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Casherall Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from an official title. 'the cacherel,' a catchpoll, petty sergeant, under-bailiff, policeman. The instances in the Hundred Rolls (very many) lie almost entirely between Norfolk and Essex. 'Cacherele, a catchpole' (Halliwell).

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Casherall Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150

Casherall Surname Meaning

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This surname is derived from an official title. 'the cacherel,' a catchpoll, petty sergeant, under-bailiff, policeman. The instances in the Hundred Rolls (very many) lie almost entirely between Norfolk and Essex. 'Cacherele, a catchpole' (Halliwell). In my notebook (unfortunately without reference) I have a couplet from an old political song: 'Nedes I must spend that I spared of yore Ageyn this cacherele cometh.'

Hugh le Chaccherel, Norfolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Grig le Cacherel, Somerset"., ibid.

Adam le Kacherel, Norfolk, ibid.

Alexander le Cacherel, Norfolk, ibid.

Robetard Cacherellus, Sussex, ibid.

Thomas Cacherellus de Lodenygges, elsewhere described as the 'Cacherel de Lodene,' Norfolk, ibid.

This surname seems now lost in Catherall (which see), an early variant; also in Catterall (which see), a local surname.

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

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