“1586, Jan. 9. Baptized Epiphane, ye sonne of Ambrose Bentley.”[25]
Epiphany Howarth records his name also about 1590 (“Chancery Suits: Eliz.”), and a few years later he is once more met with in a State paper (C. S. P. 1623-25):
“1623, June. Account of monies paid by Epiphan Haworth, of Herefordshire, recusant, since Nov. 11, 1611, £6 10 0.”
This Epiphan is valuable as showing the transition state between Epiphania and Ephin, the latter being the form that ousted all others:
“1563, March 14. Christening of Ephin King, d. of — King.
“1564, June 30. Christening of Effam, d. of John Adlington.
“1620, March 30. Frauncis, sonne of Alexander Brounescome, and Effym, his wife, brought a bead at Mr. Vowell’s house.
“1635, Jan. 28. Buried Epham Vowell, widow.”—St. Peter, Cornhill.
But Ephin was not a long liver, and by the time of the Restoration had wholly succumbed. The last entry I have seen is in the Westminster Abbey register:
“1692, Jan. 25. Buried Eppifania Cakewood, an almsman’s wife.”