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SELKE, SELIOKE, SELLECK, SELLEK, SELLICK. See Silk.

SERPELL, SERPLE. Sarf-pol would mean the serpents' pool; but this name may also be corrupted from St. Petronell. "The manor of Whitestone is called in Domesday Witeston. In 12 Edw. I. it is denominated Wilston and St. Petnell, which is thought to be a corruption of St. Petronell. In 3 Hen. IV., John de Cobbleham held one fee in Wiston and Sepeknol."

SILK. Some derive this name from the parish of Silk-Willoughby, co. Lincoln. The name, which is found written Silke, Selke, Seeleg, Selioke, Sellek, Selleck, Sellick, is probably of Cornish origin, from sellick, sillick, in open view, remarkable, conspicuous, from sel, sil, sul, W. sylly, to look or behold: whence the local name Crugsillick, the barrow in open view; and perhaps the surname Tresilian.

SKEWES, SKEWIS, SKEWYS. From Skewes (formerly Skewis) in Crowan, or Skewes (formerly Skewys) in Cury. These names signify a shady place, from skêz, a shade or shadow. John Skewys was sheriff of the county in the 12 Hen. VIII. Hence also the names Skewish, Skuse, and Skues.

SKEWISH. From Great Skewish in St. Wenn, which belongs to the family. "One of the family was an author at a period so early as the reign of Henry the Sixth, when he compiled an abridgement of the Chronicles, and the Wars of Troy; but in all probability the work has never been printed, since it is not noticed by Warton, nor is the author's name to be found in the catalogues of our public libraries." (D. Gilbert) See Skewes.

SKUES, SKUSE. See Skewes.