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PATRONYMICA

PENPHRAISE. See Penprase.

PENPONS. From Penpons, an estate in the parish of St. Kew, formerly the property of the family; from pen-pons, the head of the bridge.

PENPRASE, PENPRAZE. From pen-prâs, the head of the meadow. Hence Penfraze, Penprice, and the U.S. name Penphraise.

PENPRICE. See Penprase.

PENRHYN. See Penrin.

PENRICE. From an estate in the parish of St. Austell. Pryce translates the name, the head of the fleeting ground (pen-rice, -rees). Penrice, however, is the name of a castle and manor, written anc. Pen-Rhys, co. Glamorgan, where a family of this name resided in early times.

PENRIN, PENRHYN. From Penryn in Kerrier hundred; from pen-rin, for pen-ruan, the head or promontory of the channel; but, according to some, the head of the hill (pen-rhyn).

PENROSE. From Penrose, the name of places in Blisland, Luxulion, and Sithney; from pen-rose, the head of the valley; according to Gilbert, the hill of the heath (pen-ros). Hence, by corruption, the names Perose and Bemrose.

PENRUDDOCK, PENRUDDOCKE. Lower says of Penruddocke, "The family first appear at Arkelby, co. Cumberland; but as there is, in the neighbourhood of that place, in the parish of Greystock, a hamlet so called, they are presumed to have originated there. The Encyc. Herald. however assigns arms to a family of this name in that land of Pens, Cornwall, and so there may be two local origins and distinct families. The surname has long been associ-

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