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Ancroft Surname Definition:

ANCROFT: From Ancroft near Bowden, Northumberland, which early made its way as far north as Aberdeen. Gaufr' de Anecroft witnessed a charter of Patrick, son of Waldeve, fifth earl of Dunbar, to the monks of St. Cuthbert, between 1182—1232 (Raine, App.

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ANCROFT: From Ancroft near Bowden, Northumberland, which early made its way as far north as Aberdeen. Gaufr' de Anecroft witnessed a charter of Patrick, son of Waldeve, fifth earl of Dunbar, to the monks of St. Cuthbert, between 1182—1232 (Raine, App., p. 27) William of Anecrofte witnessed a charter by Peter de Morthingtoun, c. 1270 (BNCH., XVI, p. 334), and also a charter of the land of Lambirtoun in 1276 (Home, p. 225). The goods of John of Aynecroft, an Aberdeen merdiant, were plundered in the wreck of a Seland vessel driven ashore at Kirklee Rode in 1370 (Bain, IV: 158). Andrew de Ayrcroft who was auditor of accounts in Aberdeen in 1433 may be the Andrew Ayncroft (without the "de") who appears on an inquest in Aberdeen in 1448 (SCM., V, p. 41; CRA., p. 17).

— The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)
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