 ... and faculty, or of some quality of his body or minde, or of the place where he dwelt, so as every one should be distinguished from the other, or from the most...  Works - Page 15by Irish Archaeological and Celtic Society - 1862Full view - About this book
 | Edmund Spenser - 1750 - 320 pages
...Reign of Edward the Fourth in Irtler.i, fey which it was commanded, that whereas all Men then •fed to be called by the Name of their Septs, according to •the feveral Nations, and had no Sirnames at all; thst from thenceforth each one fhould take upon himfelf... | |
 | Edmund Spenser - English poetry - 1857 - 600 pages
...methinks it should be very well to renew that old statute which was made in tbe reign of Edwurd tbe Fourth in Ireland, by which it was commanded, that whereas all men then used to be called by the nami of their septs, according to tbe several nations, and had no firnatnes... | |
 | Ireland - 1860 - 754 pages
...raigne of the Edward the Fourth in Ireland, by which it was commaunded, that whereas all t men then used to be called by the name of their septs, according to the severall nations, and had no surnames at all, that from thenceforth each one should take upon himselfe... | |
 | John O'Donovan - Irish poetry - 1862 - 366 pages
...They are as follows:— "Moreover, for the better breaking of these heads and septs, which (I tould yon) was one of the greatest strengthes of the Irish,...called by the name of their septs, according to the severall nations, and had no surnames at all, that from henceforth each one should take upon himself... | |
 | John O'Donovan - Irish poetry - 1862 - 370 pages
...are as follows : — "Moreover, for the better breaking of these heads and septs, which (I tould you) was one of the greatest strengthes of the Irish, methinkes...called by the name of their septs, according to the severoll nations, and had no surnames at all, that from henceforth each one should take upon himself... | |
 | Irish archaeological and Celtic society - 1862 - 358 pages
...are as follows : — "Moreover, for the better breaking of these heads and septs, which (I tould you) was one of the greatest strengthes of the Irish, methinkes...called by the name of their septs, according to the severall nations, and had no surnames at all, that from henceforth each one should take upon himself... | |
 | 1863 - 578 pages
...the Irish, methiuks it should be very well to renewc that ould statute which was made in the reign of Edward the Fourth, in Ireland, by which it. was...commanded, that whereas all men used to be called by the names of their septs, according to the several nations, and bad no surnames at all, that from henceforth... | |
 | John Johnston Kelso - Ireland - 1865 - 92 pages
...respect to Tauist and Tanistry, see Spencer ( View of the State of Ireland, pp. 10, 11, &c.) J Anciently all men used to be called by the name of their septs, separate surnames not having been assumed up till a comparatively late period. In reference to Ireland,... | |
 | Henry Morley - Ireland - 1890 - 644 pages
...in the reign of Edward the Fourth in England, by which it was commanded, that whereas all men then used to be called by the name of their septs, according...several nations, and had no surnames at all, that from thenceforth each one should take upon himself a several surname, either of his trade and faculty, or... | |
 | Michael Joseph O'Brien - History - 1919 - 642 pages
...in the raigne of Edward the Fourth in Ireland, by which it was commaunded, that whereas all men then used to be called by the name of their septs, according...several] nations, and had no surnames at all, that from thenceforth each one should take upon himselfe a severall surname, either of his trade or facultie... | |
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