Isabella was also popular in Yorkshire: hence our Ibbots and Ibbotsons, our Ibbetts and Ibbetsons. Registrations such as “Ibbota filia Adam,” or “Robert filius Ibote,” are of frequent occurrence in the county archives. The “Wappentagium de Strafford” has:
“Johanna Ibot-doghter, iiiid.
“Willelmus Kene, et Ibota uxor ejus, iiiid.
“Thomas Gaylyour, et Ebbot sa femme, iiiid.”
Cecilia became Sissot or Cissot:
“Willelmus Crake, & Cissot sa femme, iiiid.”—W. D. S.
In the “Manor of Ashton-under-Lyne” (Chetham Society), penned fortunately for our purpose in every-day style, we have such entries as—
“Syssot, wife of Patrick.
“Syssot, wife of Diccon Wilson.
“Syssot, wife of Thomas the Cook.