As described in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

BAYNARD. Ralph Baignard, or Baniardus, was a tenant in chief at the making of Domesd. in Essex and Suffolk. The head of his barony was Baj-nard's Castle, in

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


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