The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-19

ers and Fletchers are associated in the
presentation OF "Peter's Denial OF 4
Jesus and OF Jesus Bofore ,Caiaphas."Hs
So in the old Guild processions tho
Bowers and Fletchers always marched
together. 81
In the Excheauer Issues for IA Henry
w (l4t2) we find payment OF
f14s, 515s', stephen sedar. fletcher. for
LOO sheaves OF arrows
The surname appears In the Huli-s
dred Rolls (1273) as lie Fleccher le 4
Flecher, lie Fletcher, ETC., and in Y ork-
shire Poll Tax List t1s79) as Fleger,
Fleeccher. and Fletcher. The name Is 3
fairly common In all parts OF En- gland
Except in the southern counties ana In
the shires on the east coast between
the Thames and the Wash. Its especial.
home is in Derbyshire and Nothing
l.hamshire.
It is derived from the Old French
fletcher, flechier. .arrow-naker'.: from
Old French fleche, arrow" The lat-
ter is q Celtic loan-word, as appears
from the Gaelic and Erse fleasg, rod:
Evleska for vledska, akin to the Ger
man valid, English void. wood. for-
I est, - III 81. &. sss
Badger.Tllis occupative surname
indicates that the forbears Of those
who bear the name were itinerant
lfdealers or hucksters, who bought corn
and other coestibles and carried them
elsewhere to sell. They thus formed de
class OF the earlier mid dlemen be-
tween the producer GARNER. fisher
lgetc.) and the Consumer. The, term ia
still common in the provincial dialects
of England.
The early English Guilds 3. 49,
| has record sof the year 4 500, from
the Office Of the Mayor OF Bristol re-
speeding "the ba gers such a bryngeth#
lswhete to towne. as .wcle In tr0wys as
otherwise. BY lande and by watlr:.'. An
I5act OF 1862 elizabeth xI1) requires
lf"BadEers OF corn to S be1lcensed.
Jacobs Law Dictionary ~ says ]: s. II { J
ANY person shall Let as a bad ger With
l!out license, he is to forfeit five
pounds
The surname has the forms lie Bag
lsger and lie Baggere In tho Hundred
Rolls, and Bagger and Badger IN the
Yorkshire Poll Tax List (1379.) u Ia!
now most frequent In yvarwiclshirea
and Oxfordshire. In the latter 1t Ia {
found as early as the Hundred Rolls.
lin the former 1t appears In the reign
lof Henry VIII. " FsE.Ss B e.
Badger is nm assimilated form OF
Dagger, alluding to tho hawker,s bag,
kbugge. Is from the Old Morse bngge,s
8"bag. pack bundle" The Old Morse
lis a loan word from tho Rornance.a
| where we find the Old French and Pros
yencal bagua. ague bundle, parcel.5
Ibnggage''; French baggage, ss"pack, bag
gage, ETC.; bagatellc. little pack
|trifle,' etc.; Spanish baga BURDEN
are derived from the Latin bajulus.s "A
Scarrier OF packs. etc; bajulare. to
carry ~,
\ The cog mates are represented q n4 tho
II Cynric beich. rburden, pack; Dutch
pak. Morse pakke. Eng lish pack.
1t Is possible that In some cases
Badger is a local surname, as there
lis a parish so named In Shropshire
and most OF the ancient parishes have
given rise to surnames. In no early
record, so far as: the writer skno w s. does
the surname appear as do Badger.
1. This is presumptive, but by. no means
positive evidence against q family of
i Territorial Badgers. Sss$s sss
In the Domesda ~ Book the nameEof
1.-The parish occurs as BeghesoYre. Bege-
sour ana echesore. OF this II the latter
Indicated "the shore or bank CLOS
i saxon q for, Eng ish- oyre, over and or
lin place nnmes) OF ege.,'ss BegeS may
;Sbe the ancient name OF one fofs tss
lstrenms, or II may be the Ang lo- Saxon
Ipersonal name D,age, more frcquent
4 In comp Is, sts ifsss
In the latter case It would Indicate
an early holder or proprietor OF the
4 lands. In either case the word Is Il oli-ss
Inected with the 3Angl o,Saxon beah bstI
i (genitive beages) ring. circle lso
4 the name given to the me tai rings and
4 cfrculnr ornament Is AM len tly III ed q as
4 the medium Of exchange. s
Il Copyright, DOS. by Samuel Grant
4 Oliphant) Ss5
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