The following is a break-down of names found in the marriage registers of Frocester, Gloucestershire, in 1559-1600. The register is available on-line at http://www.glosgen.co.uk/frocest.htm. I have sorted the names by alphabetical order, first the feminine names, then the masculine names, and then the surnames. The dates following the names are the dates of the marriages.
The given names in these documents are recorded in Latin. I have used as the headers for each name the likely vernancular form; these forms are not recorded in the registers, but are based on the vernacular forms found in registers from other parishes in Gloucestershire in the same period. [1] The surnames are listed here in the spelling they are found in the actual register.
I have normalized the names to conform with modern capitalization standards.
Feminine given names
(listed alphabetically)
| Agnes | |
| Agnet | 1577 |
| Agnethes | 1570, 1576, 1577, 1599 |
| Alice | |
| Alica | 1592 |
| Alicia | 1570, 1573, 1575, 1582, 1586, 1589, 1593, 1597 |
| Anne | |
| Anna | 1561, 1564, 1583, 1590, 1594, 1596, 1598 |
| Bridgett | |
| Brigitta | 1593 |
| Christina | |
| Christiana | 1574, 1577, 1597 |
| Dorothy | |
| Dorothea | 1582 |
| Edith | |
| Editha | 1561, 1582, 1588, 1589, 1590, 1593 |
| Elnor | |
| Elinora | 1584 |
| Elizabeth | |
| Eliz. | 1572, 1579, 1579, 1589, 1591, 1592, 1597, 1597, 1598 |
| Elizabeth | 1571 |
| Elizabetha | 1574, 1600 |
| Frauncis | |
| Francisca | 1599 |
| Isabel | |
| Izabellula | 1585 |
| Joan | |
| Janna | 1578 |
| Joanna | 1561, 1564, 1565, 1565, 1571, 1573, 1574, 1576, 1579, 1583, 1585, 1585, 1589, 1591, 1591, 1599, 1599 |
| Joanno | 1570, 1572 |
| Judith | |
| Judith | 1600 |
| Katherine | |
| Kateri'a | 1579 |
| Katherine | 1592 |
| Margaret | |
| Margareta | 1559, 1574, 1561, 1598 |
| Margery | |
| Margeria | 1573, 1576, 1580, 1582, 1593 |
| Mary | |
| Maria | 1597 |
| Matilda | |
| Matilda | 1578 |
| Pernill | |
| Parnella | 1573 |
| Prudence | |
| Prudentia | 1600 |
| Rose | |
| Rosa | 1559, 1561, 1561, 1572, 1580, 1583, 1590 |
| Sara | |
| Sarah | 1594 |
| Silvester | |
| Silvester | 1571 |
Masculine given names
(listed alphabetically)
| Ambrose | |
| Ambrosius | 1590 |
| Anselm | |
| Anselmus | 1579 |
| Augustine | |
| Augustinus | 1600 |
| Charles | |
| Carolus | 1572 |
| Christopher | |
| Chr'oph'us | 1582 |
| Edward | |
| Eduardo | 1571, 1591 |
| Eduardus | 1589, 1592, 1599, 1600 |
| Francis | |
| Franciscus | 1579 |
| George | |
| Geor. | 1597 |
| Gregory | |
| Gregorius | 1593 |
| Henry | |
| Henrics | 1583 |
| Henricus | 1574, 1590 |
| Hugh | |
| Hugo | 1576 |
| Humphrey | |
| Humfrids | 1583 |
| Jacob | |
| Jacob's | 1599 |
| Jacobus | 1566, 1570, 1579, 1597, 1599 |
| John | |
| Jo. | 1559, 1561, 1565, 1570, 1572, 1573, 1573, 1574, 1574, 1577, 1577, 1579, 1580, 1582, 1583, 1584, 1588, 1591, 1590, 1594 |
| Joannes | 1559 |
| Laurence | |
| Laurentius | 1580 |
| Nicholas | |
| Nicolaus | 1576, 1589, 1596 |
| Paul | |
| Paul's | 1599 |
| Richard | |
| Ricardus | 1561, 1561 |
| Ric'o | 1591 |
| Ric'us | 1564, 1571, 1577, 1589, 1591, 1598 |
| Ricu's | 1576, 1582 |
| Robert | |
| Robertus | 1564, 1586, 1593, 1593 |
| Roger | |
| Rogerus | 1565, 1586, 1597 |
| Simon | |
| Simon | 1597 |
| Stephen | |
| Stephanus | 1578 |
| Thomas | |
| Tho. | 1561, 1561, 1561, 1570, 1571, 1571, 1572, 1573, 1574, 1578, 1579, 1585, 1592, 1592, 1599, 1600 |
| Toby | |
| Tobias | 1594 |
| Walter | |
| Gual. | 1597 |
| Gualterus | 1589 |
| William | |
| Guil. | 1572, 1573, 1575, 1582, 1585, 1591, 1593, 1598 |
Surnames
(listed alphabetically)
| Alea. | |
| Alea. | 1561 |
| Andowes | |
| Andowes | 1559 |
| Anston | |
| Anston | 1573 |
| Baker | |
| Baker | 1564, 1592 |
