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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
| Draweswerd | |||||
| "'Draw sword', OE dragan, sweord." (Reaney & Wilson, p. 141 s.n. Drawsword) "Nick. A cant term for an over-zealous official; cf. Catchpoll, Shakespear, Wagstaff, &c." (Bardsley, p. 252 s.n. Drawsword) | |||||
| Name | Additional Description | Date | Source | ||
| Richard | Dragheswerd | 1240 | Reaney & Wilson (p. 141 s.n. Drawsword) | ||
| Henry | Draweswerd | 1273 | Bardsley (p. 252 s.n. Drawsword) | ||
| Maurice | Draughswerd | 1313 | Bardsley (p. 252 s.n. Drawsword) | ||
| Maurice | Draweswerd | 1316 | Reaney & Wilson (p. 141 s.n. Drawsword) | ||
| John | Draweswerd | 1327 | Reaney & Wilson (p. 141 s.n. Drawsword) | ||
| John | Draweswerd | 1327 | Reaney & Wilson (p. 394 s.n. Saxby) | ||
| Thomas | Drawsweryd | 1487 | Bardsley (p. 252 s.n. Drawsword) | ||
| Thomas | Drawswerd | 1492 | Bardsley (p. 252 s.n. Drawsword) | ||
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