Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature

Abigail Aholiab Ananias Aphrah April Banbury baptismal names Baptized Bartholomew became Bible Bible names born Buried Cant Canterbury Canterbury Cathedral Cath Cecilia Chancery Suits Charles child Christened Church clergy cock Columb Major common Cornhill daughter desinence died diminutive Dionis Backchurch ditto Dudley Fenner Edward Elizabeth Elizabeth's reign Emma England English Bible entries Faint-not familiar father favourite feminine Gammer godly Grace Hamlet Henry Hundred Rolls iiiid instance James Jenniting John July June Kent London Directory Lord Malkin March Maria Mary Matilda minister Nicholas nick forms nomenclature Northiam Notes and Queries occurs Old Testament parish patronymic Pentecost pet form Peter Philip popular Puritan quoth Ralph Roister Doister Reformation registers Repentance Restoration Richard saints Salehurst says Scornful Lady Scripture names seventeenth century sonne of Robert styled Sussex uxor ejus Vashni Warbleton wife Willelmus William Yorkshire zealot