Note 263 — Chapter IV · SURNAMES OF OCCUPATION (COUNTRY).
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In a statute of Edward III.’s reign, dated 1363, in defining the attire suitable for those whose chattels came under 40s. value, we find enumerated with others, ‘tenders of oxen, cow-herds, shepherds, swineherds, deyes, and all other keepers of live-stock’ (‘bovus, vachers, berchers, porchers, deyes, et tous autres gardeinz des bestes’). (Vide Prom. Par., p. 116.)