Ord.—Signifies a Promontory in the Highland; and, I presume, is Erse[273].
Bownas and Bonas.—Corrupted from Buchan-Ness, the seat of the Earl of Errol[274].
Ridgeway.—A local term for the way of the ford, or passage over a stream. Ryd and Rith signifying a ford[275].
Fitzherbert.—It is written Filius-Herberti in very old deeds[276]. The Finches were called Finch-Herbert formerly; which led Daniel Earl of Winchelsea to think he was related to the Fitzherberts. Thus Leland: "The Finches that be now, say, that theire propre name is Hereberte; and that with mariage of the Finche-Heyre, they tooke the Finche's name, and were called Finche-Herebert, joining booth names[277]."
Herbert of Kent married the heiress of Finch, and took that name as a prefix, which they soon corrupted into Fitz-herbert. But the Fitzherberts were a family before the Finches were fledged; and in old deeds the name is given Filius Herberti.
Champernoun.—Devonshire: a corruption of Campernulph, or De Campo Arnulphi; called, says Camden, Champernoun[278].
Smelt.—Ralph Luvel (or Lovel) an ancestor of the Percivals, was, in the time of King Stephen, called also Simelt, for which no reason is given[279].
Names of Men, of Places, and Things, have changed, and by seeming corruption have come right again.
Thus, for Men.