52 Gleanings from the Wiltshire Domesday. 



" Galfridus le Blount " among" the Jurors in the account 

 of the Prebend of Lavington Episcopi. 

 BitucE ; — this name, it may be, comes from the family represented, 

 at the time of Domesday, by " William de Braiose." 



Churchill; — in like manner this name is to be traced to that of 

 the Domesday " Roger de Cor celled 



Druce; — this may be, in its original form, that of Herman de 

 JDrewes. 



Ferrers ; — the noble family having* this name, who were at one 

 time Earls of Derby, were descended from Henry de 

 Ferieres (W. Domesd. p. 108). By some the name has 

 been supposed to have been originally connected with 

 ferrura, which is explained in a Charter of Henry V. to 

 be the office of shoeing horses, and that the family above- 

 named derived it from having held the office of the 

 " King's farriers" 1 



Fellows ; — this name may come possibly from that of William de 

 Faleise. 



Hussey ; — this is derived from that of Walter Hosatus (W. Domesd. 



103, 154), so called because he was "hosed" or "booted." 

 The crest of the Husseys of Wiltshire, is, — " a boot sable, 

 spurred or, topped ermine." 



■Lisle, or De Lisle ; — a name that occurs in Domesday frequently 

 as Hunfridus de Insula. See Wilts. Arch. Mag. ii., 261. 



Lane, or De-lane ; — the original of this name is probably the 

 Hugo Lasne of Domesday (p. 120), and the derivation of 

 it amusing. He is called elsewhere Hugo Asinus (as 

 though the name were originally "L'Asne,"" the older 

 form of what is now contracted into L'ane), whether in 

 reference to his personal or mental peculiarities we are not 

 told. This sort of name was not uncommon in Norman 

 times. The names given to some of our early Norman 



2 See Hampson's " Origines Patricise," p. 294. 



