NAMES. 
 
 (The names are arranged in alpliabetieal groups, but not necessarily in 
 alphabetical order in each group.) 
 
 Authorities indicated hy the foUoioing abbreviations : — 
 
 A. indicates Aubrey's " Wiltshire" (Topographical Collections). 
 
 P. ,, Bull's " Derizes." 
 
 E. „ Easton's " Mayors of Salisbury." 
 
 H. ,, Hoare's " Wiltshire." 
 
 H. R. „ Hundred Rolls. 
 
 L. ,, Lower's "Patronymica Britannica." 
 
 W. „ Waylen's " Marlborough." 
 
 C. T. a. „ " Collect. Topogr. et Geneal." 
 
 A— D. 
 
 Aipongst the old established Wiltshire families I may refer 
 to that of Blake, which is at present best represented aronnd 
 Chippenham. There were Blakes in Warminster in the reign of 
 Elizabeth, and they are still to be found there, and the name has 
 been represented in Lndgershall since the beginning of the 17th 
 century (H.). An influential family of this name owned Pinhill 
 
 House in Calne in the 17fch century Bowles is an old Wilts 
 
 name. The most influential families bearing this name are said to 
 have come from Bristol during the 15th century. In the following 
 century they were resident in Burcombe, and during the 18th 
 century they supplied sheriffs and members of parliament for the 
 
 county (H.) The present representatives of the name of Cottle 
 
 are evidently descended from the ancient Wilts family of Cottel, 
 
WILTSHIRE. 395 
 
 whicli originally owned mucli property, especially in tlie parish of 
 
 Atford in tlie 13th century (A.) The family of CussE held land 
 
 at Berwick Saint John in the 17th century, and last century they 
 held property in Winterbourn Gunner (H.), where the name is 
 
 still found. A family of Cus lived in Swindon in 1610 (A.) 
 
 The old county name of Awdry is not at present represented 
 amongst the farmers, but is to be found amongst the gentry. The 
 Awdrys of Seend were resident landowners in that parish for 
 more than 200 years. The earliest known ancestor was vicar of 
 
 Melksham in 1601 (A.) A family of gentry of the name of 
 
 Bracher have resided at Semley since the middle of last century. 
 The name has been represented in the parish of Tisbury during 
 the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. Edward Bracher of Walmead, 
 
 gent., died in 1754 (H.) The ancestor of the present family of 
 
 Balch may be Robert Everard Balcb, Esq., of St. Audries, 
 Somerset, who, about a hundred years since came by marriage into 
 
 the estate of the ancient Topp family in Stockton Alexander 
 
 is an old Wilts name which is now mostly to be found in the Court 
 Directory. The name was represented in this county in the Hundred 
 
 Bolls about 600 years ago Digges is an old Wiltshire name, 
 
 now rarely to be found in the county The curious surname of 
 
 DoEL is evidently a corruption of de Dourle, wbich is found in an 
 old Malmesbury deed (A.). Probably also the Doels are connected 
 with the ancient family of Dewell or Dewale, the possessors of 
 property in Bremelham during the 14th and 15th centuries (A.). 
 
 Boger Dewell was a yeoman in Norton Bavent in 1609 (H.) 
 
 The Burroughs formed a numerous family in Laverstock during 
 
 last century (H.) During the 16th century the family of 
 
 Bridges or Brydges occupied an influential position in Wilts, one 
 of their number being created Baron Chandos (A.). Michael 
 Bridges was the incumbent of Sedgehill and Berwick Saint John 
 
 in 1774 (H.) The names of parishes and places in Wilts 
 
 probably gave rise to the surnames of Coombe, Compton, Combes, 
 
 Anstey, etc Some of the mayors of Salisbury in the 14th and 
 
 15th centuries bore the names of Betterlight and Aport : both 
 tliese names are now rare or extinct (E.). 
 
 E— G. 
 
 Amongst the sing;ular surnames of this county is that of 
 Eatwell, which is at present best represented in and around 
 
39n HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Calne. There was a William Etwall, vicar of Chute, who died in 1716 
 (C. T. G.). Eastwelle is an ancient Oxfordshire surname of the 13th 
 
 century (H. R.) Of the old Wilts families of yeomen, few can 
 
 boast a greater antiquity, and few have shown more love of their 
 county by remaining in it, than those bearing the name of Fry. 
 Numerous 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 main abode (H. R.). The 
 Frys of Ashgrove, in the parish of Donhead St. Mary, appear to be 
 one of the parent stocks; they gave the burial ground for Quakers 
 in that parish, which has been used for this purpose ever since the 
 Society of Friends was first established in England ; to this^ stock 
 
 belonged the husband of Mrs. Fry, the philanthropist (H..), 
 
 Glass is an old Marlborough name. Thomas Gla&s lost property 
 to the extent of £711 in the great fire of 1653 in that town (W.) : 
 
 his name is still represented there William Garlick was^one of 
 
 the Marlborough burgesses in 1711 (W.). This is also an ancient 
 name in the east of England. In the 13th century it occurred as 
 Garlec in Cambridgeshire and as Garlek in Norfolk (H. R.). 
 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 Wilt& name. An influential family- 
 
 thus called, resided at Blunsdon in the 16th century (A.), and 
 Ferris was also the name of the vicar of Sutton Benger in 1642, 
 and of a Warminster family in the middle of last century (H.)- 
 
 Flower was the name of the mayor of Salisbury in 1701 (E.), 
 
 and the name is still represented in that city. Between 1604 and 
 1787 not less than fourteen of the mayors of Devizes were thus 
 called (B.). Three hundred years ago there were' Flowei's in Rowde 
 and Steeple- Ashton (A.), and the name still occurs in Rowde. 
 
 Frankcomb and Frankcome, at present found in Wiltshire, 
 
 were Gloucestershire names some fitte or six centuries back. In 
 the Hundred Rolls of the 13th century we find Fraunchomme and 
 Franchome. The name has been curiously modified in modern 
 times, and thus it is that Frankcomb, Frankcome, Frankcum, and 
 Frankham represent the early English appellation of a Frenchman, 
 
 The name of Godwin occurred in Wilts 600 years ago, and at 
 
 that time the name was also frequent in the adjacent county of 
 
 Oxford, where it is still to be found in fair numbers (H. R.) 
 
 Though not peculiar to Wilts, Giles is an old surname in this 
 county ; it is at present mostly to be found in Devizes and its 
 
WILTSHIRE. 397 
 
 neighbourhood. One of the leading participators in the Penruddock 
 
 rising in Wilts of 1655 bore this name (H.) Wiltshire has long 
 
 been one of the principal homes of the Goddards. The ancestors 
 of the Goddards of Cliffe and Swindon are said to have been 
 seated in the county before the reign of Richard II. (L.) ; and 
 Hoare refers to a John Goddard of Swindon, who lived 200 years 
 ago The name was in Donhead St. Mary, Wilts, in the reign of 
 Anne. A family of Goddard, hailing originally from Southampton, 
 possessed the Birchenwood estate, Bramshaw, Dorset, from 1588 
 to 1714 (H.). The past and present distribution of the name 
 is given under Berks. (See also " Suffolk," " Dorset," and 
 
 "Hampshire.") Grinfield is an ancient Wiltshire name now 
 
 rare in the county The Guppts, already referred to under 
 
 " Dorset," were long established in Wilts, where the name is 
 now extinct. Concerning this Wiltshire family I learn from the 
 Probate Registry that about 250 years ago the Guppys of Wilts were 
 connected with the Guppys of Halstock, Dorset, where the name 
 still remains. Richard Guppe}^, gent., died in 1639 possessed of 
 Sandridgehill Park, Melksham, Wilts, and of other property in 
 Halstock, Dorset. His descenda,nts last century continued to live 
 in and around Melksham, Corsham, and Seend, and some engaged 
 in the cloth trade. Gupphey or Guphay, or Gapphey, was the 
 name of an estate in the Wiltshire parish of Mere, which was in 
 the possession of a family of the same name in the 14th century 
 (Collinson's " Somerset," Hoare's "Wilts," etc.). Writing rather 
 more than 200 years ago, Aubrey speaks of the Wiltshire Guppys 
 or Goupys as probably Walloon cloth-makers introduced by 
 Henry YII. Early last century a family of this name settled in 
 New England as cloth-manufacturers, and I learn from Judge 
 Guppey (of Portage, Wisconsin), who hails from this stock, that 
 their descendants have e^er since "herded" in that part of the 
 United States. 
 
 H— K. 
 
 HussET is a very old surname both in Wilts and Somerset, 
 having been represented in those counties in the 13th century by 
 Husey and Huse (H. R.). From the medieeval Huse probably 
 come the Wiltshire name of Howse and the Somerset name of 
 House. However, the Husseys of Wilts were a powerful family 
 during the 14th century, and traced their ancestry back to the 
 Husees, of whom it is said that the original ancestor came over 
 
398 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 with the Conqueror. In Collinson's " Somerset " it is stated that 
 in the beginning of the 17th century a family of gentry of the 
 
 name of Hussey lived at Edmondham in Dorset Hoavse, as I 
 
 have just stated, corresponds to House, a common Somerset name, 
 both of which, as I have above remarked, may be forms of Huse, 
 a name characteristic of these counties in the middle ages. (See 
 " Hussey.")* Richard Howse was churchwarden of Westbury 
 
 in 1661 (H.) HiBBERD was the name of an old Wilts family 
 
 of Wilton in the last century, to whom the living of Sutton 
 Mandeville belonged (H.). Waylen informs us that Nicholas 
 Hibbert, senior and junior, both of Marlborough, lost property 
 valued at £690 in the great fire that occurred in this town in 
 
 1653 The Hulberts of Malmesbury may be able to trace their 
 
 pedigree back to Thomas Hulbert, the pious clothier of Corsham, who, 
 as we learn from a brass in Corsham Church, " Christianly finished 
 his course with powerfull prayer to God upon Tuesday, being the 
 
 16 October, 1632" (A.) The Jupes have long been established 
 
 in this county. Walter Joop was a reeve of the borough of 
 Marlborough in 1388 (W.). James Joope was incumbent of 
 Grutlyngton (Grittleton) in 1441 (Phillipp's " Wiltshire Institu- 
 tions"). On one of the bells of Mere Church occurs the name of 
 Giles Jupe, churchwarden in 1747 (Wilts Arch, and N'at. Hist. 
 
 Mag. IV, 158), in which district the name still remains Knapp 
 
 is an old south of England name. In the 14th century an 
 influential family of Bristol citizens bore this name (Barrett's 
 "Bristol"). Knapp was the name of an ancient gentle family 
 of Berks, a branch of which two centuries ago came into the 
 possession of the manor of Little Lmford, Bucks (Lipscomb's 
 " Buckinghamshire "). However, we learn from the Hundred Rolls 
 
 that the name of Knappe occurred in Bucks six centuries ago 
 
 Amongst the Wiltshire family names derived from parishes in the 
 
 county are Keevil and Kemble The Judds are now better 
 
 represented in Hampshire ; but Judd is an old Wiltshire name. 
 John Judd was mayor of Salisbury in 1424 (E.), and the name is 
 still to be found in that city. One of the early Wiltshire Judds in 
 the 16th century was Lord Mayor of London (A.). (>S^ee under 
 " Hampshire.") 
 
 * It should, however, be noted that Howe is also a Somerset name. 
 
WILTSHIRE. 399 
 
 L— P. 
 
 The Maundrells of Calne evidently belong to an ancient Wilts 
 family, whose members in the 16th century were " Farmers of 
 the Manor" of Rowde, the last of whom, Kobert Maundrell, w^as 
 living in 1584; in 1556 John Maundrell, son of Robert Maundrell 
 of Rowde, suffered martyrdom at the stake at Salisbury (A.). 
 To this family very probably belonged Maundrell, the eastern 
 traveller, who owned in 1779 Blackland manor in Calne, a parish 
 which is at the present day the home of the Maundrells. The 
 mayors of Devizes in 1575, 1601, and 1606, bore this name (B.). 
 
 The name of Melsome or Milsom is undoubtedly a corruption 
 
 of Melksham, a tow^n in Wilts. The name of Milsham occurred 
 in Allington two centuries ago ; and we also learn from Aubrey 
 that Adam Milsham was " an old wealthie batchelour " of Kington 
 
 St. Michael, where he died in 1642 Pocock is an old Wilts 
 
 name, at present best represented in the neighbourhood of 
 Melksham. In the 13th century it was found in Cambridgeshire 
 and Norfolk (H. R.), and is said to be the semi- Saxon form of 
 
 Peacock The Wilts family of Manners may be able to find 
 
 their origin in the circumstance that the House of Rutland once 
 
 owned land in different parts of the county, as in Rowde 
 
 Camden says that Edward IV. commanded a member of the 
 PiCKAUD family to change his name to Ruddle after his birthplace. 
 Strange to relate, both these names are either confined to or are 
 most characteristic of this county, though I can find no place 
 called Ruddle in Wilts. Probably Rudhall, the name of places in 
 Herefordshire and Staffordshire, was the name of the birthplace 
 of this person. The Pickards are said to hail originally from 
 
 Picardy. Trowbridge is their present home in Wilts The name 
 
 of Pickett may be a corruption of Pickard, though we must 
 remember that there is an estate of this name in the parish of 
 
 South Perrott, Dorset Merriman is an old Wilts name now 
 
 rare in the county Pinchin was a Marlborough name in the 
 
 17th century, when Lawrence Pinchin was amongst those who 
 signed a petition to the Committee of Parliament sitting in that 
 
 town in 1646 (W.) The family of Morse resided at Hill 
 
 Deverill during the whole of last century (H.) Mintet takes 
 
 its origin from the parish of that name. Throughout the last 
 
 century a family of this name resided in Corsley (H.) The 
 
 family of Parham was represented in the early part of this 
 
400 HOMES OF FAMITA' NAMES. 
 
 century in Semley and Broad Chalk : in the reign of Edward III. 
 John de Parham owned a large part of the village of Alvediston 
 
 (H.). Parham is also the name of a Suifolk parish Ody was a 
 
 Christmalford name in the 17th century (A.) ; it is now well 
 represented around Swindon Ponting is also an old Gloucester- 
 shire name (Bigland). 
 
 R— S. 
 
 Russ is a very ancient Wilts name ; its early form of Rus 
 occurred in the 13fch century in this county, as well as commonly 
 in Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire (H. R.). William Russ was 
 a member of the town council of Marlborough 1714-1715 (W.) ; 
 and rather over a hundred years ago the Reverend John Russ was 
 
 lord of the manor of Chicklade (H.) Spaceman is another 
 
 ancient Wilts name. There was a John Spagman in Westbury 
 in the reign of Richard II. (H.) ; and Aubrey mentions a William 
 Spackman of Bushton in the reign of Charles II. Thomas Spack- 
 man, a Marlborough burgess in the time of Queen Anne, was a 
 member of the town council in 1714-1715 (W.) ; in 1785 there 
 was a Thomas Spackman buried at Cliff Pipard (A.). This is 
 evidently a very old English name, since we find the name of 
 
 Spakeman in Kent in the reign of Edward I. (H. R.) The 
 
 name of Ruddle, as I have already indicated when speaking of the 
 Pickards (see above), is probably a corruption of Rudhall, a name 
 that occurs on two of the bells of Warminster Church that we e 
 
 cast about the middle of last century (H.) Stratton is the 
 
 name of a parish in this county The Snooks of Wiltshire are 
 
 gathered around Devizes, but the name also occurs now in Somerset, 
 Dorset, and Berks, and was represented by a family of Snooke in 
 
 Sussex in the early part of last century During the 17th 
 
 century the Slopers were gentlefolk and well-to-do tradesmen in 
 and around Marlborough, where the name still remains ; there was 
 a John Sloper of Monkton, gent., early in the same century (W.), 
 and a family of the name resided in Winterbourne Monkton during 
 the 17th century, to which belonged Walter Sloper, attorney (A.) ; 
 Jeremiah Sloper was one of the Marlborough tradesmen, who, 
 rather over 200 years ago, issued their own farthings and half- 
 pence (W.). John Sloper was vicar of Broad Chalk in 1685 (H.) ; 
 and Walter Sloper was Rector of West Dean in the beginning of 
 last century (H.). Hoare also refers to the Warminster Slopers, 
 
WILTSHIRE. 401 
 
 a family of gentry residing there in the early part of the 17th 
 century. Between 1658 and 1840, at least eight of the mayors of 
 Devizes bore this name (B.), which is still represented in that 
 town. Two centuries ago, a gentle family of Sloper resided in the 
 parish of Hartpury in the adjacent county of Gloucester (Bigland's 
 
 " Gloucestershire") The name of Rawlings occurred in Wilton 
 
 and Warminster during the reigns of Henry YIII., Mary, and 
 Elizabeth (H.). At present the neighbourhood of Calne is the 
 
 home of the name, but as Rawlence it still occurs in Wilton 
 
 Selfe, an ancient Wilts name for several generations connected 
 with the cloth trade, is now only scantily represented amongst the 
 gentry and yeomen ; but most of those bearing the name linger 
 around Melksham, which has been for centuries the home of the 
 Selfes. One of the earliest was Isaac Selfe of Melksham, a 
 " wealthie cloathier," who died in 1656, aged 92, leaving behind 
 him, as Aubrey informs us, 83 offspring. His son came into the 
 possession of Bineger or Beanacre, which passed by marriage out 
 of the family early last century. Hoare refers to the benefactions 
 of Anthony Self to the poor of Westbury and Dilton in 1679. 
 (See under " Norfolk " for reference to the Selfs of that county.) 
 
 T-Z. 
 
 The TiTCOMBES evidently derive their name from Tid combe, a 
 place in the county. There was a John de Tidcombe in Warmin- 
 ster in the reign of Edward III. (H.) ; and in 1689 Edward 
 Tidcombe was buried in Atworth Church, Bradford- on- Avon (A.) 
 Tanner has been a name long known in Wilts ; it was repre- 
 sented in Clarendon Forest two centuries ago (H.) Though 
 
 also characteristic of Norfolk, Tuck has been a Wilts name for 
 many generations. Two hundred years ago there was a Captain 
 Tuck in the county, apparently resident in Corsham (A.) ; and 
 early last century Richard , Tuck of Rowdford, Bromham, also 
 
 owned property in Westbury (H.) Weeks is an ancient name 
 
 in Newton, Whiteparish, going back to the time of Elizabeth ; 
 there was a family of gentry of the name of Weekes in Donhead 
 St. Mary in the 17th century (H.). 
 
 2d 
 
402 
 
 HOMES OF FAMHiY NAMES. 
 
 WORCESTERSHIRE. 
 
 Note. — The asterisk indicates that a name, though characteristic 
 of the county, is more numerous elsewhere. 
 
 rCook 
 \ Cooke 
 Green 
 
 Geneeal Names (30-40 counties). 
 
 *Harri8 
 
 *Martin 
 
 Smith 
 
 *Taylor 
 *White 
 *Wilson 
 
 Common Names (20-29 counties). 
 
 *Allen 
 *Cooper 
 Davis 
 *HiU 
 
 *Hunt (Redditch) 
 *Jackson 
 *Jone8 
 Moore 
 
 * Morris 
 ^Sanders 
 
 * Walker 
 
 
 Regional Names (10-19 counties). 
 
 *Bishop 
 
 *Lewis *Powell 
 
 Freeman 
 
 *Newman Woodward (Worcester) 
 
 ^Griffin 
 
 *Osborne 
 
 *Lane 
 
 *Perkin8 
 
 DiSTEiCT Names (4-9 counties). 
 
 BayHs (Droitwich) 
 
 * Farmer 
 
 Bullock 
 
 
 Greaves 
 
 r Caldecott 
 
 
 *Hancock 
 
 Coldicott 
 * Chambers 
 
 
 rHeming 1 (Evesham) 
 . Hemming J 
 
 *Corbett 
 
 
 # J Hoddinott 
 1 Hodnett 
 
 *Crump 
 
 
 *Edmond8 
 
 
 Mosely 
 
 *Mos8 (Droitwich) 
 
 *Nott 
 
 *Phipps 
 
 Pope 
 
 Ran dell 
 *Wall 
 * Weaver 
 *Wheeler 
 
WORCESTERSHIRE. 
 
 403 
 
 County Names (2-3 counties). 
 
 Ash more 
 
 Darby 
 
 Partington 
 
 Attwood 
 
 Dee 
 
 *Rudge 
 
 Ballard (Worcester 
 
 Dorrell 
 
 Sherwood 
 
 and Evesliam) 
 
 *Fortnam 
 
 Shipton 
 
 Bomford (Evesham) 
 
 Guest 
 
 Small 
 
 Boyce 
 
 Hampton 
 
 Thurston 
 
 Court 
 
 Hodgetts 
 
 Tovey 
 
 ^Creese 
 
 Pardoe 
 
 Whiteliouse 
 
 Cresswell 
 
 *Parkes 
 
 *Wyer 
 
 Peculiar Names (confined mostly 1 
 
 bo this county). 
 
 ■ Albutt 
 
 Guilding 
 
 J Quinney 
 L Quinny 
 
 I Allbutt 
 
 Hadley 
 
 Allington 
 
 Halford 
 
 Smithin 
 
 Amphlett 
 
 Harber 
 
 Spiers 
 
 Blakeway 
 
 Hemus (Worcester) 
 
 Stinton 
 
 Boucher 
 
 Hingley 
 
 Tandy 
 
 Boulter 
 
 Hollington 
 
 Tipping 
 
 Byrd 
 
 Holtom 
 
 Tolley 
 
 Careless (Evesham) 
 
 Huband 
 
 Tongue 
 
 Cartridge (Worcester) 
 
 Hyde 
 
 r Willets 
 1 Willetts 
 
 Doolittle 
 
 Merrell 
 
 Essex (Worcester) 
 
 Moule (Droitwich) 
 
 Winnall (Droitwich) 
 
 Eirkins 
 
 Munn 
 
 Winwood 
 
 Follows 
 
 Mytton 
 
 Workman 
 
 Gabb 
 
 Newey 
 
 Wormington 
 
 Ganderton 
 
 Nickless 
 
 Yarnold 
 
 Granger 
 
 Pen rice 
 
 
 Grove 
 
 Purser 
 
 
 NOTES ON SOME OF THE CHARACTERISTIC WORCESTERSHIRE 
 
 NAMES. 
 (The names are arranged in alphabetical groups, but not necessarily in alpha- 
 betical order in each group.) 
 
 Authorities indicated hy the following abbreviations : — 
 
 G. indicates Green's " Worcester." 
 
 H. R. „ Hundred Rolls. 
 
 M. „ May's " Evesham." 
 
 N. ,, Nash's " Worcestershire.*' 
 
 T. ,, Tindal's " Evesham." 
 
 2 d2 
 
404 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 A— B. 
 
 Amphlrtt is an old name in the county. In 1669 Richard 
 Amphlett sold certain lands in King's Norton to Daniel Greves 
 to hold for 2,000 years, John Amphlett founded a free school 
 
 in Clent in 1704 (N.), and the name is still in Clent The 
 
 Attwoods belong to a very ancient Worcestershire family of 
 position. In the reign of Richard III. John Attwood, Esq., 
 was the principal tenant of Northwick. Anthony Attwood was 
 
 bnried in Claines church in 1611 (N.) The Ballards of 
 
 Worcester and Evesham bear an old Worcestershire name. 
 Philip Ballard, who was mayor of Evesham in 1664, was buried 
 in Evesham church in 1670 (N., M., T.). Martin Ballard was 
 mayor of the same town in 1676 (M. and T.). The mayor of 
 Worcester in 1723 was William Ballard (Gr.). This is an ancient 
 English name that was represented six centuries ago in Cam- 
 bridgeshire, Hunts, and other counties (H. R.). It has now 
 
 also a home in Kent (see under "Kent ") The Bouchees were 
 
 well-known Bristol merchants in the 16th and 17th centuries, 
 and frequently filled the offices of mayor and sheriff of the city ; 
 they were intrepid Royalists, and suffered death in the cause 
 (Seyer's and Barrett's " Bristol"). Bowshire was the name of a 
 Marlborough family in the early part of last century (Waylen's 
 
 "Marlborough") Boulter was the name of the vicar of 
 
 Kemsey a century ago ; he was a native of Worcestershire (N.) 
 
 The name of Boyce was in the county two centuries ago. 
 
 De Boys is a much older form of the name. In the reign of 
 Edward III. Christina de Boys held two and a half hides of land 
 
 in Thorndon (N.) Bearceopt is an old Worcester name, now 
 
 rarely represented. Several mayors of the city bore the name in 
 
 the 17th century (G.) Bomford is a name now numerously 
 
 represented in the Evesham district Blake way is also an 
 
 ancient Shropshire name. Nicholas de Blake way was clerk of 
 West Eel ton, Shropshire, in the reign of Edward III. Roger 
 Blakeway was bailiff of Shrewsbury in 1615, and James Blake- 
 way was mayor of that town in 1714 (Eyton's " Shropshire," 
 Phillips' " Shrewsbury "). 
 
 C— L. 
 
 Careless is at present an Evesham name, and Carless is still 
 a Worcester name. In 1795 Walter Careless was a member of 
 
WORCESTERSHIRE. 405 
 
 the Common Coancil of Worcester (G.). The name is said to 
 
 be a corruption of Carlos The Gandertons were in old times 
 
 inhabitants of the parish of Elmley ; and many of them were 
 buried in the parish church, one stone bearing the date of 
 
 1688 (N.) Guest was tbe name of the rector of Churchill at 
 
 the commencement of last century (N.). The Guests, of Dowlais, 
 Glamorganshire, came from Shropshire in the middle of last 
 century (Lodge's "Baronetage") Greaves, which is a charac- 
 teristic name of the midland counties, has long been a Worcester- 
 shire name. The old family of Greves held some position in the 
 county. Daniel Greves, probably a member of this family, 
 bought certain lands in King's Norton of Richard Amphlett in 
 
 1669 (N.) John Darby was buried in Eladbury church in 
 
 1667; Darby was the "beloved servant" of the Governor of 
 
 Worcester during the siege in 1646 (N.) The Hadleys derive 
 
 their name from places in the adjacent counties of Staffordshire 
 and Shropshire, the Hamptons from a Worcester parish, and the 
 
 HoLLLNGTONS from places in Derbyshire and Staffordshire 
 
 Halfoed was a Devonshire surname in the reign of Edward I. 
 
 (H. R.). There is a Warwickshire parish of the name 
 
 Hemming or Heming, a name having its present home in the 
 Evesham district, is an Anglo-Saxon clan name. It was well 
 known in Worcester in the 17th century, Richard Heming being 
 the name of the mayor of the cifcy in 1627 and 1657, and John 
 Heming in 1677 (G.) ; the name is still in that city. One of the 
 name was buried in Tenbury church in 1691 (N.). It is also 
 now represented in Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, and Warwick- 
 shire, sometimes in the form of Hemmings. Last century there 
 was a Gloucestershire family of the name in Barrington Parva 
 
 (Bigland's "Gloucestershire") The family of Huband was of 
 
 " great consequence " in the county in the reign of Edward IV. ; 
 Sir John Huband was lord of the manor of Cudeley (N".). The 
 name of Huband occurred in Bucks in the reign of Henry III. 
 
 (H. R.) The Hydes were an ancient distinguished family of 
 
 Dench worth, Berks, from the 14th to the 17th century (Ashmole's 
 "Berkshire"). 
 
 M— S. 
 
 Moule is a name at present found around Droitwich. In the 
 form of Moul it occurred in the neighbouring county of Oxford 
 
406 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 in the reign of Edward I. (H. R.) There are parishes and 
 
 hamlets in the county from which the Myttons derive their name. 
 The Myttons have been connected with the municipality of 
 Shrewsbury, in the adjacent county of Shropshire, for several 
 centuries, De Mutton being the earliest form of the name. The 
 De Muttons were bailiffs of that town in the 13th and 14th 
 centuries ; after those times the name changed to Mytton, the 
 Myttons frequently filling the office of bailiff of Shrewsbury in 
 tlie 15th and 16th centuries (Phillip's " Shrewsbury "). Sir 
 Thomas Mytton was sheriff of Shropshire at the close of the 
 
 15th century (Wright's "Ludlow") Munn is said by Lower 
 
 to be an old Kentish family name Walter Pardoe was mayor 
 
 of Worcester in 1687 ; in 1794 Christian Pardoe was still living 
 in St. Andrew's parish, Worcester, at the age of 103 (G.). 
 
 Pardoe is still a Worcester name The old Worcestershire 
 
 family of Penrice resided in the parish of Crowle in the first 
 half of the 17th century; the name was probably taken from 
 
 Penrice, a manor and castle in Glamorganshire (N.) The 
 
 Partingtons have representatives of their name in Lancashire. 
 
 Partington is a town in Cheshire The family of Rudge was 
 
 well known in Evesham in the 17th century, and the Rudges 
 have remained influential Evesham townsmen up to the present 
 time ; no less than five mayors bore the name of Rudge between 
 1661 and 1713, and of these four bore the Christian name of 
 William (M. and T.) John Stinton was a Worcester alder- 
 man in 1621 (G.). The name is still in that city. The name 
 of Stineton occurred in Yorkshire in the reign of Edward I. 
 (H. R.). 
 
 » 
 
 T— Z. 
 
 Tandy is an old Worcester (?) name. It is said of Roger 
 Tandy, of the parish of Tibberton, who held lands of the dean 
 and chapter in the reign of James I., that on one occasion he 
 caught up a hogshead full of beer and, " having drank out of the 
 bung-hole, set it down again without resting it on his knee or 
 
 elsewhere" (N.). Tandy is still a Tibberton name In the 
 
 reign of Elizabeth, Mr. George Tolley owned extensive house 
 property in Evesham (M.). The name was represented in the 
 parish of Upton Snodsbury a century ago (N.). Toly was a 
 common name in Cambridgeshire in the reign of Edward I. 
 
WORCESTERSHIRE. 407 
 
 (H. R.) The family of Tongue probably hailed originally from 
 
 Tong,a parish in Shropshire It is likely that the Wormingtons 
 
 originally came from the parish that bears their name in the 
 adjacent county of Gloucester. They have, however, long been 
 established in the parish of Wichenford, Worcestershire, where, 
 a century ago, there were tombstones bearing the name of 
 Wormington (N.) The family of Winnall, of the neighbour- 
 hood of Droitwich, may be connected in their descent with John 
 
 Winnoll, who was mayor of Evesham in 1612 (M.) There was 
 
 an Evesham gentle family of the name of Yarnold in the latter 
 half of the 17th century, when members of the family more than 
 once held the office of mayor ; they were also influential townsmen 
 daring last century (M. and T.). A century ago, the name of 
 Yarnold occurred in a window in Oddingley church (N.). Yarnold 
 is still an Evesham name. 
 
4oa 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 YORKSHIRE, IS^ORTH AND EAST RIDINGS. 
 
 Note. — The asterisk indicates that a name, though characteristic 
 of this part of Yorkshire, is more numerous elsewhere 
 The home of a border name may extend into the West Riding 
 or into the adjoining county. 
 
 *Brown 
 *Hall 
 
 G-ENEEAL Names (30-40 counties) . 
 
 Johnson *Smit;h 
 
 Robinson Wilson 
 
 
 Common Names (20-29 counties). 
 
 *Chapman 
 
 *Mason *Walker 
 
 *Foster 
 
 *Moore Ward 
 
 Harrison 
 
 Richardson Watson 
 
 Jackson 
 
 Thompson 
 
 
 Regional Names (10-19 counties). 
 
 Atkinson 
 
 Hudson (York) Stephenson 
 
 Barker 
 
 *Newton (Whitby) *Webstev 
 
 *Dixon 
 
 Pearson Wilkinson 
 
 Dunn (Hull) 
 
 Simpson 
 
 District Names (4-9 counties). 
 
 Bainbridge (DarHngton) 
 *Beal 
 *Bradshaw 
 *Braithwaite 
 
 Clarkson 
 
 Coates 
 
 Dale 
 ♦Dennis 
 
 Dobson 
 
 Dunning 
 
 Fawcett 
 
 Hodgson 
 
 Hutchinson 
 
 Jordan (Hull) 
 
 Kirby (York and HuU) 
 ♦Kirk 
 
 r Kitchin "1 North aller- 
 l Kitchmg J ton 
 
 Lambert (Bedale) 
 
 Lawson 
 
 r Metcalfe I (g^^^j^^ 
 iMetcalf J ^ ^ 
 
 Milner (York and Hull) 
 
 Peacock (Richmond 
 and Northallerton) 
 
 Pickering 
 
 Sowerby 
 
YORKSHIRE. NORTH AND EAST RIDINGS. 
 
 409 
 
 County Names (2-3 counties). 
 
 Alders on (Richmond) 
 r Allinson 
 I- Allison 
 
 Appleton 
 *Boyes 
 
 Calvert (Riclimond) 
 J Cockerell 
 1 Cockerill 
 *Craven 
 r CundeU 
 t Cundni 
 
 Dent 
 *Dowson 
 
 Featherstone 
 
 FlintofE (Yarm) 
 *rrankland 
 *Hebden (Bedale) 
 
 *Hird 
 
 {Hogarth 
 Hoggard 
 Hoggart 
 
 Hopper 
 
 Hornby 
 
 Horner 
 *Jefferson 
 
 Lofthouse 
 
 Lowish 
 
 Lumley 
 *Mudd (Bedale) 
 
 Porritt 
 *Raine (Darlington) 
 
 Sayer 
 *SherM'ood 
 
 Shipley 
 
 r Siddall 
 i Siddell 
 Isiddle 
 
 Sleightholme (York) 
 *Sinithson 
 
 Spence 
 ^Strickland 
 
 Swales 
 
 Thwaite (Bedale) 
 
 Tindall 
 
 Topham 
 
 Trotter 
 r Weatherill 
 i Weiherell 
 Lwetherill 
 
 Wise 
 
 Yeoman 
 
 Pecfliae Names (confined mostly to these Ridings) . 
 
 Agar 
 
 Blenkin 
 
 Blenkiron 
 
 Bosomworth (Thirsk) 
 
 Botterill (York) 
 
 Bowes (York) 
 
 Brigham 
 
 Bulmer 
 
 Codling 
 
 Coverdale 
 
 Creaser 
 
 Danby 
 
 Dinsdale (Bedale) 
 
 Duck 
 
 Duggleby 
 TElgey 
 L Elgie 
 
 Ellerby 
 
 Foxton 
 
 Galloway 
 
 Garbutt 
 
 Goodwill 
 
 Grainger 
 
 Harker (Richmond) 
 
 Harlan d 
 
 Hawking 
 
 Hebron 
 
 Heseltine 
 
 Hick 
 r Holliday 
 L Holyday 
 
 Horsley 
 
 HugiU 
 
 Ireson 
 
 Jacques 
 
 Jordison 
 
 Judson 
 
 Kendrew (York) 
 
 Kettlewell 
 
 Kilvington 
 
 Kipling (Darlington) 
 
 Knaggs 
 fLamploughj ^jj^^^ 
 L Lamplugh J 
 r Laverack 
 1 Laverick 
 
 f Leak 
 
 L Leake 
 Leaper 
 Leckenby 
 
 {Matson 
 Matterson 
 Mattison 
 Medforth 
 
 {Megginson 
 Meggison 
 Megson 
 Monkman 
 Nornabell 
 Nottingham 
 Outhwaite 
 Parnaby 
 Fetch 
 Pickersgill 
 l*lews 
 
 r Porrett 
 
 L Porritt 
 Precious 
 
 J Prodham 
 
 L Prudom 
 
410 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Pybus 
 
 Raw (Richmond) 
 
 Readman 
 
 Rennison 
 
 Spenceley 
 - Spensley 
 Stainthorpe 
 Stavely 
 
 J Tyerman 
 
 1 Tyreman 
 
 ' Yentress 
 
 - Yentris 
 
 Rider 
 
 Rodmell 
 J Rounthwaite 
 l Routhwaite 
 
 ■Stockhill 
 ■ Stockill 
 -Stokell 
 Stonehouse 
 
 /Weighell 
 . Weighill 
 rWelburn 
 
 twellburn 
 
 Rowntree 
 
 Searth 
 
 Sedman 
 
 Sturdy 
 Suddaby 
 r Suggett 
 I Suggitt 
 
 Welford (Whitby) 
 Whitwell (York) 
 
 r Wilberf orce 
 
 L Wilberfoss 
 
 ' Sellars 
 
 I Sellers 
 
 Severs 
 
 Sunter (Bedale) 
 Tennison (Hull) 
 Tweedy 
 
 Witty 
 
 Wray (York) 
 Wrightson 
 
 NOTES ON^ SOME OF THE CHARACTERISTIC NAMES OF THE 
 NORTH AND EAST RIDINGS OF YORKSHIRE. 
 
 (Tlie names are arranged in alphabetical groups, but not necessarily in alpha- 
 betical order in each group.) 
 
 Authorities indicated ly the following ahhreviations 
 D. indicates Drake's " Eboracum." 
 
 F. 
 
 Fisher's "Masham." 
 
 0. „ 
 
 G-ent's " Ripon." 
 
 Lower's " Patronymica Britannica." 
 
 Ord's " Cleveland." 
 
 P.B. „ 
 
 Poulson's " Beverlac." 
 
 Sp. „ 
 T.H. „ 
 
 Contributors to Armada Fund in 1588 (Brit. Mus., 
 
 B. 474). 
 Tickell's " Hull." 
 
 W.R. „ 
 
 Whitaker's " Richmondshire." 
 
YORKSHIRE, NORTH AND EAST RIDINGS. 411 
 
 A— B. 
 
 The Agaes, an old York family of the 17th and 18th centuries, 
 gained considerable estate by trade and founded a hospital in that 
 city. Thomas Agar, tanner, was lord mayor of York in 1618, 
 and the same office was filled by Thomas Agar, woollen draper, in 
 
 1724 (D,). Agar is still a York name Alderson is a name of 
 
 very frequent occurrence in the Richmond district of the North 
 Riding. John Alderson was sheriif of the city of York in 1709 
 (D.). The name is also established in the adjacent county of 
 
 Durham Allinson was a name well known in York in the 
 
 17th century. William Allenson, draper, who received the honour 
 of knighthood and represented that city in Parliament, was lord 
 mayor of York in 1633 and 1655 (D.) Yorkshire and Lanca- 
 shire have been for ages the principal homes of the Appletons, 
 who derive their name in this part of England from several 
 townships in the North Riding and from a Lancashire village 
 John de Appelton represented York in the parliament in the reign 
 of Edward II. William Appleton was sheriff of that city in the 
 reign of James II. (D.). The Appletons were a well-known 
 Beverley family during the 17th and 18th centuries; and on six 
 occasions they filled the office of mayor, being originally mercers 
 and afterwards gentlefolk (P. B.). Henry Appleton was an 
 alderman of Hull in the time of Cromwell (T. H.). The 
 Appletons are still represented in York, Beverley, and Hull. 
 There was an old family of this name at Deddington, Oxfordshire 
 (Marshall's " Deddington "), that probably derived its name from 
 a parish or village of this name in the adjacent county of Berks. 
 
 The Bainbridges of northern Yorkshire probably derive their 
 
 name from a village in the North Riding. They are best repre- 
 sented on the Durham border of the county in the Darlington 
 district. Bainbrigg, or Bainbrige, was the name of a high sheriff 
 of York in the time of Henry V., and of an archbishop of York 
 and a primate of England in the time of Henry VIII. (D.). The 
 Bainbrigge family of Derbyshire came from Wheatley, in the 
 West Riding, in the 16th century; they represented Derby in the 
 parliament during that century (Glover's "Derbyshire"). (See 
 
 under "Durham" and "Westmoreland.") The Blenkirons 
 
 may derive their name from a Cumberland estate known as 
 
 Blenkarne Bowes is a name evidently taken from the North 
 
 Riding parish thus called. The family of Bowes of Aske, in the 
 
412 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 North Riding, played a notable part in the county during the 
 16th and 17th centuries (W. R.). The name has long been 
 prominently connected with York, and it is in that locality that 
 it is now best represented. Lord mayors of York and the repre- 
 sentatives of the city in parliament during the 15th century bore 
 this name (D.)- ^ gentle family of Bowes has been connected 
 with Darlington since the 17th century (Longstaffe's " Dar- 
 lington ") BuLMER is the name of a North Riding parish. 
 
 From the 12th to the 16th century the ancient family of De 
 Bulmer, or Bulmer, were lords of Wilton, and they frequently 
 filled the office of high sherifi" of the county of York (D. and 0.). 
 
 The Bkaithwaites of the north of England will be found 
 
 generally referred to under "Cumberland" Amongst the old 
 
 Yorkshire names that do not figure in my list are those of 
 A&KWiTH, BoLLAND, and Bushel. Robert Askwith, draper, was 
 lord mayor of York in 1580 ; and Sir Robert Askwith was lord 
 mayor in 1606 and 1617 (D.). The Bollands, a Masham family 
 in the 17th and 18th centuries, came originally from Craven, in 
 the West Riding ; William Bolland, of this family, was made a 
 baron of the Court of Exchequer in 1829 (F.). Bolland and Bow- 
 land are West Riding townships. The Bushels were mayors of 
 Hull in the 16th and 16th centuries (T. H.). 
 
 C-G. 
 
 Calvert is a characteristic Yorkshire name," and is at present 
 best represented in the Richmond district, but still survives in 
 York. The Calverts, of Danby Wiske, were an old North Riding 
 family. Sir Gleorge Calvert, the first lord of Baltimore and the 
 first planter in Maryland, was from this stock (W. R.). Sheriffs 
 of the city of York in the reigns of James I. and Charles I. bore 
 this name ; and as far back as the time of Edward II., Henry 
 Calvehird was a bailiff of this city, whilst Henry Calvert, probably 
 the same person, represented York in the parliament of that 
 reign (D.). Calvert House is a North Riding hamlet Cover- 
 dale is the name of a place in the North Riding. Miles Coverdale, 
 bishop of Exeter, who made a translation of the Bible in the reign 
 
 of Henry Vlll., was a Yorkshire man The Cundalls, or 
 
 Cundells, or Cundills, derive their name from a North Riding 
 parish. During the 17th and 18th centuries the Cundalls were 
 well known in Ripon, and frequently filled the office of mayor (G.). 
 The Dents probably derive their name from a township in the 
 
YORKSHIRE, NORTH AND EAST RIDINGS. 413 
 
 north division of the West Riding. (See under "Durham.") 
 
 The Danbys are named after parishes, etc., in the ^N'orfch Riding. 
 The Danbys of Swinton Park, a very ancient and distinguished 
 knightly family, dating back to the 11th centnry, vi^ere lords 
 of Mashamshire from the 16th to the 18th century ; of this 
 family there are many branches, one of the oldest being that 
 
 of the Danbys of Kirkby Knowle (F.) The Dinsdales, v^^ho 
 
 are named after parishes in the North Riding and in South 
 Durham, are now best represented in the Bedale district. There 
 
 M^as a Leeds family of this name in the 17th century (G.) 
 
 The DuGGLEBYS are named after a township in the East Riding 
 The DuNNiNGS of Yorkshire possess the name of an Anglo- 
 Saxon clan, which may have had its home at Dunningley in this 
 
 county. (See under "Warwickshire" and "Dorsetshire.") 
 
 The Ellerbys take the name of townships in the North and 
 East Ridings. John Ellerby was an alderman of Hull in the 
 
 reign of Henry VIII. (T. H.). Ellerby is still a Hull name 
 
 The Fawcetts have their home in Yorkshire and Westmoreland. 
 There was a Ripon family of this name in the reign of Elizabeth, 
 members of which on two occasions filled the office of mayor (Gr.). 
 Forcett is the name of a township and a hamlet in the North 
 Riding ; whilst Fawcet Forest is the name of a township in West- 
 moreland Featherstone is the name of parishes and townships 
 
 in Yorkshire, Northumberland, and Staffordshire It is singular 
 
 that the Fltntopfs, who have their home in the Yarm district, are 
 associated in the same part of Yorkshire with the Flintons. 
 Walter Flinton was mayor of Hull in 1565 (T. H.) ; the name is 
 now rare in the county. 
 
 H— J. 
 
 The Harlands, who are still represented in Ripon, bear the 
 name of the wakeman (the modern mayor) of Ripon in 1596 (Gr.). 
 
 The Heseltines probably corrupted their name in early times 
 
 from Heslerton, an East Riding parish. Heselton is a rare form 
 of the name. Heslington is also an East Riding parish from 
 which the surname of Heslington, of occasional occurrence in 
 Yorkshire, has been derived. There was an inscription in Howlden 
 church, in the East Riding, referring to William Hesletine, who 
 died in 1728 (G.) An old family of Hird once resided at Wood- 
 house Grove, Rawdon, in the West Riding (Slater's " Guiseley ") 
 The name of Hopper is also established in Cambridgeshire 
 
414 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 and Devonshire. In the 13th century it occurred as Le Hoppere, 
 or Le Hopper, in Lincolnshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, 
 
 Suffolk, etc The Hornbys of the North and East Ridings 
 
 take their name from townships in the North Riding Horner 
 
 is a characteristic Yorkshire name. The Horners, a family of 
 York merchants in the 17th century, on three occasions held the 
 office of lord mayor of that city (D.). Nicholas Horner, a Roman 
 Catholic of Grantley, preferred death to the abandonment of his 
 religion in 1589 ; the Rev. John Horner was curate of Masham in 
 
 1696 (F.). The Horners are still found in York William 
 
 HoRSELET of this county contributed £25 for the defence of his 
 country at the time of the expected Spanish invasion in 1588 
 
 (Sp.) The HuGiLLS derive their name from a township in 
 
 Westmoreland. Thomas Hugill was overseer of the poor of Great 
 
 Ayton about a hundred years ago (0.) Anthony Iveson was 
 
 mayor of Hull in 1690 (T. H.), and the name is still in that town. 
 Henry Iveson was high sheriff of the county in 1708; the 
 Ivesons owned Bilton Manor, York, last century (D.). Between 
 1773 and 1838 about fifteen mayors of Holderness bore the name 
 
 of Iveson (Poulson's "Holderness") Sir Roger Jaques, who 
 
 was lord mayor of York in 1639, was one of a family of pros- 
 perous merchants of Elvington, York, who flourished in the 17th 
 
 and 18th centuries (D.) Jordan is a name established in many 
 
 other parts of England besides the North and East Ridings, for 
 instance, in Bucks, Derbyshire, Devonshire, Essex, Gloucestershire, 
 Oxfordshire, etc. In the 13th century it was common as Jordan 
 and Jurdan in Oxfordshire, and was also represented in Lincoln- 
 shire, Norfolk, Suffolk, etc. (H. R.). The Jordans of Enstone, 
 Oxfordshire, have been resident in that parish since the 14th 
 century (Jordan's "Enstone"). This surname is a form of Jour- 
 dain, an early Norman baptismal name (L.) Jordison, signify- 
 ing Jordanson, and JuDSON, its contracted form, are both of them 
 names peculiar to Yorkshire. It is said that most of the Judsons 
 in England and America trace their origin to the neighbourhood 
 of Leeds (L.). 
 
 K— L. 
 
 The Kettlewells, who derived their name originally from a 
 parish in the north division of the West Riding, were represented 
 by a prosperous family in Ripon during the 16th and 17th 
 
YORKSHIRE, NORTH AND EAST RIDINGS. 415 
 
 centuries, members of whicli were elected wakemeii and mayors of 
 
 the city (G.) The Kilvingtons take their name from townships 
 
 ia the North Riding. John Kilvington was sheriff of the city of 
 
 York in 1643 (D.), and the name is still in that city The 
 
 KiPLiNGS, who take their name from a North Riding township, 
 are best represented on the Durham border in the district of 
 
 Darlington KiTcnm or Kitohing has its present Yorkshire home 
 
 in the Northallerton district. Nicholas Kitchin was mayor of 
 Ripon in 1658 (Gr.), and Kitchin is still a Ripon name. Kitchen is 
 a common form of the name in other counties, but it should be 
 noted that this name is not established in the counties south of the 
 Wash. Besides Yorkshire, it characterises Lincolnshire, Notts, 
 
 Lancashire, and Westmoreland Knaggs, an old Gisborough 
 
 name, is still to be found in that locality (0.) The Lamberts 
 
 have their principal home at the present time in Yorkshire, but 
 they are also to be found in the eastern counties of Kent, Essex, 
 and Norfolk, and also in Notts. In the 13th century the name 
 occurred as Lambert, Lamberd, and Lambard in Yorkshire, 
 Hunts, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Oxfordshire, and Bucks (H. R.). 
 One of the Yorkshire centres of the name is now in the district 
 
 of Bedale The Lamploughs or Lamplughs, who are now best 
 
 represented in the Hull district, possess the name of a Cumberland 
 parish. Thomas Lamplugh, who was Archbishop of York exactly 
 two centuries ago, was descended from a very ancient family in 
 Cumberland, where the Lamplughs had flourished for many 
 centuries with knightly honours. George Lamplugh, merchant, 
 was lord mayor of York in 1662 (D.), and the name is still in that 
 
 city The Laveracks or Lavericks were represented in Ponte- 
 
 fract in the early part of last century (G.) and still occur there. 
 Richard Laverock resided in Notts in the reign of Edward L, and 
 at the same time William Laverokhere dwelt in Oxfordshire 
 
 (H. R.) Lapidge is a rare Yorkshire name that was represented 
 
 in Pontefract in the reign of Charles 11. (G.) The Leaks or 
 
 Leakes possess the names of parishes in the North Riding, 
 Lincolnshire, and Notts. The Leakes of Leake in Lincolnshire are 
 
 an ancient family (Thompson's "Boston") There was an 
 
 inscription in Holden church in the East Riding referring to 
 Mr. T. Leaper, of Barnby, who died in 1710 (G.). Leaper has 
 also been a well-known Derby name for two centuries; it occurs 
 frequently in the list of the mayors and aldermen of Derby during 
 the last and the present century (Glover's " Derbyshire "). Richard 
 
416 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Lea,por was a noted minister of the Calvanistic baptists at Rode, 
 Northamptonsliire, in tlie reign of George I. ; Mrs. Leaper, of 
 Bracklej, in the same countj, published books of poems in the 
 
 middle of last century (Baker's " N^orthamptonshire ") Livee- 
 
 SEDGE, a surname now rare in the county, though still represented 
 in Hull, is the name of a township in the West Riding. John 
 Liversege was twice mayor of Hnllabont five centuries ago (T. H.). 
 Liversage was the name of an old family of Macclesfield, Cheshire, 
 in the 15th century, members of which filled the office of mayor 
 
 (Earwaker's "East Cheshire") Lofthouse, of which Loftus is 
 
 a rare and contracted form, is a characteristic Yorkshire name. 
 Lofthouse or Loftus, a town in the ISTorth Riding, gave the name of 
 Loftus to a family of great antiquity in the county (L.). There 
 are also places called Lofthouse in the West Riding. The present 
 home of the Loft houses of the West Riding is in the Ripon 
 
 district The Lumleys, an ancient and ennobled family of 
 
 Lumley Castle, co. Durham, have been seated in that county since 
 the time of the Conquest (L.). The North Riding knightly family 
 of De Lumley, evidently a branch of that of Lumley Castle were 
 lords of Kilton from the 14th to the 16th century (0.). There 
 was a gentle family of this name in York in the reign of 
 Henry VIII. (D.), and a Leeds family in the time of George I. 
 bore this name (Thoresby's " Leeds "). In the county of Durham 
 there are villages thus called. Lumley is still a York name. 
 
 M— P. 
 
 Mattison was the name of several of the mayors of Hull in the 
 
 16th century (T. H.) The Metcalfes are a Yorkshire family of 
 
 great antiquity, and so numerous are they that there is scarcely a 
 town or village in the North Riding which cannot own an inhabitant 
 of the name ; in truth, in 1607 the Metcalfes were accounted the 
 most numerous family in England ; even in 1555 it is recorded 
 that Sir Christopher Metcalfe, of Nappa Hall, near Askrigg, being 
 high sherifl: of Yorkshire, was attended by 300 horsemen, all of 
 his own family and name, to meet the judges of assize and conduct 
 them to York (Fuller's "Worthies" and Ingledew's "North- 
 allerton"). The Metcalfes, who settled in York, flourished there 
 as prosperous merchants from the 15th to the 18th century ; John 
 Metcalf was lord mayor of that city in 1498, Richard Metcalfe in 
 1674, and Sir Gilbert in 1695 ; and Miles Metcalfe represented 
 
YORKSHIRE, NORTH AND EAST RIDINGS. 417 
 
 York in the parliament of Edward IV^. (D.). Tlie district of 
 Bedale is that in which the Metcalfs or Metcalfes now most 
 abound. From the North Riding they have spread in numbers 
 into the other parts of Yorkshire, and they have also established 
 themselves in the bordering counties of Lancashire, Westmoreland, 
 
 and Durham The Megsons have contracted their name from 
 
 Megginson, another name characterising this part of Yorkshire. 
 On the tombstone of the wife of Francis Megson, who was buried 
 in St. Olave's churchyard, York, in 1718, there is, or was, the 
 following inscription : — 
 
 " Under this stone, crammed in a hole, does lye 
 The best of wives that ever man laid by." 
 
 OuTHWAiTE was the name of a Ripon family in the 17th 
 
 century, two members of which were buried in the minster yard in 
 the reign of Charles II. (Gr.)- Thomas Outhwaite was a well-to-do 
 
 Bradford townsman a century ago (James' "Bradford") The 
 
 Pickerings take their name from a town in the North Riding. 
 William Pickering was sheriff of the city of York in 1681, and 
 Thomas Pickering, attorney, was lord mayor of York in 1711 (D.)- 
 The name is still in that city. With the exception of a few 
 representatives in Leicestershire, this name is confined to the 
 north of England, being found in all the counties north of the 
 Dee and the Humber. The Leicestershire Pickerings, in fact, 
 originally come from the north, since we learn from Hill's 
 " Langton " that they are derived from the knightly family of 
 Pickering of Titchraarsh, Northamptonshire, in the 17th and 18th 
 centuries, a family hailing from Cumberland. Picering, according 
 
 to Kemble, was an Anglo-Saxon clan name Peacock is a name 
 
 found in several parts of England, but its great home is in the 
 North Riding, especially in the districts of Richmond and 
 Northallerton. It was represented as Pocok, Pokoc, Pokok, 
 and Pecock in the 13th century in Lincolnshire, Oxfordshire, 
 Cambridgeshire, and Norfolk (H. R.) ; in the last two counties it is 
 still well established. Speaking generally, this name characterises 
 
 the eastern half of England Pickersgill was a name known in 
 
 Ilton and Masham in the 16th and 17th centuries. Christopher 
 Pickersgill was one of the Masham churchwardens in 1638 (F.). 
 
 The name is still in the parish of Masham Prodham, Proudham, 
 
 Prudom, and Prudames, are different forms of a name now peculiar 
 
 2e 
 
418 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 to this part of Yorkshire. We find its original in a name, which, 
 in the varying shapes of Prodhomme, Prodome, Prodham, 
 Prudhomme, Prudhome, etc., was especially characteristic of 
 
 Hunts in the 13th centnry (H. E,.) Leonard Pybus of Ilton, 
 
 was married in Masham church in 1723. John Pibus, a Roman 
 Catholic priest and 'a native of Thirsk, suffered death for his 
 
 religion in 1601 (F.) Between 1599 and 1619, six mayors of 
 
 Hartlepool, in the neighbouring county of Durham, bore the name 
 of PouEETT (Sharp's*' Hartlepool"). 
 
 R— S. 
 
 Raikes, a name now uncommon in the county, was a name 
 known in Hull in the 17th century, when Thomas Raikes, in the 
 
 reign of Charles I., was thrice mayor of the town (T. H.) .The 
 
 Raines of the Korth Riding and of the county of Durham appear 
 to be most at home in the Darlington district lying between the 
 two counties. Dr. Matthew Raine, who was incumbent of Kirby 
 Wiske, in the North Riding, last century, had a son who became 
 headmaster of the Charterhouse School (W. R.) (See under 
 
 "Durham.") The Rounthwaites or Routhwaites have taken 
 
 the name of a Westmoreland hamlet Satee has long been 
 
 a North Riding name. There was a John Sayer of Worsall, 
 Northallerton, in the reign of Henry VIIl. (Ingledew's " North- 
 allerton"). Francis Sayer, of Marrick Park in the North Riding, 
 "svas one of the Yorkshire Roman Catholics who lost their estates 
 in 1605 (F.). The name has been represented in Norfolk for 
 many centuries, and further reference to it will be found under 
 
 that county Edward Seller was sheriff of the city of York 
 
 in 1731 (D.). The name is still in that city The name of 
 
 Severs may originate from Severs-hill or Severs-ho, a place near 
 York (D.) The Siddalls or Siddells or Siddles were repre- 
 sented in York in the 1 7th century : William Siddall was sheriff 
 of that city in 1652 (D.). They are also to be found in Derby- 
 shire. (See under "Sudall" in "Lancashire.") The Smithsons 
 
 of Stanwick Hall in the North Riding were a distinguished 
 Yorkshire family in the 17th century (W. R.). The name has 
 
 also a home in Lincolnshire Sovverbt is the name of parishes 
 
 and townships in the North and West Ridings, in Lancashire, and 
 Cumberland. Between the reigns of Charles II. and George I. 
 three Thomas Sowerbys were buried in the minster yard, Ripon 
 
YORKSHIRE, NORTH AND EAST RIDINGS. 419 
 
 (G.). Soureby was a Torkshire surname in the reign of Edward I. 
 (H. R.). The Sowerbys are also represented in the coanties of 
 
 Cumberland, Durham (around Darlington), and Lincoln There 
 
 was a gentle family of Stavely in, Ripon during the 15th and 
 16th centuries, members of which-were elected wakemen, an office 
 afterwards supplanted by that of mayor (G.). There are parishes 
 
 of this name in the West Riding and in Westmoreland The 
 
 name of Sturdy was represented by Sturdi in Hunts and Oxford- 
 shire in the 13th century (H. R.) The Yorkshire Suddabys 
 
 may be connected in their descent with an old Lincoln family of 
 Sattaby, a member of which was mayor of that city in 1659 
 
 (Stark's "Lincoln") Swales is a characteristic Yorkshire 
 
 name, the N'orth Riding being its original home. Swale was the 
 name of a very ancient and distinguished JS'orth Riding family of 
 Swale Hall, Swaledale : they suffered much by their loyalty in 
 the civil w^ars, but were rewarded with a baronetcy by Charles II. : 
 the Swale Hall estate passed out of the family just a century ago 
 (W. R.). William Swailes was mayor of Hull in 1526 (T. R). 
 John Swales was buried in St. Peter's, churchyard, Leeds, in 1710 
 
 (G.) Amongst the rare old Yorkshire names is that of Snape, 
 
 which in this county was derived from a village and a seat in the 
 Nort.h Riding : Snape Hall was once the property of Lord Latimer 
 (W. R.). Sir Robert Snape was vicar of Masham in 1534 (F.) 
 {See under " Suffolk.") 
 
 T— Z. 
 
 Thomas Topham was mayor of Ripon in 1627 (G.), and 
 Christopher Topham, merchant, was lord mayor of York in 1660 
 (D.) The name of Robert Teotter occurs in the list of York- 
 shire contributors to the fund collected at the time of the expected 
 
 Spanish invasion in 1588 (Sp.) Tyerman is a form of Tyreman, 
 
 a name of occupation also found in this part of Yorkshire. Henry 
 
 Tyreman, draper, was lord mayor of York in 1668 (D.) John 
 
 Weighill was mayor of Hedon in 1569, and eleven years after- 
 wards John Wighell, apparently the same person, held this office 
 
 (Poulson's " Holderness ") The Whitw^ells, who are now best 
 
 represented in the York district, have derived their name from a 
 
 village and a township in the North Riding John Welburn 
 
 was sheriff of the city of York in 1697 (D.) Wilberforce, or 
 
 Wilbekfoss is a name taken from the East Riding parish of 
 
 2 E 2 
 
420 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Wilberfoss. The family of the name resided there from the early 
 Norman reigns to the middle of the 16th century (L.). In the 
 13th century this name took the forms in this county of De 
 Wilberfos, De Wilbfos, and De Wilbfosse (H. R.)- I* ^^^ for 
 many generations ppominently connected with the city of York, 
 where it is still to be found ; Allen Wilberfoss was sheriff in 1476, 
 Koger Wilberfoss was sheriff* in 1678, and Leonard Wilberfoss was 
 lord mayor in 1686 ; Thomas Wilberfoss, who died in 1682, was a 
 York attorney (D.). Wilberforce was also the name of a family 
 of Beverley merchants in the 17th and 18th centuries ; and in 
 1643, 1674, and 1712, a Wilberforce held the office of mayor 
 (P. B.). William Wilberforce was mayor of Hull in 1722 (T. H.). 
 
 The Wrays have their present home in the York district. 
 
 John Wray was sheriff of Hull in 1790 (T. H.). There are 
 
 villages of this name in North Lancashire The name of Tweedy 
 
 has its present English home in the North and East Ridings. It 
 is also a Scottish name, though not very common there. There 
 are now a few of the name at Bromley, Kent, perhaps descendants 
 of a gentle family of Twedye, or Twedy, that resided at Boreham, 
 Essex, in the reign of Elizabeth, having come from Scotland two 
 generations before (Wright's "Essex"). 
 
YORKSHIRE, WEST RIDING. 
 
 421 
 
 YORKSHIRE, WEST RIDING. 
 
 Note. — The asterisk before a name denotes that, though charac- 
 teristic of the county, it is more relatively numerous elsewhere. 
 
 
 General Names (30-40 counties). 
 
 ♦Grreen 
 
 ♦Smith *Wil80ii 
 
 ♦Robinson 
 
 Taylor 
 
 
 Common Names (20-29- counties). 
 
 *Foster 
 
 Moore Walker 
 
 ♦Harrison 
 
 Parker Wood 
 
 ♦Mitchell 
 
 ♦Thompson 
 
 
 Regional Names (10-19 counties). 
 
 *Barker 
 
 Hudson ♦Simpson 
 
 ♦Barrett 
 
 ♦Jackson *Webster 
 
 ♦Dawson 
 
 #r Procter ♦Wild 
 t Proctor Wilkinson 
 
 ♦Ellis 
 
 Ho]me& 
 
 Shaw (Huddersfield)' 
 
 
 DiSTEiCT Names (4-9 counties)!. 
 
 ♦Atkinson 
 
 # r Fielding ^ r Metcalf 
 . Fielden { Metcalfe 
 
 ♦Booth 
 
 ♦Bradley 
 
 aiU Naylor 
 
 Braithwaite 
 
 Greenwood f Newbold 
 
 ♦Briggs (Bradford) Knowles 1 Newbould 
 
 Brook 
 
 Lambert r Pullan 
 ♦Law 1 Pullen 
 
 ♦Can- 
 
 Cliarlesworth 
 
 ♦Lawson Rhodes 
 
 Drake 
 
 ♦Lister * Richmond (Ripon) 
 
 ♦Fawcett 
 
 r Lund f Whitaker 
 LLunn I Whifctaker 
 
 
422 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 County Names (2-3 counties). 
 
 *Bai)croft 
 *Baxter 
 
 Beaumont 
 J Birkenshaw 
 I Birkinshaw 
 
 Bramley 
 *CalTert 
 *Crabtree 
 
 Craven (Leeds) 
 f Crosland 
 I Crossland 
 
 Crossley 
 
 Crowther 
 *Cundall 
 * Driver 
 J Duekett 1 
 L Duckitt ; (Doncaster) 
 
 Dugdale 
 
 Eastwood (Hudders- 
 field) 
 
 England 
 J" Farrar 
 I Farrer 
 
 Erankland 
 
 Grrayson 
 
 Hague 
 
 J Handley 
 
 I Han ley 
 
 ^ J Hardacre 
 
 L Hardaker 
 
 Hargreaves (Leeds) 
 
 Hartley 
 
 Heaton 
 
 Hebden 
 
 Holgate 
 *Horner 
 
 Hoyle 
 
 lUing worth 
 
 Ingham 
 *Jenkinson 
 
 Kaye (Huddersfield) 
 
 Leeming 
 
 Lockwood 
 
 Lofthouse (Eiipon) 
 *Lumley 
 
 Marsden 
 
 Marston 
 
 Morrell 
 
 r Oddie 
 I Oddy 
 
 Pickles 
 
 Priestley 
 
 Redman 
 
 Schofield (Hudders- 
 field) 
 
 Senior 
 
 Shillitoe 
 ^Shuttle worth (Leeds) 
 
 Slinger 
 
 Stead 
 
 Stones 
 
 Sutcliffe (Halifax) 
 ^Swales 
 
 Sykes (Huddersfield) 
 *Thwaite 
 
 Waddington 
 
 Waite 
 rWolfenden 
 J Wolfeden 
 I Woffenden 
 ^Woofenden 
 
 Pectjliae Names (confined. mostly to this county). 
 
 Addy (Huddersfield) 
 
 Ambler 
 
 Appleyard 
 
 Armitage 
 f Balmf orth 
 I Bamforth 
 
 Barraclough 
 r Batty ■) (Hudders- 
 L Battye J field) 
 
 f Beever 
 I Beevers 
 
 Beevors 
 
 Bentham (Sedbergh) 
 
 Binns 
 
 Blakey 
 
 Bottomley 
 
 Bramall (Sheffield) 
 ' Brear 
 . Brears 
 
 Dibb 
 
 Dyson (Huddersfield) 
 
 Earnshaw 
 
 Broadbent 
 
 Emmott 
 
 Broadhead 
 Butterfield 
 
 Feather (Keighley) 
 Firth 
 
 Capstick 
 Clapham 
 Clough 
 Cockshott 
 
 Garside 
 
 rGeldard 
 
 Gelder 
 
 GledhiU 
 
 Crapper 
 
 Crawshaw (Sheffield) 
 r Demain \ ,^, , 
 iDemaine/(S^^P<^«^) 
 
 Gott 
 
 Haigh (Huddersfield) 
 
 Hainsworth (Leeds) 
 
 Haley 
 
 Denby 
 Denison 
 
 Hampshire 
 Hanson 
 
YORKSHIRE, WEST RIDING. 
 
 423 
 
 Hardcastle 
 
 Helliwell ^Sheffield) 
 
 Hepwortli 
 
 Hej 
 fHincliclifF "1 (Hud- 
 l Hinchcliffe J dersfield) 
 
 Hirst 
 
 Hobson 
 J Holdsworth 
 I Ho ulda worth (Keighley) 
 
 Hoh'oyd 
 
 Horsfall 
 
 Houseman 
 
 Ingleby (Ripen) 
 
 Jagger 
 
 Jowett 
 
 Jubb 
 
 Ken worthy (Manches- 
 ter) 
 
 Lajcock (Leeds) 
 
 Lodge 
 
 Longbottom 
 
 Lumb (Halifax) 
 
 Mallinson 
 
 Mawson 
 
 Midgley 
 
 Moorhouse (Hudders- 
 field) 
 
 Murgatroyd 
 
 Myers 
 r Newsholme 
 \ Newsome 
 
 Noble 
 
 Peel (Leeds) 
 
 Petty 
 
 Popplewell 
 
 Poskitt 
 
 Ramsden 
 
 Redmayne 
 J Rish worth 
 L Rush worth 
 
 Robertshaw 
 
 Roebuck 
 r Sedgwick 
 \ Sidgwick 
 
 Shackletou 
 
 Sheard 
 
 Stansfield 
 
 Sugden 
 
 Sunderland 
 
 Tathani 
 f Teal 
 I Teale 
 
 iThackery 
 Thackray 
 Thackwray 
 Thornber 
 Thwaites 
 Tinker 
 Townend 
 Umpleby 
 Uttley 
 Yarley 
 Verity 
 
 Wads worth (Manches- 
 ter) 
 Watkinson 
 Weatherhead 
 Whiteley 
 Whitley 
 fWiddop 
 Iwiddup 
 Woodhead (Hudders- 
 
 field) 
 Wrathall 
 
 NOTES ON SOME OF THE CHARACTERISTIC NAMES OF 
 THE WEST RIDINa OF YORKSHIRE. 
 
 (The names are arranged in alphabetical groups, but not necessarily in alpha- 
 betical order in each group.) 
 
 Authorities indicated hy the foUoiving abbreviations : — 
 
 D. indicates Drake's "Eboracum." 
 
 G-. „ Gent's " Ripon." 
 
 Ga. „ Gatty's " Ecclesfield." 
 
 H. H. „ Hunter's " Hallamshire." 
 
 H. R. „ Hundred Rolls. 
 
 H. Y. „ Hunter's " South Yorkshire." 
 
 L. „ Lower's " Patronymica Britannica." 
 
 M. „ Miller's " Doncaster." 
 
 S. G. „ Slater's " Guiseley." 
 
 Sp. „ " Contributors to Armada Fund in 1588 " (Brit. Mus., B. 474) . 
 
 Th, „ Thoresby's " Leeds." 
 
 W. „ Watson's " Halifax." 
 
 Wh.C. „ Whitaker's " Craven." 
 
424 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 A— B. 
 
 Ambler is an old Yorkshire name, now best represented in the 
 West Riding, There were several of the name in Arnley about a 
 century ago (Th.). William Ambler was mayor of Doucaster in 
 1717 (M.), and one of the sheriffs of York in 1727 bore this name 
 (D.). In 1665, Captain Thomas Ambler gave £30 to the poor of 
 Leeds (Th,). Ombler was the name of they mayor of Holderness, 
 in the East Riding, in 1618, 1638, 1655, and 1821 (Poulson's 
 *' Holderness"). The name occurred amongst the yeomen o£ East 
 Hasterton in the reign of Edward YI. (D.) ; and going much 
 further back we find Amblurs in the East Riding and in Lincoln- 
 shire in the reign of Edward I. (H. R.) Appleyard is another 
 
 old Yorkshire name. Sir Nicholas Applyarde fought at Elodden 
 in 1513 (Wh. C). Thomas Appleyard was lord mayor of York in 
 1551, 1563, and 1584 (D.). John Appleyard, Esq., of Burstwick 
 Garth, was mayor of Holderness in 1585 (Poulson's "Holderness"). 
 The name of Apylyard occurred in Norfolk in the 13th century 
 
 (H. R.) Armytage or Armitage has been a West Riding name 
 
 since the time of Stephen (L.). A district in the West Riding 
 and a parish and a seat in Staffordshire are thus called. The 
 Armitages of Kirklees are an old and influential Yorkshire family, 
 dating back to the time of Henry YIII. ; a baronetcy was granted 
 to the family by Charles 1. (Th.). The Armitages of Doncaster 
 trace their pedigree three centuries back (H. Y.) ; a member of 
 this family was mayor of that town in 1663 (M.). John Armytage 
 was a Yorkshire gentleman who contributed £25 to the Spanish 
 
 Armada fund in 1588 (Sp.) The Battys or Battyes are now 
 
 numerous in the Huddersfield district. The Batties of Warms- 
 worth trace their pedigree two centuries back (H. Y.). Early last 
 century there was a gentle family of Batty at Thorp in Burnsall 
 
 (Wh. C). William Batty was mayor of Ripon in 1622 (G.) 
 
 The Beaumonts belong to an ancient and once powerful Yorkshire 
 family. Major Beaumont was lieutenant-governor of Sheffield 
 Castle in 1643 (H. H.). The name is also established in Suffolk. 
 
 BiNNS was a Lincolnshire name in the 13th century. More 
 
 than 200 years ago, Richard Binns, gent., lent £50 to the city of 
 
 York (D.) The Yorkshire Bramleys derive their name from 
 
 two townships in the West Riding The Bramalls, who are best 
 
 represented in the Sheffield district, derive their name from 
 Bramhall, a township in the adjoining part of Cheshire. John 
 
YORKSHIRE, WEST RIDING. 425 
 
 Bramhall was mayor of Pontefract in 1602 (M.). Bramall was 
 the name of the mayor of Lichfield, Staffordshire, in 1781 
 
 (Harwood's "Lichfield") Breres, the name of an ancient 
 
 family originally of Hammertoa and afterwards of Leeds (Th.), is 
 
 the early form of the Yorkshire name of Brears Broadbent 
 
 was a common name in the parish of Ecclesfield during the reigns 
 of Elizabeth and James L; its early form was Broadbent (Ga.). 
 
 Broadhead was also an Ecclesfield name in the reign of 
 
 Elizabeth, when it was often written Brodheade (Ga.). Brodheved 
 
 was a Cambridgeshire name in the 13th century (H. R.) The 
 
 Benthams, who are best represented in the Sedbergh district, take 
 their name from a West Riding parish. Thomas Bentham, Bishop 
 of Lichfield in the 16th century, was born at Sherburn in the West 
 
 Riding BuTTERPiELD was the name of a freeholder in the city 
 
 of York duriug the reign of Elizabeth (D.). There was a Lan- 
 caster family of this name during last century, members of which 
 filled the office of mayor five times between 1722 and 1779 
 
 ("History of Lancaster") Amongst the old West Riding 
 
 names, now less frequently represented, is that of Beckwith, which 
 was originally derived from a hamlet in that division of the 
 county. The Beckwiths were a very numerous race, the main 
 stock being settled at a very early period at Clint in Ripley, where 
 it flourished until the close of the 16th century ; the Beckwiths of 
 Aldborough during the 17th and 18th centuries, who belonged to 
 the Chnt stock, received a baronetcy (Fisher's " Masham "). 
 
 C— E. 
 
 The Claphams were a very ancient family of West Riding 
 
 gentry (Th.), who took the name of a West Riding parish The 
 
 Cloughs belonged to an old gentle family of Thorp Stapleton, a 
 member of which was a justice of the peace in the reign of 
 
 James 1. (Th.). Clough is a West Riding hamlet Crabtree 
 
 is also a Lancashire name. Crabtree was the name of a distin- 
 guished astronomer and mathematician of the 17th century, who 
 
 was born in the parish of Halifax (W.) Cockshot is a hill in 
 
 Cumberland, whilst Cockshutt is a Shropshire district The 
 
 name of Crapper was represented by Crapere in Norfolk in the 
 
 lyth century (H. R.) The Cravens of the West Riding are best 
 
 represented in the Leeds district. The name is also established in 
 the other divisions of Yorkshire, as well as in Lincolnshire. A 
 
426 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 West Riding district is thus called The Crawshaws are now 
 
 best represented in the district of Sheffield. They take the name 
 of a Lancashire village, from which they originally hailed, but 
 they were well established in the parish of Ecclesfield in the reign 
 of Elizabeth (Ga.), and in the time of Cromwell in the parish of 
 
 Arksey (H. Y.). The name is still in Arksey The Crowthers 
 
 have long been established in the district of Halifax : Brian 
 Crowther, who died in 1607, left many bequests for the poor of 
 
 that town (W.) Calverley is one of the old Yorkshire names, 
 
 now uncommon in the county. The Calverleys of Calverley, a 
 knightly family, came into possession of Esholt Hall, Gaiseley, in 
 
 the reign of Charles I. (S. Gr.) The Denbys derive their name 
 
 from a township in the West Riding Demaust or Demaine is a 
 
 name now best represented in the Skipton district. John Demaine 
 of West End, Horsforth, died in 1821 at the age of 110 (S. G.). 
 
 Thomas Denison, one of the Society of Merchant Adventurers, 
 
 was buried in Leeds parish church in 1708 (Th.). The English 
 Denisons are said to have sprung from the Scottish Dennistouns 
 (L.), Since, however, Denny has long been a I^orfolk and a 
 Suffolk name, its change to Denison in the north of England is 
 the same as that which a multitude of English family names 
 have undergone in the northern counties, and a great number of 
 
 examples of this change are to be found in this work Dyson 
 
 is a name now numerous in the Huddersfield district. It was 
 well established in the parish of Ecclesfield during the reign of 
 
 Elizabeth (Ga.) An ancient gentle family of Emmott long 
 
 lived at Emmott Hall, near Burnley, in Lancashire : Richard 
 Emmott, Esq., the last male heir, died at the family seat in 1819 
 (Baines' "Lancashire"). A rector of Bolton during the reign of 
 
 Elizabeth bore this name (Wh. C.) Crosland is the name of a 
 
 township in the West Riding. Thomas Crosland of Crosland 
 
 was rector of Bramwith 200 years ago (H. Y.) The Ducketts or 
 
 DuCKiTTS are now principally represented near the Lincolnshire 
 border in the Doncaster district. The Ducketts of Filllngham, 
 
 Lincolnshire, were resident there in the 13th century (L.) 
 
 The family of Dugdale long resided in Lancashire (L.), and 
 further reference will be found under that county. John Dugdale 
 was rector of St. Dyonis in the city of York in the reign of 
 
 Charles II. (D.) Joshua Earnshaw, merchant, who was lord 
 
 mayor of York In 1692, was the son of a yeoman of Holme in the 
 parish of Kirkburton : he founded a school at Holme, and worthily 
 
YORKSHIRE, WEST RIDING. 427 
 
 endowed with social position and good fame his family and their 
 descendants (Morehouse's " Kirkburton "). The Earnshaws are 
 
 still in Kirkburton The Englands of the West Riding belong 
 
 to a very ancient family of Scot Hall, Potter-Newton, in Leeds 
 parish, in which parish the name still occurs (Th.). The name 
 also occurs in Hunts and Somerset. In the 13th century it was 
 represented by Engelond in Hunts, Bucks, and Norfolk (H. R.). 
 New England is a Northamptonshire hamlet. 
 
 F— G. 
 
