NAMES AND THEIR ORIGINS
ABBOTT ALABASTER Arbalast-er fired a crossbow ALISON Little Alice ALLEN AMBLER taught horses to amble ANGEL APPLEYARD ORCHARD at the orchard ARCHER ARKWRIGHT Made Chests ARMSTRONG Powerful ARROWSMITH ASH ATKINS ADKINS Little one of Adam ATLEE At-the-leigh ATTENBOROUGH at the borough ATWELL At the well ATWOOD At the wood AXE BACCHUS lived at Bake-house BAILEY Bailiff- helped the Sheriff BAIRNSFATHER BAKER BALLANCE BALLS conspicuously bald BARBER Cared for hair & beard of his masters BARBER/BARBOUR Near the king in un-guarded moments BARNACLE in Warwickshire BARNETT BARTLETT Little Bart BAXTER from Baker-Bake-ster BEADLE/BIDDLE Dealt with proclamations BEAMAN/BEEMAN took care of honey BEAMISH BOEMISH Bohemian BEARDS BECKERS Small Waterways BEECH BELL Good-looking BELTER man who cast bells BENNETT Beorn-Bear-warrior BENTLEY lived at the ley-pasture in bent grass BERNARD Bear-strength BETTS/BETSON/BATESON from Beatrice BIBBY BEEBY in Leicestershire BIGG Man with tall ancest BIRKENHEAD Top end of the Birch trees BLACK/BLAKE BLAKE BLACK BLAND BLOUNT/BLUNT a blonde BOFFIN bon-fin good & delicate in manners BOGGS Low-lying country BOND was a serf, bound to his manor BOWMAN BOWYER BOYES/BOYCE/TALBOYS Norman-France (Bois) Wood BRADSHAW Broad-shaw or wood BRAGG to be bold BREAKSPEAR BREWER/BREWSTER Brewed BRICKER BRIDGE at the bridge BRIDGEMAN/BRIDGES Lived by the Bridge BRISTOL BRISTOWE under Bridge where he came from BROOKS Small waterways BUCK BUGG BUCCA BULL at the Bull Inn BURGESS a man with rights & duties in burough BURNETT wore a brown fabric BURY Fortified place BUSHES/BUSSES Underwood-copse BUTLER Responsible for the wine BYTHESEA/BYWATERS on seashore/or lake CAESAR KEYSER CALVERT Calf-herd CAMEL is in Someset CAMERON Crook-nosed CAMPBELL Crook-mouthed CARPENTER The Carpenter CARR Fortified place/rock North-country CARVERS Carved at the table/ Wood-carvers CASTLES CATCHPOLE Catchpoules-took chickens as fines CECIL CHALLONER Dealt with cloth made at Chalon Franc CHAMBERLAIN in charge of arrangements CHANCELLOR in charge of scrolls & Documents CHANDLERS Candlers made/sold candles CHAPLAIN CHAPMAN Cheap-man CHEESEMAN CHESTER where he came from CHISELL CHURCH KIRK Living by the Church CISS/CUST from Constance CLARK Clerk CLERGY Clerisy, a clerk who could read & write CLIFFE CLOTHIER finished the cloth CLOUGH a glen CLUFF a glen COCKLE From Cokewell in Worcestershire CODD Earwig COLLIER Dealt in Charcoal COMBER KEMPSTER Worked the cloth COOMBES a valley CORNER Couronne The coroner CORNWALLIS Corn-wealsh when moved to England COUSINS CUST's son COWARD the cow-herder CRIER Shouted regulations CROCKER Made pottery CROOK for a shepherd CRUIKSHANK Crooked Leg CRUMP Crooked back CULLEN From Cologne CUTLERS DAWKINS DAW (DAVID) Son of David DE VILLE from the town DEADMAN From Debenham.Norfol DEAR/DEER good runner DEMPSTER Deemester Judge who pronounced doom DEVONSHIRE DICKENS KIN/KINS (Little One Son of Little Dick DICKSON DIXON Dick's Son DOB/DOBBS DOBSONS DOE DOOLITTLE DOUGHTY DRAGON DYER finished the cloth DYKES name for ditches EARL EAST where he came from ELDERS EMMETTS/EMPSONS/EMMOTS/EMMOTSONS from Emma ENNIAN ONION FABER SMITH Latin for Smith FAIRFAX Yalowhair FARMER FAULKNER as the Falconer Hunted with Hawks FEATHERSTONEHAUGH