jan 1, 1443 - hopshort

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This occurred as a by-name over a long period in different parts of Yorkshire and it may of course have been hereditary. It probably originated as a nickname and if the examples in different parts of the county were not linked genealogically, their frequency may suggest that ‘hop short’ was once a common saying: 1234 <i>William Hoppeshort</i>, Haddlesey (YRS67/13); 1236-8 <i>Adam Hoppescort</i>, Barforth on Tees (YRS56/295); 1301 <i>De Roberto Hopschort</i>, Lazenby in Wilton (YRS21/42); 1379 <i>Johannes Hopscort</i>, Burn (PTWR). A family of ‘walkers’ or fullers in York had the name and in their case the name was hereditary, recorded over several generations, e.g. 1383 <i>Johannes Hoppeshort, walker</i> (SS96/80); 1412 <i>Robertus Hopshort, fil. Johannis Hopshort</i>, <i>walker </i>(SS96/119); 1443 <i>Domino Henrico Hobshort</i>, York (SS45/126n).

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