 Faerar or Farrer is a very old West Riding name. The 
 Farrers of Halifax were an ancient gentle family, possessing the 
 Eawood estate in that parish in the 16th century (W.) ; and 
 William Farrer was a Halifax gentleman in the reign of Charles II. 
 (D.). The Farrers of Leeds were an old family of Wortley in 
 that parish, and were lords of the manor at the beginning of last 
 century : in 1694, Miles Farrer was master of the Free School, 
 Leeds ; one branch of this family trace their pedigree to the time 
 of Elizabeth (Th.). The name is still numerous in the Halifax 
 and Leeds districts. John Farrar was one of the Yorkshire gentle- 
 men who in 1642 endeavoured to prevent the civil war extending 
 to the county (D.). The origin of the name is somewhat uncertain. 
 A Norfolk incumbent of the 16th centnry was called John 
 Fayrhawr, alias Farrar (L.) ; and in the 13th century the name 
 of Fayrher occurred in the adjoining county of Cambridge, whilst 
 De Ferar or De Ferrar was then found in Derbyshire, Devonshire, 
 
 Oxfordshire, etc. (H. R.) Robert Firth was the name of two 
 
 mayors of Doncaster in the reigns of Henry VII. and Henry VIII. 
 
 (M.), and the name is still in the town The name of Frankland 
 
 has long been established in the western part of the West Riding, 
 as at Giggleswick (Wh. C). Hugh Francklande was a Yorkshire 
 gentleman who contributed £50 for the defence of his country at 
 the time of the expected Spanish invasion of 1588 (Sp.). The 
 name of Franklan occurs in the Hundred Rolls, and it seems 
 probable that Frankland is sometimes a corruption of Franklin. 
 There is a Frankland Hall in the North Riding, and the surname 
 is also established there Geldard or Gelder is an old York- 
 shire name. William Geldart was wakeman of Ripon in 1435, an 
 office corresponding to that of the mayor of later date (G.). The 
 name is still in Ripon. John Geldart, merchant, was lord mayor 
 of York in 1645 and 1654, and Bartholomew Geldart was sheriff 
 
428 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 of the same city in 1699 (!).)• The name is still in York The 
 
 principal home of the Gills at the present day is in the West 
 Ridinp: of Yorkshire. The Gills of Norton trace their pedigree 
 
 300 years back (H. H.) Gledhill is the name of an ancient 
 
 family of Barkisland Hall, Halifax, where they resided until 
 towards the middle of the 17th century; they date back to the 
 14th century (W.). Their name still survives in Barkisland and 
 
 in Halifax The West Riding name of Gott was represented 
 
 by Gotte in Lincolnshire and Norfolk during the 14th century 
 
 (H. R.) Grayson is a characteristic Yorkshire name. A vicar 
 
 of St. Martin's, York, during the reign of Elizabeth,, bore this 
 name (D.) Amongst the old West Riding names now un- 
 common in the county is that of Genn or Genne. It was 
 established at Hullock and other places in the parish of Bccles- 
 field during the reigns of Elizabeth and James I. (Ga.). (See 
 under " Cornwall.") 
 
 H. 
 
 The Hagues are also' established in Cheshire and Derbyshire. 
 
 Hague is a place in the parish of Leeds The somewhat similar 
 
 name of Haigh is now numerously represented in the Huddersfield 
 district. Henry Haigh held an estate in the adjoining parish of 
 
 Halifax in the 17th century (W.) The Handleys or Hanleys 
 
 are also represented in Derbyshire and Norfolk. Handley is the 
 name of parishes and hamlets in Cheshire, Derbyshire, etc., and 
 Hanley is the name of places in Staffordshire and Worcestershire. 
 
 Hartley is a very common West Riding name. It is also 
 
 established in Lancashire. There are hamlets and townships of 
 the name in the West Riding, Westmoreland, Northumberland, 
 
 etc The Hansons have for a long time resided in the parish of 
 
 Halifax (W.). A rector of Thornton two centuries ago bore this 
 name (Wh. C). Richard Hanson, who was three times mayor of 
 Hull in the reign of Henry VI., died heroically at the battle of 
 Wakefield in 1460 (Tickell's "Hull"). Captain Hanson, who 
 was taken prisoner in the same battle, was executed at Pontefract 
 
 (D.) Hardcastle was the name of an old and influential East 
 
 Riding family of Masham, Kirkby-Malzeard, and Nidderdale, 
 where they were possessed of considerable landed estates ; during 
 the civil wars they suffered for their warm espousal of the cause 
 of King Charles (Fisher's "Masham"). John Hardcastle was 
 mayor of Hull in 1573 (Tickell's "Hull"). Thomas Hardcastle 
 
YORKSHIRE, WEST RIDIXG. 429 
 
 was minister of Bramham in the reign of Charles II. (Th.). 
 Hardcastle Craggs is the name of a locality near Hebden Bridge 
 
 in the West Riding The Hebdens, who derive their name from 
 
 more than one West Biding village, are probably for the most 
 part descended from an ancient gentle family of Ripon during the 
 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries, where they frequently filled the 
 office of wakeman and afterwards of mayor (G.)- William de 
 Hebden was rector of Burnsall in the reign of Edward III. (Wh. 
 C). Baker Hebdon was warden of Hull in 1761 (Tick ell's 
 "Hull"). The Hebdens are now numerous in the district of 
 
 Bedale, and they are still represented in Ripon The Helliwells, 
 
 who are now numerous in the district of Sheffield, may derive 
 their name, like the Halliwells of Lancashire, from a Lancashire 
 township. The name of Helwell occurred in Lincolnshire in the 
 
 13th century (H. R.) The Hepworths are named after a West 
 
 Riding village. Their name was well established in the parish of 
 
 Ecclesfield during the reigns of Elizabeth and James I. (Ga.) 
 
 Hey is a characteristic West Riding name. Samuel Hey was mayor 
 
 of Leeds in 1702 (Th.) The Hinchcliffes are well represented 
 
 in the Huddersfield district. The name was established in 
 
 the parish of Ecclesfield in the reign of Elizabeth (Ga.) 
 
 HoBSON is a characteristic West Riding name. It was well 
 represented in Ecclesfield parish in the reign of Elizabeth (Ga.) 
 
 HoLROTD was the name of a gentle family of Halifax early last 
 
 century (W,), which is still represented in the town. Howroydes 
 is a seat near Elland in the West Riding. William de Howroyde 
 or Holroyd, ancestor of the Earl of Sheffield, flourished in the 
 
 reign of Edward I. (L.) A family of the Horsfalls, said to 
 
 have come originally from Maukenholes, Halifax, resided at 
 Storthes Hall, Kirkburton, from the 16th to the present century ; 
 Storthes Hall was previously the home of the ancient and now 
 extinct family of Storthes (Morehouse's "Kirkburton"). Richard 
 Horsfall of this county contributed £25 to the Spanish Armada 
 
 fund in 1588 (Sp.). The name is still in Halifax The old 
 
 family of Hoyle of Hoyle House date back about three centuries 
 (W. and L.). Thomas Hoyle, merchant, was lord mayor of York 
 in 1632 and 1644 (D.). 
 
 I— N. 
 
 The Illingworths derive their name from a village in the 
 West Riding Ingham is the name of parishes in Lincolnshire, 
 
430 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Norfolk, and other counties The Inglebys, who take their name 
 
 from parishes and townships in the North Riding, are now best 
 represented in the Ripon district. The pedigree of one family of 
 this name begins with Sir Thomas Ingleby, one of the justices of 
 
 the Common Pleas in the reign of Edward III. (Th.) Kay or 
 
 Kaye is the name of an ancient and distinguished family of 
 Woodsome in the West Riding, one of whose members received a 
 baronetcy from Charles I. (L., Wh. C, and H. H.). The Kayes 
 a.re now best represented in the Huddersfield district of the West 
 Riding, whilst the Kays are more numerous in Lancashire. As far 
 back as the 13th century we find this name, both as Kay and 
 
 Kaye, in Lincolnshire, Hunts, and Cambridgeshire (H. R.) 
 
 JuBB was the name of a deputy-registrar of the Archbishop of 
 York in the early part of last century (D.). As far back as the 
 reign of Edward I. we find this name represented as Jubbe in the 
 
 wapentake of Osgoldcross (H. R.) The Lockwoods were well 
 
 established in Ecclesfield parish during the reign of Elizabeth 
 (Ga.). Lincolnshire is another home of the name. Lockwood is 
 
 a parish near Huddersfield The Laycocks have been resident 
 
 for many generations in the district of Leeds, and it is in that 
 locality that they are now most numerous. Westrope Laycock, 
 gent., was buried in Leeds parish church in 1685 (Th.), and 
 Westerop Lacock was a Leeds gentleman in the reign of Anne 
 
 (G.). Laycock is the name of a Wiltshire parish The Lodgp^s 
 
 w^ere much respected merchants of Leeds in the 17th and 18th 
 centuries ; in the parish church there is, or was, a brass plate to 
 " Maister William Lodge, the best of men," who died in 1648 
 
 (Th.). The name is still well represented in Leeds The 
 
 Marsdens are also well represented in Lancashire and Derbyshire. 
 A town and two townships in the West Riding and a Lancashire 
 
 township bear this name The Yorkshire Maestons take their 
 
 name from a place in the West Riding The Midgleys have the 
 
 name of a town and a village in the West Riding. In the 16th 
 century a family of this name resided at Bradford Dale, Derby- 
 shire. Dr. Midgeley was a Leeds physician about two centuries 
 
 ago (Th.) The Moorhouses are numerously repi'esented in the 
 
 Huddersfield district The West Riding is now the principal 
 
 home of the Morrells, but they are also to be found in the other 
 divisions of the county. In the 13th century they were repre- 
 sented by the Morels in Norfolk, Hunts, Cambridgeshire, Oxford- 
 shire, etc. (H. R.) Yorkshire has long been the home of the 
 
YORKSHIRE, WEST RIDING. 431 
 
 McRGATROYDS. In tlie 17 til century the family owned for a time 
 the Riddlesden estate in Bingley parish (Wh. C.) : the name is 
 still in Bingley town. James Murgaitroit was a Yorkshire gentle- 
 man who subscribed £25 for the defence of his country at the time 
 of the expected (Spanish invasion in 1588 (Sp.). The name was 
 represented in York in the 17th and 18th centuries, and in the 
 early part of last century a monumental inscription in the parish 
 church of St. Michael in that city bore this name (T).). Michael 
 Murgatroid or Murgetrode was Archbishop Whitgift's secretary 
 in the time of Elizabeth (Brayley's " Surrey," etc.). John Murga- 
 troyd was twice mayor of Evesham, Worcestershire, in the middle 
 
 of last centary (May's " Evesham ") Newbold or IS'ewbould is 
 
 a common place-name in the midlands. The surname is also 
 
 established in Derbyshire, Notts, and Worcestershire The 
 
 Newsholmes or Newsomes take their name from an East Riding 
 hamlet. 
 
 0— S. 
 
 William Oddy was buried in St. Peter's churchyard, Leeds, in 
 
 1731 (G.). The Oddys are numerous still in Leeds Popplewell 
 
 was the name of a distinguished family of Temple Bel wood, 
 Lincolnshire, last century, to which belonged the sheriff of 
 
 Lincolnshire in 1739 (Stonehouse's " Axeholme ") Ramsden is 
 
 an ancient Yorkshire name. An old gentle family of Ramsden 
 resided at Crawstone, Halifax, in the 16th century ; and the vicar 
 of Halifax, early in the 17th century, bore this name (W.), 
 Ramsden was the name of two mayors of Pontefract in the middle 
 of the 17th century (M.). John Ramsden was high sheriff of the 
 county of York in 1636 and 1672. William Ramsden, merchant, 
 was lord mayor of York in 1675, and the sheriff of that city in 
 1637 bore the same name (D.). Ramsden was the name of three 
 mayors of Hull in the reigns of James I. and Charles I. (Tickell's 
 "Hull"). The name is still in Pontefract, Halifax, York, and 
 
 Hull, Ramsden is a place in Lancashire Rawdon is a name 
 
 now rare in the county. The Rawdons of Rawdon were a power- 
 ful family in the middle ages (S. G.) The Roebucks were an 
 
 old Sheffield manufacturing firm that existed as far back as the 
 beginning of last century (H. H.). The name is still in the town. 
 
 Redman and Redmayne in the West Riding, and Readman in 
 
 the IS'orth and East Ridings, represent in Yorkshire the ancient 
 Cumberland and Westmoreland name of Redmain, Redman, or 
 
432 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Redeman, which is referred to under those counties. Charles 
 Redman, was lord mayor of York in 1705 and 1722, and William 
 Redman held that office in 1714 (D.) Richard Redman was high 
 sheriff of York early in the 15th century (D.). During the 17th 
 century the Redmaynes were a knightly family of Thornton-in- 
 
 Lonsdale in the West Riding (Whitaker's " Richmondshire ") 
 
 The RiSHWORTHS were an old Halifax family (W.). The name is 
 
 still in the town The Ripleys were mayors of Ripon in the 
 
 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries (G.)- The name is now scarce. 
 
 Ripley is a parish in the West Riding Rhodes is a name 
 
 principally 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 numerous Bucks name. 
 There are hamlets and villages called Rhodes in Lancashire and 
 the West Riding. A family named Rodes or De Rodes flourished 
 for 500 or 600 years in Lincolnshire, Notts, Yorkshire, and Derby- 
 shire : they were descended from Gerard de Rodes, a distinguished 
 baron of the 12th century. The Derbyshire branch was a knightly 
 family of Barlborough in the 17th and 18th centuries, rewarded 
 
 with a baronetcy in 1641 (Pilkington's "Derbyshire") 
 
 ScHOFiELD, a name also established in Lancashire, under which 
 county further reference will be found, is now numerously 
 represented in the Huddersfield and Leeds districts. Joseph 
 Scholfield, haberdasher, of Hats, was buried in St. John's church, 
 
 Leeds, in 1688 (Th.) The Seniors or Seniers were well 
 
 established in Ecclesfield pariwsh in the reigns of Elizabeth and 
 James I. (Ga.). There is a Derbyshire estate of this name. The 
 
 Seniors are also to be found in Dorset Shillitoe was the name 
 
 of four mayors of Pontefract between 1643 and 1693 (M.). The 
 name occurs, usually as Sillitoe, in Staffordshire and Shropshire. 
 
 The Slingers were represented in the parish of Linton in the 
 
 reign of Charles I. (Wh. C). The name also occurs in Lancashire. 
 
 Stansfield is the name of a township and a seat in the parish 
 
 of Halifax. The Stansfields of Bradford purchased in 1755 Esholt 
 Hall in Guiseley parish (S. G.) ; they are a very ancient West 
 
 Riding family (L.) Stead is usually a characteristic Yorkshire 
 
 name. A family of Steade owned More Hall in Bolsterstone 
 
 during the greater part of last century (H. H) Sugden was 
 
 an Ecclesfield name in the reign of Elizabeth (Ga.). A gentle 
 family of this name resided at Eastwood House in the parish of 
 Keighley early this century (Wh. C). The name is still in 
 
YORKSHIRE, WEST RIDING. 433 
 
 Keighley. Jolin Sngdon, woollen draper, was mayor of Beverley 
 in the East Riding in 1677 and 1695 (Poulson's "Beverlac"). In 
 the church of Howl den (Howden ?) in the East Riding, there is 
 an inscription referring to William Sngden of Laxton, bearing the 
 date of 1728 (Gr.)- William Sugdon was a bailiff of Shrewsbury 
 
 (Salop) in 1479 (Phillips' "Shrewsbury") Stones was the 
 
 name of a gentle family of Braithwaite in Brarawith parish during 
 
 last century (H. Y.) Sykes is a very characteristic West Riding 
 
 name. Though it also occurs in Lincolnshire, it is there much less 
 frequent. The Yorkshire representatives of the name are very 
 numerous in the Huddersfield district. Its ancient home was in 
 Cumberland and Yorkshire, and probably there were different 
 parent stocks. One of the early Yorkshire families possessed land 
 at Flockton in the reign of Henry II. ; and from the Fiockton 
 stock the Sykes family of Driglington branched off in the time of 
 Edward YI. (James' "Bradford"). The wealthy Leeds merchants 
 of this name in the 17th century, who were lords of the manor of 
 Leeds, and who filled the offices of mayor and alderman of the 
 town, belonged to a family that in the beginning of the 16th 
 century hailed from the Sykes family of Sykes-dyke near Carlisle 
 (Th.). Sykehouse is the name of a West Riding township and 
 
 village. Sykes is still a common Leeds name The ancient 
 
 family of Spofforth is now scantily represented in the county. 
 A parish and two seats in the West Riding bear the name. 
 Thomas Spofford, or De Spofforth, was Bishop of Hereford in the 
 15th century (D.). Robert Spofforth was an alderman of Hull in 
 •the reign of Edward TV. (Tickell's "Hull"). In Domesday times, 
 Gamelbar de Spofforth held lands in Spofforth (L.). Spofforth 
 was long the home of the family (L.). 
 
 T— Z. 
 
 Tatham is the name of a Lancashire parish. The Tathams of 
 Pontefract, during the 17th century, frequently filled the office of 
 
 mayor (M.) Thackrat, or Thackwray, or Thackery, is a name 
 
 that has its present home in the West Riding. Lower says that 
 these names are forms of Thacker or Thatcher, just as Vicary is a 
 form of Vicar. Thomas Thackeray was mayor of Hull in 1604 
 
 and 1624 (Tickell's "Hull") The name of Thornber was 
 
 represented by Thornbur in Gloucestershire in the 1 3th century 
 
 (H. R.) Whilst Thwaites is usually found in the West Riding, 
 
 2 F 
 
434 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Thwaite is more characteristic of the North Riding, especially 
 in the district of Bedale. Members of a Doncaster family of 
 Thwaites filled the oflBce of mayor of that town in 1561, 1582, 
 1583, 1584, 1587, and 1652 (M.). In the 16th and 17th centuries 
 there was a family of Thwaits in Pontefract which supplied 
 mayors to that town in 1530, 1590, 1597, and 1611 (M.). A Leeds 
 family of Thwaites had property in Allerton-Gledhow in that 
 parish during the 16th and 17th centuries, the last owner of this 
 name being a Leeds alderman in the time of Cromwell (Th.). 
 Colonel Thwaites was deputy-governor of the city of York in the 
 stirring times of 1644 (D.). A family of Thwaites held part of 
 the manor of Shirecliffe in the reign of Elizabeth (H. H.) ; and 
 as far back as the times of Edward II. Marston was in the posses- 
 sion of a family of this name (D,). Thwaites is still a Doncaster 
 
 nnme The Waddingtons, who are also established in Lancashire, 
 
 have their principal home in the West Riding, where occur a 
 village and a seat of the name. The Waddiugtons of Doddington, 
 Cambridgeshire, were an important family during last century, 
 and the high sheriff of that county in 1732 belonged to that house 
 (Watson's "Wisbech"); they probably took their name from 
 
 Waddington, a parish in Lincolnshire The Wadswoeths, who 
 
 ai-e best represented on the Lancashire border in the vicinity of 
 Manchester, take their name from a West Riding township, where 
 an ancient family of the name once resided (L.). Richard Wades- 
 worth was a Yorkshire gentleman who contributed £25 for the 
 defence of his country at the time of the expected Spanish 
 
 invasion of 1588 (Sp.) Watkinson was the name of a sheriff 
 
 of York city in the reign of Elizabeth (D.). The Watkinsons of 
 Leeds trace back their pedigree to the times of James I. ; during 
 the 17th century a member of this family was mayor of Leeds 
 and another was chancellor of York (Th.). Watkinson was also a 
 
 Sheffield name in the 17th century (H. H.) Whitakee, or 
 
 Whittakee, is a common West Riding name. An eminent 
 minister, named Whitacre, who flourished in the 17th century, 
 was bom at Wakefield (Mag. Brit.). The Whittakers are more 
 
 fully referred to under " Lancashiee " Weatheehead was the 
 
 name of the vicar of Thorp Arch, in the city of York, early last 
 
 century (D.) In 1666, William Whitley was buried in the 
 
 graveyard of St. John's church, Leeds (Th.) Samuel Widdop 
 
 lived in Bradford in the middle of the 17th century (James' 
 "Bradford"). The name is still in the town. 
 
WALES AND MONMOUTHSHIRE. 435 
 
 WALES AND MONMOUTHSHIRE. 
 
 The boundary between England and Wales. — It was not until 
 the 17th century that Wales was limited by its present frontier. 
 Previous to those times the boundaries were subject to constant 
 changes on account of the disturbed condition of the English and 
 Welsh .border shires. Freeman, in his "Historical Geography of 
 Europe,"* gives a concise account of these changes. After 
 Harold's great Welsh campaign in 1063, the English frontier, 
 previously defined by the Dee and the Wye, was extended west- 
 ward, reaching to the Conway in the north and to the Usk in 
 the south, and including, therefore, the present Welsh shires of 
 Denbigh and Flint and a large part of Monmouthshire. Part of 
 this territory was afterwards recovered by the Welsh princes, and 
 part passed into the great March district of England and Wales 
 under the rule of the Lord Marchers. In the reign of Henry I. 
 South Wales was finally subdued ; and in some places, especially 
 in South Pembrokeshire, the Welsh were almost driven out and 
 preserved a partial independence in the mountains, whilst Flemish 
 colonists settled on the level country, and the Norman lords with 
 their numerous followers occupied the towns. In North Wales, 
 native princes ruled as vassals until 1288, when the conquest was 
 completed by Edward I. But the final incorporation of the 
 Principality and its Marches did not occur until the reign of 
 Henry YIII., when Wales was divided up into thirteen shires, 
 including that of Monmouth. Previous to that time, the English 
 border counties were but imperfectly defined towards Wales, and 
 their constantly shifting frontiers well illustrate the disturbed 
 condition of that region. 
 
 I have referred above to the circumstance that Monmouthshire 
 was included in Wales in the reign of Henry Ylll. In the time 
 of Charles II. this county was added to the Oxford Circuit and 
 returned two knights to Parliament instead of one, as in the case 
 of the other Welsh shires. It has since been politically reckoned 
 
 See also Freeman's " Norman Conquest." 
 
 2p2 
 
436 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 as an English county; yet at the time of its final admission within 
 the English frontier, Welsh was the common language of the 
 people.* Even now in the matter of its surnames Monmouthshire 
 is almost more Welsh than Wales itself. 
 
 This brings me to observe that the question of the Welsh 
 boundary may be considered from at least four different points 
 of view. There is the political or statute frontier ; there is the 
 frontier defined by race ; there is the frontier marked off" by 
 language ; and lastly there is the frontier of Welsh surnames. Of 
 the political border I have already spoken. Concerning the limit 
 defined by race I cannot do better than appeal to the high 
 authority of Dr. Beddoe. In his work on the " Races of Britain," 
 this author plainly shows that the racial boundary has advanced 
 into the English border shires and therefore does not coincide 
 with the political frontier. The population of the English Marches 
 was to some extent Welsh even in the 11th century; and in our 
 own time, as we may infer from the physical characters of the 
 inhabitants of the English border counties, a large proportion of 
 the population, in some parts as large as a third, has descended 
 from Welsh immigrants. f Coming to the frontier marked off by 
 language, we learn from the work of Dr. Beddoe that in the 
 11th century not only was Welsh the prevailing tongue in Mon- 
 mouthshire and in all the region south and west of the Wye, but 
 that it was spoken in the country between Upper Wye and Upper 
 Severn. As late as the 17th century, as I have already remarked, 
 Welsh was the common language of Monmouthshire men. N^ow 
 the boundary of language is falling far back from the Usk. The 
 limits of this work, however, do not allow me to do much more 
 than touch in a suggestive manner on these matters, and 1 recom- 
 mend them to mj readers as fields of future inquiry. We have 
 seen, however, that whilst the boundary of race lies on the English 
 side of the political frontier, the boundary of language is being 
 pushed well back into Wales. The Welsh race, in truth, has been 
 extending eastward, whilst the English tongue has been advancing 
 to the west. 
 
 * Fuller's "Worthies." 
 
 t Until the 16th century "Welsh names are of rare occurrence in the lists of 
 the bailiifs and mayors of Shrewsbury, Leominster, and Hereford, a circum- 
 gtance indicating that in Shropshire and Herefordshire the towns long retained 
 their English character. 
 
WALES AND MONMOUTHSHIRE. 437 
 
 Coming to the frontier of Welsh surnames, a subject more 
 connected with the present work, we find the eastward migration 
 of Welshmen indicated in a very marked degree. Let us take first 
 the case of the name of Jones. Its great home is in North Wales ; 
 but it is also very numerous in South Wales and Monmouthshire, 
 both of which possess it in the same relative proportion, and it 
 is almost as frequent in Shropshire, and is well represented in 
 Herefordshire. Its numbers rapidly diminish in the next line of 
 English counties, but a comparison of the figures given in the 
 alphabetical list points to the conclusion that the area of the 
 Joneses, or rather their area of frequency, is limited by the Severn 
 and the eastern border of Shropshire, and includes a small porticn 
 of Cheshire. Proceeding on the same plan we find that the area 
 of Evans, a name uniformly distributed throughout Wales, includes 
 Monmouthshire, Herefordshire, and Shropshire. Taking the case 
 of a much less frequent, though an equally characteristic, Welsh 
 name, that of Lloyd, we find that it is uniformly distributed in 
 Wales, but that its area of frequency also includes Monmouthshire, 
 Herefordshire, and Shropshire. Then there is the instance of the 
 Prices, who are more numerous in some of the English border 
 counties than in Wales itself. The area of frequency of this name 
 without a doubt includes Monmouthshire, Herefordshire, and 
 Shropshire. Then we have the Morgans, who have their great 
 home in South Wales and Monmouthshire. Their area of frequenc}^ 
 certainly includes Herefordshire. As another instance I will take 
 the general and characteristic Welsh name of Grifiiths, which 
 includes in its area of frequency Monmouthshire, Herefordshire, 
 and Shropshire. The last examples I will give are those of Powell 
 and Meredith, both characteristic Welsh names, which, however, 
 are now more numerous in Herefordshire, Shropshire, and Mon- 
 mouthshire than in Wales itself. Several other examples might 
 be given ; but the above are sufficient to show that, judged by its 
 family names, Wales includes Monmouthshire, Herefordshire, and 
 Shropshire within its frontier; and, in truth, if we were guided 
 by the distribution of Jones alone, we should be justified in 
 advancing the Welsh frontier to the banks of the Severn. Com- 
 paratively speaking, Cheshire has been but little affected by the 
 immigration of Welsh names, a result partly to be attributed to 
 the intervening barrier of the broad estuary of the Dee, but in 
 the main explained by the east-south-east advance of the 
 Welshmen into England, itself due to the attraction of the 
 
438 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 metropolis, and the deflecting influence of the converging stream 
 from the north.* 
 
 The advance of Welsh surnames into England. — The direction 
 -of this advance is at once indicated by the circumstance that the 
 proportion of Welsh names in the English border shires diminishes 
 as we go north, Monmouthshire possessing the most and Cheshire 
 the least, whilst Herefordshire and Shropshire are intermediate 
 both in geographical position and in respect to Welsh surnames. 
 As we might have expected, the names most numerous in Wales 
 are those which advance furthest into England. Take, for 
 instance, Jones, the most frequent of all. It has advanced across 
 England to Essex and Kent, but has obtained no footing in the 
 north. Then take Evans, a name not so frequent as Jones, yet 
 still very numerous. Unlike Jones it has failed to reach the 
 counties on the east coast, though it has scanty outposts in Beds, 
 Bucks, and Berks. We do not find it north of the Humber and 
 the Mersey. Morgan, again, is considerably less frequent than 
 Evans, and we accordingly find that Hampshire, Worcestershire, 
 and Gloucestershire represent the limits of its advance. Like 
 other Welsh names it has obtained no footing in the north. Next 
 let us take Lloyd, a name much less frequent than Morgan, yet 
 a characteristic Welsh name. It can scarcely be said to have 
 advanced beyond the Severn in the south and Stafford in the 
 north. Lastly, we will cite the instance of Yaughan, an ancient 
 name in Wales and in the English border shires, and scarcely half 
 as frequent as Lloyd, It does not extend outside the English 
 border shires. 
 
 These instances will suffice to illustrate the principal features 
 of the migration of Welsh names into, England, namely, their 
 absence in the north of England, the east-south-east direction of 
 the main line of advance (that is London wards), and the relation 
 between the frequency of a name and the extent of its advance 
 into England. t This last feature affords a very satisfactory proof 
 of my method ; but probably my readers would prefer to see more 
 
 * The subject of the advance southward on the metropolis of north of 
 England names is discussed in Chapter I. 
 
 t We find this illustrated in numerous other Welsh names referred to in 
 Chapter II. Where, as in the case of the Howells of Norfolk, an exception 
 to the rule occurs, we may often find an explanation on the spot. {See under 
 " Powell," Chapter II.) 
 
WALES AND MONMOUTHSHIRE. 439 
 
 of the data. We have seen that Jones has advanced into England 
 further than Evans, Evans further than Morgan, and Morgan 
 further than Lloyd, and Lloyd further than Yaughan ; and I have 
 attributed the difference in each case to the varying frequency of 
 the names in their Welsh home. Now I find that in the area com- 
 prised by Wales and the English border shires of Monmouthshire, 
 Herefordshire, and Shropshire, about 800 farmers bear the name 
 of Jones, about 330 that of Evans, about 230 that of Morgan, 
 about 90 that of Lloyd,* and about 40 that of Vaughan. Thus 
 we find that the order of frequency of these five names corresponds 
 with the order in which we should place them according to their 
 degree of advance into England. 
 
 The character of Welsh surnames. — Previous to the time of 
 Henry VIII., as we learn from Mr. Lower, there were no fixed 
 Welsh surnames in the usual sense of the word. A man simply 
 prefixed "Ap" (son of) to his father's baptismal name. Thus if 
 the father's name was Thomas, the son might be John Ap Thomas, 
 whilst the grandson might be Philip Ap John. But after that 
 time, the father's name or the name of some earlier ancestor began 
 to be adopted as a permanent surname. Hence the great frequency 
 in the Principality of surnames derived from Christian names, 
 such as Jones, Evans, Morgan, Davis, Thomas, etc. This recent 
 character of Welsh surnames renders genealogical work rather 
 complicated. After the surname became permanent, it soon 
 undei-went another change by the absorption of the prefix " Ap." 
 Powell arose from Ap Howell, Price from Ap Rhys, Prichard from 
 Ap Richard, Parry from Ap Harry, Bo wen from Ap Owen, Be van 
 from Ap Evan, Prodger from Ap Roger, Preece from Ap Rees, 
 the modern form of Rhys, Pugh from Ap Hugh, Probert from Ap 
 Robert, Pressor from Ap Rosser, etc. ; in all these cases the 
 modern form of the name originates from a baptismal name. 
 
 Owing to the preponderance of Welsh names in Monmouthshire, 
 I have not found it practicable to treat it separately from Wales, 
 and its names are therefore here included. 
 
 * In the list of the 50 most common surnames, contained in the Registrar- 
 General's Report for 1856, we get similar results. Jones is there shown to be 
 nearly three times as frequent as Evans ; Evans about twice as frequent as 
 Morgan ; and Morgan more frequent than Lloyd, since Lloyd does not occur 
 in the list. 
 
440 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 NORTH WALES. 
 
 "Note. — I have treated North and South Wales as equivalent to 
 two English counties. The asterisk indicates that a name is 
 more numerous elsewhere, though characteristic of this 
 region. 
 
 Common Names (20-29 counties). 
 
 Davies 
 
 Jones 
 
 
 Eoberts 
 
 Edwards 
 
 Morris 
 
 
 WilUams 
 
 
 Eegional Names 
 
 (10-19 counties). 
 
 Eyans 
 
 Lloyd 
 
 
 ♦Price 
 
 Hughes 
 
 *Morgan 
 
 
 Kichards 
 
 Humphreys 
 
 Pierce 
 
 
 *Thomas 
 
 *Lewi8 
 
 
 
 
 
 DiSTBiCT Names 
 
 (4-9 counties) 
 
 
 ' Griffith 
 . Griffiths 
 
 Parry 
 
 
 *Rees 
 
 ^ r Pritchard 
 L Prichard 
 
 
 *Sayce 
 
 Higgins 
 
 
 Vaughan 
 
 ■ Owen 
 . Owens 
 
 Pugh 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 County Names 
 
 (2-3 counties). 
 
 
 Breese 
 
 *Yenables 
 
 
 Wynne 
 
 Eowlands 
 
 
 
 
 PicrLiAB Names (confined mostly to North Wales). 
 
 Behb 
 
 Colley 
 
 
 Ryder 
 
 BelHs 
 
 Foulkes 
 
 
 Tudor 
 
SOUTH WALES. 
 
 441 
 
 SOUTH WALES. 
 
 Dayies 
 Edwards 
 r Harries 
 I Harris 
 
 Common Names (20-29 counties). 
 
 James 
 Jones 
 Morris 
 Phillips 
 
 *Koberts 
 *Stephens 
 Williams 
 
 Eegional Names (10-19 counties). 
 
 Erans 
 
 Lewis 
 
 ^Powell 
 
 *George 
 
 Lloyd 
 
 *Price 
 
 *Hughe8 
 
 Morgan 
 
 Kichards 
 
 Jenkins 
 
 Perkins 
 
 Thomas 
 
 DiSTEiCT Names (4-9 counties). 
 
 Anthony (Kidwelly) 
 
 " Hopkin 
 . Hopkins 
 
 f Owen 
 I Owens 
 
 Bevan 
 
 Bowen 
 
 r Howell 
 I Howells 
 
 Kees 
 
 *Edmunds 
 
 *Walters 
 
 Francis 
 
 *Johns 
 
 *Watkins 
 
 Griffiths 
 
 Maddock 
 
 
 David 
 *Deakins 
 
 County Names (2-3 counties). 
 
 Dyke 
 John 
 
 Llewellyn 
 *Prothero 
 
 Peculiar Names (confined mostly to South Wales). 
 
 Beynon 
 Duggan 
 
 Harry 
 Matthias 
 
 Mordecai 
 Ormond 
 
442 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 MONMOUTHSHIRE. 
 
 GrENEEAL Names (30-40 counties). 
 Harris *Smith 
 
 
 Common Names (20-29 counties). 
 
 *Adams 
 
 Jones 
 
 Phillips 
 
 Baker 
 
 *Mattliews 
 
 ^Roberts 
 
 Davies 
 
 Morris 
 
 ^Rogers 
 
 Edwards 
 
 Parker 
 
 Williams 
 
 James 
 
 
 
 
 Regional Names 
 
 (10-19 counties). 
 
 George 
 
 Lewis 
 
 ^Perkins 
 
 *ariffith8 
 
 *Lloyd 
 
 Powell 
 
 J enkins 
 
 *Miles 
 
 Price 
 
 *Knight 
 
 Morgan 
 
 Richards 
 
 * Lawrence 
 
 *Parsons 
 
 Thomas 
 
 
 DiSTEicT Names 
 
 (4-9 counties). 
 
 *Bevan 
 
 *Hodge8 
 
 iRees 
 
 Edmunds 
 
 Howells 
 
 ^Evans 
 
 Parrj 
 
 r Walters 
 L Waters 
 
 *Frost 
 
 Pritchard 
 
 Gale (Newport) 
 
 *Prosser 
 
 Watkins 
 
 *Hale 
 
 
 
 *Addi8 
 *Bigg8 
 *David 
 Francis 
 Gerriah 
 Herbert 
 
 County Names (2-3 counties). 
 
 Hoskins *Prothero 
 
 *Llewellin ^Rowlands 
 
 *Luff f Sajce 
 
 Nicholas I Seys 
 
 Probert 
 
 *Stead 
 
 Peculiab Names (confined mostly to this county). 
 
 Crowles 
 
 Duckhara 
 
 Ellaway 
 
 Gwynne 
 Jeremiah 
 
 Moses 
 Rosser 
 
MONMOUTHSHIRE. 443 
 
 If I were to distinguisli between Nortli and South Wales, 
 I should say that North Wales contains a greater number of the 
 names of Jones, Hughes, Roberts, Humphreys, Owen and Owens, 
 Parry, Pugh, and Vaughan ; South Wales is more characterised 
 by Harris and Harries, James, Phillips, Jenkins, Powell and 
 Howell, Lewis, Morgan, Thomas, E,ees, Watkins, Bevan, Bowen, 
 Anthony, etc. Other names, such as Evans, Griffiths, Lloyd, etc., 
 are pretty uniformly distributed. In respect to its Welsh 
 surnames, Monmouthshire closely resembles South Wales. 
 
 NOTES ON SOME OF THE NAMES OF WALES A^B 
 MONMOUTHSHIRE. 
 
 Anthony was a Brecknock name in 1698 (Harleian MS., 6846). 
 It has its home now at Kidwelly in the adjacent county of 
 
 Carmarthen The Bowens, according to Lower, have their great 
 
 home in Pembrokeshire, but they are also numerous in Shropshire. 
 
 The North Wales name of Breese like Preece is a form of Ap 
 
 Bees. Breese and Breeze are old Norfolk names, where it is 
 probable they have had a different origin, Brese being the form in 
 
 the time of Henry YIII. (See under "Norfolk.") The name 
 
 of GuNTER is not now numerous enough in the Principality to be 
 included in the list of Welsh names. The Gunters of Tregunter, 
 a knightly Breconshire family of the 16th and 17th centuries, 
 were distinct from the notable family of Gunter of Abergavenny, 
 Monmouthshire, in the 17th and 18fch centuries (Jones' "Breck- 
 nockshire " and Coxe's " Monmouthshire "). The ancient home of 
 the name is in England, and further reference to it will be found 
 
 under Berkshire and Gloucestershire Gwynne is included in 
 
 my list for Monmouthshire. Gwyn, however, is a very old and 
 has often been a distinguished South Wales name, especially in 
 
 Brecknockshire (Jones' " Brecknockshire ") The present home 
 
 of the Herberts is in the continuous area of Monmouthshire, 
 Gloucestershire, and Oxfordshire. Werndee in Monmouthshire 
 was the cradle of the distinguished family of Herbert, so long 
 connected with that county, Fitz-Herbert, the chamberlain of 
 Henry I., being claimed as their ancestor (Coxe's " Monmouth- 
 shire "). In the 13th century Herbert, Herberd, Herebert, and 
 Hereberd occurred in Oxfordshire, Bucks, Norfolk, Suffolk, etc., 
 Herberd being especially characteristic of the east of England 
 
444 HO]\IES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 (K. B.) The usual explanation tliat Jenkins is a name of 
 
 Flemish type, probably introduced by tlie Flemings who settled 
 in numbers in South Wales in the reign of Henry I., is to some 
 extent supported by the fact that the great home of the name 
 is now in South Wales and Monmouthshire. It is singular, 
 however, that the name, usually as Jenkin, should be numerous 
 
 in Cornwall,* Jones, the genitive form of John, is not in its 
 
 modern form an ancient Welsh name, and we usually find that 
 it has been adopted within the last three or four centuries, as 
 in the case of the noted Monmouthshire family of Jones of 
 Treowen, that carries its pedigree but not its name back to 
 
 the reign of Hemy I. (Williams' "Monmouthshire") Lewis 
 
 is an ancient Welsh name. Lewis of Llanelly, Brecknockshire, 
 is the name of an old stock (Jones' " Brecknockshire "). The 
 ancient family of Lewis, of St. Pierre, Monmouthshire, carried its 
 name back to the 15th century but its pedigree far beyond (Coxe's 
 
 "Monmouthshire") Maddock and Maddocks, forms of the 
 
 ancient Welsh personal name of Madoc, have characterised Wales 
 and the English border shires for ages. Madoch was the name of a 
 Herefordshire tenant in Domesday times, whilst Maddox is still an 
 old Hereford name. In the reign of Edward. I. there were persons 
 of the name of Madoc in Shropshire (H. E-.), in which county the 
 names of Maddock and Maddocks still occur. Maddock is now 
 a frequent name in Chester and its neighbourhood, and John 
 Maddock was mayor of Chester in 1676 (Ormerod). Maddocks 
 w^as the name of a very ancient family of Llanfrynach, Brecknock- 
 shire (Jones' "Brecknockshire") Morgan is another ancient 
 
 Welsh personal name, but it has only become a permanent 
 
 surname in the last three or four centuries Paery is a name 
 
 characteristic of North Wales and the English border shires. In 
 South Wales it is associated with the original form of Harry. A 
 Brecknockshire family of Parry possessed for many centuries the 
 
 parish of Llanvihangel tal y Uyn (Jones' " Brecknockshire") 
 
 Powell, Ap-Howel, the son of Howel, is the name of many old 
 
 * Cornwall is very Welsh with reference to some of its most frequent names, 
 such as Roberts, Phillips, Williams, Richards, Thomas, Jenkin, Harris, James, 
 &c., which, in the intervening counties of Devon and Somerset are usually 
 much less numerous. This close resemblance in family nomenclature between 
 two isolated regions that possess a similar racial history is very remarkable. 
 
WALES AND MONMOUTHSHIRE. 445 
 
 Welsh families, by whom it has been adopted within the last three 
 centuries. Thus, if we take the old Brecknockshire family of 
 Powell of Tyle-glas, we find that previous to the 16th century the 
 prevailing name was HowelorApHowel (Jones' "Brecknockshire"). 
 According to Lower, there were Powells in Shropshire in the 
 
 reign of Elizabeth The prevailing practice in connection with 
 
 the orthography of Welsh names is well illustrated in the case of 
 Price. Philip Ap Rice was bailiff of Leominster, Herefordshire, 
 in 1562 ; Thomas Price was bailiff of the same town in 1699 and 
 1717 (Townsend's "Leominster"). According to Jones, the old 
 Brecknockshire family of Price of Glynllech only adopted that 
 
 name three centuries ago Sayce is a Monmouthshire name, 
 
 where it is associated with Sets. Sayce also occurs in Hereford- 
 shire, Shropshire, and North Wales. Say is now a Somerset name. 
 Say or De Say was the name of a powerful baronial family of Shrop- 
 shire from the 11th to the 14th centary (Eyton's " Shropshire"). 
 In the 13th century this name took the form also of Seis in 
 Shropshire, of De Saze in Wilts, and of De Says in Lincolnshire; 
 whilst Le Say and De Say were common names in Cambridge- 
 shire, Suffolk, Kent, and London at that period (H. R.) The 
 
 Steads are nq^ found mostly in Yorkshire, but the name has long 
 been represented in the English border shires of Wales. Between 
 1600 and 1663, four of the bailiffs of Leominster, Herefordshire, 
 bore this name (Townsend), and the name is now established in 
 
 Monmouthshire The Yaughans have now their principal home 
 
 in North Wales and Shropshire, but the name is also now repre- 
 sented in Herefordshire, Monmouthshire, and South Wales. 
 Vaughan is a personal name of great antiquity, but like other 
 Welsh names it did not become a settled surname until the 16th 
 century (Lower). A very old Shropshire family bears the name. 
 It is now numerous in Shrewsbury and its neighbourhood, and in 
 fact the Yaughans have been connected with that town ever since 
 the 13th and 14th centuries, when some of the Shrewsbury bailiffs 
 were named Yaughan or Yaghan (Phillips' "Shrewsbury"). 
 Brecknockshire in South Wales is also an ancient home of the 
 name ; to this family belonged Sir Roger Yaughan, one of the 
 heroes of Agincourt ; from this stock are said to have sprung in 
 early times the Yaughans of Courtfield in Monmouthshire, and 
 of Clifford in Herefordshire (Jones' " Brecknockshire " and Coxe's 
 
 "Monmouthshire") The great home of the name of Watkins 
 
 is in Herefordshire, Monmouthshire, and South Wales. Like 
 
446 Ho:viES of family names. 
 
 Jenkins it is said to be a name introduced by the Flemings who 
 settled in South Wales in the reign of Henry I. Its distribution, 
 which much resembles that of Jenkins, supports this explanation. 
 However, both names are now Welsh by appropriation for several 
 centuries. Like many other Welsh names, it has only become a 
 settled surname in comparatively modern times, and perhaps its 
 adoption as such is more recent than in the case of most of the 
 other names. Thus, whilst the Brecon family of Watkins carries 
 its pedigree back four centuries, it has only possessed a settled 
 surname for two centuries, the family names previously being 
 
 Watkin, Rees, Price, etc. (Jones' "Brecknockshire") Wynne 
 
 is the North Wales and Shropshire form of the South Wales and 
 Monmouthshire name of Gwyn or Gwynne. 
 
 Note. — The foregoing notes are intended only to be of a sug- 
 gestive character. In the general genealogical and topographical 
 works enumerated in Chapter I. the reader will find sufficient 
 guidance for further inquiry. The county and local histories of 
 Shropshire and Herefordshire should also be consulted ; and the 
 notes on those counties in this work should be referred to. 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 
 
 447 
 
 THE HOMES OF ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 
 
 *ALPHABETICAL LIST OF ENGLISH AND WELSH 
 
 NAMES. 
 
 Abbinett. Hampshire, 17. 
 
 Abbott. Devonshire, 7 ; Dorset- 
 shire, 20 ; Essex, 12 ; Not- 
 tinghamshire, 9; Oxford- 
 shire, 14; Suffolk, 11. 
 
 Abbs. Norfolk, 15. 
 
 Abell. Derbyshire, 7 ; Leicester- 
 shire and Rutlandshire, 17. 
 
 Abraham. Huntingdonshire, 10 ; 
 Lincolnshire, 10. 
 
 Acres. Hertfordshire, 27. 
 
 Acton, Cheshire, 11. 
 
 Adams. Bedfordshire, 20 ; Berk- 
 shire, 30 ; Buckinghamshire, 
 50 ; Cornwall, 22 ; Derby- 
 shire, 20; Devonshire, 42 ; 
 Dorsetshire, 26 ; Essex, 12 ; 
 Gloucestershire, 20 ; Hamp- 
 shire, 30 ; Kent, 12 ; Leices- 
 tershire and Rutlandshire, 
 20 ; Monmouthshire, 33 ; 
 Northamptonshire, 20 ; Ox- 
 fordshire,21; Shropshire, 38; 
 Somersetshire, 11 ; Stafford- 
 shire, 36; Warwickshire, 24; 
 Wiltshire, 14 ; Worcester- 
 shire, 18 ; North Wales, 15. 
 
 Adamson. Durham, 28; York- 
 shire, North and East 
 Ridings, 10. 
 
 Adcock, Rutlandshire and 
 Leicestershire, 17 ; Norfolk, 
 13 ; Warwickshire, 30. 
 
 Addems. Devonshire 7. 
 
 Addington. Bedfordshire, 10. 
 
 Addis. Herefordshire, 31 ; Mon- 
 mouthshire, 33. 
 
 Addison. Durham, 16; Lincoln- 
 shire, 9; Suffolk, 11. 
 
 Addy. Yorkshire, West Riding, 
 10. 
 
 Adkins, see Atkins. 
 
 Adlington. Derbyshire, 6 ; Not- 
 tinghamshire, 16. 
 
 Adnams. Berkshire, 20. 
 
 Adshead. Cheshire, 11. 
 
 Agar. Yorkshire, North and 
 East Ridings, 10. 
 
 Ainsworth. Lancashire, 17 ; 
 Shropshire, 14. {8ee Hains- 
 worth.) 
 
 Airey. Westmoreland and 
 Cumberland, 25; Yorkshire, 
 West Riding, 7. 
 
 * The numbers are proportional for every 10,000. The system is fully 
 explained in Chapter I. 
 
448 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Akehurst. Sussex, 14. 
 
 Akers. Oxfordshire, 28. 
 
 Albutt — Allbutt. Worcester- 
 shire, 22. 
 
 Alcock — Allcock. Nottingham- 
 shire, 20 ; Staffordshire, 26. 
 
 Alder. Northumberland, 11. 
 
 Alderson. Durham, 30; York- 
 shire, West Riding, 7; 
 Yorkshire, North and East 
 Ridings, 55. 
 
 Aldous. Suffolk, 16. 
 
 Aldrich — Alldridge. Berkshire, 
 10; Gloucestershire, 10; 
 Hertfordshire, 18 ; Norfolk, 
 8; Suffolk, 16; Surrey, 20. 
 Aldridge is the usual form 
 in all these counties, except 
 in Norfolk and Suffolk, 
 where it is associated with 
 Aldrich. 
 
 Aldworth. Oxfordshire, 14. 
 
 Alexander. Kent, 15 ; Norfolk, 
 7 ; Northumberland, 7 ; 
 Wiltshire, 20. 
 
 Alford. Devonshire, 9. 
 
 Alker. Lancashire, 17. 
 
 Allan. Northumberland, 11. 
 
 Allaway — Alway. Berkshire, 
 10; Gloucestershire, 17. 
 
 Allcorn. Sussex, 25. 
 
 Allcot. Herefordshire, 14. 
 
 Allen. Bedfordshire, 15 ; Berk- 
 shire, 18 ; Cambridgeshire, 
 24; Cheshire, 20; Corn- 
 wall, 17 ; Derbyshire, 33 ; 
 Devonshire, 13 ; Glouces- 
 tershire, 30 ; Hampshire, 38 ; 
 Herefordshire, 10; Hunt- 
 ingdonshire, 11; Kent, 24; 
 Lancashire, 8; Leicester- 
 
 shire and Rutlandshire, 
 34; Lincolnshire, 35 ; Nor- 
 folk, 26 ; Northampton- 
 shire, 30; Northumberland, 
 11; Nottinghamshire, 20; 
 Oxfordshire, 25; Shropshire, 
 14; Somersetshire, 17; Staf- 
 fordshire, .28 ; Suffolk, 32; 
 Surrey, 15; Warwickshire, 
 15; Wiltshire, 22 ; Worces- 
 tershire,26; Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 12; Yorkshire, 
 North and East Ridings, 13. 
 This name is nearly always 
 written Allen, except in 
 Devonshire and to a less 
 degree in Oxfordshire, where 
 it is spelt Allin. (See 
 Allan.) 
 
 Allington. Worcestershire, 14. 
 
 Allinson — Allison. D urham, 20 ; 
 Yorkshire, North and East 
 Ridings, 25. 
 
 Allman. Cheshire, 14. 
 
 Allsop — Alsop. Derbyshire, 52 ; 
 Nottinghamshire, 16 ; Staf- 
 fordshire, 10. 
 
 Almond. Lancashire, 10. 
 
 Alston. Suffolk, 9. 
 
 Alton. Derbyshire, 9. 
 
 Alty. Lancashire, 8. 
 
 Alvis. Gloucestershire, 27 ; 
 Somersetshire, 9. 
 
 Ambler. Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 12. 
 
 Ambrose. Cambridgeshire, 29 ; 
 Essex, 15. 
 
 Amery. Devonshire, 8. 
 
 Amesbury. Somersetshire, 9. 
 
 Amey. Hampshire, 1 7. 
 
 Amies — Amis. Norfolk, 17. 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 
 
 449 
 
 Amos. Kent, 24; Nortliampton- 
 shire, 15. 
 
 AmpHett. Worcestershire, 26. 
 
 Anderson. Bucks, 20 ; Cumber- 
 land and Westmoreland, 25 ; 
 Durham, 36 ; Lincolnshire, 
 
 15 ; Northumberland, 74 ; 
 Yorkshire, West Riding, 11 ; 
 Yorkshire, North and East 
 Ridings, 11. 
 
 Andrew. Cornwall, 43 ; Derby- 
 shire, 13 ; Devonshire, 22 ; 
 Lincolnshire, 13. (See An- 
 drews.) 
 
 Andrews. Bucks, 25 ; Cam- 
 bridgeshire, 20 ; Cheshire, 
 9; Cornwall, 8 ; Derbyshire. 
 7 ; Devonshire, 28 ; Dorset- 
 shire, 75 ; Essex, 18 ; Glou- 
 cestershire, 13 ; Hamp. 
 shire, 51 ; Herefordshire, 
 24; Hertfordshire, 18; Kent, 
 12 ; Lincolnshire, 11 ; Nor- 
 folk, 24; Nottinghamshire, 
 
 16 ; Suffolk, 23 ; Wiltshire, 
 40; Worcestershire, 26. (See 
 Andrew.) 
 
 Angus. Durham, 24 ; Northum- 
 berland, 30. 
 
 Ankers. Cheshire, 9. 
 
 Annable. Nottinghamshire, 16. 
 Evidently in some cases a 
 corruption' ' of Hannibal, a 
 surname also to be found 
 amongst the Nottingham- 
 shire farmers. 
 
 Annett. Northumberland, 18. 
 
 Anning. Devonshire, 10. 
 
 Anstey — Anstie. Bedfordshire, 
 25 ; Devonshire, 8 ; Dorset- 
 
 shire, 15 ; Gloucestershire, 
 27 ; Wiltshire, 27. 
 
 Antell. Dorsetshire, 21. 
 
 Anthony. Derbyshire, 7; Devon- 
 shire, 6 : Norfolk, 9 ; South 
 Wales, 50. 
 
 Anyan. Lincolnshire, 8. 
 
 Aplin. Somersetshire, 12. 
 
 Apperley. Herefordshire, 20. 
 
 Appleby. Derbyshire, 11 ; Dur- 
 ham, 8 ; Essex, 9 ; Northum- 
 berland, 30 ; Yorkshire, 
 North and East Ridings, 10. 
 
 Applegarth. Durham, 24. 
 
 Appleyard. Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 22. 
 
 Appleton. Lancashire, 8; York- 
 shire, North and East 
 Ridings, 12. 
 
 Arch. Warwickshire, 15. 
 
 Archer. Buckinghamshire, 25 ; 
 Cumberland and Westmore- 
 land, 30 ; Derbyshire, 38 ; 
 Devonshire, 8 ; Essex, 12 ; 
 Gloucestershire, 17 ; Not- 
 tinghamshire, 12; Stafford- 
 shire, 16. 
 
 Ardern. Cheshire, 9. 
 
 Aris. Northamptonshire, 15. 
 
 Arkell. Gloucestershire, 46. 
 
 Arkle. Northumberland, 18. 
 
 Armistead — Armitstead. West- 
 moreland and Cumberland, 
 20; Lancashire, 14. 
 
 Armitage. Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 18. 
 
 Armstrong. Westmoreland and 
 Cumberland, 80 ; Derby- 
 shire, 6 ; Durham, 36; Hert- 
 fordshire, 10; Kent, 12; 
 2G 
 
450 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 ■ Lincoln shire, 10 ; Nortli- 
 nmberland, 125. 
 
 Arnatsfc. Oxfordshire, 14. 
 
 Arney. Somersetshire, 20. 
 
 Arnold. Bedfordshire, 10 ; Che- 
 shire, 11 ; Devonshire, 6 ; 
 Essex, 21 ; Gloucestershire, 
 17; Hampshire, 21 ; Hert- 
 fordshire, 18 ; Leicester- 
 shire and. Rutlandshire, 25 ; 
 Monmouthshire, 22; Staf- 
 fordshire, 10 ; Warwick- 
 shire, 30; South Wales, 
 17. 
 
 Arscott. Devonshire, 7. 
 
 Arthur. Cornwall, 19 ; Devon- 
 shire, 7 ; Monmouthshire, 
 22; Northumberland, 22; 
 Surrey, 10. 
 
 Avthurton. Norfolk, 9. 
 
 Ash. Bucks, 12; Staffordshire, 
 22. 
 
 Ashby. Derbyshire, 6; Essex, 
 9 ; Hertfordshire, 20 ; Kent, 
 15 ; Leicestershire and Rut- 
 landshire, 17; Northamp- 
 tonshire, 45 ; Sussex, 14 ; 
 Warwickshire, 18. 
 
 Ashcroft. Huntingdonshire, 7 ; 
 Lancashire, 33. 
 
 Ashford. Cornwall, 8 ; Devon- 
 shire, 8 ; Suffolk, 9 ; War- 
 wickshire, 18. 
 
 Ashley. Shropshire, 12. 
 
 Ashman. Somersetshire, 14. 
 
 Ashmore. Derbyshire, 6 ; Wor- 
 cestershire, 18. 
 
 Ashton. Derbyshire, 23; Devon- 
 shire, 10 ; Lancashire, 16 ; 
 Lincolnshire, 8. 
 
 Ashwell. Hertfordshire, 45. 
 
 Ashworth. Lancashire, 38 ; 
 Yorkshire, West Riding, 11. 
 
 Askew. Cambridgeshire, 20 ; 
 Derbyshire, 6. 
 
 Aspinall — Aspinwall. Lanca- 
 shire, 11. 
 
 Astbury. Cheshire, 11. 
 
 Aston. Cheshire, 9. 
 
 Atherton. Lancashire, 17. 
 
 Atkins — Adkins. Derbyshire, 
 6; Hertfordshire, 10; Lei- 
 cestershire and Rutland- 
 shire, 17 ; Lincolnshire, 17 ; 
 Norfolk, 11 ; Northampton- 
 shire, 25 ; Nottinghamshire, 
 12; Oxfordshire, 28; Staf- 
 fordshire, 22 ; Suffolk, 11 ; 
 Warwickshire, 20. Atkins is 
 the usual form of this sur- 
 name ; but in Northampton- 
 shire, Oxfordshire, and 
 Warwickshire, Adkins is 
 more general. 
 
 Atkinson. Cheshire, 9 ; Cum- 
 berland and Westmoreland, 
 126 ; Durham, 108 ; Lanca- 
 shire, 48 ; Lincolnshire, 52 ; 
 Northumberland, 47; Not- 
 tinghamshire, 20 ; Sur- 
 rey, 30; Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 60 ; Yorkshire, 
 North and East Ridings, 
 70. 
 
 Attenborough, Derbyshire, 6 ; 
 Essex, 15 ; Northampton- 
 shire, 15; Nottinghamshire, 
 15. 
 
 Atthow— Attoe. Norfolk, 15. 
 
 Attrill. Hampshire, 55. 
 
 Attwood. Bedfordshire, 10 ; 
 Worcestershire, 14. 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 
 
 451 
 
 A-Ustin — Austen. Bedfordshire, 
 10 ; Derbyshire, 6 ; Dorset- 
 shire, 15 ; Hertfordshire, 
 18 ; Kent, 36 ; Norfolk, 9 ; 
 Oxfordshire, 30; Stafford- 
 shire, 10; Sussex, 18. Austin 
 is the more frequent form, 
 Austen being found mostly 
 in Kent and Dorsetshire. 
 
 Avery. Buckinghamshire, 12 ; 
 Devonshire, 8 ; Somerset- 
 shire, 11 ; Sussex, 18. 
 
 Averill. Staffordshire, 22. 
 
 Aves. Suffolk, 11. 
 
 Awdry. Wiltshire, 20. 
 
 Ayles. Hampshire, 25. 
 
 Ayling. Sussex, 18. 
 
 Aylwin. Sussex, 18. 
 
 Aynsley. Northumberland, 26. 
 
 Ay re. Devonshire, 15. 
 
 Ayres. Berkshire, 30. 
 
 Babbage. Devonshire, 6. 
 
 Baber. Somersetshire, 14. 
 
 Back. Shropshire, 14. 
 
 Backhouse. Cumberland and 
 Westmoreland, 25 ; Suf- 
 folk, 9. 
 
 Bacon. Derbyshire, 9 ; Essex, 
 21 ; Leicestershire and Rut- 
 landshire, 20 ; Lincolnshire, 
 10. 
 
 Badcock. Berkshire, 10; Devon- 
 shire, 13 ; Somersetshire, 7. 
 
 Badger. Oxfordshire, 35 ; War- 
 wickshire, 47. 
 
 Badman. Somersetshire, 9. 
 
 Bagg. Somersetshire, 12. 
 
 Baggaliey — Bagley. Derby- 
 
 shire, 7 ; Lincolnshire, 7. 
 
 Bagnall. Staffordshire, 24. 
 
 Bagshaw. Derbyshire, 60 ; 
 Northamptonshire, 15 ; Not- 
 tinghamshire, 16 ; Stafford- 
 shire, 8. 
 
 Baguley. Cheshire, 11 ; Notting- 
 hamshire, 34. 
 
 Bailey. Bedfordshire, 30 ; Buck- 
 inghamshire, 18 ; Cam- 
 bridgeshire, 24; Cheshire, 
 34 ; Cornwall, 8 ; Derby- 
 shire, 36 ; Devonshire, 16 ; 
 Essex, 12 ; Gloucestershire, 
 43 ; Hampshire, 81 ; Here- 
 fordshire, 14; Hertfordshire, 
 30 ; Kent, 15 ; Lancashire, 
 15 ; Lincolnshire, 24 ; Nor- 
 folk, 24 ; Nottinghamshire, 
 32; Oxfordshire, 35; Shrop- 
 shire, 24 ; Somersetshire, 9 ; 
 Staffordshire, 60 ; Sussex, 
 25 ; Wiltshire, 30 ; Yorkshire, 
 West Riding, 19. Bayly is 
 a rare form, mostly found 
 in Cheshire, Staffordshire, 
 and Sussex. 
 
 Baines — Baynes. Lancashire, 
 13 ; Leicestershire and Rut- 
 landshire, 17 ; Nottingham- 
 shire, 20; Sussex, 14; York- 
 shire, West Riding, 10. In 
 Lancashire and in the West 
 Riding Baynes is frequently 
 found. 
 
 Bainbridge. Cumberland and 
 Westmoreland, 51 ; Derby- 
 shire, 7 ; Durham, 44 ; 
 Yorkshire, North and East 
 Ridings, 18. 
 
 Baker. Bedfordshire, 18 ; Buck- 
 inghamshire, 18 ; Cheshire, 
 14 ; Cornwall, 20 ; Devon- 
 2 g2 
 
452 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 shire, 58 ; Dorsetshire, 20 ; 
 Durham, 16 ; Essex, 54 ; 
 Gloucestershire, 30 ; Hamp- 
 shire, 51 ; Herefordshire, 
 20 ; Kent, 36 ; Lancashire, 
 16 ; Leicestershire and Rut- 
 landshire, 25 ; Lincolnshire, 
 
 15 ; Monmouthshire, 110 ; 
 Norfolk, 24 ; Northampton- 
 shire, 25 ; Nottinghamshire, 
 28; Oxfordshire, 20; Somer- 
 setshire, 88 ; Staffordshire, 
 
 16 ; Suffolk, 51 ; Surrey, 70 ; 
 Sussex, 80 ; Warwickshire, 
 30 ; Wiltshire, 30 ; Worces- 
 tershire, 14 ; Yorkshire, 
 North and East Ridings, 
 10. 
 
 Bakewell. Staffordshire, 8. 
 
 Balch. Somersetshire, 9; Wilt- 
 shire, 22. 
 
 Baldock. Kent, 15 ; Notting- 
 hamshire, 12. 
 
 Baldry. Suffolk, 11. 
 
 Baldwin. Buckinghamshire, 24 ; 
 Gloucestei'shire, 33 ; Hert- 
 fordshire, 18 ; Lancashire, 
 12 ; Norfolk, 11 ; Suffolk, 
 16 ; Warwickshire, 15. 
 
 Balkwill. Devonshire, 13. 
 
 Ball. Cheshire, 14 ; Cornwall, 
 14 ; Derbyshire, 15 ; Devon- 
 shire, 14 ; Gloucestershire, 
 27; Lancashire, 34; Not- 
 tinghamshire, 16 ; Somer- 
 setshire, 11 ; Staffordshire, 
 36 ; Warwickshire, 40. 
 
 Ballam. Dorsetshire, 20. 
 
 Ballard. Kent, 15 ; Worcester- 
 shire, 22. 
 
 Balls. Essex, 12 ; Norfolk, 20 ; 
 Suffolk, 30. 
 
 Ballinger. Gloucestershire, 20. 
 
 Balman. Devonshire, 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. Derbyshire, 7 ; Lan- 
 cashire, 27; Lincolnshire, 7; 
 Northamptonshire, 15 ; 
 
 Yorkshire, North and East 
 Ridings, 18. 
 
 Banfield. Herefordshire, 14. 
 
 Bannister. Lancashire, 9 ; 
 Sussex, 25. 
 
 Ban well. Somerset, 19. 
 
 Barber. Cheshire, 62 ; Derby- 
 shire, 25 ; Gloucestershire, 
 27 ; Norfolk, 11 ; Notting- 
 hamshire, 12 ; Suffolk, 14 ; 
 Worcestershire, 18 ; York- 
 shire, West Riding, 9. 
 
 Barfoot. Hampshire, 21. 
 
 Barford. Northamptonshire, 
 30. 
 
 Bargh. Derbyshire, 6; Lanca- 
 shire, 8. 
 
 Barham. Sussex, 18. 
 
 Bark — Barks. Derbyshire, 6. 
 
 Barker. Cheshire, 11 ; Derby- 
 shire, 34; Durham, 20; 
 Essex, 18 ; Hertfordshire 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 
 
 453 
 
 18 ; Lancashire, 14 ; 
 Lincolnsliire, 29; Norfolk, 
 38 ; N'ottinghamshire, 24 ; 
 Shropshire, 14 ; Stafford- 
 shire, 24 ; Suffolk, 14 ; 
 Yorkshire, West Riding, 
 50; Yorkshire, I^orth and 
 East Ridings, 65. 
 
 Barling. Kent, 15. 
 
 Barlow. Cheshire, 46 ; Hunting- 
 donshire, 14 ; Lancashire, 
 25 ; Nottinghamshire, 40 ; 
 Staffordshire, 10. 
 
 Barnard. Bedfordshire, 12 ; 
 Essex, 48 ; Lincolnshire, 
 7; Norfolk, 17; Somerset, 
 15. 
 
 Barnes. Berkshire, 20 ; Buck- 
 inghamshire, 25 ; Cumber- 
 land and Westmoreland, 
 50; Derbyshire, 11 ; Dorset- 
 shire, 47 ; Gloucestershire, 
 14 ; Hampshire, 43 ; Hunt- 
 ingdonshire, 14 ; Kent, 21 ; 
 Lancashire, 32 ; Leicester- 
 shire and Rutlandshire, 25 ; 
 Lincolnshire, 15 ; Norfolk, 
 15 ; Nottinghamshire, 15 ; 
 Somersetshire, 14 ; Suffolk, 
 14; Wiltshire, 52; York- 
 shire. West Riding, 9. 
 
 Barnett. Buckinghamshire, 18 ; 
 Cheshire, 11 ; Hereford- 
 shire, 24 ; Leicestershire and 
 Rutlandshire, 17 ; Stafford- 
 shire, 12. 
 
 Barnsley. Derbyshire, 7. 
 
 Barnstable. Somersetshire, 14. 
 
 Baron — Barron. Lancashire, 16; 
 Yorkshire, North and East 
 Ridings, 10. 
 
 Barraclough. Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 14. 
 
 Barrell. Herefordshire, 14 ; 
 Suffolk, 18. 
 
 Barratt — Barrett. Bucking- 
 
 hamshire, 18 ; Cambridge- 
 shire, 24 ; Cheshire, 22 ; 
 Cornwall, 9 ; Devonshire, 8 ; 
 Dorsetshire, 21 ; Essex, 27 ; 
 Gloucestershire, 14 ; Lin- 
 colnshire, 8; Norfolk, 29; 
 Northamptonshire, 25 ; 
 
 Nottinghamshire, 20 ; Ox- 
 fordshire, 20 ; Yorkshire, 
 West Riding, 20. Barrett 
 is the usual form of this 
 surname ; but in Cheshire, 
 Nottinghamshire, and Lin- 
 colnshire, and to a less 
 extent in Northampton- 
 shire, Barratt is the 
 common form. In Essex 
 it is more frequently spelt 
 Barritt. 
 
 Barrington. Somersetshire, 20. 
 
 Barrow. Kent, 15 ; Lancashire, 
 17; Sussex, 32. 
 
 Barrowcliff. Nottinghamshire, 
 12. 
 
 Bartholomew. Kent, 18 ; Lin- 
 colnshire, 11. 
 
 Bartle. Cornwall, 8; Notting- 
 hamshire, 20. 
 
 Bartlett. Cornwall, 8 ; Devon- 
 shire, 10 ; Dot'setshire, 73 ; 
 Gloucestershire, 17; Kent, 
 15 ; Northamptonshire, 20 ; 
 Oxfordshire, 35 ; Somerset- 
 shire, 34. 
 
 Barton. Derbyshire, 11 ; 
 
 Gloucestershire, 63 ; Hamp- 
 
454 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 shire, 26; Kent, 27 ; Lan- 
 casMre, 20 ; Lincolnshire, 
 15; Sussex, 18; Wiltshire, 
 12. 
 
 Bartram. Nottinghamshire, 12. 
 
 Bascombe. Dorsetshire, 15. 
 
 Basford. Cheshire, 11. 
 
 Basham. Essex, 15. 
 
 Baskerville. Cheshire, 14. 
 
 Baskeyfield. Staffordshire, 12. 
 
 Basnett. Cheshire, 9. 
 
 Bass. Essex, 15 ; Leicestershire 
 and Rutlandshire, 13. 
 
 Bassett. Cornwall, 24 ; Kent, 
 24 ; Staffordshire, 20. 
 
 Bastable. Dorsetshire, 15. 
 
 Bastin. Devonshire, 6. 
 
 Batchelor. Buckinghamshire, 
 20 ; Hertfordshire, 80. 
 
 Bate. Cheshire, 9 ; Cornwall, 
 27 ; Shropshire, 12 ; 
 Staffordshire, 10. 
 
 Bater. Devonshire, 6. 
 
 Bates. Bedfordshire, 15 ; Buck- 
 inghamshire, 20 ; Cam- 
 bridgeshire, 24 ; Derby- 
 shire, 17; Hertfordshire, 
 18 ; Kent, 27 ; Leicester- 
 shire and Rutlandshire, 38 ; 
 Lincolnshire, 10 ; Norfolk, 
 9 ; Northumberland, 7 ; 
 Nottinghamshire, 12 ; 
 
 Staffordshire, 18 ; Sussex, 
 14 ; Warwickshire, 30. 
 
 Batej — Baty. Durham, 12 ; 
 Northumberland, 22. 
 
 Bath. Cornwall, 10 ; Kent, 15. 
 
 Bather — Batho. Shropshire, 20. 
 
 Batkin. Staffordshire, 14. 
 
 Batt. Somerset, 11. 
 
 Battams. Bedfordshire, 20. 
 
 Batterham. Norfolk, 9. 
 
 Battersby. Lancashire, 11. 
 
 Batting — Batten. Cornwall, 
 10 ; Devonshire, 18. 
 
 Batts. Oxfordshire, 15. 
 
 Batty — Battye. Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 80. 
 
 Baverstock. Berkshire, 25; Dor- 
 set, 21. 
 
 Bawden. Cornwall, 9 ; Somer- 
 setshire, 9. 
 
 Baxter. Lincolnshire, 9 ; York- 
 shire, West Riding, 9. 
 
 Baylis. Berkshire, 20 ; Glouces- 
 tershire, 20 ; Herefordshire, 
 28 ; Oxfordshire, 20 ; Wor- 
 cestershire, 84. 
 
 Bays. Cambridgeshire, 20. 
 
 Bazely — Bazley. Northampton- 
 shire, 20. 
 
 Beach. Staffordshire, 8. 
 
 Beacham — Beecham. Lincoln- 
 shire, 10; Somersetshire, 12. 
 The first is found in Somer- 
 setshire, the second in Lin- 
 colnshire. 
 
 Beadle. Durham, 16. 
 
 Beak. Wiltshire, 22. 
 
 Beal — Beale. Kent, 12 ; Leices- 
 tershire and Rutlandshire, 
 17 ; Surrey, 15 ; Yorkshire, 
 North and East Ridings, 20. 
 
 Beales. Norfolk, 9. 
 
 Beamand — Bemand. Hereford- 
 shire, 24 ; Shropshire, 14. 
 
 Beanes. Norfolk, 13. 
 
 Beard. Cheshire, 12; Derby- 
 shire, 13 ; Gloucestershire, 
 17 ; Nottinghamshire, 16 ; 
 Staffordshire, 12. 
 
 Beardall. Nottinghamshire, 16. 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 
 
 455 
 
 Beardmore. Staffordshire, 26. 
 
 Beardslej. Derbyshire, 7. 
 
 Beattie — Beatj. Cumberland 
 and Westmoreland, 44. 
 
 Beaumont. Suffolk, 9 ; York- 
 shire, West Riding, IG. 
 
 Beavan — Beaven. Hereford- 
 shire, 42; Wilts, 35. (See 
 Be van.) 
 
 Bebb. North Wales, 40. 
 
 Bebbington. Cheshire, 32. 
 
 Beck. Norfolk, 20. 
 
 Beckett. Cheshire, 20 ; Norfolk, 
 20 ; Nottinghamshire, 12. 
 
 Beddall. Essex, 12. 
 
 Beddoes. Shropshire, 68. 
 
 Bedford. Hertfordshire, 18 ; 
 Huntingdonshire, 30. 
 
 Beeby. Leicestershire and Rut- 
 landshire, 17. 
 
 Beech. Cheshire, 27; Stafford- 
 shire, 20. 
 
 Beecroft. Nottinghamshire, 20. 
 
 Beedell. Devonshire, 11. 
 
 Beer. Devonshire, 15. 
 
 Beesley. Berkshire, 25 ; Lanca- 
 shire, 10. 
 
 Beeson. Buckinghamshire, 20 ; 
 Derbyshire, 8. 
 
 Beeston. Derbyshire, 8 ; Shrop- 
 shire, 12 ; Staffordshire, 8. 
 
 Beever — Beevers. Yorkshire, 
 West Riding, 14. 
 
 Belcham. Essex, 12. 
 
 Belcher. Berkshire, 20 ; Buck- 
 inghamshire, 12 ; Oxford- 
 shire, 15. 
 
 Belfield. Derbyshire, 7; Staf- 
 fordshire, 28. 
 
 Belgrove. Buckinghamshire, 
 40. 
 
 Bell. Buckinghamshire, 20 ; 
 Cheshire, 11 ; Cumberland 
 and Westmoreland, 90 ; 
 Durham, 156 ; Lancashire, 
 13 ; Lincolnshire, 18 ; Nor- 
 folk, 18; Northamptonshire, 
 30 ; Northumberland, 210 ; 
 Nottinghamshire, 12 ; Som- 
 ersetshire, 9 ; Yorkshire, 
 West Riding, 18; Yorkshire, 
 North and East Ridings, 41. 
 
 Bellairs — Bellars. Northamp- 
 tonshire, 15. 
 
 Bellamy. Huntingdonshire, 14 ; 
 Lincolnshire, 18; Notting- 
 hamshire, 16. 
 
 Bellis. North Wales, 12. 
 
 Belsey. Kent, 12. 
 
 Belton. Lincolnshire, 12 ; Not- 
 tinghamshire, 12. 
 
 Bemrose. Lincolnshire, 8. 
 
 Benbow. Shropshire, 12. 
 
 Bendall — Bentall. Essex, 30 ; 
 Suffolk, 16. The first in 
 Suffolk, the second in 
 Essex. 
 
 Benjafield. Dorset, 15. 
 
 Bennett. Bedfordshire, 20; Berk- 
 shire, 35 ; B iickinghamshire, 
 40; Cheshire, 24; Cornwall, 
 50; Derbyshire, 44 ; Devon- 
 shire, 10; Dorsetshire, 57; 
 Gloucestershire, 60 ; Here- 
 fordshire, 54 ; Lancashire, 
 16 ; Leicestershire and Rut- 
 landshire, 21 ; Lincolnshire, 
 13 ; Norfolk, 9 ; Northamp- 
 tonshire, 20 ; Nottingham-- 
 shire, 40; Oxfordshire, 37; 
 Somersetshire, 32; Staf- 
 fordshire, 10 ; Surrey, 20 ; 
 
456 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Sussex, 30; Wiltshire, 25; 
 Worcestershire, 30 ; South 
 Wales, 22. (See Bennetts.) 
 
 Bennetts. Cornwall, 20. (See 
 Bennett.) 
 
 Benning. Berks, 30. 
 
 Bennion. Cheshire, 9 ; Shrop- 
 shire, 17; Staffordshire, 10. 
 
 Benny. Cornwall, 9. 
 
 Benson. Cumberland and West- 
 moreland, 44 ; Essex, 12 ; 
 Lancashire, 16 ; Yorkshire, 
 West Riding, 10; York- 
 shire. North and East 
 Ridings, 20. Bennison is 
 also found in the North 
 and East Ridings. 
 
 Benstead — Bensted. Kent, 36. 
 
 Bent. Lancashire, 13. 
 
 Bentham. Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 11. 
 
 Bentley. Derbyshire, 7 ; Dor- 
 set, 26 ; Kent, 12 ; Lanca- 
 shire, 8; Nottinghamshire, 
 12; Staffordshire, 22; York- 
 shire, West Riding, 11 ; 
 Yorkshire, North and East 
 Ridings, 15. 
 
 Benton. Cambridgeshire, 24 ; 
 Kent, 12 ; Lincolnshire, 12. 
 
 Bere. Devonshire, 6 ; Somerset- 
 shire, 6. 
 
 Beresford — Berrisford. Derby- 
 shire, 9 ; Staffordshire, 40. 
 
 Berridge. Leicestershire and 
 Rutlandshire, 38. 
 
 Berrow. Herefordshire, 20. 
 
 Berry. Devonshire, 24 ; Glouces- 
 tershire, 20 ; Hampshire, 
 21 ; Kent, 12 ; Lancashire, 
 44 : Leicestershire and 
 
 Rutlandshire, 21 ; North- 
 amptonshire, 35 ; Oxford- 
 shire, 15 ; Sussex, 25 ; War- 
 wickshire, 30 ; Wiltshire, 22 ; 
 Yorkshire, West Riding, 12. 
 
