TURNER. Fr. founiicr, a baker or luruace man. Fournier, Dufour, &c., are common Fr. surnames. TURNER. The occupation. One of the most common of surnames — " out of all proportion," Mr. Ferguson alleges, " to the number of persons engaged in the trade " of the lathe. " We find it in fact," he continues, " as a name before the Conquest — a grant to tlie monastery of Croylaud. in 1051, being signed, among others, by a Turnerns Capellanus. The Icelandic has turnera, turnameutum agere ; turnarl, a tilter — which may probably shew the origin of the name. As, however, the Turner in question was a bishoj's chaplain, his " tilting " must have been only theological. But the name may probably have been baptismal, and perhaps of Norman introduction." p. 336. Le Turnur, Le Turner. H.R. See Turnour below.

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