Edingthorpe Willowbyes
Early-attested site in the Parish of Edingthorpe
Etymology
Edingthorpe Willowbyes, Edingthorpe Willowbies 1694, 1717, 1724, Edingthorpe Willowbyes 1698, 1703, Edingthorpe Willowbys 1706Ct Eding ; Edingthorpe Howchens, Edingthorpe Howchins 1694, 1698, 1706, Edingthorpe Howchings 1701, Edingthorpe Howchens 1717, 1724Ct Eding . These are two manors, of which the former was conveyed to John de Willoughby or Wilby and Elizabeth his wife, who was a coheir, in 1324 (Norris III 275, cf. Blomefield XI28). The first person known to Norris to have been in possession of the latter manor was William Burgh of Baketon. He was lord of it in 1440 and “had probably been so for some years before” (Norris III 276). Howchen is a French family name, a diminutive form of Hugh , v. Reaney s.n.Hutchin .