 Berryman. Cornwall, 34. 
 
 Besent. Dorsetshire, 15. 
 
 Besley. Devonshire, 8. 
 
 Best. Cornwall, 20; Dorset- 
 shire, 15. 
 
 Bestwick — Beswick. Cheshire, 
 17; Staffordshire, 36. 
 
 Bett. Lincolnshire^ 19. (See 
 Betts.) 
 
 Betteridge. Berkshire, 38 ; Wor- 
 cestershire, 22. 
 
 Bettinson. Norfolk, 9. 
 
 Betts. Kent, 15 ; Lincolnshire, 
 7; Norfolk, 42; Suffolk, 
 10. (See Bett.) 
 
 Bevan. Cheshire, 9 ; Hereford- 
 shire, 38 ; Monmouthshire, 
 66 ; Shropshire, 20 ; South 
 Wales, 55. In Cheshire we 
 more commonly find Bevin. 
 (See Beavan.) 
 
 Beavan — Beaven. Hereford- 
 shire, 42 ; Wiltshire, 35. 
 
 Bewick. Northumberland, 30. 
 
 Beynon. South Wales, 27. 
 
 Bibby. Lancashire, 12. 
 
 Bice. Cornwall, 12. 
 
 Bickford. Staffordshire, 10. 
 
 Bickle. Devonshire, 13. 
 
 Bicknell. Somersetshire, 11. 
 
 Biddick. Cornwall, 12. 
 
 Biddle. Gloucestershire, 13. 
 
 Biggin. Derbyshire, 9. 
 
 Biggs. Buckinghamshire, 30 ; 
 Leicestershire and Rutland- 
 shire, 21 ; Monmouthshire, 22. 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 
 
 457 
 
 Billing — Billings. Bucking- 
 hamshire, 15 ; Cornwall, 8. 
 
 Billinge. Staffordshire, 12. 
 
 Billington. Cheshire, 14 ; Lan- 
 cashire, 15; Staffordshire, 8. 
 
 Billyard. Nottinghamshire, 12. 
 
 Bing. Kent, 15. 
 
 Binge. N'ottinghamshire, 12. 
 
 Bingham. Derbyshire, 30 ; Lin- 
 colnshire, 10 ; Nottingham- 
 shire, 40. 
 
 Binglej. Nottinghamshire, 20. 
 
 Binning. Somersetshire, 17. 
 
 Binns. Yorkshire, West Riding, 
 24. 
 
 Birch. Kent, 12 ; Shropshire, 
 
 17 ; Staffordshire, 38. 
 Birchall. Cheshire, 9 ; Lan- 
 cashire, 17. 
 
 Bird. Bedfordshire, 25 ; Dor- 
 setshire, 25 ; Essex, 24 ; 
 Gloucestershire, 20 ; Leices- 
 tershire and Rutlandshire, 
 17; Norfolk, 45; North- 
 amptonshire, 30; Oxford- 
 shire, 15 ; Somersetshire, 
 20; Staffordshire, 12 ; Suf- 
 folk, 16. {See Bjrd.) 
 
 Birkinshaw — Burkinshaw. Lin- 
 colnshire, 7 ; Yorkshire, 
 West Riding, 7. 
 
 Birkett. Lancashire, 12 ; North- 
 umberland, 14 ; Notting- 
 hamshire, 12. 
 
 Birtles. Cheshire, 9. 
 
 Bisdee. Somersetshire, 9. 
 
 Bishop. Buckinghamshire, 28 ; 
 Devonshire, 14; Dorsetshire, 
 42 ; Gloucestershire, 24 ; 
 Herefordshire, 24; Kent, 
 
 18 ; Middlesex, 25; Norfolk, 
 
 13; Northamptonshire, 15 ; 
 Oxfordshire, 15 ; Shrop- 
 shire, 14 ; Somersetshire, 
 22 ; Surrey, 20 ; Worcester- 
 shire, 26. 
 
 Black. Leicestershire and Rut- 
 landshire, 26 ; Northumber- 
 land, 30. 
 
 Blackburn. Lancashire, 26 ; 
 Lincolnshire, 9 ; Norfolk, 
 11 ; Northumberland, 14 ; 
 Yorkshire, West Riding, 
 15 ; Yorkshire, North and 
 East Ridings, 10. 
 
 Blackett. Durham, 20; North- 
 umberland, 8. 
 
 Blackman. Hampshire, 30. 
 
 Blackmore. Devonshire, 31 
 Somersetshire, 11. 
 
 Blackwel]. Buckinghamshire, 
 20 ; Derbyshire, 9 ; Glou- 
 cestershire, 20^ 
 
 Blackshaw. Cheshire, 19. 
 
 Blades. Lincolnshire, 7. 
 
 Blair. Durham, 20 ; Northum- 
 berland, 22. 
 
 Blake. Berkshire, 30 ; Bucking- 
 hamshire, 18 ; Cornwall, 38 
 Devonshire, 15; Hampshire, 
 17; Oxfordshire, 30 ; Sur- 
 rey, 20; Wiltshire, 45. 
 
 Blakemore. Shropshire, 12. 
 
 Blakeway. Worcestershire, 18. 
 
 Blakey. Yorkshire, West Riding, 
 9. 
 
 Blamey. Cornwall, 14. 
 
 Blanchard — Blanshard. Lin- 
 colnshire, 10 ; Yorkshire, 
 North and East Ridings, 10. 
 
 Bland. Cambridgeshire, 20 
 Cumberland and Westmore- 
 
458 
 
 HO^VFES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 land, 25 ; Derbyshire, 13 ; 
 Lincolnshire, 8 ; Northamp- 
 tonshire, 15; Nottingham- 
 shire, 16 ; Yorkshire, West- 
 Riding, 11. 
 
 Blandford. Gloucestershire, 14. 
 
 Blankley. Lincolnshire, 7. 
 
 Blatchford. Devonshire, 10. 
 
 Blatherwick. Nottinghamshire, 
 16. 
 
 Bleasdale. Lancashire, 9. 
 
 Bleazard — Blezzard. Lanca- 
 shire, 9. 
 
 Blencowe. Oxfordshire, 15. 
 
 Blenkin. Yorkshire, North and 
 East Hidings, 10. 
 
 Blenkinsop. Durham, 20; North- 
 umberland, 7. 
 
 Blenkiron. Yorkshire, North 
 and East Ridings, 8. 
 
 Bletsoe. Huntingdonshire, 7. 
 
 Blewett — Blewitt. Cornwall, 14; 
 Staffordshire, 8. Blewett 
 (and also Bluett) in Corn- 
 wall. Blewitt in Stafford- 
 shire. 
 
 Blight. Cornwall, 16 ; Devon- 
 shire, 8. 
 
 Bliss. Buckinghamshire, 35 ; 
 Northamptonshire, 15 ; Ox- 
 fordshire, 15. 
 
 Blomfield — Bloomfield. Essex, 
 21; Norfolk, 15; Suffolk, 
 26. 
 
 Bloor — Blore. Derby, 7 ; Staf- 
 fordshire, 26. 
 
 Blott. Cambridgeshire, 15 ; 
 Huntingdonshire, 21 ; North- 
 amptonshire, 15. 
 
 Blowers. Suffolk, 11. 
 
 Bloye — Bloyey. Devonshire, 6. 
 
 Blundell. Bedfordshire, 9 ; Lan- 
 cashire, 18. 
 
 Blunt. Cambridgeshire, 29 ; 
 Leicestershire and Rutland- 
 shire, 21 ; Northampton- 
 shire, 15. 
 
 Blyth. Essex, 48 ; Norfolk, 20 ; 
 Yorkshire, North and East 
 Ridings, 10. 
 
 Boaden. Cornwall, 9. (See 
 Bowden.) 
 
 Boam. Derbyshire, 11. 
 
 Board. Somersetshire, 22. 
 
 Boardman. Lancashire, 17; Lin- 
 colnshire, 8. 
 
 Boase. Cornwall, 8. 
 
 Boddington. Warwickshire, 18. 
 
 Boddy. Norfolk, 9. 
 
 Boden. Staffordshire, 10. (See 
 Bowden.) 
 
 Bodenham. Herefordshire, 11. 
 
 Bodle. Sussex, 14. 
 
 Body. Cornwall, 8 ; Somerset- 
 shire, 15. 
 
 Boffey. Cheshire, 27. 
 
 Bolam. Northumberland, 26. 
 
 Bolitho. Cornwall, 10. 
 
 Bolshaw. Cheshire, 9. 
 
 Bolt. Devonshire, 8. 
 
 Bolton. Essex, 12 ; Lancashire 
 27 ; Oxfordshire, 20. 
 
 Bomford. Nottinghamshire, 16 ; 
 Warwickshire, 28 ; Worces- 
 tershire, 52. 
 
 Bond. Devonshire, 26 ; Lanca- 
 shire, 16; Norfolk, 20; 
 Somersetshire, 36; Stafford- 
 shire, 10; Suffolk, 11. 
 
 Bone. Cornwall, 10 ; Hamp- 
 shire, 21. 
 
 Bonfield. Hertfordshire, 18. 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 
 
 459 
 
 Boniface. Sussex, 51. 
 
 Bonner — Bonnor. Hereford- 
 sliire, 14 ; Surrey, 20. 
 
 Bonney. Lancashire, 9. 
 
 Bonsall. Derbyshire, 7 ; Staf- 
 fordshire, 12. 
 
 Bonser. Korthamptonshire, 35 ; 
 N^ottinghamshire, 16. 
 
 Booker. Derbyshire, 9 ; Sussex, 
 14. 
 
 Boon. Staffordshire, 8. 
 
 Boorman. Kent, 24. 
 
 Booth, Cheshire, 66 ; Derby- 
 shire, 44 ; Lancashire, 24 ; 
 Lincolnshire, 12 ; ^N'otting- 
 hamshire, 16; Staffordshire, 
 36; Yorkshire, West Riding, 
 43. 
 
 Border. Lincolnshire, 7. 
 
 Borlase. Cornwall, 5. 
 
 Borman. Lincolnshire, 7. 
 
 Borrett. Suffolk, 16. 
 
 Borthwick — Bothwick. North- 
 umberland, 22. 
 
 Borton. ]S"orthamp ton shire, 15. 
 
 Bosomworth. Yorkshire, North 
 and East Ridings, 11. 
 
 Bostock. Cheshire, 22; Staf- 
 fordshire, 10. 
 
 Bos worth. Bedfordshire, 12 ; 
 Leicestershire and Rutland- 
 shire, 9. 
 
 Bbtt. Staffordshire, 10. 
 
 Botterill. Yorkshire, North 
 and East Ridings, 12. 
 
 Betting. Sussex, 32. 
 
 Bottomley. Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 12. 
 
 Boucher. Worcestershire, 14. 
 
 Boughey. Shropshire, 10. 
 
 Bough ton. Buckinghamshire, 20. 
 
 Bould. Staffordshire, 12. 
 
 Boulden. Kent, 12. 
 
 Boulter. Worcestershire, 14. 
 
 Boulton. Gloucestershire, 20 ; 
 Shropshire, 12 ; Worcester- 
 shire, 14. 
 
 Bounds. Herefordshire, 14. 
 
 Boundy. Devonshire, 8. 
 
 Bourne. Cheshire, 11 ; Kent, 
 21 ; Lincolnshire, 10 ; Not- 
 tinghamshire, 12 ; Shrop- 
 shire, 22 ; Staffordshire, 20 ; 
 Sussex, 21 ; Wiltshire, 22. 
 
 Bourn er. Sussex, 21. 
 
 Bovey. Devonshire, 7. 
 
 Bowden. Cheshire, 14; Corn- 
 wall, 23; Derbyshire, 17; 
 Devonshire, 30. (^SeeBoaden 
 and Boden.) 
 
 Bowdler. Shropshire, 14. 
 
 Bowdifcch. Dorsetshire, 20. 
 
 Bo wen. Herefordshire, 17 ; 
 Shropshire, 50 ; Worcester- 
 shire, 14; South Wales, 82. 
 (See Bown.) 
 
 Bower. Cheshire, 14; Derby- 
 shire, 34 ; Nottinghamshire, 
 12. 
 
 Bowers. Staffordshire, 10. 
 
 Bowering. Somersetshire, 9. 
 
 Bowes. Yorkshire, North and 
 East Ridings, 16. 
 
 Bowler. Cheshire, 14; Derby- 
 shire, 19. 
 
 Bowles. Kent, 9 ; Wiltshire, 18. 
 
 Bowman. Cumberland and 
 Westmoreland, 44 ; Dur- 
 ham, 12 ; Hertfordshire, 18. 
 
 Bowmer. Derbyshire, 9. 
 
 Bown. Derbyshire, 17 ; Somer- 
 setshire, 22. (See Bowen.) 
 
460 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Bownass — Bowness. Cumber- 
 land and Westmoreland, 
 50 ; Lancasliire, 12. 
 
 Bowser. Lincolnshire, 7. 
 
 Bowyer. Berkshire, 50; Staf- 
 fordshire, 12; Suffolk, 9; 
 Surrey, 20. 
 
 Box. Cornwall, 9 ; Devonshire, 
 6. 
 
 Boyce. Norfolk, 9 ; Somerset- 
 shire, 12; Worcestershire, 
 14. 
 
 Boyes — Boys. Hampshire, 20 ; 
 Yorkshire, North and East 
 Hidings, 21. 
 
 Bracegirdle. Cheshire, 24. 
 
 Bracher. Wiltshire, 12. 
 
 Brackenbury. Lincolnshire, 9. 
 
 Bradbury. Derbyshire, 15 ; 
 Staffordshire, 36 ; York- 
 shire, West Riding, 17. 
 
 Braddock. Cheshire, 9. 
 
 Bradford. Dorsetshire, 21 ; 
 Somersetshire, 12. 
 
 Bradley. Cheshire, 14; Derby- 
 shire, J 5 ; Kent, 9 ; Lanca- 
 shire, 26 ; Nottinghamshire, 
 28 ; Shropshire, 22 ; War- 
 wickshire, 18 ; Worcester- 
 shire, 18 ; Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 21. 
 
 Bradridge. Devonshire, 6. 
 
 Bradshaw. Bedfordshire, 18 ; 
 Derbyshire, 10; Hunting- 
 donshire, 10 ; Lancashire, 
 25 ; Leicestershire and Rut- 
 landshire, 13 ; Northamp- 
 tonshire, 38; Oxfordshire, 
 10 ; Yorkshire, North and 
 East Ridings, 15. 
 
 Brafield. Northamptonshire, 15. 
 
 Bragg. Devonshire, 14. 
 
 Brain. Dorsetshire, 10; Gloaces- 
 tershire, 24; Wiltshire, 18. 
 
 Braithwaite. Cumberland, and 
 Westmoreland, 20 ; Durham, 
 12 ; Lancashire, 8 ; York- 
 shire, West Riding, 11 ; 
 Yorkshire, North and East 
 Ridings, 13. 
 
 Brake. Dorsetshire, 21 ; Somer- 
 setshire, 12. 
 
 Bramall. Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 13. 
 
 Bramley. Leicestershire and 
 Rutlandshire, 17; Lincoln- 
 shire, 8; Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 15. 
 
 Bramw^ell. Cumberland and 
 Westmoreland, 25 ; Derby- 
 shire, 11. 
 
 Brand. Essex, 24; Hertford- 
 shire, 18. 
 
 Branson. Leicestershire and 
 Rutlandshire, 17. 
 
 Brasnett. Norfolk, 11. 
 
 Brassington — Brasingtou. Der- 
 byshire, 11 ; Gloucester- 
 shire, 14; Staffordshire, 34. 
 Brasington and Brazinton 
 are characteristic of Glou- 
 cestershire. 
 
 Braund. Devonshire, 10. 
 
 Brawn. Bedfordshire, 10; Hunt- 
 ingdonshire, 30 ; Northamp- 
 tonshire, 15 ; Staffordshire, 
 10. 
 
 Bray. Cornwall, 34; Devon- 
 shire, 11 ; Herefordshire, 17. 
 
 Bray ley — Breayley. Devon, 7. 
 
 Brazier. Buckinghamshire, 20. 
 
 Breach. Wiltshire. 22. 
 
ENGLISH AND ^VELSH NAMES. 
 
 461 
 
 Breakspear. Oxfordsliire, 15. 
 
 Breakwell. Shropshire, 12. 
 
 Brear — Brears. Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 15. 
 
 Breary. Bedfordshire, 20. 
 
 Breese — Breeze. Norfolk, 15 ; 
 Suffolk, 7; North Wales, 
 50. 
 
 Brenchlej. Kent, 9. 
 
 Brendon — Brenton. Cornwall, 
 17. 
 
 Brereton. Cheshire, 12 ; Shrop- 
 shire, 14. 
 
 Bretherton. Lancashire, 18. 
 
 Brett. Nottinghamshire, 28 ; 
 Sussex, 18. 
 
 Brewer. Cornwall, 17 ; Glouces- 
 tershire, 1 7 ; Monmouth- 
 shire, 17; Somersetshire, 
 15 ; Worcestershire, 14. 
 
 Brewas. Northumberland, 37. 
 
 Brewster. Nottinghamshire, 12; 
 Suffolk, 9; Yorkshire, North 
 and East Ridings, 9. 
 
 Brice. Kent, 24. 
 
 Brickell. Dorset, 21. 
 
 Briddon. Derbyshire, 
 
 Bridge. Derbyshire, 7 ; Lan- 
 cashire, 20. 
 
 Bridger. Hampshire, 21 ; Sussex, 
 21. 
 
 Bridges. Suffolk, 11; Wilt- 
 shire, 13. 
 
 Bridgman. Devonshire, 8. 
 
 Briggs. Cumberland and West- 
 moreland, 25 ; Lancashire, 
 20; Lincolnshire, 21; Leices- 
 tershire and Rutlandshire, 
 17; Northamptonshire, 15; 
 Nottinghamshire, 36; York- 
 shire, West Riding, 28. 
 
 Brigham. Yorkshire, North 
 and East Ridings, 19. 
 
 Bright. Devonshire, 6 ; Essex, 
 21; Hampshire, 17; Shrop- 
 shire, 33 ; South Wales, 
 17. 
 
 Brightman. Bedfordshire, 20. 
 
 Brimacombe. Devonshire, 9. 
 
 Brimble. Somersetshire, 9. 
 
 Brindle. Lancashire, 8. 
 
 Brindley. Staffordshire, 12. 
 
 Brine. Dorsetshire, 26. 
 
 Brisbourne. Shropshire, 12. 
 
 Bristow. Lincolnshire, 8. 
 
 Britten. Northamptonshire, 30. 
 
 Britton. Essex, 9. 
 
 Broad. Cheshire, 12 ; Cornwall, 
 14; Dorsetshire, 11. 
 
 Broadbent. Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 20. 
 
 Broadberry. Nottinghamshire, 
 12. 
 
 Broadhead. Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 8. 
 
 Broadhurst. Cheshire, 15. 
 
 Broadley. Kent, 30. 
 
 Brock. Devonshire, 11 ; Nor- 
 folk, 9. 
 
 Brocklehurst. Cheshire, 29 ; 
 Derbyshire, 15. 
 
 Brocksopp. Derbyshire, 7. 
 
 Brodie. Northumberland, 18. 
 
 Bromage. Herefordshire, 14. 
 
 Bromley. Essex, 12 ; North- 
 amptonshire, 15 ; Shrop- 
 shire, 20. 
 
 Bromwich. Northamptonshire, 
 15. 
 
 Brook — Brooke. Devonshire, 
 11; Hampshire, 17; Nor- 
 folk, 11; Nottinghamshire, 
 
462 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 16; Somerset, 11; Suffolk, 
 18 ; Sussex, 21 ; Worcester- 
 sliire, 18; Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 38. 
 
 Brooker. Kent, 24 ; Sussex, 18. 
 
 Brooks — Brookes. Bedford - 
 stiire, 15 ; Berkshire, 20 ; 
 Buckinghamshire, 25 ; Cam- 
 bridgeshire, 15 ; Cheshire, 
 11 ; Derbyshire, 11 ; Devon- 
 shire, 17; Herefordshire, 
 17 ; Hertfordshire, 18 ; Lan- 
 cashire, 9 ; Leicestershire 
 and Rutlandshire, 30 ; Lin- 
 colnshire, 26 ; Norfolk, 9 ; 
 Oxfordshire, 15 ; Shrop - 
 shire, 12 ; Somersetshire, 
 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 ; Bucking- 
 hamshire, 50 ; Cambridge- 
 shire, 100 ; Cheshire, 54 ; 
 Cornwall, 47 ; Cumberland 
 and Westmoreland, 115 ; 
 Derbyshire, 33; Devonshire, 
 33 ; Dorsetshire, 62 ; Dur- 
 ham, 116 ; Essex, 108; Glou- 
 cestershire, 80; Hampshire, 
 90 ; Herefordshire, 31 ; 
 Hertfordshire, 81 ; Hunt- 
 ingdonshire, 84 ; Kent, 84 ; 
 Lancashire, 42 ; Leicester- 
 
 shire and Rutlandshire, 107 ; 
 Lincolnshire, 100; Middle- 
 sex, 80 ; Monmouthshire, 
 28; Norfolk, 73; North- 
 amptonshire, 90 ; North- 
 umberland, 123 ; Notting- 
 hamshire, 7() ; Oxfordshire, 
 15 ; Shropshire, 80 ; Som- 
 ersetshire, 63 ; Stafford- 
 shire, 92; Suffolk, 39; Sur- 
 rey, 100 ; Sussex, 54 ; War- 
 wickshire, 35 ; Wiltshire, 
 102 ; Worcestershire, 34 ; 
 Yorkshire, West Riding, 
 62 ; Yorkshire, North and 
 East Ridings, 85 ; South 
 Wales, 22. Browne is in- 
 cluded with Brown; but 
 amongst the farmers it is 
 rarely found, except in 
 Worcestershire and West- 
 moreland. It is often, 
 however, especially in Nor- 
 folk and Nottinghamshire, 
 a more frequent name in 
 the Court Directory, the 
 terminal e apparently in- 
 dicating a rise in the social 
 scale. 
 
 Brownlow. Lincolnshire, 7. 
 
 Browning. Bedfordshire, 20 ; 
 Grioucestershire, 20 ; Nortli- 
 amptonshire, 15. 
 
 Bruce. Durham, 16. 
 
 Brumby. Lincolnshire, 7. 
 
 Brunt. Staffordshire, 10. 
 
 Bryan. Derbyshire, 9; Glou- 
 cestershire, 9 ; Leicester- 
 shire and Rutlandshire, 30 ; 
 Oxfordshire, 20 ; Shrop- 
 shire, 12. 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 
 
 463 
 
 Brjanfc. Cornwall, 8; Dorset- 
 shire, 15 ; Gloucestershire, 
 12; Somersetshire, 27; Suf- 
 folk, 14 ; Wiltshire, 22. 
 
 Bubb. Gloucestershire, 14, 
 
 Buck. Norfolk, 15; Notting- 
 ham shire, 12 ; Suffolk, 9. 
 
 Buckeridge. Berkshire, 20. 
 
 Buckingham. Devonshire, 26 ; 
 Oxfordshire, 14 ; Suffolk, 9. 
 
 Buckley. Cheshire, 26; Der- 
 byshire, 11 ; Lancashire, 
 12; Staffordshire, 10 ; Wor- 
 cestershire, 18; Yorkshire, 
 West Riding, 15. 
 
 Buckmaster. Bedfordshire, 15. 
 
 Backnell. Devonshire, 13. 
 
 Budd. Hampshire, 20. 
 
 Budden. Dorsetshire, 47; Hamp- 
 shire, 16. 
 
 Budge. Cornwall, 9. 
 
 Bugg. Dorsetshire, 35. 
 
 Bugler. Dorsetshire, 15. 
 
 Bulcock. Lancashire, 10. 
 
 Bull. Backinghamshire, 18 ; 
 Cambridgeshire, 33 ; Der- 
 byshire, 21 ; Essex, 12 ; 
 Lincolnshire, 7; Somerset- 
 shire, 9 ; Warwickshire, 
 24; Wiltshire, 18. 
 
 BuUer. Oxfordshire, 14. 
 
 Bullman — Bulman. Durham,20. 
 
 Bullmore. Cornwall, 5. 
 
 Bullock. Berkshire, 20; Che- 
 shire, 26 ; Cornwall, 9 ; 
 Gloucestershire, 27; Mon- 
 mouthshire, 17; Shropshire, 
 10; Staffordshire, 14 ; Suf- 
 folk, 9 ; Worcestershire, 43. 
 
 Buimer. Yorkshire, North and 
 East Ridings, 10. 
 
 Bunce. Berkshire, 20. 
 
 Banker. Buckinghamshire, 12. 
 
 Bunn. Norfolk, 22. 
 
 Bunt. Cornwall, 9. 
 
 Bunting. Derbyshire, 27 ; Es- 
 sex, 12 ; Norfolk, 14. 
 
 Burbidge. Warw^ickshire, 18. 
 
 Burch. Somersetshire, 9. 
 
 Burchnall — Burchnell. Leices- 
 tershire and Rutlandshire, 
 17 ; Nottinghamshire, 12. 
 
 Burden. Dorsetshire, 15 ; Ox- 
 fordshire, 15. 
 
 Burdett. Leicestershire and 
 Rutlandshire, 17 ; North- 
 amptonshire, 15 ; Warwick- 
 shire, 15. 
 
 Burdikin. Derbyshire, 7. 
 
 Bur don. Durham, 20. 
 
 Barge. Dorsetshire, 15 ; Somer- 
 setshire, 20. 
 
 Burgess. Cheshire, 64; Devon- 
 shire, 8 ; Lincolnshire, 13 ; 
 Norfolk, 13 ; Northampton- 
 shire, 15 ; Shropshire, 14 ; 
 Staffordshire, 20; Suffolk, 
 9 ; Sussex, 32. 
 
 Burgoin — Burgoyne. Devon- 
 shire, 7. 
 
 Burkiil. Lincolnshire, 8. 
 
 Burkitt. Lincolnshire, 8. 
 
 Burnian. Northampton shire, 15; 
 Warwickshire, 30 ; Worces- 
 tershire, 22. 
 
 Burn. Durham, 12 ; Northum- 
 berland, 18 ; Nottingham- 
 shire, 12. 
 
 Burns. Cumberland and West- 
 moreland, 20. 
 
 Burnaby. Leicestershire and 
 Rutlandshire, 9. 
 
464 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Bnrnard. Cornwall, 9. 
 
 Burnell. Buckinghamshire, 12. 
 
 Burnett. Devon, 7; Hereford- 
 shire, 14 ; Shropshire, 12 ; 
 Somersetshire, 15 ; Staf- 
 fordshire, 26 ; Yorkshire, 
 ISTorth and East Ridings, 9. 
 
 Burnham. IS'orthamptonshire, 
 15 ; Yorkshire, North and 
 East Ridings, 9. 
 
 Burrell. Lincolnshire, 14 ; Nor- 
 folk, 6. Burrill is a rare 
 Lincolnshire form. 
 
 Burridge. Dorsetshire, 10. 
 
 B urro ugh — B urro w . D e von , 
 23 ; Lancashire, 9 ; Somer- 
 setshire, 18 ; Wiltshire, 18. 
 These names occur together 
 in Somersetshire and Devon- 
 shire in about equal propor- 
 tions. In Wiltshire, Bur- 
 rough is much the more 
 frequent form; in Lanca- 
 shire, Burrow is the usual 
 form. 
 
 Burrows. Cornwall, 10; Devon- 
 shire, 9 ; Grloucestershire, 
 ■»^..^ 30 ; Lincolnshire, 8 ; Not- 
 •■*r <fc tinghamshire, 24 ; Somer- 
 * ^ ■' setshire, 12 ; Suffolk, 18. 
 Burroughs is a rare form of 
 this name ; it occurs in 
 Gloucestershire and Somer- 
 setshire, but associated with 
 Burrows. 
 
 Burston. Somersetshire, 9. 
 
 Burt. Dorsetshire, 25; Lincoln- 
 shire, 7 ; Sussex, 14 ; Wilt- 
 shire, 18. 
 
 Burton. Berkshire, 10 ; Cam- 
 bridgeshire, 20 ; Derbyshire, 
 
 15 ; Essex, 12 ; Hunting- 
 donshire, 28 ; Lancashire, 
 10 ; Leicestershire and Rut- 
 landshire, 34 ; Lincolnshire, 
 12; Norfolk, 24; Notting- 
 hamshire, 36; Shropshire, 
 12 ; Staffordshire, 20 ; Sus- 
 sex, 14 ; Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 16 ; Yorkshire, 
 North and East Ridings, 
 15. 
 
 Busby. Oxfordshire, 30 ; Staf- 
 fordshire, 14. 
 
 Bush. Essex, 12 ; Lincolnshire, 
 10; Norfolk, 83. 
 
 Bushby. Northumberland, 26. 
 
 Buss. Kent, 36. 
 
 Buswell. Northamptonshire, 
 15. 
 
 Butcher. Huntingdonshire, 21 ; 
 Kent, 21 ; Norfolk, 7 ; 
 Shropshire, 12 ; Suffolk, 
 16 ; Wiltshire, 22. 
 
 Butler. Berkshire, 40 ; Derby- 
 shire, 9; Dorsetshire, 20 
 Gloucestershire, 30 ; Hamp- 
 shire, 55; Lancashire, 17; 
 Lincolnshire, 9 ; Norfolk, 
 15 ; Nottinghamshire, 20 ; 
 Oxfordshire, 30 ; Shrop- 
 shire, 17 ; Somersetshire, 
 9 ; Sussex, 14 ; Warwick- 
 shire, 15 ; Wiltshire, 67. 
 
 Butlin. Northamptonshire, 25. 
 
 Butt. Devonshire, 9 ; Dorset- 
 shire, 15 ; Gloucestershire, 
 27 ; Somersetshire, 15. 
 
 Butterfield. Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 10. 
 
 Butters. Lincolnshire, 9. 
 
 Butterworfch. Lancashire, 13. 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 
 
 465 
 
 Buttery. Nottinghamshire, 12 ; 
 Yorkshire, North and East 
 Ridings, 9. 
 
 Button. Suffolk, 26. 
 
 Buxton. Cheshire, 9 ; DdrHj- 
 shire, 43 ; Staffordshire, 26. . 
 
 Bjard, Derbyshire, 13. 
 
 Byford. Essex,: 21. 
 
 Byrd. Worcestershire, 18. 
 
 Byron. Nottinghamshire, 16. 
 
 Cade. Lincolnshire, 7. 
 
 Cadle. Gloucestershire, 14. 
 
 Cadwallader. Shropshire, 17. 
 
 Caesar. Surrey, 20. 
 
 Caines. Dorsetshire, 15. (See 
 Cane.) 
 
 Cairns. Northumberland, 18. 
 
 Cake. Dorsetshire, 15. 
 
 Calcutt. Oxfordshire, 18. Calde- 
 cott — Coldicott, Cheshire, 
 9 ; Gloucestershire, 17 ; 
 Shropshire, 10 ; Worcester- 
 shire, 22. In Gloucestershire, 
 Coldicott is more generally 
 found. In Worcestershire, 
 the two names are equally 
 represented. Calcutt in 
 Oxfordshire is an evident 
 contraction. 
 
 Caldwell. Lancashire, 8. (See 
 Cauldwell.) 
 
 Callender. Durham, 24. 
 
 Callow. Herefordshire, 14. 
 
 Call wood. Cheshire, 9. 
 
 Calver. Suffolk, 16. 
 
 Calvert. Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 18 ; Yorkshire, 
 North and East Ridings, 24. 
 
 Camm. Gloucestershire, 17 ', 
 Nottinghamshire, 12. 
 
 Cammack. Lincolnshire, 7. 
 
 Camp. Derbyshire, 13 ; Hert- 
 fordshire, 22. 
 
 Campion. Lincolnshire, 11 ; 
 Northamptonshire, 15. 
 
 Campkin. Hertfordshire, 18. 
 
 Candy. Hampshire, 21 ; Somer- 
 setshire, 29 ; Wiltshire, 13. 
 
 Cane — Caine. Hampshire, 17 ; 
 Sussex, 18. (See Caines.) 
 
 Gann. Cornwall, 9 ; Devon- 
 shire, 13 ; Norfolk, 9. 
 
 Cannell. Norfolk, 17. 
 
 Canning. Hampshire, 21 ; War- 
 wickshire, 24 ; Wiltshire, 9. 
 
 Cannon. Hertfordshire, 54 ; 
 Somersetshire, 9. 
 
 Cant. Essex, 15. 
 
 Cantrell — CantrilL Stafford- 
 shire, 10. 
 
 Capes. Lincolnshire, 7. 
 
 Capon. Kent, 9; Suffolk, 42. 
 
 Capstick. Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 15. . 
 
 Cardell. Cornwall, 20. 
 
 Cardwell. Lancashire, 8. 
 
 Careless. Worcestershire, 22. 
 
 Carey — Cary. Somersetshire,24. 
 
 Carlyon. Cornwall, 12. 
 
 Carmichael. Northumberland, 
 41. 
 
 Carne. Cornwall, 8. 
 
 Carpenter. Cornwall, 9; Devon- 
 shire, 7 ; Oxfordshire, 30 ; 
 Somersetshire, 27 ; Suffolk, 
 11 ; Wiltshire, 30. 
 
 Carr. Cheshire, 12 ; Cumber- 
 land and Westmoreland, 35; 
 Durham, 16 ; Lancashire, 
 16 ; Leicestershire and Rut- 
 landshire, 17 Northumber- 
 land; 50 ', Sussex, 21; York- 
 2 H 
 
466 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 shire, West Riding, 35 ; 
 Yorksliire, North and East 
 Ridings, 15. 
 
 Carrington. Derbyshire, 17 ; 
 Staffordshire, 8. 
 
 Carruthers. Cumberland and 
 Westmoreland, 39. 
 
 Carter. Bedfordshire, 10; Berk- 
 shire, 15 ; Buckingham- 
 shire, 18 ; Cambridgeshire, 
 33 ; Cheshire, 42 ; Corn- 
 wall, 8 ; Devonshire, 30 
 Durham, 24 ; Essex, 45 
 Gloucestershire, 24 ; Hamp 
 shire, 17 ; Lancashire, 15. 
 Leicestershire and Rutland 
 shire, 25 ; Lincolnshire, 16 
 K'orfolk, 20 ; I^orthampton- 
 shire, 15 ; Oxfordshire, 25 ; 
 Shropshire, 24 ; Somerset- 
 shire, 11 ; Staffordshire, 12 ; 
 Surrey, 29 ; Sussex, 30 ; 
 Wiltshire, 35 ; Yorkshire, 
 West Riding, 12; York- 
 shire, North and East Rid- 
 ings, 24. 
 
 Cartmell. Lancashire, 9. 
 
 Cartridge. Worcestershire, 38. 
 
 Cartwright. Bedfordshire, 20 ; 
 Cheshire, 9 ; Lincolnshire, 
 30 ; Nottinghamshire, 16 ; 
 Shropshire, 22 ; Stafford- 
 shire, 14 ; Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 11. 
 
 Carver. Nottinghamshire, 12. 
 
 Carveth. Cornwall, 9. 
 
 Case. Norfolk, 22. 
 
 Cash. Cheshire, 9. 
 
 Cass. Yorkshire, West Riding, 7. 
 
 Casswell. Lincolnshire, 17. 
 
 Castle. Berkshire, 20 ; Oxford- 
 Rhire, 45. 
 
 Catchpole. Norfolk, 9 ; Suffolk, 
 20. 
 
 Catling. Suffolk, 11. 
 
 Catlow. Lancashire, 8. 
 
 Caton. Essex, 24. 
 
 Catt. Suffolk, 14 ; Sussex, 25. 
 
 Catterall. Lancashire, 17. 
 
 Cattermole. Suffolk, 7. 
 
 Cattell. Oxfordshire, 15 ; War- 
 wickshire, 28. 
 
 Caudwell — Cauldwell. Berk- 
 shire, 30; Nottinghamshire, 
 16. (/See Caldwell.) 
 
 Caunce. Lancashire, 11. 
 
 Cave. Dorsetshire, 20; North- 
 amptonshire, 15 ; Oxford- 
 shire, 15 ; Wiltshire, 18. 
 
 Cawrse. Cornwall, 8. 
 
 Cawsey. 'Devonshire, 6. 
 
 Chadfield. Derbyshire, 11. 
 
 Chadwick. Derbyshire, 7 : Lan- 
 cashire, 24 ; Staffordshire, 
 20 
 
 Chaffe. Devonshire, 7, 
 
 Chalkley. Hertfordshire, 36. 
 
 Challand. Nottinghamshire, 16. 
 
 Challen. Sussex, 32. 
 
 Challis. Essex, 21. 
 
 Chaloner — Challiner. Cheshire, 
 15 ; Staffordshire, 8. 
 
 Chamberlain. — Chamberlayne. 
 Cambridgeshire, 15 ; Glou- 
 cestershire, 17; Hampshire, 
 13 ; Leicestershire and Rut- 
 landshire, 47 ; Norfolk, 18 ; 
 Wiltshire, 13. Chamberlain 
 is the most frequent form of 
 this name. 
 
 Chambers. Bedfordshire, 20 ; 
 Cambridgeshire, 20 ; Derby- 
 shire, 9 ; Kent, 18 ; Lincoln- 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 
 
 467 
 
 shire, 10 ; Northampton- 
 shire, 15; Nottinghamshire, 
 25; Suffolk, 80; Worcester- 
 shire, 26 ; Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 10. 
 
 Chamings. Devonshire, 9. 
 
 Champion. Cornwall, 10; Glou- 
 cestershire, 14 ; Kent, 18 ; 
 Somersetshire, 17. {See 
 Campion.) 
 
 Chandler. Berkshire, 20 ; Glou- 
 cestershire, 46 ; Hampshire, 
 25 ; Herefordshire, 14 ; 
 Huntingdonshire, 20; Kent, 
 20 ; Surrey, 20 ; Sussex, 14. 
 
 Channing. Devonshire, 9. 
 
 Chantler. Kent, 24. 
 
 Chaplin. Essex, 12; Norfolk, 11. 
 
 Chapman. Berkshire, 35 ; Buck- 
 inghamshire, 35 ; Cam - 
 bridgeshire, 48 ; Cornwall, 
 42; Derbyshire, 15; Dorset- 
 shire, 15 ; Durham, 20 ; 
 Essex, 33 ; Gloucestershire, 
 14 ; Hertfordshire, 80 ; 
 Huntingdonshire, 40 ; Kent, 
 57 ; Leicestershire and 
 Rutlandshire, 43; Lincoln- 
 shire, 40 ; Norfolk, 42 ; 
 Northamptonshire, 45; Not- 
 tinghamshire, 12 ; Oxford- 
 shire, 25 ; Somersetshire, 
 24; Suffolk, 32; Wiltshire, 
 9 ; Yorkshire, West Riding, 
 12 ; Yorkshire, North and 
 East Ridings, 40. 
 
 Chappell. Nottinghamshire, 24 ; 
 Somersetshire, 22. 
 
 Chappie. Devonshire, 6. 
 
 Chard. Somersetshire, 15. 
 
 Charlesworth. Cheshire, 14 ; 
 
 Derbyshire, 11; Stafford- 
 shire, 20 ; Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 23. 
 
 Charlton. Cheshire, 14; Dur- 
 ham, 28; Northumberland, 
 132 ; Yorkshire, North and 
 East Ridings, 10. In Che- 
 shire, Chorlton is the usual 
 form of this name. 
 
 Charlwood. Surrey, 25. 
 
 Charman. Surrey, 80; Sussex, 
 14. 
 
 Charnley. Lancashire, 11. 
 
 Charnock. Lancashire, 13. 
 
 Charsley. Buckinghamshire, 12. 
 
 Chase. Hampshire, 17; Nor- 
 folk, 9. 
 
 Chattaway. Warwickshire, 15. 
 
 Chatterton. Lincolnshire, 17. 
 
 Chaundy. Oxfordshire, 14. 
 
 Chave. Devonshire, 8. 
 
 Check! ey. Buckinghamshire, 
 18 ; Oxfordshire, 35 ; War- 
 wickshire, 15. 
 
 Cheesman — Chesman. Kent, 
 30; Lincolnshire, 11. 
 
 Cheetham. Cheshire, 14; Not- 
 tinghamshire, 16. 
 
 Chell. Staffordshire, 12. 
 
 Cheney. Huntingdonshire, 14. 
 
 Chennells. Hertfordshire, 40. 
 
 Chenoweth. Cornwall, 10. 
 
 Cheriton. Devonshire, 10. 
 
 Cherry. Northamptonshire, 15 ; 
 Oxfordshire, 25. 
 
 Cheshire. Nottinghamshire, 12. 
 
 Chester. Leicestershire and 
 Rutlandshire, 1 7 ; Shrop- 
 shire, 17. 
 
 Chesters. Cheshire, 17. 
 
 Chettle. Nottinghamshire, 12. 
 2 H 2 
 
468 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Chew. Northamptonshire, 25. 
 
 Chilcott. Dorset, 30. 
 
 Child— Childe. Shropshire, 10 ; 
 Sussex, 9, 
 
 Childs. Hertfordshire, 30 ; Sus- 
 sex, 9. 
 
 Chittenden. Kent, 12. 
 
 Chitty. Sussex, 10. 
 
 Chivers. Cambridgeshire, 24. 
 
 Chowen — Chown. Devonshire, 
 7. 
 
 Chrisp. Northumberland, 14- 
 (See Crisp.) 
 
 Christmas. Cambridgeshire, 24; 
 Hampshire, 17 ; Hunting- 
 donshire, 14 ; Surrey, 25. 
 
 Christy. Essex, 21. 
 
 Chubb. Devonshire, 9. 
 
 Chugg. Devonshire, 8. 
 
 Church. Bedfordshire, 15; Berk- 
 shire, 20 ; Essex, 21 ; Nor- 
 thamptonshire, 15. 
 
 Churches. Somersetshire, 18. 
 This name is apparently a 
 corruption of Churchus, 
 which is an abbreviated 
 form of Churchouse, both 
 of which are also found in 
 the county. 
 
 Churchill. Dorsetshire, 25 ; 
 Middlesex, 40. 
 
 Churchman. Sussex, 14. 
 Chuter. Surrey, 25. 
 Clack. Berkshire, 30 ; Oxford- 
 shire, 30. 
 Clapham. Yorkshire, West 
 
 Riding, 16. 
 Clapp. Somersetshire, 12. 
 Clapton. Oxfordshire, 20. 
 Clare. Oxfordshire, 20. 
 Claridge. Bedfordshire, 20. 
 
 Clark — Clarke. Bedfordshire, 
 55 ; Berkshire, 60 ; Buck- 
 inghamshire, 150 ; Cam- 
 bridgeshire, 81 ; Cheshire, 
 51 ; Cornwall, 16 ; Cumber- 
 land and Yv'estmoreland, 77 ; 
 Derbyshire, 21 ; Devon- 
 shire, 37 ; Durham, 44 ; 
 Essex, 100 ; Gloucester- 
 shire, 83 ; Hampshire, 43 ; 
 Herefordshire, 17 ; Hert- 
 fordshire, 90 ; Huntingdon- 
 shire, 42 ; Kent, 24 ; Lanca- 
 shire, 27 ; Leicestershire 
 and Rutlandshire, 120 ; Lin- 
 colnshire, 80 ; Norfolk, 87 ; 
 Northamptonshire, 80 ; Nor- 
 thumberland, 41 ; Notting- 
 hamshire, 96; Oxfordshire, 
 30 ; Shropshire, 25 ; Somer- 
 setshire, 54; Staffordshire, 
 22; Suffolk, 55; Surrey, 
 20; Sussex, 30; Warwick- 
 shire, 65; Wiltshire, 70; 
 Worcestershire, 56; York- 
 shire, West Riding, 34 ; 
 Yorkshire, North and East 
 Ridings, 54. The relative 
 proportion of these two 
 names varies somewhat 
 capriciously in the different 
 counties. It may be, how- 
 ever, remarked that Clark 
 is twice or three times as 
 frequent as Clarke in the 
 counties bordering Scotland 
 and in Yorkshire. In the 
 rest of England they may 
 be in equal numbers in one 
 county and in very unequal 
 numbers in the next; but, 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 
 
 469 
 
 as a rule, Clarke is the 
 more numerous of the two. 
 Taking the relative propor- 
 tion of the two names 
 amongst all the English 
 farmers, I find that for 
 every 38 C larks there are 
 33 Clarkes, a result which 
 differs, though only in de- 
 gree, from that obtained by 
 the Registrar- General in 
 1856, as applying to all 
 classes, viz., 38 to 29. 
 
 Clarkson. Lancashire, 13 ; 
 Staffordshire, 16 ; York- 
 shire, West Riding, 11 ; 
 Yorkshire, N'orth and East 
 Ridings, 27. 
 
 Clay. Derbyshire, 13 ; Lincoln- 
 shire, 9 ; Nottinghamshire, 
 20. 
 
 Clayden. Cambridgeshire, 20 ; 
 Essex, 18. 
 
 Clayton. Cheshire, 26 ; Derby- 
 shire, 21 ; Hertfordshire, 
 10 ; Lancashire, 11 ; Lin- 
 colnshire, 17 ; Yorkshire, 
 West Riding, 12. 
 
 Claxton. JSTorfolk, 17. 
 
 Clear. Cambridgeshire, 29. 
 
 Cleave. Cornwall, 9 ; Devon- 
 shire, 20. 
 
 Cleeton. Shropshire, 12. 
 
 Clegg. Lancashire, 19; York- 
 shire, West Riding, 12. 
 
 Clement — Clements. Devon- 
 shire, 6 ; Leicestershire and 
 Rutlandshire, 17 ; South 
 Wales, 17. 
 
 Clemow. Cornwall, 7. 
 
 Cleverdon. Devonshire, 7. 
 
 Clewlowe — Clulow. Stafford- i/^ 
 shire, 10. 
 
 Clews. Derbyshire, 11. 
 
 Cliff— Cliffe. Cheshire, 17 ; 
 Lancashire, 8 ; Stafford- 
 shire, 12. 
 
 Clifford. Gloucestershire, 14 ; 
 Kent, 15. 
 
 Clift. Hampshire, 21. 
 
 Clifton. Lincolnshire, 18; Ox- 
 fordshire, 15 ; Surrey, 25. 
 
 Clinch. Kent, 24. 
 
 Clinton. Hertfordshire, 18. 
 
 Clothier. Somersetshire, 11. 
 
 Clough. Yorkshire, West Rid- 
 ing, 16. 
 
 Clowes. Staffordshire, 38. 
 
 Cluett. Dorsetshire, 15. 
 
 Clutterbuck. Gloucestershire, 
 17. 
 
 Clyma. Cornwall, 7. 
 
 Coad. Cornwall, 27. 
 
 Coaker. Devonshire, 18. 
 
 Coate. Somersetshire, 14. 
 
 Coates. Buckinghamshire, 20 ; 
 Derbyshire, 11 ; Durham, 
 20 ; Lincolnshire, 12 ; Nor- 
 thumberland, 18 ; Oxford- 
 shire, 20 ; Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 24 ; Yorkshire, 
 North and East Ridings, 51. 
 
 Coatsworth, Durham, 24. 
 
 Cobb. Dorsetshire, 30; Kent, 
 12 ; Nottinghamshire, 12. 
 
 Cobbett. Surrey, 25. 
 
 Cobbledick — Cobeldick. Corn- 
 wall, 8. 
 
 Cobbold. Suffolk, 14. 
 
 Cobden. Hampshire, 21. 
 
 Cobley. Leicestershire and 
 Rutlandshire, 17. 
 
470 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Cock. Cornwall, 50 ; Devon- 
 shire, 7; Essex, 21; Somer- 
 setshire, 17. 
 
 Cockbnrn. JSTorthumberland, 11. 
 
 Cockerill — Cockerell. N'orth- 
 amptonshire,20; Yorkshire, 
 North and East Ridings, 10. 
 
 Cocking, Bedfordshire, 15 ; 
 Cornwall, 12 ; Nottingham- 
 shire, 20. 
 
 Cockram — Cockeram. Devon- 
 shire, 18. Cockrem is a 
 rare form. 
 
 Cockshott. Yorkshire, West 
 Riding-, 10. 
 
 Codd. Lincolnshire, 9. 
 
 Codling. Yorkshire, North and 
 East Ridings, 9. 
 
 Coe. Cambridgeshire, 10 ; Essex, 
 9 ; Norfolk, 15 ; Suffolk, 
 14. 
 
 Cogan — Coggan. Somersetshire, 
 9. 
 
 Coggin. Hertfordshire, 18. 
 
 Coggins. Oxfordshire, 15. 
 
 Colclough. Staffordshire, 12. 
 
 Cole. Bedfordshire, 20 ; Cam- 
 bridgeshire, 29 ; Devon- 
 shire, 70 ; Dorsetshire, 20 ; 
 Essex, 36 ; Grloucestershire, 
 27 ; Hampshire, 30 ; Here- 
 fordshire, 20 ; Hertford- 
 shire, 25 ; Lincolnshire, 16 
 Middlesex, 25 ; Norfolk, 11 
 Northamptonshire, 15 
 
 Somersetshire, 20 ; Suffolk, 
 14 ; Wiltshire, 53 ; Worces- 
 tershire, 18. 
 
 Coleman. Bedfordshire, 15 ; 
 Devonshire, 6 ; Essex, 18 ; 
 Gloucestershire 17 ; Kent, 
 
 21; Norfolk, 11; North- 
 amptonshire, 20 ; Sussex, 
 18. Colman is a rare form 
 found mostly in Norfolk and 
 Essex. 
 
 Coles. Devonshire, 26 ; Dor- 
 setshire, 27 ; Hampshire, 
 21 ; Northamptonshire, 20 ; 
 Oxfordshire, 30 ; Somerset- 
 shire, 40 ; Warwickshire, 
 18. 
 
 Coley. Worcestershire, 22. . 
 
 Collard. Kent, 54 ; . Somerset- 
 shire, 9. 
 
 CoUen. Cambridgeshire, 48. 
 
 Collett. Cambridgeshire, 24 ; 
 Oxfordshire, 40 ; Wiltshire, 
 18. In Cambridgeshire, 
 Collet. 
 
 Colley. North Wales, 24. 
 
 Collier. Berkshire, 10; Cheshire, 
 12; Staffordshire, 8; Sur- 
 rey, 15. In Surrey, usually 
 Collyer. 
 
 Collinge. Lancashire, 17. 
 
 Collingham. Nottinghamshire, 
 12. 
 
 Collings — Collins. Berkshire, 
 20; Cornwall, 17; Devon- 
 shire, 10 ; Dorsetshire, 15 ; 
 Gloucestershire, 20; Hamp- 
 shire, 21 ; Herefordshire, 
 17; Kent, 54; Lincolnshire, 
 15 ; Somersetshire, 20; Staf- 
 fordshire, 12; Suffolk, 11; 
 Surrey, 20 ; Sussex, 43 ; 
 Warwickshire, 18 ; Wilt- 
 shire, 26 ; Worcestershire, 
 14 ; South Wales, 22. Col- 
 lings is characteristic of the 
 south-west of Eno-land 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 
 
 471 
 
 (Cornwall, Devonshire, 
 
 Gloucestershire, Somerset- 
 shire), where it is also asso- 
 ciated with Collins. 
 
 Colling wood. Durham, 20 ; Lin- 
 colnshire, 8. 
 
 Collinson. Durham, 20 ; Lan- 
 cashire, 9 ; Yorkshire, North 
 and East E-idings, 13. 
 
 Collishaw. Lincolnshire, 9, 
 
 CoUison. Durham, 12 ; Kent, 
 12. 
 
 Colson. Suffolk, ,14. 
 
 Colwill. Devonshire, 9. 
 
 Combes. Wiltshire, 26. (See 
 Coombes.) 
 
 Comely. Gloucestershire, 14. 
 
 Comer. Somersetshire, 11. 
 
 Common." Northumberland, 14. 
 
 Compton. Wiltshire, 22. . 
 
 Congdon. Cornwall, 22:. 
 
 Coney. Lincolnshire, 8. 
 
 Constable. . Hertfordshire, 18 ; 
 Kent, 15. 
 
 Conybeare — Conibear. Devon- 
 shire, 7. 
 
 Cook — Cooke. Bedfordshire, 
 60; Berkshire, 20; Buck- 
 inghamshire, 20 ; Cam- 
 bridgeshire, 20 ; Cheshire, 
 40 ; Derbyshire, 21 ; Devon- 
 shire, 24 ; Essex, 24 ; Glou- 
 cestershire, 60 ; Hereford- 
 shire, 37 ; Hertfordshire, 
 36 ; Kent, 40 ; Lancashire, 
 26 ; Leicestershire and Rut- 
 landshire, 17 ; Lincolnshire, 
 42 ; Monmouthshire, 17 ; 
 Norfolk, 50 ; Northampton- 
 shire, 65 ; Northumberland, 
 22; Nottinghamshire, 40; 
 
 Oxfordshire, 60 ; Shrop- 
 shire, 43 ; Somersetshire, 
 26; Staffordshire, 14; Suf- 
 folk, 62; Surrey, 45; Sus- 
 sex, 21 ; Warwickshire, 32 ; 
 Wiltshire, 24 >; Worcester- 
 shire, 61 ; Yorkghire, West 
 Riding, 9 ; Yorkshire, North 
 and East Ridings, 22. It 
 would appear from my list 
 that among.^t th^e farmers 
 Cook is rather more than 
 three times as frequent as 
 Cooke. However, . in Nor- 
 folk, Northamptonshire, and 
 Herefordshire the two 
 names occur with equal 
 frequency- Cooke is often 
 better represented in the 
 Court than' in the Trade 
 Directory, as for instance 
 in Nottinghamshire and 
 Gl6ucestershire, it being 
 evident that, as in the case 
 of the Brownes, the ter- 
 minal e indicates a rise in 
 the social scale. 
 
 Cookson. Cheshire, 20 ; Lan- 
 cashire, 27. 
 
 Cooling. Lincolnshire, 7. 
 
 Coombe. Devonshire, 8. 
 
 Coombes — Coombs. Dorsetshire, 
 26 ; Hampshire, 21?; Somer- 
 setshire, 19 ; Wiltshire, .34. 
 (See Combes.) 
 
 Cooper. Bedfordshire, 40 ; 
 Berkshire, 30 ; Bucking- 
 hamshire, 30 ; Cheshire, 62 
 Derbyshire, 46 ; Devon- 
 shire, 7 ; Essex, 27 ; Hamp- 
 shire, 70 ; Herefordshire, 
 
472 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 17 ; Hertfordshire, 35 ; 
 Kent, 24; Lancashire, 17; 
 Leicestershire and Rutland- 
 shire, 64 ; Lincolnshire, 30 ; 
 Norfolk, 27; Northampton- 
 shire, 30; Nottinghamshire, 
 40; Oxfordshire, 35 ; Shrop- 
 shire, 17 ; Somersetshire, 
 9; Staffordshire, 38; Suf- 
 folk, 44 ; Surrey, 20 ; Sus- 
 sex, 45 ; Warwickshire, 50 ; 
 Wiltshire, 18 ; Worcester- 
 shire, 43 ; Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 21 ; Yorkshire, 
 North and East Ridings, 
 30. 
 
 Cope. Cheshire,9; Derbyshire, 
 7 ; Staffordshire, 48. 
 
 Copeman. Norfolk, 7. 
 
 Copestake. Derbyshire, 7. 
 
 Copp. Devonshire, 11. 
 
 Coppard. Sussex, 21. 
 
 Copping — Coppin. Cornwall, 
 10 ; Lincolnshire, 7 ; Suf- 
 folk, 25. 
 
 Corbett. Gloucestershire, 17; 
 Herefordshire, 14; Shrop- 
 shire, 14 ; Warwickshire, 
 28 ; Worcestershire, 26. 
 
 Corbishley. Staffordshire, 24. 
 
 Corden — Cordon. Nottingham- 
 shire, 12 ; Staffordshire, 12. 
 
 Corderoy — Corderey. Berk- 
 shire, 38. 
 
 Corfield. Shropshire, 58. 
 
 Corke. Sussex, 14. 
 
 Corner. Somersetshire, 9. 
 
 Comes. Cheshire, 15 ; Kent, 
 12. 
 
 Corney. Huntingdonshire, 14. 
 
 Cornford. Sussex, 21. 
 
 Cornish. Berkshire, 30; Devon- 
 shire, 14 ; Somersetshire, 
 20. 
 
 Cornock. Gloucestershire, 27. 
 
 Cornwell. Cambridgeshire, 20 ; 
 Hertfordshire, 35 ; Sussex, 
 18. 
 
 Corp. Somersetshire, 20. 
 
 Corriugham. Nottinghamshire, 
 12. 
 
 Cory. Cornwall, 9 ; Devon- 
 shire, 7. 
 
 Cosh. Somersetshire, 9. 
 
 Cossey. Norfolk, 11. 
 
 Cottam. Lancashire, 16 ; Not- 
 tinghamshire, 12. In Lau- 
 cashire, Cotham is also 
 found. 
 
 Cotterill — Cotterell. Berkshire, 
 7 ; Cheshire, 9 ; Derbyshire," 
 11 ; Staffordshire, 26 ; War- 
 wickshire, 25 ; Worcester- 
 ^shire, 14. The abbreviated 
 forms, Cottrell and Cottrill, 
 frequently accompany these 
 names, especially in War- 
 wickshire, Staffordshire, 
 and Worcestershire. 
 
 Cottingham. Lincolnshire, 8. 
 
 Cottle. Wiltshire, 18. 
 
 Cotton. Herefordshire, 14; Lei- 
 cestershire and Rutland- 
 shire, 17 ; Staffordshire, 14. 
 
 Couch. Cornwall, 14. 
 
 Coulson. Durham, 24 ; Lin- 
 colnshire, 8 ; Northumber- 
 land, 51 ; Yorkshire, North 
 and East Ridings, 21. 
 
 Cou-lthard. Cumberland and 
 Westmoreland, 38 ; Dur- 
 ham, 12 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 
 
 473 
 
 Coultrip. Kent, 18. 
 
 Coansell. Somersetshire, 12. 
 
 Coupe. Lancashire, 16 ; Not- 
 tinghamshire, 11. 
 
 Coupland. Lincolnshire, 18. 
 
 Conrt. Kent, 12 ; Somerset- 
 shire, 9 ; Worcestershire, 
 26. 
 
 Courtice. Devonshire, 6, '{See 
 Curtis.) 
 
 Cousins — Cousens — Cozens — 
 Cussins. Berkshire, 20 ; 
 Dorsetshire, 15 ; Essex, 12 ; 
 Hampshire, 17 ; Somerset- 
 shire, 24 ; Yorkshire, North 
 and East Ridings, 11. These 
 four varieties of the name 
 are probably the most fre- 
 quent. There are also other 
 forms, viz., Cosens, Couzeus, 
 Cussans, Cussons, which are 
 included in the distribution 
 just given. Six, at least, of 
 the eight varieties are to be 
 found in the North and East 
 Ridings, although the pre- 
 sent representatives of the 
 name in this district are 
 comparatively few. Cozens 
 is mostly found in Berkshire 
 and Somersetshire, Cosens 
 ' in Dorsetshire, Cousens in 
 Essex and Yorkshire; whilst 
 Cussins, Cussans, and Cus- 
 sons are more peculiar to 
 Yorkshire. Cousins is pretty 
 general. 
 
 Coveney. Kent, 21. 
 Coverdale. Yorkshire, North 
 and East Ridings, 22. 
 
 Cowan — Cowen. Northumber- 
 land, 14. {See Cowing.) 
 Coward. Lancashire, 11. 
 Cowell. Essex, 18 ; Lancashire, 
 
 8. 
 Cowing. Northumberland, 18. 
 
 (See Cowan.) 
 Cowley. Derbyshire, 9 ; North- 
 amptonshire, 25 ; Sussex, 
 14 ; Worcestershire, 18. 
 Cowling. Cornwall, 16. 
 
 Cox. Berkshire, 33 ; Bucking- 
 hamshire, 25 ; Derbyshire, 
 15 ; Devonshire, 11 ; Dor- 
 setshire, 75 ; Gloucester- 
 shire, 36 ; Hampshire, 26 ; 
 Leicestershire and Rutland- 
 shire, 13 ; Lincolnshire, 15 ; 
 Monmouthshire, 17; North- 
 amptonshire, 30 ; Not- 
 tinghamshire, 12 ; Oxford- 
 shire, 40 ; Somersetshire, 
 68 ; Staffordshire, 16 ; War- 
 wickshire, 35 ; Wiltshire, 
 18 ; Worcestershire, 18. 
 
 Coxall. Cambridgeshire, 24 ; 
 Hertfordshire, 18. 
 
 Coxon. Derbyshire, 27 ; Dur- 
 ham, 16 ; Northumberland, 
 55 ; Staffordshire, 18. 
 
 Crabtree. Lancashire, 19 ; 
 Yorkshire, West Riding, 17. 
 
 Cracknell. Suffolk, 39. 
 
 Craddock. Berkshire, 20 ; Kent, 
 18 ; Oxfordshire, 15. In 
 Kent often Cradduck. 
 
 Crago — Cragoe. Cornwall, 12. 
 
 Craig. Northumberland, 11. 
 
 Cranfield. Bedfordshire, 25. 
 
 Crang. Devonshire, 13. 
 
 Cranidge. Lincolnshire, 8. 
 
474 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Crapper. Yorksliire, West 
 Riding, 10. 
 
 Craven. Lincolnshire, 10 ; 
 Yorkshire, West Riding, 
 15 ; Yorksliire, North and 
 East Ridings, 10 
 
 Crawford. Lincolnshire, 8 ; 
 Northumberland, 37; Not- 
 tinghamshire, 12. 
 
 Crawley. Bedfordshire, 30 ; 
 Northamptonshire, 15. 
 
 Crawshaw. Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 11. 
 
 Craze. Cornwall, 12. 
 
 Creaser. Yorkshire, North and 
 East Ridings, 9. 
 
 Creasey. Lincolnshire, 29 ; 
 Nottinghamshire, L2.. Cres- 
 sey is also represented, 
 though scantily, in Lincoln- 
 shire. 
 
 Creber. Cornwall, 8 ; Devon- 
 shire, 7. 
 
 Creed. Dorsetshire, 15 ; Somer- 
 setshire, 27. 
 
 Crees — Creese. Somersetshire,. 
 24 ; Wiltshire, 36 ; Worces- 
 tershire, 18. 
 
 Cresswell. Derbyshire, 7 ; Wor^~ 
 cestershire, 18. 
 
 Crimp. Devonshire, 6. 
 
 Crisp. Bedfordshire, 10 ; Cam- 
 bridgeshire, 15 ; Norfolk, 9. 
 
 Critchley. Lancashire, 6. 
 
 Critchlow. Derbyshire, 27 ; Staf- 
 fordshire, 38. 
 
 Crocker. Devonshire, 25 ; Dor- 
 setshire, 30 ; Somersetshire, 
 9. 
 
 Crockford. Berkshire, 20. 
 
 Crocombe. Devonshire, 9, 
 
 Croft. Lancashire, 9 ; Lincoln- 
 shire, 13 ; Warwickshire, 
 15 ; Yorkshire, North aad 
 East Ridings, 10. 
 
 Crofts. Derbyshire, 7 ; War- 
 wickshire, 18. 
 
 Crompton. Lancashire, 10. 
 
 Crook. Bu eking] lanishire, 50 ; 
 Devonshire, 7 ; Gloucester- 
 shire,. 1.4 ; Hampshire, 39 ; 
 Lancashire, 21; Wiltshire, 
 26.. 
 
 CrookeSi Derbyshire, 9. 
 
 Croom. Somersetshire. 11. 
 
 Croome. Gloucestershire, 11. 
 
 Cropley. Lincolnshire, 9. 
 
 Cropper. Lancashire, 20. 
 
 Cross. . Buckinghamshire, 24 ; 
 Cambridgeshire, 29 ; Che- 
 shire, 12 ; Dorsetshire, 26 ; 
 Essex, 30 ; Lancashire, 20 ; 
 Leicestershire and Rutland- 
 shire, 30 ; Lincolnshire, 17 ; 
 Norfolk, 22 ; Nottingham- 
 shire, 20 ; Oxfordshire, 20 ; 
 Suffolk, 9 ; Worcestershire, 
 14. 
 
 Crossland — Crosland. Derby- 
 shire, 15; Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 16. Crosland mostly 
 found in the West Riding. 
 
 Crossley. Lancashire, 18 ; York- 
 shire, West Riding, 24. 
 
 Grossman, Somersetshire, 19. 
 
 Crouch. Bedfordshire, 30 ; 
 
 Buckinghamshire, 24; Hert- 
 fordshire, 18; Sussex, 18. 
 
 Crow — Crowe. Cambridgeshire, 
 20 ; Durham, 32 ; Lincoln- 
 shire, 9; Norfolk, 17. 
 
 Crovvhurst. Kent, 30. 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 
 
 475 
 
 Crowle. Cornwall, 8. 
 
 Crowles. Monmouthshire, 28. 
 
 Crowther. Lancashire, 8 ; 
 Yorkshire, West Riding, 26. 
 
 Croxon. Essex, 12. 
 
 Crump. Gloucestershire, 30 ; 
 Herefordshire, 11 ; Mon- 
 mouthshire, 17 ; Worcester- 
 shire, 22. 
 
 Cubitt. Norfolk, 20. 
 
 C alien. Nottinghamshire, 12; 
 Somersetshire, 9. 
 
 Culley. Norfolk, 15. 
 
 Cullimore. Gloucestershire, 40. 
 
 Culshaw. Lancashire, 15. 
 
 Cumberland. Nottinghamshire, 
 12. 
 
 Cumberledge. Staffordshire, 8. 
 
 Cuming. Devonshire, 10. 
 
 Cundall — Cundell — CundiU. 
 Yorksliire, West Riding, 12; 
 Yorkshire, North and East 
 Ridings, 11. Cundall is 
 more characteristic of the 
 West Riding. 
 
 Cundy. Cornwall, 9. 
 
 Cunliffe. Lancashire, 8. 
 
 Cupit. Derbyshire, 7. 
 
 Cureton. Shropshire, 12. 
 
 Curling. Kent, 39. 
 
 Curnow. Cornwall, 27. 
 
 Currall. Warwickshire, 15, 
 
 Curry. Durham, 16 ; Somerset- 
 shire, 9. 
 
 Curson. Norfolk, 9. 
 
 Curtis. Berkshire, 20 ; Buck- 
 inghamshire, 60 ; Cornwall, 
 8 ; Dorsetshire, 30 ; Essex, 
 15 ; Hampshire, 17 ; Lin- 
 colnshire, 11 ; Norfolk, 11 ; 
 Nottinghamshire, 32; Suf- 
 
 folk, 14; Wiltshire, 18. 
 
 (See Courtice.) 
 Cuss — Cusse. Wiltshire, 18. 
 Cutforth. Lincolnshire, 8. 
 Cuthbert. Lincolnshire, 11. 
 Cutting. Suffolk, 26. 
 Cutts. Derbyshire, 15. 
 
 Daft. Lincolnshire, 9 ; Not- 
 tinghamshire, 12. 
 
 Dagger. Lancashire, 10. 
 
 Dainty. Northamptunshire, 15. 
 
 Dakin. Cheshire, 12 ; Derby- 
 shire, 44 ; Staffordshire, 10 ; 
 Suffolk, 7. This is by far 
 the most common form of 
 the name. In Derbyshire 
 it is sometimes written 
 Day kin. In Suffolk we find 
 Daking. 
 
 Dalby. Leicestershire and Rut- 
 landshire, 13. 
 
 Dale. Cheshire, 48 ; Cornwall, 
 12; Derbyshire, 23; Here- 
 fordshire, 31 ; Oxfordshire, 
 20 ; Staffordshire, 32 ; 
 Suri'ey, 10 ; Yorkshire, 
 North and East Ridings, 40. 
 
 Dallyn. Devonshire, 8. 
 
 Dalton. Buckinghamshire, 18 ; 
 Derbyshire, 7 ; Lincolnshire, 
 9. 
 
 Dalzell — Dalziell. Cumberland 
 and Westmoreland, 20. 
 
 Damerell. Devonshire, 8. 
 
 Dampier. Somersetshire, 6. 
 
 Danby. Yorkshire, North and 
 East Ridings, ] 1. 
 
 Dancer. Buckinghamshire, 30. 
 
 Dand. Northumberland, 14. 
 
47(3 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Daniel. Bedfordshire, 8 ; Corn- 
 wall, 20 ; Devonshire, 15 ; 
 Gloucestershire, 10 ; Wor- 
 cestershire, 14 ; South 
 Wales, 10. 
 
 Daniels. Bedfordshire, 8 ; Grlou- 
 cestershire, 26 ; Kent, 15 ; 
 Norfolk, 26; South Wales, 
 10. 
 
 Dannatt. Lincolnshire, 7. 
 
 Darby. Essex, 12 ; Somerset- 
 shire, 12; Worcestershire, 
 22. 
 
 Darbyshire — Derbyshire. Che- 
 shire, 19; Derbyshire, 13. 
 
 Darch. Devonshire, 11. 
 
 Dare. Devonshire, 8. 
 
 Dark. Kent, 12. 
 
 Darling. Durham, 16. 
 
 Darlington. Cheshire, 34 ; 
 Shropshire, 17. 
 
 Darnell, Leicestershire and 
 Rutlandshire, 17. 
 
 Darrington. Bedfordshire, 20. 
 
 Dart. Devonshire, 9. 
 
 Darvell — Darvill. Buckingham- 
 shire, 40. 
 
 Darwin. Nottinghamshire, 8. 
 
 Daubney. Lincolnshire, 7. 
 
 Davenport. Cheshire, 36; Shrop- 
 shire, 12. 
 
 Davey — Davy. Cornwall, 43 ; 
 Devonshire, 23 ; Essex, 12 ; 
 Lincolnshire, 22 ; Norfolk, 
 7 ; Somersetshire, 17 ; Suf- 
 folk, 18. These are by far 
 the most common forms of 
 this name, Davie being 
 only occasionally found, as 
 in Devonshire and Norfolk. 
 Davey and Davy are nearly 
 
 always associated in the 
 same county, but Davey is 
 the more frequent of the two. 
 
 David. Monmouthshire, 28 ; 
 South Wales, 87. 
 
 Davidson — Davison. Cumber- 
 land and Westmoreland, 
 70; Durham, 48; North- 
 umberland, 70; Supsex, 
 14 ; Yorkshire, North 
 and East Ridings, 15. 
 These border names are 
 associated in Northumber- 
 land in equal proportions. 
 In Cumberland the David- 
 sons greatly prevail, and in 
 Durham, the Davisons are 
 more numerous. In Scot- 
 land, Davidson is the form 
 of the name. 
 
 Davies. Bedfordshire, 25 ; Berk- 
 shire, 14 ; Cheshire, 65 ; 
 Cornwall, 9; Gloucester- 
 shire, 20 ; Herefordshire, 
 250 ; Hertfordshire, 12 ; 
 Lancashire, 8 ; Monmouth- 
 shire, 430 ; Shropshire, 238 ; 
 Somersetshire, 11 ; Stafford- 
 shire, 12 ; Warwickshire, 
 13 ; Worcestershire, 25 ; 
 North Wales, 500; South 
 Wales, 600. 
 
 Davis. Bedfordshire, 25 ; Berk- 
 shire, 14; Buckinghamshire, 
 18 ; Cheshire, 20 ; Cornwall, 
 5 ; Derbyshire, 9 ; Dorset- 
 shire, 35 ; Gloucestershire, 
 80 ; Hampshire, 30 ; Here- 
 fordshire, 50 ; Hertford- 
 shire, 35 ; Kent, 12 ; Lan- 
 cashire, 7 ; Monmouthshire, 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES, 
 
 477 
 
 12; Oxfordshire, 55; Shrop- 
 shire, 32 ; Somersetshire, 
 53 ; Staffordshire, 18 ; 
 Surrey, 20 ; Sussex, 14 ; 
 Warwickshire, 13 ; Wilt- 
 shire, 13 ; Worcestershire, 
 85. 
 
 Daw — Dawe. Cornwall, 37 ; 
 Devonshire, 22 ; Dorsetshire, 
 15; Gloucestershire, 17; 
 Herefordshire, 17. 
 
 Dawkins. Leicestershire and 
 Rutlandshire, 17. 
 
 Dawson. Cambridgeshire, 24 ; 
 Cheshire, 40 ; Cumberland 
 and Westmoreland, 57 ; 
 Derbyshire, 7 ; Durham, 
 44 ; Lancashire, 18 ; Lin- 
 colnshire, 35 ; N'orfolk, 11 ; 
 Northumberland, 14; N'ot- 
 tinghamshire, 12; Stafford- 
 shire, 12; Suffolk, 14; 
 Sarrey, 15; Yorkshire, 
 West Riding, 32; York- 
 shire, North and East 
 Ridings, 17. 
 
 Day. Bedfordshire, 20 ; Berk- 
 shire, 30 ; Buckingham- 
 shire, 12 ; Cambridgeshire, 
 43 ; Dorsetshire, 10 ; Essex, 
 15 ; Gloucestershire, 17 ; 
 Hertfordshire, 25 ; Hunt- 
 ingdonshire, 50 ; Kent, 48 ; 
 Lincolnshire, 17 ; Mon- 
 mouthshire, 17 ; Norfolk, 
 7 ; Northamptonshire, 15 ; 
 Oxfordshire, 14 ; Somerset- 
 shire, 53 ; Suffolk, 9 ; Wilt- 
 shire, 18 ; Worcestershire, 
 22. 
 
 Dayment. Devonshire, 7. 
 
 Deacon. Berkshire, 15 ; Lan- 
 cashire, 8 ; Leicestershire 
 and Rutlandshire, 22. 
 
 Deakin. Staffordshire, 28. 
 
 Deakins. South Wales, 17. 
 
 Dean — Deane. Buckingham- 
 shire, 20 ; Cheshire, 24 ; 
 Derbyshire, 15 ; Dorset- 
 shire, 31 ; Essex, 12 ; 
 Hampshire, 21; Lancashire, 
 9 ; Lincolnshire, 10 ; Ox- 
 fordshire, 20 ; Staffordshire, 
 20 ; Wiltshire, 40 ; York- 
 shire, West Riding, 17. 
 Deane is a comparatively- 
 rare form, found mostly in 
 the south of England, in 
 Dorsetshire, Wiltshire, and 
 Oxfordshire. 
 
 Dearden. Lancashire, 7. 
 
 Dearlove. Berkshire, 10. 
 
 Deaville — Deville. Derbyshire, 
 13 ; Staffordshire, 30. 
 Deville is a rare form. 
 
 Debenham. Saffolk, 11. 
 
 Deck. Suffolk, 11. 
 
 Dee. Lincolnshire, 8; Worces- 
 tershire, 14. 
 
 Decks. Essex, 18; Suffolk, 16. 
 
 Deelej. Oxfordshire, 14. 
 
 Demain — Demaine. Yorkshire, 
 West Riding, 15. 
 
 Denby. Yorkshire, West Rid- 
 ing, 12. 
 
 Denison. Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 11. 
 
 Denman. Somersetshire, 11. 
 
 Denning. Somersetshire, 11. 
 
 Dennis. Cornwall, 14 ; Devon- 
 shire, 30 ; Essex, 27 ; Lin- 
 colnshire, 9 ; Norfolk, 9 ; 
 
478 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Suffolk, 16 ; Yorkshire, 
 North and East Ridings, 20. 
 In Devonshire occasionally 
 Dinnis. 
 
 Denny. Norfolk, 7 ; Suffolk, 
 11. 
 
 Densem — Densham. Devon- 
 shire, 8. 
 
 Dent. Durham, 24 ; Hereford- 
 shire, 14 ; Yorkshire, North 
 and East Ridings, 20. 
 
 Derrick. Somersetshire, 12. 
 
 Derriman. Dorsetshire, 11. 
 
 Derry. Nottinghamshire, 12. 
 
 Desborough. Bedfordshire, 10. 
 
 Desforges. Lincolnshire, 9. 
 
 Deverell. Buckinghamshire, 
 
 20; Oxfordshire, 15. 
 
 Dew. Berkshire, 55 ; Cam- 
 bridgeshire, 15 ; Hereford- 
 shire, 14 ; Monmouthshire, 
 17; Wiltshire, 18. In 
 Berkshire, Dewe. 
 
 Dewhurst. Lancashire, 26. 
 
 Dexter. Leicestershire and 
 Rutlandshire, 26. 
 
 Dibb. Yorkshire, West Riding, 
 12. 
 
 Dibben. Dorsetshire, 25 ; 
 
 Wiltshire, 14. 
 
 Dibble. Somersetshire, 12. 
 
 Dicken — Dickin. Derbyshire, 
 11 ; Shropshire, 38. 
 
 Dickens — Dickins. Bedford- 
 shire, 30 ; Buckingham- 
 shire, 40 ; Hertfordshire, 
 18 ; Northamptonshire, 35. 
 These two varieties are 
 always associated in the 
 same county. 
 
 Dicker. Devonshire, 7. 
 
 Dickinson — Dickenson. Cum 
 berland and Westmoreland 
 39 ; Grloucestershire, 20 ; 
 Hertfordshire, 25 ; Lan- 
 cashire, 44 ; Lincolnshire, 
 20; Northumberland, 63; 
 Yorkshire, West Riding, 
 30; Yorkshire, North and 
 East Ridings, 17. Dickinson 
 is by far the more fre- 
 quent. 
 
 Dicks. Somersetshire, 12. 
 
