[895] The curious form "Hupcornhill" should, of course, be noted. I have met with a similar form at Colchester, where the name "Opethewalle," which has been supposed to have been connected with the town wall, occurs earlier (under Edward I.) as "Opethehelle," i.e. up the hill. The idiom still survives in such forms as "up town" and "up the street." It probably accounts for the strange name, "Hoppeoverhumber," i.e. a man who came from "up beyond the Humber" (cf. for aspirate "Huppelanda de Berchamstede").
[896] Ninth Report Hist. MSS., i. 61 b.
[897] Ibid., p. 66 a.
[898] Ibid., p. 31 b. It is certainly earlier than 1120, when Otuel fitz Count (the leading witness) was drowned, and probably earlier than the spring of 1116.
[899] Pipe-Roll Society: Ancient Charters, p. 26 (Eadwardus de Corhulle).
[900] Royal Charters, No. 3. This charter must belong to the years 1116-1120.
[901] Ibid., No. 8 (see p. 305).
[902] This has a curious bearing on the legend that Gilbert Becket, the primate's father, had journeyed to Palestine, as showing that this was actually done by a contemporary City magnate.
[903] This name should be Andrew Buccuinte (Bucca uncta).
[904] Strype's Stow, ii. 4.