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Amflis Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Amflis.' This name seems to be extinct. It has long been forgotten as a fontal name, and so far I can find the surname no later than the 16th century.

Robert fil. Amflisie, Cambridgeshire, 1273.

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Amflis Surname Meaning

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This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Amflis.' This name seems to be extinct. It has long been forgotten as a fontal name, and so far I can find the surname no later than the 16th century.

Robert fil. Amflisie, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Amflis de Roldiston, Nottinghamshire, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.

Henry Amflis, Cambridgeshire 1273. Hundred Rolls.

William Amflis, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

John Amfleys, Norfolk, 4 Henry VIII: History of Norfolk.

William Amflys, mayor of Lynn Regis, 1494: History of Norfolk.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

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