 Dillamore. Bedfordshire, 20. 
 
 Dilnot. Kent, 12. 
 
 Diment — Dyment. Somerset- 
 shire, 14. 
 
 Dimmock — Dimock. Cam- 
 
 bridgeshire, 20. 
 
 Dimond — Dymond. Devon- 
 shire, 18. 
 
 Dingle. Cornwall, 19. 
 
 Dinning. Northumberland, 14. 
 
 Dinsdale, Yorkshire, North 
 and East Ridings, 16. 
 
 Diplock. Sussex, 14. 
 
 Dix. Norfolk, 7. 
 
 Dixon. Berkshire, 20 ; Cum- 
 berland and Westmoreland, 
 90 ; Durham, 36 ; Kent, 12 ; 
 Lancashire, 38 ; Lincoln- 
 shire, 19 ; Norfolk, 26 ; 
 Northamptonshire, 15 ; 
 Northumberland, 92 ; Not- 
 tinghamshire, 16 ; Worces- 
 tershire, 14 ; Yorkshire, 
 West Riding, 26 ; Yorkshire, 
 North and East Ridings, 47. 
 The original form, Dickson, 
 common on the Scotch side 
 of the border, is sparingly 
 found on the English side ; 
 
EXGLISH AND WELSH NxVMES. 
 
 479 
 
 it is represented in the 
 North and East Ridings. 
 
 Dobbs. Gloucestershire, 14. 
 
 Doble. Devonshire, 11. 
 
 Dobson. Cheshire, 9 ; Durham, 
 30 ; Lancashire, 26 ; North- 
 umberland, 14 ; Yorkshire, 
 West Riding, 9 ; York- 
 shire, North and East 
 Ridings, 25. 
 
 Dodd. Berkshire, 20 ; Che- 
 shire, 32 ; Devonshire, 8 ; 
 Northumberland, 67 ; Ox- 
 fordshire, 15 ; Shropshire, 
 14 ; Staffordshire, 16. 
 
 Dodds. Durham, 20 ; Lincoln- 
 shire, 11; Northumberland, 
 48; Yorkshire, North and 
 East Ridings, 10. 
 
 Dodgson. Cumberland and 
 Westmoreland, 20 ; Lanca- 
 shire, 8 ; Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 11. Dodson occurs 
 in the West Riding. 
 
 Dodwell. Buckinghamshire, 40; 
 Oxfordshire, 15. 
 
 Doel. Wiltshire, 22. 
 
 Doggett. Cambridgeshire, 29. 
 
 Doidge. Devonshire, 14. 
 
 Dominy. Dorsetshire, 20. 
 
 Dommett. Devonshire, 9. 
 
 Donald. Cumberland and West- 
 moreland, 25. 
 
 Doncaster. Nottinghamshire, 
 20. 
 
 Done. Cheshire, 26. 
 
 Dook. Lincolnshire, 7. 
 
 Dooley. Cheshire, 11. 
 
 Doolittle. Worcestershire, 10. 
 
 Dorey. Dorsetshire, 15, 
 
 Dormer. Berkshire, 20. 
 
 Dorrell. Shropshire, 14; Wor- 
 cestershire, 34. 
 
 Dorrington. Hertfordshire, 15 ; 
 Huntingdonshire, 14. 
 
 Doubleday. Leicestershire and 
 Rutlandshire, 17 ; Norfolk, 
 14. 
 
 Douglas. Durham, 12 ; North- 
 amptonshire, 25 ; North- 
 nmberland, 44, 
 
 Dover. Buckinghamshire, 20. 
 
 Dowdeswell. Gloucestershire, 
 27. 
 
 Dowding. Dorsetshire, 20 ; 
 Gloucestershire, 17 ; Somer- 
 setshire, 11 ; Wiltshire, 13. 
 
 Do well. Leicestershire and 
 Rutlandshire, 26. 
 
 Down. Devonshire, 34 ; Somer- 
 setshire, 11. 
 
 Downing. Cornwall, 10 ; Suf- 
 folk, 11. 
 
 Downs — Downes. Cheshire, 12 ; 
 Derbyshire, 7 ; Shropshire, 
 33 ; Staffordshire, 12 ; York- 
 shire, West Riding, 9. 
 Downes is mostly found 
 in Cheshire and Shrop- 
 shire. 
 
 Dows — Dowse. Lincolnshire, 
 19. 
 
 Dowsett. Essex, 15. 
 
 Dowson. Durham, 28 ; York- 
 shire, North and East 
 Ridings, 19. 
 
 Drabble. Derbyshire, 7. 
 
 Drackley. Leicestershire and 
 Rutlandshire, 34. 
 
 Drage. Northamptonshire, 30. 
 
 Drake. Devonshire, 20; Dor- 
 setshire, 40; Norfolk, 20; 
 
480 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Yorkshire, West Riding, 
 20. 
 
 Drakes. Lincolnsliire, 12. 
 
 Draper. Bedfordshire, 20 ; Lan- 
 cashire, 9. 
 
 Drajcott. Leicestershire and 
 Rutlandshire, 30 ; Stafford- 
 shire, 8. 
 
 Drew. Cornwall, 9 ; Devon- 
 shire, 14; Gloucestershire, 
 30. 
 
 Drewery — Drewry. Lincoln- 
 shire, 16. (^ee Drury.) 
 
 Drewitt. Hampshire, 18. 
 
 Dring. Lincolnshire, 18. 
 
 Drinkall. Lancashire, 8. 
 
 Drinkwater. Cheshire, 12 ; Der- 
 byshire, 7; Gloucestershire, 
 11. 
 
 Driver. Cambridgeshire, 35 ; 
 Lancashire, 8 ; Yorkshire, 
 West Riding, 11. 
 
 Dronfield. Derbyshire, 7. 
 
 Druce. Berkshire, 10 ; 2Torth- 
 amptonshire, 15. 
 
 Drudge. Hampshire, 18. 
 
 Drury. Lincolnshire, 16. {See 
 Drewry.) 
 
 Dryden. Durham, 28 ; North- 
 umberland, 30. 
 
 Duce. Shropshire, 12. 
 
 Duck. Yorkshire, North and 
 East Ridings, 11. 
 
 Duckett. Somersetshire, 20 ; 
 Yorkshire, West Riding, 
 13. 
 
 Duckham. Monmouthshire, 11. 
 
 Duckmanton. Nottinghamshire, 
 12. 
 
 Duckworth. Lancashire, 17. 
 
 D adding. Lincolnshire, 10. 
 
 Duffield. Norfolk, 9. 
 
 Dufty. Devonshire, 7. 
 
 Dugdale. Lancashire, 10 ; 
 Yorkshire, West Riding, 
 10. 
 
 Duggan. South Wales, 17. 
 
 Duggleby. Yorkshire, North 
 and East Ridings, 11. 
 
 Duke. Dorsetshire, 10 ; Sussex, 
 40. 
 
 Dumbrell — Dumbrill. Sussex, 
 18. 
 
 Duncombe. Bedfordshire, 20. 
 
 Dunderdale. Lancashire, 8. 
 
 Dunford. Dorsetshire, 15. 
 
 Dungey. Kent, 21. 
 
 Dunkley. Northamptonshire, 
 30. 
 
 Dunn. Derbyshire, 7 ; Devon- 
 shire, 20 ; Dorsetshire, 20 ; 
 Durham, 24; Northumber- 
 land, 33 ; Shropshire, 14 ; 
 Staffordshire, 8 ; Warwick- 
 shire, 20 ; Worcestershire, 
 18 ; Yorkshire, North and 
 East Ridings, 31. 
 
 Dunning. Devonshire, 10 ; 
 Dorsetshire, 20 ; Warwick- 
 shire, 20 ; Yorkshire, North 
 and East Ridings, 18. 
 
 Dunstan. Cornwall, 47. 
 
 Durden. Dorsetshire, 20. 
 
 Durham. Nottinghamshire, 12; 
 Yorkshire, North and East 
 Ridings, 9. 
 
 Durose. Staffordshire, 10. 
 
 Durrant. Buckinghamshire, 
 
 12 ; Dorsetshire, 15 ; Nor- 
 folk, 22; Suffolk, 20; 
 Sussex, 25. 
 
 Durston. Somersetshire, 34. 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 
 
 481 
 
 Dutton. Cheshire, 39. 
 
 Duxbury, Lancashire, 8. 
 
 D wight. Buckinghamshire, 20. 
 
 Dyball— Djbell. Norfolk, 13. 
 
 Dje. Norfolk, 11. 
 
 Dyer. Cornwall, 12 ; Devon- 
 shire, 14 ; Somersetshire^ 
 19 ; Suffolk, 20. 
 
 Dyke. Somersetshire, 14 ; 
 South Wales, 22. 
 
 Dyson. Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 26. 
 
 Eade. Suffolk, 14; Sussex, 21. 
 
 Eades. Bedfordshire, 10. 
 
 Eagle. Essex, 30 ; Oxfordshire, 
 15. 
 
 Eames. Bedfordshire, 25 ; 
 Somersetshire, 12. 
 
 Eardley. Staffordshire, 14. 
 
 Earl — Earle. Devonshire, 8. 
 
 Earnshaw. Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 22. 
 
 Easlea. Suffolk, 11. 
 
 East. Buckinghamshire, 24; 
 Hertfordshire, 18 ; Lincoln- 
 shire, 17 ; Oxfordshire, 20. 
 
 Easterbrook. Devonshire, 15. 
 Eastabrook and Estabrook 
 are occasionally found in 
 this county. 
 
 Eastham. Lancashire, 10. 
 
 Eastwood. Lancashire, 8 ; 
 Yorkshri-e, West Riding, 
 23. 
 
 Eaton. Cheshire, 14 ; Derby- 
 shire, 9 ; Leicestershire and 
 Rutlandshiie, 17 ; Worces- 
 tershire, 14, 
 
 Eatwell. Wiltshire, 26. 
 
 Eaves. Lancashire, 8. 
 
 Eayrs — Eajres. Leicestershire 
 and Rutlandshire, 17. 
 
 Eccles. Lancashire, 17. 
 
 Eckley. Herefordshire, 14, 
 
 Eddison. Nottinghamshire, 12. 
 
 Eddowes. Shropshire, 12. 
 
 Eddy. Cornwall, 20. 
 
 Ede. Cornwall, 8. 
 
 Eden. Cheshire, 12, 
 
 Edge, Derbyshire, 21; Stafford- 
 shire, 12. , 
 
 Edginton. Oxfordshire, 15. 
 
 Edkins. Warwickshire, 15. 
 
 Edmunds— Edmonds. Bucking- 
 hamshire, 20; Devonshire, 
 6 ; Gloucestershire, 14 ; 
 Monmouthshire, 83 ; Nor- 
 folk, 9 ; Northamptonshire, 
 15 ; Oxfordshire, 15 ; 
 Worcestershire, 26 ; South 
 Wales, 27. Edmunds is the 
 common form in Monmouth- 
 shire, the principal home of 
 the name, and also in South 
 Wales. In most of the 
 other English counties in 
 which this name is repre- 
 sented, Edmonds is the 
 usual form. In Bucking- 
 hamshire we find Edmans. 
 
 Edmundson — Edmondson. 
 Lancashire, 23 ; Yorkshire, 
 West Riding, 8. 
 
 Edney. Hampshire, 25. 
 
 Edwards. Buckinghamshire, 
 20 ; Cambridgeshire, 20 ; 
 Cheshire, 34 ; Cornwall, 
 32 ; Devonshire, 18 ; Glou- 
 cestershire, 15 ; Hampshire, 
 17 ; Herefordshire, 136 ; 
 2 I 
 
482 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Hertfordshire, 20 ; Kent, 
 15 ; Monmouthshire, 140 ; 
 Norfolk, 31 ; Oxfordshire, 
 20 ; Shropshire, 210 ; 
 Somersetshire, 38 ; Staf- 
 fordshire, 18 ; Suffolk, 30 ; 
 Surrey, 20 ; Sussex, 18 ; 
 Warwickshire, 25; Wilt- 
 shire, 36 ; Worcestershire, 
 38 ; North Wales, 150 ; 
 South Wales, 140. 
 
 Eggins. Devonshire, 6. 
 
 Eggleton. Berkshire, 20 ; Buck- 
 inghamshire, 25. 
 
 Eggleston. Durham, 12. 
 
 Eglinton. Norfolk, 9. 
 
 Ekins. Huntingdonshire, 45. 
 
 Elbourn. Cambridgeshire, 20. 
 
 Eldridge. Northamptonshire, 
 15 ; Sussex, 29. 
 
 Eley. Derbyshire. 9. 
 
 Elford. Dorsetshire, 10. 
 
 Elgey — Elgie. Yorkshire, North 
 and East Ridings, 9. 
 
 Elkington. Warwickshire, 20. 
 
 Ellacott — Ellicott. Devonshire, 
 9. 
 
 EUaway. Monmouthshire, 17. 
 
 E 11 erby . Yorkshire , North and 
 East Hidings, 8. 
 
 Elliott— Elliot. Berkshire, '40 ; 
 Buckinghamshire, 45 ,; 
 
 Cornwall, 20.; Cumberland 
 and Westmoreland, 22 ; 
 Derbyshire, 40; Devonshire, 
 25 ; Dorsetshire, 21 ; Dur- 
 ham, 60 ; Hampshire, 22 ; 
 Hertfordshire, 25 ; Leices- 
 tershire and Rutlandshire, 
 17; Norfolk, 9; North- 
 umberland, 41 ; Notting- 
 
 hamshire, 18 ; Surrey, 20 ; 
 Sussex, 50 ; Warwickshire, 
 20; Wiltshire, 27; York- 
 shire, West Riding, IR. 
 Elliott is the usual form of 
 this name all over England. 
 Elliot is more frequent in 
 Northumberland and Dur- 
 ham than in the other 
 counties (excepting, per- 
 haps, Norfolk), though even 
 there it has only one- 
 half of the frequency of 
 Elliott. 
 
 .Ellis. Cambridgeshire, 38 ; 
 Cheshire, 11; Cornwall, 14. 
 Derbyshire, 13 ; Devon- 
 shire, 43 ; Essex, 27 ; Clou- 
 • cestershire, 14 ; Hampshire, 
 13 ; Kent, 24 ; Leicester- 
 shire and Rutlandshire, 20 ; 
 Lincolnshire, 21 ; Norfolk, 
 15 ; Nottinghamshire, 20 ; 
 Shropshire, 22 ; Surrey, 25 ; 
 Sussex, 18 ; Warwickshire, 
 15 ; Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 26 ; Yorkshire, 
 North and East Ridings, 12; 
 North Wales, 25. 
 
 Ellison. Lancashire, 13 ; Wilt- 
 shire, 22 ; Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 10. 
 
 Ellwood. Cumberland and 
 Westmoreland, 57 ; Lanca- 
 shire, 10. 
 
 Elmitt. Lincolnshire, 8. 
 
 Else. Derbyshire, 13. 
 
 Elsmore. Staffordshire, 10. 
 
 Elston. Devonshire, 7. 
 
 Elworthy. Devonshire, 14. 
 
 Elvidge. Lincolnshire, 8. 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 
 
 483 
 
 Ely. Essex, 12; Gloucester- 
 
 sMre, 11. 
 Embleton. Northumberland, 14. 
 Embrey. Herefordshire, 14. 
 Emery. Norfolk, 15; North- 
 am.ptonshire, 20 ; Stafford- 
 shire, 8. 
 Emmerson — Emerson. Durham, 
 28 ; Essex, 12 ; Lincoln- 
 shire, 20 ; Northumberland, 
 11 ; Nottinghamshire, 12 ; 
 Yorkshire, North and East 
 E-idings, 9. Emmerson is 
 the most frequent form of 
 this name. In Lincolnshire 
 we find Empson associated 
 with it; and in Essex 
 Emson is the sole represen- 
 tative. 
 Emmott. Yorkshire, West 
 
 Riding, 18. 
 Endacott. Devonshire, 14. 
 England. Huntingdonshire, 11 ; 
 Somersetshire, 9 ; York- 
 shire, West Riding, 12. 
 English. Durham, 16; Lin- 
 colnshire, 11; Norfolk, 9; 
 Northumberland, 22. 
 Ensor. Dorsetshire, 15. 
 Entwistle. Lancashire, 34. 
 Entwisle is a less common 
 form, 
 Epton. Lincolnshire, 9. 
 Erlam. Cheshire, 9. 
 Errington. Durham, 28 ; North- 
 umberland, 22. 
 Esam. Nottinghamshire, 20. 
 Essex. Worcestershire, 22. 
 Etchells. Cheshire, 14. 
 Etheridge. Sussex, 10. 
 Eva. Cornwall, 14. 
 
 Evans. Bedfordshire, 10; Berk- 
 shire, 18 ; Buckingham- 
 shire, 11 ; Cheshire, 30 ; 
 Cornwall, 14; Derbyshire, 
 20; Devonshire, 7; Glou- 
 cestershire, 46 ; Hereford- 
 shire, 82 ; Leicestershire 
 and Rutlandshire, 13; Mon- 
 mouthshire, 220; Notting- 
 hamshire, 16; Shropshire, 
 210 ; Somersetshire, 22 ; 
 Staffordshire, 2i ; Worces- 
 tershire, 30 ; North Wales, 
 500 ; South Wales, 520. 
 Eve. Essex, 21. 
 Eveleigh — Evely. Devon- 
 shire, 7. 
 Everall. Shropshire, 43. 
 Evered. Somerset, 9. 
 Everett — Everitt. Cambridge- 
 shire, 15; Essex, 12; Lin- 
 colnshire, 16 ; Norfolk, 18 ; 
 Suffolk, 18 ; Wiltshire, 18. 
 Everett is the most frequent 
 form, though the two are 
 usually associated in the 
 same county. In Lincoln- 
 shire Everatt is generally 
 found. 
 Evershed. Sussex, 14. 
 Evison. Lincolnshire, 11. 
 Ewer. Middlesex, 25. 
 Eyre. Derbyshire, 25 ; Notting- 
 hamshire, 12. 
 
 Fagg. Kent, 15. 
 Failes. Norfolk, 13. 
 Fairbairn. Northumberland, 14. 
 Fairbanks. Nottinghamshire, 
 
 12 ; Staffordshire, 10. 
 Fairchild. Devonshire, 7. 
 2 I 2 
 
484 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Fairclougli. Lancashire, 17. 
 
 Fairey — Fairy. Bedfordshire, 
 10; Buckinghamshire, 10; 
 Huntingdonshire, 18. Farey 
 is mostly found in Bucking- 
 hamshire. 
 
 Fairhead. Essex, 27. 
 
 Fairthorne. Berkshire, 25. 
 
 Fallows — Fallowes. Stafford- 
 shire, 14. 
 
 Fane Bedfordshire, 10. 
 
 Farmer. Devonshire, 13 ; Kent, 
 12 ; Leicestershire and Rut- 
 landshire, 30; Shropshire, 
 29 ; Surrey, 20 ; Wiltshire, 
 18 ; Worcestershire, 26. 
 
 Farnsworth. Nottinghamshire, 
 16. 
 
 Farr. Herefordshire, 51 ; Hert- 
 fordshire, 40 ; Lincoln- 
 shire, 7. 
 
 Farrall. Staffordshire, 10. 
 
 Farrant. Devonshire, 13 ; Sus- 
 sex, 18. 
 
 Farrar — Farrer. Bedfordshire, 
 15 ; Cumberland and West- 
 moreland, 13 ; Yorkshire, 
 West Riding, 22. These 
 names are associated in 
 Yorkshire and probably 
 elsewhere. 
 
 Farrow. Lincolnshire, 11 ; Nor- 
 folk, 20 ; Suffolk, 14. 
 
 Farthing. Somersetshire, 15. 
 
 Faulder. Cumberland and West- 
 moreland, 32. 
 
 Faulkner. Buckinghamshire, 20; 
 Cheshire, 24 ; Lincolnshire, 
 8; Oxfordshire, 18; Stafford- 
 shire, 10. In Oxfordshire 
 Falkner is also found. 
 
 Fawcett. Cumberland and 
 Westmoreland, 22 ; York- 
 shire, West Riding, 20; 
 Yorkshire, North and East 
 Ridings, 24. 
 
 Fawkes. Gloucestershire, 17. 
 
 Fay. Hampshire, 16. 
 
 Fazackerley — Fazakerley. Lan- 
 cashire, 11. 
 
 Fear. Somersetshire, 32. 
 
 Fearn. Derbyshire, 29. 
 
 Fearon. Cumberland and West- 
 moreland, 20. 
 
 Feather. Yorkshire, West Rid- 
 ing, 11. 
 
 Featherstone. Durham, 20 ; 
 Yorkshire, North and East 
 Ridings, 28. 
 
 Feaveryear — Feaviour. Suf- 
 folk, ^9. 
 
 Felgate. Essex, 15. 
 
 Fell. Cumberland and West- 
 moreland, 39 ; Lancashire, 8. 
 
 Felton. Shropshire, 14. 
 
 Fenemore. Buckinghamshire, 
 12 ; Oxfordshire, 20. 
 
 Fenner. Essex, 15. 
 
 Fensom. Bedfordshire, 15. 
 
 Fenton. Nottinghamshire, 12. 
 
 Fenwick. Durham, 12 ; North- 
 umberland, 22 ; Yorkshire, 
 North and East Ridings, 
 12. 
 
 Ferguson. Cumberland and 
 Westmoreland, 25; North- 
 umberland, 11. 
 
 Fern. Staffordshire, 8. 
 
 Ferneyhough. Cheshire, 9 ; 
 Staffordshire, 26. 
 
 Ferris. Devonshire, 9; Wilt- 
 shire, 45. 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 
 
 485 
 
 Few. Cambridgeshire, 38 ; Wilt- 
 shire, 27. 
 
 Fewings. Devonshire, 9. 
 
 Fidler. Berkshire, 15; Cheshire, 
 9; Derbyshire, 7. 
 
 Field. Berkshire, 10 ; Bucking- 
 hamshire, 20 ; Hertford- 
 shire, 30; Norfolk, 9; Ox- 
 fordshire, 20 ; Sussex, 36 ; 
 Worcestershire, 18. 
 
 Fielding — Fielden. Derbyshire, 
 7; Lancashire, 16; Stafford- 
 shire, 8; Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 12. Fielden is 
 found mostly in Lancashire 
 and in the West Riding. 
 
 Fifett. Dorsetshire, 16. 
 
 Filbee. Oxfordshire, 15. 
 
 File. Kent, 45. 
 
 Filmer. Kent, 12. 
 
 Finbow. Suffolk, 20. 
 
 Finch. Gloucestershire, 17; 
 Hertfordshire, 30 ; Worces- 
 tershire, 14. 
 
 Fincham. Suffolk, 14. 
 
 Finn. Kent, 21. 
 
 Finney. Derbyshire, 21 ; Staf- 
 fordshire, 38 ; Worcester- 
 shire, 14. 
 
 Firkins. Worcestershire, 14. 
 
 Firth. Yorkshire, West Riding, 
 28. 
 
 Fish. Lancashire, 10. 
 
 Fisher. Cumberland and West- 
 moreland, 40 ; Derbyshire 
 17; Devonshire, 12; Essex 
 15 ; Gloucestershire, 24 
 Lancashire, 25 ; Leicester 
 shire and Rutlandshire, 17 
 Lincolnshire, 9; Norfolk, 26 
 Northamptonshire, 15; Not- 
 
 tinghamshire, 32 ; Stafford- 
 shire, 8 ; Suffolk, 16 ; Wor- 
 cestershire, 14; Yorkshire, 
 West Riding, 11 ; Yorkshire, 
 North and East Ridings, 
 12. 
 
 Fisk— Fiske. Suffolk, 16. 
 
 Fitch. Cambridgeshire, 20 ; 
 Essex, 24 ; Huntingdonshire, 
 14; Suffolk, 7. 
 
 Fitchett Derbyshire, 7. 
 
 Fitt. Hampshire, 17. 
 
 Fitter. Warwickshire, 23. 
 
 Fitton. Cheshire, 10 ; Lan- 
 cashire, 15. 
 
 Fladgate. Surrey, 20. 
 
 Flanders. Cambridgeshire, 24; 
 Huntingdonshire, 14. 
 
 Flatman. Suffolk, 14. 
 
 Flatt. Norfolk, 9. 
 
 Fleming. Cumberland and 
 Westmoreland, 25. 
 
 Fletcher. Cambridgeshire, 24 ; 
 Cheshire, 14 ; Cumberland 
 and Westmoreland, 25 ; 
 Derbyshire, 48; Gloucester- 
 shire, 27; Lancashire, 15; 
 Lincolnshire, 24 ; Notting- 
 hamshire, 44; Oxfordshire, 
 20; Shropshire, 12; Staf- 
 fordshire, 8 ; Worcester- 
 shire, 26 ; Yorkshire, North 
 and East Ridings, 13. 
 
 Flint. Derbyshire, 21 ; Hun- 
 tingdonshire, 12 ; North- 
 amptonshire, 15 ; Notting- 
 hamshire, 16; Surrey, 12. 
 
 Flintoff. Lincolnshire, 6 ; York- 
 shire, N«rth and East 
 Ridings, 13. In the same 
 part of Yorkshire there are 
 
4^6 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 a few examples of the name 
 of Flinton. 
 
 Flook — Fluck. Gloucestershire, 
 24. Flux also occurs in 
 this county. 
 
 Florej. Oxfordshire, 15. 
 
 Flower, Dorsetshire, 2 1 ; Somer- 
 setshire, 12 ; Wiltshire, 
 35. 
 
 Flowers. Buckinghamshire, 15. 
 
 Floyd. Somersetshire, 9. 
 
 Foale. Devonshire, 9. 
 
 Fogden. Sussex, 29. 
 
 Folkard. Essex, 15. 
 
 Foil. Bedfordshire, 20. 
 
 Follett. Hampshire, 47 ; Somer- 
 setshire, 11. 
 
 Follows. Worcestershire, 1?. 
 
 Fooks. Dorsetshire, 46. 
 
 Foot. Dorsetshire, 46. 
 
 Foottitt — Footitt. Nottingham- 
 shire, 16. 
 
 Ford. Bedfordshire, 18 ; Berk- 
 shire, 25 ; Cheshire, 36 ; 
 Cornwall, 10 ; Derbyshire, 
 17 ; Devonshire, 30; Dorset- 
 shire, 46; Gloucestershire, 
 43 ; Hampshire, 38 ; Here- 
 fordshire, 24; Shropshire, 
 12; Somersetshire, 19; Staf- 
 fordshire, 10; Suffolk, 16; 
 Sussex, 25; Worcestershire, 
 22. 
 
 Forman. Lincolnshire, 11. 
 
 Forrest. Lancashire, 9. 
 
 Forrester. Staffordshire, 10. 
 
 Forryan. Leicestershire and 
 Rutlandshire, 20. 
 
 Forshaw. Lancashire, 15. 
 
 Forster. Cumberland and West- 
 moreland, 27 ; Durham, 24 ; 
 
 Northumberland, 70 ; Wor- 
 cestershire, 12. (/See Foster.) 
 
 Fortescue. Huntingdonshire, 
 18 ; Northamptonshire, 20. 
 
 Fortnam. Worcestershire, 14. 
 
 Fortnum. Oxfordshire, 15. 
 
 Foss. Devonshire, 8. 
 
 Foster. Cambridgeshire, 20 ; 
 Cheshire, 17 ; Cumberland 
 and Westmoreland, 13 ; 
 Derbyshire, 9 ; Durham, 
 32 ; Gloucestershire, 11 ; 
 Hampshire, 25 ; Hertford- 
 shire, 25 ; Kent, 24 ; Lan- 
 cashire, 15 ; Leicestershire 
 and Rutlandshire, 13 ; Lin- 
 colnshire, 36 ; Northumber- 
 land, 37 ; Nottinghamshire, 
 60 ; Oxfordshire, 25 ; Som- 
 ersetshire, 12 ; Stafford- 
 shire, 32 ; Sussex, 30 ; 
 Worcestershire, 10 ; York- 
 shire, West Riding, 32 ; 
 Yorkshire, North and East 
 Ridings, 38. 
 
 Foulke — Fowke. Derbyshire, 
 7. 
 
 Foulkes. North Wales, 25. 
 
 Fountain — Fountaine. Buck- 
 inghamshire, 48. 
 
 Fowle. Kent, 15. 
 
 Fowler. Bedfordshire, 10 ; 
 Buckinghamshire, 20 ; De- 
 vonshire, 9 ; Dorsetshire, 
 36 ; Durham, 20 ; Glouces- 
 tershire, 40 ; Lancashire, 
 13; Lincolnshire, 17; North- 
 amptonshire, 15 ; Somerset- 
 shire, 12 ; Staffordshire, 10 ; 
 Worcestershire, 14. 
 
 Fowles. Shropshire, 10. 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 
 
 487 
 
 Fothergill. Durham, 7; York- 
 shire, Nortli and East 
 Ridings, 6. 
 
 Fox. Cumberland and West- 
 moreland, 12; Derbyshire, 
 50 ; Kent, 12 ; Lancashire, 
 10 ; Leicestershire and Rut- 
 landshire, 30 ; Lincolnshire, 
 12-; Norfolk, 17; Notting- 
 hamshire, 36 ; Oxfordshire, 
 35; Worcestershire, 18; 
 Yorkshire, West Riding, 
 12; Yorkshire, North' and 
 East Ridings, 12. 
 
 Foxton. Yorkshire, North and 
 East Ridings, 8. 
 
 Frampton. Berkshire, 20 ; Dor^ 
 setshire, 26 ; Oxfordshire, 
 14 ; Somersetshire, 9. 
 
 Francis. Cornwall, 12; Essex, 
 21 ; Monmouthshire, 45 ; 
 Norfolk, 15 ; Shropshire, 
 12 ; Somersetshire, 19 ; 
 Suffolk, 9; Wiltshire, 40; 
 South Wales, 44. 
 
 Frank. Shropshire, 12 ; York- 
 shire, North and East 
 Ridings, 12. 
 
 Frankcombe-Frankcome. Wilt- 
 shire, 18. 
 
 Frankland. Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 10 ; Yorkshire, 
 North and East Ridings, 9. 
 
 Franklin. Bedfordshire, 18 ; 
 Berkshire, 20 ; Bucking- 
 hamshire, 30 ; Essex, 12 ; 
 Hertfordshire, 28; North- 
 amptonshire, 15 ; Oxford- 
 shire, 45. 
 
 Franks. Lincolnshire, 12 ; Som- 
 ersetshire, 12 ; Yorkshire, 
 
 North and East Ridings, 
 7. 
 
 Frearson. Leicestershire and 
 Rutlandshire, 17. 
 
 Freebody. Berkshire, 20. 
 
 Freegard. Wiltshire, 31. 
 
 Freeman. Buckinghamshire, 
 
 30 ; Cambridgeshire, 24 ; 
 Essex, 18 ; Gloucestershire, 
 17 ; Herefordshire, 14 ; 
 Leicestershire and Rutland- 
 shire, 25 ; Norfolk, 11 ; 
 Northamptonshire, 25 ; Not- 
 tinghamshire, 10 ; Oxford- 
 shire, 14 ; Suffolk, 34 ; War- 
 wickshire, 24 ; Worcester- 
 shire, 30. 
 
 Freer. Leicestershire and Rut- 
 landshire, 21 ; Yorkshire, 
 North and East Ridings, 8. 
 
 Freestone. Leicestershire and 
 Rutlandshire, 17. 
 
 Freeth. Wiltshire, 80. 
 
 Freethy. Cornwall, 8. 
 
 Fremlin. Kent, 12. 
 
 French. Buckinghamshire, 1 8 ; 
 Cambridgeshire, 15 ; De- 
 vonshire, 34 ; Durham, 12 ; 
 Essex, 33 ; Hampshire, 12 ; 
 Kent, 15 ; Northampton- 
 shire, 20-; Oxfordshire, 31 ; 
 Worcestershire, 14. 
 
 Fretwell. Derbyshire, 7. 
 
 Fiiend. Devonshire, 14. 
 
 Frisby. Lincolnshire, 11. 
 
 Frith. Cheshire, 17.; Derby- 
 shire, 15 ; Somersetshire, 9. 
 
 Froggatt. Derbyshire, 23 ; 
 Herefordshire, 20. 
 
 Frogley. Berkshire, 20. 
 
 Frohock. Cambridgeshire, 24. 
 
488 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Froome. Berkshire, 25. 
 
 Frost. Derbyshire, 30 ; Devon- 
 shire, 8 ; Essex, 15 ; Mon- 
 monthshire, 22 ; Norfolk, 
 9 ; Northamptonshire, 20 ; 
 Nottinghamshire, 12 ; Som- 
 ersetshire, 29. 
 
 Frow. Lincolnshire, 10. 
 
 Fry. Devonshire, 13 ; Dorset- 
 shire, 26 ; Somersetshire, 
 34; Surrey, 15; Wiltshire, 
 75. 
 
 Fryer. Cheshire, 14 ; Leicester- 
 shire and K/utlandshire, 25 ; 
 Nottinghamshire, 12; York- 
 shire, West Riding, 11 ; 
 Yorkshire, North and East 
 Ridings, 8. 
 
 Fulcher. Suffolk, 11. 
 
 Fnlford. Devonshire, 7 ; Wilt- 
 shire, 18. 
 
 Fullard. Cambridgeshire, 20. 
 
 Fuller. Buckinghamshire, 18 ; 
 Kent, 20; Norfolk, 24; 
 Oxfordshire, 18; Sussex, 32. 
 
 Funnell. Sussex, 21. 
 
 Furber. Cheshire, 9. 
 
 Furneaux. Devonshire, 7. 
 
 Furness — Furniss. Derbyshire, 
 40; Durham, 20. Furneis 
 is a form of this name 
 found in the county of 
 Durham. 
 
 Furse — Furze. Devonshire, 10. 
 
 Fyson. Cambridgeshire, 24. 
 
 Gabb. Worcestershire, 18. 
 
 Gadsby. Derbyshire, 9 ; Hunt- 
 ingdonshire, 15. 
 
 Gadsdeu. Bedfordshire, 20 ; 
 Buckinghamshire, 30. 
 
 Gagg. Nottinghamshire, 1(5. 
 
 Gale. Devonshire, 10 ; Dorset- 
 shire, 26 ; Hampshire, 20 
 Monmouthshire, 45; North- 
 amptonshire, 15 ; Oxford- 
 shire, 25 ; Wiltshire, 13. 
 
 Gallimore. Cheshire, 9. 
 
 Gallon. Northumberland, 14. 
 
 Galloway. Yorkshire, North 
 and East Ridings, 9. 
 
 Galpin. Dorsetshire, 26. 
 
 Galtey. Cornwall, 10. 
 
 Gamble. Norfolk, 13. 
 
 Gammon. Devonshire, 18. 
 
 Gander. Sussex, 43. 
 
 Ganderton. Worcestershire, 
 
 14. 
 
 Gapp. Norfolk, 9. 
 
 Gar butt. Yorkshire, North and 
 East Ridings, 45. " 
 
 Gardiner — Gardner. Berkshire, 
 25 ; Cambridgeshire, 24 ; 
 Cheshire, 14 ; Essex, 33 ; 
 Gloucestershire, 27 ; Hert- 
 fordshire, 25 ; Kent, 15 ; 
 Lancashire, 31 ; Leicester- 
 shire and Rutlandshire, 25 ; 
 Norfolk, 9 ; Northampton- 
 shire, 30 ; Nottinghamshire, 
 12 ; Oxfordshire, 30 ; 
 Sussex, 21 ; Warwickshire, 
 45 ; Worcestershire, 22. 
 Gardner is by far the most 
 common. Gardiner is 
 
 more characteristic of Nor- 
 folk, Essex, Cheshire, and 
 Gloucestershire. Gardener 
 is a rare form mostly found 
 in Northamptonshire. 
 
 Gare. Somersetshire, 11. 
 
 Garlick. Wiltshire, 22. 
 
 Garman. North Wales, 10. 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 
 
 489 
 
 Game. Gloucestershire, 17. 
 
 Garner. Chesliire, 24 ; Leices- 
 tershire and Rutlandshire, 
 17. 
 
 Garnett. Cheshire, 9 ; Cumber- 
 land and Westmoreland, 
 25 ; Lancashire, 16. 
 
 Garnham. Suflfolk, 28. 
 
 Garrard — Garrod. Norfolk, 
 15 ; Suffolk, 23. Both 
 associated in these counties. 
 Garrood is a rare Norfolk 
 form. 
 
 Garratt — Garrett. Bucking- 
 hamshire, 20; Derbyshire, 
 17 ; Essex, 18 ; Gloucester- 
 shire, 14 ; Hertfordshire, 
 15 ; Leicestershire and Rut- 
 landshire, 17 ; Northamp- 
 tonshire, 15 ; Suffolk, 11 ; 
 Warwickshire, 20. Thoi^e 
 two forms are often associ- 
 ated ; but Garratt prevails 
 in Derbyshire and Garrett 
 in Suffolk. 
 
 Garside. Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 11. 
 
 Gaskell — Gaskill. Cheshire, 
 12 ; Lancashire, 10. 
 
 Gatehouse. Dorsetshire, 15. 
 
 Gates. Sussex, 14. 
 
 Gaunt. Lincolnshire, 11. 
 
 Gay, Cornwall, 10 ; Devon- 
 shire, 7 ; Essex, 15 ; Hamp- 
 shire, 17 ; Wiltshire, 
 31. 
 
 Gayford. Norfolk, 11. 
 
 Gazard. Gloucestershire, 17. 
 
 Gaze. Norfolk, 13. 
 
 Geach. Cornwall, 24. 
 
 Geake. Cornwall, 10. 
 
 Geary. Leicestershire and Rut- 
 landshire, 25. 
 
 Gedge. Norfolk, 11. 
 
 Gee. Buckinghamshire, 24 ; 
 Cambridgeshire, 24 ; 
 
 Cheshire, 15 ; Staffordshire, 
 12. 
 
 Geldard — Gelder. Yorkshire, 
 West Riding, 11. 
 
 Gelsthorpe. Nottinghamshire, 
 16. 
 
 Genge. Dorsetshire, 15. 
 
 Gent. Derbyshire, 9. 
 
 George. Bedfordshire, 20 ; 
 Berkshire, 10 ; Bucking- 
 hamshire, 20 ; Cornwall, 
 14 ; Gloucestershire, 11 ; 
 Herefordshire, 20 ; Hert- 
 fordshire, 20 ; Monmouth- 
 shire, 66 ; Norfolk, 9 ; 
 Shropshire, 17 ; Worcester- 
 shire, 14 ; South Wales, 34. 
 
 German. Devonshire, 7. 
 
 Gerrard. Cheshire, 14; Lan- 
 cashire, 10. 
 
 Gerrish. Monmouthshire, 22 ; 
 Wiltshire, 18. 
 
 Gerry. Cornwall, 9. 
 
 Ghey. Wiltshire, 18. 
 
 Gibbard. Northamptonshire, 
 25. 
 
 Gibbings — Gibbins. Bedford- 
 shire, 10 ; Devonshire, 7. 
 
 Gibbon. Cheshire, 9; Durham, 
 24. 
 
 Gibbons. Bedfordshire, 18 ; 
 Lincolnshire, 15 ; Oxford- 
 shire, 15 ; Somersetshire, 
 11. 
 
 Gibbs. Buckinghamshire 15 ; 
 Derbyshire, 11 ; Dorset- 
 
490 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES, 
 
 shire, 21 ; Gloucestershire, 
 60 ; Herefordshire, 14 ; 
 Kent, 15 ; :N'orfolk, 15; Ox- 
 fordshire, 15 ; Somerset- 
 shire, 12 ; Surrey, 12 ; War- 
 wickshire, 70 ; Wiltshire, 
 18 ; Worcestershire, 22 ; 
 South Wales, 22. 
 
 Gibby. South Wales, 12. 
 
 Griblett. Somersetshire, 11. 
 
 Gibson. Cheshire, 9 ; Cumber- 
 land and Westmoreland, 57; 
 Derbyshire, 7 ; Durham, 64; 
 Lancashire, 8; Lincolnshire, 
 15 ; Northumberland, 44 ; 
 ISTottinghamshire, 36 ; Staf- 
 fordshire, 22 ; Yorkshire, 
 West Riding, 9 ; Yorkshire, 
 North and Bast Ridings, 
 24. 
 
 Giddings. Hertfordshire, 20 ; 
 -Norfolk, 9 ; Surrey, 12 ; 
 Wiltshire, 13. In Norfolk, 
 Giddens. 
 
 Gidley. Devonshire, 6. 
 
 Gilford. Cambridgeshire, 24 ; 
 Dorsetshire, 15 ; Hunting- 
 donshire, 14 ; Somerset- 
 shire, 22. 
 
 Gilbert. Cornwall, 25 ; Devon- 
 shire, 18 ; Kent, 12 ; Lei- 
 cestershire and Rutland- 
 shire, 43 ; Lincolnshire, 12 ; 
 Norfolk, 9 ; Northampton- 
 shire, 45 ; Staffordshire, 10 ; 
 Warwickshire, 45 ; Worces- 
 tershire, 30. 
 
 Giles. Cornwall, 10 ; Devon- 
 shire, 7 ; Northamptonshire, 
 15 ; Somersetshire, 9 ; Wilt- 
 shire, 22. 
 
 Gilhespy. Northumberland, 14. 
 
 Gilks. Oxfordshire, 12 ; War- 
 wickshire, 18. 
 
 Gill. Berkshire, 10 ; Cornwall, 
 17; Devonshire, 18; Lei- 
 cestershire and Rutland- 
 shire, 13 ; Nottinghamshire, 
 24 ; Somersetshire, 11 ; 
 Worcestershire, 18 ; York- 
 shire, West Riding, 52 ; 
 Yorkshire, North and East 
 Ridings, 11. 
 
 Gillard . Devonshire, 13. 
 
 Gillbard. Cornwall, 9. 
 
 Gillett. Kent, 15 ; Oxfordshire, 
 45 ; Somersetshire, 9. 
 
 Gilliart — Gilliatt. Lincolnshire, 
 IL 
 
 Gillingham. Dorsetshire, 48. 
 
 Gillman — Oilman. Derbyshire, 
 13; Staffordshire, 18. 
 
 Gimson. Leicestershire and 
 Rutlandshire, 13. 
 
 Ginger. Buckinghamshire, 24. 
 
 Girling. Essex, 12; Norfolk, 
 15; Suffolk,. 37. 
 
 Gittins. Shropshire, 41 ; North 
 Wales, 20. 
 
 Glanville— Glanvill, Cornwall, 
 10 ; Devonshire, 7. 
 
 Glass. Devonshire, 7 ; Wilt- 
 shire, 20. 
 
 Glasson. Cornwall, 14. 
 
 Gleave. Cheshire, 14. 
 
 Gledhill, Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 2). 
 
 Glendenning — Glendinning. 
 Northumberland, 18. 
 
 Glover. Cheshire, 12 ; Lanca- 
 shire, 23 ; Leicestershire 
 and Rutlandshire, 25 ; Staf- 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 
 
 491 
 
 fordsliire, 30 ; Warwick- 
 shire, 22. 
 
 Gloyn. Devonshire, 10. 
 
 Goacher. Sussex. 25. 
 
 Grodber. Derbyshire, 7 ; Not- 
 tinghamshire, 12. In the 
 Nottinghamshire Court Di- 
 rectory we find Godbehere, 
 the original form of this 
 name. 
 
 Goddard. Berkshire, 55 ; Derby - 
 shire, 13 ; Dorsetshire, 31 ; 
 Hampshire, 30 ; Norfolk. 
 17 ; Suffolk, 30 ; Wiltshire, 
 13. 
 
 Godden. Kent, 12. 
 
 Goddier — Goodier. Cheshire, 9. 
 
 Godfrey. Bedfordshire, 20 ; 
 Cambridgeshire, 24 ; Glou- 
 cestershire, 14 ; Hertford- 
 shire, 18 ; Huntingdonshire, 
 7 ; Leicestershire and Hut- 
 landshire, 17; Northamp- 
 tonshire, 15 ; Somerset- 
 shh'e, 17 ; Surrey, 15. 
 
 Godsall. Herefordshire, 20. 
 God sell also occurs in this 
 county. 
 
 Godson. Lincolnshire, 8 ; Not- 
 tinghamshire, 20. 
 
 Godwin. Berkshire, 15 ; Hamp- 
 shire, 17; Oxfordshire, 24; 
 Wiltshire, 58. 
 
 Goif . Northamptonshire, 25. 
 
 Golby. Northamptonshire, 15. 
 
 Golden. Cambridgeshire, 20 ; 
 Norfolk, 6. 
 
 Golding. Norfolk, 9 ; Wilt- 
 shire, 18. 
 
 Goldsmith. Suffolk, 16 ; Sussex, 
 21. 
 
 Goldstraw. Staffordshire, 12. 
 
 Goldsworthy. Cornwall, 16. 
 
 Gomm. Buckinghamshire, 25. 
 
 Gooch. Norfolk, 15. 
 
 Goodacre. Lincolnshire, 7 ; Not- 
 tinghamshire, 12. 
 
 Goodall. Cheshire, 11 ; Derby- 
 shire, 31; Nottinghamshire, 
 10; Shropshire, 10; Staf- 
 fordshire, 10. 
 
 Gooday. Essex, 12. 
 
 Goodchild. Buckinghamshire, 
 18 ; Essex, 21 ; Suffolk, 30. 
 
 Goode. Northamptonshire, 15. 
 
 Gooden. Somerset, 8. {See 
 Gooding.) 
 
 Gooderham. Suffolk, 16. 
 
 Goodhew. Kent, 36. 
 
 Gooding. Somerset, 15; Suffolk, 
 18. (See Gooden.) 
 
 Goodman. Bedfordshire, 15 ; 
 Buckingham, 30; Corn-wall, 
 19 ; Leicestershire and Rut- 
 landshire, 30 ; Northamp- 
 tonshire, 15. 
 
 Goodrich. Suffolk, 9; South 
 Wales, 9. 
 
 Goodridge. Devon, 7; South 
 Wales, 9. 
 
 Goodson. Leicestershire and 
 Rutlandshire, 17 ; Somer- 
 setshire, 9. 
 
 Goodwill. Yorkshire, North and 
 East Ridings, 10. 
 
 Goodwin. Cheshire, 30; Derby- 
 shire, 40 ; Herefordshire, 
 17 ; Hertfordshire, 17 ; 
 Kent, 33 ; Lincolnshire, 10 ; 
 Norfolk, 7 ; Nottingham- 
 shire, 12 ; Oxfordshire, 12 ; 
 Staffordshire, 54; Suffolk, 
 
492 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 18 : Surrey, 20 ; Worcester- 
 sliire, 14. 
 
 Goodyear. Lincolnshire, 9. 
 
 Goose. Lincolnshire, 11. 
 
 Gornall. Lancashire, 11. 
 
 Gorringe. Sussex, 25. 
 
 Gorst. Lancashire, 18. 
 
 Gorwyn. Devonshire, 6. 
 
 Gosden. Surrey, 20. 
 
 Gosling. Berkshire, 15 ; Hamp- 
 shire, 21 ; Lincolnshire, 10 ; 
 SufPolk, IL 
 
 Goss. Buckinghamshire, 20 ; 
 Devonshire, 11. 
 
 Gott. Yorkshire, West Riding, 8. 
 
 Gough. Buckinghamshire, 20 ; 
 Herefordshire, 24 ; Shrop- 
 shire, 29; Wiltshire, 27. 
 
 Gould. Berkshire, 10 ; Cheshire, 
 9 ; Derbyshire, 25 ; Devon- 
 shire, 10 ; Dorsetshire, 31 ; 
 Gloucestershire, 17; Somer- 
 setshire, 17; Staffordshire, 
 80. 
 
 Goulder. Norfolk, 11. 
 
 Goulding. Gloucestershire, 14. 
 
 Goulter. Gloucestershire, 14. 
 
 Gower. Kent, 12. 
 
 Gowing. Norfolk, 15; Suffolk, 
 11. 
 
 Gowlett. Essex, 15. 
 
 Grace. Buckinghamshire, 20 ; 
 Lancashire, 8. 
 
 Graham. Berkshire, 20; Cum- 
 berland and Westmoreland, 
 100; Durham, 28; North- 
 umberland, 63 ; Yorkshire, 
 North and East Ridings, 
 14. 
 
 Grainger. Yorkshire, North 
 and East Ridings, 10. 
 
 Grange. Buckinghamshire, 1-5 ; 
 Hertfordshire, 35 ; York- 
 shire, West Riding, 10. 
 
 Granger. Worcestershire, 14. 
 
 Grant. Devonshire, 7 ; Dorset- 
 shire, 15 ; Lincolnshire, 9 ; 
 Warwickshire, 20. 
 
 Gratton. Derbyshire, 11. 
 
 Graves. Cambridgeshire, 38 ; 
 Lincolnshire, 17 ; Notting- 
 hamshire, 12. 
 
 Gray. Bedfordshire, 10 ; Cam- 
 bridgeshire, 15 ; Dorset- 
 shire, 20; Durham, 9; Essex, 
 
 15 ; Hampshire, 17 ; Hert- 
 fordshire, 30 ; Huntingdon- 
 shire, 12 ; Kent, 12 ; Lin- 
 colnshire, 13 ; Norfolk, 9 ; 
 Northumberland, 26; Not- 
 tinghamshire, 12; Suffolk, 
 
 16 ; Surrey, 15 ; Yorkshire, 
 North and East Ridings, 14, 
 (See Grey.) 
 
 Grayson. Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 13 ; Yorkshire, 
 North and East Ridings, 
 9. 
 
 Greatorex — Greatrix. Derby- 
 shire, 17; Lancashire, 8; 
 Staffordshire, 8. Greatorex 
 is mostly found in Derby- 
 shire, but also in Stafford- 
 shire ; Greatrix in Stafford- 
 shire and Lancashire ; Gra- 
 trix in Lancashire. 
 
 Greaves. Buckinghamshire, 24; 
 Cheshire, 9 ; Derbyshire, 9 ; 
 Lancashire, 9 ; Nottingham- 
 shire, 24 ; Warwickshire, 
 25 ; Worcestershire, 34 ; 
 Yorkshire, West Riding, 12. 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 
 
 493 
 
 Greves is a Warwickshire 
 form. 
 
 Greed. Somersetshire, 9. 
 
 Green. Bedfordshire, 30 ; 
 
 Buckinghamshire, 30; Cam- 
 bridgeshire, 81; Cheshire, 
 20; Derbyshire, 23; Dorset- 
 shire, 22 ; Durham, 12 ; 
 Essex, 55 ; Gloucestershire, 
 17 ; Hampshire, 43 ; Here- 
 fordshire, 34 ; Hertford- 
 shire, 18; Huntingdonshire, 
 25 ; Kent, 24 ; Lancashire, 
 34; Leicestershire and Rut- 
 landshire, 43 ; Lincolnshire, 
 44; Middlesex, 25; Mon- 
 mouthshire, 11 ; Norfolk, 
 72; Northamptonshire, 15; 
 Northumberland, 41 : Not- 
 tinghamshire, 28 ; Oxford- 
 shire, 30 ; Shropshire, 33 ; 
 Somersetshire, 45 ; Staf- 
 fordshire, 30; SufPolk, 50; 
 Warwickshire, 35 ; Wilt- 
 shire, 49 ; Worcestershire, 
 86; Yorkshire, West Rid- 
 ing, 50 ; Yorkshire, North 
 and East Ridings, 22 ; 
 North Wales, 20. 
 
 Greenacre. Norfolk, 18. 
 
 Greenaway. Cornwall, 8 ; Wilt- 
 shire, 13. 
 
 Greenfield. Lincolnshire, 10 ; 
 Nottinghamshire, 24; Sus- 
 sex, 21. 
 
 Greenhalgh. Lancashire, 16. 
 
 Greenhill. Wiltshire, 22. 
 
 Greenslade. Devonshire, 14 ; 
 Somerset, 12. 
 
 Greenwell. Durham, 40. 
 
 Greenwood. Berkshire, 20 ; 
 Cornwall, 12 ; Lancashire, 
 35 ; Norfolk, 13 ; Yorkshire, 
 West Riding, 80. 
 
 Gregory. Buckinghamshire, 20; 
 Derbyshire, 71; Hertford- 
 shire, 15 ; Lancashire, 18 ; 
 Middlesex, 14 ; Northamp- 
 tonshire, 35 ; Oxfordshire, 
 15; Somersetshire, 11; 
 Wiltshire, 24. 
 
 Gregson. Lancashire, 12. 
 
 Grendon. Devonshire, 7. 
 
 Gresty. Cheshire, 14. 
 
 Grey. Durham, 9 ; Northum- 
 berland, 37. (See Gray.) 
 
 Griffin. Buckinghamshire, 65 ; 
 Devonshire, 15 ; Glouces- 
 tershire, 17 ; Leicestershire 
 and Rutlandshire, 17; Nor- 
 folk, 13 ; Northamptonshire, 
 30 ; Oxfordshire, 30 ; Somer- 
 setshire, 26 ; Warwick- 
 shire, 50; Worcestershire, 
 34. 
 
 Griffith— Griffiths. Cheshire, 30; 
 Gloucestershire, 27 ; Here- 
 fordshire, 136 ; Monmouth- 
 shire, 110 ; Northampton- 
 shire, 15 ; Shropshire, 100 ; 
 Worcestershire, 34; North 
 Wales, 290 ; South Wales, 
 220. Griffiths is by far the 
 most frequent form of this 
 name. Griffith is more 
 frequent in North Wales 
 than in South Wales ; but 
 it is only in Cheshire that 
 it in any way approaches 
 Griffiths in relative fre- 
 quency. 
 
494 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Grrigg. Cornwall, 45. 
 
 Grills. Cornwall, 10 ; Devon- 
 shire, 8. 
 
 Grinief=!. Warwickshire, 25. 
 
 Grimsej. Suffolk, 20. 
 
 Grimshaw. Lancashire, 16. 
 
 Grimwood. Suffolk, 23. 
 
 Grindey — Grindy. Derbyshire, 
 15 ; Staffordshire, 22. 
 
 Grist. Wiltshire, 18. 
 
 Groom. Northamptonshire, 20 ; 
 Shropshire, 17 ; Suffolk, 
 14. Groome is a rare form , 
 found mostly in Northamp- 
 tonshire. 
 
 Grose. Cornwall, 16. 
 
 Ground — Grounds. Cambridge- 
 shire, 29. 
 
 Grove. Worcestershire, 30. ' 
 
 Groves. Dorsetshire, 40; Leices- 
 shire and Rutlandshire, 13; 
 Shropshire, 22 ; Somerset- 
 shire, 9 ; Worcestershire, 
 15. 
 
 Growcott. Shropshire, 12. 
 
 Grummitt. Lincolnshire, 13. 
 
 Grundy. Herefordshire, 17; 
 Lancashire, 18 ; Lincoln- 
 shire, 7 ; Nottinghamshire, 
 12. 
 
 Guest. Kent, 12; Worcester- 
 shire, 14. 
 
 Guilding. Worcestershire, 18. 
 
 Gulliver. Northamptonshire, 
 20. 
 
 Gunn. Nottinghamshire, 12. 
 
 Gunter. Berkshire, 15 ; Glou- 
 cestershire, 17. 
 
 Guppy. Dorsetshire, 7. 
 
 Gurney. Bedfordshire, 15 ; 
 
 Buckinghamshire, 35; Hert- 
 fordshire, 15. 
 
 Guy. Buckinghamshire, 24 ; 
 Dorsetshire, 25 ; Yorkshire, 
 North and East Ridings, 11. 
 
 Gwilliam — Gwillim. Herefoi'd- 
 shire, 28 ; Monmouthshire, 
 22 ; Shropshire, 22. 
 
 Gwilt. Shropshire, 31. 
 
 G Wynne. Monmouthshire, 17. 
 
 Gynn. Cornwall, 12. 
 
 Gyte. Derbyshire, 7. 
 
 Hack. Leicestershire and Rut- 
 landshire, 20. 
 
 Hackin — Hakin. Lancashire, 
 9. 
 
 Haddon. Northamptonshire, 15 ; 
 Warwickshire, 15. 
 
 Hadfield. Derbyshire, 52. 
 
 Hadingham. Suffolk, 20. 
 
 Hadland. Northamptonshire, 
 20; Oxfordshire, 15. 
 
 Hadley. Worcestershire, 22. 
 
 Haffenden. Sussex, 18. 
 
 Haggar — Hagger. Cambridge- 
 shire, 20. 
 
 Haggett. Somersetshire, 9. 
 
 Hague. Cheshire, 9 ; Derby- 
 shire, 9 ; Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 10. 
 
 Haigh. Yorkshire, West Riding, 
 45. 
 
 Haine. Somersetshire, 15. (See 
 Hayne.) 
 
 Haines. Herefordshire, 9 ; Ox- 
 fordshire, 12 ; Somerset- 
 shire, 11. (See Haynes.) 
 
 Hainsworth. Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 9. (See Ains- 
 worth.) 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 
 
 495 
 
 Hale. ChesMre, 11 ; Glouces- 
 tershire, 24 ; Hertfordshire, 
 
 18 ; Monmouthsliire, 28 ; 
 Surrey, 12 ; Wiltshire, 
 22. 
 
 Hales. Northamptonshire, 15. 
 
 Haley. Yorkshire, West Riding, 
 11. 
 
 Halfacre. Berkshire, 20. 
 
 Halford. Worcestershire, 18. 
 
 Hall. Bedfordshire, 35 ; Berk- 
 shire, 15 ; Buckiughamshire, 
 30 ; Cambridgeshire, 43 ; 
 Cheshire, 40 ; Cornwall, 
 16 ; Cumberland and West- 
 moreland, 40; Derbyshire, 
 90 ; Devonshire, 15 ; Dur- 
 ham, 108 ; Gloucestershire, 
 36 ; Hampshire, 43 ; Here- 
 fordshire, 41 ; Hertford- 
 shire, 27 ; Huntingdonshire, 
 
 19 ; Lancashire, 34 ; Leices- 
 tershire and Rutlandshire, 
 38 ; Lincolnshire, 31 ; Mon- 
 mouthshire, 28 ; Norfolk, 
 42 ; Northamptonshire, 30 ; 
 Northumberland, 133 ; Not- 
 tinghamshire, 50 ; Oxford- 
 shire, 35 ; Shropshire, 31 ; 
 Somersetshire, 11 ; Staf- 
 fordshire, 40; Surrey, 12; 
 Sussex, 18; Warwickshire, 
 45 ; Wiltshire, 22 ; Worces- 
 tershire, 26 ; Yorkshire, 
 West Riding, 34; York- 
 shire, North and East 
 Ridings, 41 ; South Wales, 
 22. (See Halls.) 
 
 Hallam. Derbyshire, 23 ; Not- 
 tinghamshire, 50. 
 Hallett. Devonshire, 11 ; Dor- 
 
 setshire, 15 ; Somerset- 
 shire, 14. 
 
 Halliwell. Lancashire, 9. 
 
 Halls. Essex, 24. 
 
 Hallwortli. Bedfordshire, 15. 
 
 Halsall. Lancashire, 21. 
 
 Halse. Devonshire, 8. 
 
 Ham. Cornwall, 9 ; Devon- 
 shire, 7 ; Somersetshire, 26. 
 
 Hamar. Herefordshire, 11 ; 
 Shropshire, 33 ; South 
 Wales ; 17. Occasionally 
 spelt Hamer. 
 
 Hambleton. Staffordshire, 10. 
 
 Hambly. Cornwall, 14. 
 
 Hambrook. Kent, 24. 
 
 Hames. Dorsetshire, 15. 
 
 Hamlyn. Devonshire, 23. 
 
 Hammersley. Staffordshire, 10. 
 
 Hammond. Cheshire, 20 ; Es- 
 sex, ] 2 ; Hampshire, 1 7 ; 
 Kent, 50 ; Lincolnshire, 11 ; 
 Norfolk, 24 ; Northnmpton- 
 shire, 15 ; Shropshire, 14 ; 
 Staffordshire, 10; Suffolk, 
 34 ; Sussex, 18 ; Worcester- 
 shire, 14 ; Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 10. Hamond is a 
 rare Norfolk form ; Ham- 
 mon is a rare Kent form. 
 
 Hampshire. Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 10. 
 
 Hampson. Cheshire, 11 ; Lan- 
 cashire, 8 ; Shropshire, 20. 
 
 Hampton. Shropshire, 10 ; 
 Sussex, 14 ; Worcestershire, 
 14. 
 
 Hancock. Cheshire, 11 ; Corn- 
 wall, 20 ; Derbyshire, 30 ; 
 Devonshire, 22 ; Glouces- 
 tershire, 18 ; Somersetshire, 
 
m 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 15 ; Staffordshire, 16 ; Wilt- 
 shire, 13 ; Worcestershire, 
 18. Handcock is charac- 
 teristic of Gloucestershire. 
 
 Hancorn. Herefordshire, 14. 
 
 Hand. Derbyshire, 9 ; Lincoln- 
 shire, 9 ; Staffordshire, 10. 
 
 Hands. Warwickshire, 42. 
 
 Handford. Derbyshire, 11. 
 
 Hdnham — Hannam. Dorset- 
 shire, 15 ; Somersetshire, 
 12. 
 
 Handley. Derbyshire, 13 ; Nor- 
 folk, 9; Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 23. Hanley is an 
 occasional West Riding 
 form. 
 
 Hankey. Cheshire, 12. 
 
 Hankin. Hertfordshire, 20. 
 
 Hanks. Gloucestershire, 14. 
 
 Hann. Dorsetshire, 20. 
 
 Hannaford. Devonshire, 38. 
 
 Hansford. Dorsetshire, 31. 
 
 Hanson. Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 24. 
 
 Harber. Worcestershire, 14. 
 
 Hard. Hertfordshire, 15; Sus- 
 sex, 14. 
 
 Hardacre — Hardaker. Lanca- 
 shire, 10 ; Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 8. Hardicker and 
 Hardiker are also Lanca- 
 shire forms. 
 
 Hardcastle. Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 12. 
 
 Harden. Kent, 12. 
 
 Harding. Buckinghamshire, 20 ; 
 Cheshire, 14 ; Cornwall, 8 ; 
 Devonshire, 26 ; Gloucester- 
 shire, 24; Shropshire, 14; 
 Somersetshire, 63 ; Staf- 
 
 fordshire, 8; Suffolk, 14; 
 Wiltshire, 40 ; Yorkshire, 
 North and East Ridings, 
 12 ; South Wales, 22. 
 
 Hardman. Lancashire, 8. 
 
 Hardstaff. Nottinghamshire, 12. 
 
 Hardwick. Derbyshire, 13 ; 
 Herefordshire, 20; Notting- 
 hamshire, 12 ; Somerset- 
 shire, 22 ; Yorkshire, North 
 and East Ridings, 8. 
 
 Hardy; Derbyshire, 20 ; Dor- 
 setshire, 10 ; Durham, 24 ; 
 Essex, 18 ; Leicestershire 
 and Rutlandshire, 38 ; Lin- 
 colnshire, 30 ; Norfolk, 15 ; 
 Northumberland, 11 ; Not- 
 tinghamshire, 36 ; York- 
 shire, West Riding, 10 ; 
 Yorkshire, North and East 
 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. 
 
 Harmer. Norfolk, 9; Sussex, 
 29. 
 
 Harper. Buckinghamshire, 30 ; 
 Herefordshire, 14 ; Shrop- 
 shire, 17 ; Suffolk, 26 ; Wor- 
 cestershire, 18; Yorkshire, 
 West Riding, 17 ; York- 
 shire, North and East 
 Ridings, 20. 
 
 Harpham. Nottinghamshire, 
 12. 
 
 Harradine. Bedfordshire, 10. 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 
 
 497 
 
 Harris. Bedfordshire, 31 ; Berk- 
 shire, 32 ; Buckingham- 
 shire, 30 ; Cornwall, 70 ; 
 Devonshire, 76 ; Dorset- 
 shire, 52 ; Essex, 27 ; Glou- 
 cestershire, 43 ; Hamp- 
 shire, 43 ; Herefordshire, 
 47 ; Hertfordshire, 18 ; 
 Huntingdonshire, 15; Kent, 
 27 ; Leicestershire and Rut- 
 landshire, 51 ; Lincolnshire, 
 30; Monmouthshire, 160; 
 Northamptonshire, 65 ; 
 
 Nottinghamshire, 44; Ox- 
 fordshire, 100 ; Shropshire, 
 20 ; Somersetshire ,40 ; Staf- 
 fordshire, 26 ; Suffolk, 20 ; 
 Sussex, 32 ; Warwickshire, 
 65 ; Wiltshire, 36 ; Worces- 
 tershire, 74 ; North Wales, 
 20; South Wales, 120. 
 Harries is a not uncommon 
 form in South Wales. 
 
 Harrison. Bedfordshire, 15 ; 
 Berkshire, 10 ; Cheshire, 
 26 ; Cumberland and West- 
 moreland, 75; Derbyshire, 
 52 ; Durham, 40 ; Kent, 
 18 ; Lancashire, 90 ; Leices- 
 tershire and Rutlandshire, 
 30 ; Lincolnshire, 80 ; Nor- 
 folk, 26 ; Northumberland, 
 37 ; Nottinghamshire, 40 ; 
 Shropshire, 22 ; Somerset- 
 shire, 9 ; Staffordshire, 72 ; 
 Surrey, 18 ; Sussex, 21 ; 
 Warwickshire, 28 ; Wilt- 
 shire, 9 ; Worcestershire, 
 14 ; Yorkshire, West Rid- 
 ing, 60 ; Yorkshire, North 
 and East Ridings, 95. 
 
 Harrod. Essex, 9. 
 
 Harry. South Wales, 17. 
 
 Hart. Bedfordshire, 18 ; Buck- 
 inghamshire, 12 ; Cam- 
 bridgeshire, 24 ; Durham, 
 28 ; Gloucestershire, 30 ; 
 Herefordshire, 14 ; Hert- 
 fordshire, 18 ; Leicester- 
 shire and Rutlandshire, 34 ; 
 Norfolk, 13; Staffordshire, 
 16 ; Suffolk, 20 ; Wiltshire, 
 22; Yorkshire, North and 
 East Ridings, 14. 
 
 Hartland. Gloucestershire, 30 ; 
 Herefordshire, 17. 
 
 Hartle. Derbyshire, 9. 
 
 Hartley. Huntingdonshire, 14; 
 Lancashire, 26 ; Yorkshire, 
 West Riding, 64. 
 
 Hartnell — Hart noil. Devon- 
 shire, 11. 
 
 Hartop. Bedfordshire, 25. 
 
 Hartridge. Kent, 15. 
 
 Harwood. Lancashire, 12 ; Ox- 
 fordshire, 14 ; Warwick- 
 shire, 10. 
 
 Harvey. Bedfordshire, 10 ; Corn- 
 wall, 42 ; Derbyshire, 11 ; 
 Devonshire, 34 ; Essex, 70 ; 
 Gloucestershire, 24 ; Hamp- 
 shire, 56 ; Hertfordshire, 
 20 ; Kent, 50 ; Lincolnshire, 
 9; Norfolk, 26; Notting- 
 hamshire, 36 ; Staffordshire, 
 36 ; Suffolk, 28 ; Warwick- 
 shire, 18; Wiltshire, 13; 
 Worcestershire, 14. 
 
 Haslam. Derbyshire, 11 ; Lan- 
 cashire, 14. 
 
 Easier. Essex, 12. 
 
 Hassall — Hassell. Cheshire, 17. 
 2k 
 
4iJ8 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Hatch. Somersetshire, 9 ; Sur- 
 rey, 12. 
 
 Hatfield. Derbyshire, 7; Not- 
 tinghamshire, 16. 
 
 Hatherell. Gloucestershire, 17. 
 
 Hathway. Wiltshire, 18. 
 
 Hatt. Oxfordshire, 20. 
 
 Hatton. Cheshire, 14; Hert- 
 fordshire, 18 ; Leicester- 
 shire and Rutlandshire, 
 21 ; Suffolk, 16. Hatten is 
 a Suffolk form. 
 
 Hawes. Buckinghamshire, 20 ; 
 Cambridgeshire, 20 ; Suf- 
 folk, 11. 
 
 Hawke. Cornwall, 16. 
 
 Hawken. Cornwall, 43. {See 
 Hocking.); 
 
 Hawkes. Bedfordshire, 14 ; 
 Northamptonshire, 30 ; 
 
 Warwickshire, 45. 
 
 Hawkey. Cornwall, 39. 
 
 Hawking. Yorkshire, North 
 and East Ridings, 10. 
 
 Hawkins. Bedfordshire, 20 ; 
 Berkshire, 20 ; Bucking- 
 hamshire, 23 ; Cornwall, 8 ; 
 Devonshire, 24 ; Dorset- 
 shire, 21 ; Gloucestershire, 
 60 ; Hampshire, 21 ; Here- 
 fordshire, 24 ; Hertford- 
 shire, 15 ; Somersetshire, 
 56; Staffordshire, 12 ; Wilt- 
 shire, 45; Worcestershire, 
 14. Hawkings is a rare 
 form mostly found in Somer- 
 setshire. 
 
 Hawley. Derbyshire, 7. 
 
 Haworth. Lancashire, 40. (See 
 Ho worth.) 
 
 Hay. Lincolnshire, 10. 
 
 Hay dock. Lancashire, 12. 
 
 Haydon. Devonshire, 20 ; Hert- 
 fordshire, 20. Hayden, a 
 rare form. 
 
 Hayes. Cheshire, 9 ; Derby- 
 shire, 13 ; Lancashire, 17 ; 
 Oxfordshire, 15 ; Somerset- 
 shire, 24; Wiltshire, 13; 
 Worcestershire, 14. {See 
 Heyes.) 
 
 Hayhurst. Lancashire, 8. 
 
 Hayman. Devonshire, 11. 
 
 Hayne. Cornwall, 9. {See 
 Haine.) 
 
 Haynes. Derbyshire, 7 ; Here- 
 fordshire, 9; Huntingdon- 
 shire, 25 ; Northampton- 
 shire, 25 ; Oxfordshire, 54 ; 
 Shropshire, 17 ; Stafford- 
 shire, 10 ; Warwickshire, 
 20 ; Worcestershire, 18. (See 
 Haines.) In Shropshire 
 and W^arwickshire a few 
 Heynes. {See Haines.) 
 
 Hayter. Dorsetshire, 26. 
 
 Haythornthwaite. Lancashire, 8. 
 
 Hayward. Devonshire, 7 ; Dor- 
 setshire, 15 ; Gloucester- 
 shire, 17 ; Monmouthshire, 
 22 ; Nottinghamshire, 8 ; 
 Shropshire, 26 ; Suffolk, 34; 
 Sussex, 18; Wiltshire, 31. 
 Haward is a Suffolk form. 
 {See Hey ward.) 
 
 Haywood. Derbyshire, 9 ; 
 Devonshire, 7 ; Hereford- 
 shire, 14 ; Leicestershire 
 and Rutlandshire, 21 ; Lin- 
 colnshire, 9 ; Nottingham- 
 shire, 8. {See Hey wood.) 
 
 Head. Sussex, 18. 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 
 
 499 
 
 Heading. Norfolk, 9. 
 Headington. Berkshire, 20. 
 Headon. Devonshire, 7. 
 Heal — Heale, Devonshire, 14 ; 
 Somersetshire, 27. Heale 
 is more characteristic of 
 Devonshire. 
 
 Health. Devonshire, 7. 
 
 Heal J — Healey. Buckingham^ 
 shire, 20 ; Lincolnshire, 7. 
 Heley also in Buckingham- 
 shire. 
 
 Heaman. Devonshire, 7. 
 
 Heap. Lancashire, 19; York- 
 shire, West Riding, 10. 
 
 Heard. Devonshire, 18. 
 
 Hearle. Cornwall, 32, 
 
 Hearn. Devonshire, 7 ; Essex, 
 21. (See Hern.) 
 
 Heath. Berkshire, 35 ; Cheshire, 
 12; Derbyshire, 13; Not- 
 tinghamshire, 12 ; Somer- 
 setshire, 9 ; Staffer dshii-e, 
 60 ; Warwickshire, 30 ; . 
 Worcester, 18. 
 
 Heathcote. Cheshire, 14 ; Der- 
 byshire, 25. 
 
 Heatley. Shropshire, 14. 
 
 Heaton. Lancashire, 21 ; York- 
 shire, West Riding, 21. 
 
 Heaver. Sussex, 21. 
 
 Hebden. Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 12 ; Yorkshire, 
 North and East Ridings, 12. 
 
 Hebditch. Somersetshire, 9. 
 
 Hebron. Yorkshire, North and 
 East Ridings, 10. 
 
 Heddon. Devonshire, 8. 
 
 Hedges. Berkshire, 30 ; Buck- 
 inghamshire, 55 ; Hertford- 
 shire, 15 J Oxfordshire, 20. 
 
 Hedley. Durham, 24 ; North- 
 umberland, 67. 
 
 Heggadon. Devonshire, 7. 
 
 Heighway. Shropshire, 22. 
 
 Heler. Staffordshire, 10. 
 
 Hellier — Hellyer. Cornwall, 
 17 ; Devonshire, 10 ; Dor- 
 setshire, 10; Somersetshire, 
 10. Hellier is the usual 
 form. Hellyar belongs to 
 Cornwall. (See Hillier.) 
 
 Helliwell., Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 30. 
 
 Helmer. Devonshire, 8. 
 
 Helmsley. Nottinghamshire, 8. 
 (See Hemsley.) 
 
 Hembrow. Somersetshire, 11. 
 
 Hemming — Hemmings. Glou- 
 cestershire, 11 ; Oxford- 
 shii^e, 12 ; Warwickshire, 
 15 ; Worcestershire, 26. 
 Usually associated. Hem- 
 ing is perhaps a Worcester- 
 shire form. 
 
 Hempsall. Nottinghamshire, 32» 
 
 Hemsley. Nottinghamshire, 20 ; 
 Sussex, 25. (See Helms- 
 
 ley.) 
 
 Hemus. Worcestershire, 34. 
 
 Henderson. Cumberland and 
 Westmoreland, 20 ; Dur- 
 ham, 40 ; Northumberland, 
 74. 
 
 Hendy. Cornwall, 19; Devon- 
 shire, 6. 
 
 Henley. W^iltshire, 8. 
 
 Henshall. Cheshire, 15. 
 
 Henson. Leicestershire and 
 Rutlandshire, 17. 
 
 Henstock. Derbyshire, 11, 
 
 Henwood. Cornwall, 17 
 2k2 
 
500 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Heppell — Hepple. Durham, 16. 
 
 Hep worth. Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, '12. 
 
 Herbert. Gloucestershire, 24 ; 
 Monmouthshire, 33 ; Ox- 
 fordshire, 20. 
 
 Herdman. iSTorthnmberland, 
 
 18. 
 
 Hern — Heme. Devonshire, 8 5 
 Norfolk, 13. (See Hearn.) 
 
 Herrick. Nottinghamshire, 9 ; 
 Leicestershire, 12. 
 
 Herring. Lincolnshire, 8. 
 
 Herrod. Nottinghamshire, 24. 
 
 Heseltine. Yorkshire, Noi'th 
 and East Ridings, 20. Hess- 
 letine is a rare form. 
 
 Hesketh. Lancashire, 30. 
 
 Hftslop. Durham, 40 ; North- 
 umberland, 44 ; York- 
 shire, North and East 
 Ridings, 8. Hislop is a rare 
 form. 
 
 Hesmondhalgh. Lancashire, 8. 
 
 Hetherington. Cumberland and 
 Westmoreland, 77; North- 
 umberland, 11. 
 
 Hewer. Gloucestershire, 20. 
 
 Hewett — Hewitt. Berkshire, 
 20; Cheshire, 53; Norfolk, 
 17; Nottinghamshire, 12; 
 Surrey, 20. Hewett in 
 Berks and Surrey ; Hewitt 
 in Cheshire and Notting- 
 hamshire ; both in Nor- 
 folk. 
 
 Hewitson. Durham, 32. 
 Hewlett. Gloucestershire, 20 ; 
 
 Somersetshire, 14. 
 Hewson. Lincolnshire, 18. 
 Hext. Devonshire, 9. 
 
 Hey. Yorkshire, West Riding, 
 
 24. 
 Heyes. Lancashire, 20. {See 
 
 Hayes.) 
 Heygate. Northamptonshire, 
 
 15. 
 Heyward. Devonshire, 9. (See 
 
 Hay ward.) 
 Heywood. Devonshire, 15. (See 
 
 Haywood.) 
 Hiatt — Hyatt. Gloucestershire, 
 24 ; Oxfordshire, 25 ; War- 
 wickshire, 15. Hiett is a 
 rare form. 
 Hibbard — Hibberd. Dorset- 
 shire, 21; Wiltshire, 27. 
 Hibbert. Cheshire, 9; Derby- 
 : -shire, 11; Nottinghamshire, 
 16. 
 Hick. Yorkshire, North and 
 
 East Ridings, 10. 
 Hicken — Hickin. Warwick- 
 
 shire, 30. 
 Hickling. Derbyshire, 7; Not- 
 tinghamshire, 12. 
 Hickman. Berkshire, 20; Kent, 
 
 12. 
 Hickmott. Kent, 18. 
 Hicks. Berkshire, 15 ; Corn- 
 wall, 71; Devonshire, 7; 
 Durham, 16; Essex, 21; 
 ■Somersetshire, 20; Suffolk, 
 14 ; Yorkshire, North and 
 East Ridings, 10. 
 Hickson. Chershire, 9. 
 Hickton. Nottinghamshire, 16. 
 Hide. Sussex, 14. 
 Hides. Lincolnshire, 10. 
 Higginbotham — Higgingbot- 
 tom. Cheshire, 11; Derby- 
 shire, 29. Higginbotham 
 
ENGIilSH AND WELSH NAMES. 
 
