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Anketyn Surname Definition:

ANKETYN: A variant of ON. Asketil. (For the variation see Bjorkman I, p. 17—19). Anketin, a monk of Glasgow, c. 1175—99 (REG., p. 37). Dominus Anketyn witnessed the gift of three marks of silver annually to the Abbey of Lindores, c. 1232—37 (LAC.

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ANKETYN: A variant of ON. Asketil. (For the variation see Bjorkman I, p. 17—19). Anketin, a monk of Glasgow, c. 1175—99 (REG., p. 37). Dominus Anketyn witnessed the gift of three marks of silver annually to the Abbey of Lindores, c. 1232—37 (LAC., p. 94). He may be the dominus Anketill de Foleuille who witnessed gift of a toft in Dundee at the same period (ibid., p. 97). Anketin Malore "who was in the king's service in Scotland" in 1252, appears again as Anketille Malore (Bain, I, 1892, 1936). See also Ascelinus.

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