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Surnames/tags: Hancock Hancocks Hancox
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The earliest Hancocks on record include Thomas Hancoc, Shropshire (1274), Willelmus Hancoke, Warwickshire (1305), William & Thomas Hancok, Nottinghamshire (1330) and in Cornwall, John Hancock (1397) who was Mayor of Lostwithiel. This distribution is reflected some 500 years later in the 1841 UK census when there were 9093 individuals in England and Wales whose surname started with Hanco What is interesting about this distribution is it shows a line distribution from Cornwall to Yorkshire. Excluding London with 778 individuals, the greatest numbers were found in Staffordshire (885) in Cornwall (752), Devon (618) and Warwickshire (615). Are these early Hancocks connected with with one common ancestor and why did they spread out in a well defined line?
I would suggest that the newsletter will be primary interest to those with research interests in Hancock, Hancocks, Hancox and other derivatives of the name originating in and around around the villages of Brailes, Butler Marston Combroke, Ettington, Kineton, Oxhill, Pillerton Hersey, Pillerton Priors, Wellesboune including Walton in South Warwickshire and other areas such as Birmingham, Stratford upon Avon, Tredington now in Worcestershire and villages over the border into Oxfordshire. We do however include stories and anecdotes of other Hancocks worldwide. If you wish to receive a copy of this newsletter and / or contribute please let me know. . It would be sent by email, free of charge.