 501 
 
 is the rarer form ; it is 
 mostly represented in 
 Chesliire. 
 
 Higgins. Bedfordshire, 15 ; 
 Buckinghamshire, 24; Lan- 
 cashire, 8 ; Northampton- 
 shire, 15; Somersetshire, 
 12 ; North Wales, 30. 
 Higgin is a Lancashire 
 form, 
 
 Higgiiison. Cheshire, 14 ; 
 Leicestershire and Rutland- 
 shire, 17; Lancashire, 7; 
 Shropshire, 20. 
 
 H%gSu Somersetshire, 9; Wilt- 
 shire, 18.. 
 
 Higham. Lancashire, 14; Nor-^ 
 thamptonshire, 15. 
 
 Higman. Cornwall, 19. 
 
 Hignell. Gloucestershire, 14. 
 
 Higsoa. Lancashire, 7. 
 
 Hilder. Kent, 18 ; Sussex, 21. 
 
 Hildred.. Lincolnshire, 7. 
 
 Kill. Bedfordshire, 20; Berk- 
 shire, 15 ; Buckinghamshire, 
 30 ; Cambridgeshire, 24 ; 
 Cheshire, 20 ; Cornwall, 35 ; 
 Derbyshire, 52; Devonshire, 
 Q7 ; Gloucestershire, 73 ; 
 Hampshire, 34 ; Hereford- 
 shire, 41 ; Hertfordshire, 
 25 ; Lancashire, 14 ; Lin- 
 colnshire, 40; Leicestershire 
 and Rutlandshire, QQ ; Mon- 
 mouthshire, 17 ; Norfolk, 
 20 ; Northamptonshire, 35 ; 
 Nottinghamshire, 36;. Ox- 
 fordshire, 50, Shropshire,. 
 24 ; Somersetshire, 70 ; 
 Staffordshire, 54; Suffolk, 
 7 ; Wiltshire, 9; Worcester- 
 
 shire, 45 ; Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 21 ; Yorkshire, 
 North and East Ridings, 
 26. {See Hills.) 
 
 Hillier, Hampshire, 26; Mon- 
 mouthshire,. 17 ; Wiltshire, 
 36. {See Hellier.) 
 
 Hills. Hampshire,^ 17; Kent, 
 21; Suffolk, 18:; Surrey, 
 12; Sussex, 18. {See 
 Hill.) 
 
 Hillson — Hilson. Devonshire, 7. 
 
 Hilton. Cumberland and West- 
 moreland, 30 ; Lancashire, 
 22. 
 
 Hinchcliffe. Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 22. 
 
 Hindv Leicestershire and Rut- 
 landshire, 17; Lincolnshire, 
 9; Nottinghamshire, 16. 
 Hinde is a Nottinghamshire 
 form. 
 
 Hindle. Lancashire,. 15. 
 
 Hindmairsh. Northumberland, 
 14. 
 
 Hine. Devonshire, 7 ; Stafford- 
 shire, 26. 
 
 Hingley. Worcestershire, 26. 
 
 Hinton. Shropshire, 17. 
 
 Hiorns — Hirons. Buckingham- 
 shire, 10 ; Oxfordshire, 35 ; 
 Worcestershire, 18. 
 
 Hird. Nottingha^mshire, 12; 
 Yorkshire, North and East 
 Ridings, 9. 
 
 Hirsfc. Yorkshire, West Riding, 
 42. 
 
 Hiscock. Berkshire, 10; Dor- 
 setshire, 52 ; Somersetshire, 
 12; Wiltshire, 31. 
 
 Hitchcock. Suffolk, 23. 
 
502 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Hitchen — Hitcliln. Cheshire, 
 14; Lancashire, 10. Hit- 
 chon is also a Lancashire 
 form. 
 
 Hitchings — Hitchins. Cornwall, 
 10 ; Wiltshire, 18. 
 
 Hoadley. Sussex, 25. 
 
 Hoar — Hoare. Cornwall, 10 ; 
 Devonshire, 8; Dorsetshire, 
 26. 
 
 Hoath. Sussex, 18. 
 
 Hobbs. Berkshire, 30; Buck- 
 inghamshire, 45 ; Glouces- 
 tershire, 36 ; Hertfordshire, 
 20 ; Northamptonshire, 15 ; 
 Oxfordshire, 15 ; Wiltshire, 
 32. 
 
 Hobby. Herefordshire, 14. 
 
 Hobden. Sussex, 65. 
 
 Hobgen. Sussex, 14. 
 
 Hobley. Oxfordshire, 15, 
 
 Hobson. Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 26. 
 
 Hockenhall — Hockenhull. Che- 
 shire, 24. Hocknell, a con- 
 tracted form, is found in 
 the same county. 
 
 Hockey. Somersetshire, 9. 
 
 Hockin — Hocking. Cornwall, 
 80 ; Devonshire, 10. Hock- 
 ing is the more frequent. 
 Hocken is a rare form. 
 (See Hawken.) 
 
 Hockley. Essex, 21. 
 
 Hockridge. Devonshire, 8. 
 
 Hoddell. Herefordshire, 14. 
 
 Hodder. Devonshire, 7 ; Dor- 
 setshire, 15 ; Somerset- 
 shire, 9. 
 
 Hoddinott. Dorsetshire, 10 ; 
 Hampshire, 13; Somerset- 
 
 shire, 32 ; Warwickshire, 
 10 ; Wiltshire, 9 ; Worces- 
 tershire, 26. Hoddnott also 
 occurs in Worcestershire 
 as well as Hodnett, which 
 see. 
 
 Hodge, Cornwall, 24; Devon- 
 shire, 16; Lancashire, 11. 
 
 Hodges. Dorsetshire, 20 ; 
 Herefordshire, 34 ; Kent, 
 15 ; Monmouthshire, 33 ; 
 Somerset, 17 ; Warwick- 
 shire, 15 ; Worcestershire, 
 14. 
 
 Hodgetts. Staffordshire, 12 ; 
 Worcestershire, 26. 
 
 Hodgkins. Staffordshire, 10. 
 
 Hodgkinson. Cheshire, 17 ; 
 Derbyshire, 38 ; Lanca- 
 shire, 20 ; NottiDghamshire, 
 15 ; Staffordshire, 16. 
 
 Hodgson. Cumberland and 
 Westmoreland, 57 ; Derby- 
 shire, 9 ; Durham, 100 ; 
 iLancashire, 30 ; Lincoln- 
 shire, 13 ; Northumberland, 
 -20 ; Nottinghamshire, 8 ; 
 Yorkshire, West Biding, 
 33 ; Yorkshii e. North and 
 East Ridings, 68. (^S'ee 
 Hodson.) 
 
 Hodnett. Shropshire, 14 ; 
 
 Worcestershire, 7. (See 
 Hoddinott.) 
 
 Hodson. Lancashire, 7 ; Lin- 
 colnshire, 8 ; NottiDgham- 
 shire, 8. (See Hodgson.) 
 
 Hogarth. Cumberland and 
 Westmoreland, 18; North- 
 umberland, 7 ; Yorkshire, 
 North and East Ridings, 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 
 
 503 
 
 10. In ^Northumberland 
 onlj in the " Court Direc- 
 tory." Hoggarth is a Lan- 
 cashire form ; Hoggart and 
 Hoggard occur in the North 
 and East Ridings. 
 
 Hogben — Hogbin. Kent, 45. 
 
 Hogg. Northumberland, 48. 
 
 Holborrow — Holbrow. Grlou- 
 cestershire, 17 ; Wiltshire, 18. 
 
 Holbrook. Nottinghamshire, 12. 
 
 Holcroft — Holdcroft — Hould- 
 crof t. Lancashire, 10 ; 
 Staffordshire, 34. 
 
 Holden. Lancashire, 60; Lin- 
 colnshire, 10; Suffolk, 11; 
 Yorkshire, West Riding, 
 12. Holding is a rare 
 Lancashire form, Houlden 
 is found in Lincolnshire. 
 
 Holder. Gloucestershire, 20. 
 
 Holdom. Buckinghamshire, 20. 
 
 Holds worth — Houlds worth. 
 Yorkshire, West Riding, 
 26. 
 
 Hole. Derbyshire, 11 ; Devon- 
 shire, 8 ; Somersetshire, 20. 
 
 Holgate. Lancashire, 15 ; York- 
 shire, West Riding, 16. 
 
 HoUamby. Kent, 12. 
 
 Hollands. Kent, 30. 
 
 Holland. Cheshire, 66; Essex, 
 12 ; Lincolnshire, 11 ; Nor- 
 folk, 11; Nottinghamshire, 
 12 ; Oxfordshire, 20 ; Staf- 
 fordshire, 32; Suffolk, 9; 
 Worcestershire, 18. 
 
 Hollick. Warwickshire, 20. 
 
 Holliday — Holy day. Yorkshire, 
 North and East Ridings, 
 
 Hollier. Leicestershire and 
 Rutlandshire, 17. 
 
 Hollingsworth — Hollingworth. 
 Derbyshire, 25; Stafford- 
 shire, 12. 
 
 Hollington. Worcestershire, 
 22. 
 
 Hollins. Staffordshire, 26. 
 
 Hollinshead. Cheshire, 27. 
 
 Hollis. Hampshire, 21 ; Oxford- 
 shire, 15 ; Staffordshire, 12. 
 
 Hollow. Cornwall, 16. 
 
 Hollo way. Dorsetshire, 20 ; 
 Gloucestershire, 24 ; Wilt- 
 shire, 13 ; Worcestershire, 
 14. 
 
 Hollyoak. (See Holyoak.) 
 
 Holman. Cornwall, 10 ; Sussex, 
 18. 
 
 Holmes. Berkshire, 25; Cam- 
 bridgeshire, 20 ; Cumber- 
 land and Westmoreland, 
 22 ; Derbyshire, 67 ; Devon- 
 shire, 7 ; Durham, 64 ; 
 Hertfordshire, 18 ; Lanca- 
 shire, 23 ; Leicestershire 
 and Rutlandshire, 21 ; Lin- 
 colnshire, 48 ; Norfolk, 15 ; 
 Northumberland, 18; Not- 
 tinghamshire, 36; Sussex, 
 14 ; Worcestershire, 22 ; 
 Yorkshire, West Riding, 
 56 ; Yorkshire, North and 
 East Ridings, 23. Holtne is 
 a rare Lancashire form. 
 
 Holness — Honess. Kent, 27. 
 
 Holroyd. Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 15. 
 
 Holt. Buckinghamshire, 45 ; 
 Cheshire, 9 ; Lancashire, 
 46. 
 
504 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Holtom. Worcestershire, 14. 
 
 Holton. Northamptonshire, 20. 
 
 Holyoak. Leicestershire and 
 Rutlandshire, 9 ; Warwick- 
 shire, 12. 
 
 Home. Shropshire, 17. 
 
 Homer. Dorsetshire, 26. 
 
 Homewood. Kent, 24 ; Sussex, 
 14. 
 
 Hone. Oxfordshire, 15. 
 
 Honey. Cornwall, 10 ; Devon- 
 shire, 7. 
 
 Honeyfield. Dorsetshire, 15. 
 
 Honeysett. Sussex, 29. 
 
 Honniball. Devonshire, 7. 
 
 Honour. Oxfordshire, 15. 
 
 Hood. Dorsetshire, 15; Nor- 
 folk, 9. 
 
 Hook. Sussex, 18. 
 
 Hooker. Kent, 21 ; Surrey, 20. 
 
 Hook way. Devonshire, 16. 
 
 Hooley. Cheshire, 11. 
 
 Hooper. Berkshire, 10; Corn- 
 wall, 31 ; Devonshire, 34 ; 
 Gloucestershire, 40; Somer- 
 setshire, 32 ; Wiltshire, 18. 
 
 Hope. Cheshire, 11 ; Hereford- 
 shire, 14; Kent, 21; Staf- 
 fordshire, 10. 
 
 Hopkin — Hopkins. Bedford- 
 shire, 30; Cambridgeshire, 
 38; Dorsetshire, 26; Glou- 
 cestershire, 43 ; Monmouth- 
 shire, 22 ; South Wales, 
 108. Hopkins is the usual 
 form, Hopkin being asso- 
 ciated with it in South 
 Wales and Cambridgeshire. 
 
 Hopkinson. Derbyshire, 34 ; 
 Nottinghamshire, 28. 
 
 Hopley. Cheshire, 19. 
 
 Hopper. Cambridgeshire, 15 ; 
 Devonshire, 8; Yorkshire, 
 North and East Ridings, 22. 
 
 Hopps. Durham, 24. 
 
 Horn. Kent, 12 ; Norfolk, 15 ; 
 Yorkshire, West Riding, 
 12. Home also occurs in 
 the West Riding. 
 
 Hornby. Lancashire, 17 ; York- 
 shire, North and East 
 Ridings, 18. 
 
 Horner. Yorkshire, West Riding, 
 12 ; Yorkshire, North and 
 East Ridings, 21. 
 
 Hornsby. Northamptonshire, 
 15. 
 
 Horobin — Horrobin. Derby- 
 shire, 7 ; Staffordshire, 8. 
 
 Horrocks. Lancashire, 11. 
 
 Horsey. Somersetshire, 9. 
 
 Horsfall. Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 12. 
 
 Horsley. Yorkshire, North and 
 East Ridings, 10. 
 
 Horton. Buckinghamshire, 12 ; 
 Cheshire, 19 ; Devonshire, 
 20 ; Shropshire, 14 ; War- 
 wickshire, 20; Worcester- 
 shire, 18. 
 
 Horwood. Buckinghamshire, 35. 
 
 Hosegood. Devonshire, 7 ; 
 
 SomersSetshire, 11. 
 
 Hoskin — Hosking, Cornwall, 
 65 ; Devonshire, 14 ; Hos- 
 king is the usual form. 
 Hosken is a rare Cornish 
 form. 
 
 Hoskings — Hoskins. Mon- 
 
 mouthshire, 28 ; Somerset- 
 shire, 12. 
 
 Hotchkiss. Shropshire, 52. 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 
 
 505 
 
 Hotten. Cornwall, 16. 
 
 Hough. Cliesbire, 19 ; Lanca- 
 shire, 8. 
 
 Houghton. Cheshire, 9 ; Essex, 
 9 ; Lancashire, 28 ; Leices- 
 tershire and Rutlandshire, 
 21 ; Nottinghamshire, 20 ; 
 Warwickshire, 15. 
 
 Houlbrook. Cheshire, 9. 
 
 Hounsell. Dorsetshire, 15. 
 
 Housden. Essex, 12. 
 
 House. Dorsetshire, 26 ; Hamp- 
 shire, Vi ; Somersetshire, 
 75. {See Howse.) 
 
 Houseman. Yorkshire, West 
 Hiding, 13. 
 
 Housley. Derbyshire, 7. 
 
 How^ard. Berkshire, 10 ; Cam- 
 bridgeshire, 29 ; Cheshire, 
 24 ; Derbyshire, 20 ; Devon- 
 shire, 10 ; Essex, 9 ; Here- 
 fordshire, 14 ; Lancashire, 
 32 ; Lincolnshire, 20 ; Nor- 
 folk, 35 ; Nottinghamshire, 
 32 ; Shropshire, 12 ; Suffolk, 
 26 ; Surrey, 30 ; Yorkshire, 
 West Riding, 12. 
 
 Howarth — Howorth. Lanca- 
 shire, 50 ; Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 12. Howarth is the 
 usual form. 
 
 Howe. Bedfordshire, 18 ; Der- 
 byshire, 19 ; Huntingdon- 
 shire, 18 ; Northampton- 
 shire, 15 ; Somersetshire, 
 24. 
 
 Howell. Norfolk, 22; North 
 Wales, 15 ; South Wales, 
 66. 
 
 Howells. Herefordshire, 28 ; 
 Monmouthshire, 89; Shrop- 
 
 shire, 31 ; South Wales, 
 44. 
 
 Howes. Norfolk, 24. 
 
 Howey — Howie. Northumber- 
 land, 18. 
 
 Howett — Howitt. Nottingham- 
 shire, 12. 
 
 Howlett. Norfolk, 24 ; Suffolk, 
 32. 
 
 Howse. Wiltshire, 18. (See 
 House.) 
 
 Howson. Staffordshire, 22. 
 
 Hoyes. Lincolnshire, 8. 
 
 Hoyle. Lancashire, 13 ; Yoi'k- 
 shire, West Riding, 12. 
 
 Hoyles. Lincolnshire, 9. 
 
 Huband. Worcestershire, 14. 
 
 Hubbard. Leicestershire and 
 Rutlandshire, 30 ; Norfolk, 
 36 ; Suffolk, 18. 
 
 Huddleston. Lancashire, 8. 
 
 Hudson. Cumberland and 
 Westmoreland, 15 ; Derby- 
 shire, 27 ; Durham, 12 ; 
 Essex, 9 ; Huntingdonshire, 
 12 ; Lancashire, 8 ; Lincoln- 
 shire, 9; Norfolk, 30; North- 
 umberland, 14 ; Notting- 
 hamshire, 12 ; Shropshire, 
 17; Staffordshire, 14; 
 Yorkshire, West Riding, 
 35 ; Yorkshire, North and 
 East Ridings, 31. 
 
 Huggins. Norfolk, 11. 
 
 Hughes. Buckinghamshire, 15; 
 Cheshire, 24 ; Gloucester- 
 shire, 14; Hampshire, 17; 
 Herefordshire, 72 ; Mon- 
 mouthshire, 40; Oxford- 
 shire, 25 ; Shropshire, 65 ; 
 Staffordshire, 22 j War- 
 
506 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 wicksliire, 15 ; Wiltshire, 
 49 ; Worcestershire, 34 ; 
 •North Wales, 350; South 
 Wales, 76. 
 
 Hugill. Yorkshire, N'orth and 
 East Ridings, 24. 
 
 Hulbert. Wiltshire, 30. 
 
 Hull. Bedfordshire, 15 ; Dor- 
 setshire, 15; Durham, 24; 
 Hampshire, 17; Lancashire, 
 9; Wiltshire, 13. 
 
 Hulland. Derbyshire, 7. 
 
 Hulme. Cheshire, 36 ; Lanca- 
 shire, 11; Staffordshire, 40. 
 
 Humble. Northumberland, 7. 
 
 Humbley. Huntingdonshire, 
 20. 
 
 Humphrey. Berkshire, 30 ; 
 Hertfordshire, 15; Norfolk, 
 20 ; Surrey, 30 ; Sussex, 
 18. Humfrey is the Berk- 
 shire form. 
 
 Humphreys — Humphries. 
 Buckinghamshire, 18 ; 
 
 Gloucestershire, 20 ; Here- 
 fordshire, 14 ; Shropshire, 
 30; Wiltshire, 22; Wor- 
 cestershire, 16 ; North 
 Wales, 75. Humphreys is 
 the usual form. Hum- 
 phries occurs, usually asso- 
 ciated with it, in Bucking- 
 hamshire, Gloucestershire, 
 Wiltshire, and Worcester- 
 shire. Humphris is a 
 Gloucestershire form. 
 
 Hunt. Bedfordshire, 18 ; 
 Berkshire, 20 ; Bucking- 
 hamshire, 12 ; Cambridge- 
 shire, 20; Cheshire, 17; 
 Derbyshire, 36 ; Devon- 
 
 shire, 10; Dorsetshire, 75 
 Essex, 18 ; Gloucester- 
 shire, 33 ; Hampshire, 34 
 Hertfordshire, 15 ; Kent 
 21 ; Lancashire, 20 ; Leices 
 ter shire and Rutlandshire 
 30 ; Lincolnshire, 12 ; Mid- 
 dlesex, 30 ; Monmouth- 
 shire, 33; Norfolk, 7; 
 Northamptonshire, 20 ; 
 
 Nottinghamshire, 36 ; Ox- 
 fordshire, 15 ; Somerset- 
 shire, 31; Suffolk, 26; 
 Surrey, 20 ; Sussex, 14 ; 
 Warwickshire, 20 ; Wilt- 
 shire, 45; Worcestershii'e, 
 47. 
 
 Hunter. Cumberland and 
 
 Westmoreland, 25 ; Dur- 
 ham, 44 ; Lancashire, 16 ; 
 Norfolk, 11 ; Northumber- 
 land, 18 ; Yorkshire, West 
 'Riding, 8 ; Yorkshire, 
 North and East Ridings, 
 10. 
 
 Hurd. Somersetshire, 9. 
 
 Hurford. Devonshire, 9 ; 
 
 Somersetshire, 9. 
 
 Hurley. Somersetshire, 11. 
 
 Hurrell. Devonshire, 7. 
 
 Hurren. Suffolk, 11. 
 
 Hurry. Cambridgeshire, 24. 
 
 Hurst. Buckinghamshire, 12 ; 
 Lancashire, 17. 
 
 Hurt. Nottinghamshire, 20. 
 
 Huskinson. Nottinghamshire, 
 12. 
 
 Hussey. Somersetshire, 9 ; 
 Wiltshire, 13. 
 
 Hutchings. Cornwall, 8 ; 
 Devonshire, 17 ; Oxford- 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 
 
 507 
 
 shire, 10 ; Somersetshire, 
 27. Hutchins is a rare 
 form found in Somerset- 
 shire. 
 
 Hutchinson. Cumberland and 
 Westmoreland, 50 ; Derby- 
 shire, 7 ; Durham, 108 ; 
 Lincolnshire, 11 ; North- 
 umberland, 55 ; N'otting- 
 hamshire, 20 ; Yorkshire, 
 West Riding, 14 ; York- 
 shire, North and East 
 Ridings, 40. 
 
 Hutley. Essex, 18. 
 
 Hutt. Oxfordshire, 35, 
 
 Hutton. Lincolnshire, 9. 
 
 Huxham. Devonshire, 7. 
 
 Huxley. Cheshire, 11. 
 
 Huxtable. Devonshire, 25. 
 
 Hyatt. (See Hiatt.) 
 
 Hyde. Worcestershire, 14. 
 
 Ibbotson. Warwickshire, 15. 
 
 Ibison. Lancashire, 7. 
 
 Iddon. Lancashire, 8. 
 
 lies. Gloucestershire, 36. 
 
 lUing worth. Lancashire, -7 ; 
 Yorkshire, West Riding, 12. 
 
 Ingall — Ingle. Lincolnshire, 10. 
 
 Ingate. Suffolk, 20. 
 
 Ing. Buckinghamshire, 20. 
 
 Inge. Kent, 12. 
 
 Ingham. Lancashire, 9 ; York- 
 shire, West Riding, 15. 
 
 Ingleby. Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 10. 
 
 Ingram. Norfolk, 9. 
 
 Inions. Shropshire, 12. 
 
 Inns. Buckinghamshire, 12. 
 
 Inskip. Bedfordshire, 15. 
 
 Instone. Shropshire, 17. 
 
 Ireland. Lancashire, 20; Sussex, 
 18; Yorkshire, North and 
 East Ridings, 10. 
 
 Irish. Devonshire, 14. 
 
 Irving. Cumberland and West- 
 moreland, 60 ; Northumber- 
 land, 7. 
 
 Isaac. Devonshire, 24; Glou- 
 cestershire, 14. 
 
 Isaacs. Devonshire, 8. 
 
 Isgar. Somersetshire, 9. 
 
 • Isted. Sussex, 14. 
 
 Ivatt. Cambridgeshire, 20. 
 
 Ivens. Northamptonshire, 15 ; 
 Warwickshire, 30. 
 
 -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 ; Buck- 
 inghamshire, 18; Cheshire, 
 98 ; Cumberland and West- 
 moreland, 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, 43 ; Monmouth- 
 shire, 17; Norfolk, 20; 
 Northumberland, 26; Not- 
 
508 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 tinghamshire, 60 ; Shrop- 
 slaire, 24 ; Somersetshire, 9 ; 
 Staffordshire, 62 ; Saffolk, 
 16 ; Sussex, 10 ; Warwick- 
 shire, 60; Wiltshire, 18; 
 Worcestershire, 52 ; York- 
 shire, West Riding, 80; 
 Yorkshire, N'orth and East 
 Ridings, 106. 
 
 Jacob — Jacobs. Norfolk, 9 ; 
 Somersetshire, 10. 
 
 Jagger. Yorkshire, West Riding, 
 15. 
 
 James. Bedfordshire, 20 ; Berk- 
 shire, 25 ; Cornwall, 64 ; 
 Cumberland and Westmore- 
 land, 30 ; Devonshire, 24 ; 
 Dorsetshire, 45 ; Durham, 
 24; Gloucestershire, 57; 
 Herefordshire, 54; Hunting- 
 donshire, 15 ; Leicestershire 
 aud Rutlandshire, 17; Mon- 
 mouthshire, 170; ISTorth- 
 amptonshire, 15 ; IN'otting- 
 hamshire, 32 ; Shropshire, 
 50 ; Somersetshire, 48 ; 
 Staffordshire, 40 ; Sussex, 
 14; Warwickshire, 20; 
 Wiltshire, 18; Worcester- 
 shire, 34 ; Yorkshire, North 
 and East Ridings, 10 ; 
 
 ^ North Wales, 25; South 
 Wales, 185. 
 
 Jameson — Jamieson. Durham, 
 24. 
 
 Jane. Cornwall, 9. 
 
 Janes. Bedfordshire, 15 ; Hert- 
 fordshire, 20, 
 
 Jaques, Yorkshire, North and' 
 East Ridings, 10. 
 
 Jarrett, Kent, 21. 
 
 Jarrom. Leicestershire and Rut- 
 landshire, 17. 
 
 Jarvis. Devonshire, 7; Essex, 
 9 ; Kent, 24; Shropshire, 20; 
 Sussex, 14. (See Jervis.) 
 
 Jasper. Cornwall, 20. 
 
 Jay. Herefordshire, 17 ; Nor- 
 folk, 7:; Surrey,- 30.^ 
 
 Jeavons — Jevons. Staffordshire, 
 10. 
 
 Jeffcoate — Jeffcote — Jephcott. 
 Warwickshire, 30. 
 
 Jefferies — Jeffreys. Bedford- 
 shire, 20; Berkshire, 20; 
 Gloucestershire, 17.; Mon- 
 mouthshire, 28 ; Somerset- 
 shire, 10; Suffolk, 12; 
 Wiltshire, . 70. . Jefferies is 
 the usual form. Jeffreys 
 occurs in Wiltshire and 
 Monmouthshire, Jeffries in 
 Suffolk. Jefferys is charac- 
 teristic of Wiltshire. 
 
 Jeffery. Cornwall, 20; Derby- 
 shire, 9 ; Devonshire, 15 ; 
 Dorsetshire, 26 ; Somerset- 
 shire, 15 ; Wiltshire, 18. 
 Jeffrey is a rare form found 
 mostly in Cornwall,, where 
 it is associated with Jeffery. 
 
 Jefferson. Cumberl-and and 
 Westmoreland,. 40 ; York- 
 shire, North and East 
 Ridings, 20. 
 
 Jeff's. Cheshire, 14. 
 
 Jelbart — Jelberi. . Cornwall, 12,. 
 
 Jellis. Huntingdonshire, 20. 
 
 Jenkin, Cornwall,. 54. 
 
 Jenkins. Cornwall, 16 ; Devon- 
 shire, 7 ; Gloucestershire, 
 14 ; Hampshire, 13 ; Here- 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 
 
 509 
 
 fordshire, 54 ; Kent, 12 
 
 Monm out hshire, 
 
 220 
 
 Shropshire, 12 ; Worcester- 
 shire, 14 ; North Wales, 80 ; 
 South Wales, 220. 
 
 Jenkinson. Lancashire, 13 ; 
 Yorkshire, West Riding, 11. 
 
 Jenner. Gloucestershire, 20 ; 
 Kent, 24 ; Sussex, 43 ; Wilt- 
 shire, 18. 
 
 Jennings. Cambridgeshire, 15 ; 
 Cheshire, 11 ; Hertford-shire, 
 20 ; Somersetshire, 14 ; Suf- 
 folk, 9 ; Surrey, 20 ; War- 
 wickshire, 18. 
 
 Jepson. Cheshire, 9. 
 
 Jeremiah. Monmouthshire, 17. 
 
 Jerram. Derbyshire, 7. 
 
 Jervis. Shropshire, 11 ; Staf- 
 fordshire, 14 ; North Wales, 
 15. (See Jarvis.) 
 
 Jesson. Leicestershire and Rut- 
 landshire, 1.7. 
 
 Jessup. Essex, 9 ; Kent, 27. 
 Jessop is the Essex form. 
 
 Jesty. Dorset, 15. 
 
 Jevons. (See Jeavons.) 
 
 Jewell. Cornwall, 24 ; Devon- 
 shire, 13 ; Surrey, 12. 
 
 Jillings. Suffolk, 20. 
 
 Jobling. Northumberland, 11. 
 
 Jobson. Durham, 16 ; North- 
 umberland, 14. 
 
 John. Monmouthshire, 28 ; 
 South Wales, 110. 
 
 Johns. Cornwall, 78 ; Devon- 
 shire, 13 ; Monmouthshire, 
 17 ; South Wales, 27. 
 
 Johnson. Bedfordshire, 30 ; 
 Berkshire, 20 ; Bucking- 
 hamshire, 18; Cambridge- 
 
 shire, 100 ; Cheshire, 92 
 Cumberland and Westmore 
 land, 44 ; Derbyshire, 61 
 Durham, 76 ; Essex, 27 
 Gloucestershire, 17 ; Hamp 
 shire, 8 ; Herefordshire, 20 
 Hertfordshire, 35 ; Hunting 
 donshire, 35 ; Kent, 21 
 Lancashire, 50 ; Leicester 
 shire and Rutlandshire, 94 
 Lincolnshire, 61 ; Mon 
 mouthshire, 22 ; Norfolk 
 60 ; Northamptonshire, 47 
 Northumberland, 96 ; Not' 
 tinghamshire, 75 ; Shrop- 
 shire, 20 ; Staffordshire, 74 : 
 Suffolk, 30 ; Surrey, 15 
 Sussex, 30 ; Warwickshire 
 60 ; Worcestershire, 30 
 Yorkshire, West Riding, 35 
 Yorkshire, North and East 
 Ridings, 70. 
 
 Johnston. Cumberland and 
 Westmoreland, 12. 
 
 Jolliffe. Hampshire, 25. 
 
 Jolly. Lancashire, 8 ; Norfolk, 
 9 ; Suffolk, 9. 
 
 Jonas. Cambridgeshire, 24. 
 
 Jones. Berkshire, 20 ; Buck- 
 inghamshire, 70 ; Cam- 
 bridgeshire, 24 ; Cheshire, 
 81 ; Cornwall, 14 ; Devon- 
 shire, 29 ; Essex, 18 ; Glou- 
 cester, 105 ; Hampshire, 34 ; 
 Herefordshire, 350; Hunt- 
 ingdonshire, 20 ; Kent, 18 ; 
 Lancashire, 8 ; Leicester- 
 shire and Rutlandshire, 17; 
 Monmouthshire, 650; North- 
 amptonshire, 55 ; Notting- 
 hamshire, 12 ; Oxfordshire, 
 
510 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 40 ; Shropshire, 500 ; Somer- 
 setshire, 19 ; Staffordshire, 
 28 ; Warwickshire, 38 ; 
 Wiltshire, 27; Worcester- 
 shire, 138 ; North Wales, 
 1,500; South Wales, 650. 
 
 Jordan. Bedfordshire, 15 ; 
 Buckinghamsliire, 11 ; Der- 
 byshire, 7 ; Devonshire, 7 : 
 Essex, 12 ; Gloucestershire, 
 14 ; Monmouthshire, 11 ; 
 Oxfordshire, 7 ; Yorkshire, 
 North and East Ridings, 10. 
 
 Jordison. Yorkshire, North and 
 East Ridings, 8. 
 
 Jose. Cornwall, 17, 
 
 Joseph. South Wales, 22. 
 
 Joslin — Josling. Devonshire, 8 ; 
 Essex, 21 ; Suffolk, 12. Jos- 
 lin is the usual form in these 
 three counties. Josling is 
 also found in Essex and 
 Suffolk, in which last it is 
 associated with Gosling 
 (see) and a few Jocelyns. 
 
 Joule. Derbyshire, 9. 
 
 Jowett. Yorkshire, West Riding, 
 10. 
 
 Joy. Essex, 15. 
 
 Joyce. Bedfordshire, 25 ; Essex, 
 12 ; Somersetshire, 12. 
 
 Joyes. Sassex, 21. 
 
 Jubb. Yorkshire, West Riding, 
 10. 
 
 Juby. Suffolk, 11. 
 
 Judd. Bedfordshire, 15 ; Essex, 
 9 ; Hampshire, 30 ; Norfolk, 
 9 ; Wiltshire, 9. 
 
 Judge. Buckinghamshire, 30 ; 
 Kent, 12. 
 
 Jiidkins. Northamptonshire, 15 
 
 Judson. Yorkshire, North and 
 
 East Ridings, 8. 
 Julian — Julyan. Cornwall, 17. 
 Jupe. Wiltshire, 9. 
 Jupp. Surrey, 15; Sussex, 21. 
 
 Kara. Surrey, 20. 
 
 Kay— Kaye. Durham, 12 ; Lan- 
 cashire, 30 ; Yorkshire, 
 West Riding, 25. Kaye is 
 mostly found in the West 
 Riding and Kay in Lanca- 
 shire. 
 
 Keast. Cornwall, 16. 
 
 Keeble. Suffolk, 18. 
 
 Keedwell. Somersetshire, 9. 
 
 Keel. Somersetshire, 14. 
 
 Keehng. Staffordshire, 18. 
 
 Keen — Keene. Buckingham- 
 shire, 55; Gloucestershire, 
 30; Monmouthshire, 17; 
 Somersetshire, 19 ; Suffolk, 
 9 ; Surrey, 15. Keen is 
 more common in the west 
 of England. 
 
 Keep. Berkshire, 15. 
 
 Keetley — Keightley. Leicester- 
 shire and Rutlandshire, 26. 
 
 Keevil. Wiltshire, 54. 
 
 Keirl. Somersetshire, 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. 
 
 Kemball. Suffolk, 11. 
 
 Kemble. Wiltshire, 13. 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 
 
 511 
 
 Kemp. Chesliire, 9 ; Cornwall, 
 10; Devonshire, 6; Essex, 
 9; Kent, 18; Lincolnshire, 
 17; Norfolk, 11; Suffolk, 
 14; Sussex, 21. Kempe 
 is a rare form found 
 in Cornwall and Devon- 
 shire. 
 
 Kempson. Bedfordshire, 15. 
 
 Kemsley. Essex, 21. 
 
 Kendall. Cornwall, 12; Cum- 
 berland and Westmoreland, 
 25 ; Lancashire, 9 ; Leices- 
 tershire and Rutlandshire, 
 26; Yorkshire, West Riding, 
 15 ; Yorkshire, North and 
 East Ridings, 17. Kendal 
 is found in Cumberland and 
 Westmoreland, being evi- 
 dently derived from the 
 town of that name. 
 
 Kendrew. Yorkshire, North 
 and East Ridings, 10. 
 
 Kennard. Devonshire, 7 ; Kent, 
 12. 
 
 Kennerley. Cheshire, 14. 
 
 Kent. Berkshire, 12 ; Cam- 
 bridgeshire, 29 ; Cornwall, 
 22; Dorsetshire, 25 ; Hamp- 
 shire, 30 ; Lincolnshire, 
 11; Shropshire, 12; Staf- 
 fordshire, 20. 
 
 Ken ward. Sussex, 47. 
 
 Kenworthy. Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 10. 
 
 Kenyon. Lancashire, 25. 
 
 Kerkin. Cornwall, 8. 
 
 Kerridge. Suffolk, 14. 
 
 Kerrison. Norfolk, 9. 
 
 Kerry. Suffolk, 11. 
 
 Kersey. Suffolk, 14. 
 
 Kershaw. Lancashire, 15 ; York- 
 shire, West Riding, 11. 
 
 Kerslake. Devonshire, 10. 
 
 Kestle. Cornwall, 8. 
 
 Ketley— Kettley. Essex, 18. 
 
 Kettlewell. Yorkshire, North 
 and East Ridings, 7. 
 
 Kevern. Cornwall, 8. 
 
 Key. Cornwall, 16 ; Derby- 
 shire, 13 ; Leicestershire 
 and Rutlandshire, 1 7 ; Lin- 
 colnshire, 13 ; Shropshire, 
 12. 
 
 Keynes. Dorsetshire, 20. 
 
 Keys. Buckinghamshire, 18. 
 
 Keyte. Warwickshire, 18. 
 
 Keyworth. Nottinghamshire, 
 16. 
 
 Kibble. Buckinghamshire, 15 ; 
 Warwickshire, 15. 
 
 Kidd. Staffordshire, 16. 
 
 Kiddell— Kiddle. Norfolk, 10; 
 Somersetshire, 22. Asso- 
 ciated in both counties. 
 
 Kidman. Bedfordshire, 15 ; 
 Cambridgeshire, 20 ; Hunt- 
 ingdonshire, 15. 
 
 Kidner. Somersetshire, 14. 
 
 Kilby. Hertfordshire, 15; Ox- 
 fordshire, 20. 
 
 Killick. Sussex, 14. 
 
 Kilminster — Kilmister. Glou- 
 cestershire, 14. 
 
 Kilshaw. Lancashire, 9. 
 
 Kilvington, Yorkshire, North 
 and East Ridings, 10. 
 
 Kimber. Berkshire, 20. 
 
 Kinch. Wiltshire, 18. 
 
 Kinchin. Berkshire, 8. 
 
 King. Bedfordshire, 80 ; Berk- 
 shire, 40 ; Buckingham- 
 
512 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 shire, 100 ; Cambridge- 
 shire, 48 ; Devonshire, 9 ; 
 Dorsetshire, 36 ; Essex, 27 ; 
 Gloucestershire, 46 ; Hamp- 
 shire, 51 ; Herefordshire, 
 11 ; Hertfordshire, 20 ; 
 Huntingdonshire, 30 ; 
 
 Kent, 21 ; Leicestershire 
 and Rutlandshire, 17 ; Lin- 
 colnshire, 17; Middlesex, 40; 
 Norfolk, 31; Northampton- 
 shire, 35 ; Oxfordshire, 45 ; 
 Somersetshire, 42 ; Suffolk, 
 66 ; Surrey, 45 ; Sussex, 
 32 ; Warwickshire, 40 ; 
 Wiltshire, 75 ; Worcester- 
 shire, 22 ; Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 11 ; Yorkshire, 
 North and East Ridings, 
 10. 
 
 Kingham. Buckinghamshire, 
 45. 
 
 Kingley. Hertfordshire, 25. 
 
 Kingman. Dorsetshire, 15. 
 
 Kingsnorth. Kent, 24. 
 
 Kingston. Northamptonshire, 
 20. 
 
 Kingwell. Devonshire, 8. 
 
 Kinsej. Cheshire, 39. 
 
 Kipling. Yorkshire, North and 
 East Ridings, 9. 
 
 Kirby. Buckinghamshire, 24; 
 Cambridgeshire, 20 ; Kent, 
 12; Lancashire, 8; Lin- 
 colnshire, 8 ; Northampton- 
 shire, 25 ; Yorkshire, North 
 and East Ridings, 42. 
 
 Kirk. Jjeicestershire and Rut- 
 landshire, 17 ; Lincoln- 
 shire, 20; Nottingham- 
 shire, 35 ; 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, 34, 
 
 Kirkland. Derbyshire, 7; 
 Nottinghamshire, 12. 
 
 Kirkman. Leicestershire and 
 Rutlandshire, 26. 
 
 Kirkup. Durham, 16. 
 
 Kirton. Durham, 28. 
 
 Kisby. Cambridgeshire, 20 ; 
 Huntingdonshire, 7. 
 
 Kitchen — Kitching. Cumber- 
 land and Westmoreland, 
 18 ; Lancashire, 15 ; Lin- 
 colnshire, 10 ; Nottingham- 
 shire, 19 ; Yorkshire, North 
 and East Ridings, 20. 
 
 Kitchener. Hertfordshire, 20. 
 
 Kitto — Kittow. Cornwall, 22. 
 
 Knaggs. Yorkshire, North and 
 East Ridings, 9. 
 
 Knapman. Devonshire, 15. 
 
 Knapp. Wiltshire, 31. 
 
 Kneebone. Cornwall, 8. 
 
 Knibb. Warwickshire, 18. 
 
 Knifton. Derbyshire, 9. 
 
 Knight. Cornwall, 32 ; Derby- 
 shire, 7 ; Devonshire, 8 ; 
 Dorsetshire, 20 ; Essex, 15 ; 
 Gloucestershire, 46 ; Hamp- 
 shire, 56 ; Hertfordshire, 
 20 ; Kent, 21 ; Leicester- 
 shire and Rutlandshire, 51 ; 
 Monmouthshire, 40 ; Not- 
 tinghamshire, 12 ; Somer- 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 
 
 513 
 
 setsliire, 20; Staffordshire, 
 18; Surrey, 25; Sussex, 
 80; Warwicksliire, 32; 
 Wiltshire, 27; Worcester- 
 shire, 14. 
 
 Knights. Norfolk, 27 ; Suffolk, 
 20. 
 
 Knott. Derbyshire, 7. 
 
 Knowles. Cheshire, 14; Corn- 
 wall, 16; Derbyshire, 15; 
 Lancashire, 31 ; Lincoln- 
 shire, 8 ; Sussex, 10 ; Wor- 
 cestershire, 22 ; Yorkshire, 
 West Riding, 31. 
 
 Kynaston. Shropshire, 12. 
 
 J jacey. Leieestershire and Rut- 
 landshire, 30. 
 
 Ladds. Huntingdonshire, 15. 
 
 Lagden. Essex, 18. 
 
 Laidler. Northumberland, 22. 
 
 Lain. Norfolk, 11. 
 
 Laity. Cornwall, 43. 
 
 Lake. Devonshire, 15 ; Kent, 
 12 ; Lincolnshire, 10 ; Nor- 
 folk, 18 ; Northampton- 
 shire, 15. 
 
 Lakin. Staffordshire, 10. 
 
 Lamb Bedfordshire, 9 ; Berk- 
 shire, 9 ; Cheshire, 12 ; 
 Cornwall, 8 ; Derbyshire", 
 21; Durham, 28; Essex, 9; 
 Lincolnshire, 8 ; Norfolk, 
 7 ; Northumberland, 30 ; 
 Oxfordshire, 20 ; Worces- 
 tershii-e, 22 ; Yorkshire, 
 West Riding, 12 ; York- 
 shire, North and East 
 Ridings, 10. 
 
 Lambert. Essex, 12; Kent, 
 
 12; Norfolk, 11; Notting- 
 hamshire, 12 ; Yorkshire, 
 West Riding, 20; York- 
 shire, North and East 
 Ridings, 20. 
 
 Lambourn — Lamburn. Berk- 
 shire, 9 ; Buckinghamshire, 
 25 ; Oxfordshire, 15. 
 
 Limbshead. Devonshire, 7. 
 
 Laming — -Lamming. Lincoln- 
 shire, 15. 
 
 Lamplough — Lamplugh. York- 
 shire, North and East 
 Ridings, 13. 
 
 Lancaster. Cumberland and 
 Westmoreland, 30 ; Lanca- 
 shire, 17 ; Lincolnshire, 7 ; 
 Yorkshire, West Riding, 
 9 ; Yorkshire, North and 
 East Ridings, 7. 
 
 Land. Norfolk, 13. 
 
 Lander. Cornwall, 9. 
 
 Lane. Berkshire, 15 ; Corn- 
 wall, 10 ; Devonshire, 8 ; 
 Dorsetshire, 45 ; Glouces- 
 tershire, 60; Hampshire, 17; 
 Herefordshire, 54 ; Hert- 
 fordshire, 15 ; Lincolnshire, 
 11 ; Norfolk, 7; Northamp- 
 tonshire, 15 ; Nottingham- 
 shire, 16 ; Somersetshire, 
 12 ; Warwickshire, 18 ; 
 Wiltshire, 18 ; Worcester- 
 shire, 52. (See Lain.) 
 
 Lanfear. Berkshire, 9. 
 
 Lang. Devonshire, 12. 
 
 Langdon. Cornwall, 8 ; Devon- 
 shire, 10 ; Somersetshire, 
 15. 
 
 Langley. Cheshire, 11 ; Sus- 
 sex, 14 
 
 2l 
 
514 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Langman. Devonshire, 8. 
 
 Langridge. Kent, 12. 
 
 Langston. BuckinghamsLire, 
 15. 
 
 Langworthy. Devonshire, 8. 
 
 Lanyoii. Cornwall, 29. 
 
 Larcombe. Dorsetshire, 15. 
 
 Large. Kent, 18; Wiltshire, 
 40. 
 
 Larking — Larkin. Kent, 24. 
 
 Larwood. Norfolk, 9. 
 
 Laslett. Kent, 15. 
 
 Last. SuC'oJk, 26. 
 
 Latham. Cheshire, 29 ; Lan- 
 cashire, 1 1 ; Oxfordshire, 
 15 ; Shropshire, 12 ; Staf- 
 fordshire, 12. 
 
 Laughton. Bedfordshire, 9. 
 (See Law ton.) 
 
 Laurie. {See Lowry.) 
 
 Laver. Dorsetshire, 18 ; Somer- 
 setshire, lo. 
 
 Laverack — Laverick. York- 
 shire, North and East 
 Ridings, ]b. 
 
 Lavington. Hampshire, 17. 
 
 Law. Essex, 15 ; Lancashire, 
 16; Northamptonshire, 18; 
 Nottinghamshire, 16; York- 
 shire, West Riding, 13. 
 (See Laws.) 
 
 Lawlej. Shropshire, 14. 
 
 Lawrence. Berkshire, 28; Corn- 
 wall, 25; Devonshire, 11; 
 Dorsetshire, 30 ; Glouees- 
 tei^ishire, 30 ; Hertfordshire, 
 20 ; Kent, 21 ; Lincolnshire, 
 9 ; Middlesex, 20 ; Mon- 
 mouthshire, 28; Shropsliire, 
 12 ; Somersetshire, 35 ; 
 Staffordshire, 12. 
 
 Lawrenson. Lancashire, 12. 
 
 Lawrj. Cornwall, 30. {See 
 Lory.) 
 
 Laws. Durham, 16 ; North- 
 umberland, 18 ; Suffolk, 
 11. Lawes is also found in 
 Suffolk. {See Law.) 
 
 Lawson. Cumberland and West- 
 morel a n'd, 2(J ; Durham, 40 ; 
 Lancashire, 13 ; North- 
 umberland, 11 ; Yorkshire, 
 West Riding, 20; York- 
 shire. North and East 
 Ridings, 20. 
 
 Lawton. Cheshire, 22 ; Staf- 
 fordshire, 16. {See Laugh- 
 ton.) 
 
 Lay. Berkshire, 5. 
 
 Lay cock. Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 20. 
 
 Lea. Cheshire, 40; Gloucester- 
 shire,^ 14 ; Shropshire, 44 ; 
 Staffordshire, 12; Warwick- 
 shire, 40 ; Worcestershire, 
 17. {See Lee.) 
 
 Leach. Cheshire, 11 ; Corn- 
 wall, 8 ; Devonshire, 13 ; 
 Lancashire, 9 ; Yorkshire, 
 West Riding, 10. (See 
 Leech.) 
 
 Leadbeater — Leadbetter. Lei- 
 cestershire and Rutland- 
 shire, 13. 
 
 Leah. Cheshire, 9. 
 
 Leak — Leake, Yorkshire, North 
 and East Ridings, 13. 
 
 Lean. Cornwall, 10. 
 
 Lcaper. Yorkshire, North and 
 East Ridings, 7. 
 
 Lear. Devonshire, 7. 
 
 Leather. Cheshire, 11. 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 
 
 515 
 
 Leaver — Lever. Lancashire, 8. 
 
 Leavers — Lei vers. Nottingliani- 
 shire, 15. 
 
 Leckenby. Yorkshire, North 
 and East Ridings, 8. 
 
 Ledbrook. Warwickshire, 30. 
 
 Ledger. Kent, 12 ; Surrey, 
 9. 
 
 Lee. Bedfordshire, 8 ; Berk- 
 shire, 12 ; Buckingham- 
 shire, 18 ; Cambridgeshire, 
 20 ; Cheshire, 22 ; Camber- 
 . land and Westmoreland, 
 25 ; Derbyshire, 2'7; Devon- 
 shire, 31 ; Durham, 44 ; 
 Gloucestershire, 14; Here- 
 fordshire, 17 ; Lancashire, 
 18; Lincolnshire, 15; North- 
 umberland, 48 ; Notting- 
 hamshire, 50 ; Shropshire, 
 40; Somersetshire, 14; Staf- 
 fordshire, 7; Suffolk, 14; 
 Surrey, 20 ; Warwickshire, 
 15 ; Worcestershire, 13 ; 
 Yorkshire, West Hiding, 
 28; Yorkshire, North and 
 East Hidings, 18, (See 
 Lea.) 
 
 Leech. Cheshire, 24. (See 
 Leach.) 
 
 Leeder. Norfolk, 13. 
 
 Leeds. Norfolk, 22. 
 
 Leeming. Lancashire, 9 ; York- 
 shire, West Riding, 12. 
 
 Lees. Cheshire, 11 ; Derby- 
 shire, 11 ; Lancashire, 12 ; 
 Nottinghamshire,- 10 ; Staf- 
 fordshire, 50 ; Warwick- 
 shire, 20. (See Leese.) 
 
 Leese. Staffordshire, 12. 
 
 Legg. Dorsetshire, 62. 
 
 Leggett — Leggott. Lincoln- 
 shire, 10. 
 
 Le Grice — Le Grys. Norfolk, 
 12; Suffolk, 20. 
 
 Leigh. Cheshire, 20 ; Lanca- 
 shire, 14. 
 
 Leighton. Staffordshire, 8. 
 
 Lemmon — Lemon. Norfolk, 10 ; 
 Sussex, 14. Lemmon is the 
 usual form. 
 
 Leney. Kent, 12. 
 
 Lenton. Huntingdonshire, 14, 
 
 Leonard. Cambridgeshire, 48 ; 
 Gloucestershire, 14; York- 
 shire, North and East 
 Ridings, 14. 
 
 Leppard. Sussex, 21. 
 
 Lerwill. Devonshire, 8. 
 
 Lethbridge. Devonshire, 10. 
 
 Letheren. Devonshire, 7. 
 
 Lever. (See Leaver.) 
 
 Levett — Levitt. Kent, 18 ; Sus- 
 sex, 17. Levett is the usual 
 form. 
 
 Lewell. Norfolk, 9. 
 
 Lewin. Huntingdonshire, 15 ; 
 Northamptonshire, 15. 
 
 Lewis. Berkshire, 20 ; Cheshire, 
 57; Devonshire, 13; Glou- 
 cestershire, 25 ; Hampshire, 
 21 ; Herefordshire, 168 ; 
 Monmouthshire, 400 ; Nor- 
 folk, 17; Shropshire, 100; 
 Somersetshire, 11; Stafford- 
 shire, 10 ; Warwickshire, 
 18; Wiltshire, 80 ; Worces- 
 tershire, 56 ; Yorkshire, 
 West Riding, 7 ; North 
 Wales, 150; South Wales, 
 330. 
 
 Lewry. Surrey, 18. 
 
 2 l2 
 
516 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Ley. Devonshire, 13. 
 
 Liddell. Durham, 10 ; North- 
 umberland, 27. (/SeeLiddle 
 and Little.) 
 .Liddicoat. Cornwall, 9. 
 
 Liddle. Northumberland, 11. 
 (See Liddell.) 
 
 Lidstone. Devonshire, 8. 
 
 Light. Hampshire, 17. 
 
 Lightfoot. Cheshire, 17; Cum- 
 berland and Westmoreland, 
 20 ; Lincolnshire, 9 ; York- 
 shire, North and East 
 Ridings, 10. 
 
 Lill. Lincolnshire, 14. 
 
 Lilley. Lincolnshire, 9. 
 
 Limb. Derbyshire, 11. 
 
 Limbrick. Gloucestershire, 20. 
 
 Limer. (See Lymer.) 
 
 Lincoln. Essex, 9 ; Norfolk, 10. 
 
 Lindley. Nottinghamshire, 20. 
 
 Lindop. Staffordshire, 10. 
 
 Lines. Bedfordshire, 15 ; Buck- 
 inghamshire, 25 ; Hertford- 
 shire, 25. 
 
 Ling. Norfolk, 17; Somerset- 
 shire, 15 ; Suffolk, 37. 
 
 Lingard. Derbyshire, 9 ; Lin- 
 colnshire, 8. 
 
 Linnell. Northamptonshire, 40. 
 
 Lister. Cambridgeshire, 29 ; 
 Lincolnshire, 13 ; Norfolk, 
 9 ; Yorkshire, West Biding, 
 23 ; Yorkshire, North and 
 East Bidings, 9. 
 
 Litchfield. Derbyshire, 11. 
 
 Little. Cambridgeshire, 24 ; 
 Cornwall, 8 ; Cumberland 
 and Westmoreland, 80 ; 
 Northumberland, 30. (See 
 Liddell). 
 
 Littlechild. Essex, L2. 
 
 Littlejohn. Cornwall, 8. 
 
 Littlejohns. Devonshire, 7. 
 
 Littler. Cheshire, 9. 
 
 Littleton. Cornwall, 20. 
 
 Littlewood. Derbyshire, 17 ; 
 Yorkshire, West Biding, 13. 
 
 Livesey. Lancashire, 12. 
 
 Livesley. Lancashire, 7. 
 
 Llewellyn. Monmouthshire, 40; 
 South Wales, 85. Llewellin 
 is the Monmouthshire form. 
 
 Lloyd. Chesliire, 14 ; Hereford- 
 shire, 68 ; Monmouthshire, 
 60 ; Shropshire, 60 ; Staf- 
 fordshire, 8 ; Worcester- 
 shire, 18; North Wales, 100; 
 South Wales, 93, 
 
 Lobb. Cornwall, 34. 
 
 Lock. Devonshire, 13; Dorset- 
 shire, 15 ; Hampshire, 30 ; 
 Norfolk. 11 ; Somersetshire, 
 36; Suffolk, 11. Locke is a 
 Hampshire form of the 
 name. 
 
 Lockett. Shropshire, 9 ; Staf- 
 fordshire, 20. 
 
 Lockwood. Lincolnshire, 13 ; 
 Yorkshire, West Biding, 15. 
 
 Lockyei". Dorsetshire, 20 ; 
 
 Hampshire, 9; Somerset- 
 shiie, 26. In Dorsetshire 
 it is sometimes spelt Lock- 
 year. 
 
 Lodder — Loder. Dorsetshire, 46, 
 
 Lodge. Yorkshire, West Biding, 
 20. 
 
 Lofthouse. Yorkshire, West 
 Biding, 12 ; Yorkshire, 
 North and East Bidings, 
 11. 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 
 
 517 
 
 Lomas. Cheshire, 40 ; Derby- 
 shire, 61 ; Lancashire, 11 ; 
 Staffordshire, 14. In Lan- 
 cashire it is occasionally 
 spelt Lomax. 
 
 Long. Bedfordshire, 15 ; Berk- 
 shire, 13 ; Cambridgeshire, 
 20 ; Dorsetshire, 15 ; Glou- 
 ^^k cestershire, 33; Kent, 30; 
 Monmouthshire, 27 ; Nor- 
 folk, 17; Suffolk, 11; Wilt- 
 shire, 50. 
 
 Longden. Derbyshire, 27. 
 
 Longbottom. Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 14. 
 
 Longley. Sussex, 14. 
 
 Longman. Dorsetshire, 15 ; 
 Somersetshire, 15. 
 
 Longstaff. Durham, 20 ; York- 
 shire, North and East 
 Ridings, 15, 
 
 Longton. Lancashire, 17. 
 
 Longworth. Lancashire, 10. 
 
 Lonsdale. Lancashire, 9. 
 
 Lonsley. Berkshire, 20. 
 
 Look. Somersetshire, 12. 
 
 Looker. Huntingdonshire, 14. 
 
 Loosemoor — Loosmoor, Devon- 
 shire, 16. 
 
 Loosley. Oxfordshire, 20. 
 
 Lord. Lancashire, 42 ; Ox- 
 fordshire, 15 ; Suffolk, 
 26. 
 
 Lory. Cornwall, 9. (See 
 La wry.) 
 
 Loseby. Leicestershire and 
 Rutlandshire, 17. 
 
 Louch. Oxfordshire, 15. 
 
 Love. Kent, 12. (See Luff.) 
 
 Lova^>t. Staffordshire, 10. (See 
 Lovett.) 
 
 Lovegrove. Buckinghamshire, 
 18; Oxfordshire, 20. 
 
 Lovell. Bedfordshire, 18 ; 
 Hampshire, 17; Hunting- 
 donshire, 7 ; Northampton- 
 shire, 25 ; Somersetshire, 
 12 ; Sussex, 18. 
 
 Lovelock. Berkshire, 8 ; Sur- 
 rey, 10.- 
 
 Loveridge. Devonshire, 8 ; 
 Dorsetshire, 10 ; Glouces- 
 tershire, 12. 
 
 Lovering. Devonshire, 9. 
 
 Loverock. Staffordshire, 10. 
 
 Lovett. Hertfordshire, 12 ; Lei- 
 cestershire and Rutland- 
 shire, 25. In the latter two 
 counties it is sometimes 
 spelt Lovitt. (See Lovatt.) 
 
 Loveybond — Lovibond. Somer- 
 setshire, 11. 
 
 Lowe. Cheshire, 34 ; Derby- 
 shire, 44 ; Durham, 12 ; 
 Lancashire, 21 ; Leicester- 
 shire and Rutlandshire, 
 13; Nottinghamshire, 20; 
 Shropshire, 24 ; Stafford- 
 shire, 24; Warwickshire, 27. 
 
 Lowes. Dui'ham, 24 ; North- 
 umberland, 18. (See 
 Lowish.) 
 
 Lowish. Yorkshire, North and 
 East Ridings, 9. Probably 
 a corruption of Lowes. 
 
 Lowndes. Cheshire, 9 ; Staf- 
 fordshire, 18. 
 Lowry — Lowrey. Durham, 
 
 12 ; Northumberland, 14. 
 Laurie is also occasionally 
 represented in Northum- 
 berland. 
 
518 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Loxton. Somerset, 19. (See 
 Luxton.) 
 
 Lucas. Cambridgesliire, 20 ; 
 Cheshire, 12; Cornwall, 10; 
 Hertfordshire, 18 ; Leices- 
 tershire and Rutlandshire, 
 13 ; N^orthampt on shire, 15 ; 
 Somersetshire, 7 ; Surrey, 
 15 ; Wiltshire, 13. 
 
 Luck. Kent, 12. 
 
 Lttckett. Oxfordshire, 28. 
 
 Lucking. Essex, 24. 
 
 Lucksford. (See Luxford.) 
 
 Ladlam. Derbyshire, 7. 
 
 Luff. Monmouthshire, 22 ; 
 Somersetshire, 9 ; Sussex, 
 18. (See Love.) 
 
 Lugg. Cornwall, 9. 
 
 Lumb. Yorkshire, West Riding-, 
 24. 
 
 Lumley. Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 10; Yorkshire, 
 North and East Ridings, 
 10. 
 
 Lumsden. Northumberland, 
 
 26. 
 
 Lund — Lunt. Cheshire, 11 ; 
 Lancashire, 15 ; Yorkshire, 
 West Riding, 25; York- 
 shire, North and East 
 Ridings, 10. Lund is the 
 usual form of the name. 
 Lunt occurs in Cheshire, 
 and occasionally in Lanca- 
 shire. Lunn is also found 
 in the West Riding. 
 
 Luscombe. Devonshire, 46. 
 
 Lush. Dorset, 26; Wiltshire, 
 13. 
 
 Lusty. Gloucestershire, 14. 
 
 Lutley. Somersetshire, 9. 
 
 Luxford. Kent, 12 ; Sussex, 
 32. In Kent, Lucksford, 
 the original form of the 
 • name, is also found. 
 
 Luxton. Devonshire, 28. (See 
 Loxton.) 
 
 Lyford. Berkshire, 15. 
 
 Lyle. Cornwall, 9. 
 
 Lymer — Limer. Staffordshire, 
 10. 
 
 Lynam. Derbyshire, 9. 
 
 Lyne. Cornwall, 12 ; Wiltshire, 
 18. 
 
 Lynn, Lincolnshire, 9. 
 
 Lyon. Lancashire, 8. 
 
 Lythgoe — Lithgoe. Lancashire, 
 10. 
 
 Mably. Cornwall, 14. 
 
 Macaulay. Leicestershire and 
 Rutlandshire, 9. 
 
 Mace. Gloucestershire, 14; Ox- 
 fordshire, 30. 
 
 Machin. Derbyshire, 9 ; Glou- 
 cestershire, 8 ; Lincolnshire, 
 10 ; Nottinghamshire, 32 ; 
 Staffordshire, 12. Machon 
 is a Lincolnshire variety of 
 the name. 
 
 Mack. Norfolk, 31. 
 
 Mackaness. Northamptonshire, 
 20. 
 
 Mackinder. Lincolnshire, 11. 
 
 Mackley. Leicestershire and 
 Rutlandshire, 12. 
 
 MacLaren, Durham, 24. 
 
 Maddaver — Maddiver. Corn- 
 wall, 10. Probably corrup- 
 tions of Maddaford, a rare 
 name in Cornwall and in 
 Devon. 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 
 
 519 
 
 Madlison. Durham, 12; Lin- 
 colnshire, 8. 
 
 Maddock — M«ddocks. Cheshire, 
 34; Devonshire, 9; Slirop- 
 rhire, 12; South Wales, 
 27. Maddock is the usual 
 form ; but tliey are often 
 associated. 
 
 Maddox. Herefordshire, 17. 
 
 Maddj. Herefordshire, 14. 
 
 Madeley. Shropshire, 31. 
 
 Maden. Lancashire, 11. 
 
 Madge. Devonshire, 11. 
 
 Magor. Cornwall, 10. 
 
 Maidens. Lincolnshire, 12. 
 
 Maidment. Dorsetshire, 15 ; 
 Wiltshire, 22. 
 
 Mailes. Herefordshire, 14. 
 
 Main. Northamptonshire, 15. 
 
 Mainwaring. Herefordshire, 17. 
 
 Major. Cheshire, 11. 
 
 Makens. S tiff ( -Ik, 11. 
 
 Makins. Norfolk, 9. 
 
 Makepeace. Durham, 16. 
 
 Maiden. Bedfordshire, 15. 
 
 Malin- Derbyshire, 7 ; Oxford- 
 shire, 22 ; Warwickshire, 
 15. 
 
 Malkin. Staffordshire, 10. 
 
 Mallam. Durham, 20. 
 
 Mallett. Norfolk, 9. 
 
 Mallinder. Derbyshire, 7- 
 
 Mallinson. Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 12. 
 
 Maltbj. Derbyshire, 7 ; Lin- 
 colnshire, 8 ; Nottingham- 
 shire, 24. 
 
 Man ley. Devonshire, 9. 
 
 Mann. Cambridgeshire, 28 ; 
 Devonshire, 13 ; Essex, 12 ; 
 Leicestershire and Rutland- 
 
 shire, 17; Norfolk, 30; 
 Suffolk, 18 ; Warwickshire, 
 32 ; Worcestershire, 14 
 
 Manners. Wiltshire, 40. 
 
 Manning. Cheshire, 9 ; Devon- 
 shire, 26 ; Essex, 30 ; Glou- 
 cestershire, 14; Northamp- 
 tonshire, 20. 
 
 Mannington. Sussex, 32. 
 
 Mansell. Shropshire, 22. 
 
 Mansfield. Essex, 12 ; Oxford- 
 shire, 30. 
 
 Manwaring. Kent, 33. 
 
 Mapstone- Somersetshire, 14. 
 
 Marchant. Kent, 21; Sussex, 
 21. 
 
 Marchington. Derbyshire, 7. 
 
 Mardell. Hertfordshire, 15. 
 
 Marfell. Herefordshire, 20. 
 
 Marfleet, Lincolnshire, 10. 
 
 Margerison — Margerson — Mar- 
 gison — Marginson. Lan- 
 cashire, 12. A. noteworthy 
 instance of the transforma- 
 tion of a name owing to the 
 perverseness (not to men- 
 tion the inconsistent ortho- 
 graphy) of our yeomen fore- 
 fathers. 
 
 Marke. Somersetshire, 9. 
 
 Markham. Lincolnshire, 11. 
 
 Marks, Cornwall, 10 ; . Devon- 
 shire, 13. 
 
 Mar pies. Derbyshire, 17. 
 
 Marriage. Essex, 18. 
 
 Marriott. Deruyshire, 35 ; 
 
 Huntingdonshire, 10; Lei- 
 cestershire and Rutland- 
 shire, 25; Lincolnshire, 11 ; 
 Northamptonshire, 20; Not- 
 tinghamshire, 31. 
 
520 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Marsden. Derbyshire, 30 ; Lan- 
 cashire, 28 ; Yorkshire, 
 West Riding, 30. 
 
 Marsh. Cambridgesliire, 33 ; 
 Cheshire, 9 ; Derbyshire, 
 15 ; Dorsetshire, 36 ; Hert- 
 fordshire, 15 ; Kent, 36 ; 
 Lancashire, 20; Leicester- 
 shire and Rutlandshire, 17 ; 
 Northamptonshire, 20; Not- 
 tinghamshire, 12 ; Shrop- 
 shire, 31 ; Somei-setshire,. 
 25; YAltshire, 31. 
 
 Marshall. Cornwall, 24; Derby- 
 shire, 27 ; Durham, 16^; 
 Gloucestershire, 14 ; Kent, 
 12; Lancashire, 16 ; Lei- 
 cestershire and Rutland- 
 shire, 26 ; Lincolnshire, 60 ; 
 Norfolk, 11 ; Northumber- 
 land, 37 ; Nottinghamshire, 
 70 ; Somersetshire, 32 ; 
 Sussex, 18 ; Warwickshire, 
 12 ; Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 25 ; Yorkshire, 
 North and East Ridings, 
 27. 
 
 Marsland. Cheshire, 11. 
 
 Marson. Staffordshire, 22. 
 
 Marston. Shropshire, 14; 
 Yorkshire, West Riding, 
 12. 
 
 Martin. Berkshire, 1 2 ; Cam- 
 bridgeshire, 24 ; Cornwall, 
 97 ; Cumberland and West- 
 moreland, 20; Derbyshire, 
 11 ; Devonshire, 30 ; Dor- 
 setshire, 26; Durham, 16; 
 Essex, 27 ; Gloucestershire, 
 18 ; Hampshire, 13 ; Here- 
 fordshire, 17 ; Hertford- 
 
 shire, 18; Huntingdon- 
 shire, 20 ; Kent, 40; Lan- 
 cashire, 12; Leicestershire 
 and Rutlandshire, 17; Lin- 
 colnshire, 21 ; Monmouth- 
 shire, 17; Norfolk, IH; 
 Northamptonshire, 25 ; 
 Northumberland, 37 ; Not- 
 tinghamshire, 15 ; Shrop- 
 shire, 14 ; Somersetshire, 
 24 ; Staffordshire, 32 : 
 Suffolk, 28; Surrey, 40; 
 Sussex, 80 ; Wiltshire, 13 ; 
 Worcestershire, 38 ; York- 
 shire, North and East 
 Ridings, 11 ;. South Wales. 
 11. Marty n is a rare Corn- 
 ish form ; whilst JVlarten 
 is occasionally found in 
 Kent. 
 Martin dale. Cumberland and 
 
 Westmoreland, 32. 
 Martland. Lancashire, 16. 
 Mash.. Huntingdonshire, 15. 
 Mashiter. Lancashire, 10, 
 Maskell. Essex, 15. 
 Maskery — Maskrey. Derby- 
 shire, 11. 
 Maslen. Berkshire, 16. 
 Mason. Cambridgeshire, 60 ; 
 Cheshire, 30 ; Derbyshire, 
 20; Devonshire, 8; Essex, 
 21 ; Herefordshire, 17 ; 
 Huntingdonshire, 10 ; Lan- 
 cashire, 30 ; Leicestershire 
 and Rutlandshire, 21 ; Lin- 
 colnshire, 22; Norfolk, 15; 
 Northamptonshire, 20 ; 
 Shropshire, 22 ; Stafford- 
 shire, 20; Suffolk, 11; 
 Surrey, 11 ; Warwickshire, 
 
ENGLISH AXD WELSH NAMES. 
 
 521 
 
 18 ; Worcestershire, 14 ; 
 Yorkshire, West Riding, 
 25 ; Yorkshire, N'orth and 
 East Ridino^s, 23. 
 
 Massey. Cheshire, 42 ; Derby- 
 shire, 11 ; Lancashire, 8 ; 
 Shropshire, 20 ; Stafford- 
 shire, 20. 
 
 Masters. Dorsetshire, 15 ; Lei- 
 cestershire and Rutland- 
 shire, 17 ; Somersetshire, 
 34. 
 
 Mastin. Lincolnshire, 9. 
 
 Matcham. Kent, 12. 
 
 Mather. Derbyshire, 9 ; Lan- 
 cashire, 17 ; Northiiraber- 
 land, 14. 
 
 Mathison. (See Mattison.) 
 
 Matthams. Essex,. 15. 
 
 Matthew. Cornwall, 8 ; Glou- 
 cestershire, 10 ; Suffolk, 
 20. 
 
 Matthews. Berkshire, 38 ; 
 Cornwall, 46 ; Devonshire, 
 20 ; Essex, 30 ; Gloucester- 
 shire, 60 ; Hampshire, 17 ; 
 Herefordshire, 58 ; Hert- 
 fordshire, 15 ; Huntingdon- 
 shire, 14; Monmouthshire, 
 49; Norfolk, 27; North- 
 amptonshire, 15 ; Notting- 
 hamshire, 24 ; Oxfordshire, 
 39 ; Shropshire, 20 ; Somer- 
 setshire, 14 ; Staffordshire, 
 14 ; Wiltshire, 70 ; Worces- 
 tershire, 16 ; South Wales, 
 17. In Cornwall it is occa- 
 sionally written Mathews. 
 
 Matthias. South Wales, 22. 
 
 Mattison — Matson, &c. York- 
 shire, North and East 
 
 RidingF, 14. Mattison is 
 the commonest form of the 
 various corruptions and 
 abbreviations of Matthew - 
 son ; amongst others in this 
 county are Mathison, Mat- 
 te rson, Matteson, and Mat- 
 son. 
 
 Matts. Leicestershire and Rut- 
 landshire, 30. 
 
 Maudsley. (See Mawdsley.) 
 
 Maughan. Durham, 36 ; North- 
 umberland, 59, In the 
 county of Durham it is 
 occasionally written Maug- 
 ham. 
 
 Maunder. Devonshire, 17. 
 
 Maundrell. Wiltshire, 36, 
 
 Maw. Lincolnshire, 33. 
 
 Mawdsley. Lancashire, 25. 
 Maudsley is a less common 
 form of the name in the 
 same county. 
 
 Mawer. Lincolnshire, 12. 
 
 Mawle. Northamptonshire, 15. 
 
 Mawson. Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 12. 
 
 Maxted. Kent, 51. 
 
 Maxwell. Cambridgeshire, 
 
 20. 
 
 May. Berkshire, 30 ; Cornwall, 
 40 ; Devonshire, 38 ; Essex, 
 21 ; Hampshire, 13 ; Kenf, 
 24 ; Nottinghamshire, 12 ; 
 Oxfordshire. 35 ; Wiltshire, 
 13 ; Worcestershire, 14. 
 Maye is a rare Devonshire 
 form of this name. 
 
 Mayer. Staffordshire, 10. 
 
 Mayes. Bedfordshire, 8 ; Nor- 
 folk, 11. 
 
522 
 
 HOMES OP FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Mayhew. Badfordsliire, 15 ; 
 Suffolk, 14. 
 
 Maylam. Kent, IS. 
 
 Majnard. CorQwall,10; Devon- 
 skire, 7. 
 
 Mayne. Cornwall, 8. 
 
 Mayo. Dorsetsliire, 15. 
 
 Mayor. Lancashire, 9. 
 
 Mead, Buckinghamshire, 50; 
 Essex, 21 ; Hertfordshire, 
 38 ; Somersetshire, 22 ; 
 Wiltshire, 9 ; Yorkshire, 
 North and East Ridings, 9. 
 Meade is a Somersetshire 
 form. 
 
 Meaden. Dorsetshire, 15. 
 
 Meadmore. Hereford>;hire, 14. 
 
 Meadows. Gloucestershire, 20; 
 Suffolk, 14 ; Worcestershire, 
 14. 
 
 Meaker. Somersetshire, 11. 
 
 Meakin. Derbyshire, 7 ; Not- 
 tinghamshire, 16 ; Shrop- 
 shire, 12 ; StafforJshire, 
 10. 
 
 Mealor. Cheshire, 9. s^tr^/''*" 
 
 Measures. Northamptonshire, 
 15. 
 
 Meatyard. Dorsetshire, 15. 
 
 Medforth. Yorkshire, North 
 and East Ridings, 9. 
 
 Medland. Cornwall, 8 ; Devon- 
 shire, 8. 
 
 Medlicott. Herefordshire, 14 ; 
 Shropshire, 17. 
 
 Meech. Dorsetshire, 21. 
 
 Meek. Durham, 20; Hereford- 
 shire, 14 ; Worcestershire, 
 14 
 
 Meen. Snffolk, 11. 
 
 Meeson. Essex, 12. 
 
 Megginson — Meggison — Meg- 
 son. Yorkshire, North and 
 East Ridings, 9. 
 
 Melhuish — Melluish. Devon- 
 shire, 10. 
 
 Meltings. Shropshire, 29. 
 
 Mellor. Cheshire, 14 ; Derby- 
 shire, 40 ; Nottinghamshire, 
 15 ; Staffordshire, 88; York- 
 shire, West Riding, 20. 
 The Nottinghamshire form 
 of the name is usually 
 Mellors or Mellers. 
 
 Mellors. (See Mellor.) 
 
 Melsome — Milsom. Wiltshire, 
 40. 
 
 Mercer. Kent, 36 ; Lancashire, 
 31. 
 
 Meredith. Gloucestershire, 18; 
 Herefordshire, 61 ; Mon- 
 mouthshire, 26; Shropshire, 
 30; North Wales, 15; 
 South Wales, 17. 
 
 Merrell. Worcestershii-e, 18. 
 
 Merrett. Gloucestershire, 43 ; 
 Wiltshire, 18. 
 
 Merrick. Herefordshire, 17 ; 
 Middlesex, 8 ; Shropshire, 
 12. Meyrick is a Shrop- 
 shire form. 
 
 Merrikin. Lincolnshire, 10. 
 
 Merrills. Nottingliamshire, 16. 
 
 Me3sage. Sussex, 18. 
 
 Messenger. Leicestershire and 
 Rutlandshire, 17. 
 
 Messinger. Northamptonshire, 
 25. 
 
 Metcalf — Metcalfe. Cumber- 
 
 land and Westmoreland, 
 14 ; Durham, 16 ; Lanca- 
 shire, 16; Yorkshire, West 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 
 
 523 
 
 Riding, 38 ; Yorkshire, 
 North and East Ridings, 
 95. Metcalfe is the nsual 
 form of the name. 
 
 Metherall — Metherell. Devon- 
 shire, 10. 
 
 Metson. Essex, 45. 
 
 Mew. Hampshire, 17. 
 
 ^Leyrick. (See Merrick.) 
 
 Micliell. {See Mitchell.) 
 
 Middlemas — Middlemiss. North- 
 umberland, 26. 
 
 Middleton. Cheshire, 11 ; 
 
 Derbyshire, 20 ; Devon- 
 shire, 7 ; Durham, 16 ; 
 Hunticgdonshire, 10 ; Nor- 
 folk, 22 ; Northampton- 
 shire, 25 ; Staffordshire, 12; 
 Warwickshire, 42 ; York- 
 shire, West Riding, 17 ; 
 Yorkshire, North and East 
 Ridings, 10. 
 
 Miugley, Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 22. 
 
 Midwinter. Oxfordshire, 20. 
 
 Mil bank — Millbank. Essex, 
 42. 
 
 Milburn. Cumberland and 
 Westmoreland, 14 ; Dur- 
 ham, 24 ; Northumberland, 
 27. 
 
 Mildon. Devonshire, 8. 
 
 Miles. Buckinghamshire, 20 
 Dorsetshire, 31 ; Essex, 21 
 Gloucestershire, 27 ; Kent 
 33 ; Monmouthshire, 39 
 Norfolk, 11 ; Shropshire, 12 
 Surrey, 20 ; Sussex, 30 
 Warwickshire, 18 ; Wilt- 
 shire, 36. 
 
 Milk. Norfolk, 22. 
 
 Mill. Cornwall, 8 ; Devon- 
 shire, 7. 
 
 Millard. Bedfordshire, 12 ; 
 Gloucestershire, 17 ; Hamp- 
 shire, 8; Hunting lonshire, 
 9; Somersetshire, 17. 
 
 Millbank. (See Milbank.) 
 
 Miliedge. Dorsetshire, 21. 
 
 Millen — Milno. Kent, 24. Milne 
 is a less common form. 
 
