Burke, Ashworth Peter, 1864-1919 · London, Harrison · leaf 230
to thetenure of land in the western and some other counties of England. There were at the time of the Domesday Survey several of this name whoheld many manors in the counties of Devon, Dorset, Gloucester and Somerset,as tenants in chief of the king. The earliest record of the name in connection… … the principal inhabitants ot the tithing or hamlet, of Oldland in that parish,■who paid the subsidy. From that date tln-ou<rhout the series of lay subsidy rolls and in the pedesfinium for Gloucester.shire the name frequentlyoccurs, and from these and other evidences, includingwills and entries…
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