Cobbing

Cobbing
This unusual and interesting surname has two distinct possible origins, each with its own history and derivation. Firstly, Cobbing may belong to that sizeable group of early European surnames that were gradually created from the habitual use of nicknames. These nicknames were given with reference to a variety of personal characteristics, such as physical attributes or peculiarities, and mental and moral characteristics. The derivation, in this instance, is from the Middle English personal byname "Cobbe", found as "Cobba" in Records of Cornwall, dated 1201. The name, literally meaning "lump", was used to denote a large, well-built, impressive man, and its equivalent "Kobbi" is found in the Old Norse. The forms "Cobbing" and "Cobbin" result from the addition of the diminutive suffix "in" or "en" to the given name, with possiblly a later excrescent of "g". The surname may also represent a short form of the male given name Jacob, from the Hebrew "Yaakov", traditionally taken to mean "he supplanted" as in the biblical story Jacob tricked his elder brother Esau out of his inheritance. On August 15th 1790, Isaac, son of Samuel Cobbing, was christened at Friar Street, Blackfriars, London. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Ralph Cobin, which was dated 1273, in the "Hundred Rolls of Essex", during the reign of King Edward 1, known as "The Hammer of the Scots", 1272 - 1307. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

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  • Cobbing — may refer to: A building trades term for Kludge, derived from the implication that the work was done improperly, as if done with feet instead of hands. Especially ambiguous since the proper way to do some of the cobbing involved in Cob… …   Wikipedia

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  • Cobbing, Bob — (1920 2002)    Born in Enfield, Middlesex, he trained as an accountant, then as a teacher. In the mid 1950s he was involved with the Hendon Experimental Art Club and the Hendon based magazine And, then later, with the setting up of the Writers… …   British and Irish poets

  • cobbing — /kob ing/, n. Metall. old refractory material removed from furnaces. [1760 70; cob (v.) to break up, special use of COB + ING1] * * * …   Universalium

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  • Bob Cobbing — (30 July 1920 29 September 2002) was a British sound, visual, concrete and performance poet who was a central figure in the British Poetry Revival.Early lifeCobbing was born in Enfield and grew up within the Plymouth Brethren. He attended Enfield …   Wikipedia

  • Julian Cobbing — Julian Raymond Dennis Cobbing (born June 1944, London) is an English historian, and professor of History at Rhodes University (Grahamstown, South Africa), known best for his groundbreaking research into Zulu culture of the early 19th… …   Wikipedia

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