CAMDEN

CAMDEN. The great antiquary, "the Nourice of Antiquitie," was descended from a plebeian family in Statiordsbire. Noble's Coll. of Arms. Tlie name may have been originally taken from Campden, CO. Gloucester. Tlie house in which William Camden lived, at Chiselhurst co. Kent, is called Camden I'lace, and from it the Marquis Camden derives his title.

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