Chapter XV

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Robert Hauteyn.

Hawtin

The Yorkshire name Auty is probably unconnected. It seems rather to be an altered form of a Scandinavian personal name cognate with Odo.

Henry le Wimpler.

The name has apparently disappeared with the garment. But it is never safe to assert that a surname is quite extinct.

Stephen le Peron

Fearon

From Old Fr. feron, ferron, smith. In a few cases French has -on as an agential suffix (