A Survey of English Bynames: Wadster

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


Waddster
"'A grower of or a dealer in woad', OE wād, plus the feminine ending." (Reaney & Wilson, p. 471 s.n. Wadster)
"Occup. 'a wadster,' one who used woad (A.S. wád) in dyeing cloth (v. woad, Skeat)." (Bardsley, p. 786 s.n. Waddster)
 
NameAdditional DescriptionDateSource
WilliamleWadster 1327Reaney & Wilson (p. 471 s.n. Wadster)
Richard Wadstare 1375Reaney & Wilson (p. 471 s.n. Wadster)
Thomas Waddester 1379Bardsley (p. 786 s.n. Waddster)
JohnleWadster 1384-5Reaney & Wilson (p. 471 s.n. Wadster)


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