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There are so many spellings with -i-, such as Smeri-, Smeries-, Smeris-, that smere is impossible. I have about 15 separate records of this group of names. Keith ________________________________ From: The English Place-Name List <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Martin Counihan <[log in to unmask]> Sent: 15 October 2019 12:07 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Smeri and his lands I'm not sure why you ruled our "smere"="fat, butter, ...." Could that not be the basis of a family name? After all, we have the surnames Butters, Butterworth, Butterfield etc. which could mean much the same thing. Martin Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2019 at 10:07 AM From: "Keith Briggs" <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Smeri and his lands In DB, Smeri held 30 acres in Raydon, Suffolk. As far as I know, no-one else has ever borne this name. In Raydon and adjacent parishes, I find records of places such as Smerisfeld, Smeriesmedwe, Smeresdun, Smeresfen etc. up to about 1300. Can his name really have been remembered for so long in such minor names? Perhaps I have to assume a derived surname? (I have ruled out smere `fat, etc.') Keith ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the EPNL list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=EPNL&A=1