36 USE AND ORIGIN OF SURNAMES. 
appropriated to the ‘‘lower orders,’ who were 
neither disposed, nor hada right, to be nice. It is 
not improbable that some of them were given in 
mockery; and perhaps they had some reference to 
persons’ employment. Of this sort probably are 
—Adshead, Trotter, Cannon, Pott, Carr, Cork, 
Cotton, Plant, Needle, Pool, Bridge, Gill, Parrot, 
Hook, Kettle, Webb, Trowell, Coulter, Cousin, 
Crew, Bell, Harrow, Tun, Spur, Silver, Mat- 
tock, Hood, Dray, Court, Cowl, and a very great 
number besides. 
I now proceed to another class of surnames— 
those which were derived from, or related to, the 
titles, offices, professions, the trades, handicrafts 
and employments, and the character and personal 
qualities of individuals. 
The surnames included in this class are exceed- 
ingly numerous; but the evidence of their origin 
is so obvious, that a long enumeration is not 
deemed necessary. Derived from titles we have 
King, Prince, Lord, Baron &c. From offices 
are derived Pope, Abbot, Priest, Monk, Bishop, 
Constable, Mayor or Major, Bailiff, Chamberlain. 
Borrowed from professions we find Law, Phy- 
sick, Clerk, Leech, Parson, Sermon. From 
