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English Surnames

Note 251 — Chapter IV · SURNAMES OF OCCUPATION (COUNTRY).

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Thus we find in the forest charter of Edward III.: ‘Unus quisque liber homo faciat in bosco suo vel in terra sua, quam habet in foresta marleram (marl-pit), fossatum, vel terram arabile,’ &c. (Stat. of Realm, vol. i. p. 121.)

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