Bozzard, or Bussard, Bascart, or Buschart, Normandy, 1198. Boscard, 1203.
Brabant, from the Netherlands. Arnold Braban (Brabant), of Hamford, occurs 1297.
Brabazon, from Brabant. Thomas Brabençon, Normandy, 1198. John Brabazon, Oxfordshire, 1247.
Brace, from Bracey.
Bracebridge, or De Ardern. The family of Arden or Ardern was Norman and went to England in 1066. Ralph, son of William de Ardern, was Lord of Bracebridge, Lincoln, Thirteenth Century. The Bracebridge family bears the arms of Arden. John Bracebrigge was living 1305. Washington Irving has made "Bracebridge Hall" famous wherever English is read. The name at least will survive. It was the peculiar distinction of the blood of Arden that it flowed in the veins of Shakespeare. His mother was an Arden, and his magical "Forest of Arden" immortalizes the name.
Bracey, from Brécy, near Caen. Henry de Brécy occurs in Normandy, 1180-95. Robert de Brécy, Cheshire. From a branch of this Cheshire family descend the present Brasseys, among whom the most distinguished was the eminent engineer, an honored servant of England during the Victorian reign.
Bracher. Allen Bracheor, Normandy, 1180. Vide Brasier.
Brack, for Brac. Vide Brake.
Bragge, for Brac. Vide Brake. Evain de Brac, Normandy, 1180. Richard de la Brache, England, 1199. Bragg entered Kentucky in 1862.
Brain, from Brain, Anjou; Yorkshire, 1199.