A subsidy collected within the rape of Lewes in 1621 records:
“From-above Hendle, gent, in landes, 30 4 0.”—“Suss. Arch. Coll.,” lx. 71.
Many of these names suggest thanksgiving for an “addition to the family.” More-fruit is one such:
“1587, June 6. Baptized More-fruite Stone, of Steven.”—Berwick, Sussex.
“1592, Oct. 1. Baptized More-fruite Starre.”[51]—Cranbrook.
“1599, Nov. 4. Baptized More-fruite, d. of Richard Barnet.”—Warbleton.
“1608, Aug. 28. Baptized More-frute, d. of Rychard Curtes.”—Ditto.
We have already referred to More-fruit Fenner, christened about the same time.
The great command to Adam and Eve was, “Multiply, and replenish the earth.” Some successor of Thomas Heley thought it no harm to emphasize this at the font:
“1677, May 14. Buried Replenish, ye wife of Robert French.”