SURNAMES
Wakeman - a watchman
(night watchman)
Walker - a Fuller
who "finishes" cloth by treading it in liquid to
mat the fibres together.
Greaves - a steward
or official
Hayward - the keeper
of the common herd or cattle of a town and who maintained
the hedges to stop them straying.
Sherman - a Shearman
who cut the fuzz off cloth.
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