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Sharparrow Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'Sharparrow,' a good bowman, a complimentary sobriquet.

John Sharparrow, Yorkshire Testamenta Eboracensia (Surtees Society).

William Sharparrow, Yorkshire: Corpus Christi Guild (Surtees Society).

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Sharparrow Surname Meaning

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This surname is derived from a nickname. 'Sharparrow,' a good bowman, a complimentary sobriquet.

John Sharparrow, Yorkshire Testamenta Eboracensia (Surtees Society).

William Sharparrow, Yorkshire: Corpus Christi Guild (Surtees Society).

Oswin Sharparrow, Yorkshire Durham Household Book (Surtees Society).

John Sharpearrowe, Patent Roll, 19 Elizabeth pt.

'Orate pro anima dom. Johannis Sharparrowe quondam parsone in Eccles. Cath. Ebor., qui obiit xxv. die Oct. an. 1411': York Minster, Drake's Eboracum.

Robertas Sharparowe, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Adam Sharparowe, 1379: ibid.

John Sharparrow, vicar of Shernbourn, Norfolk, 1603: History of Norfolk.

Complimentary as this Yorkshire surname was, it died out. I can find no descendants. compare Benbow and Sharpspear.

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