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English Surnames

Note 404 — Chapter V · SURNAMES OF OCCUPATION. (TOWN). (continued 2)

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We find this now well-known surname thus spelt in a statute passed in Elizabeth’s reign, in which are included the ‘lynnen-weaver, turner, cowper, millers, earthen-potters.’ (5 Eliz. c. iv. 23.)

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