When Isabel Graunt was born in 1475, in Snitterfield, Warwickshire, England, her father, Walter de Graunt, was 31 and her mother, Elizabeth Rudinge, was 31. She married Sir John Spencer in 1489, in Snitterfield, Warwickshire, England. They were the parents of at least 11 sons and 7 daughters. She died on 25 August 1561, in Wormleighton, Warwickshire, England, at the age of 86, and was buried in Daventry, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom.
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Book of Common Prayer, a product of the English Reformation, was published in 1549 for assistance in the administration of the sacraments and other rites and ceremonies of the church according to the use of the Church of England. The book outlined morning, evening, and communion prayers and orders for baptism and marriage, thus making England a truly Protestant state.
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.
Irish, English, and especially Scottish (of Norman origin): nickname from Anglo-Norman French graund, graunt ‘tall, large’ (Old French grand, grant, from Latin grandis), given either to a person of remarkable size, or else in a relative way to distinguish two bearers of the same personal name, often representatives of different generations within the same family.
English: from the rare Middle English (and Old English) personal name Grante or Grente.
Irish: in Ireland this is usually the Norman Scottish name (see 1 above), but it was also adopted for Irish Mag Raighne, see Graney .
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