Honecote meaning | Last name Honecote origin

The lastname Honecote is form of the Hunnisett. See Honeysett - BeemanPossibly from the Anglo-Saxon, hunig, honey, and setl, a seat or a setting— a bee-park. See under - In former times, when mead or methlegn was a favourite beverage, the number of bees kept in England must have been much larger than now. Bee-parks, or enclosures, exist in several parts of the country, though now appropriated to other uses. The keeper of such a park was called Custos Apium "keeper of the bees" —whence Becman. His duties are defined in the Gloss, of Services, Cott. M.S. Titus. A. XXVII. fol. 150. Ellis, Introd . Domesday Among the Domesd. tenants of Herefordshire is a Custos Apium. In one instance, however, this surname is a known corruption of Beaumont.

Honecote is variant of Honeypot. Honey-pot.

Honecote is variant form of Honeysett. BeemanPossibly from the Anglo-Saxon, hunig, honey, and setl, a seat or a setting— a bee-park. See under - In former times, when mead or methlegn was a favourite beverage, the number of bees kept in England must have been much larger than now. Bee-parks, or enclosures, exist in several parts of the country, though now appropriated to other uses. The keeper of such a park was called Custos Apium "keeper of the bees" —whence Becman. His duties are defined in the Gloss, of Services, Cott. M.S. Titus. A. XXVII. fol. 150. Ellis, Introd . Domesday Among the Domesd. tenants of Herefordshire is a Custos Apium. In one instance, however, this surname is a known corruption of Beaumont.