“1621, ——. Baptized John, son of Free-gift Bishopp.”—Ditto.
“1591, Jan. 14. Baptized Fre-gift, sonne of Abraham Bayley.”—Warbleton.
The will of Free-gift Stacey was proved in 1656 in London; while a subsidy obtained by an unpopular tax on fires, hearths, and stoves in 1670, rates a resident in Chichester thus:
“Free-gift Collins, two hearths.”—“Suss. Arch. Coll.,” xxiv. 81.
The last instance I have seen is:
“Dec. 4, 1700. The petition of Free-gift Pilkington, wife of Richard Pilkington, late port-master of Ipswich, county Suffolk.”—C. S. P.
Good-gift was rarer:
“1618, March 28. Bapt. John, sonne of Goodgift Gynninges.”—Warbleton.
One of the earliest Puritan eccentricities was From-above, mentioned by Camden as existing in 1614:
“1582, March 10. Baptized From-above Hendley.”—Cranbrook.