Brief Life History of Frances
When Frances Harcourt was born about 1556, in Chalgrove, Oxfordshire, England, her father, Simon Harcourt Esq. MP, was 32 and her mother, Mary Aston, was 28.
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- Frances Harcourt - WikiTree
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1558 · Act of Uniformity
The Act of Uniformity was passed by the Parliament of England and required all people to go to church once a week. The consequence of not attending church was a fine of 12 pence, which was a considerable amount for a poor person.
1569 · State Lottery
A State Lottery was recorded in 1569. The tickets were sold at St. Paul's Cathedral in London.
1571 · The Royal Exchange is Organized
The Royal Exchange was organized in January 1571 by Sir Thomas Gresham. Gresham is known as the father of English banking.
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin) and French: habitational name from any of the places in Eure and Calvados named Harcourt, from Old French cour(t) ‘court, farmyard’ (see Court ) with an obscure first element. This surname is very rare in France.
English: habitational name from either of two places in Shropshire named Harcourt. The one near Cleobury Mortimer gets the name from Old English heafocere ‘hawker, falconer’ + cot ‘hut, cottage’; the one near Wem has as its first element Old English hearpere (see Harper ).
History: The surname of French origin (see 1 above) is listed along with the equally rare or even extinct variants or altered forms Haraucourt, Herancourt, and Héraucourt in the (US) National Huguenot Society's register of qualified Huguenot ancestors.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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