longest Eng surname in Northumberland FIELD Felled-where trees etc cut for village FILLPOT PHILPOTT/ Phillip FITTON Liar FITZ-ROBERT Norman FLETCHER trade of arrowmaking FLETCHER flesher name for a butcher FLETCHER Flecheur/Fledger feathering arrows FLOWERS Flo-old name for arrow FOLJAMBE Norman Silly-legged - a cripple FORD On a river FORRESTER FOSTER Foresters FOSTER FORRESTER Foresters FOWLER netted fowls FOX TODD FRANKLIN/FREEMAN FRY meant a man was free and not a serf FRESSHEFISH FRIAR FRIEND FULLALOVE FULLER Worked the cloth GAY GEORGE GILLETTS/GILSONS from Jillian/Juliet GLOVERS GOAT hamlet in Cambridgeshire GOLDSMITH REDSMITH Dealt with Gold GOLIGHTLY used by couriers GOODBEERE GOODBODY GOODHART BUNKER N-French Bon-coeur GOODHERRING GOODLAMB GOODS BONE/BOON/BURN from French 'bon GOSS like court jester-professional simplet GOTOBED GODBEARD GOUGH Red in Welsh GRANT Grand GRAY grey or badger GREEN Lived by Village Gre GRIFFIN GROSVENOR the gros venur or great huntsman HALE Healthy-looking HALLS HAM home or settlement HAMMOND HAMON/HAMPSON HAMPSHIRE HALLAMSHIRE Dist of Yorkshire HARDSTAFF HAWKER sold goods HAYWARD Tended the cattle that grazed-v common HEDGES HENRY HEWITT Little Hugh HILL PEAKES Peak HITCHCOCK RICHARD Young son of Richard HOB HOBBINS HOBSONS HOGGART Tended the village swine HOGSFLESH HOLLIMAN Holy man or priest HOLT smaller wood/thicket HOWELL POWELL HOZIERS HUGGINS HUGHKINS Little son of Hugh HURD/HIRD HURST/HIRST SHAW A little wood IBSON/IBBOTSON from IB-Isobel INGLE ENGLISH Scottish meaning INMAN Kept the local Inn IREMONGER Ironmonger ISAAC Laughter JANWAY From Genoa JENKINS JAN/JOHN Little son of John JENNER engineer of weapons from wood JENNISONS from Jennifer JOLLY JONES Jane/Joan JOYCE Joy-ous KEAN Keen impetuous KEATS KETTS KENT Eng Country Surname KILNER Worked a Kiln KIRK CHURCH Living by the church KISSER made Cuishes-a form metal to cover thigh KITCHENER KNOTT crewcut LANE LANGLEYS l'Anglais French: Englishman LARK a river in Suffolk LATIMER Latin-er who put documents into Latin LEECH a doctor LEMON le-man or lief-man Dear-one LEY/LEA meadow or clearing LIBBY From Elizabeth LIGHTFOOT messenger LITTLE LITTLERS LONDON where he came from LONGBOTTOM Dweller in the long valley LORD LORRIMER man who made bits for horses LOVEL a young wolf LOVELOCK LUBBOCK from Lubeck Germany LYONS MAC-ROBERT Scottish Son of... MAGGOT Maggie/Margaret MAINWARING MANNERING MAKEPEACE MALTHUS worked in malthouse MAMMON MANNERS Worked at the Manor MARGETT/MEGSON/MAGGS MARGISON Margaret's son MARRIOTT MARSH Low-lying country MARSHALL MARESHAL Cared-horse Order of seating MEMORY/MUMMERY MOWBRAY MERCHANTS/MERCERS MERRY MILLER/MILNER worked at the mill MILTON MIDDLETON MOLE/MOLL Mary MONK MONKS abandoned MORLEY the Moor-lea MOSS Low-lying country MUIRHEAD head of the moor NAPIER dried guests fingers with towels NEALE NEAVE Norman for nephew NEEDLE NELSON Nell's son or Sons of Neil NEWMAN the new-man in town NIGHTINGALE in Monmouthsire NOAKES NALDER/NASH NORLEY NORTH where he came from NOYES/NOYCE NOAH was Noy NUNNS abandoned NUTT head was a nut O before a name Grandson of OAK OLDMAN ORCHARD APPLEYARD at the orchard OSTLER Hostellier OSWALD OS-god-GOOD OTTER Oter OWEN OXFORD PACKERS carried cloth about on pack horses PAGES served evers of watr PAINTER