Henryson

Henryson
Recorded in over two hundred spellings including Henry, Henery, Henrey, Heneries and Fitzhenry, this is a European surname. The derivation is from the pre 7th century Old German personal name 'Haimric'. This was a compound of the elements "haim" or "heim" meaning "home", plus "ric", meaning power. It was typical of the warlike personal names, there were no surnames, of the period of history known as 'The Dark Ages'. The name was introduced into England by the Normans in 1066 in the French form of Henri, and it is first recorded in the Latinized spelling of Henricus in the famous Domesday Book of 1086. This book which is in the form of a register, gave an accurate picture of all the land holdings in the country on that date. The surname adopted from the personal name first appears in the latter half of the 13th Century, (see below). Early examples of the recordings include John Henry in the 1293 court rolls for the county of Devonshire, whilst John Fitz Henrie appears in the 1346 Pipe Rolls of the city of London. The latter form indicates the patronymic "son of Henry", the Norman suffix Fitz meaning 'son of', or sometimes 'natural son of'. Thomas Henryes was recorded in Somerset in 1379, Thomas Henrysone in the Close Rolls of 1377, whilst in 1723 Mary Henery married William Brock at St. Mary Abchurch, London. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Thomas Henry, which was dated 1273, in the Hundred Rolls of the county of Kent. This was during the reign of King Edward 1st of England, 1272 - 1307. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

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  • HENRYSON (R.) — HENRYSON ROBERT (1429 env. env. 1508) L’œuvre la plus importante d’Henryson est le recueil intitulé Les Fables morales choisies d’Ésope le Phrygien, en noble et riche langage écossais (The Morall Fabillis of Esope the Phrygian, Compylit in… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Henryson —   [ henrɪsn], Robert, schottischer Dichter * 1430 (?), ✝ 1506 (?); neben W. Dunbar der prominenteste Vertreter der schottischen Chaucer Nachfolge. Sein bekanntestes Werk ist »The testament of Cresseid«, eine bittere und tragische Fortsetzung von… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Henryson, Robert — • Scottish poet, born probably 1420 1430; died about 1500 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Henryson, Robert — (ca. 1425–ca. 1505)    Robert Henryson was the outstanding Scottish poet of the 15th century, and author of one of the finest late medieval narrative tragedies, The Testament of Cresseid. For centuries Henryson was classified among a group of… …   Encyclopedia of medieval literature

  • Henryson, Robert — ▪ Scottish author Henryson also spelled  Henderson   born 1420/30? died c. 1506       Scottish poet, the finest of early fabulists in Britain. He is described on some early title pages as schoolmaster of Dunfermline probably at the Benedictine… …   Universalium

  • Henryson (Henderson), Robert — (?1430 ?1506)    The details of his birth are sketchy, but it can be judged from his writings that he was a schoolmaster of Dunfermline, Fifeshire, possibly at the Benedictine school at Dunfermline Abbey. He appears among the dead poets in… …   British and Irish poets

  • HENRYSON, ROBERT —    an early Scottish poet, flourished in the 15th century; most of his life was spent as a schoolmaster in Dunfermline; his chief works, which are full of pathos, humour, and a fine descriptive power, include Testament of Cresseid, a continuation …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • Henryson, Robert — (1430? 1506?)    Scottish poet. Few details of his life are known, even the dates of his birth and death being uncertain. He appears to have been a schoolmaster, perhaps in the Benedictine Convent, at Dunfermline, and was a member of the Univ. of …   Short biographical dictionary of English literature

  • Robert Henryson — was a poet who flourished in Scotland in the period c.1460 – 1500. Counted among the Scots Makars, he lived in the historic city of Dunfermline and is a distinctive voice in the northern renaissance at a time when Scotland was on a cusp between… …   Wikipedia

  • Robert Henryson —     Robert Henryson     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Robert Henryson     Scottish poet, born probably 1420 1430; died about 1500.     His birthplace, parentage, and place of education are unknown, but it is conjectured that he may have been at some… …   Catholic encyclopedia

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