 Miller. Berkshire, 12 ; Cam- 
 bridgeshire, 20 ; Devon- 
 shire, 16 ; Dorsetshire, 100 ; 
 
 ^ Durham, 28; Essex, 27 ; 
 Lancashire, 24; Leicester- 
 shire and Rutlandshire, 17 ; 
 Norfolk, 7 ; Northumber- 
 land, 22 ; Oxfordshire, 28 ; 
 Somersetshire, 9 ; Suffolk, 
 20. 
 
 Millican — Millikin. Cumber- 
 land and Westmoreland, 35; 
 Northumberland, 14. Milli- 
 kin is more characteristic of 
 Northumberland. Milligan 
 is a rare form in Cumber- 
 land and Westmoreland. 
 
 Millichamp. Shropshire, 12. 
 
 Millington. Nottinghamshire, 
 20. 
 
 Mill man — Milman. Devonshire, 
 9. 
 
 Mills. Berkshire, 13 ; Devon- 
 shire, 11 ; Essex, 27 ; Glou- 
 cestershire, 11 ; Hampshire, 
 30 ; Kent, 32 ; Lancashire, 
 17 ; Leicestershire and Rut- 
 landshire, 17 ; Lincolnshire, 
 9 ; Suffolk, 11 ; Surrey, 10 ; 
 Sussex, 30 ; Warwickshire, 
 32; Wiltshire, 18; Wor- 
 
524 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 cestershire, 14 ; South 
 Wales, 22. 
 
 Millward. Derbyshire, 13 ; 
 Staffordshire, 12. 
 
 Milne. (See Millen.) 
 
 Milner. Derbyshire, 17 ; Lan- 
 cashire, 8 ; Notting-ham- 
 shire, 12 ; Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 11 ; Yorkshire, 
 North and East Ridings, 
 20. 
 
 Milton. Devonshire, 7. 
 
 Minchin. Gloucestershire, 14. 
 
 Minett. Gloucestershire, 36. 
 
 Minns. Norfolk, 15. 
 
 Minshall — MinshuU. Cheshire, 
 22. 
 
 Minta. Lincolnshire, 8. 
 
 Minter. Kent, 24. 
 
 Mintey — Minty. Wiltshire, 22. 
 
 Minton. Shropshire, 17. 
 
 Miskin. Kent, 24. 
 
 Missing. Kent, 15. 
 
 Mitchell. Cambridgeshire, 15 ; 
 Cheshire, 9 ; Cornwall, 127 ; 
 Cumberland and Westmore- 
 land, 20 ; Devonshire, 13 ; 
 Dorsetshire, 26 ; Durham, 
 12 ; Gloucestershire, 14 ; 
 Hampshire, 17 ; Hunting- 
 donshire, 15 ; Kent, 18 ; 
 Lancashire, 9 ; Lincolnshire, 
 15; Norfolk, 17; Northum- 
 berland, 18 ; Somersetshire, 
 15; Staffordshire, 20 ; Suf- 
 folk, 9 ; Surrey, 35 ; Susse?r, 
 43 ; Wiltshire, 36 ; York- 
 shire, West Riding, 45 ; 
 Yorkshire, North and East 
 Ridings, 12. Michell is a 
 Cornibh form of the name ; 
 
 it is nearly as frequent as 
 Mitchell in the county. 
 
 Moffatt. Cumberland and West- 
 moreland,39 ; Northumber- 
 land, 11. 
 
 Mogford — Mugford. Devon- 
 shire, 12. 
 
 Molyneux. Lancashire, 8. 
 
 Monk. Buckinghamshire, 20 ; 
 Kent, 20 ; Lancashire, 8 ; 
 Northamptonshire, 15. In 
 Kent it is sometimes spelt 
 Munk. 
 
 Monkman. Yorkshire, North 
 and East Ridings, 8. 
 
 Monnington. Herefordshire, 20. 
 
 Montgomery. Northampton- 
 
 shire, 25. 
 
 Moody. Hampshire, 15 ; Lin- 
 colnshire, 9 ; Somersetshire, 
 17. 
 
 Moon. Lancashire, 9 ; Somer- 
 setshire, 14 ; Sussex, 18 ; 
 Yorkshire, North and Ea^t 
 Ridings, 10. 
 
 Moore. Berkshire, 7 ; Bucking- 
 hamshire, 18 ; Cambridge- 
 shire, 45 ; Cheshire, 40 ; 
 Cornwall, 9 ; Cumberland 
 and Westmoreland, 25 ; 
 Derbyshire, 13 ; Devon- 
 shire, 34 ; Durham, 20 ; 
 Essex, 21 ; Gloucestershire, 
 20 ; Herefordshire, 31 ; 
 Kent, 18 ; Lancn shire, 11 ; 
 Leicestershire and Rutland- 
 shire, 35 ; Lincolnshire, 20 ; 
 Norfolk, 44 ; Northampton- 
 shire, 20 ; Northumber- 
 land, 26 ; Nottinghamshire, 
 28 ; Shropshire, ZO ; Somer- 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 
 
 525 
 
 setsliire, 14 ; Staffordsbire, 
 28; Suffolk, 46; Warwick- 
 shire, 24; Wiltshire, 30; 
 Worcestershire, 47 ; York- 
 shire, West Riding, 40 ; 
 Yorkshire, North and East 
 Ridings, 34. Moor is a rare 
 form represented in the 
 North and East Ridings. 
 
 Moorhouse. Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 30. 
 
 Morcom — Morkam. Cornwall, 8^ 
 
 Mordecai. South Wales, 11. 
 
 Moreton. Cheshire, 24 ; Staf- 
 fordshire, 12. (>Sde Morton.) 
 
 Morgan. Cheshire, 9 ; Devon- 
 shire, 7 ; Gloucestershire, 
 30 ; Hampshire, 45 ; Here- 
 fordshire, 130 ; Monmouth- 
 shire, 400 ; Shropshire, 70 ; 
 Somersetshire, ,20 ; Worces- 
 tershire, 18 ; North Wales, 
 110; South Wales, 380. 
 Morgans is a rare North 
 Wales form. 
 
 Morley. Derbyshire, 23 ; Kent, 
 12 ; Leicestershire and Rut- 
 landshire, 26; Lincolnshire, 
 11; Suffolk, 23; York- 
 shire, North and East 
 Ridings, 9. 
 
 Morphett. Kent, 12. (^S^ee 
 Murfitt.) 
 
 Morrell. Yorkshire, West Rid- 
 ing, 15 ; Yorkshire, North 
 and East Ridings, 7. 
 
 Morris. Bedfordshire, 15 ; 
 
 Buckinghamsiiire, 45; Cam- 
 bridgeshire, 29; Cheshire, 
 34 ; Devonshire, 7 ; Dorset- 
 shire, 15; Gloucestershire, 
 
 20 ; Hampshire, 103 ; Here- 
 fordshire, 109 ; Hertford- 
 shire, 20 ; Huntingdon- 
 shire, 10 ; Kent, 12 ; Lan- 
 cashire, 19 ; Leicestershire 
 and Rutlandshire, 64 ; Lin- 
 colnshire, 11 ; Monmouth- 
 shire, 78 ; Northampton- 
 shire, 35; Nottinghamshire, 
 36; Shropshire, 103; Somer- 
 setshire, 24-; Staffordshire, 
 12 ; Warwickshire, 38 ; 
 Worcestershire, 43 ; North 
 Wales, 80; South Wales, 
 76. Morrish is also found in 
 Somersetshire and Devon- 
 shire, especially in the 
 farmer county. 
 
 Morrison. Northumberland, 11. 
 
 Morse. Wiltshire, 22. 
 
 Mort. Lancashire, 8 ; Shrop- 
 shire, 12. 
 
 Mortimer. Devonshire, 20; 
 Yorkshire, North and East 
 Ridings, 10. 
 
 Mortiraore. Devonshire, 7. 
 
 Mortin. Derbyshire, 9. 
 
 Morton. Cambridgeshire, 48 ; 
 Cheshire, 14 ; Derbyshire, 
 9 ; Staffordshire, 10 ; 
 Yorkshire, North and East 
 Ridings, 10. (5^ee Moreton.) 
 
 Mosely. Derbyshire, 9 ; Here- 
 fordshire, 14 ; Shropshire, 
 12 ; Staffordshire, 8 ; War- 
 wickshire, 15 ; Worcester- 
 shire, 26. (See Mosley.) 
 
 Moses. Monmouthshire, 17. 
 
 Mosley. Derbyshire, 13 ; York- 
 shire, West Riding, 8. (8ee 
 Mosely.) 
 
526 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Moss. Cheshire, 14 ; Essex, 27 ; 
 Lancashire, 14; Stafford- 
 shire, 38 ; Worcestershire, 
 30. 
 
 Moss man. Bedfordshire, 15. 
 
 Mossop. Cumberland and West- 
 moreland, 50. 
 
 Mott. Essex, 18. 
 
 Mottershead. Cheshire, 20. 
 
 Mottram. Staffordshire, 10. 
 
 Moule. Worcestershire, 22. 
 
 Mounfield — Mountfield. Che- 
 shire, 14. 
 
 Mounsej. Cumberland and 
 Westmoreland, 25. 
 
 Mountain. Lincolnshire, 8 ; 
 Oxfordshire, 35. 
 
 Mountford. Herefordshire, 11 ; 
 Staffordshire, 22. 
 
 Mowbray. Lincolnshire, 11. 
 
 Moyle. Cornwall, 24. 
 
 Moxon. Warwickshire, 18. 
 
 Mudd. Suffolk, 34 ; Yorkshire, 
 North and East Ridings, 10. 
 
 Mudge. Devonshire, 8. 
 
 Muggeridge. Surrey, 50; Sussex, 
 25. 
 
 Muggleston. Essex, 9. 
 
 Mullenger — MuUinger. Nor- 
 folk, 11. 
 
 Mullins. Dorsetshire, 21 ; 
 
 Somersetshire, 11. 
 
 Mullock. Cheshire, 14. 
 
 Mumford. Buckinghamshire, 
 18; Cornwall, 10; Essex, 
 9 ; Warwickshire, 18. 
 
 Munckton. Dorsetshire, 15. 
 
 Munday — Mundy. Berkshire, 
 14; Buckinghamshire, 18; 
 Hampshire, 30; Oxford- 
 shire, 15; Wiltshire, 9. 
 
 These names are associated 
 where they are at all fre- 
 quent. 
 
 Munn. Worcestershire, 18. 
 
 Munslow. Shropshire, 17. 
 
 Murcott. Warwickshire, 15. 
 
 Murfin. Derbyshire, 13. 
 
 Murfitt — Murfit. Cambridge- 
 shire, 24. (See Morphett.) 
 
 Murgairoyd. Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 10. 
 
 Murray. Durham, 16 ; North- 
 umberland, 30. 
 
 Murton. Kent, 21. 
 
 Musgrave. Cumberland and 
 Westmoreland, 7 ; Lincoln- 
 shire, 11. 
 
 Musson. Leicestershire and 
 Rutlandshire, 17. 
 
 Mustill. Cambridgeshire, 29. 
 
 Mutimer. Norfolk, 10 ; Suffolk, 
 15. 
 
 Mutton. Cornwall, 12. 
 
 Myatt. Staffordshire, 24. 
 
 Mycock. Derbyshire, 13 ; Staf- 
 fordshire, 26. 
 
 Myers. Yorkshire, West Riding, 
 15. 
 
 Myhill. Essex, 12 ; Norfolk, 15. 
 
 Mytton. Worcestershire, 26. 
 
 Nadin. Derbyshire, 13. 
 
 Nance. Cornwall, 9. 
 
 Nancekeville — Nancekivell — 
 Nankevill. Devonshire, 7. 
 
 Napper. Berkshire, 35. 
 
 Nash. Buckinghamshire, 80; 
 Gloucestershire, 11 ; Hert- 
 fordshire, 30 ; Surrey, 30. 
 
 Naylor. Derbyshire, 20 ; Kent, 
 12; Lancashire, 8 ; Lincoln- 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 
 
 527 
 
 shire, 16; Nottinghamshire, 
 20 ; Staffordshire, 12 ; 
 Yorkshire, West Riding, 16. 
 
 Neal — Neale. Bedfordshire, 12 ; 
 Buckinghamshire, 15; Corn- 
 wall, 8 ; Gloucestershire, 
 20; Hampshire, 17; Lei- 
 cestershire and Rutland- 
 shire, 25 ; Lincolnshire, 12 ; 
 Norfolk, 13 ; Nottingham- 
 shire, 16 ; Sussex, 33 ; War- 
 wickshire, 28 ; Wiltshire, 
 13. Neal, which is rather 
 more frequent, is found 
 mostly in the counties of 
 Lincolnshire, Leicester- 
 
 shire, and Cornwall. Neale 
 occurs mostly in the coun- 
 ties of Sussex, Gloucester- 
 shire, and Nottinghamshire. 
 Both names are sometimes 
 associated in equal propor- 
 tion, as in Norfolk, War- 
 wickshire, and Hampshire. 
 
 Neame. Kent, 21. 
 
 Neave — Neve. Kent, 18 ; Nor- 
 folk, 30; Suffolk, 14. Neave 
 is the more frequent form and 
 is best represented in Nor- 
 folk. Neve is more charac- 
 teristic of Kent, though 
 it occurs also in Norfolk. 
 Neeve is a rare Suffolk form. 
 
 Needham. Derbyshire, 38 ; 
 Leicestershire and Rutland- 
 shire, 17 ; Lincolnshire, 24 ; 
 Staffordshire, 12. 
 
 Negus. Bedfordshire, 8. 
 
 Neighbour. Oxfordshire, 25. 
 
 Neild— Nield. Cheshire, 30 ; 
 Derbyshire, 7. 
 
 Nelmes — Nelms. Gloucester- 
 shire, 20 ; Herefordshire, 14. 
 
 Nelson. Bedfordshire, 6 ; Cum- 
 berland and Westmoreland, 
 40 ; Lancashire, 15 ; Lin- 
 colnshire, 10 ; Norfolk, 16 ; 
 Yorkshire, West Riding, 
 
 13 ; Yorkshire, North and 
 East Ridings, 11. 
 
 Nesling. Suffolk, 14. 
 
 Netherway. Devonshire, 7. 
 
 Neve. {See Neave.) 
 
 Nevell. Oxfordshire, 20. 
 
 Nevin — Nevins. Northumber- 
 land, 18. 
 
 New. Gloucestershire, 17. 
 
 Newall. Cheshire, 9. 
 
 Newbery. Bedfordshire, 8 ; 
 Devonshire, 17; Warwick- 
 shire, 20. In Devonshire 
 it is sometimes spelt New- 
 berry. 
 
 Newbold — Newbould. Derby- 
 shire, 11 ; Nottinghamshire, 
 12 ; Worcestershire, 14 ; 
 Yorkshire, West Riding, 15. 
 Nearly always associated. 
 
 Newby. Lancashire, 8. 
 
 Newcombe. Devonshire, 26. 
 
 Newey. Worcestershire, 14. 
 
 Newington. Sussex, 21. 
 
 Newitt. Northamptonshire, 15. 
 
 Newman. Bedfordshire, 20 ; 
 Dorsetshire, 21 ; Essex, 42 ; 
 Gloucestershire, 33 ; Hamp- 
 shire, 26 ; Herefordshire, 
 
 14 ; Heitfordshire, 28 ; 
 Huntingdonshire,2'^ ; Kent, 
 15; Middlesex, 22; Nor- 
 folk, 11; Wiltshire, 40; 
 Worcestershire, 34. 
 
528 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Newport. Cheshire, 11 ; Somer- 
 setshire, 9. 
 
 Newsholme — Newsome. York- 
 shire, West Riding, 11. 
 
 :P^ewsoii. Suffolk, 28. 
 
 Newth. Wiltshire, 22. 
 
 ISTewton. Cheshire, 20 ; Corn- 
 wall, 12; Derbyshire, 7; 
 Devonshire, 7 ; Durham, 
 20 ; Huntingdonshire, 22 ; 
 Lancashire, 11; Lincoln- 
 shire, 15 ; Northumberland, 
 14 ; Nottinghamshire, 12 ; 
 Oxfordshire, 20 ; Yorkshire, 
 North and East Ridings, 
 17. 
 
 Niblett. Gloucestershire, 9. 
 
 Nichol. Cumberland and West- 
 moreland, 20; Northumber- 
 land, 30. 
 
 Nicholas. Cornwall, 10 ; Mon- 
 mouthshire, 80. 
 
 Nicholls — Nichols. Bedford- 
 shire, 8 ; Cheshire, 14 ; 
 Cornwall, 88 ; Devonshire, 
 28 ; Essex, 33 ; Gloucester- 
 shire, 27; Herefordshire, 
 17; Huntingdonshire, 15; 
 Kent, 15 ; Norfolk, 26 ; 
 Northamptonshire, 40 ; Ox- 
 iordshire, 20 ; Somerset- 
 shire, 7 ; Staffordshire, 12 ; 
 Wiltshire, 31 ; Worcester- 
 shire, 18 ; Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 15. Nicholls is 
 twice as frequent, and it is 
 only rarely, as in North- 
 amptonshire and Norfolk, 
 that Nichols holds the field. 
 Nicols and Nickels are rare 
 Devonshire forms. Nickolls 
 
 is another rare variety 
 found in Worcestershire 
 and elsewhere. 
 
 Nicholson. Cumberland and 
 Westmoreland, 80 ; Dur- 
 ham, 36 ; Essex, 15 ; Lan- 
 cashire, 10 ; Lincolnshire, 
 18; Norfolk, 17; Norih- 
 umberland, 50 ; Yorkshire, 
 West Riding, 15; York- 
 shire, North and East 
 Ridings, 30. 
 
 Nickless. Worcestershire, 14. 
 
 Nield. (See Neild.) 
 
 Nightingale. Lancashire, 16 ; 
 Surrey, 8; Sussex, 14. 
 
 Nix. Cambridgeshire, 15 ; 
 Surrey, 10. 
 
 Nixon. Cheshire, 32 ; Cumber- 
 land and Westmoreland, 
 25 ; Durham, 20 ; Lincoln- 
 shire, 10; Northumberland, 
 37; Staffordshire, ^0. 
 
 Noakes. Kent, 21 ; Sussex, 
 40. 
 
 Noble. Yorkshire, West Riding, 
 11. 
 
 Nock. Shropshire, 12. 
 
 Noden. Cheshire, 15. 
 
 Norbury. Cheshire, 15. 
 
 Norgrove. Herefordshire, 14 ; 
 Shropshire, 12. 
 
 Norman. Buckinghamshire, 20 ; 
 Cambridgeshire, 65 : Cum- 
 berland and Westmoreland, 
 20 ; Devonshire, 14 ; Dor- 
 setshire, 15 ; Leicestershire 
 and Rutlandshire, 17 ; Nor- 
 folk, 9 ; Somersetshire, 40 ; 
 Sussex, 25 ; Warwickshire, 
 20. 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 
 
 529 
 
 ornabell. Yorksliire, North 
 and East Ridings, 7. 
 
 Korris. Berkshire, 8 ; Dorset- 
 shire, 10 ; Lancashire, 15 ; 
 Somersetshire, 14. 
 
 Norrish. Devonshire, 16. 
 
 North. Hampshire, 22 ; Leices- 
 tershire and Rutlandshire, 
 26 ; Lincolnshire, 15 ; Ox- 
 fordshire, 20. 
 
 Northam. Devonshire, 7. 
 
 Northcott. Cornwall, 16 ; 
 
 Devonshire, 18. 
 
 Northey. Cornwall, 20 ; Devon- 
 shire, 7. 
 
 Northmore. Devonshire, 7. 
 
 Norton. Dorsetshire, 26 ; Nor- 
 folk, 20 ; Somersetshire, 
 12 ; Suffolk, 9. 
 
 Norwood. Nottinghamshire. 12. 
 
 Nosworthy. Devonshire, 10. 
 
 Nott Devonshire, 9 ; Essex, 
 15 ; Herefordshire, 34 ; 
 Hertfordshire, 18 ; Worces- 
 tershire, 22. 
 
 Nottage. Essex, 18. 
 
 Nottingham. Yorkshire, North 
 and East Ridings, 7. 
 
 Nunn. Essex, 12 ; Suffolk, 55. 
 
 Nurse. Norfolk, 18. 
 
 Nut tall. Derbyshire, 7 ; Lan- 
 cashire, 25. 
 
 Nutter. Lancashire, 8. 
 
 Oakden. Derbyshire, 17. 
 
 Oakes. Cheshire, 12. 
 
 Oakey. Cambridgeshire, 20 ; 
 
 G-loucestershire, 14. 
 Oakley. Staffordshire, 15 ; 
 
 Warwickshire, 15. 
 
 Oates — Oats. Cornwall, 19. 
 
 Ockey. Herefordshire, 17. 
 
 Oddie. Lancashire, 8 ; York- 
 shire, West Riding, 11. 
 Oddy is a West Riding 
 form. (See Ody.) 
 
 Odell. Bedfordshire, 27 ; Buck- 
 inghamshire, 15 ; Hertford- 
 shire, 20. 
 
 Odger — Odgers. Cornwall, 9. 
 
 Odling. Lincolnshire, 11. 
 
 Ody. Wiltshire, 58. (See 
 Oddie.) 
 
 Offen. Kent, 27. 
 
 Ogle. Nottinghamshire, 12. 
 
 Okell. Cheshire, 17. 
 
 Old. Cornwall, 10. 
 
 Old acres. Leicestershire and 
 Rutlandshire, 17. 
 
 Oldfield. Derbyshire, 15 ; Nor- 
 folk, 11. 
 
 Oldham. Cheshire, 9 ; Notting- 
 hamshire, 8; Warwick- 
 shire, 20. 
 
 Oldreave — Oldreive. Devon- 
 shire, 7. 
 
 Oliphant — Olivant. Notting- 
 hamshire, 12. 
 
 Oliver. Bedfordshire, 18 ; Corn- 
 wall, 17 ; Derbyshire, 13 
 Devonshire, 8 ; Durham 
 32 ; Gloucestershire, 14 
 Herefordshire, 31 ; Hert 
 fordshire, 15; Kent, 20 
 Lincolnshire, 18 ; North 
 umberland, 37 ; Stafford 
 shire, 14; Sussex, 22 
 Worcestershire, 22 ; York 
 shire, West Riding, 8 
 Yorkshire, North and East 
 
 Ridings, 10. 
 
 2m 
 
530 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Ollerenshaw. Cheshire, 17 ; 
 Derbyshire, 9. 
 
 Ollerton. Lancashire, 9. 
 
 Olney. Bedfordshire, 20 -, Hert- 
 fordshire, 18. 
 
 Olver. Cornwall, 27. 
 
 Onions. Shropshire, 12. 
 
 Opie. Cornwall, 11. 
 
 Oppy, Cornwall, 13. 
 
 Oram. Somersetshire, 9. 
 
 Orchard. Hertfordshire, 18. 
 
 Ord. Durham, 12 ; North- 
 umberland, 41. 
 
 Organ. Oloueestershire, 27. 
 
 Orofee. Herefordshire, 17. 
 
 Orford. Norfolk, ,11; Suffolk, 
 9. 
 
 Ormerod. Lancashire, 21 -, 
 Yorkshire, West Riding, 9.. 
 Ormrod is a Lancashire 
 form. 
 
 Ormond. South Wales, 22. 
 
 Ormstom Northumberland, 11. 
 
 Orpe. Staffordshire, 10. 
 
 Orpen — Orpin. Kesat, 18. 
 
 Orson. Leicestershire and Rut- 
 landshire, 17. 
 
 Orton. Leicestershire and Rut- 
 landshire, 34 ; Warwick- 
 shire, 15. 
 
 Osborn — Osborne. Bedford- 
 shire, 20 ; Buckingham- 
 shire, 20 ; Cambridgeshire, 
 20; Cornwall, 20; Derby- 
 shire, 15 ; Essex, 15 ; 
 Gloucestershire, 20; Hert- 
 fordshire, 18 ; Lincolnshire, 
 10 ; Norfolk, 9 ; North- 
 amptonshire, 20 ; Somerset- 
 shire, 25', Suffolk, 7; Sussex, 
 14; Warwickshire, 20; Wor- 
 
 cestershire, 22. Osborne 
 is doubly as frequent as 
 Osborn. 
 
 Osmond. Berkshire, 12 ; Somer- 
 setshire, IL 
 
 Oulton. Cheshire, 12. 
 
 Outhwaite. Yorkshire, North 
 and East Ridings, 7. 
 
 Outram. Derhyshire, 17 ; Not- 
 tinghamshire, 8. 
 
 Overell. Hertfordshire, 18. 
 
 Overton. Lincolnshire, 9. 
 
 Owen — Owens. Cheshire, 30 ; 
 Herefordshire, 31 ; Lan- 
 cashire, 13; Shropshire, 
 68 ; Staffordshire, 10; War- 
 wickshire, 15 ; Worcester- 
 shire, 18; North Wales, 
 380; South Wales, 115. 
 Owens is mostly confined 
 to Wales. 
 
 Oyler. Kent, 18. 
 
 PackhanL Sussex, 2L 
 
 Padbury. Oxfordshire, 22. 
 
 Paddock. Shropshire, 12. 
 
 Paddon. Devonshire, 7. 
 
 Padfield. Somersetshire, 20. 
 
 Page. Buckinghamshire, 18 ; 
 Devonshire, 16 ; Essex, 78 ; 
 Glouoestershire, 17; Hamp- 
 shire, 17 ; Hertfordshii-e, 
 20 ; Kent, 15 ; Norfolk, 30 ; 
 Nottiughamshire, 16 ; Ox- 
 fordshire, 58 ; Shropshire, 
 17; Suffolk, 35; Siirrey,15; 
 Sussex, 50; Warwickshire, 
 25 ; Worcestershire, 14. 
 Paige is a rare form of this 
 name, being associated with 
 it in Devon and Sussex. 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 
 
 531 
 
 "Paget. Leicestershire and Rut- 
 landshire, 9. 
 
 Pain — Paine. (See Payne.) 
 
 Painter. Berkshire, 8; Corn- 
 wall, 20 ; Gloucestershire, 
 14 ; Northamptonshire, 15 ; 
 Oxfordshire, 25 ; Wiltshire, 
 30. Paynter is the Cornish 
 .form. 
 
 Palethorpe. Lincolnshire, 9. 
 
 Palfrey. Devonshire, 8. 
 
 Palfreyman. Derbyshire, 9 ; 
 Yorkshire, West Riding, 7 ; 
 Yorkshire, North and East 
 Ridings, 7. In Yorkshire 
 it is also spelt Palframan 
 and Palfreman. 
 
 Paling — Payling. Nottingham- 
 shire, 16. 
 
 Palk. Devonshire, 7. 
 
 Pallister. Durham, 20. 
 
 Palmer. Berkshire, 20 ; Cam- 
 bridgeshire, 65 ; Cornwall, 
 16 ; Cumberland and West- 
 moreland, 15 ; Devonshire, 
 40 ; Dorsetshire, 20 ; Essex, 
 24 ; Gloucestershire, 27 ; 
 Hampshire, 21; Hereford- 
 shire, 17 ; Hertfordshire, 
 17; Huntingdonshire, 16; 
 Kent, 51 ; Leicestershire 
 and Rutlandshire, 26 ; Lin- 
 colnshire, 10 ; Norfolk, 54 ; 
 Northamptonshire, 25 ; Not- 
 tinghamshire, 16 ; Shrop- 
 shire, 17; Somersetshire, 
 31 ; Suffolk, 30 ; Warwick- 
 shire, 45; Wiltshire, 13; 
 Worcestershire, 34. 
 Paniers — Panniers. Hereford- 
 shire, 20. 
 
 Pankhurst. Sussex, 10. 
 Pannell. Essex, 15. 
 Pantall. Herefordshire, 17. 
 Panther. Northamptonshire, 
 15. 
 
 Papworth. Cambridgeshire, 20 ; 
 Huntingdonshire, 15. 
 
 Pardee. Shropshire, 12; Wor- 
 cestershire, 22. 
 
 Parham. Wiltshire, 18. 
 
 Parish — Parrish. Essex, 27. 
 
 Park. Cumberland and West- 
 moreland, 30 ; Lancashire, 
 20; Nottinghamshire, 16. 
 
 Parke. Suffolk, 14. 
 
 Parker. Berkshire, 15 ; Buck- 
 inghamshire, 24; Cheshire, 
 28 ; Cumberland and West- 
 moreland, 35 ; Derbyshire, 
 31; Durham, 28; Essex, 
 36 ; Gloucestershire, 40 ; 
 Hampshire, 44 ; Hereford- 
 shire, 24 ; Hertfordshire, 
 25 ; Kent, 15 ; Lancashire, 
 44 ; Leicestershire and 
 Rutlandshire, 13 ; Lincoln- 
 shire, 40 ; Monmouthshire, 
 50; Norfolk, 15; North- 
 amptonshire, 15 ; North- 
 umberland, 48 ; Notting- 
 hamshire, 15 ; Somerset- 
 shire, 17; Suffolk, 14; 
 Surrey, 10 ; Warwickshire, 
 32 ; Worcestershire, 18 ; 
 Yorkshire, West Riding, 
 60; Yorkshire, North and 
 East Ridings, 26. 
 
 Parkes. Warwickshire, 18 ; 
 Worcestershire, 18. 
 
 Parkhouse. Devonshire, 7. 
 2m 2 
 
532 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Parkin. Cornwall, 20; Cum- 
 berland and Westmoreland, 
 14 ; Derbyshire, 9 ; Dur- 
 ham, 2-1; Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 11 ; Yorkshire, 
 North and East Ridings, 10. 
 Parkyn is a Cornish form 
 of the name. 
 Parkins. Hertfordshire, 15. 
 Parkinson. Cheshire, 9 ; Dur- 
 ham, 16 ; Lancashire, 53 ; 
 Lincolnshire, 16 ; ^N'otting- 
 hamshire, 12 ; Yorkshire, 
 West Riding, 20. 
 Parnabj. Yorkshire, North and 
 
 East Ridings, 8. 
 Parnell. Cambridgeshire, 7 ; 
 Cornwall, 14 ; Devonshire, 
 12. Parnall is a rare 
 Cornish form. 
 Parr. Lancashire, 9; Lincoln- 
 shire, 10 ; Nottingham- 
 shire, 15. 
 Parrott. Buckinghamshire, 35 ; 
 
 Oxfordshire, 15. 
 Parry. Cheshire, 14; Glou- 
 cestershire, 24 ; Hereford- 
 shire, 58 ; Monmouthshire, 
 110 ; Shropshire, 41 ; Wor- 
 cestershire, 18 ; North 
 Wales, 66; South Wales, 22. 
 Parslow. Gloucestershire, 20. 
 Parsons. Cambridgeshire, 24; 
 Cornwall, 17 ; Devonshire, 
 10 ; Dorsetshire, 30 ; Essex, 
 12; Gloucestershire, 14; 
 Hampshire, 34; Hereford- 
 shire, 14 ; Hertfordshire, 
 12 ; Kent, 12 ; Monmouth- 
 shire, 30; Norfolk, 11; 
 Northamptonshire, 15 ; Ox- 
 
 fordshire, 30; Somerset- 
 shire, 40 ; Wiltshire, 80. 
 Partington. Lancashire, 20 ; 
 
 Worcestershire, 25. 
 Parton. Staffordshire, 10. 
 Partridge. Devonshire, 17 ; 
 Essex, 15 ; Leicestershire 
 and Rutlandshire, 13 ; Suf- 
 folk, 16 ; Worcestershire, 
 14. 
 Pascoe. Cornwall, 40. 
 Pasmore — Passmore. Devon- 
 shire, 12 ; Hampshire, 10. 
 Patchett. Lincolnshire, 13. 
 Patmore. Essex, 21. 
 Patten. Hertfordshire, 20. 
 Patterson. Northumberland, 
 48 ; Yorkshire, North and 
 East Ridings, 7. 
 Pattinson. Cumberland and 
 
 Westmoreland, 60. 
 Pattison. Durham, 40 ; North- 
 umberland, 22 ; Yorkshire, 
 Korth and East Ridings, 7. 
 Paul— Paull. Cornwall, 30 ; 
 Dorsetshire, 35 ; Somerset- 
 shire, 10. Paull is more 
 characteristic of Cornwall. 
 Paulson. Nottinghamshire, 12. 
 Pavey. Devonshire, 7. 
 Payne — Pain — Paine. Bedford- 
 shire, 25 ; Berkshire, 15 ; 
 Buckinghamshire, 30 ; Cam- 
 bridgeshire, 30; Devon- 
 shire, 8 ; Essex, 27 ; Glou- 
 cestershire, 17 ; Hampshire, 
 35 ; Herefordshire, 24 ; 
 Hertfordshire, 20 ; Hun- 
 tingdonshire, 10 ; Kent, 30 ; 
 Leicestershire and Rutland- 
 shire, 17; Lincolnshire, 10; 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 
 
 S33 
 
 Korfolk, 9 ; Norfcliainpfcon- 
 shire, 25; Suffolk, 20; 
 Sussex, 36. There is no 
 geographical difference be- 
 tween the two principal 
 f orras of this name. Payne 
 is twice as frequent ; but 
 wherever it is at all com- 
 mon it is associated with 
 the other form in the shape 
 either of Pain or Paine, or 
 perhaps of both. Com- 
 pared together, Pain and 
 Paine have much the same 
 frequency. 
 
 Paxman. Oxfordshire, 20. 
 
 Paxton. Oxfordshire, 20. 
 
 Peach. Dorsetshire, 21. 
 
 Peachey. Suffolk, 11 ; Sussex, 
 14. 
 
 Peacock. Bedfordshire, 17; 
 Cambridgeshire, 15 ; Dur- 
 ham, 23 ; Hertfordshire, 12; 
 Norfolk, 10; Suffolk, 7; 
 Sussex, 18 ; Yorkshire, 
 West Riding, 9 ; Yorkshire, 
 North and East Ridings, 
 4A 
 
 Peake. Norfolk, 7; Stafford- 
 shire, 20. 
 
 Pearce — Pearse. Bedfordshire, 
 7 ; Berkshire, 7 ; Cornwall, 
 90 ; Derbyshire, 7 ; Devon- 
 shire, 54 ; Gloucestershire, 
 66 ; Hampshire, 13 ; Here- 
 fordshire, 24 ; Kent, 15 ; 
 Norfolk, 13 ; Nottingham- 
 shire, 24; Shropshire, 17; 
 Somersetshire, 50 ; Staf- 
 fordshire, 20 ; Suffolk, 9 ; 
 Sussex, 7 ; Wiltshire, 18 ; 
 
 Worcestershire, 14. Pearse, 
 which is by far the least 
 frequent form, is mostly 
 found in Devonshire and 
 Somersetshire. (<See 
 
 Pierce.) 
 
 Pearcey. Devonshire, 11. 
 
 Pearman. Hertfordshire, 35 ; 
 Warwickshire, 18 ; Wor- 
 cestershire, 22. 
 
 Pearn. Cornwall, 7. 
 
 Pearson. Cheshire, 22 ; Cun - 
 berland and Westmoreland, 
 30 ; Derbyshire, 23 ; Dur- 
 ham, 16 ; Herefordshire, 
 20 ; Kent, 30 ; Lancashire, 
 17; Lincolnshire, 23; Nor- 
 folk, 17; Northampton- 
 shire, 15 ; Northumber- 
 land, 33 ; Nottinghamshire, 
 20 ; Sussex, 14 ; Warwick- 
 shire, 47 ; Worcestershire, 
 14 ; Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 24 ; Yorkshire, 
 North and East Ridings, 
 60. Pierson and Peirson 
 are rare North and East 
 Riding names. 
 
 Pease. Durham, 12. 
 
 Peat. Derbyshire, 7. {See 
 Peet.) 
 
 Peatfield. Nottinghamshire, 
 
 16. 
 
 Peck. Bedfordshire, 15 ; Cam- 
 bridgeshire, 21 ; Norfolk, 
 9 ; Nottinghamshire, lO ; 
 Suffolk, 20. 
 
 Peddar — Pedder. Hertford- 
 shire, 11 ; Suffolk, 14. 
 
 Pedlar — Pedler. Cornwall, 9. 
 
 Peek — Peeke. Cambridgeshire, 
 
534 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 15; Devonshire, 8. Peeke 
 is a Devonshire form. 
 
 Peel. Yorkshire, West Riding, 
 11. 
 
 Peet. Lancashire, 8 ; Notting- 
 hamshire, 12. (See Peat.) 
 
 Pegg — Pegge. Derbyshire, 17 ; 
 I^orfolk, 9. Pegge is found 
 in Derbyshire. 
 
 Pegler. Gloucestershire, 17. 
 
 Pegrum. Essex, 15. 
 
 Pell. Nottinghamshire, 16. 
 
 Pemberton. Lancashire, 8. 
 
 Pen dell— Pendle. Suffolk, 11. 
 
 Pender. Cornwall, 8. 
 
 Pendlebnry. Lancashire, 13. 
 
 Penfold — Pennifold. Sussex, 
 25. 
 
 Pengelly — Pengilly. Cornwall, 
 30. 
 
 Penna. Cornwall, 10. 
 
 Pennington. Cheshire, 11 ; 
 Lancashire, 17. 
 
 Penny. Hampshire, 15 ; Somer- 
 setshire, 18. 
 
 Penrice. Worcestershire, 14. 
 
 Penrose. Cornwall, 8. 
 
 Penson. Gloucestershire, 14. 
 
 Pentelow. Cambridgeshire, 20; 
 Huntingdonshire, 18. 
 
 Penwarden. Devonshire, 7. 
 
 Pepper. Leicestershire and 
 Rutlandshire, 15 ; Lincoln- 
 shire, 11 ; Suffolk, 18. 
 
 Percival. Cheshire, 34 ; Derby- 
 shire, 7 ; Northampton- 
 shire, 20. 
 
 Perham. Somersetshire, 9. 
 
 Perkin. Devonshire, 8. 
 
 Perkins. Buckinghamshire, 
 
 20 ; Devonshire, 10 ; Essex, 
 
 12; Kent, 12; Lincoln- 
 shire, 9 ; Monmouthshii'e, 
 25 ; Northamptonshire, 23 ; 
 Oxfordshire, 15 ; Somerset- 
 shire, 10 ; Warwickshire, 
 30 ; Worcestershire, 20 ; 
 South Wales, 30. 
 
 Perks. Warwickshire, 15 ; 
 Worcestershire, 14. 
 
 Perrett — Perrott. Dorsetshire, 
 16; Monmouthshire, 17; 
 Somersetshire, 26 ; Wilt- 
 shire, 22. Perrett is the 
 more frequent form ; but 
 the two are usually asso- 
 ciated. 
 
 Perrin. Devonshire, 7. 
 
 Perry. Bedfordshire, 18; Berk- 
 shire, 7 ; Cornwall, 20 ; 
 Devonshire, 13 ; Essex, 30 ; 
 Gloucestershire, 24; Hert- 
 fordshire, 18 ; Nottingham- 
 shire, 12 ; Somersetshire, 
 30 ; Staffordshire, 14 ; 
 Worcestershire, 18. 
 
 Pescud. Surrey, 12. 
 
 Petch. Yorkshire, North and 
 East Ridings, 16. 
 
 Peter. Cornwall, 8. 
 
 Peters. Cornwall, 10; Somer- 
 setshire, 15; North Wales, 
 9. 
 
 Pether. Oxfordshire, 15. 
 
 Petherbridge. Devonshire, 7. 
 
 Petherick. Devonshire, 7. 
 
 Pethick. Cornwall, 10. 
 
 Pettipher. Oxfordshire, 15. 
 
 Pettit— Pettitt. Bedfordshire, 
 12; Essex, 18; Kent, 9; 
 Suffolk, 23; Sussex, 10. 
 
ENGLISH AND WEXSH JfAl^^S, 
 
 535 
 
 It is sometimes spelt 
 Pettetfc in Suffolk and 
 Kent. 
 
 Petty. Yorkshire^ West Riding, 
 10. 
 
 Phelps. Gloucestershire, 17 ; 
 Somersetshire, 26 ; Worces- 
 tershire, 18, 
 
 Philippo. Norfolk, 13 ; Suffolk, 
 7. 
 
 Phillips. Berkshire, 7 ; Bucking- 
 hamshire, 20 ;- Cheshire, 14 ; 
 Cornwall, 60; Derbyshire, 
 15; Devonshire, 40 ; Dorset- 
 shire, 34 ; Essex, 21 ; Glou- 
 cestershire, 33 ; Hampshire, 
 33 ; Herefordshire, 65 ; 
 Huntingdonshire, 12 ; Kent, 
 18 ; Lincolnshire, 15 ; Mon- 
 mouthshire, 140 ; Oxford- 
 shire, 35 ; Shropshire, 24 ; 
 Somersetshire, 10 , Stafford- 
 shire, 50 ; Suffolk, 11 y 
 Surrey, 10; Wiltshire, 18; 
 Worcestershire, 26 ; North 
 Wales, 30; South Wales, 
 150. 
 
 Phillipson. Northumberland, 41. 
 
 Philp. 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 Shrop- 
 shire. 
 
 Philpots — Philpotts. Hereford- 
 shire, 7 ; Shropshire, 6. 
 
 Phippen — Phippin. Somerset- 
 shire, 15. 
 
 Phipps. Gloucestershire, 27 ; 
 North amptonshirOy 15 ; 
 
 Warwickshire, 18 ;. Wor- 
 cestershire,. 22. 
 
 Pick. Lincolnshire, 17. 
 
 Pickard. Devonshire, 17 ; Wilt- 
 shire, 24 ;; Yorkshire, West 
 Riding,. 10. 
 
 Pickering. Cheshire, 20 ; Cum- 
 berland and Westmoreland, 
 20 ; Durham, 32 ; Leicester- 
 shire and Rutlandshire, 
 12; Northumberland, 37; 
 Yorkshire, West Riding, 
 26.- 
 
 Pickersgill.- Yorkshire, North 
 and East Ridings, 10. 
 
 Pickett. Wiltshire, 13. 
 
 Pickford. Cheshire, 11 ; Derby- 
 shire, 9 ; Somersetshire, 24 ; 
 Wiltshire, 13. 
 
 Pickin. Nottinghamshire, 12. 
 
 Pickles. Lancashire, 10 ; York- 
 shire, West Riding, 82. 
 
 Pickup. Lancashire, 30. 
 
 Pick well. Lincolnshire, 11. 
 
 Pidduck— Pittock. Kent, 18. " 
 
 Pierce. Sussex, 9 ; North Wales, 
 30. 
 
 Pigg. Hertfordshire, 25 ; North-- 
 umberland, 14. 
 
 Piggott. Bedfordshire, 10 ; 
 Berkshire, 15 ; Cambridge- 
 shire, 20 j Hertfordshire, 20. 
 Pigott is characteristic of 
 Cambridgeshire. 
 
 Pike. Berkshire, 7 ; Bucking- 
 hamshire, 18; Devonshire, 
 20 ; Dorsetshire, 26; Hamp- 
 shire, 13 ; Northampton- 
 shire, 15 ; Somersetshire, 
 
53fi 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 20-; Wiltshire, 75 ; Worces- 
 tershire, 14. 
 
 Pilcher. Kent, 27. 
 
 Pile. Devonshire, 22 ; Dorset- 
 shire, 16; Wiltshire, 18. 
 (See P.yle.) 
 
 Pilgrim. Essex, 18. 
 
 Pilkington. Lancashire. 21. 
 
 Pilling. Lancashire, 11. 
 
 Pirahlett. Lancashire, 8. 
 
 Pimlott. Cheshire, 12. 
 
 Pinch. Cornwall, 9. 
 
 Pinches. Shropshire, 17. 
 
 Pinchin. Wiltshire, 18. 
 
 Pinder. Lincolnshire, 24 ; Not- 
 tinghamshire, 28. Pindar 
 is a rare Lincolnshire form. 
 
 Pinhay — ^Pinhey. Devonshire, 7. 
 
 Pinniger. Berkshire, 15 ; Wilt- 
 shire, 31. Pinnegar and 
 Pinigar are rare Wiltshire 
 forms. 
 
 Piper. Devonshire, 7 ; Essex, 
 9 ; Sussex, 25. 
 
 Pitcher. Buckinghamshire, 25 ; 
 Sussex, 14. 
 
 Pitchford. Shropshire, 17. 
 
 Pither. Berkshire, 15. 
 
 Pitman. Dorsetshire, 20; Somer- 
 setshire, 25. 
 
 Pitt. Gloucestershire, 17,; Here- 
 fordshire, 58 ; Worcester- 
 shire, IB. 
 
 Pittock. iSee Pidduck.) 
 
 Pitts. Devonshire, 15; Norfolk, 
 9. 
 
 Plackett. Derbyshire, 7. 
 
 Plaistowe. Buckinghamshire, 
 18. 
 
 Plant. Shropshire, 14 ; Staliord- 
 shire, 60; Suffolk, 16. 
 
 Piatt. Cheshire, 42; Derby- 
 shire, 7 ; Lancashire, 8. 
 
 Platts. Derbyshire, 17; Not- 
 tinghamshire, 12. 
 
 Pledger. Essex, 12. 
 
 Plews. Yorkshire, North aud 
 East Ridings, 12. 
 
 Plowright. Lincolnshire, 7 ; 
 Nottinghamshire, 20. 
 
 Plumbly. Norfolk, 11. 
 
 Plummer. Berkshire, 8 ; Nor- 
 folk, 11; Wiltshire, 18. 
 
 Plumtree. Nottinghamshire, 7. 
 
 Pochin. Leicestershire and 
 Rutlandshire, 17. 
 
 Pocklington. Lincolnshire, 8. 
 
 Pocock. Berkshire, 20 ; Hert- 
 fordshire, 15 ; Wiltshire, 
 80. 
 
 Podmore. Shropshire, 12. 
 
 Polkinghorn. Cornwall, 9. 
 
 Poll. Norfolk, 13. 
 
 Pollard. Cambridgeshire, 1 8 ; 
 Cornwall, 22 ; Derbyshire, 
 7 ; Lancashire, 10; Leicester- 
 shire and Rutlandshire, 8 ; 
 Nottinghamshire, 12. 
 
 PoUitt. Lancashire, 8. 
 
 Pomeroy. Dorsetshire, 15. 
 
 Pomfret. Lancashire, 8. 
 
 Pouting. Gloucestershire, 17; 
 Wiltshire, 26. 
 
 Poole. Cambridgeshire, 20 ; 
 Dorsetshire, 15 ; Essex, 15 ; 
 Gloucestershire, 36 ; Shrop- 
 shire, 17 ; Somersetshire, 
 40; Staffordshire, 14; Wilt- 
 shire, 13. Pool is occa- 
 sionally found in Somerset- 
 shire. 
 
 Pooley. Norfolk, 7 ; Suffolk, 7. 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 
 
 537 
 
 Poore. Hampshire, 12. 
 
 Pope. Devonshire, 8 ; Dorset- 
 shire, 15; Gloucestershire, 
 24; Hampshire, 21; Kent, 
 15 ; Worcestershire, 80. 
 
 Pople. Somersetshire, 11. 
 
 Popple well. Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 9. 
 
 Porrett— Porritt. Norfolk, 9; 
 Yorkshire, North and East 
 Ridings, 9. 
 
 Porter. Cambridgeshire, 20 ; 
 Derbyshire, 13 ; Essex, 28 ; 
 Hertfordshire, 11 ; Lanca- 
 shire, 25 ; Leicestershire 
 and Rutlandshire, 30 ; Lin- 
 colnshire, 12 ; Norfolk, 20 
 Oxfordshire, 35 ; Somerset 
 shire, 30 ; Suffolk, 11 
 Worcestershire, 14. 
 
 Portsmouth. Berkshire, 8 
 Hampshire, 13. 
 
 Poskitt. Yorkshire, West Ridingr, 
 9. 
 
 Postle. Norfolk, 7. 
 
 Postlethwaite. Lancashire, 16. 
 
 Pottenger. Somersetshire, 9. 
 
 Potter. Derbyshire, 34 ; Devon- 
 shire, 10; Essex, 30 ; Leices- 
 tershire and Rutlandshire, 
 12; Norfolk, 20; Northamp- 
 tonshire, 30 ; Suffolk, 9 ; 
 Warwickshire, 18 ; Worces- 
 tershire, 14 ; Yorkshire, 
 North and East Ridings, 16. 
 
 Potticary. Hampshire, 8. 
 
 Potts. Cheshire, 20 ; Durham, 
 32 ; Northumberland, 74. 
 
 Povey. Berkshire, 8. 
 
 Pow. Somersetshire, 12. 
 
 Powell. Berkshire, 20; Chesliire, 
 
 15; Devonshire, 7; Dorset 
 shire, 30 ; Gloucestershire 
 20 ; Herefordshire, 230 
 Monmouthshire, 160 ; Nor 
 folk, 15; Oxfordshire, 25 
 Shropshire, 110; Sussex, 18 
 Wiltshire, 22 ; Worcester 
 shire, 47 ; North Wales, 20 
 South Wales, 95. 
 
 Powlesland. Devonshire, 9. 
 
 Pownall. Cheshire, 11. 
 
 Poyscr. Derbyshire, 9; Stafford- 
 shire, 18. 
 
 Pratt. Bedfordshire, 20 ; Buck- 
 inghamshire, 20 ; Cam- 
 bridgeshire, 20 ; Devon- 
 shire, 12; Essex, 15; Hamp- 
 shire, 17 ; Hertfordshire, 
 18 ; Leicestershire and Rut- 
 landshire, 21 ; Norfolk, 15 ; 
 Oxfordshire, 35 ; Suffolk, 
 30 ; Sussex, 32 ; Warwick- 
 shire, 18 ; Yorkshire, North 
 and East Ridings, 22. 
 
 Prebble. Kent, 30. 
 
 Precious. Yorkshire, North 
 and East Ridings, 8. 
 
 Preece. Herefordshire, 54 ; 
 Monmouthshire, 28 ; Shrop- 
 shire, 29 ; South Wales, 17. 
 
 Prentice. Suffolk, 7. 
 
 Prescott. Cheshire, 12 ; Lanca- 
 shire, 25. 
 
 Preston. Lancashire, 25 ; Nor- 
 folk, 15 ; Nottinghamshire, 
 12 ; Shropshire, 10 ; York- 
 shire, West Riding, 15 ; 
 Yorkshire, North and East 
 Ridings, 7. 
 
 Pretty. Leicestershire and Rut- 
 landshire, 20 ; Suffolk, 7. 
 
538 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Pretty John. DevonsMre, 7. 
 
 Price. Cheshire, 20 ; Glouces- 
 tershire, 46 ; Herefordshire, 
 260; Monmouthshire, 170; 
 Nottinghamshire, 16 ; 
 
 Shropshire, 132 ; Somerset- 
 shire, 10 ; Staffordshire, 18 ; 
 Wiltshire, 40; Worcester- 
 shire, 43 ; North Wales, 70 ; 
 South Wales, 150. Pryce 
 is an unusual form, charac- 
 teristic of Shropshire. 
 
 Priday. Gloucestershire, 14. 
 
 Pridmore. Leicestershire and 
 Rutlandshire, 17; Warwick- 
 shire, 15. 
 
 Priest. Buckinghamshire, 15 ; 
 Devonshire, 7; Middlesex, 
 15. 
 
 l^riestley — Priestly. Derby- 
 shire, 7 ; Lincolnshire, 9 ; 
 Yorkshire, West Riding, 9. 
 
 Priestner. Cheshire, 20. 
 
 Prince. Cheshire, 14; Derby- 
 shire, 1 7 ; Staffordshire, 20. 
 
 Pring. Devonshire, 15. 
 
 Pringle. Northumberland, 44. 
 
 Prior — Pryor. Bedfordshire, 
 8 ; Cambridgeshire, 20 ; 
 Cornwall, 24 ; Hampshire, 
 16 ; Hertfordshire, 30 ; 
 Norfolk, 10 ; Suffolk, 7. 
 Prior is the usual form, 
 Pryor being chiefly charac- 
 teristic of Cornwall, whilst 
 Pryer is a rare form found 
 in Norfolk. 
 
 Prlsk. Cornwall, 8. 
 
 Pritchard. Gloucestershire, 30 ; 
 Herefordshire, 51 ; Hert- 
 fordshire, 10 J Monmouth- 
 
 shire, 132 ; Shropshire, 
 17 ; Somersetshire, 10 ; 
 Worcestershire, 18 ; North 
 Wales, 60. Prichard is a 
 North Wales form. 
 
 Probert. Herefordshire, 31 ; 
 Monmouthshire, 45 ; South 
 Wales, 22. 
 
 Procter — Proctor. Durham, 14; 
 Gloucestershire, 14; Hert- 
 fordshire, 14 ; Lancashire, 
 40 ; Lincolnshire, 12 ; Nor- 
 folk, 9 ; Northumberland, 
 12 ; Nottinghamshire, 12 ; 
 Staffordshire, 16 ; Worces- 
 tershire, 14 ; Yorkshire, 
 West Riding, 28. Proctor 
 is rather more frequent ; 
 but the two are associated 
 where at all numerous. 
 
 Prodham — Prudom. Yorkshire, 
 North and East Ridings, 
 11. Other less frequent 
 varieties of this name, such 
 as Proudham and Pru- 
 dames, also occur in these 
 divisions of Yorkshire. 
 
 Prole. Bedfordshire, 8. 
 
 Prosser. Gloucestershire, 14 ; 
 Herefordshire, 44 ; Mon- 
 mouthshire, 42 ; South 
 Wales, 22. 
 
 Prothero. Herefordshire, 12 
 Monmouthshire, 10 ; South 
 Wales, 10. 
 
 Proud. Durham, 28. 
 
 Prout. Cornwall, 10 ; Glouces- 
 tershire, 27. 
 
 Pro use — Prowse. Cornwall, 14 ; 
 Devonshire, 16. Prouse is 
 confined to Devonshire. 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 
 
 539 
 
 Pryor. (See Prior.) 
 
 Puckeridge. Wiltshire, 13. 
 
 Puddephatt. Bedfordshire, 15 ; 
 Buckingliainshire, 60 ; Hert- 
 fordshire, 10. Puddifoot is 
 a Hertfordshire form of the 
 name. 
 
 Puddy. Somersetshire, 12. 
 
 Pugh. Herefordshire, 17 ; Mon- 
 mouthshire, 22 ; Shrop- 
 shire, 48 ; Worcestershire, 
 26; North Wales, 160; 
 South Wales, 22. 
 
 Pugsley. Devonshire, 7. 
 
 Pullan— Pullen— PuUin. Berk- 
 shire, 20 ; Buckingham- 
 shire, 18 ; Gloucestershire, 
 60 ; Monmouthshire, 17 ; 
 Oxfordshire, 18 ; Wiltshire, 
 27; Yorkshire, West Riding, 
 24. Pullen is the most 
 frequent form ; and next 
 to it comes Pullin, wJiich 
 rarely occurs unassociated 
 with it, and is especially 
 characteristic of Gloucester- 
 shire. Pullan is mostly 
 found in the West Riding. 
 
 Purdy. Norfolk, 13. 
 
 Purkis. Cambridgeshire, 20. 
 
 Purser. Worcestershire, 18. 
 
 Pursglove — Purslove. Derby- 
 shire, 13. 
 
 Purssell. Buckinghamshire, 
 20. 
 
 Purvis. Durham, 12; North- 
 umberland, 18. 
 
 Pnttock. Surrey, 15. 
 
 Pyatt. Staffordshire, 12. 
 
 Pybus. Yorkshire, North and 
 East Ridings, 12. 
 
 Pye. Kent, 38 ; Lancashire, 
 30 ; Northumberland, 14. 
 
 Pyle. Devonshire, 15 ; Surrey, 
 8. (See Pile.) 
 
 Pym. Devonshire, 7. 
 
 Quance. Devonshire, 14. (See 
 Squance.) 
 
 Quelch. Durham, 12. 
 
 Quenby. Bedfordshire, 12. 
 
 Quested. Kent, 15. 
 
 Quibell. Nottinghamshire, 12. 
 
 Quick. Cornwall, 19 ; Devon- 
 shire, 7. 
 
 Quilter. Essex, 12. 
 
 Quinney. Worcestershire, 14. 
 
 ^t€^)C^'^»*f^ 
 
 Rabbetts. Dorsetshire, 21. 
 
 Rabjohns. Devonshire, 7. 
 
 Raby. Cornwall, 12 ; Lanca- 
 shire, 8. 
 
 Rackham. Norfolk, 15 ; Suf- 
 folk, ]4. 
 
 Raddall — Raddle. Cornwall^ 
 8. 
 
 Radford. Derbyshire, 40 ; Es- 
 sex, 9 ; Nottinghamshire, 
 16; Oxfordshire, 20. 
 
 Radley. Nottinghamshire, 20. 
 
 Radway. Gloucestershire, 14. 
 
 Rainbow. Warwickshire, 32. 
 
 Raine. Cumberland and West- 
 moreland, 17 ; Durham, 6(> ; 
 Yorkshire, North and East 
 Ridings, 30. Rain is a 
 rare Durham form. 
 
 Rainford. Lancashire, 10. 
 
 Rains. Derbyshire, 23. 
 
 Ramsbottom. Lancashire, 10. 
 
f)40 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Kamsden. Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 13. 
 
 Ra.nbj. Liucolnsliire, 9. 
 
 Rand. Buckinghamshire, 18 ; 
 Northumberland, 18. 
 
 Randall — Randell. Bedford- 
 shire, 12 ; Cambridge- 
 shire, 15 ; Dorsetshire, 25 ; 
 Essex, 10; Suffolk, 14; 
 Warwickshire, 15 ; Worces- 
 tershire, 26. Randell, which 
 is the least frequent, is 
 associated with Randall in 
 Dorsetshire, but in Wor- 
 cestershire it occurs alone. 
 
 Ransom — Ranson. Suffolk, 14. 
 
 Raplej. Sussex, 18. 
 
 Rapson. Cornwall, 8. 
 
 Rashleigh. Hampshire, 9. 
 
 Rafdiffe. Derbyshire, 7; Essex, 
 9 ; Gloucestershire, 24 ; 
 Leicestershire and Rutland- 
 shire, 13 ; Middlesex, 18 ; 
 Staffordshire, 34 ; York- 
 shire, West Riding, 13. 
 Rad cliff e is a West Riding 
 form, whilst Ratcliff occurs 
 in Staffordshire. 
 
 Rathbone. Cheshire, 11. 
 
 Raven. Essex, 12. 
 
 Ravenscroft. Cheshire, 17. 
 
 Ravenshaw. Shropshire, 12. 
 
 Raw. Yorkshire, North and 
 East Ridings, 26. 
 
 Rawcliffe. Lancashire, 17. 
 
 Rawle. Somersetshire, 11. 
 
 Rawlings — Rawlins. Shrop- 
 shire, 12 ; Somersetshire, 
 12 ; Wiltshire, 50. 
 
 Bawlinson. Lancashire. 20. 
 {See Rowlingson.) 
 
 Ray. Essex, 9. 
 
 Raymont — Raymount. Devon- 
 shire, 7. 
 
 Rayner. Essex, 24 ; Norfolk, 
 9 ; Nottinghamshire, 12 ; 
 Suffolk, 9. Raynor is a 
 Nottinghamshire form. 
 
 Rea — Reay. Cumberland and 
 Westmoreland, 20; North- 
 umberland, 41 ; Worcester- 
 shire, 14. 
 
 Read. Bedfordshire, 18 ; Berk- 
 shire, 7 ; Buckinghamshire, 
 18 ; Cambridgeshire, 40 ; 
 Cheshire, 20 ; Devonshire, 
 7 ; Dorsetshire, 40 ; Glou- 
 cestershire, 10; Hampshire, 
 21 ; Kent, 12 ; Lincolnshire, 
 6 ; Monmouthshire, 11 ; 
 Norfolk, 30 ; Somerset- 
 shire, 10; Staffordshire, 14; 
 Suffolk, 46 ; Wiltshire, 50. 
 Reade is a rare form, 
 occurring in Cheshire and 
 Berkshire. {See Reed and 
 Reid.) 
 
 Reading. Buckinghamshire, 
 
 24 ; Oxfordshire, 20 ; War- 
 wickshire, 50. 
 
 Readman. Yorkshire, North 
 and East Ridings, 8.- 
 
 Reakes. Somersetshire, 11. 
 
 Reddaway. Devonshire, 7. 
 
 Reddicliffe. Devonshire, 8. 
 
 Redfern. Derbyshire, 34 ; 
 
 Staffordshire, 16. Red- 
 fearn is a rare Derbyshire 
 form. 
 
 Redgate. Nottinghamshire, 12. 
 
 Redman. Wiltshire, 20; York- 
 shire, West Riding, 10. 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 
 
 541 
 
 Redmayne. Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 7. 
 
 Reece. Herefordsliire, 12 ; 
 Monnioatlishire, 60; Shrop- 
 shire, 12. (See Rees.) 
 
 Reed. Cambridgeshire, 15 ; 
 Cornwall, 42 ; Devonshire, 
 40 ; Durham, 40 ; Essex, 
 ^ft ;^ Gloucestershire, 10 ; 
 l»tfordshire, 12 ; Hun- 
 tingdonshire, 12 ; Kent, 9 ; 
 Lincolnshire, 9 ; Mon- 
 jnouthshire, 11; North- 
 
 ^Jnmberland, 37 ; Somerset- 
 
 ^P shire, 12 ; Sussex, 18 ; 
 Yorkshire, North and East 
 Ridings, 12. (See Read 
 and Reid.) 
 
 Rees. Herefordshire, 12 ; 
 
 Monmouthshire, 70 ; North 
 Wales, 50; South Wales, 
 330. 
 
 Reeson. Lincolnshire, 16. 
 
 Reeve. Essex, 12 ; Norfolk, 
 17 ; Northamptonshire, 15 ; 
 Suffolk, 18 ; Sussex, 21 ; 
 Wiltshire, 18. 
 
 Reeves. Berkshire, 12 ; Buck- 
 inghamshire, 25 ; Derby- 
 shire, 7 ; Devonshire, 7 ; 
 Hampshire, 12 ; Kent, 
 33 ; Northamptonshire, 10 ; 
 Somersetshire, 11 ; Staf- 
 fordshire, 10 ; Wiltshire, 
 31. 
 
 Reid. Durham, 12; North- 
 umberland, 18. (See Read 
 and Reed.) 
 
 Rendall — Rendell. Devonshire, 
 14; Dorsetshire, 40; Somer- 
 setshire, 17. Rendell is 
 
 the usual form. Rendle 
 occurs in Devonshire. 
 
 Rennison. Yorkshire, North 
 and East Ridings, 8. 
 
 Renshaw. Derbyshire, 9. 
 
 Renton. Northumberland, 14. 
 
 Renwick. Northumberland, 14. 
 
 Retallack — Retallick. Cornwall, 
 25. 
 
 Retter. Devonshire, 7. 
 
 Revell — Revill. Derbyshire, 11. 
 
 Rew. Devonshire, 8. 
 
 Reynolds. Berkshire, 12; Buck- 
 inghamshire, 20 ; Cam- 
 bridgeshire, 20; Cornwall, 
 30 ; Essex, 15 ; Gloucester- 
 shire, 14 ; Hampshire, 9 ; 
 Hertfordshire, 18 ; Hun- 
 tingdonshire, 12 ; Lan 
 cashire, 8 ; Norfolk, 27 ; Not- 
 tinghamshire, 12 ; Shrop- 
 shire, 31 ; Somersetshire, 
 9 ; Staffordshire, 10 ; 
 Suffolk, 11 ; Warwickshire, 
 15; Wiltshire, 31; Wor- 
 cestershire, 18. 
 
 Rhoades. Lincolnshire, 9. 
 
 Rhodes. Derbyshire, 9 ; Lan- 
 cashire, 25 ; Nottingham- 
 shire, 18 ; Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 44. 
 
 Rice. Devonshire, 15 ; Nor- 
 folk, 13. 
 
 Rich. Cornwall, 8 ; Devon- 
 shire, 10 ; Somersetshire, 
 35 ; Wiltshire, 35. 
 
 Richards. Berkshire, 12 ; Corn- 
 wall, 130 ; Devonshire, 36 ; 
 Dorsetshire, 30 ; Hamp- 
 shire, 18 ; Herefordshire, 
 14; Kent, 12; Leicester- 
 
542 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 shire and Rutlandshire, 
 17 ; Monmouthshire, 100 ; 
 Northamptonshire, 15 ; 
 
 Nottinghamshire, 36 ; 
 
 Shropshire, 26 ; Somerset- 
 shire, 38 ; Warwickshire, 
 15; Wiltshire, 27; Wor- 
 cestershire, 14 ; North 
 Wales, 70; South Wales, 
 93. 
 
 Kichardson. Cambridgeshire, 
 25 ; Cheshire, 30 ; Cumber- 
 land and Westmoreland, 
 120 ; Derbyshire, 31 ; Dur- 
 ham, 84 ; Essex, 45 ; Kent, 
 24 ; Lancashire, 26 ; Lei- 
 cestershire and Rutland- 
 shire, 17 ; Lincolnshire, 47 ; 
 Northamptonshire, 15 ; 
 
 Northumberland, 63 ; Not- 
 tinghamshire, 50 ; Staf- 
 fordshire, 20 ; Suffolk, 11 ; 
 Sussex, 21 ; Warwickshire, 
 20 ; Worcestershire, 14 ; 
 Yorkshire, West Riding, 
 15 ; Yorkshire, North and 
 East Ridings, 60. (See 
 Ritson, a contracted form.) 
 
 Richens. Berkshire, 25; Wilt- 
 shire, 18. 
 
 Riches. Norfolk, 50; Suffolk, 
 18. 
 
 Richmond. Lancashire, 8 ; 
 Norfolk, 9 ; Nottingham- 
 shire, ] 2 ; Warwickshire, 
 24 ; Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 16 ; Yorkshire, 
 North and East Ridings, 7. 
 
 Rickard. Cornwall, 39. 
 
 Rickett. Essex, 12. 
 
 Ricketts. Gloucestershire, 17. 
 
 Ridd. Devonshire, 8. 
 
 Riddel]. Northumberland, 11. 
 
 Riddle. Cornwall, 8; North- 
 umberland, 30. 
 
 Rider. Yorkshire, North and 
 East Ridings, 8. 
 
 Ridge way — Ridgway. Buck- 
 inghamshire, 20 ; Cheshire, 
 14. 
 
 Riding — Ryding. Lancashire, 
 15. 
 
 Ridler. Devonshire, 7 ; Somer- 
 setshire, 14. 
 
 Ridley. Durham, 24 ; North- 
 umberland, 67 ; Suffolk, 
 11. 
 
 Ridout. Dorsetshire, 50. 
 
 Rigby. Cheshire, 20 ; Lanca- 
 shire, 36. 
 
 Rigden. Kent, 18. 
 
 Riggall. Lincolnshire, 27. 
 
 Righton. Gloucestershire, 24. 
 
 Riley. Derbyshire, 30; Essex, 
 12 ; Lancashire, 16 ; Not- 
 tinghamshire, 12 ; Stafford- 
 shire, 36 ; Warwickshire, 
 55 ; Yorkshire, West Rid- 
 ing, 13. 
 
 Rimell. Gloucestershire, 30 ; 
 Worcestershire, 18. Rim- 
 mell is a rare Worcester- 
 shire form. 
 
 Rimmer. Lancashire, 36. 
 
 Ringer. Norfolk, 15. 
 
 Rippon. Lincolnshire, 9. 
 
 Risdon. Devonshire, 7 ; Somer- 
 setshire, 12. 
 
 Rishworth. Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 9. (See Rush- 
 worth.) 
 
 Rising. Norfolk, 9. 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 
 
 543 
 
 Ritson. Cumberland and West- 
 moreland, 40 ; Durham, 20. 
 (See Richardson.) 
 
 Rivefct. Norfolk, 11. 
 
 Rlx. Norfolk, 26. 
 
 Roach. Cornwall, 16 ; Glou- 
 cestershire, 17. 
 
 Roadley. Nottinghamshire, 12. 
 
 Roads. Buckinghamshire, 40. 
 
 Roake. Surrey, 15. 
 
 Robbins. Nottinghamshire, 12 ; 
 Oxfordshire, 15 ; Warwick- 
 shire, 13. (See Robins.) 
 
 Roberts. Bedfordshire, 18 
 Cambridgeshire, 20 ; Che 
 shire, 32; Cornwall, 90 
 Derbyshire, 20 ; Devon 
 shire, 10 ; Dorsetshire, 30 
 Essex, 12 ; Gloucestershire 
 50 ; Hampshire, 17 ; Here 
 fordshire, 24 ; Hertford- 
 shire, 18 ; Kent, 15 ; Lan- 
 cashire, 18 ; Leicestershire 
 and Rutlandshire, 30 ; Lin- 
 colnshire, 34 ; Monmoutl - 
 shire, 100; Norfolk, 13; 
 Northamptonshire, 25 ; 
 
 Nottinghamshire, 15 ; Ox- 
 fordshire, 20 ; Shropshire, 
 105 ; Somersetshire, 11 ; 
 Wiltshire, 18 ; Worcester- 
 shire, 34; Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 21; North Wales, 
 500; South Wales, 110. 
 
 Robertshaw. Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 16. 
 
 Robertson. Norfolk, 11 ; North- 
 umberland, 22, 
 
 Robins. Cornwall, 10; Devon- 
 shire, 7 ; Hertfordshire, 12; 
 Warwickshire, 13. 
 
 Robinson. Bedfordshire, 25 ; 
 Berkshire, 20 ; Bucking- 
 hamshire, 25 ; Cambridge- 
 shire, 45 ; Cheshire, 80 ; 
 Cumberland and West- 
 moreland, 110 ; Derbyshire, 
 63 ; Durham, 200 ; Essex, 
 30 ; Gloucestershire, 30 ; 
 Hampshire, 9 ; Hereford- 
 shire, 14; Huntingdonshire, 
 25 ; Lancashire, 74 ; Lei- 
 cestershire and Rutland- 
 shire, 43 ; Lincolnshire, 
 117; Norfolk, 15; North- 
 amptonshire, 110; North- 
 umberland, 77 ; Notting- 
 hamshire, 30 ; Oxfordshire, 
 20; Shropshire, 29; Staf- 
 fordshire, 72; Suffolk, 20; 
 Surrey, 15 ; Sussex, 21 ; 
 Warwickshire, 30 ; Wor- 
 cestershire, 14 ; Yorkshire, 
 West Riding, 85; Yoik- 
 shire. North and East 
 Ridings, 123. 
 
 Robson. Cumberland and 
 Westmoreland, 25 ; Dur- 
 ham, 124; Lincolnshire, 10 ; 
 Northumberland, 240 ; 
 
 Yorkshire, North and East 
 Ridings, 35. 
 
 Rodda. Cornwall, 16. 
 
 Roddam. Northumberland, 14. 
 
 Roddis. Northamptonshire, 
 20. 
 
 Rodenhurst. Shropshire, 12. 
 
 Rodmell. Yorkshire, North 
 and East Ridings, 8. 
 
 Roe. Lincolnshire, 14 ; Notting- 
 hamshire, 8 ; Somerset- 
 shire, 14. (See Rowe.) 
 
544 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Rosbuok. Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 13. 
 
 Rogers. Bedfordshire, 10 
 Berkshire, 16 ; Bucking 
 hamshire, 42 ; Cheshire, 9 
 Cornwall, 55 ; Derbyshire 
 18 ; Devonshire, 18 ; Dor 
 setshire, 15 ; Essex, 18 
 Hampshire, 30 ; Hereford- 
 shire, 65 ; Kent, 30 ; Lin- 
 colnshire, 11 ; Monmouth- 
 shire, 35 ; Northampton- 
 shire, 15 ; Nottingham- 
 shire, 28 ; Oxfordshire, 35 ; 
 Shropshire, 65 ; Stafford- 
 shire, 16 ; Sussex, 47 ; 
 Warwickshire, 38; Wilt- 
 shire, 22 ; Worcestershire, 
 34 ; North Wales, 18 ; 
 South Wales, 32. Rodgers 
 is more characteristic of 
 Derbyshire. 
 
 Rogerson. Lancashire, 11. 
 
 Rolfe. Buckinghamshire, 18 ; 
 Essex, 15 ; Hertfordshire, 
 15 ; Kent, 24 ; Norfolk, 18 ; 
 Suffolk, 20. Rofe and 
 Roffe are corruptions, the 
 first occurring in Kent and 
 the other in Hertfordshire. 
 (See Roofe.) 
 
 Rolph. Suffolk, 12. 
 
 Rood. Somersetshire, 9. 
 
 Roofe. Norfolk, 11. (See 
 Rolfe.) 
 
 Rook — Rooke. Cumberland and 
 Westmoreland, 25 ; York- 
 shire, North and East 
 Ridings, 12. 
 
 Roose. Cornwall, 10. (See 
 Rowse.) 
 
 Root. Essex, 12. 
 
 Roper. Dorsetshire, 20 ; Suf- 
 folk, 15 ; Worcestershire, 
 18. 
 
 Rosbotham — Rosbottom. Lan- 
 cashire, 8. 
 
 Rose. Berkshire, 20 ; Bucking- 
 hamshire, 35 ; Cambridge- 
 shire, 24 ; Derbyshire, 11 ; 
 Dorsetshire, 50 ; Hunting- 
 donshire, 25 ; Lincolnshire, 
 12 ; Nottinghamshire, 32 ; 
 Oxfordshire, 44 ; Surrey, 
 20 ; Wiltshire, 26. 
 
 Roseveare. Cornwall, 22. 
 
 Rosewarne. Cornwall, 8. 
 
 Roskelly — Roskilly. Cornwall, 
 17. 
 
 Ross. Dorsetshire, 26. 
 
 Rossall — Rossell. Lancashire, 
 7. 
 
 Rosser. Monmouthshire, 45. 
 
 Rossiter, Dorsetshire, 15. 
 
 Roth well. Lancashire, 12. 
 
 Rounthwaite — Routhwaite. 
 Yorkshire, North and East 
 Ridiilgs, 9. 
 
 Routledge. Cumberland and 
 Westmoreland, 20. 
 
 Routley. Devonshire, 7. 
 
 Rowarth. Derbyshire, 9. 
 
 Rowbotham — Rowbottom, 
 Derbyshire, 15 ; Stafford- 
 shire, 12. 
 
 Rowe. Cornwall, 134; Devon- 
 shire, 37 ; Lincolnshire, 7 ; 
 Somersetshire, 7 ; Suffolk, 
 20. Row is a i^re form 
 occurring in Cornwall aad 
 Suffolk. (See Roe.) 
 
 Rowell. Devonshire, 10 ; 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 
 
 545 
 
 Huntingdonshire, 7; North- 
 umberland, 26. 
 
 Kowland. Cheshire, 11 ; 
 
 Derbyshire, 9 ; Devon- 
 shire, 10. 
 
 Rowlands. Monmouthshire, 28 ; 
 North Wales, 40; South 
 Wales, 27. 
 
 Kowlatt. Northamptonshire, 15. 
 
 R/Owles. Oxfordshire, 35. 
 
 Rowlett. Leicestershire and 
 Rutlandshire, 13. 
 
 Rowley. Hertfordshire, 12 ; 
 Staffordshire, 12. 
 
 Rowlingson. Cheshire, 12.. 
 (See Rawlinson.) 
 
 Rowntree. Yorkshire, North* 
 and East Ridings, 7. 
 
 Rowse. Cornwall, 30. Rouse 
 is a rare Cornish form. 
 (See Roose.) 
 
 Royce. Leicestershire and 
 Rutlandshire, 26. 
 
 Royle. Cheshire, 15 ; Lanca- 
 shire, 10. 
 
 Rudd. Norfolk, 9 ; Shropshire, 
 12. 
 
 Ruddle. Wiltshire, 31. 
 
 Rudge. GloucestersLire, 9 ; 
 Herefordshire, 20 ; Worces- 
 tershire, 18. 
 
 RuflBe. Essex, 15. 
 
 Rugg. Somersetshire, 9. 
 
 Rugman. Gloucestershire, 20. 
 
 Rumbold. Hampshire, 12. 
 
 Rumming. Wiltshire, 31. 
 
 Rundle. Cornwall, 56. Run- 
 dell is a rare Cornish form. 
 
 Ri .nails. Cornwall, 20. 
 
 Ruscoe. Cheshire, 9. 
 
 Rush. Norfolk, 9 ; Suffolk, 32. 
 
 Rushton. Lancashire, 10 ; Staf- 
 fordshire, 24. 
 
 Rushworth. Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 7. (See Rish- 
 worth.) 
 
 Russ. Wiltshire, 18. 
 
 Russell. Cambridgeshire, 50 ; 
 Dorsetshire, 25 ; Hamp- 
 shire, 38 ; Herefordshire, 
 17 ; Kent, 35 ; Norfolk, 13 ; 
 Northamptonshire, 25 ; 
 Somersetshire, 14 ; Surrey, 
 10 ; Sussex, 40 ; Warwick- 
 shire, 28 ; Yorkshire, North 
 and East Ridings, 13. 
 
 Ruston, Cambridgeshire, 24. 
 
 Rutherford. Northumberland, 
 30; Warwickshire, 15. 
 
 Rutter. Cheshire, 20 ; Dur- 
 ham, 24 ; Lincolnshire, 7 ; 
 Northumberland,. 18 ; York- 
 shire, North and East 
 Ridings, 8. 
 
 Ryder. North Wales, 15. 
 
 Rymer. Gloucestershire, 24. 
 
 Sabin — Savin. Oxfordshire, 25. 
 
