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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
| Dempster | |||||
| "A feminine form of Deemer, like Baxter, etc., used of men.
A northern and Manx term for 'judge', common in Scotland for the judge of the Parliament,
shire or baron-bailie. Until 1747 every laird of a barony had power to hold courts for
the trial by his dempster of certain offenders within his barony."
(Reaney & Wilson, p. 131 s.n. Dempster) "Offic. 'the deemster,' one who pronounced the doom, a judge; still an official title in the Isle of Man. Strictly speaking, the suffix is feminine, as in Brewster, Baxter, or Webster. The masculine form existed; v. Deemer." (Bardsley, p. 236 s.n. Dempster) | |||||
| Name | Additional Description | Date | Source | ||
| Walter | Demester | 1313 | Reaney & Wilson (p. 131 s.n. Dempster) | ||
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