Middle English Surnames in West Yorkshire

The thirteenth and fourteenth centuries were the period in which most English surnames developed and became hereditary. This book includes several thousand names found in the Court Rolls of the Manor of Wakefield in 1274-75 and 1350-52 to show naming practices in the West Riding of Yorkshire during this period of rapid surname development and illuminate the way in which these names illustrate the roles, relationships, activities, and actions of the people of the late medieval Wakefield manor community. Genealogists, historians, linguists, and those interested in the Middle Ages will all find something interesting in this collection of names.