Meyson.

Newhouse.

Cf. also Newbigging, from Mid. Eng. biggen, to 'build (Chapter XIII).

Randolf Pokoc.

Pocock, Peacock.

The simple Poe, Lat. pavo, has the same meaning (Chapter XXIII).

William de Fonte.

Spring, Wells, Fountain, Attewell.

This is the most usual origin of the name Spring (Chapter IX).

Robert del Parer

Perrier

Old Fr. perier (poirier), pear-tree. Another origin of Perrier is,
through French, from Lat. petrarius, a stone-hewer.

Adam de la Denne.

Denne, Dean, Done.

A Mid. English name for valley (Chapter XII).

Hundred Rolls

Modern Form

Robertus filius Gillelmi.

Wilson.

For other possible names to be derived from a father named William,
see Chapter VI.

William filius Radolfi.

Rawson.

A very common medieval name, Anglo-Sax. Raedwulf, the origin of our
Ralph, Relf, Rolfe, Roff, and of Fr. Raoul. Some of its derivatives,
e.g. Rolls, have got mixed with those of Roland. To be distinguished
from Randolf or Randall, of which the shorter form is Ran or Rand,
whence Rankin, Rands, Rance, etc.

STEEPLE CLAYDON COTTAGERS

Hundred Rolls

Modern Form

Andrew Colle

Collins, Colley

For Nicolas (Chapter V).

William Neuman

Newman, Newcomb.

A man recently settled in the village (Chapter XII).

Adam ate Dene

Dean, Denne, Adeane.

The separate at survives in A'Court and A'Beckett, at the beck head;
cf. Allan a' Dale (Chapter XII).

Ralph Mydevynter.

Midwinter.

An old name for Christmas (Chapter IX).

William ate Hull.

Athill, Hill, Hull.

The form hul for hil occurs in Mid. English (Chapter XII).

Hundred Rolls

Modern Form

Gilbert Sutor.

Sutor, Soutar.

On the poor representation of the shoemaker see Chapter XV.

Walter Maraud.

It is easy to understand the disappearance of this name--

"A rogue, beggar, vagabond; a varlet, rascall, scoundrell, base knave"
(Cotgrave); but it may be represented by Marratt, Marrott, unless
these are from Mary (Chapter X).

Nicholas le P.ker.

This may be expanded into Parker, a park-keeper, Packer, a
wool-packer, or the medieval Porker, a swine-herd, now lost in Parker.

John Stegand

Stigand, Stiggins.

Anglo-Saxon names survived chiefly among the peasantry (Chapter I).

Roger Mercator.

Marchant, Chapman.

The restored modern spelling merchant has affected the pronunciation
of the common noun (Chapter III). The more usual term Cha