Hundred Rolls Modern Form Roger de la Hale. Hall, Hale, Hales. One of our commonest local surnames. But it has two interpretations, from hall and from heal (Chapter XII). Walter de la Hedge. Hedge, Hedges. Other names of similar meaning are Hay, Hayes, Haig, Haigh, Hawes (Chapter XIII) John Rex King. One of our commonest nicknames, the survival of which is easily understood (Chapter XV). Stephen de la Novels Meyson. Newhouse. Cf. also Newbigging, from Mid. Eng. biggen, to 'build (Chapter XIII). Randolf Pokoc. Pocock, Peacock. The simple Poe, Lat. pavo, has the same meaning (Chapter XXIII). William de Fonte. Spring, Wells, Fountain, Attewell. This is the most usual origin of the name Spring (Chapter IX). Robert del Parer Perrier Old Fr. perier (poirier), pear-tree. Another origin of Perrier is, through French, from Lat. petrarius, a stone-hewer. Adam de la Denne. Denne, Dean, Done. A Mid. English name for valley (Chapter XII). Hundred Rolls Modern Form Robertus filius Gillelmi. Wilson. For other possible names to be derived from a father named William, see Chapter VI. William filius Radolfi. Rawson. A very common medieval name, Anglo-Sax. Raedwulf, the origin of our Ralph, Relf, Rolfe, Roff, and of Fr. Raoul. Some of its derivatives, e.g. Rolls, have got mixed with those of Roland. To be distinguished from Randolf or Randall, of which the shorter form is Ran or Rand, whence Rankin, Rands, Rance, etc. STEEPLE CLAYDON COTTAGERS Hundred Rolls Modern Form Andrew Colle Collins, Colley For Nicolas (Chapter V). William Neuman Newman, Newcomb. A man recently settled in the village (Chapter XII). Adam ate Dene Dean, Denne, Adeane. The separate at survives in A'Court and A'Beckett, at the beck head; cf. Allan a' Dale (Chapter XII). Ralph Mydevynter. Midwinter. An old name for Christmas (Chapter IX). William ate Hull. Athill, Hill, Hull. The form hul for hil occurs in Mid. English (Chapter XII). Hundred Rolls Modern Form Gilbert Sutor. Sutor, Soutar. On the poor representation of the shoemaker see Chapter XV. Walter Maraud. It is easy to understand the disappearance of this name-- "A rogue, beggar, vagabond; a varlet, rascall, scoundrell, base knave" (Cotgrave); but it may be represented by Marratt, Marrott, unless these are from Mary (Chapter X). Nicholas le P.ker. This may be expanded into Parker, a park-keeper, Packer, a wool-packer, or the medieval Porker, a swine-herd, now lost in Parker. John Stegand Stigand, Stiggins. Anglo-Saxon names survived chiefly among the peasantry (Chapter I). Roger Mercator. Marchant, Chapman. The restored modern spelling merchant has affected the pronunciation of the common noun (Chapter III). The more usual term Chapman is cognate with cheap, chaffer, Chipping, Copenhagen, Ger. kaufen, to buy, etc. Adam Hoppe. Hobbs, Hobson, Hopkins.