merryman

1) A name given to an ox.

1546 to Robert Nelson my sone one oxe called meryman and one white cowe, Monk Fryston

1570 two oxen called Meriman and Burnitt, Sproatley. It was probably a nickname, to be taken literally like the surname: 1379 Adam Myryman.

dates 1379 1546 1570

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