44 USE AND ORIGIN OF SURNAMES. 
indebted to my friend and fellow member of this 
society, Mr. John Owen; who is far more con- 
versant with old records than Iam. And I close 
this imperfect Essay with the conclusion of his 
note to me on the subject of it; which agrees in 
the main, as to the time of the origin of surnames 
with my remarks.—“ It would appear that so early 
as Henry III. surnames without the de, or other 
similar adjunct, were in use, though not general; 
and from the lists in Richard II. and Edward IV. 
the adjunct was then almost disused. The variety 
is quite as great as at the present day, and some 
of the names as whimsical.” 
