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. The form in the roll may, however, represent an uncomplimentary nickname, "guile."

Walter Molendarius.

Miller, Mellen, Milner.

In Milne, Milner, we have the oldest form, representing Vulgar Lat. molina, mill cf. Kilner, from kiln, Lat. culina, kitchen. Millard ( Chapter XIX ) is perhaps sometimes the same name with excrescent -d.

Thomas Berker.

Barker.

A man who stripped bark, also a tanner. But as a surname reinforced by the Norman form of Fr. berger, a shepherd ( Chapter XV ).

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Modern Form

Matthew Hedde.

Head.

Sometimes local, at the head, but here a nickname; cf. Tate, Tail, sometimes from Fr. tête (