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English Surnames

Note 363 — Chapter V · SURNAMES OF OCCUPATION. (TOWN).

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In the Guild of St. George, Norwich, 1385, is mentioned the name of ‘Geoffrey Bedwevere.’ He would be either a quilter, or one of those artisans alluded to by Cocke Lorelle.

‘Fyners, plummers, and peuters,

Bedmakers, fedbedmakers, and wyredrawers.’

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