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Mashrodder Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a nickname, for one who steeped malt. Mr. Way notes, 'This term evidently implies the implement used for mashing or mixing the malt, to which, from resemblance in form, the name rudder is also given.' In Withal's little Dictionary, enlarged by W.

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Mashrodder Surname Meaning

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This surname is derived from a nickname, for one who steeped malt. Mr. Way notes, 'This term evidently implies the implement used for mashing or mixing the malt, to which, from resemblance in form, the name rudder is also given.' In Withal's little Dictionary, enlarged by W. Clerk, among the instruments of the brewhouse is given 'a rudder, or instrument to stir the meash-fatte with, motaculum.' 1517. Robert Masherudder, Yorkshire:: Corpus Christi Guild (Surtees Society).

1536. Laurence Maschrodder, Yorkshire: ibid.

1584. Peter Mashrether, of Chigwell, Essex, yeoman, and Judith Bacon: Marriage Lic. (London).

Maskall, Maskell; v. Mascall.

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

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