Note 446 — Chapter VI · ‘Nicknames.’
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Epitaph on William Younger, Rector of Great-Melton, deceased March 6th, 1661, ætat. 57—
‘Younger he was by name, but not in grace,
Elder than he, in this, must give him place.’
(Hist. of Norfolk, vol. v. p. 13.) ‘Youngerman’ may be seen over a shop in Cheetham Hill Road, Manchester.