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the old name of the bullfinch is common in Norfolk, ‘Bullfinch’ 
is a Norfolk name though much less frequent, and ‘ Buntmg ’ has 
been long a surname here, for it is stated in the Crown Plea t oll, 
reign Henry III., that Thomas Buntyng, of Thurgarton, killed 
Eodger Clericus and fled. 
We have also ‘Coote,’ ‘Crane,’ ‘Crake,’ ‘Cock,’ ‘Cockerell,’ 
‘Capou,’ ‘Crow,’ and ‘Cobb.’ The Norfolk family ‘Cobb’ have 
two swans on their shield, but probably the origin of the surname 
is coh, a hill. ‘Curlew’ seems to be an old, as well as modern, 
name in Norfolk, for Ricardus Curlu held lands at Stevekeye in 
the fourteenth century. ‘ Corbett ’ and ‘ Corby ’ are both from 
corvtis. A raven sable was borne on his shield by Richard Corbet, 
Bishop of Norwich. ‘Culver’ is an old name of the dove or 
pigeon ; thus Spencer writes : 
“ So we . . . 
“Like wofull culvers, doo sit wayliiig now.” 
The Culver Cliff in the Isle of Wight takes its name from this bird. 
‘Cudbird’ may be the Cudberduce or Cuthbert duck, or perhaps a 
corruption of Cutbeard. Richard ‘ Cuckoo ’ was rector of Saxlingham, 
A.D. 1478, I have not found the name at a later date. 
‘Drake.’ ‘Dow,’ which Mr. Lower thinks is from the Gaelic word 
signifying black. ‘ Daws,’ probably a contraction of Da\vson 
or Davidson. ‘Dove,’ ‘Eagle.’ ‘Eesaunt ’ was once a Norfolk 
name, for William Eesaunt was rector of Colton, a.d. 1372. 
‘ Finch,’ ‘ Fowle,’ and ‘ Sefowle.’ 
‘ Griffin,’ I suppose, I may put in my list of birds. ‘ Gleed’ (kite). 
‘ Goshawdc.’ The frequency of names from hawks reminds us of 
the popularity of falconry. ‘ Gante ’ is the old name of the 
Gannet, but probably the original bearer of the surname either was 
a glove-maker, or as a Flemish refugee was called de Gaunt, 
Peter le ‘ Goos ’ held land in Cressingham in the reign of Edw'ard III. 
and the name remains with us as ‘ Goose,’ and ‘ Goss.’ In 1385 
Nicolas Wildgoose was a bailiff of Yarmouth. ‘ Goldspink ’ (gold- 
finch). ‘Gosling’ and ‘ Gostling’ are names thought by some to 
be from the Christian name Jocelyn. 
‘ Hawke,’ ‘ Henn,’ and ‘ Heron,’ are from birds and so may bo 
Herne; or from hearne or home a corner. 
‘Judd’ is an old name for the missel- thrush, or judcock; but 
Lower thinks the surname is from Jude; while Bardsley takes it to 
