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Knocknaile Surname Definition:
KNOCKNAILE: Probably a sobriquet applied to a hammer-man of some description. A family of this name in Wiltshire were enriched by the spoliation of the monasteries by Henry VIII.
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KNOCKNAILE: Probably a sobriquet applied to a hammer-man of some description. A family of this name in Wiltshire were enriched by the spoliation of the monasteries by Henry VIII., and an old traditional rhyme thus records them and some of their neighbours: —
— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower
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