# Patronymica Cornu-Britannica/R

R.
RADDON, var. De RADDONA, De RADIONA, an ancient name. From radn, a division.
BADFORD. From reden-vordh, the fern way.
​RADMORE. From reden-vor, the great ferny place.
RADNOR. Pryce renders this name the fern land; no doubt from reden-noor.
RAIL, RAILE. From Rayle in Illogan; from ryel, royal.
RAME (De). An ancient name in Cornwall, derived from the parish and manor of Rame in East hundred. "The arms of Rame," says Tonkin, "were, in allusion to the name, Azure, a scalp of a ram's head Argent, armed." "The manor of Rame," says D. Gilbert, "and the advowson of the living, continue in the Edgcumbe family; but the barton has for some generations belonged to the Edwardses, and, under the name of Rame Place, is still their residence.......The remarkable feature of this parish is Rame Head, or, as it is usually called, the Ram; and it is a general belief that the name is taken from the resemblance of the point of the Roman battering-ram, as the Lizard is supposed to be so called from the long flat serpentine formation resembling the body of a saurian animal; but it seems to be much more probable that these observed resemblances should have corrupted some former names accidentally agreeing with them in sound, than that the promontories should be really distinguished by appellations so very modern." The name is most probably from Brit. ram, rama, great, high; ram, a height, elevation; ram, rham, that which projects or is forward; rhamu, to project, go forward; whence Ramhead on the coast of Ireland; Ramsaig, on a point in Skye; Ramass, and isle N. of Lismore, co. Argyle; Ram Head, a point opposite Portsmouth; Ramsyde, on a point in Lancashire; and Carrick Ram, a promontory in Wigtonshire.
​RASCOILEN. From rose-kelin, the valley of the holly-trees.
RASOIBEN. The Cornwall Directory gives this as a surname. The etymology is doubtful. Qu. from rose, a valley; and ben, a head, hill.
RASPEY. Qu. from Rospeath in Ludgvan; from ros-peth, the rich mountain, meadow, or common; or rose-peth, the rich valley.
REECE. See Rees.
REES. Some derive the Welsh name Rees, which they say was originally written Rhys, from Αρης, Mars. Pryce, however, renders Pen-rice, -rees, the head of the fleeting ground. Rheese is the name of a moor in Cornwall; and Reese, Rice, Rise, Ryce, Ryse are also found as surnames.
REFRAWELL. A name mentioned by C. S. Gilbert in a list of gentlemen who have represented Bodmin. There is a place named Trefaul in Lanreath. Tref-ryal would signify the royal town or dwelling. The W. ffrwyl is mist; and ffrowyl, outrage, tumult.
REFRY. See Trefry.
RELTON. See Rialton.
REMFREY, REMFRY, REMPHRY, RENFREE, RENFREY, RENFRY, RENPHRY. See Trefry.
REPUKE. From tre-buch, the dwelling of the cow; tre-boc, the place of the buck or goat; or tre-bucha, the ghost's place.
RESCASSA. See Rosecassa.
RESCORLA. See Roscorla.
RESEIGH. From ros-seigh, the dry valley.
RESKILLEY. See Roskelly.
RESKIMER, RESKYMER, ROSKYMER. From ​rose-kei-veor, the great dog valley; according to others, the great dog's race.
RESPRYNN. From res-pren, the valley of timber or wood, or the woody valley; or from res-Prynn, Prynn's valley. According to C. S. Gilbert, the Prynn family were formerly called Resprynn, and are supposed to have originated from Resprynn, an estate in the parish of Lanhydrock.
RESS. See Rose.
RESTALOCK. This ancient name may be from ros-tallack, the highly-situated common or moss. It would also corrupt from Tretallack. See Retallack.
RESTRONGET. From the manor of Restronget, adjoining that of Carclew in Mylor, formerly written Restrongas, which Tonkin renders "the valley with the deep promontory or point of land" (res, ros, trong, gas, guys). Res-tron-coet would mean the valley with the woody promontory. D. Gilbert says, if gas or guys, which Tonkin says means deep in Cornish, should also, as in some other languages, bear the correlative sense of lofty, his explanation of Restronget would be more complete.
RESUGGAN. See Rosogan.
RETALLACK, RETALLICK, RETOLLOCK. From Retallock in St. Colomb Major, which, according to Pryce, signifies a very high place with many pits. The name was doubtless originally Tretallack; from tre-tallack, -tallick, the highly-situated dwelling.
RIALTON. From Rialton, or Ryalton, in St. Colomb Major; from ryal-, ryel-ton, royal town. Lower gives the surname Relton from a manor in Pydre hundred, mentioned in the Rotuli Hundredorum, temp. Edw. I.
​RICE. See Rees.
RISDON. From reese-don, the hill by the fleeting ground; or from Rhysdon, the hill of Rhys or Rees.
RISE. See Rees.
ROS, ROOSE. See Rose.
ROSAGAN. See Rosogan.
ROSCARRACK, ROSCARROCK, RUSCARROCK, anc. ROSCARRAKE. From Roscarrake in St. Endellion; from rôs-carak, -carrik, the rocky vale; or rôs-carrog, the valley of the brook. The barton of Crone or Croan in Eglos-hayle was formerly the property of the family.
ROSCOE. See Roscrow.
ROSCOLLA. From ros-col, the valley of the ridge or neck (of the hill).
