by Mari ingen Briain meic Donnchada (Kathleen M. O'Brien)
© 2002-2012 by Kathleen M. O'Brien. All rights reserved.
Version 1.3, updated 24 June 2012
Brewster | |||||
"Occup. 'the brewster,' with the feminine suffix because it was probably a woman's business at first" (Bardsley, p. 132 s.n. Brewster) "ME brewestere, browestere 'a woman brewer' (1308) NED. cf Brewer. Three-quarters of the examples are names of men." (Reaney & Wilson, p. 63 s.n. Brewster) | |||||
Name | Additional Description | Date | Source | ||
Roger | Breuestere | 1221 | Reaney & Wilson (p. 63 s.n. Brewster) | ||
Emma | la | Breustere | 1273 | Bardsley (p. 132 s.n. Brewster) | |
Emma | le | Breustere | 1279 | Reaney & Wilson (p. 63 s.n. Brewster) | |
Geoffrey | Brouster | 1283 | Reaney & Wilson (p. 63 s.n. Brewster) | ||
Thomas | Breustar | 1379 | Bardsley (p. 132 s.n. Brewster) | ||
Isabella | Brewester | 1379 | Bardsley (p. 132 s.n. Brewster) | ||
John | Browster | 1381 | Reaney & Wilson (p. 63 s.n. Brewster) | ||
Margaret | Brewster | 1381 | Reaney & Wilson (p. 63 s.n. Brewster) | ||
Henry | Bruster | 1383 | Reaney & Wilson (p. 63 s.n. Brewster) | ||
Robert | Brewster | 1587 | Bardsley (p. 132 s.n. Brewster) |
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