PARFITT thought self perfect PARISH abandoned PARKER PARSONS PEACOCK PEAKES HILL Peak PEARS PEDLERS wandering peddlers PENMAN Pound was also PEN see Pounder PENNEFEATHER a miser PEPPER flavored foods PERROT PIERRE/PETER Little PIERRE PETRONELLA PERNEL/PARNELL PETTIFER/PEDIFER iron-footed PHAROAH PHELPS PHILLIPS PHILIP PHILLIPS/PHIPPS PICKARD From Picardy PLAYFAIR PLOWMAN TILLER POLL a head POLLARD bald man POOR POORE/POWER POTHECARY from Apothecary-sold medicines POTIPHAR POTTERS CROCKS made pottery POUNDER Kept the village pound, on the green POUNDER Watched the ones put in the pound-v green PRETTYMAN Handsome PRICHARD AP-RICHARD Son of Richard PRIOR PRODGERS AP-ROGERS Son of Rogers PUGH AP-HUGH Son of Hugh PURDEY swore "Par Dieu!" By God RAGG/RAGGETT RAGA wore rags REEDS/REIDS/READS red REEVE Shire-reeve or Sherriff RICH RIDGEWAYS RIVERS ROBB/ROBBINS ROBERT AP-ROBERT (PROBERT) (PROPERT) ROBERT/ROBERTSON ROBIN/ROBB/ROBISON/ ROPES/HOB/DOBBS ROBIN ROBISON ROE ROMAN LABEO Blubber-Lip ROTHERHAM RUSSELL fox-coloured SADD serious, sedate SALTER salted meats SARSON Saracen SAYER a food taster who assayed it SCORER scourer or scout SCOTT Came from Ireland SEAMER finished the cloth SEELEY/SEALEY Simple or innocent SELLMAN sold goods SENIOR SERGEANTS A legal officer SEYMOUR From St.Maur SHAKESPEARE a spearman SHARP SHAW HURST A little wood SHEARER sheared sheep SHEPHERD Sheep-Herd SHOOSMITH FERRIER Shod horses SHORTHOSE SHUFFLEBOTTOM dweller at the sheep-fell-valley SIDNEY From St. Denis SINCLAIR From St.Clair SISSONS/SYSONS From Cicely SLATER TYLER SLY/SLYMAN Skilled SMALL SMART SMITH FABER SMITH a man who smote something SOLOMON SOMERS From St.Omer SORRELL Indefinite red SOUTHERN where he came from SPENCER/SPENSER Responsible for stores & dispensed them SPICER spiced foods SPINNERS SPOONERS SPRATT SPROTT STAGG STEPTOE STODDARD Stot was a young ox the stot-herd STOUT Valiant STRANG Strong STREET STRINGER STRONG The strong STUART Steward of Scottish Kings STURDEE/STURDY obstinate STYLES SUMNER Summoner-hauled the prisoner into court SURTEES on the River Tees SWAN SWAIN SWEET SWIFT used by couriers TAILOR TAYLOR Finished the cloth TEMPLE/TEMPLER THACKERAY Wray or area for storing thatch THATCHER HELLIER THOMAS THORNE THORP A Farmstead TIPSTAFF TOMPKINS Little son of Thomas TON settlement or town TOWERS TOWNSEND Towns-end TOZER used Teazles to drag the cloth TROTTER TRUMAN TUCKER Trod the cloth TUN/TON a Farmstead TUNNEY TUNNA UNCLE VENUS From Venice VINER Grew grapes for wine VISER Devizes in Wiltshire VIVEASH Five ashes WADE FORD WAGNER Waggoner WAGSTAFFE a beadle WAINWRIGHT MADE CARTS WALKER Trod the cloth WALLACE Form of Welsh WALLER WALLS WARNER/WARRINER Looked after the animals WEAVERS WEBSTERS WELSH stranger/foreigner WEST where he came from WHALES/WHALEBERRY WHISTLER from Oyseler, professional bird-catcher WHITELOCK WHITESMITH WILDSMITH Beat tin WICK WICKS/WYKES Farm WIDOWSON WILCOCK WILCOX Young son of Will WILD WILKINS Little son of Willia WILLETT Little Will WILLIAMSON William's son WILLOWS WILSHIRE WILTSHIRE WISE WOOD/WOODS S means Son of WRAY Corner of the farm-yard for storing WRIGHT Wrought wood WULF/WOLF WYE GUY YATES GATES YORK where he came from YOUNGER YOUNGMAN
Charlotte
Curlee Ramsey
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