 Sadler. Cheshire, 15; Glouces- 
 tershire, 14 ; Surrey, 15 ; 
 Yorkshire, North and East 
 Ridings, 15. 
 
 Sagar. Lancashire, 17. Segar 
 is a rare form of this Lan- 
 cashire name. 
 
 Sage. Devonshire, 11 ; Somer- 
 setshire, 11. 
 
 Saint. Derbyshire, 9. 
 
 Sale. Derbyshire, 7 ; Hertford- 
 shire, 25 ; Staffordshire, 
 7. 
 
 2if 
 
546 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Salisbury. Derbyshire, 7 ; Lan- 
 cashire, 8. 
 
 Sallis. Cambridgeshire, 20. 
 
 Salmon. Buckinghamshire, 17 ; 
 Cheshire, 9 ; Essex, 15 ; 
 Oxfordshire, 15 ; Somerset- 
 shire, 12 ; Staffordshire, 8 ; 
 Suffolk, 10. 
 
 Salt. Derbyshire, 38; Stafford- 
 shire, 86. 
 
 Salter. Deyonshii^e, 28; Suf- 
 folk, 9. 
 
 SalthQi;ise. Lancashire, 11. 
 
 Sampson. Cornwall, 17; Derby- 
 shire, 13.; Devonshire, 9 ; 
 Kent, 24. 
 
 Samways. Dorsetshire, 15. 
 
 Sandbank. Cheshire, 9. 
 
 Sandercock. Cornwall, 14. 
 
 Sanders — Saunders. Bedford- 
 shire, 30 ; Berkshire, 20; 
 Buckinghamshire, 40;; Cam- 
 bridgeshire, 40; Cornwall, 
 14 ; Derbyshire, 1] ; Devon- 
 shire, 53; Dorsetshire, 40; 
 Essex, 16 ; Gloucestershire, 
 18 ; Hampshire, 21 ; Here- 
 fordshire, 24 ; Hertford- 
 shire, 25 ; Huntingdonshire, 
 12 ; Kent, 15 ; Leicester- 
 shire and Rutlandshire, 17 ; 
 Monmouthsbire, 25 ; Nor- 
 folk, 17; Northamptonshire, 
 :25 ; Nottinghamshire, 12 ; 
 Oxfordshire, 35 ; Somerset- 
 shire, 11 ; Staffordshire, 18 ; 
 Suffolk, 16; Surrey, 20; 
 Sussex, 18; Warwickshire, 
 33 ; Worcestershire, 26. 
 The two varieties are often 
 associated, Sanders .being 
 
 most frequent in Devonshire 
 and Worcestershire, and 
 Saunders in Dorsetshire, 
 Cambridgeshire, and Ox- 
 fordshire- 
 Sanderson. Durham, 56 ; Lan- 
 cashire, 21 ; Lincolnshire, 
 10 ; Northumberland, 33 ; 
 Yorkshire, West Riding, 
 20. Saunderson is a rare 
 form. 
 
 Sandry — Saundry . Cornwal 1, 
 12. 
 
 Sands. Norfolk, 18. 
 
 Sankey. Shropshire, 12. 
 ^ Sardeson. Lincolnshire, 8. 
 
 Sare. Buckinghamshire, 20. 
 {See Sear.) 
 
 Sargeant — Sargent. Cornwall, 
 14 ; Northamptonshire, 35 ; 
 Staffordshire, 14 ; Suffolk, 
 11 ; Wiltshire, 22. Sar- 
 gent is most frequent. 
 Both are usually associ- 
 ated, except in Cornwall 
 and Wiltshire, where Sar- 
 gent alone occurs. {8ee 
 Sergeant.) 
 i Sargisson. Lincolnshire, 8. 
 
 Saunders. {See Sanders.) 
 
 Saunderson. {See Sanderson.) 
 
 Savage. Cambridgeshire, 16 ; 
 Gloucestershire, 33 ; Nor- 
 folk, 10 ; Northamptonshire, 
 25 ; Shropshire, 15 ; War- 
 wickshire, 22 ; Worcester- 
 shire, 14. 
 
 Savill. Essex, 33. 
 
 Savin. {See Sabin.) 
 
 Savory. Norfolk, 18. 
 
 Sawyer. Suffolk, 16. 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 
 
 547 
 
 Say. Somersetshire, 12. 
 
 Sayce. Herefordshire, 14 ; 
 Monmouthshire, 22; Shrop- 
 shire, 8 ; North Wales, 15. 
 {See Seys.) 
 
 Sayer. Norfolk, 18; Yorkshire, 
 North and East Ridings, 
 18. 
 
 Sayers. Sussex, 18. 
 
 Scales. Norfolk, 11. 
 
 Scantlebury. Cornwall, 12. 
 
 Scarborough. Lincolnshire, 11. 
 
 Scarth. Yorkshire, North and 
 East Ridings, 10. 
 
 Schofield. Lancashire, 20 ; 
 Yorkshire, West Riding, 
 33. Scholfield is a rare 
 Lancashire form. 
 
 Scholes. Lancashire, 8. 
 
 Scholey — Scoley. Lincolnshire, 
 10. 
 
 Scoones. Kent, 12. 
 
 Scott. Bedfordshire, 10; Buck- 
 inghamshire, 20 ; Cam- 
 bridgeshire, 20 ; Cheshire, 
 11 ; Cumberland and West- 
 moreland, 84 ; Devonshire, 
 20; Durham, 40; Kent, 
 15 ; Lincolnshire, 22 ; Nor- 
 folk, 17 ; Northumberland, 
 123 ; Nottinghamshire, 24 ; 
 Shropshire, 12 ; Somerset- 
 shire, 12; Suffolk, 20; 
 Surrey, 15 ; Yorkshire, 
 West Riding, 21; York- 
 shire, North and East 
 Ridings, 24. 
 
 Scotton. Leicestershire and 
 Rutlandshire, 24. 
 
 Scragg. Cheshire, 9. 
 
 Scrimshaw — Scrimshire. Lin- 
 colnshire, 8. 
 
 Scriven. Northamptonshire, 15. 
 
 Scrivener. Bedfordshire, 18. 
 
 Scroggs. Bedfordshire, 10. 
 
 Scruby. Essex, 15. 
 
 Scudamore. Herefordshire^ 20. 
 
 Scutt. Dorsetshire, 20. 
 
 Seabrook. Essex, 40 ; Hert- 
 fordshire, 25. 
 
 Seal. Derbyshire, 11. 
 
 Sealey — Sealy. Somersetshire, 
 17. 
 
 Seaman. Norfolk, 22 ;Suffolk,16 
 
 Sear. Buckinghamshire, 25. 
 {8ee Sare.) 
 
 Searle. Cambridgeshire, 17 
 Cornwall, 22; Devonshire, 
 10. 
 
 Sears. Hertfordshire, 10. 
 
 Searson. Lincolnshire, 9. 
 
 Seath. Kent, 15. 
 
 Seaward. Hampshire, 17. 
 
 Seccombe. Cornwall, 8. {See 
 Sercombe.) 
 
 Seddon. Lancashire 16. 
 
 Sedgwick. Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 20. Sidgwick is a 
 rare West Riding form of 
 the name. 
 
 Sedman. Yorkshire, North and 
 East Ridings, 10. 
 
 Seed. Lancashire, 27 ; York- 
 shire, West Riding, 13. 
 
 Sefton — Sephton. Lancashire, 
 17. 
 
 Selby. Nottinghamshire, 12. 
 
 Seldon. Devonshire, 8. 
 
 Self e— Self. Essex, 7; Norfolk, 
 29; Suffolk, 9; Wiltshire, 
 12. 
 
 2n2 
 
548 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Sellars — Sellers. Yorkshire, 
 
 North and East Ridings, 10. 
 
 Sellek. Devonshire, 7. 
 
 Selwyn. Gloucestershire, 15. 
 
 Senior. Dorsetshire, 20 ; York- 
 shire, West Riding, 30. 
 
 Sercombe. Devonshire, 7. (See 
 Seccombe.) 
 
 Sergeant. Lincolnshire, 10. 
 (See Sargeant.) 
 
 Severn. Derbyshire, 8; Not- 
 tinghamshire, 10. 
 
 Severs. Yorkshire, North and 
 East Ridings, 9. 
 
 Seward. Devonshire. 20. 
 
 Sewell. Cumberland and West- 
 moreland, 15 ; Essex, 15 ; 
 Norfolk, 12 ; Suffolk, 10. 
 
 Seymour. Berkshire, 8 ; Buck- 
 inghamshire, 20. 
 
 Seys. Monmouthshire, 17. (See 
 Sayce.) 
 
 Shackel. Berkshire, 15. 
 
 Shacklady — Shakelady. Lan- 
 cashire, 8. 
 
 Shackleton. Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 22. 
 
 Shacklock. Derbyshire, 7. 
 
 Shakeshaft. Buckinghamshire, 
 10; Cheshire, 9; Shropshire, 
 10. Shackshaft is also 
 found in Buckingham- 
 shire. 
 
 Shanks. Northumberland, 33. 
 
 Shapland. Devonshire, 17. 
 
 (See Shopland.) 
 Sharland. Devonshire, 7. 
 
 Shorland is a rare variety 
 also found in Devonshire. 
 Sharman. Bedfordshire, 10 ; 
 Buckinghamshire, 20 j Lei- 
 
 cestershire and Rutland- 
 shire, 13 ; Lincolnshire, 8 ; 
 Norfolk, 13 ; Northampton- 
 shire, 20. 
 
 Sharp — Sharpe. Bedfordshire, 
 18; Berkshire, 20; Cum- 
 berland and Westmoreland, 
 30 ; Derbyshire, 7 ; Kent, 
 27 ; Lancashire, 8 ; Leices- 
 tershire and Rutlandshire, 
 38 ; Lincolnshire, 53 ; Nor- 
 folk, 9 ; Northamptonshire, 
 25 ; Nottinghamshire, 32 ; 
 Warwickshire, 15 ; York- 
 shire, West Riding, 20; 
 Yorkshire, North and East 
 Ridings, 11. Sharp is three 
 times as numerous ; but the 
 two names are usually asso- 
 ciated. 
 
 Sharpies. Lancashire, 26. 
 
 Sharpley. Lincolnshire, 9. 
 
 Sharratt — Sherratt. Stafford- 
 shire, 42. Sharrod of this 
 county is probably a cor- 
 ruption. ^ ^/i*u^**-^. 
 
 Sharrock — Shorrock. Lanca- 
 shire, 17. 
 
 Shave. Essex, 12. 
 
 Shaw. Bedfordshire, 8 ; Cam- 
 bridgeshire, 20 ; Cheshire, 
 63 ; Cumberland and West- 
 moreland, 30; Derbyshire, 
 56 ; Lancashire, 38 ; Leices- 
 tershire and Rutlandshire, 
 17; Lincolnshire, 22; North- 
 amptonshire, 15 ; Notting- 
 hamshire, 40 ; Stafford- 
 shire, 40 ; Sussex, 14 ; York- 
 shire, West Riding, 66 ; 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAVIES. 
 
 549 
 
 Torksliire, North and East 
 E/idings, 24. 
 
 S heard. Yorkshire, West Rid- 
 ing, 12. 
 
 Shears. Devonshire, 8; Surrey, 6. 
 
 Sheen. Cheshire, 9. 
 
 Sheffield. Leicestershire and 
 Rutlandshire, 13. 
 
 Sheldon. Cheshire, 9 ; Derby- 
 shire, 21 ; Oxfordshire, 15 ; 
 Staffordshire, 12. 
 
 Sheldrake — Sheldrick. Suffolk, 
 9. 
 
 Shelley. Staffordshire, 16. 
 
 Shelton. Huntingdonshire, 8 ; 
 Leicestershire and Rutland- 
 shire, 38 ; Nottinghamshire, 
 20. 
 
 Sbemilt. Staffordshire, 16. 
 
 Shenton. Staffordshire, 26. 
 
 Shepherd — Sheppard. Berk- 
 shire, 18 ; Buckingham- 
 shire, 18 ; Cornwall, 14 ; 
 Cumberland and Westmore- 
 land, 38 ; Derbyshire, 9 ; 
 Devonshire, 10 ; Dorset- 
 shire, 20 ; Durham, 24; 
 Gloucestershire, 36 ; Hamp- 
 shire, 13 ; Lancashire, 25 ; 
 Monmouthshire, 17; Nor- 
 folk, 11; Northamptonshire, 
 30 ; Nottinghamshire, 24 ; 
 Shropshire, 15 ; Somerset- 
 shire, 35 ; Suffolk, 10 ; 
 Warv^ickshire, 27 ; Wilt- 
 shire, 13 ; Worcestershire, 
 14 ; Yorkshire, West Riding, 
 15 ; Yorkshire, North and 
 East Ridings, 21. Shepherd 
 is nearly three times as 
 numerous as Sheppard, the 
 
 latter being most numerous 
 in Somersetshire and Glou- 
 cestershire. Amongst the 
 rare forms of the name, 
 Shephard mostly charac- 
 terises Cornwall ; whilst 
 Shepheard is found in Nor- 
 folk and Shropshire, Shep- 
 perd in Buckinghamshire, 
 and Shepard in Gloucester- 
 shire. In 1885 this name 
 was possessed by six Shrop- 
 shire farmers, who spelt it 
 in four different ways. 
 
 Shepperson. Cambridgeshire, 
 40. 
 
 Sheringham. Norfolk, 13. 
 
 Sherratt. (See Sharratt.) 
 
 Sherrill. Devonshire, 8. 
 
 Sherrin — Sherring. Dorset- 
 
 shire, 12 ; Somersetshire, 
 14. 
 
 Sherwill. Devonshire, 7. 
 
 Sherwin. Derbyshire, 7. 
 
 Sherwood. Worcestershire, 14 ; 
 Yorkshire, North and East 
 Ridings, 16. 
 
 Shield. Northumberland, 22. 
 
 Shields. Gloucestershire, 14. 
 
 ShiUitoe. (See Sillitoe.) 
 
 Shipley. Staffordshire, 8 ; York- 
 shire, North and East 
 Ridings, 10. 
 
 Shipman. Leicestershire and 
 Rutlandshire, 42. 
 
 Shipp. Gloucestershire, 17. 
 
 Shipton. Derbyshire, 7; Wor- 
 cestershire, 14. 
 
 Shipway. Gloucestershire, 14. 
 
 Shirley. Staffordshire, 14. 
 
 Shirt. Derbyshire, 9. 
 
550 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 ShoebothaTn-Shoebottom. Staf- 
 fordshire, 10. 
 
 Shone. Cheshire, 12. 
 
 Shopland. Devonshire, 9. 
 
 Shore. Cheshire, 12. 
 
 Short. Devonshire, 16 ; North- 
 umberland, 30 ; Surrey, 11 ; 
 Sussex, 14. 
 
 Shorter. Kent, 18. 
 
 Shotton. Durham, 20. 
 
 Shreeve. Norfolk, 13. 
 
 Shrimpton. Oxfordshire, 20. 
 
 ShuflBebotham — Shufflebottom. 
 Cheshire, 15 ; Staffordshire, 
 24. The second is peculiar 
 to Cheshire. 
 
 Shuker. Shropshire, 20. 
 
 Shute. Dorsetshire, 36. 
 
 Shuttleworth. Lancashire, 20 ; 
 Yorkshire, West Riding, 
 20. 
 
 Siddall. Derbyshire, 11 ; York- 
 shire, North and East Rid- 
 ings, 12. Siddell and 
 Siddle are North and East 
 Riding forms. 
 
 Siddons. Northamptonshire, 
 25. 
 
 Siddorn. Cheshire, 9. 
 
 Sidebottom. Derbyshire, 15. 
 
 Sidford. Wiltshire, 17. 
 
 Silcock. Lancashire, 10. 
 
 Sillitoe — Shillitoe. Shropshire, 
 10 ; Staffordshire, 18 ; 
 Yorkshire, West Riding, 
 10. Shropshire contains 
 both these forms, Stafford- 
 shire has Sillitoe with 
 Sillito, and the West Rid- 
 ing has Shillitoe, 
 
 Silvester. Hampshire, 17 ; 
 Hertfordshire, 10. 
 
 Sim — Simm. Cumberland and 
 Westmoreland, 40. 
 
 Simmons — Simmonds. Bed- 
 
 fordshire, 8 ; Berkshire, 25 ; 
 Buckinghamshire, 20 ; 
 
 Cornwall, 30; Essex, 13; 
 Hampshire, 17 ; Hertford- 
 shire, 10 ; Oxfordshire, 26 ; 
 Surrey, 10 ; Sussex, 36. 
 Simmons is much the more 
 frequent form, Simmonds 
 being associated with it in 
 Berkshire, Hampshire, Ox- 
 fordshire, and Sassex. 
 Semmens is characteristic 
 of Cornwall. 
 
 Simkin. Staffordshire, 12 ; 
 Suffolk, 14. 
 
 Simpkin. Leicestershire and 
 Rutlandshire, 17. 
 
 Simpkins. Wiltshire, 17. 
 
 Simons. (See Symonds.) 
 
 Simpson. Cheshire, 31 ; Cum- 
 berland and Westmoreland, 
 25 ; Derbyshire, 25 ; Dur- 
 ham, 48 ; Essex, 12 ; Lan- 
 cashire, 27 ; Leicestershire 
 and Rutlandshire, 20 ; Lin- 
 colnshire, 16 ; Northamp- 
 tonshire, 13; Nottingham- 
 shire, 20 ; Shropshire, 14 ; 
 Staffordshire, 30; Suffolk, 
 23 ; Yorkshire, West Rid- 
 ing, 40; Yorkshire, North 
 and East Ridings, 73. 
 Simson is also found in 
 Essex. 
 
 Sims. Cheshire, 9 ; Derbyshire, 
 34 ; Gloucestershire, 14 ; 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 
 
 551 
 
 Somersetsliire, 9 ; Wilt- 
 shire, 35. 
 
 Sinclair. Hertfordshire, 10 ; 
 Surrey, 10. 
 
 Sinden. Sussex, 21. 
 
 Siuger. Somersetshire, 9. 
 
 Singleton. Lancashire, 33. 
 
 Sirrell. Herefordshire, 14. 
 
 Skeels. Cambridgeshire, 24. 
 
 Skelton. Lincolnshire, 15 ; Not- 
 tinghamshire, 20 ; York- 
 shire, North and East Rid- 
 ings, 9. 
 
 Skerrett. Herefordshire, 14. 
 
 Skewes. Cornwall, 10. 
 
 Skidmore. Derbyshire, 13. 
 
 Skinner. Cornwall, 14 ; Devon- 
 shire, 47 ; Kent, 48 ; Lia- 
 colushire, 11 ; Norfolk, 20 ; 
 Surrey, 12 ; Sussex, 14 ; 
 Worcestershire, 14. 
 
 Skyrme. Herefordshire, 28. 
 
 Slack. Cheshire, 22 ; Cumber- 
 land and Westmoreland, 20^ 
 Derbyshire, 30 ; Notting- 
 hamshire, 16; Staffordshire, 
 21. 
 
 Slade. Devonshire, 7 ; Somer- 
 setshire, 24. 
 
 Slader. Devonshire, 13. 
 
 Slater. Cambridgeshire, 15 ; 
 Cheshire, 26 ; Derbyshire, 
 30 ; Lancashire, 20 ; Notting- 
 hamshire, 20 ; Stafford- 
 shire, 14 ; Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 10 ; Yorkshire, 
 North and East Ridings, 9. 
 
 Slatter. Gloucestershire, 14 ; 
 Oxfordshire, 24. 
 
 Slaughter. Surrey, 15. 
 
 Slee. Devonshire, 7f 
 
 Sleeman. Cornwall , 22 ; Devon- 
 shire, 13. 
 
 Sleightholme. Lincolnshire, 7 ; 
 Yorkshire, No!rth and East 
 Ridings, 10. 
 
 Slinger. Lancashire, 8 ', York- 
 shire, West Riding, 10. 
 
 Slipper. Norfolk, 9. 
 
 Slocock. Buckinghamshire, 18. 
 
 Sloman. Devonshire, 10 ; Kent, 
 9. 
 
 Slbper. Wiltshire, 22. 
 
 Sluggett. Devonshire, 7. 
 
 Smale. Devonshire, 23. 
 
 Small. Nottinghamshire, 12 ; 
 Somersetshire, 15 ; Wor- 
 cestershire, 14.- 
 
 Smallbridge — Smalbridge — - 
 Smaridge. Devonshire,- 13 . 
 Smaridge is an uncommon* 
 abbreviation. 
 
 Smart. Northamptonshire, 20 ; 
 Wiltshire, 13. 
 
 S medley. Derbyshire, 21. 
 
 Smerdon. Devonshire, 17. 
 
 Smith. Bedfordshire, 120 ; 
 Berkshire, 100 ; Bucking- 
 hamshire, 95 ; Cambridge- 
 shire, 160; Cheshire, 56; 
 Cornwall, 32 ; Cumberland 
 and Westmoreland, 90 ; 
 Derbyshire, 150 ; Devon- 
 shire, 39 ; Dorsetshire, 90 ; 
 Durham, 100; Essex, 
 260 ; Gloucestershire, 270 ; 
 Hampshire, 116 ; Hereford- 
 shire, 160 ; Hertfordshire,- 
 185 ; Huntingdonshire, 
 
 115; Kent, 135; Lan- 
 cashire, 134; Leicestershire 
 
 . . and Rutlandshire, 128 ; 
 
552 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Lincolnshire, 148 ; Middle- 
 sex, 100 ; Monmouthshire, 
 90; Norfolk, 156; North- 
 amptonshire, 190 ; North- 
 umberland, 114; Notting- 
 hamshire, 160 ; Oxford- 
 shire, 130; Shropshire, 50; 
 Somersetshire, 22 ; Stafford- 
 shire, ,200; Suffolk, 118; 
 Su-rrej, .90; Sussex, 104; 
 Warwickshire, 220; Wilt- 
 shire, 130 ; Worcestershire, 
 300 ; Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 160 ; Yorkshire, 
 North and East Ridings, 
 150; North Wales, 20; 
 South Wales, 32. 
 
 Smithers. Surrey, 25. 
 
 Smithin. Worcestershire, 22. 
 
 Smithson. Lincolnshire, 14 ; 
 Yorkshire, North and East 
 Ridings, 12. 
 
 Smyth. Devonshire, 7 ; Suf- 
 folk, 7. 
 
 Snaith. Durham, 12; North- 
 umberland, 37. 
 
 Sneath. Lincolnshire, 8. 
 
 Snell. Cornwall, 40; Devon- 
 shire, 36 ; Suffolk, 9. 
 
 Snelson. Cheshire, 12. 
 
 Snook. Berkshire, 12 ; Dorset- 
 shire^ 15 ; Somersetshire, 
 11 ; Wiltshire, 49. 
 
 Snow. Devonshire, 17; Essex, 
 12 ; Staffordshire, 10. 
 
 Snowball. Durham, 20; North- 
 umberland, 11. 
 
 Snowdon. Durham, 36 ; Lin- 
 colnshire, 9 ; Northumber- 
 land, 18 ; Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 10. Snowden is a 
 
 West Riding and Lincoln- 
 shire form. 
 
 Soame. Norfolk, 11. 
 
 Soby. Devonshire, 7. 
 
 Solley— Solly. Kent, 27. 
 
 Solomon. Kent, 36. 
 
 Somers. Somersetshire, 9. 
 (See Summers.) 
 
 Soper. Devonshire, 18. 
 
 Sorrell. Essex, 30. 
 
 South. Herefordshire, 17. 
 
 Southgate. Suffolk, 20. 
 
 Southon. Kent, 30. Southern 
 is a rare form of the name 
 in this county. 
 
 Southwell. Hampshire, 17. 
 
 Sowerby. Cumberland and 
 Westmoreland, 25 ; Dur- 
 ham, 28 ; Lincolnshire, 10 ; 
 Yorkshire, North and East 
 Ridings, 10. 
 
 Spackman. Berkshire, 7 ; Cam- 
 bridgeshire, 15 ; Wiltshire, 
 63. 
 
 Spalton. Derbyshire, 9. 
 
 Spargo. Cornwall, 12. 
 
 Sparkes. Sussex, 14. 
 
 Sparks. Devonshire, 7; Somer- 
 setshire, 9. 
 
 Sparrow. Essex, 12 ; Grlouces- 
 tershire, 17 ; Suffolk, 9. 
 
 Speakman. Essex, 12; Lanca- 
 shire, 12. 
 
 Spear. Cornwall, 17; Devon- 
 shire, 8. 
 
 Speechley. Huntingdonshire, 
 15. 
 
 Speed. Somersetshire, 9. 
 
 Spence. Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 12 ; Yorkshire, 
 
KNGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 
 
 553 
 
 North and East Ridings, 
 22. 
 
 Spen(jeley — Spensley. York- 
 shire, North and East 
 Ridings, 10. 
 
 Spencer. Derbyshire, 32; Essex, 
 12 ; Gloucestershire, 20 ; 
 Herefordshire, 20 ; Lanca- 
 shire, 22; Leicestershire 
 and Rutlandshire, 17; Lin- 
 colnshire, 16 ; Norfolk, 
 10 ; Northamptonshire, 40 ; 
 Nottinghamshire, 48 ; Sur- 
 rey, 12 ; Warwickshire, 80 ; 
 Wiltshire, 18 ; Worcester- 
 shire, 18 ; Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 17; Yorkshire, 
 North and East Ridings, 
 10. 
 
 Spendlove. Derbyshire, 15 ; 
 Northamptonshire, 15. 
 
 Sperring. Somersetshire, 12. 
 
 Spicer. Dorsetshire, 15. 
 
 Spiers. Worcestershire, 30. 
 
 Spiller. Devonshire, 8 ; Somer- 
 setshire, 9. 
 
 Spink— Spinks. Norfolk, 15. 
 
 Spokes. Northamptonshire, 20. 
 
 Spotterswood. Cumberland and 
 Westmoreland, 20. 
 
 Sprake. Dorsetshire, 31. 
 
 Spratt. Somersetshire, 12. 
 
 Spriggs. Huntingdonshire, 9. 
 
 Sproston. Cheshire, 9. 
 
 Spry. Cornwall, 8 ; Devon- 
 shire, 7. 
 
 Spurgeon. Essex, 9. 
 
 Spurrell. Devonshire, 10. 
 Spurle is a rare form found 
 in this county. 
 
 Spurrett. Oxfordshire, 20. 
 
 Squance. Devonshire, 7. {See 
 Quance.) 
 
 Squire — Squires. Bedfordshire, 
 10 ; Devonshire, 36 ; Lei- 
 cestershire and Rutland- 
 shire, 17 ; Nottingham 
 shire, 12. Squires is by 
 far the least frequent, oc- 
 curring in Leicestershire 
 and Nottinghamshire. 
 
 Squirrell. Suffolk, 16. 
 
 Stace. Kent, 12. 
 
 Stacey. Cornwall, 12 ; Devon- 
 shire, 8 ; Hampshire, 13 ; 
 Hertfordshire, 12 ; Somer- 
 setshire, 11 ; Surrey, 15 ; 
 Sussex, 10. 
 
 Stafford. Derbyshire, 23 ; Lei- 
 cestershire and Rutland- 
 shire, 17. 
 
 Staines. Essex, 18. 
 
 Staite. Gloucestershire, 14. 
 
 Stainthorpe. Yorkshire, North 
 and East Ridings, 11. 
 
 Staley. Derbyshire, 11. 
 
 Stallard. Somersetshire, 12. 
 
 Stamp. Lincolnshire, 11. 
 
 Stanbra. Oxfordshire, 30. 
 
 Stanbridge. Bedfordshire, 10. 
 
 Stanbury. Devonshire, 28. 
 
 Standen. Kent, 21 ; Sussex, 
 29. Standing is a Sussex 
 form. 
 
 Stanford. Dorsetshire, 21 ; 
 Suffolk, 18 ; Sussex, 30. 
 
 Staniforth. Derbyshire, 7. 
 
 Stanley. Gloucestershire, 24 ; 
 Warwickshire, 15. 
 
 Stannard. Suffolk, 14. 
 
 Stansfield. Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 15. 
 
554 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Stanton. Bedfordshire, 10. 
 
 Stan worth. Lancashire, 11. 
 
 Staples. Nottinghamshire, 7. 
 
 Stares. Hampshire, 21. 
 
 Starkie. Lancashire, 14. 
 
 Starling. Norfolk, 17. 
 
 Stavelj. Yorkshire, North and 
 East Ridings, 7. 
 
 Stay. Sussex, 14. 
 
 Stead. Monmouthshire, 7 ; 
 Yorkshire, West Riding, 
 17; Yorkshire, North and 
 East Ridings, 10. 
 
 Stebbing. Essex, 12 ; Norfolk, 
 9. Stebbings is also found 
 in Norfolk. 
 
 Stedman. Kent, 12; Suffolk, 
 12. 
 
 Steeds. Somersetshire, 9. 
 
 Steel— Steele. Cheshire, 24 ; 
 Cumberland and Westmore- 
 land, 60 ; Staffordshire, 26 ; 
 Suffolk, 7; Yorkshire, 
 West Riding, 15. Usually 
 associated, but Steel is the 
 more frequent. 
 
 Steer. Devonshire, 16 ; Surrey, 
 12. 
 
 Steggall. Suffolk, 16. 
 
 Stelfox. Cheshire, 12. 
 
 Stendall. Nottinghamshire, 12. 
 
 Stephens — Stevens. Berkshire, 
 28 ; Buckinghamshire, 30 ; 
 Cornwall, 160; Devonshire, 
 15 ; Dorsetshire, 35 ; Essex, 
 27 ; Gloucestershire, 40 ; 
 Herefordshire, 50 ; Kent, 
 "^^^ 30 ; Leicestershire and 
 Rutlandshire, 21 ; Mon- 
 mouthshire, 28 ; Oxford- 
 shire, 30 ; Shropshire, 12 ; 
 
 Somersetshire, 30 ; Suffolk, 
 10 ; Surrey, 20 ; Sussex, 
 51; Wiltshire, 22 ; Worces- 
 tershire, 26 ; North Wales, 
 20; South Wales, 55. 
 These two varieties of the 
 same name are often asso- 
 ciated. Stephens, how- 
 ever, is particularly charac- 
 teristic of Cornwall 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- 
 out the area of this name, 
 but is best represented in 
 the south and east of Eng- 
 land, particularly in Sussex, 
 Essex, Kent, Buckingham- 
 shire, Berkshire, Dorset- 
 shire, Somersetshire, and 
 Wiltshire. 
 Stephenson — Stevenson. Berk- 
 shire, 19 ; Cumberland and 
 Westmoreland, 32 ; Derby- 
 shire, 27 ; Durham, 108 ; 
 Lancashire, 18 ; Leicester- 
 shire and Rutlandshire, 33 ; 
 Lincolnshire, 42 ; North- 
 umberland, 55 ; Notting- 
 hamshire, 28 ; Stafford- 
 shire, 12 ; Sussex, 32 ; 
 Warwickshire, 25 ; York- 
 shire, West Riding, 25 ; 
 Yorkshire, North and East 
 Ridings, 54. In counties 
 where they are at all 
 numerous the two varieties 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 
 
 555 
 
 of this name are usually 
 associated. However, 
 Stephenson, whicli is the 
 more frequent, is charac- 
 teristic of the northern 
 counties, north of the Wash 
 and the Mersey ; south of 
 this line, in the midland 
 counties of Derbyshire, 
 Warwickshire, Leicester- 
 shire and Rutlandshire, 
 etc., as well as in the south- 
 coast county of Sussex, it 
 is for the most part sup- 
 planted by Stevenson. 
 
 Steward. Essex, 12; Norfolk, 
 17 ; Suffolk, 14. 
 
 Stewart. Northumberland, 11. 
 
 Stickles. Kent, 12. 
 
 Stidston. Devonshire, 7. 
 
 Stiles. (See Styles.) 
 
 Stimpson. Norfolk, 18. 
 
 Stinchcombe. Gloucestershire, 
 20. 
 
 Stinton. Worcestershire, 22. 
 
 Stobart — Stobert. Northum- 
 berland, 30. 
 
 StobbSc Durham, 24; Nor- 
 thumberland, 30. 
 
 Stock. Essex, 24. 
 
 Stockdale. Cambridgeshire, 24. 
 
 Stockhill — Stockill. Yorkshire, 
 North and East Ridings, 
 10. Stokell is a further 
 contraction found also in 
 the same part of York- 
 shire. 
 
 Stockton. Cheshire, 9. 
 
 Stoddard. Staffordshire, 10. 
 
 Stokes. Essex, 9 ; Leicester- 
 shire and Rutlandshire, 34 ; 
 
 Northamptonshire, 45 ; 
 Nottinghamshire, 20 ; 
 
 Shropshire, 22 ; Stafford- 
 shire, 12 ; Worcester- 
 shire, 18. 
 
 Stone. Berkshire, 27 ; Bucking- 
 hamshire, 25 ; Cornwall, 8 ; 
 Derbyshire, 20 ; Devon- 
 shire, ^0 ; Dorsetshire, 26 ; 
 Esse:^, 12 ; Hertfordshire, 
 15 ; Kent, 12 ; Somerset- 
 shire, 35 ; Surrey, 20. 
 
 Stonehouse. Yorkshire, North 
 and East Ridings, 10. 
 
 Stoneman. Devonshire, 8. 
 
 Stones. Lincolnshire, 12 ; 
 
 Yorkshire, West Riding, 
 15. 
 
 Stoppard. Derbyshire, 9. 
 
 Stops. Northamptonshire, 20. 
 
 Storer. Derbyshire, 9. 
 
 Storey — Story. Cumberland 
 and Westmoreland, 15 ; 
 Durham, 48 ; Lincolnshire, 
 8; Norfolk, 10; Northum- 
 berland, 44 ; Yorkshire, 
 North and East Ridings, 
 18. Storey is the usual 
 form. Storry is found in 
 the North and East 
 Ridings. 
 
 Storr. Lincolnshire, 7. 
 
 Stotherd — Stothert. Lanca- 
 shire, 10; Northumberland, 
 18. Stuttard is a Lanca- 
 shire form. 
 
 Stott. Lancashire, 15; Nor- 
 thumberland, 14 ; Somer- 
 setshire, 20 ; Yorkshire, 
 West Riding, 13. 
 
 Stowe. Lincolnshire, 10. 
 
556 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Strange. Berksbire, 10 ; 
 Dorsetshire, 26. 
 
 Stratford. Buckinghamshire, 15. 
 
 Stratton. Norfolk, 12; Wilt- 
 shire, 17. 
 
 Straughan. Northumberland, 
 26. 
 
 Straw. Nottinghamshire, 12. 
 
 Strawson. Lincolnshire, 11. 
 
 Street. Bedfordshire, 10 ; 
 
 Hampshire, 17 ; Surrey, 11 ; 
 Wiltshire, 18. 
 
 Stretton. Derbyshire, 14 ; 
 Leicestershire and Rutland- 
 shire, 13. 
 
 Strickland. Cumberland and 
 Westmoreland, 15 ; Lanca- 
 shire, 20 ; Yorkshire, North 
 and East Ridings, 16. 
 
 Stride. Hampshire, 30. 
 
 Strong. Devonshire, 17 ; Not- 
 tinghamshire, 12 ; Wilt- 
 shire, 12. 
 
 Strutt. Essex, 9. 
 
 Stuart. Lancashire, 8. 
 
 Stubbins. Nottinghamshire, 
 12. 
 
 Stubbs. Cheshire, 30; Hamp- 
 shire, 20 ; Lincolnshire, 15 ; 
 Staffordshire, 40 ; York- 
 shire, North and East 
 Ridings, 15. 
 
 Stubley. Lincolnshire, 9. 
 
 Stuckey. Somersetshire, 20. 
 
 Studley. Dorsetshire, 26. 
 
 Stunt. Kent, 12. 
 
 Stupples. Kent, 12. 
 
 Sturdy. Yorkshire, North and 
 East Ridings, 12. 
 
 Sturgeon. Suffolk, 20. 
 
 Sturt. Sussex, 10. 
 
 Styles— Stiles. Kent, 15 ; 
 Northamptonshire, 12 ; 
 
 Sussex, 18. 
 
 Suddaby. Yorkshire, North and 
 East Ridings, 9. 
 
 Sugden. Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 10. 
 
 Suggett — Suggitt. Yorkshire, 
 North and East Ridings, 9. 
 
 Sully. Somersetshire, 9. 
 
 Summerfield. Cheshire, 9. 
 
 Summerhayes. Devonshire, 7 ; 
 Somersetshire, 8. 
 
 Summers. Devonshire, 14 ; 
 Gloucestershire, 12 ; Nor- 
 thumberland, 12; Somerset- 
 shire, 9. 
 
 Sumner. Cheshire, 14; Lanca- 
 shire, 26. 
 
 Sunderland. Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 25. 
 
 Sunter. Yorkshire, North and 
 East Ridings, 11. 
 
 Surman. Gloucestershire, 15 ; 
 Oxfordshire, 15. 
 
 Surtees. Durham, 12. 
 
 Sutcliffe. Lancashire, 9 ; York- 
 shire,- West Riding, 40. 
 
 Suter. Sussex, 10. 
 
 Sutton. Cheshire, 34 ; Derby- 
 shire, 7 ; Kent, 27 ; Lanca- 
 shire,' 30 ; Leicestershire 
 and Rutlandshire, 19 ; Lin- 
 colnshire, 15 ; Norfolk, 30 ; 
 Oxfordshire, 17 ; Stafford- 
 shire, 28 ; Wiltshire, 28. 
 
 Swaffer. Kent, 18. 
 
 Swaffield. Dorsetshire, 26. 
 
 Swain. Derbyshire, 10 ; Devon- 
 shire, 12 ; Hertfordshire, 
 10 ; Leicestershire and Rut- 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 
 
 557 
 
 landshire, 17; Lincolnshire, 
 17 ; Surrey, 10. Swayne 
 in Surrey. 
 
 Swales. Yorkshire,Wesfc Riding, 
 12 ; Yorkshire, North and 
 East Ridings, 13. 
 
 Swan — Swann, Derbyshire, 11 ; 
 Durham, 15 ; Essex, 12 ; 
 Northumberland, 17. Asso- 
 ciated in Northumberland 
 and county Derby. Swan 
 in county Durham ; Swann 
 in Essex. 
 
 Swanton. Somersetshire, 12. 
 
 Swarbrick. Lancashire, 14. 
 
 Sweet. Somersetshire, 11. 
 
 Sweeting. Essex, 12. 
 
 Swetenham — Sv/etnam. Staf- 
 fordshire, 10. 
 
 Swift. Derbyshire, 20 ; Lanca- 
 shire, 17; Nottinghamshire, 
 10 ; Yorkshire,West Riding, 
 12. 
 
 Swinburne. Cumberland and 
 Westmoreland, 15 ; Dur- 
 ham, 12 ; Essex, 7. Swin- 
 bourne is the Essex form. 
 
 Swindells — Swindell. Cheshire, 
 22 ; Derbyshire, 21 ; Staf- 
 fordshire, 12. Swindell 
 occurs in Derbyshire, Swin- 
 dells in Cheshire, whilst 
 Staffordshire, lyiug be- 
 tween, has both varieties. 
 
 Swinton. Cheshire, 9. 
 
 Sworder. Essex, 10 ; Hertford- 
 shire, 15. 
 
 Sykes. Lincolnshire, 18; 
 Yorkshire, West Riding, 
 65. 
 
 Symes. Dorsetshire, 50. 
 
 Symonds — Symons — Simons. 
 Bedfordshire, 12 ; Berk- 
 shire, 10 ; Cambridgeshire, 
 24 ; Cornwall, 48 ; Devon- 
 shire, 25 ; Dorsetshire, 26 ; 
 Herefordshire, 14; Leices- 
 tershire and Rutlandshire, 
 19 ; Lincolnshire, 13 ; Nor- 
 folk, 15; Northamptonshire, 
 13 ; Suffolk, 26. All three 
 varieties occur in Cornwall. 
 Symonds is the most gener- 
 ally diffused, Symons being 
 characteristic of Cornwall 
 and Devonshire. Simons 
 occurs in the counties of 
 Lincolnshire, Leicestershire 
 and Rutlandshire, and Nor- 
 thamptonshire, and together 
 with Simonds in the county 
 last named. 
 
 Syratt — Syrett. Buckingham- 
 shire, 24. Sirett is a rare 
 Buckinghamshire variety. 
 
 Taber — Tabor. Essex, 15. 
 
 Tagg. Derby sbire, 15. 
 
 Tailby. Leicestershire and Rut- 
 landshire, 1 7 ; Northamp- 
 tonshire, 15. 
 
 Tait. Durham, 8; Northumber- 
 land, 30. (See Tate.) 
 
 Talbot. Dorsetshire, 18 ; Lan- 
 cashire, 11 ; Nottingham- 
 shire, 12 ; Somersetshire, 
 20. 
 
 Tamblyn. Cornwall, 16. 
 
 Tame. Berkshire, 18. 
 
 Tancock. Devonshire, 7. 
 
 Tandy. Worcestershire, 18. 
 
558 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Tanner. Gloucestershire, 30 ; 
 Hampshire, 21 ; Oxford- 
 shire, 25 ; Wiltshire, 45. 
 
 Tanton. Devonshire, 7 ; Kent, 
 12. (See Taunton.) 
 
 Tapley. Cheshire, 9. 
 
 Tapp. Devonshire, 9 5 Somer- 
 setshire, 14. 
 
 Tapping. Buckinghamshire, 18. 
 
 Tarn. Durham, 16. 
 
 Tarr. Somersetshire, 14. 
 
 Tassell. Kent, 21. 
 
 Tatchell. Somersetshire, 9. 
 
 Tate. Durham, 28 ; Northum- 
 berland, 11. (See Tait.) 
 
 Tatham. Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 8. 
 
 Tattam. Buckinghamshire, 18. 
 
 Tattersall. Lancashire, 17. 
 
 Taunton. Wiltshire, 26. (See 
 Tanton.) 
 
 Taverner. Devonshire, 13. 
 
 Taylor. Bedfordshire, 33; Berk- 
 shire, 40 ; Buckingham- 
 shire, 60 ; Cambridgeshire, 
 38; Cheshire, 80; Corn- 
 wall, 16 ; Cumberland and 
 Westmoreland, 39 ; Derby- 
 shire, 104 ; Devonshire, 18 ; 
 Dorsetshire, 41 ; Durham, 
 64 ; Essex, 48 ; Gloucester- 
 shire, 80 ; Hampshire, 34 ; 
 Herefordshire, 58 ; Hert- 
 fordshire, 55 ; Huntingdon- 
 shire, 25 ; Kent, 60 ; Lan- 
 cashire, 135 ; Leicestershire 
 and Rutlandshire, 56 ; Lin- 
 colnshire, 90 ; Monmouth- 
 shire, 40 ; Norfolk, 42 ; 
 Northamptonshire, 30; Nor- 
 thumberland, 59 ; Notting- 
 
 hamshire, 115; Oxfordshire, 
 80 ; Shropshire, 45 ; Somer- 
 setshire, 40 ; Staffordshire, 
 68; Suffolk, 51; Surrey, 
 40; Sussex, 40; Warwick- 
 shire, 140; Wiltshire, 75; 
 Worcestershire, 74 ; York- 
 shire, West E/iding, 90 ; 
 Yorkshire, North and East 
 Ridings, 51 ; South Wales, 
 27. 
 
 Tazewell. Somersetshire, 9. 
 
 Teague. Cornwall, 10 ; Glou- 
 cestershire, 17. 
 
 Teal— Teale. Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 13. 
 
 Teasdale. Cumberland and 
 Westmoreland, 25 ; Dur- 
 ham, 16 ; Northumberland, 
 33 ; Yorkshire, North and 
 East Ridings, 10. 
 
 Tebbitt— Tebbutt, etc. Cam- 
 bridgeshire, 30 ; Leicester- 
 shire and Rutlandshire, 17 ; 
 Northamptonshire, 30 ; 
 Warwickshire, 10. Tebbit 
 occurs in Cambridgeshire, 
 Tebbitt in Northampton- 
 shire, Tebbett in Leicester- 
 shire and Warwickshire, 
 Tebbutt in Leicestershire 
 and Northamptonshire. 
 
 (See Tibbett and Tibbetts.) 
 
 Teek. Somersetshire, 9. 
 
 Telfer. Northumberland, 33. 
 
 Telford. Northumberland, 11. 
 
 Temperley. Durham, 8 ; North- 
 umberland, 7. 
 
 Temple. Lincolnshire, 8. 
 
 Tem pieman. Nottinghamshire, 
 20. 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 
 
 559 
 
 Tennant. Yorksliire, West 
 Riding, 12 ; Yorkshire, 
 ISTortli and East Ridings, 9. 
 
 Tennison. Yorkshire, North 
 and East Ridings, 8. 
 
 Terry. Buckinghamshire, 13 ; 
 Kent, 30 ; Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 10. 
 
 Tester. Sussex, 40. 
 
 Tew. Hampshire, 8 ; North- 
 amptonshire, 20. 
 
 Thackerj — Thackray — Thack- 
 wray. Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 20. Thackery is 
 the least common variety. 
 
 Thatcher. Berkshire, 30 ; Hamp- 
 shire, 9 ; Somersetshire, 
 25 ; Wiltshire, 9. 
 
 Theyer. Gloucestershire, 20. 
 
 Thirkell. Kent, 12. 
 
 Thirkettle. Norfolk, 9; Suf- 
 folk, 10. Thurkettle is a 
 rare Suffolk form. 
 
 Thirtle — Thurtle — Thurtell. 
 Norfolk, 13 ; Suffolk, 7. 
 
 Thoday. Cambridgeshire, 24. 
 
 Thomas. Buckinghamshire, 20 ; 
 Cheshire, 24 ; Cornwall, 
 136; Devonshire, 17; Es- 
 sex, 9 ; Gloucestershire, 53 ; 
 Hampshire, 17 ; Hereford- 
 shire, 72 ; Monmouthshire, 
 280 ; Northamptonshire, 
 25 ; Shropshire, 108 ; Som- 
 ersetshire, 14 ; Stafford- 
 shire, 10 ; Sussex, 21 ; Wor- 
 cestershire, 22 ; Yorkshire, 
 West Riding, 20; York- 
 shire, North and East 
 Ridings, 13 ; North Wales, 
 200 ; South Wales, 700. 
 
 Thomason. Cheshire, 17; North- 
 amptonshire, 17. Thomas- 
 son is a Cheshire form. 
 
 Thomlinson. Cumberland and 
 Westmoreland, 30. (See 
 Tomlinson.) 
 
 Thompson. Bedfordshire, 20 ; 
 Buckinghamshire, 20 ; Che- 
 shire, 11 ; Cumberland and 
 Westmoreland, 115; Der- 
 byshire, 30 ; Durham, 148 ; 
 Essex, 30 ; Gloacestershire, 
 27 ; Hampshire, 8 ; Hunt- 
 ingdonshire, 20 ; Lanca- 
 shire, 52 ; Leicestershire 
 and Rutlandshire, 51 ; Lin- 
 colnshire, 40 ; Norfolk, 
 24 ; Northamptonshire, 35 ; 
 Northumberland, 230; Not- 
 tinghamshire, 50 ; Somer- 
 setshire, 9 ; Staffordshire, 
 40; Suffolk, 20; Surrey, 
 25; Sussex, 10; Warwick- 
 shire, 50 ; Wiltshire, 9 ; 
 Worcestershire, 14 ; York- 
 shire, West Riding, 50; 
 Yorkshire, North and East 
 Ridings, 134. 
 
 Thompstone. Cheshire, 12. 
 
 Thorington. Essex, 12. 
 
 Thorley. Cheshire, 17; Staf- 
 fordshire, 10. 
 
 Thorn — Thorn e. Berkshire, 8 ; 
 Buckinghamshire, 18 ; De- 
 vonshire, 37; Dorsetshire, 
 18 ; Kent, 12 ; Somerset- 
 shire, 22; Wiltshire, 9. 
 Thorne is the usual form ; 
 in Devonshire, Somerset- 
 shire, and Kent, Thorn is 
 associated with it. 
 
560 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Thornber. Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 12. 
 
 Thornhill. Cheshire, 19. 
 
 Thornley. Cheshire, 12 ; Der- 
 byshire, 11. 
 
 Thornton. Durham, 24 ; Lan- 
 cashire, 10 ; Leicestershire 
 and Rutlandshire, 13 ; 
 Northumberland, 44 ; York- 
 shire, West Riding, 16. 
 
 Thorp — Thorpe. Cheshire, 9 ; 
 Derbyshire, 44 ; Hampshire, 
 12; Kent, 15; Leicestershire 
 and Rutlandshire, 17 ; Lin- 
 colnshire, 12 ; Norfolk, 11 ; 
 Yorkshire, West Riding, 
 13. Thorpe is twice as 
 frequent as Thorp. They 
 are nearly always asso- 
 ciated, except in Leicester- 
 shire, Rutlandshire, and 
 Norfolk, where Thorpe 
 alone occurs. 
 
 Threlfall. Lancashire, 16. 
 
 Thrower. Norfolk, 9. 
 
 Thurgood. Essex, 18; Hert- 
 fordshire, 11. Thirgood 
 also occurs in Hertfordshire. 
 
 Thurlby. Lincolnshire, 7. 
 
 Thurlow. Norfolk, 8; Suffolk, 26. 
 
 Thurman. Suffolk, 9. 
 
 Thurston. Norfolk, 8 ; Suffolk, 
 10; Worcestershire, 12. 
 
 Thurkettle. (See Thirkettle.) 
 
 Thurtell — Thurtle. (See 
 
 Thirtle.) 
 
 Thwaite. Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 12 ; Yorkshire, 
 North and East Ridings, 21. 
 Thwaites is a West Riding 
 form. 
 
 Tibbett— Tibbit. Cambridge- 
 shire, 24. (See Tebbitt.) 
 
 Tibbetts— Tibbitts. Warwick- 
 shire, 16. 
 
 Tice. Surrey, 15. 
 
 Tickle. Cheshire, 15. 
 
 Tickner. Kent, 12. 
 
 Tidy. Warwickshire, 18. 
 
 Tilbrook. Essex, 12. 
 
 Till. Gloucestershire, 24. 
 
 Tilley. Somersetshire, 20. 
 
 Timberlake. Bedfordshire, 7. 
 
 Timmis. Cheshire, 14; Shrop- 
 shire, 20 ; Staffordshire, 16. 
 
 Timms — Tims. Oxfordshire, 
 40; Warwickshire, 18. 
 
 Timperley. Cheshire, 15. 
 
 Tindall— Tindale— Tyndal, etc. 
 Durham, 24 ; Lincolnshire, 
 10; Yorkshire, North and 
 East Ridings, 24. Tindall 
 is the usual form, being 
 found mostly in the North 
 and East Ridings. Tindale 
 and Tindle occur in county 
 Durham, and in the North 
 and East Ridings. Tindell 
 is a Lincolnshire form, 
 whilst Tyndal is found in 
 county Durham. 
 
 Tingey. Norfolk, 13 ; Suffolk, 
 16. 
 
 Tinker. Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 10. 
 
 Tinkler. Durham, 24. 
 
 Tinney. Cornwall, 9. 
 
 Tinsley. Lancashire, 8 ; Lin- 
 colnshire, 8. 
 
 Tippett. Cornwall, 8. 
 
 Tipping. Worcestershire, 18. 
 
 Tipton. Shropshire, 20. 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 
 
 561 
 
 Titcombe. Wiltshire, 18. 
 
 Title J. Shropshire, 17. 
 
 Titmas. Bedfordshire, 9. (See 
 Tittmuss.) 
 
 Titterton. Derbyshire, 7 ; 
 Staffordshire, 22. 
 
 Tittmuss. Hertfordshire, 20. 
 (See Titmas.) 
 
 Tobitt. Sussex, 14. 
 
 Todd. Cumberland and West- 
 moreland, 47 ; Durham, 48 ; 
 Lancashire, 10 ; Lincoln- 
 shire, 14 ; Norfolk, 7 ; Nor- 
 thumberland, 51 ; York- 
 shire, West Eiding, 15; 
 Yorkshire, North and East 
 Ridings, 17. 
 
 Tofield. Buckinghamshire, 20. 
 
 Tofts. Essex, 24. 
 
 Toll. Cornwall, 8. 
 
 Tolley. Worcestershire, 26. 
 
 Tom. Cornwall, 10. 
 
 Tombs. Gloucestershire, 25 ; 
 Oxfordshire, 25 ; Worcester- 
 shire, 15. 
 
 Tomblin. Leicestershire and 
 Rutlandshire, 25 ; North- 
 amptonshire, 10. (See 
 Tomlin.) 
 
 Tomes. Buckinghamshire, 20. 
 
 Tomkin. Kent, 9. 
 
 Tomkinson. Staffordshire, 20. 
 
 Tomlin. Northamptou shire, 15; 
 Warwickshire, 18. (See 
 Tomblin.) 
 
 Tomlinson. Cheshire, 15 ; 
 Derbyshire, 52; Lancashire, 
 23 ; Lincolushire, 20 ; Not- 
 tinghamshire, 35 ; Staf- 
 fordshire, 25 ; Yorkshire, 
 
 West Riding, 20. (See 
 Thomlinson.) 
 Tompkins. Buckinghamshire, 
 
 90. 
 Tompsett. Kent, 15. 
 Toms. Devonshire, 7. 
 Tongue. Worcestershire, 14. 
 Tonkin. Cornwall, 9. 
 Toogood. Somersetshire, 19. 
 Toolej. Norfolk, 11. 
 Toon — Toone. Leicestershire 
 
 and Rutlandshire, 17. 
 Toovey — Tovey. Buckingham- 
 shire, 20; Worcestershire, 
 18. Probably a corruption 
 of Tofield, which is also a 
 Buckinghamshire name. 
 Tope. Devonshire, 7. 
 Topham. Huntingdonshire, 7 ; 
 Yorkshire, North and East 
 Ridings, 14. 
 Topp. Dorsetshire, 25. 
 Topping. Cumberland and 
 Westmoreland, 18 ; Lanca- 
 shire, 12. 
 Torr. Staffordshire, 12. 
 Towes — Towse. Sussex, 14. 
 Towndrow. Derbyshire, 13. 
 Townrow and Townroe 
 are also rare Derbyshire 
 names. 
 Townend. Yorkshire, West 
 
 Riding, 13. 
 Townsend. Buckinghamshire, 
 30; Derbyshire, 10; Glou- 
 cestershire, 17 ; Oxford- 
 shire, 65 ; Shropshire, 12 ; 
 Warwickshire, 42. 
 Townson. Lancashire, 13. 
 Tozer. Devonshire, 8. 
 Trafford. Lincolnshire, 19. 
 
562 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Travis. Derbyshire, 9; Lanca- 
 sliire, 10; Lincolnshire, 11. 
 Traves also occurs in Lin- 
 colnshire. 
 
 Tread well — Tredwell. Buck- 
 inghamshire, 30 ; Kent, 20 ; 
 Oxfordshire, 60.. Tredwell 
 is characteristic of Oxford- 
 shire. 
 
 Treasure. Somersetshire, 14. 
 
 TreMlcock. Cornwall, 17. 
 
 Tregear. Cornwall, 9. 
 
 Tregellas — Tregelles. Cornwall^ 
 8. 
 
 Tregoning. Cornwall, 8. 
 
 Treleaven. Cornwall, 10. 
 
 Treloar. Cornwall, 16. 
 
 Tremain — Tremaine — Tre- 
 mayne. Cornwall, 30. 
 
 Trembath. Cornwall, 22. 
 
 Tremlett. Devonshire, 7. 
 
 Trerise., Cornwall, 8. 
 
 Tresidder. Cornwall, 7. 
 
 Trethewey. Cornwall, 17» 
 
 Trevail. Cornwall^ 8.. 
 
 Treweek — Treweeke. Cornwall, 
 8. 
 
 TrewheUa. Cornwall, 12. 
 ? Trewin. Cornwall, 9. 
 
 Tribe. Sussex, 14. 
 
 Trick. Devonshire, 7. 
 
 Tricker. Suffolk, 11. 
 
 Trickett. Cheshire, 12. 
 
 Trickey. Devonshire, 8 ; Somer- 
 setshire, 7. 
 
 Tripcony. Cornwall, 12. 
 
 Trippas. Warwickshire, 18. 
 
 Trotman. Gloucestershire, 17. 
 
 Trott. 
 
 Devonshire, 11. 
 
 Trotter. Northumberland, 11 ; 
 Yorkshire, North and East 
 Ridings, 12. 
 
 Trounson. Cornwall, 8. 
 
 Trowbridge. Dorsetshire, 30. 
 
 Trude. Devonshire, 7. 
 
 Trudgen — Trudgeon — Trud- 
 gian. Cornwall, 10. 
 
 Truelove. Warwickshire, 32. 
 
 Trueman. Cheshire, 24. 
 
 Truman. Nottinghamshire, 12. 
 
 Truscott. Cornwall, 25. 
 
 Truswell. Nottinghamshire, 12. 
 
 Tnbb. Berkshire, 14 ; Hamp- 
 shire, 25. 
 
 Tuck. Norfolk, 15; Wiltshire, 
 16. 
 
 Tucker. Cornwall, 20 ; Devon- 
 shire, 102 ; Dorsetshire, 26 ; 
 Hampshire, 25 ;• Monmouth- 
 shire, 11 ; Somersetshire, 
 66; Wiltshire, 35; South 
 Wales, 11. 
 
 Tuckett. Devonshire, 15. 
 
 Tudge. Herefordshire, 17. 
 
 Tudor. North Wales, 40. 
 
 TufP. Kent, 24. 
 
 Tuffin. Dorsetshire, 20. 
 
 Tuffley. Gloucestershire, 14. 
 
 Tully. Devonshire, 7. 
 
 Tunnicliff. Staffordshire, 32. 
 
 Turnbull, Durham, 60 ; North- 
 umberland, 96. 
 
 Turnell. Northamptonshire, 15. 
 
 Turnill. Huntingdonshire, 12. 
 
 Turner. Buckinghamshire, 20 ; 
 Cambridgeshire, 24; Che- 
 shire, 30 ; Cumberland and 
 Westmoreland, 1 2 ; Derby- 
 shire, 65 ; Devonshire, 30 ; 
 Dorsetshire^ 15 ; Essex, 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMESi 
 
 563 
 
 15 ; Gloucestershire, 20 ; 
 Hampshire, 22; Hereford- 
 shire, 37 ; Hertfordshire, 
 ]8 ; Huntingdonshire, 14; 
 Kent, 12 ; Lancashire, 40 ; 
 Leicestershire and Rutland- 
 shire, 25 ; Lincolnshire,- 20 ;; 
 Monmouthshire, 22 ; I^Tor- 
 folk, 40 ; Northampton- 
 shire, 30 ; ISTottingham- 
 shire, 48; Oxfordshire, 38; 
 Shropshire, 26 ; Somerset- 
 shire, 30 ; Staffordshire, 
 50; Suffolk, 79; Surrey, 
 10 ; Sussex, 47 ; Warwick- 
 shire, 38 ; Wiltshire, 9 ; 
 Worcestershire, 30; York- 
 shire, West Riding, 35 ; 
 Yorkshire, N'orth and East 
 Ridings, 20. 
 
 Turnock.. Staffordshire, 141 
 
 Turpin. Devonshire, 7; Essex, 
 9. 
 
 Turrill. Oxfordshire, 20. 
 
 Turton.. Derbyshire, 7. 
 
 Turvill. Hampshire, 17. 
 
 Tustain. Oxfordshire, 22.. 
 
 Tweddell. Durham, 24; North- 
 umberland, 11. 
 
 Tweddle. Yorkshire^ North 
 and East Ridings,. 7 ; Cum- 
 berland and Westmoreland, 
 8. 
 
 Tweedle. Cumberland and' 
 Westmoreland, 8 ; North- 
 umberland, 11.. 
 
 Tweedy. Yorkshire, North and 
 East Ridings,. 7:. 
 
 Tween. Essex, 12. 
 
 Tvvidale. Lincolnshire, 8 ; Not- 
 tinghamshire, 10 ; York- 
 
 shire, North and East 
 Ridings, 7. (See Twed- 
 dell.) 
 
 Twigg. Derbyshire, 30; Lin- 
 colnshire. 7. Twigge is a 
 rare Derbyshire form. 
 
 Twitchin. Hampshire, 25. 
 
 Tyack — Tyacke. Cornwall, 9. 
 
 Tyerman. Yorkshire, North 
 and East Ridings, 9. Tyre- 
 man is a rare form in this 
 part of Yorkshire. 
 
 Tyler. Leicestershire and Rut- 
 landshire, 17 ; Lincolnshire, 
 IL 
 
 Tyley. Somersetshire, 17. 
 
 Tym — Tymm. Derbyshire, 
 17. 
 
 Tyrer. Lancashire, 13. 
 
 Tyrrell. Berkshire, 18. 
 
 Tysoe. Bedfordshire,' 8. 
 
 Tyson. Cumberland and West- 
 moreland, 45 ; Lancashire,. 
 15., 
 
 TJdall. Derbyshire, 7. 
 
 Uglow. Cornwall, 12 ; Devon- 
 shire, 7. 
 
 Ullyatt. Lincolnshire, 8. ■ 
 
 Umpleby. Yorkshire, West' 
 Riding, 8. • 
 
 Underhay.. Devonshire,- 7. 
 
 Underbill. Devonshire, 10. 
 
 Underwood. Bedfordshire, 10 ; 
 Buckinghamshire, 15 ; 
 
 Northamptonshire, 50. 
 
 Unicume. Kent,. 12. 
 
 Unwin. Derbyshire, 13 ; Essex, 
 12. 
 
 Un worth. Lancashire, 15. 
 2 o2 
 
564 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Upton. Derbyshire, 7; Kent, 
 12 ; Staffordshire, 11 ; 
 Snssex, 21 ; Warwickshire, 
 15. 
 
 Uren. Cornwall, 14. 
 
 Urmston. Cheshire, 9. 
 
 Urwin. Durham, 12 ; North- 
 umberland, 22. 
 
 Usher. Northumberland, 26. 
 
 Usherwood. Kent, 12. 
 
 Utting. Norfolk, 15. 
 
 Uttley. Yorkshire, West Biding, 
 IQ. 
 
 Vale. Herefordshire, 5 7. 
 
 Vallance. Devonshire, 7. 
 
 Vanner. Surrey, 10. 
 
 Yanstone. Devonshire, 16. 
 
 Varcoe. Cornwall, 34. 
 
 Varley. Yorkshire, West 
 
 Riding, 10. 
 
 Varney. Buckinghamshire, 24. 
 
 Yaughan. Herefordshire, 17; 
 Monmouthshire, 20 ; Shrop- 
 shire, 34 ; North Wales, 55 ; 
 South Wales, 11. 
 
 Yawser. Cam'bridgeshire, 48. 
 
 Yeal — Yeale. Cornwall, 16 ; 
 Devonshire, 7. 
 
 Yellenow^eth. Cornwall, 8. 
 
 Yenables. Cheshire, 17 ; Shrop- 
 shire, 12 ; North Wales, 
 12. 
 
 Yenn. Devonshire, 10 ; Somer- 
 setshire, 7. 
 
 Yenner. Devonshire, 10. 
 
 Yenning. Cornwall, 20. 
 
 Yentress— Yemtris. Yorkshire^ 
 North and East Ridings, 7. 
 
 Yercoe. Hertfordshire, 10. 
 
 / 
 
 Yergette. Northamptonshire, 
 30. 
 
 Yerity- Yorkshire, West 
 
 Riding, 13. 
 
 Yernon. Cheshire, 15 ; Shrop- 
 shire, 11 ; Staffordshire, 16. 
 
 Yerrall. Sussex, 14. 
 
 Yerran — Yerrin. Cornwall, 17. 
 
 Yine. Dorsetshire, 20; Sussex, 
 20. 
 
 Yiner. Surrey, 10. 
 
 Yines. Gloucestershire, 14 ; 
 Wiltshire, 40. 
 
 Yicary. Devonshire, 7. {See 
 Yickery.) 
 
 Yiccars. Buckinghamshire, 20. 
 
 Yick. Gloucestershire, 20. 
 
 Yickers. Derbyshire, 25 ; Dur- 
 ham, 48 ; Lincolnshire, 8. 
 
 Yickery. Devonshire, 12 ; 
 
 Somersetshire, 7. (.Eee 
 Yicary.) 
 
 Yidler. Berkshire, 10. 
 
 Yigar — YigaTS — Yigors. 
 Somersetshire, 9. 
 
 Yimpany. Gloucestershire, 14. 
 
 Yince. Essex, 13 ; Suffolk, 13. 
 
 Yincent. Cornwall, 16 ; Devon- 
 shire, 7; Norfolk, 20; 
 Somersetshire, 26 ; Suffolk, 
 9; Wiltshire, 17. 
 
 Vinson. Kent, 21. 
 
 Vinter. Lincolnshire, 9. 
 
 Vivian. Cornw^all, 16. 
 
 Voaden— Vodden. Devonshire, 
 9. 
 r Voice. Surrey, 18. 
 
 Vooght. Devonshire, 7. 
 
 Yosper. Cornwall, 14. 
 
 Yowles. Somersetshire, 51. 
 ^ Yyse. Hertfordshire, 14. 
 
ENGLISH AND WEL»H NA'MBS. 
 
 565 
 
 Wacher. Kent, 21. 
 
 Waddingham. Lincolnsliire, 8. 
 
 Waddington. Lancashire, 12 ; 
 Yorkshire, West Riding, 
 16 ; Yorkshire, North and 
 East Ridings, 7. 
 
 Wade. Cheshire, 15; Derby- 
 shire, 10 ; Durham, 17 ; 
 Norfolk, 11 ; Northampton- 
 shire, 12; Suffolk, 9; 
 Yorkshire, West Riding, 
 16 ; Yorkshire, North and 
 East Ridings, 10. 
 
 Wadland. Devonshire, 7. 
 
 Wadley. Gloucestershire, 17. 
 
 Wadsley. Lincolnshire, 8. 
 
 Wadsworth. Yorkshire,. West 
 Riding, 18. 
 
 Wager. Derbyshire, 7. 
 
 Wagstaff. Derbyshire, 10; 
 Essex, 15 ; Nottingham- 
 shire, 24. 
 
 Wain. Buckinghamshire, 12 ; 
 Cheshire, 10 ; Derbyshire,- 
 38; Gloucestershire, 14;. 
 StatFordshire, 27. Wayne 
 is a rare form confined to> 
 Derbyshire. Waine is 
 found in Gloucestershire 
 and Buckinghamshire. 
 
 Wainwright. Cheshire, 20 ; 
 Derbyshire, 17 ; Shropshire, 
 14 ; Suffolk, 16 ; Worcester- 
 shire, 14; Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 10. 
 
 Waite. Lincolnshire, 10 ; York- 
 shire, West Riding, 16; 
 Yorkshire, North and East 
 Ridings, 8. Waites- also 
 occurs in the North and 
 East Ridings. 
 
 Wakefield. Gloucestershire, 14 ; 
 Lincolnshire, 13^; Warwick- 
 shire, 13. 
 
 Wakeford. Sussex, 14. 
 
 Wakehami Devonshire, 18. 
 
 Wakelin. Cambridgeshire, 9 ; 
 Essex, 18 ; Suffolk, 14. 
 
 Wakely. Dorsetshire, 26. 
 
 Walburn. Durham, 20. 
 
 Walby. Hertfordshire, 12. 
 
 Walden. Dorsetshire, 26. 
 
 Walder. Sussex, 25. (See 
 Walter.) 
 
 Waldron. Berkshire, 26 ;. Wilt- 
 shire, 18 ; Worcestershire, 
 18. 
 
 Walford. Essex 9. 
 
 Walker. Bedfordshire, 22 ; 
 Berkshire, 21 ; Bucking- 
 hamshire, 20 ; Cheshire, 27 ; 
 Cumberland and West- 
 moreland, 45 ; Derbyshire, 
 80 ; Durham, 110 ; Glouces- 
 tershire, 36; Herefordshire, 
 28 ; Huntingdonshire, 15 ; 
 Lancashire, 38 ; Leicester- 
 shire and Rutlandshire, 55 ; 
 Lincolnshire, 40 ; Norfolk, 
 20 ; Northamptonshire, 32 ; 
 Northumberland, 11 ; Not- 
 tinghamshire, 90 ; Oxford- 
 shire, . 56 ; Shropshire^ 20 ; 
 Somersetshire, 12; Stafford- 
 shire, 57; Suffolk, 18; 
 Warwickshire, 55 ; Wilt- 
 shire, 22 ;. Worcestershire, 
 47 ; Yorkshire, West Rid- 
 ing, 85 ; Yorkshire, North 
 and East Ridings, 70. 
 Wall. Derbyshire,. 15 ; Durham, 
 20; Herefordshire,. 28; 
 
566 
 
 ■H(BIES OF FAAHLY NAMES. 
 
 Shropsliire, 36.; Somerset- 
 shire, 38 ; Worcestershire, 
 33. 
 
 Wallace. Durham, 20; IN'orth- 
 umberland, 22 ; .Yorkshire, 
 North and East Ridings, 7. 
 
 Wallbank. Lancashire, 10. 
 
 Waller. Cumberland and West- 
 moreland, 12 ; Devonshire, 
 7; Hertfordshire, 10; Suf- 
 folk, 14. 
 
 Walley. Cheshire, 17; Shrop- 
 shire, 12. (See Whalley.) 
 
 Wall is. Berkshire, 8 ; Cam- 
 bridgeshire, 27 ; Cornwall, 
 .17; Derbyshire, 17; Kent, 
 12; Somersetshire, 15; Staf- 
 fordshire, 12; Wiltshire, 
 ;23; Yorkshire, North and 
 East Ridingfi, 10. 
 
 Wall win. Derbyshire, 11. 
 
 Walpole. Norfolk, 9 ; Suffolk, 7. 
 
 Walrond. Somersetshire, ,7. 
 
 Walsh. Lancashire, 16. 
 
 Walmsley. Lancashire, 40. 
 
 Walter. Devonshire, 15 ; Kent, 
 18 ; Lincolaishire, 13 ; Ox- 
 fordshire, 10 ; Somerset- 
 shire, 13; Sussex, 23. (See 
 Walder.) 
 
 Walters. Devonshire, 8 ; Mon- 
 mouthshire, 60 ; Stafford- 
 shire, 18 ; South Wales, 60. 
 
 Walton. Cheshire, 15 ; Cum- 
 berland and Westmoreland, 
 55 ; Derbyshire, 19 ; Dur- 
 ham, 56 ; Lancashire, 12 ; 
 Northumberland, 37 ; Ox- 
 fordshire, 25 ; Warwick- 
 shire, 18 ; Yorkshire, West 
 Hiding, 12 Yorkshire, 
 
 North and East Ridings, 
 18. 
 
 Wanlace — Wanless, Northum- 
 berland, 18. 
 
 Warburton. Cheshire, 51 ; 
 Lancashire, 20 ; Notting- 
 hamshire, 12. 
 
 Ward. Berkshire, 10; Buck- 
 inghamshire, 30 ; Cam- 
 bridgeshire, 50 ; Cheshire, 
 25 ; Cornwall, 16 ; Cum- 
 berland and Westmoreland, 
 17 ; Derbyshire, 38 ; Devon- 
 shire, 18 ; .Durham, 16 ; 
 Essex, 18 ; Gloucestershire, 
 17 ; Herefordshire, 14 ; 
 Hertfordshire, 12 ; Hunt- 
 ingdonshire, 20 ; Kent, 9 ; 
 Lancashire, 31 ; Leicester- 
 ■shire and Rutlandshire, 65 ; 
 Lincolnshire, 60 ; Norfolk, 
 .22 ; Northamptonshire, 4<> ; 
 .Northumberland, 11 ; Not- 
 tinghamshire, 44 ; Shro[)- 
 shire, 36 ; Staffordshire, 42 ; 
 .Suffolk, 18 ; Warwickshire, 
 50; Worcestershire, 12 ; 
 Yorkshire, West Riding, 
 30; Yorkshire, North and 
 East Ridings, 70. 
 
 Warden. (See Wardle.) 
 
 Warden. Warwickshire, 32. 
 
 Warder. Shropshire, 12. 
 
 Wardle. Cheshire, 12 ; Derby- 
 shire, 15 ; Durham, 16 ; 
 Northumberland, 33; Not- 
 tinghamshire, 12.; Stafford- 
 shire, .30. Wardell is 
 usually confined to North- 
 umberland and Durham. 
 
 Ware. iOevonshire, '9. 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 
 
 567 
 
 Wareham. Dorsetshire, 31. 
 
 Wareing — Waring. Lancashire, 
 33. 
 
 Warne. Cornwall, 20; Devon- 
 shire, 7 ; Suffolk, 9. 
 
 Warner. Essex, 10 ; Glouces- 
 tershire, 30 ; Leicestershire 
 and Rutlandshire, 13. 
 
 Warnes. Norfolk, 15. 
 
 Warr. Buckinghamshire, 30. 
 
 Warren. Cambridgeshire, 24 ; 
 Cheshire, 12 ; Cornwall, 16 ; 
 Devonshire, 22 ; Dorset- 
 shire, 46 ; Essex, 9 ; Hamp- 
 shire, 21 ; Hertfordshire, 
 15; Norfolk, 13; North- 
 amptonshire, 15 ; Somerset- 
 shire, 17 ; Staffordshire, 
 10; Suffolk, 11; Surrey, 
 12. 
 
 Warrilow. Staffordshire, 10, 
 
 Warrington. Derbyshire, 9 ; 
 S ta;ff or d shire, 16. 
 
 Warwick. Northamptonshire, 
 15. 
 
 Wass. Lincolnshire, 12. 
 
 Waterfall. Derbyshire, 9. 
 
 Waterhouse. Derbyshire, 7. 
 
 Waterman. Kent, 18. 
 
 Waters. Cornwall, 10 ; Kent, 
 25 ; Monmouthshire, 50 ; 
 Norfolk, 30; Wiltshire, 28. 
 
 Watkins. Devonshire, 11 ; 
 Gloucestershire, 20 ^ Here- 
 fordshire, 193 ; Monmouth- 
 shire, 120 ; Shropshire, 12 ; 
 Worcestershire, 16 ; North 
 Wales, 18; South Wales, 
 98. 
 
 Watkinson, Yorkshire, West 
 Hiding, 12. 
 
 Watson. Buckinghamshire, 20 ; 
 Cambridgeshire, 41 ; Cum- 
 berland and Westmoreland, 
 68; Derbyshire, 45; Dur- 
 ham, 110 ; Essex, 15 ; Hert- 
 fordshire, 20 ; Huntingdon- 
 shire, 30 ; Lancashire, 16 ; 
 Leicestershire and Rutland- 
 shire, 25 ; Lincolnshire, 35 ; 
 Norfolk, 22 ; Northampton- 
 shire, 20 ; Northumberland, 
 44 ; Nottinghamshire, 40 ; 
 Shropshire, 12; Suffolk, 
 14; Sussex, 30; Warwick- 
 shire, 24; Wiltshire, 13^ 
 Worcestershire, 14 ; York- 
 shire, West Riding, 35; 
 Yorkshire, North and East 
 Ridings, 95 ; South Wales, 
 22. 
 
 Watts. Buckinghamshire, 25 ; 
 Devonshire, 20 ; Dorset- 
 shire, 21 ; Gloacestershire, 
 46 ; Ha-mpshire, 30 ; Hunt- 
 ingdonshire, 12 ; Kent, 20 ; 
 Leicestershire and Rutland- 
 shire, 17; Norfolk, 17; 
 Northamptonshire, 20 ; Ox- 
 fordshire, 32 ; Somerset- 
 shire, 40 ; Warwickshire, 
 15 ; Wiltshire, 43. 
 
 Waugh. Durham, 20 ; North- 
 umberland, 26. 
 
 Way. Devonshire, 7 ; Hamp- 
 shire, 30 ; Kent, 15 ; Ox- 
 fordshire, 14. 
 
 Waycott. Devonshire, 8. 
 
 Wayman. Cambridgeshire, 20. 
 
 Wayne. (See Wain.) 
 
 Wearmouth. Durham, 28. 
 
 Wearne. Cornwall, 16. 
 
568 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Weatherall. (See Wetherall.) 
 
 Weatherhead. Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 8. 
 
 Weaver. Essex, 10 ; Gloucester- 
 shire, 20 ; Herefordshire, 
 14 ; Shropshire, 12 ; Somer- 
 setshire, 30 ; Worcester- 
 shire, 32. 
 
 Webb. Bedfordshire, 10 ; Berk- 
 shire, 25 ; Buckingham- 
 shire, 25 ; Cambridgeshire, 
 24; Cheshire, 13; Devon- 
 shire, 7 ; Essex, 20 ; Glou- 
 cestershire, 24 ; Hampshire, 
 28 ; Herefordshire, 14 ; Hert- 
 fordshire, 20; Kent, 12; 
 Leicestershire and Rutland- 
 shire, 13 ; Monmouthshire, 
 17; Northamptonshire, 28; 
 Shropshire, 12 ; Somerset- 
 shire, 38 ; Staffordshire, 12 ; 
 Suffolk, 30; Surrey, 12; 
 Warwickshire, 15 ; Wilt- 
 shire, 42 ; Worcestershire, 
 25. 
 
 Webber. Cornwall, 8 ; Devon- 
 shire, 53 ; Somersetshire, 
 20; Suffolk, 7; Surrey, 7 
 Sussex, 10. 
 
