The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-29

Names by request: EasterIing, Me- corkle. Rogers. Rutger. Sterling, Thirkield and Thirtle.
 Variants: Corkell. Corkhill. Corkill, Curkell Fitz-Torquetel. Kettell. ket- tie. MaeCorcadale. MacCorcodale, Me- CorkelI, AfacCorkill MaeCorquodaie' Maccoruuydi1l. MacCorrikle. MaeOuor- codale. MacTorquiil. Rodgers, Rogerson' Rudiger, Thirkell. Thirkill, Thirkie' ThirEeteI, Thirkettle. Thirteil. Thiru- cIe. ThoroughkettIe. Thurgall. Thur kell. Thurkettle, ThurkilL Thurkie' ThurteII. ThurtIe. Turtill and Turtle
 Thlrfle, ThirkieIa, Turtle.
 ThorketilI was an ancient scandi- navian personal name. The Danisn conqherors of the ninth and tensn cen- turtles brought the name to the Britisn TrIaa and made 1t common there. Thur cytel, Thorcytel. Thorcetel, Thurkin, Thurlxei. ThurkelI, Thorkyl, Thurcii, TorchiiI and Turkill are variant toI.ns of the name found in the chronicles and documents of the Anglo-Saxon pe- riod.
 one TurketeI was Chancellor or Ens. land and a leader of the EngIisn nos. under hIs sovereign AEthelstan In tne battle of Brunanburgh in sSI. Lne bIoodiest fray up to that time m the annala of England Thurcytel or ] Thurlxill the viking in 1909 Tea Dan Dan l: fish invasion of the eastern counties = : and was made earl of East Ansna II, 10f7 and banished in 1921. Ihurcy.s, Mvranheafod, an English thegn ol nsrI~b descent. was the traitor a' Binrmers m 10i0. Another was q com ,sntnn of Iyhtred. Earl of NorthumDer- iard ana killed with him in 1918. An othar ugaa a Norman and the guardian of Duke William of Normandy. aLter- yvardn the Condueror of Engiano' Lhur- kin, Thurci1 or TurkiH was tnesn ana minister of the king, and was slain hv 4he welsh at Rhyd-y-groes in loSs Another Thurkill was the son Of the ssnohia Gunhilda," the niece of Onut ana was banished from England along with his mother in 1044. Thurkill or TurkiI was the sacrist of Waitham minister in 10e6 and witnessed the oetel miracle of the holy rood when Harold made his vow before the battle oi rich landowner of Kingston in Berk' shire. who fell by the side of the Eng iiab standard ct Hastings. Another was a Northumbgian thegn in lo6I Another was a companion Of Herewaro the Wake, ''the Last of the SaAons, in the years following Hastings Alsc a number of ecclesiastics bore tns narae- incIuding an abbot of Ramsey ir a70 ana one. of Croyland in s75 Oth- ars were thegns and rich landow9ers one of whom had large estates at Ar den and Warwick. was son Of AE1' wine the sheriff and is called 'TurKiitus In the Domesday.
 The name was early carried to Ise' land and Thorke1i is frequent in tht Landnamaboc and the FbateyJarooc' II rarne to Scotland and Ireland and tc fhe Ysle of Man. Turkilt chief n Man is a signer of olafs Charter tS ETrness irf 1l34. The name survives in fine Swedish Torkeis and the Dan ish Therchil. Terkil and Thorkel
 Tn the Domesday Book we ind TOT, chetiI. Torchil and Turchil as persona names. In i250 we find the surname fi. Turchiln and She Hundred holil of 137s have the surnominal forml ThurkiiI. Thurxi1, Turhyl and Turtei
 Tine surname now exists in Yarlou' eorms. We have ThirIxetel., Thirkettie Thirtie. Thirtell, Thirticle. Thirkeli ThirIgield, ThiriIe, Thurkettie. Thur MelI Thurlxil, Thurkle, Thurteil, Thur tYe Thurgall, Turtiii Turtilie. Turtle inc corrupt ThorOughkettIet and thu Norman FftzJTorquetil. None of thes' Ia frequent. Thirxel1 is now peculiai Co Kent and Thurgan to Norfolk