[Surname] Re: Hargrave meaning
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Several names end in grave, meaning a steward or disposer; as Waldegrave, a steward of the forest; Margrave, a steward or warden of the marches or frontiers; Hargrave, the provider of an army. I think, however, that these names were not indigenous to England, but brought from Germany,
Several names end in grave, meaning a steward or disposer; as Waldegrave, a steward of the forest; Margrave, a steward or warden of the marches or frontiers; Hargrave, the provider of an army. I think, however, that these names were not indigenous to England, but brought from Germany,