ROSCORLA, ROSCORLIA, RESCORLA, anc. De ROSCORLA. From Roscorla in St. Austell; from ros-corhlan, the valley of the burying place; or ros-corlan, the valley of the sheepfold or cot, or the fold or place enclosed. Hals renders the local name Roscorla, the promontory and fat valley of land.
ROSCOW. See Roscrow.
ROSCRAW. See Roscrow.
ROSCROUGE. See Roscruge.
ROSCROW, ROSCROWE. From an estate in the parish of Gluvias, which was possessed by the family in the 14th century. The family became extinct temp. Hen. VI., or before. In the reign of Hen. VIII. the name was assumed by the family of Harry, who became extinct in the 17th century. (C. S. Gilbert.) The name is derived from rose-crou, -crow, the valley of the cross; or the valley cross. Roskraw, Ruscrowe, Roscoe, Roscow, Ruscoe, ​Ruscow would seem to be the same name. But see Roscruge.
ROSCROWGIE. See Roscruge.
ROSCRUGE. Hals says the estate of Roscruge, in the parish of St. Anthony in Kerrier, "gave name and original to a family of gentlemen now or lately in possession thereof." Polwhele translates the surname Roscreege, the valley of the barrow (creeg, a barrow). Pryce renders Roscreege, as well as Roscrow, the valley cross. Roskruge, Roscrowgie, and Rescrouge are doubtless the same name. He also renders Crow-gie, cross hedge. But see Roscrow.
ROSE. From some place of the name, perhaps from Rose in Perranzabuloe; from rose, rosh, a valley between hills; or from ros, a mountain meadow, common, moss. Hence the names Ress, Roose, Ros, Ross, Rosse, Rous, Rouse, Rowse, Ruse, Rush.
ROSECOSSA. From Rosecossa in St. Just in Roselant; from rose-coose, -cûs, the woody valley. Hence, by corruption, the name Rescassa.
ROSECREGG, ROSCREGG, ROSCREEGE. From Rosecregg in the parish of St. Anthony Meneage, where the family were resident in 1820; from root of Roscruge, q. v.
ROSEKILLEY. See Roskelly.
ROSELIAN. From Rosillian, Roselian, or Rose-Sillian, in St. Blazey. Pryce renders Rose Lyon, the vale in open view.
ROSEMERRIN, ROSEMORAN. From Rosemorron in Gulval; or Rosmeran in Budock; from rose-merrin, the vale of blackberies (L. morus).
ROSENITHON. From Rôsnithen, which Pryce renders the furzy vale (rose-n-eithen).
​ROSEUNDLE. From Roseundle in St. Austell, which Hals renders "bundle of rushes;" but the name means rather the woody valley (W. gwyddle, a place covered with wood).
ROSEVEAL. From rose-veal, the calves' valley.
ROSEVEAR, ROSEVEARE, ROSENVEAR, ROSEVEER, ROSEVERE. See Rosvear.
ROSEWALL. From rose-gual, -val, the valley with a wall or fence.
ROSEWARNE, ROSEWARN, ROSWARNE. From Rosewarne in the parish of Camborne; from rose-warne, the valley of alders. Hence, no doubt, the U. S. name Rosewharm.
ROSEWHARM. A name found in the United States. See Rosewarne.
ROSKEAR. From rôs-kear, the dear or lovely valley.
ROSKELLY, ROSKILLEY, ROSKILLY, ROSEKILLEY, RESKILLEY. From rose-killi, the grove in the valley.
ROSKRUGE. See Roscruge.
ROSKYMER. See Reskimer.
ROSOGAN, ROSAGAN, RESUGGAN. From Rosogan in St. Stephen; from rose-sog-an, the moist valley. Hals renders the local name Tresuggan, in St. Colomb Major, "the town on the Saggor Bog." "The arms of Rosogan of St. Stephen in Bronnel are, Argent, a chevron between three rose Gules, bearded Proper, seeded Or."
ROSS, ROSSE. See Rose.
ROSVEAR, ROSVEARE, ROSVERE, ROSEVEAR, ROSEVEARE, ROSEVEER, ROSEVERE, ROSENVEAR. From rose-veor, the great valley.
​ROSWARNE. See Rosewarne.
ROSWARTHICK. From ros-warth-ick, the high place in the valley.
ROSWARVA. From rose-warva (for wartha), the higher valley; or rose-guâva, the winterly or exposed valley (guâv, guaf, winter).
ROUNSAVILLE, ROUNSEVELL, ROUNSWELL. From rounsen-vyl, the asses' village or dwelling; or rounsen-gual, the asses' wall or fence. There is Goon Rounsan, "the asses' down," in St. Enodor. Cf. Roncesvalles, a frontier village of Spain, Navarre.
ROUS. See Rose.
ROUSE. From Rouse in Pillaton; from root of Rose, q. v.
ROWSE. See Rose.
RUBERRY. From ru-bry, the clay street; or ruan-berri, the river of fatness or fertility.
RUSCARROCK. See Roscarrack.
RUSCOE, RUSCOW, RUSCROWE. See Roscrow.
RUSE. From Ruse in Laneast; from root of Rose, q. v.
RUSH. See Rose.
RYALL. Perhaps from ryal, ryel, royal.
RYCE, RYSE. See Rees.
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