Curiosities of Puritan NomenclatureBardsley, Charles Wareing Endell
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Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature
Bardsley, Charles Wareing Endell
Names, Personal -- English
One of the strongest indictments to be found against this phase of
Puritanic eccentricity is to be found in Hume's well-known quotation from
Brome's "Travels into England"--a quotation which has caused much angry
contention. The book quoted by the historian is entitled "Travels over
England, Scotland, and Wales, by James Brome, M.A., Rector of Cheriton, in
Kent." Writing soon after the Restoration, Mr. Brome says (p. 279)--
"Before I leave this county (Sussex), I shall subjoin a copy of a Jury
returned here in the late rebellious troublesome times, given me by
the same worthy hand which the Huntingdon Jury was: and by the
christian names then in fashion we may still discover the
superstitious vanity of the Puritanical Precisians of that age."
A second list in the British Museum Mr. Lower considers to be of a
somewhat earlier date. We will set them side by side:
Accepted Trevor, of Norsham. | Approved Frewen, of Northiam.
Redeemed Compton, of Battle. | Be-thankful Maynard, of Brightling.
Faint-not Hewit, of Heathfield. | Be-courteous Cole, of Pevensey.
Make-peace Heaton, of Hare. | Safety-on-high Snat, of Uckfield.
God-reward Smart, of Fivehurst. | Search-the-Scriptures Moreton,
Stand-fast-on-high Stringer, of | of Salehurst.
Crowhurst. | More-fruit Fowler, of East Hothley.
Earth Adams, of Warbleton. | Free-gift Mabbs, of Chiddingly.
Called Lower, of the same. | Increase Weeks, of Cuckfield.
Kill-sin Pimple, of Witham. | Restore Weeks, of the same.
Return Spelman, of Watling. | Kill-sin Pemble, of Westham.
Be faithful Joiner, of Britling. | Elected Mitchell, of Heathfield.
Fly-debate Roberts, of the same. | Faint-not Hurst, of the same.
Fight-the-good-fight-of-faith | Renewed Wisberry, of Hailsham.
White, of Emer. | Return Milward, of Hellingly.
More-fruit Fowler, of East Hodley. | Fly-debate Smart, of Waldron.
Hope-for Bending, of the same. | Fly-fornication Richardson, of
Graceful Harding, of Lewes. | the same.
Weep-not Billing, of the same. | Seek-wisdom Wood, of the same.
Meek Brewer, of Okeham. | Much-mercy Cryer, of the same.
| Fight-the-good-fight-of-faith
| White, of Ewhurst.
| Small-hope Biggs, of Rye.
| Earth Adams, of Warbleton.
| Repentance Avis, of Shoreham.
| The-peace-of-God Knight, of
| Burwash.
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