Names Present in 1400s Great Marlow

Whenever in the course of other research I find a Great Marlow person I note down their last name. Even if your tree can't stretch back so far yet seeing this list may help you to speculate whether you do have 1400s ancestors in Marlow.

The names present refer to the ordinary people who who lived, worked or owned property in Marlow. 

Bear in mind that the pronunciation of English has changed enormously since the 1400s. This is important because you may miss possible variant spellings of your family name if you don't understand the phonetics involved. I have added some pronunciation notes in brackets next to some of the names to give you a hand with your own research. The names I have annotated are ones with the most surprising pronunciations to our modern ears.

BOCHER / BUTCHER

BLOUNT

BRYAN

CARTER

CLYVE

CUPPING,  CUPPYNG, KIPPING, KYPPING  (all referring to the same family)

DEVENE [and note Devin present in the early 1500s]

DICKINSON, DYKINSON, DYCONSON, DIGGINSON, DYGINSON. [The g would be pronounced like a harsh k] Note: Dicconson present Medmenham 1500s.

FASEBY, FACEBY, FAUCEBY

FLEGGE ["Fleck" with a harsh final ck sound]

FULLER

HAMPSHIRE 

HIBBERT

HILL

KYGHTON OR KIGHTON

LATON

MATHEWE [ "Mattee" or "Martee" or "Maddee" or "Mardee" or more rarely "Mattoo" "Martoo" "Madoo" or "Mardoo" but not with the th sounding like th in thing] Many of this name still.present Marlow 1500s.

MICHEL, MICHELL, MYCHEL, MYCHELL ["Meekhel" - the kh sounding harsh and throaty like the ch in the Scottish loch strongly pronounced. The letter g and diphthong gh could give the same sound so watch for spelling Mighel etc for the same name]

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OSBARN, OSBARNE

PAYNE, PAYN

PESEY

SEBYN

SEYMOUR, SEYMOR, SEMER, SEAMER, SEMAR

SMITH, SMYTH, SMYTHE ["Smeet" or "Smeed"]

TALWORTH [" Talwort", "Talword", "Tawlwort" or "Tawlword"]

THURGON

TYLER

WERYN

WHITE ["Wheet"]

Post researched and written by Charlotte Day.

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