REPINGTONS Simon REPINGTON Robert RIPPINGTON Thomas REPPYNGTON Richard REPYNGDON Agnes REPYNGTON Symon REPINGTON Elizabeth Dixe Alias REPINGTON Margaret DIXE Nicholas DIXE ALIAS REPINGTON Jone DIXE ALIAS REPINGTON Grace DIXE Grace DIXE Elnor DIXE Unknown DIXE Richard DIXE ALIAS REPINGTON Jone MORE Thome REPINGTON William Dixce Alias REPINGTON Thurstani RIPINGTON Thomas RIPPINGTON John RIPPINGTON Edward RIPPINTON Mini tree diagram

Richard DIXE ALIAS REPINGTON

also known as Richard DIXIE

before 1542 -

Life History

before 1542

Born

1560

Birth of daughter Elizabeth Dixe Alias REPINGTON in Kingsbury, Warwickshire

1561

Birth of daughter Margaret DIXE in Kingsbury, Warwickshire.1

1563

Birth of son Nicholas DIXE ALIAS REPINGTON in Kingsbury, Warwickshire

1566

Birth of daughter Jone DIXE ALIAS REPINGTON in Kingsbury, Warwickshire.1

1569

Birth of daughter Grace DIXE in Kingsbury, Warwickshire.1

1570

Birth of daughter Grace DIXE in Kingsbury, Warwickshire

9th Jun 1572

Married Jone MORE in Kingsbury, Warwickshire.3

England, Marriages, 1538–1973
Groom's Name: Richard Dixe
Bride's Name: Jone More
Marriage Date: 09 Jun 1572
Marriage Place: Kingsbury,Warwick,England
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M02140-3
System Origin: England-ODM
Source Film Number: 198735
Reference Number:

1574

Birth of daughter Elnor DIXE in Kingsbury, Warwickshire.1

1577

Birth of son Unknown DIXE in Kingsbury, Warwickshire.1

1580

Birth of son Richard DIXE ALIAS REPINGTON in Kingsbury, Warwickshire.1,2

Notes

  • It's curious how this part of the family seems to have dual names - the following may be some possible explanations ...
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    Use of Surname aliases usually reflects one of the following circumstances:-
    1. Retention of patronymics. During the 16th century many men were reluctant to abandon ancestral names and consequently retained the forenames of their fathers or grandfathers as surnames. For example William HARRY of Luxulyan in 1547 was described as William HARRY alias WATT - Watt being his grandfather's forename.
    2. Retention of topographical reference points - especially in relation to a manor or place name from which some families derived their surnames. A case in point is that of John RICHARDS of Bosavarne (1547) who had a son Thomas BOSAVARNE (1620) who had a son Martin THOMAS alias BOSAVARNE (1620). One can often determine where a person lived,as well as other tidbits, by their surname; for example, JOHN RIPPER alias CROHALL, or Cariohall, (meaning "of Crawle"). In the 16th century, it was not unusual for a farmer to be born and grow up on a particular farm, for example Tresize, and be known as John Thomas TRESIZE, son of Thomas TRESIZE; he would then marry, and either buy or rent another farm, and become John Thomas TREGONNING; lastly, as a prosperous farmer, he moved to a much bigger farm, and became John Thomas TREGAIR (which in Cornish means "camp town".).
    3. Commemoration by descendants of a marriage to a heiress, or to a member of a "socially superior" family. In some cases, persons legally changed their names to obtain an inheritance from a line in their family which was in danger of 'dying out'. In St. Austell, Sir CHARLES GRAVES SAWLE GRAVES is such an example. He was Charles Graves Sawle, with his mother's maiden name as his second name; on his maternal uncle's death, he took that gentleman's surname, and became his legal heir
    4. Illegitimacy. For example John RESKYMER had an illegitimate son with Margaret GERBER named John RESKYMER alias GERBER. In later generations the son may well have been baptised as John Reskymer GERBER which, as with the use of an alias, served the purpose of publicly proclaiming his parental origins.
    5. Rights of inheritance, and other economic reasons. For instance, in the days of copyhold land, a persons' entitlement to land was recorded only in the manor court rolls. Deeds as we know them did not exist. The only "proof" one had that one owned particular land was in the "copy" rolls. If a woman was widowed, and later remarried, the children of her first marriage often took the name of the step-father. But, to maintain their right to their inheritance, they would use the step-father's name as an alias. There were variations in this practice. In one well-documented case, circa 1558, William CAMBORN(E) married Elinor Wilton PAYNTER, a widow with seven children, and adopted the surname of her first husband, becoming William CAMBORNE alias PAYNTER of Trelissick, St. Erth. Their descendants used both Paynter and the alias, with the use of Paynter eventually overtaking the use of Camborne within three generations.

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