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MacThore Surname Definition:

MACTHORE: Thorfynn MacThore, a great landowner in Allerdale, in Cumberland, was granted certain rights by Gospatric in the eleventh century. Gospatric was probably the individual who purechased the earldom of Northumberland from William the Conqueror at Christmas in 1067.

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MacThore Surname Meaning

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MACTHORE: Thorfynn MacThore, a great landowner in Allerdale, in Cumberland, was granted certain rights by Gospatric in the eleventh century. Gospatric was probably the individual who purechased the earldom of Northumberland from William the Conqueror at Christmas in 1067. This is the only certain example of Macin Cumberland. Thorfynn (Thorfinnr) is an old West Scandinavian personal name. Thore (Thor) is also Scandinavian.

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

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