Nicholas leP.ker. | |||
This may be expanded intoParker, a park-keeper, Packer, a wool-packer, orthe medieval Porker, a swine-herd, now lost inParker. | |||
JohnStegand | Stigand,Stiggins. | ||
Anglo-Saxon names survivedchiefly among the peasantry (Chapter I). | |||
RogerMercator. | Marchant,Chapman. | ||
The restored modern spellingmerchant has affected the pronunciation of the common noun(Chapter III). The more usual term Chapman is cognate withcheap, chaffer, Chipping, Copenhagen,Ger. kaufen, to buy, etc. | |||
AdamHoppe. | Hobbs,Hobson, Hopkins. | ||
An example of the interchangeof b and P (Chapter III). Hob is usually regardedas one of the rimed forms from Robert (Chapter VI). | |||
RogerCrom. | Crum,Crump. | ||
Lit. crooked, cognate with Ger.krumm. The final -p of Crump is excrescent(Chapter III). | |||
StephenCornevaleis | Cornwallis,Cornish. | ||
A name which would begin inDevonshire (Chapter XI). | |||
HundredRolls | ModernForm | ||
Walter deIbernia | Ireland | ||
A much more common name thanScotland, which has been squeezed out by Scott(Chapter XI). | |||
Matilda filiaMatildae | Mawson(for Maud-son), Till, Tilley, Tillett, Tillotson, etc. | ||
One of the favourite girl-namesduring the surname period (Chapter X). | |||
RalphVouler. | Fowler | ||
A West-country pronunciation;cf. Vowle for Fowell, Vokes forFoakes (Chapter VI), Venn for Fenn,etc. | |||
John filiusThomae. | Thompson,Tompkins, Tomlin, etc. | ||
One of the largest surnamefamilies. It includes Toulmin, a metathesis ofTomlin. In Townson and Tonson it coalesceswith Tony, Anthony. | |||