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Megucer Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'a leather dresser'; a tawer of leather; v. Whittawer or Whittier. According to Strype, the London 'Company of Megusers' dealt in the skins of dead horses, and flayed them. He mentions 'Walter le Whitawyer' in the same account (London).

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Megucer Surname Meaning

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This surname is derived from an occupation. 'a leather dresser'; a tawer of leather; v. Whittawer or Whittier. According to Strype, the London 'Company of Megusers' dealt in the skins of dead horses, and flayed them. He mentions 'Walter le Whitawyer' in the same account (London).

John le Megucer: Munimenta Gildhallae Londoniensis.

Richard le Megucer: ibid.

1272. Norman le Meggecer: Cal. of Wills in Court of Hasting.

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

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