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  • 11Clan Crawford — Crest badge …

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  • 12Ecclesiastical Heraldry —     Ecclesiastical Heraldry     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ecclesiastical Heraldry          Ecclesiastical heraldry naturally divides itself into various branches, principally: the arms of religious corporations, and other bodies; the insignia of… …

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  • 13Best — This most interesting English surname, is recorded in the spellings of Best, Beste, Bester, and Bestar. It is usually job descriptive and derives from the pre 7th century beste meaning a beast , and hence refers to a cow herd or cattle dealer.… …

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  • 14Broadley — This surname is of Anglo Saxon origin, and is a locational name from any of the various places named with the Olde English pre 7th Century brad , broad, wide, with leah , glade, wood. These places include: Broadley near Rochdale in Lancashire;… …

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  • 15Crossley — This interesting name is of Anglo Saxon origin, and is a locational surname deriving from either of two places called Crossley in West Yorkshire. The places are named with the Olde English pre 7th Century elements cros , cross, and leah , meadow… …

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  • 16Eakins — This unusual name, with the modern variants Eakin and Ekins, can be either a patronymic or a metronymic i.e. derived from the personal name of the first bearer s father or mother. As a patronymic it derives from (a)ed a medieval pet form of Adam… …

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  • 17Edkins — This unusual name, with the modern variants Eakin and Ekins, can be either a patronymic or a metronymic i.e. derived from the personal name of the first bearer s father or mother. As a patronymic it derives from (a)ed a medieval pet form of Adam… …

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  • 18Ekins — This unusual name, with the modern variants Eakin and Ekins, can be either a patronymic or a metronymic i.e. derived from the personal name of the first bearer s father or mother. As a patronymic it derives from (a)ed a medieval pet form of Adam… …

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  • 19Gibbons — This interesting surname is of early medieval English origin, and is a patronymic form of Gibbon, which is a diminutive of Gibb, a pet form of the given name Gilbert . Gilbert derives from Gislebert , a Norman personal name composed of the… …

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  • 20Lodge — This interesting surname is of early medieval English origin, and is a topographical name from residence in a small cottage or temporary dwelling. The derivation is from the Middle English (1200 1500) logge , a development of the Old French loge …

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