 Webster. Bedfordshire, 10 
 Cambridgeshire, 15 ; Che- 
 shire, 11 ; Derbyshire, 50 
 Essex, 12 ; Hertfordshire 
 15 ; Lancashire, 25 ; Leices 
 tershire and Rutlandshire 
 13 ; Lincolnshire, 16 ; Nor. 
 folk, 13; Northamptonshire, 
 15 ; Nottinghamshire, 19 
 Shropshire, 12 ; Yorkshire, 
 West Riding, 22; York 
 
 shire. North and East 
 Ridings, 26. 
 
 Weddell— Weddle. Northum- 
 berland, 14. 
 
 Weeks. Devonshire, 11 ; Glou- 
 cestershire, 20 ; Hampshire, 
 15 ; Kent, 20 ; Somerset- 
 shire, 18 ; Wiltshire, 19. 
 
 Weetman. Warwickshire, 22. 
 
 Weighell — Weighill. Yorkshire, 
 North and East Ridings, 12. 
 
 Weightman. Nottinghamshire, 
 24. 
 
 Welburn — Wellburn. York- 
 shire, North and East 
 Ridings, 18. 
 
 Welch. Buckinghamshire, 12 ; 
 Essex, 20 ; Nottingham- 
 shire, 20 ; Somersetshire, 
 14 ; Wiltshire, 19. 
 
 Welford. Yorkshire, North and 
 East Ridings, 19. 
 
 Weller. Buckinghamshire, 18 ; 
 Surrey, 25. 
 
 Wellings. Shropshire, 12. 
 
 Wellington. Cornwall, 12. 
 
 Wells. Berkshire, 35 ; Essex, 
 15 ; Gloucestershire, 14 
 Hertfordshire, 10 ; Hun 
 tingdonshire, 10 ; Kent, 30 
 Lancashire, 12 ; Leicester- 
 shire and Rutlandshire, 20 
 Lincolnshire, 80; Norfolk 
 13 ; Nottinghamshire, 20 
 Oxfordshire, 37; Suffolk 
 10 ; Surrey, 20 ; Sussex, 30 
 Warwickshire, 18 ; Wilt- 
 shire, 31 ; Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 12 ; Yorkshire, 
 North and East Ridings, 18. 
 
 Welson. Herefordshire, 14. 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 
 
 569 
 
 Wendon — "Wenden. Essex, 18. 
 
 Went. Herefordshire, 14. 
 
 Were. Devonshire, 7. 
 
 Werrett, Gloucestershire, 17. 
 
 Wescott. Somersetshire, 15. 
 {See Westcott.) 
 
 West. Berkshire, 10; Cam- 
 bridgeshire, 15 ; Cornwall, 
 10 ; Derbyshire, 8 ; Lincoln- 
 shire, 20; Norfolk, 20; 
 lirorthamptonshire, 25 ; Ox- 
 fordshire, 19 ; Somerset- 
 shire, 8 ; Sussex, 21 ; War- 
 wickshire, 18 ; Worcester- 
 shire, 14; Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 10. 
 
 Westacott. Devonshire, 9. 
 
 Westcott. Devonshire, 11. 
 
 Westaway. Devonshire, 10. 
 
 Western. Devonshire, 10. (See 
 Westren.) 
 
 Westgate. Norfolk, 9; Sussex, 
 14. 
 
 Westlake. Devonshire, 9 ; Som- 
 ersetshire, 11. 
 
 Westlej. Cambridgeshire, ] 5 ,* 
 Northamptonshire, 12 ; Suf- 
 folk, 12. 
 
 Westoby — Westerby. Lincoln- 
 shire, 14. The former is 
 the more frequent. 
 
 Weston. Kent, 14; Leicester- 
 shire and Rutlandshire, 11 ; 
 Northamptonshire, 25 ; 
 
 Staffordshire, 14; Sussex, 
 25 ; Wiltshire, 10 ; Worces- 
 tershire, 18. 
 
 Westren. Devonshire, 7. (See 
 Western.) 
 
 Westwood. Essex, 18; Hert- 
 fordshire, 11. 
 
 Wetherall— Wetherill, &c. Not- 
 tinghamshire, 12 ; York- 
 shire, West Riding, 10; 
 Yorkshire, North and East 
 Ridings, 15. In the North 
 and East Ridings there 
 occur Weatherill, Wetherill, 
 and Wetherell ; in the West 
 Riding, Wetherall and 
 Wetherill ; and in Notting- 
 hamshire, Weatherall. 
 
 Wetton. Derbyshire, 7. 
 
 Whalebelly. Norfolk, 7. 
 
 Whalley. Cheshire, 19 ; Lan- 
 cashire, 28. (See Walley.) 
 
 Wharton. Norfolk, 11; Suffolk, 9. 
 
 Whatley. Wiltshire, 17. 
 
 Wheatcroft. Derbyshire, 7. 
 
 Wheatley. Durham, 16; Not- 
 tinghamshire, 12. 
 
 Wheaton. Devonshire, 7. 
 
 Wheeldon — Whieldon. Derby- 
 shire, 28 ; Staffordshire, 36 ; 
 Warwickshire, 17. W^heel- 
 don is the commoner form, 
 Whieldon being charactei'- 
 istic of Staffordshire. 
 
 Wheeler. Berkshire, 20 ; Buck- 
 inghamshire, 18 ; (Glouces- 
 tershire, 14 ; Oxfordshire, 
 24 ; Wiltshire, 27 ; Worces- 
 tershire, 26. 
 
 Wheelton. Cheshire, 11. 
 
 Whetter. Cornwall, 8. 
 
 Whinnett. Bedfordshire, 10. 
 
 Whipp. Lancashire, 11. 
 
 Whi taker. (See Whittaker.) 
 
 Whitcher. Hampshire, 17. 
 
 White. Bedfordshire, 15 ; Be^-k- 
 shire, 8 ; Buckinghamshire, 
 50 ; Cambridgeshire, 25 ; 
 
570 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Cheshire, 14 ; Cornwall^ 
 34 ; Derbyshire, 60 ; Devon- 
 shire, 90 ; Dorsetshire, 85 ; 
 Durham, 32 ; E«sex, 12^ 
 Gloucestershire, 46.; Hamp- 
 shire, 70 ; Herefordshire, 
 14 ; Hertfordshire, 12 ; 
 Kent, 40 ; Leicestershire 
 and Kutland shire, 20 ; Lin- 
 colnshire, 10 ; I^orfolk, 
 13 ; Northumberland, 26 ; 
 Nottinghamshire, 33 ; Ox- 
 fordshire, 50,; Somerset- 
 shire, 70 ; Staffordshire, 
 26; Suffolk, 7; Surrey, 10; 
 Sussex, 25 ; Warwickshire, 
 47 ; Wiltshire, 86 ; Worces- 
 tershire, 56 ; Yorkshire, 
 West Riding, 17 ; York- 
 shire, Korth and East 
 Ridings, 40 ; South Wales, 
 22. 
 
 Whitebread. Kent, 12. 
 
 Whitehead. Kent, 15 ; Lanca- 
 shire, 18; Warwickshire, 
 30; Yorkshire, West Riding, 
 12. 
 
 Whitehouse. Staffordshire, 10 ; 
 Warwickshire, 18 ; Wor- 
 cestershire, 22. 
 
 Whitehurst. Staffordshire, 12. 
 
 Whitelegg. Oheshire, 14. 
 
 Whiteley. Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 14. 
 
 Whiteman. Huntingdonshire, 
 10; Shropshire, 12. 
 
 Whiteside. Lancashire, 22. 
 
 Whiteway. Devonshire, 10. 
 
 Whitfield. Berkshire, 17 ; Dur- 
 ham, 28; Lancashire, 10; 
 Northumberland, 26 ; Ox- 
 
 fordshire, 20 ; Shropshire, 
 31 ; Wiltshire, 12 ; York- 
 shire. North and East 
 Riairigs, 10. 
 
 Whiting. Buckinghamshire, 20 ; 
 Yorkshire, North and East 
 Ridings, 10. 
 
 Whitley. Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 15. 
 
 Whitlock. Essex, 19; Wilt- 
 shire, 16. 
 
 Whitlow. Cheshire, 15. 
 
 Whitmore. Suffolk, 14. 
 
 Whitney. Northamptonshire, 
 15. 
 
 Whitsed. Lincolnshire, 9. 
 
 Whittaker — Wiiitaker. Che- 
 shire, 26; Derbyshire, 11; 
 Lancashire, 40 ; Stafford- 
 shire, 8 ; Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 45. Whittaker is 
 the more fre<iuent form. 
 
 Whittingham. Derbyshire, 
 
 13. 
 
 Whittington. Middlesex, 25 ; 
 Sussex, 10. 
 
 Whittle. Dorsetshire, 51 ; Lan- 
 cashire, 20 ; Leicestershire 
 and Rutlandshire, 25 ; 
 Somersetshire, 14, 
 
 Whittleton. Norfolk, 9. 
 
 Whitton. Northamptonshire, 
 30. 
 
 Whitwell. Yorkshire, North 
 and East Ridings, 10, 
 
 Whitworth. Buckinghamshire, 
 15 ; Lincolnshire, 16. 
 
 Wibberley. Derbyshire, 7, 
 
 Wickens. Sussex, 65. 
 
 Wickett. Cornwall, 10 ; Devon- 
 shire, 7. . 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 
 
 571 
 
 Wickham. Somersetshire, 9 ; 
 Sussex, l4. 
 
 Widdicombe. Devonshire, 7. 
 
 Widdop — Widdup. Yoi-kshire, 
 West Riding, 10. 
 
 Widdows. Oxfordshire, 18. 
 
 Widdowson. Derbyshire, 16 ; 
 Nottinghamshire, 13. Wid- 
 dison is a Nottinghamshire 
 contraction. 
 
 Wiggins. Berkshire, 8 ; Ox- 
 fordshire, 25. 
 
 Wigley. Derbyshire, 11. 
 
 Wilberforce. Yorkshire, North 
 and East Ridings, 7. Wil- 
 berfoss is a rare form. 
 
 Wilcock — Wilcox, etc. Corn- 
 wall, 20.; Devonshire, 18; 
 Gloucestershire, 27 ; Lan- 
 cashire, 14 ; Monmouth- 
 shire, 17 ; Nottinghamshire, 
 12 ; Somersetshire, 40 ; 
 Yorkshire, West Riding, 
 10. Less common forms 
 are Willcocks, Willcox, 
 Wilcocks, and Willcock. 
 All the six varieties of the 
 name occur in Cornwall. 
 In fact, in 1883 there were 
 eleven Cornish farmers of 
 this name, and it anay be 
 truly said that scarcely two 
 of them spelt it in sfche same 
 way. Wilcox is charac- 
 teristic of Somersetshire, 
 Gloucestershire, atnd Not- 
 tinghamshire, Willcox of 
 Somersetshire, Willcocks 
 and Willcock of Devonshire, 
 and Wilcock of Lancashire 
 and the West Riding. 
 
 Wild. Buckinghamshire, 12 ; 
 Cheshire, 12 ; Derbyshire, 
 30 ; Hertfordshire, 9 ; Lan- 
 cashire, 10 ; Leicestershire 
 and Rutlandshire, 12 ; Nol- 
 tinghamshire, 30 ; Shrop- 
 -shire, 10 ; Sussex, 10 ; Wor- 
 cestershire, 18 ; Yorkshire, 
 West Riding, 23. Wilde 
 also occurs in Nottingham- 
 shire and Shropshire, 
 
 Wilday — Willday. Warwick- 
 :shire, 22. 
 
 Wilder. Berkshire, 12. 
 
 Wiles— Wyles. Kent, 15. 
 
 Wilford. Leicestershire and 
 Rutlandshire, 1 7. 
 
 Wilkes— Wilks. Shropshire, 36 ; 
 Warwickshire, 15.; Wor- 
 cestershire, 18. Wilkts, 
 tlie commoner form, is 
 characteristic of ^lirop- 
 shire. 
 
 Wilkins. Berkshire, 10-; Nor- 
 folk, 11 ; Somersetshire, 13 ; 
 Wiltshire, 12. 
 
 Wilkinson. Buckingham stire, 
 9; Cheshire, 40; Cumber- 
 land and Westmoreland, 
 37 ; Derbyshire, 11 ; Dur- 
 ham, 88 ; Lancashire, 50 ; 
 Lincolnshire, 35 ; Norfolk, 
 15:; Northumberland, 59 ; 
 Nottinghamshire, 45 ; 
 
 ^Shropshire, 29; Stafford- 
 shire, 14 ; Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 79 ; Yorkshire, 
 North and East Ridings, 
 54. 
 
 Willets — Wil lefts. Worcester- 
 shire, 18. 
 
572' 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Willey. Lincolnsliire, 13. 
 
 Williams. Berkshire, 15; Buck- 
 inghamshire, 20 ; Cheshire, 
 34; Cornwall, 182 ; Devon- 
 shire, 10 ; Dorsetshire, 
 26 ; Gloucestershire, 109 ; 
 Hampshire, 13 ; Hereford- 
 shire, 272 ; Hertfordshire, 
 9 ; Kent, 15 ; Lancashire, 
 8 ; Leicestershire and Rut- 
 landshire, 11 ; Lincolnshire, 
 8 ; Monmouthshire, 700 ; 
 Norhhamptonshire, 20 ; Ox- 
 fordshire, 20 ; Shropshire, 
 158 ; Somersetshire, 44 ; 
 Staffordshire, 18 ; Suffolk, 
 11 ; Sussex, 10 ; Wiltshire, 
 9 ; Worcestershire, 60 ; 
 North Wales, 700; South 
 Wales, 650. 
 
 Williamson. Buckinghamshire, 
 36 ; Cheshire, 48 ; Cum- 
 berland and Westmoreland, 
 35 ; Derbyshire, 7 ; Dur- 
 ham, 20 ; Lancashire, 8 ; 
 Lincolnshire, 16 ; Norfolk, 
 13 ; Nottinghamshire, 15 ; 
 Shropshire', 12 ; Staffo^-d- 
 shire, 18 ; Yorkshire, North 
 and East Ridings, 13. 
 
 Willing. Devonshire, 7. 
 
 Willis. Bedfordshire, 11 ; Berk- 
 shire, 30 ; Cheshire, 22 ; 
 Devonshire, 7 ; Dorsetshire, 
 14 ; Durham, 20 ; Essex, 
 ^ 35; Wiltshire, 29; York- 
 W ♦"Shire, North amd East 
 Ridings, 10. 
 
 Willison. Buckinghamshire, 30. 
 
 Willoughbj. Berkshire, 7 ; 
 Cornwall, 9. 
 
 Willows. Lincolnshire, 15. 
 
 Wills. Cornwall, 24; Devon- 
 shire, 34 ; Somersetshire, 
 11. 
 
 Wilmer. BDckinghamshire, 18, 
 
 Wilmot — Wilmott. Derbyshire, 
 13 ; Hertfordshire, 10 ; 
 Somersetshire, 9. Wilmot 
 is the Derbyshire form. 
 
 Wilsdon. Oxfordshire, 22. 
 
 Wilshaw. Staffordshire, 22. 
 
 Wilson. Bedfordshire, 18; Berk- 
 shire, 18 ; Buckingham- 
 shire, 30 ; Cambridgeshire, 
 66 ; Cheshire, 31 ; Cum- 
 berland and Westmoreland, 
 180; Derbyshire, 70; De- 
 vonshire, 7 ; Durham, 90 ; 
 Essex, 18 ; Gloucestershire, 
 17 ; Herefordshire, 20 ; 
 Hertfordshire, 18 ; Hunt- 
 ingdonshire, 40 ; Lanca- 
 shire, 65 ; Leicestershire 
 and Rutlandshire, 17 ; Lin- 
 colnshire, 50 ; Norfolk, 20 ; 
 Northamptonshire, 18 ; 
 
 Northumberland, 70; Not- 
 tinghamshire, 90 ; Shrop- 
 shire, 29 ;■ Staffordshire, 24 ; 
 Suffolk, 20 ; Warwickshire, 
 38; Wiltshire, 12; Wor- 
 cestershire, 82 ; Yorkshire, 
 West Riding, 65 ; York- 
 shire, North and East 
 Ridings, 120 r South Wales, 
 11. Willson is a rare 
 form foand in Hunting- 
 donshire and Cambridge- 
 shire. 
 
 Wiltshire. Gloucestershire, 11 ; 
 Wiltshire, 50. 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 
 
 573 
 
 Wilton. Cornwall, 9 ; Derby- 
 shire, 15. 
 
 Winder. Lancashire, 14. 
 
 Windsor. Cheshire, 14; Shrop- 
 shire, 12. 
 
 Wingfield. Derbyshire, 10 ; 
 Hertfordshire, 7. Winfield. 
 also occurs in Derbyshire. 
 
 Winn. Lincolnshire, 9. 
 
 Winnall. Worcestershire, 22. 
 
 Winslade. Somersetshire, 9. 
 
 Winson. Derbyshire, 11. 
 
 Winstanley. Lancashire, 9. 
 
 Winstone. Somersetshire, 17. 
 
 Wint. Staffordshire, 10. 
 
 Winter. Durham, 14 ; Lincoln- 
 shire, 20 ; Norfolk, 12 ; 
 Somersetshire, 13. 
 
 Wintle. Grloucestershire, 27. 
 
 Wintour. Gloucestershire, 14. 
 
 Winwood. Worcestershire, 14. 
 
 Wise. Cornwall, 8; Hertford- 
 shire, 7 ; Yorkshire, North 
 and East Ridings, 14. 
 
 Wiseman. Essex, 27 ; Norfolk, 
 11. 
 
 Witch ell. Gloucestershire, 17. 
 
 Withecombe — Withey combe. 
 Devonshire, 7. 
 
 Witherden. Kent, 21. 
 
 Witheridge. Devonshire, 8. 
 
 Withers. Berkshire, 15 ; Hamp- 
 shire, 21 ; Nottingham- 
 shire, 12. 
 
 Withey — Withy. Somersetshire, 
 11. 
 
 Witney. Oxfordshire, 18. 
 
 Witt. Hampshire, 42. 
 
 Witter. Cheshire, 11. 
 
 Witty. Yorkshire, North and 
 East Ridings, 7. 
 
 Wolfenden. Lancashire, 7 ; 
 Yorkshire, West Riding, 
 13. 
 
 Wolton. Suffolk, 9. 
 
 Wombwell — Woombill. N'ot- 
 tinghamshire, 16. 
 
 Wonham. Surrey, 25. 
 
 Wonnacott. Devonshire, 7. 
 
 Wood. Bedfordshire, 12 ; Berk- 
 shire, 12 ; Cheshire, 60 ; 
 Cumberland and Westmore- 
 land, 40 ; Derbyshire, 55 ; 
 Devonshire, 25; Durham, 
 40 ; Essex, 35 ; Gloucester- 
 shire, 40 ; Herefordshire, 
 17 ; Kent, 88 ; Lancashire, 
 80 ; Leicestershire and Rut- 
 landshire, 50 ; Lincolnshire, 
 20 ; Northamptonshire, 25 ; 
 N'orthumberland, 30; Not- 
 tinghamshire, 50 ; Shrop- 
 shire, 17 ; Somersetshire, 
 10 ; Staffordshire, 60 ; Suf- 
 folk,10; Surrey,20 ; Sussex, 
 76 ; Warwickshire, 38 ; 
 Worcestershire, 26 ; York- 
 shire, West Riding, 98 ; 
 Yorkshire, N'orth and East 
 Ridings, 50. 
 
 Woodal]. Cheshire, 17. 
 
 Woodcock. Cornwall, 15 ; Lei- 
 cestershire and Rutland- 
 shire, 12; Norfolk, 12; 
 Shropshire, 20 ; Yorkshire, 
 West Riding, 12; York- 
 shire, N'orth and East 
 Ridings, 10. 
 
 Wooddisse. Staffordshire, 10. 
 
 Woodhams. Sussex, 29. 
 
 Woodhead. Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 17. 
 
574 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Wood house. Derbyshire, 14 ; 
 Herefordshire, 20 ; Shrop- 
 shire, 12. 
 
 Woodings. Staffordshire, 10. 
 
 Woodland. Middlesex, 20. 
 
 Woodley. Cornwall, 8. 
 
 Woodman. Middlesex, 26 ; 
 Northumberland, 37, 
 
 Woods. Huntingdonshire,, 9 ; 
 Lancashire, 30 ; Lincoln- 
 shire, 15; Norfolk,. 20; 
 Suffolk, 34 ; Surrey, 10 ; 
 Wiltshire, 21. 
 
 Woodward. Cheshire, 14; Derby- 
 shire, 27 ; Essex, 18 ; Glou- 
 cestershire, 24 ; Hertford- 
 shire, 10 ; Leicestershire' 
 and Rutlandshire, 12 ;• 
 Nottinghamshire, 19 ;: Ox- 
 fordshire, 1 5 ; Staffordshire, 
 17 ; Suffolk, 10 ; Warwick- 
 shire, 10; Worcestershire, 
 40 ; Yorkshire, North and 
 East Ridings, 14. 
 
 Wookey. Somersetshire,. 12. 
 
 Woolcock, Cornwall, 10. 
 
 Woolgrove.. Oxfordshire, 15. 
 
 Woolhouse. Northamptonshire, 
 15. 
 
 Woollam — Woollams. Cheshire,, 
 11. 
 
 Woolland. Devonshire,. 8.. 
 
 AVoollard. Suffolk, 11. 
 
 Woollatt. Hertfordshire, 15.. 
 
 Woolley. Cheshire, 17 ; Derby- 
 shire, 23; Kent, 9; Not- 
 tinghamshire, 18 ; Shrop- 
 shire, 12 ; Staffordshire, 14 ; 
 Warwickshire, 10. WoUey 
 is found in Shropshire. 
 
 Woolston. Norfolk, 9 
 
 Wooster. Buckinghamshire, 25. 
 
 Wootton. Bedfordshire, 12 ; 
 Buckinghamshire, 12 ; 
 
 Hertfordshire, 10 ; Kent, 
 16 ; Northamptonshire, 15 ; 
 Nottinghamshire, 11 ; Wilt- 
 shire, 13. 
 
 Workman. Worcestershire, 14. 
 
 Wormington. Worcestershire, 
 14. 
 
 Wormleighton. Leicestershire 
 and Rutlandshire, 17. 
 
 Worsley. Lancashire, 16. 
 
 Worth. Cheshire,. 12 ; Lincoln- 
 shire, 9. 
 
 Worthington. Cheshire, 38 ; 
 Lancashire, 13; Leicester- 
 shire and Rutliandshire, 10 ; 
 Nottinghamshire, 11. 
 
 Wortley. Norfolk,. 15. 
 
 Wotton. Devonshire, 7. 
 
 Wragg. Derbyshire, 23. 
 
 Wrathall. Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, 10. 
 
 Wray. Yorkshire, North and 
 East Ridings, 12. 
 
 Wreford- Devonshire, 18. Wray- 
 ford is a rare form of the 
 name in this county. 
 
 Wren — Wrenn. Sussex", 18. 
 
 Wright. Bedfordshire, 28 ; 
 Berkshire, 15 ; Bucking- 
 hamshire, 18 ; Cambridge- 
 shire, 53 ; Cheshire, 88 ; 
 Cumberland and Westmore- 
 land, 17; Derbyshire, 60; 
 Devonshire, 11 ; Durham, 
 24 ; Essex, 75 ; Hampshire, 
 12 ; Hertfordshire, 50 
 Huntingdonshire, 30 ; Lan- 
 cashire, 47 ; Leicestershire 
 
ENGLISH AND WELSH NAMES. 
 
 575 
 
 and Rutland sliire, 87 ; Lin- 
 colnshire, 75 ; Norfolk, 81 ; 
 Northamptonshire, 25 ; 
 
 Northnraberland, 26; Not- 
 tinghamshire, 48 ; Shrop- 
 shire, 17 ; Somersetshire, 
 11; Staffardshire, 35 ; Suf- 
 folk, 70; Surrey, 15; Sus- 
 sex,, 18 ; Warwickshire, 85 ; 
 Wiltshire, 28 ; Worcester- 
 shire, 22 ; Yorkshire, West 
 Riding, ^8 ; Yorkshire, 
 North and East Ridings, 48. 
 
 Wrightson. Yorkshire, North 
 and East Ridings, 10. 
 
 Wrighton. Northamptonshire, 
 15. 
 
 Wrixon. Dorsetshire, 2'1. 
 
 Wroot. Lincolnshire, 10. 
 
 Wroth. Devonshire, 8. 
 
 Wyatt. Devonshire, 15 ; Glou- 
 cestershire, 13 ; Hampshire,. 
 18 ; Norfolk, 10 ; Somerset- 
 shire, 36. 
 
 Wych. Cheshire, 9. 
 
 Wyer. Shropshire, 15 ; Wor- 
 cestershire, 14. 
 
 Wyman. Northamptonshire, 15. 
 
 Wynne. Shropshire, 12 ;; North 
 Wales, 30. 
 
 "Yapp. Herefordshire, 14 ; 
 Shropshire, 22., 
 
 Yardley. Staffordshire, 10 ; 
 Yorkshire, West Riding, 8. 
 Yeardley also occurs in the 
 West Riding. 
 
 Yarnold. Worcestershire,. 18. 
 
 Yarrow. Cambridgeshire, 20. 
 
 'i'arwood. Cheshire, 14. 
 
 Yates. Buckinghamshire, 18 ; 
 Cheshire, 12 ; Derbyshire, 
 
 25 ; Herefordshire, 14 ; 
 Lancashire, 27; Shropshire, 
 17; Stalfo^rdshire, 14. 
 
 Yeandle. Somersetshire, 9. 
 
 Yeend. Gloucestershire, 14. 
 
 Yelland. Cornwall, 16 ; Devon- 
 shire, 7. 
 
 Yeo. Cornwall, 8 ; Devonshire, 
 17. 
 
 Yeoman. Somersetshire, 7 ; 
 Yorkshire, North and East 
 Ridings, 13. 
 
 Yeomans. Derbyshire, 15 ; 
 Herefordshire, 13. 
 
 York. Northamptonshire, 20. 
 
 Young. Bedfordshire, 18 
 Berkshire,. 15 ; Bucking 
 hamshare,. 35 ; Cambridge 
 shire, 15 ,- Cheshire, 10 
 Derbyshire, 16 ; Dorset- 
 shire,, 45 ; Drurham, 40 : 
 Essex,. 15 ; Gloucestershire 
 46 ; Hampshire, 40 ; Hert- 
 fordshire, 20 ; Kent, 35 
 Leicestershire and Rutland- 
 shire, 9 ;: Lincolnshire, 15 
 Norfolk, 10 ; Northampton- 
 shire, 15; Northumberland 
 30 ; Oxfoirdshiro, 15 
 Somersetshire, 41 ; Surrey 
 20 ; Sussex:, 14 ; Warwick, 
 shire, 15 ; Wiltshire, 18 
 Worcestershire, 22 ; York 
 shire. West Riding, 10 
 Yorkshire, North and East 
 Ridings, 11 ; South Wales, 8 
 
 Younger. No,rthumberland, 30 
 
 Youngman. Norfolk, 20; Suf 
 folk, 14. 
 
 Youngs. Norfolk, 26 ; Suffolk, 
 14. 
 
576 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 SCOTTISH NAMES. 
 
 Scottish, names arrange themselves naturally in five geographical 
 groups, and I should remark that the system of relative 
 frequency has here been followed, the particular region in 
 which a name is most frequent being considered its present 
 home in Scotland. 
 
 First Group.- 
 
 —The Scottish Boeder Counties. 
 
 Aitchison 
 
 Irvine 
 . Irving 
 
 J" Nicholson 
 I Nicolsou 
 
 Armstrong 
 
 Beattie 
 
 Jardine 
 
 Oliver 
 
 Bell 
 
 ' Johnston 
 . Johnstone 
 
 f Purves 
 T Purvis 
 
 Calder 
 
 Carruthers 
 
 Kelly 
 
 Rae 
 
 Douglas 
 
 Kerr 
 
 Richardson 
 
 Edgar 
 
 Laidlaw 
 
 Eobson 
 
 Elliot 
 
 Little 
 
 Rutherford 
 
 arierson 
 
 Maxwell 
 
 Scott 
 
 Hogg 
 
 Milligan 
 
 Tait 
 
 Hope 
 
 Moffat 
 
 Tumbull 
 
 Hyslop 
 
 
 
 Second Oroup. — The Lowlands South op the Forth and the 
 
 Clyde. 
 
 Adamson 
 
 Arthur 
 
 Barclay 
 
 Aitken 
 
 Baird 
 
 Barr 
 
 Allan 
 
 Barbour 
 
 Bell 
 
7 Lon^tTLcLe West 6 of 
 
 lS?^a.,.5 & m.!^!*" 
 
 W.&A.K.JoWstDn.Edmturgh suad London 
 
SCOTTISH NAMES. 
 
 577 
 
 Blair 
 
 Bojd 
 
 Brodie 
 
 Brown 
 
 Buchanan 
 
 Cairns 
 
 Caldwell 
 
 Cowan 
 
 Craig 
 
 Crawford 
 
 Cunningham 
 
 Currie 
 
 Dalgleish 
 
 Dalziel 
 
 Dick 
 
 Dickie 
 
 Dickson 
 r Dodds 
 iDods 
 
 Dunlop 
 
 Dunn 
 
 Dykes 
 r Findlay 
 I Finlay 
 
 Forrest 
 
 Forsyth 
 r Fullarton 
 I Fulton 
 
 Gremmell 
 
 Gibson 
 
 Gillespie 
 
 Gil ir. our 
 
 Graham 
 
 Gray 
 
 r Nisbefc 
 '.Nisbefct 
 
 Hall 
 
 Hamilton 
 
 Orr 
 
 Hood 
 
 Park 
 
 Howie 
 
 Paton 
 
 Inglis 
 
 Pollock 
 
 Jack 
 
 Pringle 
 
 Jackson 
 
 Rankin 
 
 ■ Johnston 
 . Johnstone 
 
 Richmond 
 
 Scott 
 
 Kay 
 
 Shanks 
 
 Lang 
 
 Sloan 
 
 ■ Laurie 
 . Lawrie 
 
 Smith 
 
 Soraerville 
 
 Lawson 
 
 Steel 
 
 Lennox 
 
 Stevenson 
 
 Lindsay 
 
 Stoddait 
 
 Logan 
 
 Struthers 
 
 Lyon 
 
 Swan 
 
 McCulloch 
 
 Templeton 
 
 ■McKie 
 
 . Mackie 
 
 Tennant 
 
 Thomson 
 
 " McNeil 
 I McNeill 
 
 /Tod 
 ' . Todd 
 
 Mair 
 
 Turner 
 
 Marshall 
 
 Waddell 
 
 Martin 
 
 Wallace 
 
 Morton 
 
 Watson 
 
 Muir 
 
 Welsh 
 
 Murdoch 
 
 'White 
 1 Whyte 
 
 Neil 
 
 Neilson 
 
 Wilson 
 
 
 Young 
 
 Third Group. — Central Scotland (including the shires of Fife, Forfar, 
 Perth, Stirling, Dumbarton, and Argyll) . 
 
 Balfour 
 Baxter 
 Burna 
 
 Dewar 
 
 Dickson 
 
 Donaldson 
 
 Duncan 
 r Edward 
 L Edwards 
 
 Cameron 
 Campbell 
 Dawson 
 
 Drummond 
 
 Drysdale 
 
 Duff 
 
 Fin lay son 
 Forbes 
 Galbraith 
 2 P 
 
578 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 G^alloway 
 
 /Mcintosh 
 . Mackintosh 
 
 G-ordon 
 
 Gow 
 
 Mclntyre 
 
 Graham 
 
 r McLaren 
 L Maclaren 
 
 Hall 
 
 McArthur 
 
 r McLean 
 I Maclean 
 
 McDougall 
 
 ^ McEwan 
 . McEwen 
 
 /McMillan 
 - Macmillan 
 
 McFarlane 
 
 McNab 
 . Macnab 
 
 McGregor 
 
 
 McNaughton 
 
 r McNeil 
 I McNeill 
 Marshall 
 Menzies 
 r Ogilvie 
 I Ogilvy 
 Paton 
 Sharp 
 Stirling 
 FTod 
 LTodd 
 "Wallace 
 
 Fourth Group. — The Highlands Noeth of Fobfaeshiee, Peethshiee, 
 
 AND AeGYLLSHIEE. 
 
 Cruickshank 
 
 ' Mcintosh 
 . Mackintosh 
 
 /McKae 
 I Macrae 
 
 Gumming 
 
 Duncan 
 
 ■ McKay 
 
 . Mackay 
 
 Middleton 
 
 Farquhar 
 
 Milne 
 
 Farquharson 
 
 " McKenzie 
 . Mackenzie 
 
 Munroe 
 
 Forbes 
 
 Rennie 
 
 Geddes 
 
 /McKie 
 - Mackie 
 
 Ross 
 
 Gordon 
 
 Stephen 
 
 Grant 
 
 J McLeod 
 L Macleod 
 
 Strachan 
 
 Innes 
 
 Sutherland 
 
 Low 
 
 J McPherson 
 L Maepherson 
 
 Urquhart 
 
 Lumsden 
 
 Watt 
 
 McDonald 
 
 
 
 
 Fifth Grow^.— Scotland Geneeallt. 
 
 (This group includes, besides those names which are pretty generally distributed, 
 those that are scattered over Scotland with apparently no definite distri- 
 bution.) 
 
 Adam 
 
 Bnice 
 
 Crichton 
 
 Alexander 
 
 Burnett 
 
 Davidson 
 
 Anderson 
 
 Carmichael 
 
 Donald 
 
 Baillie 
 
 Chalmers 
 
 Ewing 
 
 Ballantyne 
 
 Christie 
 
 Ferguson 
 
 Black 
 
 Clark 
 
 Fisher 
 
SCOTTISH NAMES. 
 
 579 
 
 Fleming" 
 
 Lamont 
 
 Ritchie 
 
 Fraser 
 
 Law 
 
 Robb 
 
 r Grardiner 
 L Gardner 
 
 Leslie 
 
 Robertson 
 
 McAdam 
 
 Rodger 
 
 Gibb 
 
 Maitland 
 
 Russell 
 
 Gilchrist 
 
 Malcolm 
 
 Shaw 
 
 Glen 
 
 ^Matheson 
 . Mathieson 
 
 Shepherd 
 
 Greig 
 
 Simpson 
 
 Grieve 
 
 Meikle 
 
 Sinclair 
 
 Guthrie 
 
 /Millar 
 
 Stewart 
 
 Hardie 
 
 C Miller 
 
 Stuart 
 
 Harper 
 
 Mitchell 
 
 Taylor 
 
 Harvey- 
 
 Moir 
 
 Thorn 
 
 Hay 
 
 Morrison 
 
 Walker 
 
 Henderson 
 
 Muirhead 
 
 Webster 
 
 Hill 
 
 Murray 
 
 Weir 
 
 Hunter 
 
 _ ■ Nicol 
 '.Nicoll 
 
 Wilkie 
 
 Hutchison 
 
 Williamson 
 
 Jamieson 
 
 ' Paterson 
 . Patterson 
 
 Wood 
 
 Kennedy 
 
 Wright 
 
 Kidd 
 
 Philips 
 
 Wylie 
 ".WyUie 
 
 King 
 
 Eamsay 
 
 Laing 
 
 Eeid 
 
 
 The above arrangement has been adopted because it is the one 
 best fitted for the historical treatment of this subject, and also 
 because the names seem to fall naturally into these groups. I 
 cannot, of course, pretend that, in a general sketch of this kind, 
 it is possible to be always free from error in particulars, but I 
 claim for it the merit that we attach to the first rough survey of 
 an unmapped country, or to a statistician's first effort to reduce into 
 order a chaotic mass of figures. This arrangement maj seem a 
 very simple one, such a one, in fact, as a child might discern, if 
 he could not also discover it ; but, in truth, it would of itself have 
 been of but little value unless accompanied by a detailed examina- 
 tion of the distribution of English surnames. Thus I have had 
 first to wade all through the English counties to be able to arrive 
 at the few conclusions concerning Scottish names which I shall 
 place before my readers. 
 
 At the end of this appendix will be found an alphabetical list 
 of Scottish names that attain or exceed a rate of frequency of 
 10 in 10,000 of the population. The number that there indicates 
 
 2p2 
 
580 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 the relative frequency of eacli name is only of limited use for 
 comparison with the numbers attached to the alphabetical list of 
 English names, because I have treated Scotland as a whole, whilst 
 the English counties have been treated separately. I have, in 
 fact, not been able to follow the plan for Scotland which I adopted 
 for England, because in all the Scottish Directories which I have 
 examined the names have not been arranged in long alphabetical 
 lists for each county, as in Kelly's " Post Office Directories for 
 England," but have been grouped together only for each parish 
 or district, or else strung together in tremendous lists for the 
 whole country. I selected, as most suitable for my purpose, and 
 as referring to the more stationary part of the population, 
 Halliburton's " County Directory of Scotland," which contains 
 more than 20,000 names arranged in a continuous alphabetical 
 string. Taken at its worth, however, some interesting results may 
 be obtained from my list of the most frequent Scottish names. 
 It is succeeded by some remarks on Scottish names extracted 
 from Lower's " Patronymica Britannica." The whole subject- 
 matter of this appendix may, in truth, be regarded as a very 
 necessary supplement to my treatment of the distribution of 
 English names. Without it there would be always much un- 
 certainty about the nationality of north of England names, and 
 it would not be possible to obtain any reliable data concerning 
 the intermixture of the two nations. In such things, general 
 impressions are frequently wrong, and conjectures are usually 
 based on error. Here, as throughout this book, I have had no 
 theory to support, and have endeavoured faithfully to follow my 
 facts. 
 
 We will now endeavour, with all these materials before us, 
 to arrive at a few conclusions concerning the intermixture of 
 English and Scottish names; and in so doing I will adopt my 
 previous method of taking a few sample groups for our con- 
 sideration. The group of the Macs will enable us to form an 
 idea of the southward advancement of true Scottish names, that 
 is to say, of those names that have their homes north of the Forth 
 and the Clyde. Of the Macs enumerated in my list not one, if 
 we except the doubtful case of the Mackinders of Lincolnshire, 
 has advanced further south than the county of Dui^ham, or in 
 other words, the common Scottish clan names have only succeeded 
 in establishing themselves in the English counties near the Scottish 
 border. 
 
SCOTTISH NAMES. 581 
 
 Coming to the Scottish names characteristic of the region 
 south of the Forth and the Clyde, but which are not border-names, 
 we find that their southward advance into England has been in 
 corresponding proportion. Take the ten names of Baird, Blair, 
 Brodie, Buchanan, Crawford, Cunningham, Dnnlop, Findlaj, 
 Gilmour, and Murdoch, all of which have, for many centuries, 
 characterised in numbers this region of Scotland. Only three of 
 them have established themselves across the English border; 
 Brodie has a home in Northumberland ; Blair has advanced to 
 Durham ; whilst Crawford has reached as far south as Lincolnshire 
 and Notts. 
 
 The border-names will be found treated under " Northumber- 
 land " and " Cumberland," but for a further illustration of the 
 advance of Scottish names into^ England, I will take the case of 
 those " general " names usually regitrded as peculiarly Scottish, 
 such as Bruce, Donald, Ferguson, and Murray, names which have 
 only reached the county of Durham. The Erasers are not repre- 
 sented at all in my list of English names^; and other instances 
 might be given. If, however, we find,, as we do find, that such 
 frequent Scottish names as Ferguson, Eraser, and Murray, names 
 which are now generally distributed over Scotland, have only 
 made a small advance into England, then it is scarcely necessary 
 to dwell farther on the matter. 
 
 So much for the advancement southward of the true Scottish 
 names. It has been in tmth feeble, and a^ppears but slight in com- 
 parison with the northward movement of English names. Many of 
 the common English names,, such as Smith and Brown, are as 
 frequent in Scotland, south of the Forth and the Clyde, as they are 
 in England. Several of the characteristic names of the north of 
 England have a wide distribution over Scotland, such as Hen- 
 derson, Dixon, Walker, Thompson, &c. Other general English 
 names, such as Clark, Miller, Mitchell, and Russell, are found 
 over a large part of Scotland. Many English names on crossing 
 the border take a Scottish form; Allen becomes Allan, Bailey 
 become Baillie, Dixon becomes Dickson, and Thompson becomes 
 Thomson ; whilst for Miller we have frequently Millar, for White 
 often Whyte, for Johnson often Johnston, and for Read and Reed 
 we have the peculiar Scottish form of Reid.* 
 
 * Other examples of these changes will be found in this work. Thej in rite 
 explanation. 
 
582 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 This brief sarvej of the distribution of names in modern 
 Scotland brings to light some important features in the inter- 
 mixture of names in North Britain. In the first place, it would 
 appear, as already observed, that characteristic Scottish names 
 have not advanced as a rule farther into England than Durham 
 or the North Riding of Yorkshire. In the second place, an 
 examination of the five classes of Scottish names discloses the fact 
 that we are dealing with Scotland in a doable character, and that 
 instead of having to deal with a mass of names mingled well 
 together, we have two great divisions of the names, one belonging 
 to Scotland north of the Forth and the Clyde, the other to the 
 region of the Lowlands south of those boundaries. These great 
 divisions may be further easily broken up, as I have done in this 
 work for the purpose of working out the details. Bat the broad 
 fact we have to deal with is this, that true Scotland, as indicated 
 by the names, begins at the Forth and the Clyde. South of these 
 limits, and extending across the English border as far as Yorkshire 
 and Lancashire, lies a " middle land," neither purely English nor 
 purely Scottish, and possessing its characteristic names, of which 
 the most frequent are those terminating in " son," and the names 
 of the border tribes. In this " middle land " thrive the Wilsons, 
 the Thompsons and Thomsons, the Johnsons and Johnstons, the 
 Gibsons, the Bells, the Grahams, the Elliots and Elliotts, the 
 Turnbulls, the Robsons, the Richardsons, the Blairs, the Craw^ 
 fords, the Dunlops, the Douglases, the Armstrongs, the Findlays, 
 and many others. 
 
 The explanation of the origin of this middle or neutral region 
 between England and Scotland is to be found in the history of 
 the changes that have affected the boundaries between these two 
 nations. Up to the 10th century Scotland, as we now know it, 
 was divided into three parts. North of the Forth and the Clyde 
 lay a hostile and a foreign land, the abode of the Picts and Scots 
 under an independent prince. South of these boundaries were 
 the kingdoms of Cumbria* and Northumbria, the former extending 
 from the Clyde to Morecambe Bay and including the whole 
 south-west of the present Scotland with Cumberland and West- 
 moreland, the latter extending from the Forth to the Humber and 
 including the south-east quarter of the present Scotland with 
 
 * Cumbria formed the greater part of the ancient kingdom of Stratliclyde. 
 
SCOTTISH NAMES. 583 
 
 Northumberland, Durham, and Yorkshire. We observe, therefore, 
 that in those early times there was a middle or neutral region 
 between the English and the Scots, a region which was for the 
 most part claimed bj the southern king, more particularly 
 Northumbria, which was English in its speech and laws. In the 
 10th or nth century Scotland acknowledged the English supremacy, 
 and in return received Cumbria in fief as well as Lothian, that 
 part of Northumbria between the Forth and the Tweed, though it 
 is said bj some that this last was held by right of conquest. But 
 I^othian remained English in laws, language, and manners, and 
 the result of the cession was the great extension of English 
 influence. The strength of the Scottish kings lay in the English 
 part of their dominions. Lothian, once on the border-land, now 
 became the centre of Scotland, and Edinburgh, its capital, became 
 the northern focus of Anglo-Norman civilisation. In the latter 
 part of the 12th century Cumbria was divided, England receiving 
 the present shires of Cumberland and Westmoreland. Since that 
 time the boundary between the two kingdoms has experienced but 
 little change, though the political relations remained unstable for 
 centuries.* 
 
 Note. — There are certain names, apparently Scottish, which 
 deserve our attention, as raising points of difficulty in the minds 
 of those who have studied this question. Take for instance that 
 of Scott. This name is permanently established in many parts 
 of England, even on the south coast, but its great home is in the 
 English and Scottish counties on either side of the border, and it 
 is nearly as numerous in the Lowlands, south of the Forth ai^d 
 the Clyde. On the face of it, this name is suggestive of a 
 Scottish immigi'ant, and probably this explanation is correct with 
 reference to the Scotts of the north of England and the south of 
 Scotland (since true Scotland lies north of the Forth and the 
 Clyde). Yet the northern Scotts can scarcely be said in the 
 truest sense of the word to possess a Scottish surname, since in 
 
 * Freeman's "Norman Conquest" and "Historical Greographj of Europe" 
 have been mainly consulted. 
 
584 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 the nature of things it signifies a name originally applied by an 
 Englishman to an immigrant from the sister kingdom, and its 
 adoption implied the loss of the original family or clan name. 
 When, however, we come to consider the origin of the Scotts of 
 southern England, the Scotts of Devonshire, Kent, Suffolk, etc., 
 we are met by a peculiar difficulty. 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 counties of England, 
 when so many of the characteristic Scottish names have only 
 succeeded in establishing themselves in the north of England ? 
 To this it may be replied that Scott should be viewed rather as a 
 national name than as a family or clan name, and that therefore 
 we should naturally expect its area to be of far greater extent than 
 the areas of the ordinary Scottish surnames. This explanation 
 would be correct if the Scotts had only established themselves in 
 the south of England in recent times, but we learn from the 
 Hundred Rolls that six centuries ago the name was common in 
 some of the very counties in the southern half of England in 
 which it now occurs, such as Kent, Cambridgeshire, and Norfolk. 
 It characterised Lincolnshire then as it does now, and was common 
 in Oxfordshire. Its usual ancient form in these counties was Scot, 
 sometimes preceded by " de " or"le;" whilst Scott, Scut (still a 
 Dorset form), Scotus, etc., were occasional varieties, and Scota 
 occurred even then in Devonshire. On the whole, I am inclined 
 to the belief that the Scotts of the south of England have not 
 derived their name from Scotland, since,, as pointed out also by 
 Ferguson in his " Surnames as a Science," it is a very ancient 
 name in Engla-nd, where it occurred in Anglo-Saxon times. In 
 fact, this author informs us that Scot was a German name as far 
 back as the 9th century. 
 
 Wallace is a Scottish name established in the Lowlands, 
 which has found its way into the north of England, but it must 
 not be confused, wben we are considering the migration of names, 
 with the English Wallis found over the greater part of England, 
 and es-tablished even in the extreme south-east and in the extreme 
 south west counties. It must, however, be noticed that though 
 the Scotch Wallace and the English Wallis are distinct geogra- 
 phical variations, they are both of them forms of an ancient name 
 in England. Le Waleis and Le Waleys were common names in 
 the I3th century in the south and east of England, occurring 
 especially in Wilts, Cambridgeshire, Oxfordshire, and Norfolk, 
 
SCOTTISH NAMES. 5S5 
 
 in the first two of whicli Wallis is now a cliaracteristic name. 
 We also learn from the Hundred Rolls that De Walles was a 
 Shropshire name in the 13th century. The original name was 
 applied to a native of Wales. 
 
 Ross is both an English and a Scottish name. As Ros, 
 De Ros, Le Ros, Le Rus, etc., it was established over the greater 
 part of England, from Northumberland to Wiltshire, 600 years 
 ago (Hundred Rolls). Ross is now a Dorset name, whilst Russ 
 has been a Wiltshire name for at least six centuries. 
 
5S{> 
 
 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 ALPHABETICAL LIST OF THE MOST FREQUENT OF 
 SCOTTISH NAMES. 
 
 (The numbers represent the proportion per 10,000 through the 
 whole country.) 
 
 Adam, 21. Dispersed over a large part of Scotland, but rare in 
 the north. 
 
 Adamson, 12. South of the Forth and the Clyde. 
 
 Aiijslie, 10. South of Scotland. 
 
 Aitchison, 10. Scottish border counties, especially Berwickshire. 
 
 Aitken, 20. Lanarkshire and counties adjacent. 
 
 Alexander, 30. Scattered. 
 
 Allan, 32. Mostly characteristic of southern Scotland. 
 
 Anderson, 100. Generally distributed. 
 
 Armstrong, 12, Scottish border counties, especially Dumfries- 
 shire. 
 
 Arthur, 10. South of the Forth and the Clyde, especially in 
 Ayrshire. 
 
 Baillie, 12. Scattered. 
 
 Baird, 23. Glasgow district. 
 
 Balfour, 10. Fifeshire. 
 
 Ballantyiie, 20. Scattered. 
 
 Barbour, 10. South of the Forth and the Clyde. 
 
 Barclay, 15. Fairly dispersed, but most numerous around 
 Kilmarnock. 
 
 Barr, 12. Glasgow district. 
 
 Baxter, 10. Forfarshire and Perthshire. 
 
 Beattie, 13. Mostly in Dumfriesshire. 
 
 Bell, 45. Mostly in the south of Scotland, especially in the border- 
 counties, and particularly in Dumfriesshire. 
 
 Black, 3-5. Fairly general. 
 
SCOTTISH NAMES. 587 
 
 Blair, 20 Ayrsliire, especially around Kilmarnock. 
 
 Borfchwick, 10. Dumfriessliire. 
 
 Boyd, 25. 1 g^^^^ ^^ ^^^ -p^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^, ^^ 
 
 Brodie, 18. J -^ 
 
 Brown, 125. Most freqnent south of the Forth and the Clyde, 
 
 though dispersed over a large part of Scotland. 
 Bruce, 25. Scattered over a large part of Scotland, but rare in 
 
 the north. 
 Buchanan, 35. Glasgow district. 
 Burnett, 10. Scattered. 
 Burns, 10. Glasgow district and Perthshire. 
 
 Cairns, 10. South of the Forth and the Clyde. 
 
 Calder, 12. Berwickshire and neighbouring region. 
 
 Caldwell, 12. Ayrshire and the Paisley district. 
 
 Cameron, 38. Argyllshire and Perthshire. 
 
 Campbell, 130. Most numerous in Argyllshire, and afterwards in 
 
 Perthshire, but also fairly dispersed in other parts of 
 
 Scotland. 
 Carmichael, 15. Dispersed over a large part of Scotland, but rare 
 
 in the north. 
 Carruthers, 13. Dumfriesshire. 
 
 p, . . ' I Dispersed over a large part of Scotland, but rare 
 
 ^, , ' f in the north. 
 
 Clark, 50. J 
 
 Cochrane, 24. South of the Forth and the Clyde, especially in 
 
 Ayrshire. 
 Cowan 15. I g^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^ ,^ 
 Craig, 45. J -^ 
 
 Crawford, 40. South-west quarter of Scotland, particularly 
 
 around Greenock. 
 Crichton, 12. Scattered over Scotland, but rare in the north. 
 Cruickshank, 10. Elgin and Aberdeen shires. 
 Gumming, 15. Inverness-shire and adjacent counties. 
 Cunningham, 32. Dispersed over a large part of Scotland, but 
 
 most frequent in Ayrshire. 
 Currie, 15. South of the Forth and the Clyde, especially in 
 
 Ayrshire. 
 
 Dalgleish 10. j g^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ 
 Dalziel, 10. J "^ 
 
588 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Davidson, 47. Distributed over a large part of Scotland, bnt 
 
 rare in the north. * 
 Dawson, 14. Stirlingshire. 
 Dewar, 12. Counties of Stirling and Perth. 
 Dick, 15. Ayrshire and the Glasgow district. 
 Dickie, 10. South of the Forth and the Clyde. 
 Dickson, 25. Central and southern Scotland. 
 Dodds, j ^Q g^^^^ ^^ ^^^ -p^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^ 
 Dods, J -^ 
 
 Donald, 24. Generally distributed. 
 Donaldson, 14. Perthshire. 
 
 Douglas, H5. Principally in Scottish border counties. 
 Drummond, 27. Perthshire and Stirlingshire. 
 Drysdale, 13. Fifeshire, Stirlingshire, and other central 
 
 counties. 
 Duff, 15. Fairly general, but most numerous in Perthshire. 
 Duncan, 50. Mostly north of the Forth and the Clyde. 
 Dunlop, 30. Ayrshire. 
 
 Diinn, 16. South of the Forth and the Clyde. 
 Dykes, 11. Lanarkshire. 
 
 Edgar, 10. Dumfriesshire. 
 
 Edward, 1 ^2. North of the Forth and the Clyde. 
 Edwards, J "^ 
 
 Elliot, 23. Scottish border counties, especially Roxburghshire. 
 Ewing, 15. Found over a large part of Scotland, but rare in the 
 north. 
 
 Fairbairn, 10. Scottish border counties. 
 
 arqu , / 2^ Aberdeenshire. 
 
 Farquharson, ) 
 
 Ferguson, 60. Well distributed. 
 Findlay 17. U ^^^:^^^ 
 Finlay, 10. J ^ 
 Finlayson, 10. Perthshire. 
 Fisher, 10. Scattered. 
 Fleming, 30. Dispersed over a large part of Scotland, but rare in 
 
 the north. 
 Forbes, 39. Aberdeenshire and Perthshire. 
 Forrest, 13. j g^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^,^^ 
 Forsyth, 10. J 
 
SCOTTISH NAMES. 589 
 
 Fraser, 44. Generally distributed. 
 
 Fallarton, ") 
 
 Falton, r^- ^y'^^'^''^''- 
 
 Galbraitli, 10. Argyllshire. 
 Galloway, 10. Stirlingshire. 
 
 Gardiner, 10. 1. Dispersed over a large part of Scotland, and par- 
 Gardner, 11. J ticnlarly frequent in Perthshire. 
 Geddes, 10. Northern Scotland. 
 Gemmell, 13. Kilmarnock. 
 
 Gibb, 12. Generally distributed, but rare in the north. 
 Gibson, 32. South of the Forth and the Clyde. 
 Gilchrist, 12. Over a large part of Scotland, but rare in the 
 
 north. 
 Gillespie, 12. South of the Forth and the Clyde. 
 Gilmour, 24. Ayrshire. 
 Glen, 11. Scattered. 
 
 Glendinning, 10. Scottish border counties. 
 Gordon, 57. Fairly distributed, but most numerous 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 south of Scotland. 
 Greig, 14. Found over a large part of Scotland, but rare in the 
 
 north. 
 
 Grierson, 13. Dumfriesshire. 
 
 1 Q r I^ispersed over a large part of Scotland, but rare in 
 
 _, , .' -,' < the north. Grieve is especially well repre- 
 
 Guthrie, 10. ) i. j ■ t> x. x, r,- 
 
 L sented m Koxburghshn^e. 
 
 Hall, 12. Central and southern Scotland. 
 Halliday, 10. Dumfriesshire. 
 
 Hamilton, 65. Southern half of Scotland, especially Lanark- 
 shire. 
 
 Hlrprr,12. } Scattered. 
 
 Harkness, 10. Dumfriesshire. 
 Harvey, 20. Generally distributed. 
 Hay, 30. Scattered. 
 
590 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Henderson, 70. Well distributed over a large part of Scotland, 
 
 but rare in the north. 
 Herries, 10. Dumfriesshire. 
 Hill, 18. Scattered. 
 
 Hogg, 10. Mostly characteristic of the Scotch border counties. 
 Hood, 12. South of the Forth and the Clyde. 
 Hope, 15. South of the Forth and the Clyde, especially in 
 
 Dumfriesshire. 
 Howie, 13. Kilmarnock. 
 Hunter, 63. General. 
 Hutchison, 15. Dispersed over a large part of Scotland, but rare 
 
 in the north. 
 Hyslop, 17. Dumfriesshire. 
 
 Inglis, 18. South of the Forth and the Clyde. 
 
 lanes, 10. Mostly in Aberdeenshire, though fairly represented in 
 
 Roxburghshire. 
 Irvine, 10. 1 Principal home in the Scottish border counties, 
 Irving, 13. / especially in Dumfriesshire. 
 
 Jack, 15. Lanarkshire and neighbouring counties. 
 
 Jackson, 23. Fairly distributed, but most numerous in Renfrew- 
 shire and in the neighbouring counties. 
 
 Jamieson, 26. Dispersed over a large part of Scotland, but rare 
 in the north. 
 
 Jardine, 14. Dumfriesshire. 
 
 A^ ( Most numerous south of the Forth and the Clyde, 
 
 ' .* < especially in the Scottish border counties, 
 
 Johnstone, 43. ] "^ r ^ i - t^ ^ • x,- 
 
 L and particularly m Dumtriessmre. 
 
 Kay, 13. Ayrshire and neighbouring counties. 
 
 Kelly, 10. Mostly near the border. 
 
 Kennedy, 35. Perhaps most numerous in Ayrshire and Dumfries- 
 shire, but 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. "1 Found over a large part of Scotland, but rare in the 
 
 King, 13. J north. 
 
 Kirk, 10. South of the Forth and the Clyde, especially in the 
 Scottish border counties. 
 
SCOTTISH NAMES. 591 
 
 Kirkpatrick, 10. Dumfriesshire. 
 
 Laidlaw, 10. Scottish border counties. 
 
 Laing, 20. Found over the greater part of Scotland. 
 
 Lamont, 10. Found over a large part of Scotland, but rare in the 
 
 north. 
 Lang, 15. Glasgow and Paisley districts. 
 
 Laurie, 1 17. South of the Forth and the Clyde, but most fre- 
 Lawrie, J quent near the border. 
 
 Law, 10. Scattered. 
 
 Lawson, 10. Irregularly dispersed, but more frequent in the south. 
 Lennox, 12. Ayrshire. 
 Leslie, 18. Scattered. 
 Lindsay, 30. Ayrshire. 
 
 Little, 12. Scotch border counties, especially Dumfriesshire. 
 Logan, 18. South of the Forth and the Clyde. 
 Low, 11. Aberdeen district. 
 Lumsden, 15. Mostly now in Aberdeenshire ; but there are still 
 
 a few of the name in the Scottish and English border 
 
 counties. 
 Lyon, 10. Glasgow district. 
 
 McAdam, 10. Scattered. 
 
 McArthur, 10. Argyllshire and Stirlingshire. 
 
 McCallum, 27. Argyllshire and Perthshire. 
 
 McCulloch, 13. Southern half of Scotland. 
 
 McDonald, 73. Inverness-shire. 
 
 McDougall, 26. Argyllshire. 
 
 McEwan, 
 
 ^'|l5. 
 I, J 
 
 ,^ , . , , , 25. Inverness-shire and Perthshire. 
 Mackmtosh, 
 
 ,, -^ , ^^. Perthshire. 
 
 McEwen, 
 
 McFarlane, 48. Stirlingshire and Perthshire. 
 
 McGregor, 28. Perthshire and Stirlingshire. 
 
 Mcintosh, 1 
 
 Mclntyre, 29. Argyllshire. 
 
 TV/T 1 I ^^^' ^^^ northern counties, especially Caithness. 
 
 jyLaciiay, j 
 
 ,, T . ' ? 50. Ross and Inverness shires. 
 Mackenzie, J 
 
 ,«- ,.' J" 80. Ayrshire and Aberdeenshire. 
 Mackie, J "^ 
 
5>^2 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 JVlr* 1 jfi 7*pTi I 
 
 Maclaren', J ^^' ^^^^^shire and Stirlingshire. 
 
 McLean, 1 
 
 Maclean J Scattered, but most numerous in Argyllshire. 
 
 McLeod, J "1 
 
 Macleod J ^^' ^^verness-shire and Ross-shire. 
 
 McMillan, "I 
 
 Macmillan,/^^- Argyllshire. 
 
 McNab, 1 ^ ^ 
 
 Macnab, / ^^' ^^^*^^^ Scotland. 
 
 McNanghton, 12. Perthshire. 
 
 McNeil, \^^ ^ 
 
 McNeill J Argyllshire and Renfrewshire. 
 
 McPherson, T ., , -r 
 
 jyj 1 f ^4. Inverness-shire and adjacent counties. 
 
 ,^ ' \ 14. Inverness- shire and the Hebrides, 
 iviacrae, j 
 
 Mair, 12. Ayrshire. 
 
 Maitland, 10. Scattered. 
 
 Malcolm, 13. General. 
 
 Marshall, 27, Central and southern Scotland. 
 
 Martin, 30. Southern half of Scotland, but most numerous 
 
 towards the border. 
 Mather, 10. Roxburghshire. 
 Matheson, 
 Mathi 
 
 Maxwell, 27. Dumfriesshire. 
 Meikle, 14. Scattered. 
 Menzies, 17. Perthshire. 
 Middleton, 16. Aberdeen district. 
 
 Millar, 30. 1 Found over the greater part of Scotland, but rare in 
 Miller, 45. / the north. 
 
 Milligan, 10. Dumfriesshire. 
 
 Milne, 33. Aberdeenshire and neighbouring region. 
 Mitchell, 100. Distributed over most of Scotland as far north as 
 
 Aberdeenshire. 
 Moffat, 17. South of the Forth and the Clyde, especially on the 
 
 Scottish border in Dumfriesshire. 
 Moir, 11. Scattered. 
 Morrison, 42. Well distributed. 
 Morton, 26. Kilmarnock. 
 
 '?''"''' jlO. Scattered, 
 lies on, J 
 
SCOTTISH NAMES. 593 
 
 Muir, 29. Ayrshire and Damfriesshire. 
 
 Muirhead, 10. Scattered. 
 
 Munro, 13. I^orth of Scotland, especially in Ross-shire. 
 
 Murdoch, 27. Ayrshire. 
 
 Murray, 65. Fairly general, but rather more numerous south of 
 
 the Forth and the Clyde. 
 
 Neil, 11. Ayrshire. 
 
 Neilson, 16. Glasgow district. 
 
 Nicholson, "1 12. Scottish border coanties, especially Dumfries- 
 
 Nicolson, / shire. 
 
 Nicol, 1 
 
 ^. ,' ^ 19. Over a large part of Scotland. 
 
 Nisbet, 
 Nisbett, 
 
 - 1 
 
 ;' 1 10. South of the Forth and the Clyde. 
 
 Ogilvie, 1 15. Fairly dispersed, but especially characteristic of 
 
 Oo-ilvv, / Forfarshire. 
 
 Oliver, 11. Scottish border counties. 
 
 Orr, 13. South of the Forth and the Clyde. 
 
 Park, 12. Glasgow and Paisley districts. 
 
 Paterson, 68. "I Distributed over a large part of Scotland, but rare 
 
 Patterson, 12. / in the north. 
 
 Paton, 15. Mostly characteristic of the southern half of Scotland. 
 
 Philips, 10. Scattered. 
 
 Pollock, 25. Glasgow district. 
 
 Pringle, 13. South of the Forth and the Clyde. 
 
 Purves, 1 10. South of the Forth and the Clyde, especially 
 
 Purvis, J characteristic of Berwickshire. 
 
 Rae, 12. Scottish border counties. 
 
 Ramsay, 13. Scattered. 
 
 Rankin, 26. Lanarkshire. 
 
 Reid, 86. Distributed over the greater part of Scotland, but rare 
 
 north of Aberdeen. 
 Rennie, 20. Aberdeen district. 
 Richardson, 15. Dumfriesshire. 
 Richmond, 10. Ayrshire. 
 
 Ritchie, 28. | Found over a large part of Scotland, but rare in the 
 Robb, 13. / north. 
 
 Robertson, 137. General 
 
 '2 Q 
 
594 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 R-obson, 10. Scottish border counties. 
 
 Rodger, 10. Scattered. 
 
 Ross, 43. Generally distributed, but its cbief home is in Ross- 
 shire. 
 
 Russell, 40. Found over a large part of Scotland, but rare in the 
 north. 
 
 Rutherford, 15. Scottish border counties. 
 
 Scott, 100. South of the Forth and the Clyde, especially in the 
 
 Scottish border counties. 
 Shanks, 11. Lanarkshire. 
 Sharp, 17. Perthshire. 
 Shaw, 24. Found over a large part of Scotland, but rare in the 
 
 north. 
 Shepherd, 10. Scattered. 
 
 Simpson, 32. Generally distributed, but rare north of Aberdeen. 
 Sinclair, 18. Scattered. 
 Sloan, 18. Ayrshire. 
 
 Smith, 144. Most numerous south of the Forth and the Clyde. 
 Somerville, 20. Fairly dispersed, but especially characteristic of 
 
 Lanarkshire. 
 Steel, 26. South of the Forth and the Clyde. 
 Stephen, 10. Aberdeenshire. 
 
 Stevenson, 40. Mostly south of the Forth and the Clyde. 
 Stewart, 150. General. 
 
 Stirling, 25. Stirliogshire and surrounding counties. 
 Stoddart, 10. South of the Forth and the Clyde, especially in 
 
 Lanarkshire and Dumfriesshire. 
 Strachan, 10. North of Scotland. 
 Struthers, 13. South of the Forth and the Clyde, especially in 
 
 Lanarkshire. 
 Stuart, 10. Scattered. 
 Sutherland, 10. North of Scotland. 
 Swan, 13. South of Scotland, especially towards the Scottish 
 
 border. 
 
 Tait, 13. Scottish border counties. 
 
 Taylor, 48. Found over the greater part of Scotland. 
 
 Temple ton, 11. Lanarkshire and Ayrshire. 
 
 Telfer, 10. Scottish border counties. 
 
 Tennant, 10. South of the Forth and the Clyde. 
 
 Thorn, 15. Scattered. 
 
SCOTTISH NAMES. 595 
 
 Thomson, 120. Distributed over a large part of Scotland, but 
 most numerous south of the Forth and the Clyde. 
 
 TM } ^^' ^^^*'^ ^^ *^® ^^^*^ ^^ "^^^ ^^^ *^® ^^^^®* 
 
 Turnbull, 25. Roxburghshire. 
 
 Turner, 19. Greenock and Glasgow districts, and Dumfriesshire. 
 
 Urquhart, 10. Aberdeenshire and Ross-shire. 
 
 Waddell, 12. Principally around Airdrie in Lanarkshire. 
 
 Walker, 65. General, except in the extreme north. 
 
 Wallace, 44. Common over the south of Scotland. 
 
 Watson, 55. Distributed over a large part of Scotland, but most 
 numerous south of the Forth and the Clyde. 
 
 Watt, 31. Mostly in Aberdeenshire and neighbouring region. 
 
 Waugh, 10. Scottish border counties, especially Dumfriesshire. 
 
 Webster, 15. Scattered. 
 
 Weir, 20. Found over a large part of Scotland, but rare in the 
 north. 
 
 Welsh, 10. -^ 
 
 White, 30. > South of the Forth and the Clyde. 
 
 Whyte, 15. J 
 
 Wilkie, 11. Scattered. 
 
 Williamson, 24. Generally distributed, but rare north of Aber- 
 deenshire. 
 
 Wilson, 135. Mostly south of the Forth and the Clyde. 
 
 Wood, 12. -s 
 
 Wright, 20. ' Found over a large part of Scotland, but rare in the 
 
 Wylie, 
 
 Wyllie, 
 
 Wylie, 1 25 C north. 
 
 Young, 85. Distributed over a large part of Scotland, but most 
 frequent south of the Forth and the Clyde. 
 
596 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 NOTES ON SCOTTISH NAMES. 
 
 (Mostly from Lower's " Patronymica Britannica.") 
 
 But little mention is made of the more familiar Scottish names 
 and of the clan names in the following extracts, as the question 
 of their antiquity is not disputed. T have rather preferred to 
 employ Mr. Lower's work merely to illustrate my own general 
 conclusions. 
 
 AiTKEN. Probably the Scottish form of Atkin. 
 Allan. The Scottish form of Allen. 
 Armstrong. (See under " Northumberland.") 
 
 Baillie. The Scottish form of Bailey. 
 
 Baird. The Bairds of Auchmudden are one of the most ancient 
 
 families of the name. 
 Balfour. The Balfours settled in Scotland in time of Duncan I., 
 
 they were hereditary sheriffs of Fifeshire, and hailed 
 
 originally from Northumbria. 
 Ballantyne. The Ballantynes of Corhouse, who flourished as far 
 
 back as the 15th century, were one of the oldest and most 
 
 important of the stocks. 
 Barclay. The descendants of Theodore de Berkeley who settled 
 
 in Scotland in the time of David I., changed the spelling to 
 
 Barclay in the 15th century. 
 Barr. a parish in Ayrshire. 
 
 Baxter. Old English and Scottish form of Baker, 
 Bell. (See under "Bell " in Chapter II.) 
 Blair. The two principal stocks are the Blairs of Ayrshire and 
 
 the Blairs of Perthshire, both of whom date back in their 
 
 respective counties to the 13th century. 
 
SCOTTISH NAMES. 597 
 
 BORTHWTCK. An ancient surname. A parish in Edinburghsliii'e 
 and a locality in the county of Selkirk bear the name. 
 
 Boyd. The distinguished and ancient family of Boyd were earls 
 of Arran and lords of Kilmarnock. 
 
 Brodie. The Brodies of Nairn date back to the 13th century. 
 
 Bruce. A very familiar name in Scottish history. 
 
 Buchanan. A parish in county Stirling possessed by the family 
 in early times. 
 
 } Place-names in Scotland. 
 
 Cameron. The name of an ancient Scottish clan. There is a 
 
 Fifeshire parish thus called. 
 Campbell. One of the most numerous and powerful of the High- 
 land clans, and under the leadership of the noble house of 
 
 Argyll. 
 Carmichael. The name of an ancient barony and parish in 
 
 Lanarkshire possessed by the family as far back as the 12th 
 
 century. Hence sprang the Carmichaels of Carspherne in 
 
 the stewartry of Kircudbright. 
 Carruthers. a hamlet in Dumfriesshire. 
 Chalmers. This name is taken from the office of chamberlain. 
 
 The family of Chalmers of Gadgirth in Ayrshire were one 
 
 of the most ancient stocks. 
 Cochrane. The name of a family resident in Renfrewshire for 
 
 many centuries. A place in Paisley district. 
 Craig. A Forfarshire parish and a Perthshire estate. 
 Crawford. A parish in Lanarkshire. Sir Reginal de Craufurd, 
 
 sheriff of Ayrshire in 1296, seems to have been the common 
 
 ancestor of many branches of the family. 
 Crichton. An ancient castle and estate in Edinburghshire, well 
 
 known in history, and long the seat of the family. 
 CuMMiNG. The name of one of the most powerful of tlie Scottish 
 
 noble families in early history. 
 CuRRiE. A parish near Edinburgh. 
 
 Dalziel. From the barony of Dal-yeel on the Clyde. The Earls 
 
 of Carnwath are the chiefs of the family. 
 Dewar. a hamlet in the parish of Heriot, Edinburghshire. 
 Donald. A well-known Scottish personal name. 
 
 2 Q 2 
 
598 HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Douglas. The most powerful and most celebrated of Scottish 
 noble families. In the 12th century, the chieftains lived on 
 the banks of the river Douglas, in Lanarkshire, whence the 
 family took its name. 
 
 Drummond. The name of an ancient and noble family of Stirling- 
 shire. 
 
 Duff. Mac-DuFF is the name of an ancient clan founded by the 
 noble family of the Mac-Duffs of Fife. 
 
 Duncan. An old Scottish personal name. 
 
 DuNLOP. The Dunlops of Dunlop in Ayrshire have owned that 
 estate for several centuries. 
 
 Elliot. (See under " Northumberland.") 
 
 Farquhar. ") Farquhar was a common Scottish surname. The 
 
 Farquharson. / London Farquhars hail from Aberdeenshire. 
 
 Ferguson. Fergus was a Scottish saint. 
 
 FiNLAY. 1 -r,. 1 
 
 ^ > Fmlay was an ancient Scottish personal name. 
 
 Fleming. A native of Flanders. 
 
 Forbes. A town and barony in Aberdeenshire anciently possessed 
 
 by the family ; they have been settled for centuries in this 
 
 shire. 
 Fraser. Down to the time of Robert Bruce the Frasers remained 
 
 in the south of Scotland, but afterwards they removed to 
 
 the north and assumed the dignity of a clan. 
 Fullarton. a burgh and estate at Irvine in Ayrshire, where the 
 
 family resided as far back as 1371. 
 
 Galbraith. a Celtic clan of remote antiquity, formerly settled in 
 
 Stirlingshire. 
 Galloway. The south-west corner of Scotland. 
 Geddes. a common place-name in Scotland. The family of 
 
 Geddes of Rachan in Peeblesshire have possessed that 
 
 estate from time immemorial. 
 Gilchrist. " The servant of Christ." 
 Gillespie. " The servant of the Bishop." 
 GiLMOUR. " Great-Servant " or " Henchman of a Chief." 
 Glendinnino. An ancient estate in Dumfriesshire. 
 Gordon. The early Gordons took their name from the parish of 
 
 Gordon in Berwickshire, in which they were seated. 
 
SCOTTISH NAMES. 599 
 
 Graham. Originally an English name. One of the earliest 
 mentioned in Scotland is William de Graham, who settled 
 there in the 12th century. 
 
 Grant. This name first appeared in Scotland in the 13th century, 
 as shown by the early charters. 
 
 Guthrie. The name of an estate in Forfarshire. 
 
 Hamilton. The Scottish Hamiltons branched off from the English 
 
 stock in the 13th century. 
 Hardie. Scottish form of Hardy. 
 Harvey. Originally derived from England. 
 Hay. The Scottish Hays branched off in the 12th century from 
 
 the eminent Anglo-Norman family of De la Hay. 
 
 Inglis. The old Scottish form of "English," formerly applied 
 to the descendants of Englishmen settled in Scotland, 
 especially of prisoners taken by Malcolm III. from the 
 northern counties in 1070. 
 Innes. An ancient surname originally possessed by a family 
 owning the Innes estate in the parish of Urquhart, Moray- 
 shire, in the reign of Alexander II. 
 
 (^The family were of long standing in the south and 
 
 J I south-west of Scotland, and took their name from 
 
 ' -.^ an Ayrshire parish, or else from a parish in 
 
 I Dumfriesshire. An ancient family of Drum, 
 
 [_ Aberdeenshire, also bears the name. 
 
 Johnston. "1 Towns and parishes in Dumfriesshire and Renfrew- 
 Johnstone. J shire 
 
 Kennedy. The name of an ancient and noble house of the shires 
 of Ayr and Galloway ; from the 14th to the 1 7th century 
 the Kennedys exercised great power in the south of 
 Scotland - 
 
 Kerr. The Scottish Kerrs were numerous and flourishing as far 
 back as the 13th century. 
 
 Laidlaw. a Selkirkshire place-name. 
 
 Lamont. The family of Lament, of Lamont, Argyllshire, date 
 from the 11th century. 
 
60Cr HOMES OF FAMILY NAMES. 
 
 Lennox. The ancient county of Dumbarton from which the 
 
 powerful Earls of the name took their title. 
 Leslie. A market-town in Fife and a parish in Aberdeenshire. 
 
 An ancient and often distinguished Scottish surname. 
 Lindsay. The ancient and distinguished Scottish family of 
 
 Lindsay who boasted of 20 Earls of Crawford was probably 
 
 in the first place of English origin. A Lincolnshire division 
 
 and a Suffolk parish bear the name. 
 LuMSDEN. An ancient manor in Coldingham parish, Berwickshire, 
 
 belonging to a family of the name as early as the reign of 
 
 David I. 
 
 Mac Ad AM. The MacAdams of Waterhead, Ayrshire, changed 
 their name three centuries ago from MacGrregor to 
 MacAdam. 
 
 MacCullum. An old Argyllshire clan. 
 
 MacDonald. One of the oldest and most important of Scottish 
 clans. 
 
 MacNeill. One of the most ancient of the Western Highland 
 clans. Two branches, in Argyllshire and Inverness-shire. 
 
 Maitland. The Maitlands, Earls of Lauderdale, were seated in 
 Southern Scotland as early as the 13th century. 
 
 Malcolm. A form of MacCullum. 
 
 Maxwell. The Maxwells took their name from a village in 
 Roxburghshire ; they were sheriffs of that county as far 
 back as the 13th century. 
 
 Menzibs. This clan has its home in the Scottish Highlands. 
 Originally of English origin. 
 
 Moffat. A parish on the borders of Lanarkshire and Dumfries- 
 shire. 
 
 MuiR. Scottish form of Moor or More. 
 
 NiSBET. "1 Parishes in the shires of Roxburgh, Berwick, and 
 NiSBETT. J Haddington. 
 
 Orr. a parish in Kirkcudbrightshire. 
 
 Pollock. Places and seats in Renfrewshire in the vicinity of 
 
 Glasgow. 
 Pringle. Peculiar to the south of Scotland. 
 
SCOTTISH NAMES. 601 
 
 Rankin. Said to be derived from Jacob de R,ankine, a burgo- 
 master of Ghent, who married into the house of Keith. 
 
 RoBEETSON. The name of ^ Highland clan. 
 
 Ross. The Rosses of the south of Scotland probably came in the 
 12th century from the baronial Yorkshire family of Ros. 
 The great majority, however, of Rosses have their home in 
 Ross-shire. 
 
 Rutherford. A very ancient family of Rutherford in Roxburgh- 
 shire, where they resided many centuries. 
 
 Shanks. A family existing in early times in Midlothian. 
 
 Sinclair. Originally a name of French origin. The noble Scottish 
 families of Sinclair are descended from the lords of Roslyn, 
 in the reign of Alexander 1. 
 
 SoMERViLLE. The Somervilles of England and Scotland date back 
 to the time of the Conqueror whom their ancestor accom- 
 panied to England. 
 
 Strachan. a parish in Kincardineshire. 
 
 Urquhart. Places in Ross-shire, Morayshire, etc. A very ancient 
 Scottish surname. 
 
 Weir. An ancient surname in Scotland, especially in Lanarkshire, 
 dating back to the 12th century. 
 
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