APPENDIX THE following notes on early English words and their meanings, on Christian names derived from Anglo-Saxon, and on English surnames with derivations, with names of dignity and honour as well as of disgrace or reproach, occupy several pages at the beginning of Francis Markham's manuscript account of his family. Their date is about 1600 A.D. Slight gaps occur at the top and foot of the folios, which are indicated by [ ] square brackets. [O]ld french & owr old English had as great affinity as owr northen & soothern eng1ish — Chansen descended of french mingled English & french towngs togither. since Chaucers time more latin and french hath beene mingled — of late time we have borowed latin french & other towngs & so owr townge is discredited by borowing to leaue it self dumb if all were repaid — a principal courtier writing to a person in ye north of autority willed him amongst things of horse for warre to equippe his horses . ye receiuer of ye letter wt mutch adoe perceiued ye letter all but equippe. this neither he nor any of his people or gentlemen of ye country perceiuing, was faine to send to london to know ye meaning of ye writer — but owr townge is most copious if we will make vse of it. Abogen . bowed wherof a bowe . & a bowgh . quia bowed . & bowes at first were made of bowghs of trees. Acenned or akenned . for c & k pronownced alike of old . i.e. browght forth or borne . and we say of cats they haue kenled. Acyrred or kyrred i.e. turned a french word. Adle i.e. ill . an adle egge i.e. rot. Adruncen or fordrunken i.e. drowned . so druncken men are inwardly drowned. Aecer or aeker i.e. a cornfeild or corneland . we now vse aker for a measure of ground. Aehta . ehta . eghta i.e. inheritances or owned posessions. aelc . aelk i.e. each. aelswa i.e. also. Aethelboren-man . Ethelboren-man i.e. a noble borne man . or a noble man born. aethryne . we vse ye french word touch. aethryned . athryned i.e. touched. Aetywd. i.e. appeered. afed i.e. fed . after ye french norished. afgod i.e. an idol . afgodnes i.e. idolatrie. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> This is the first of 40 pages of this Appendix... Yours Sincerely, Sir Ken Markham, K.C.B., (95). [A Phenomenal Researcher In The Mists Of Time] [Genealogist Extra-Ordinaire] <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<