Hoses
Early-attested site in the Parish of Toppesfield
Historical Forms
- Hoseys, Hosyes, Hosies 1401,1518 Ct 1534 Rental
- Hosies alias howses alias Pages 1585 Ct
- Huse 1315 Cl
- Hose 1341 NI
- la Hose 14th Stoke
Etymology
Hoses is Hoseys , Hosyes , Hosies 1401, 1518Ct , 1534Rental , Hosies alias howses alias Pages 1585Ct , and owes its name to the family of Roger Huse (1315 Cl) and Thomas Hose (1341 NI), who are said to have come from Wilts or Dorset (M ii, 359). Mr Sperling has a deed of 1433 which speaks of this land as nuper John Hose .There was a place la Hose (14thStoke ) in the parish from which they may have been named. OE hōs , 'bramble, thorn.'Cf. the Hose in Colchester (1534 MC), le Hose (Felsted) 1487MinAcct and Hosefeld (Dedham) 1544Ct .