| Beard | |
| Beard | 1599 |
| Bennet | |
| Bennet | 1573, 1577, 1590, 1590 |
| Blanche | |
| Blanche | 1579, 1586 |
| Bridges | |
| Bridges | 1562, 1572 |
| Bridgman | |
| Bridgman | 1571 |
| Browne | |
| Browne | 1573, 1594 |
| Browning | |
| Browning | 1573, 1574, 1589, 1589, 1597, 1600 |
| Burdley | |
| Burdley | 1599 |
| Butcher | |
| Butcher | 1590 |
| Chandler | |
| Chandler | 1564, 1571, 1576, 1577 |
| Chapman | |
| Chapma' | 1594 |
| Chapman | 1559, 1571, 1572, 1597, 1599 |
| Cherrington | |
| Cherrington | 1573 |
| Chewe | |
| Chewe | 1586 |
| Clayfield | |
| Clayfield | 1565 |
| Cliffe | |
| Cliffe | 1600 |
| Clifford | |
| Clifford | 1578 |
| Cornwell | |
| Cornwell | 1590 |
| Cowles | |
| Cowles | 1585 |
| Crannidge | |
| Crannidge | 1575 |
| Currier | |
| Currier | 1597 |
| Dane | |
| Dane | 1561 |
| Davis | |
| Davis | 1577 |
| Docket | |
| Docket | 1592 |
| Dodgm. | |
| Dodgm. | 1589 |
| Doll | |
| Doll | 1593 |
| Ellond | |
| Ellond | 1572, 1579, 1582, 1598 |
| Felton | |
| Felton | 1593 |
| Forth | |
| Forth | 1571 |
| Fowler | |
| Fowler | 1573 |
| Freeman | |
| Freeman | 1562, 1580 |
| Freman | 1564, 1574 |
| Gardiner | |
| Gardiner | 1582 |
| Griffin | |
| Griffin | 1597 |
| Griffith | |
| Griffith | 1570, 1576 |
| Grivell | |
| Grivell | 1593 |
| Gudridge | |
| Gudridge | 1593 |
| Hancock | |
| Hancock | 1561 |
| Head | |
| Head | 1579 |
| Heaven | |
| Heaven | 1572, 1585 |
| Heskins | |
| Heskins | 1589 |
| Heynes | |
| Heynes | 1598 |
| Heyward | |
| Heyward | 1566 |
| Hill | |
| Hill | 1582 |
| Hinton | |
| Hinton | 1591 |
| Holder | |
| Holder | 1577, 1588 |
| Hooper | |
| Hooper | 1597 |
| Horwood | |
| Horwood | 1578, 1579, 1585, 1593, 1597 |
| Hoston | |
| Hoston | 1597 |
| Huntley | |
| Huntley | 1559, 1562, 1571, 1572, 1582, 1586 |
| Jeffereyes | |
| Jeffereyes | 1600 |
| Jukes | |
| Jukes | 1599 |
| Killing | |
| Killing | 1579 |
| Knighte | |
| Knighte | 1594, 1599 |
| Leg | |
| Leg | 1577 |
| Ludbie | |
| Ludbie | 1591 |
| Marling | |
| Marling | 1591 |
| Mayle | |
| Mayle | 1561 |
| Midford | |
| Midford | 1593 |
| Milland | |
| Milland | 1582, 1593 |
| Millard | |
| Millard | 1562, 1577, 1579, 1580 |
| Moody | |
| Moody | 1582 |
| Morse | |
| Morse | 1590 |
| Nevill | |
| Nevill | 1597 |
| Osborne | |
| Osborne | 1572, 1583 |
| Parsons | |
| P.[a]arsons | 1576 |
| Partridge | |
| Partridge | 1572 |
| Pegler | |
| Pegler | 1582, 1589, 1592, 1598 |
| Pitte | |
| Pitte | 1596 |
| Poole | |
| Poole | 1559, 1583, 1598 |
| Potter | |
| Potter | 1599 |
| Risbie | |
| Risbie | 1590 |
| Rufford | |
| Rufford | 1562 |
| Russell | |
| Russell | 1600 |
| Sanderus | |
| Sanderus | 1565 |
| Selman | |
| Selman | 1600 |
| Selwin | |
| Selwin | 1591 |
| Sharpe | |
| Sharpe | 1584 |
| Simons | |
| Simons | 1565, 1566, 1570, 1580, 1593 |
| Stephens | |
| Stephens | 1565 |
| Stokes | |
| Stokes | 1588 |
| Swanley | |
| Swanley | 1598 |
| Taylor | |
| Taylor | 1561, 1562, 1575, 1589, 1589, 1591, 1598 |
| Tullius | |
| Tullie | 1600 |
| Tullius | 1574 |
| Tyms | |
| Tyms | 1579 |
| Warner | |
| Warner | 1574, 1596 |
| Watkins | |
| Watkins | 1576 |
| Wattes | |
| Wattes | 1592 |
| Web | |
| Web | 1570, 1574, 1583 |
| West | |
| West | 1570 |
| Wetmath | |
| Wetmath | 1571, 1574, 1576, 1578, 1583, 1591, 1592, 1592 |
| Wilcocks | |
| Wilcocks | 1578 |
| Wilkins | |
| Wilkins | 1561, 1570, 1570, 1574, 1576, 1579, 1579, 1582, 1585, 1589, 1591, 1594, 1596, 1597, 1599 |
| Windowe | |
| Window | 1580 |
| Windowe | 1572, 1574 |
| Witcom | |
| Witcom | 1583, 1584, 1599 |
| Wize | |
| Wize | 1583, 1586 |
| Wood | |
| A wood | 1564 |
| Wood | 1573 |
| Woodward | |
| Woodward | 1573 |
[1] See my article "16th Century Gloucestershire Names"